Although it has been preparing to apply for a license once it is established, Huiyintong, which was born at the end of 2014, is destined to miss this license. As early as July 2014, after the central bank issued the ninth batch of 27 licenses, there have been rumors that the central bank will tighten license approval. In February 2015, the central bank mentioned in the notice on the key points of payment and settlement: “We must strictly enforce market access for payment institutions, encourage the merger and reorganization of existing institutions, continue to develop and improve market exit mechanisms, and study and implement classification and hierarchical supervision of payment institutions.” This is also considered by the outside world to be an important signal of the tightening of license policies. Since then, when the first batch of payment licenses expired and renewed in August 2016, the central bank made it clear that in principle, no new licenses would be issued, and Huiyintong’s wish to apply for a license was thus frustrated. Around 2014 when Huiyintong was born, it coincided with the small peak of domestic home appliance companies entering into finance. After experiencing the impact of the price war in 2000, in order to solve the capital needs of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and maintain profit growth, home appliance companies have embarked on a development path that combines industry and finance. In 2014, Haier and Gome successively established financial holding companies. Subsequently, TCL, Suning, and Midea also joined the camp. Home appliance companies have adopted equity participation or the establishment of new financial institutions to expand into the financial field. At the same time, the Internet financial industry in 2014 is in full swing. The success of Alipay and WeChat has caused many companies to target the payment industry, and the payment license as an industry pass is naturally sought after by everyone. Throughout the licensing history of several major appliance giants, Suning obtained a payment license through its wholly-owned subsidiary Epay as early as 2012, while Haier acquired a licensed third-party payment institution in March 2014. Quick pass. In addition, in August 2016, Midea acquired a 50% stake in Shenzhou Tongfu for 300 million yuan. In June 2017, Gome Financial Technology announced the acquisition of the entire equity of Yinyingtong Payment for 720 million yuan. So far, only TCL and Gree have never had a card in their hands. Although today, when the number is only decreasing, the license has gradually become a “rare thing”, but it is not that you have the wealth code if you have a payment license. In 2020, Haier’s Express Pass had a net loss of 14.178 million yuan for the year. This payment company not only failed to bring Haier profits, but also generated more than 700 million current liabilities. A few days ago, Haier Financial Holdings has signed an agreement with Commodity City, a listed A-share company, and intends to transfer this license at a price of 450 million yuan. For companies like Suning and Gome that have a complete e-commerce ecosystem, the payment license in hand can maximize the synergy value with the original business. Obviously, Haier and TCL lack such e-commerce soil, and payment licenses have become tasteless. After seven years of deployment in Internet finance, TCL has so far successfully obtained multiple licenses for Internet microfinance, consumer finance, and commercial factoring. However, it is only in the field of payment that it “runs naked without a license”. Faced with the indefinite reopening of approvals, the cancellation of Huiyintong is a prelude to an acquisition that is in line with its peers? Or is it a complete abandonment of this dispensable license? It is not yet clear

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Author｜Wu Ya

On June 21, Jiakai City Group Co., Ltd. (000918.SZ, referred to as “Kakai City”) announced that in order to solve the problem of horizontal competition with listed companies, the controlling shareholder Guangzhou Kailong Real Estate Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as “Kay City”) announced that “Long Real Estate”) intends to transfer 29.90% of the company it holds to Shenzhen Huajian Holdings Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Huajian Holdings”).

According to the announcement, Kailong Real Estate’s shareholding in Kakai City will be reduced to 27.85% after the transfer of the aforementioned equity, and will voluntarily waive the voting rights of the above shares. At this point, Kailong Land will no longer be the direct controlling shareholder of Kakai City.

Earlier, Jiakai City announced that the company intends to plan a change of control. Trading of the company’s shares will be temporarily suspended from the opening of the market on June 21. Trading will resume after the company discloses relevant announcements through designated media. At the time of the announcement, Jiakai City’s share price For 4.65 yuan / share, the total market value is about 8.389 billion yuan.

The story of Kailong Real Estate and Kakai City began in 2017. At that time, in order to solve the problem of competition in the industry, Evergrande Real Estate (acquired 52.78% of Kakai City shares in 2016 for 3.6 billion yuan) transferred its shares in Kakai City To Kailong Real Estate, Kailong Real Estate became the controlling shareholder of Kakai City. According to the company’s AP, Kailong Real Estate currently controls Evergrande Real Estate with a shareholding ratio of 59.42%.

After Jiakai City was acquired by Evergrande Real Estate, it embarked on a road of transformation. Among them, “de-real estate” to cooperate with Evergrande Real Estate to solve the problem of “competition in the same industry” has become the primary task of Jiakai City for a long time. Since then, the sale of equity and asset packages has become the norm in Kakai City, with a total amount of over 11 billion yuan. However, the problem of horizontal competition between the two parties has not been resolved smoothly. In July 2019, Kakai City also announced that it would postpone the resolution of horizontal competition with Evergrande Real Estate before August 1, 2021.

The commitment period is approaching. As the direct controlling shareholder of Kakai City, Kailong Real Estate transferred some of its shares. An insider of Evergrande Real Estate told Sohu Finance that “the major shareholder transferred out the relevant shares to become a non-controlling shareholder. The signed agreement on resolving horizontal competition is beneficial and can solve the problem of horizontal competition among listed companies.”

“Transfer of shares and waive voting rights has nothing to do with the company’s capital issues”

According to the announcement, in this equity transfer, Kailong Real Estate intends to transfer its 57.7% equity in Kakai City and transfer 29.9% of it; after the transfer is completed, Kailong Real Estate’s shareholding in Kakai City will be reduced to 27.8%, no longer the direct controlling shareholder of Jiakai City, and will voluntarily waive the voting rights of the above shares.

The acquirer is Shenzhen Huajian Holdings, which is mainly engaged in equity investment business, and the actual controller is Wang Zhongming. Among them, Huajian Holdings is the holding company of Shenzhen Cuilin Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd., and Cuilin Investment has had a lot of intersection with Evergrande before.

According to the data combed by Zongheng Plus, starting from the end of December 2016, Evergrande has introduced 3 rounds of battles for Shenzhen Real Estate in less than a year. There are a total of 24 strategic investment companies with a total amount of 130 billion yuan, which is the largest financing scale in the real estate industry. Among them, there is Huajian Holdings, with an investment of 5 billion yuan.

In September 2016, Evergrande Group issued an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to sell “non-main business of grain, oil, dairy products and mineral water” for a total consideration of approximately 2.7 billion yuan. 600 million yuan was sold to Shenzhen Lailai Industrial Co., Ltd.; Dairy Group Company sold to Shenzhen Mingsheng Torino Trading Co., Ltd. and Sunlight Property Management Limited for 300 million yuan; the total consideration of Mineral Water Group Company was 1.8 billion yuan, and the buyer was Shenzhen Sunway Turing Automobile Sales Service Co., Ltd. and Lipu (HongKong) Limited.

Inquiring into the national corporate credit information publicity system, we can find that the three companies that took over this time are related to the same company, Cuilin Real Estate; and Cuilin Real Estate is related to Cuilin Investment.

For example, Wang Haijiao, the legal representative of Shenzhen Lailai Industrial Co., Ltd., is also a director of Cuilin Real Estate; Shenzhen Sunway Turing Auto Sales Service is one of the legal shareholders of Cuilin Real Estate Investor Shenzhen Judan Industrial Development Co., Ltd. 1. Wang Weimin, the legal representative of Shenzhen Mingsheng Turing Trading Co., Ltd. who took over the dairy products, is also a director of Shenzhen Kaifeng Commercial Construction Investment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Cuilin Real Estate.

According to the enterprise search app, Cuilin Real Estate is 100% owned by Shenzhen Judan Industrial Development, and after the equity penetration, it is wholly-owned by Cuilin Investment Holdings. The legal representative of Cuilin Investment is Wang Zhongxin.

At that time, some media questioned that Evergrande’s move was playing a left-handed-to-right-hand trick, saying that Evergrande’s mineral water, grain and oil business had been sold to “owners.” According to the Enterprise Check App, Wang Zhongxin is also the current legal person of Evergrande Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group Yichang Co., Ltd.

Jiakaicheng said that matters related to this transaction still need to pass the review of the concentration of operators by the State Administration for Market Regulation. In view of the uncertainties in the matter, in order to ensure fair information disclosure and safeguard the interests of investors. Since the market opened on June 21, trading of the company’s stocks is expected to be suspended for no more than 5 trading days.

The timing of the transfer of part of the equity held by Jiakaicheng’s controlling shareholders is also more subtle.

According to the data, Jiakai City was formerly known as Yahua Seed Industry (formerly renamed Yahua Holdings). In 2009, Jiakai City was led by Zheshang Group and injected many real estate companies such as International Jiaye, Zhongkai Group, Mingcheng Group, etc. , And sold *ST Yahua’s original agricultural assets to repay part of the debt, thus realizing a backdoor listing.

But only seven years later, in 2016 Kakai City ushered in the second major asset reorganization. At that time, Evergrande Real Estate acquired a 52.78% stake in Jiakai City for 3.6 billion yuan, and thus became the controlling shareholder of Jiakai City.

At that time, Evergrande Real Estate stated in related announcements that by acquiring 52.78% of Jiakai City, it can enrich its own land reserve resources and further increase the proportion of projects in first- and second-tier cities. “The company will have a domestic capital market A-share listing platform. , And through the strategic integration of the two parties, it will further enhance the company’s continued profitability.”

At the time of the acquisition, there was a certain degree of horizontal competition in real estate business between Jiakai City and Evergrande Real Estate and its actual controllers. Therefore, in order to solve the problem of horizontal competition, in February 2017, Evergrande Real Estate The 52.78% shares in Jiakai City were transferred to Kailong Real Estate at a total price of RMB 6.53 per share and a total price of RMB 6.2 billion.

Through this transfer, Kailong Real Estate directly holds 52.78% of the shares of Jiakai City and is the direct controlling shareholder of Jiakai City; this is also an equity transfer between different entities controlled by the same actual controller, combined with the 2016 Evergrande Judging from the cost price of the 3.6 billion yuan of real estate in Jiakai City, Evergrande Real Estate made a profit of nearly 2.6 billion yuan from the transfer.

In addition to changing the direct controlling shareholder through equity equipping, Jiakai City after the acquisition has also embarked on a road of transformation. Among them, “de-real estate” to cooperate with Evergrande Real Estate to solve the problem of “competition in the same industry” has become the primary task of Jiakai City for a long time. Since then, the sale of equity and asset packages has become the norm in Kakai City.

Statistics from Sohu Finance found that during the four years from 016 to 2019, there were 15 subsidiaries with sold equity disclosed in the annual report of Jiakai City, and the above-mentioned sales transactions involved a total of approximately 11.011 billion yuan.

In October 2020, Jiakai City was also revealed that its residential and commercial assets were packaged for sale, involving about 10 billion yuan. However, Jiakai City did not respond to this news.

However, solving the problem of horizontal competition is not an easy task. In July 2019, Jiakai City announced an announcement that it would postpone two years to resolve horizontal competition with Evergrande Real Estate. According to the announcement, the overall stock asset size of Jiakai City has been reduced from 30 billion yuan in the initial acquisition of Evergrande Real Estate to about 13 billion yuan (as of the end of 2018), and the remaining stock is mainly commercial assets.

Jiakaicheng said that the reasons for not fulfilling the commitments were that real estate regulation and other factors led to the inability to clear its real estate sales in a timely manner, and that the second main industry cinema business was still in the cultivation stage. Therefore, Guangzhou Kailong and Xu Jiayin promised to resolve the issue of horizontal competition with Jiakai City in various ways permitted by laws and regulations at that time within 2 years from August 1, 2019.

In other words, before August 1 this year, the time limit agreed upon by both parties is approaching; in this way, there is only about one month left.

An insider of Evergrande Real Estate revealed to Sohu Finance that “the transfer of shares and the waiver of voting rights are mainly to solve the problem of competition among listed companies.” The insider also said that “share transfers are not for cashing out, and have nothing to do with the company’s capital problems.”

Since May of this year, there have been constant negative news surrounding Evergrande, and various rumors have been fermented around the sale of houses at discounts, Evergrande’s operating conditions, and capital chain. On June 7, Evergrande issued a statement to refute the rumors, saying that the company’s production and operation are all normal. In the 25 years since its establishment, there has been no case of late payment of loan interest or overdue return of principal.

Evergrande also stated that since March last year, the company has implemented a development strategy of “high growth, scale control, and debt reduction”, and its interest-bearing debt has dropped by nearly 300 billion yuan in a year; before the end of this month, the company’s Interest-bearing liabilities are expected to fall from last year’s highest of 874.3 billion yuan to less than 600 billion yuan, and at least one of the three red lines will turn green.

Revenue in the first quarter increased by 130%, and the stock price reached 9.14 yuan during the year

In fact, when the issue of horizontal competition between Jiakai City and Evergrande will be resolved, it has always been an issue of concern to investors. Prior to this, Jiakai City had repeatedly expressed to investors on platforms such as Hudongyi that the company is continuing to promote the resolution of related problems, and will accelerate the strategic positioning of its main business to continuously improve its future sustainable development capabilities.

Behind the concerns, there are more concerns about Kakai City’s performance and the company’s development. From the perspective of financial data, the performance of Jiakai City since 2016 is not optimistic. From 2016 to 2020, Jiakai City’s revenue fell from 3 billion yuan to 1 billion yuan; the net profit attributable to the parent company turned from profit to loss, and the year-on-year decline in 2020 was 1202.64%.

The latest annual report shows that in 2020, Kakai City’s revenue is 1 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 39.5%, and the decline is larger than the same period last year; net profit attributable to the parent is -1.26 billion, compared with 110 million in the same period last year, failing to maintain profitability ; Gross profit margin was -4.2%, a year-on-year decrease of 27.1 percentage points; net profit margin was -128.3%, a year-on-year decrease of 130.9 percentage points.

Jiakai City has also developed a “second main business”, that is, the theater business. Among them, in July 2018, Jiakaicheng acquired 100% equity of Beijing Star Times Cinema Investment Co., Ltd. and Aimee (Beijing) Cinema Investment Co., Ltd., and formally stepped into this field.

According to the annual report data, in 2019, 99 cinema companies under Kakai City opened newly opened cinemas, and a total of 117 cinemas have been opened. In the same year, about 14.44 million people watched movies in cinemas, and the box office accounted for about 0.78% of the national market.

Reflected in terms of performance, in 2018, Jiakaicheng film and television projection business revenue was 31 million yuan, accounting for 1.87% of revenue; in 2019, Jiakaicheng film and television projection business revenue was 619 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1896.7%; gross profit margin 97.58% , Far exceeding 36.21% of the real estate business in the same period.

However, just as Jiakai City’s second main business theater line business is still in the cultivation stage, and the proportion of revenue and profit of this business is also small, at present Jiakai City’s main business is still real estate, and its revenue contribution ratio in 2020 60.28%.

As of the first quarter of 2021, Jiakai City’s total operating income was 360 million, a year-on-year increase of 130.1%; net profit attributable to the parent was -160 million, compared with -310 million in the same period last year, and the loss narrowed; operating cash flow increased from -190 million Increased to 160 million, an increase of 183.2% year-on-year.

Jiakaicheng believes that the company’s film and television projection business has gradually returned to normal in the first quarter of 2021; in addition, the company’s interest-bearing liabilities have decreased compared with the same period last year, and financial expenses have decreased.

Since the beginning of this year, Jiakai City has experienced high-level personnel changes. On January 26, Jiakai City announced that Shi Shouming was elected as the new chairman of the board. Shi Shouming, 46 years old, has served as Vice President of Evergrande Real Estate Group and Chairman of Inner Mongolia Company, Hainan Company, Beijing Company, President of Evergrande Real Estate Group and Chairman of Sichuan Company, etc.; previously, Shi Shouming worked due to work The reason for the transfer resigned as chairman of Evergrande Automobile (00708.HK).

Also on January 8th, Jiakai City also announced that director Li Huaibin had been recommended by more than half of the directors and became the acting chairman of Jiakai City. Li Huaibin is currently the vice president of Evergrande Real Estate Group. From January 11 to January 20 after the announcement, in these 8 trading days, Jiakai City received a total of 5 daily limit, and the stock price rose from 3.29 yuan to 5.29 yuan, an increase of about 60.79%.

The stock price information shows that this is a rare rise for Kakai City. Since 2019, Jiakai City’s stock price has shown a downward trend as a whole.On February 2 this year, although the stock price had risen to 9.14 yuan /Share high point, but the stock price has declined overall since then.

As of the trading day before the suspension on June 21, Jiakai City reported 6.45 yuan per share. In the past five months, the share has fallen 29%, and the total market value has shrunk by more than 8 billion yuan.

The female model expressed her happiness to her fans: “Someone can pinch me. As a businessman, wife, mother of two, I am quite busy. So as you can see, I am. I don’t have a lot of time to show off and feel sexy. This recognition makes me see a different side of myself.” Teyana Taylor is the first black model to become the sexiest woman. Photo: Gilles Bensimon. Taylor’s photo shoot for Maxim started after she took her daughter to school. She showed a healthy look when wearing sports pants, a military jacket and a beanie hat with her hair disheveled. Taylor claims famed photographer Gilles Bensimon helped her feel at ease. He encouraged and inspired the moment she arrived. “A woman’s beauty is not in her face. True beauty is reflected in each person’s soul,” Taylor confided. Taylor gave up her music career to turn to fashion and focus on acting. Photo: Albert Urso. Before turning to modeling, Teyana Taylor was famous for her music or movie career. At the end of 2019, she signed a contract with the modeling agency IMG, officially entering the fashion industry. Maja Chiesi – senior vice president of the company – commented: “Taylor has limitless talent. Her creativity is extraordinary. We are looking forward to working together to shape her in the field of fashion. “. Before her 30th birthday in December 2020, Taylor informed fans that she changed direction and gave up music.

Shareholder information shows that the company is jointly held by Zhang Tingfen and Wang Yuan, holding 80% and 20% of the shares respectively. Please note that one of the company’s business is “film production services”, that is to say, Wang Yuan did not give up the “actor dream.” Although Wang Yuan is studying at Berkeley Conservatory and his current main business is “singer”, he still wants to try acting.

Wang Yuan has acted in 6 TV dramas. The first five are all played with Wang Junkai and Yi Yanqianxi. They are either guest appearances or few dramas. Wang Yuan has only acted in a TV series “The Great Master of Beiling Youth Records” as the “male number one”. The broadcast volume and reputation of this series are very average, so no one will look for Wang Yuan to act in the TV series.

Wang Yuan has acted in 7 films, none of which is a male number one, either a group show or a guest appearance. The success of the film is not Wang Yuan’s credit; if it fails, Wang Yuan does not have to be a fool. Wang Yuan’s film scores and TV drama scores are far behind those of Wang Junkai and Yi Yang Qianxi, perhaps because Wang Yuan University studied music, while Wang Junkai and Yi Yang Qianxi University studied acting.

It is not yet known which is the cause and which is the effect? Was it because no one looked for Wang Yuan to make a movie, so he went to learn music; or because Wang Yuan was learning music, no one looked for him to make a movie. Yi Yang Qianxi has successfully transformed from a traffic star to a powerful actor. He has won many awards and the box office is also very high.

Moreover, Yi Yang Qianxi is positioned as a “movie actor” and no longer plays TV series. He currently has 4 movies to be screened: “Changjin Lake”, “Miracle”, “Chinese Doctor”, and “There is Her in the World.” Wang Junkai hasn’t taken over TV series in recent years, and it seems that he is also going to be a “movie actor”. Wang Yuan can actually focus on the TV series market, so he doesn’t conflict with his brother.

However, since Wang Yuan’s business is “film production services”, it is impossible to say that Wang Yuan will be his own boss and invest in acting in movies, so that he can cooperate with Wang Junkai and Yi Yan Qianxi. The two brothers shouldn’t care about the pay too much with Wang Yuan, right? Wang Yuan can actually be the producer.

Of course, Wang Yuan’s main job is to prepare a new album! Recently, Wang Yuan shared a photo of a recorded song. In the photo, Wang Yuan has pigtails and messy hair. He said funnyly: “My hair has my own thoughts about the album.” Yi Yang Qianxi and Wang Junkai have no time to make the album. Only Wang Yuan has the time and ability.

Discussion: Do you want Wang Yuan to act?

T-shirts have a variety of designs, but you should immediately pin the following 4 t-shirt trends that are being worn by the Korean star association below. White T-shirts Although there are many different models of T-shirts, white T-shirts are still the most basic item in the fashion wardrobe. This item is popular with Korean stars because of its simple design, so it’s easy to mix and match. In addition to being easy to mix and wear, white T-shirts are also suitable for wearing in many situations, from going to work to going out. When wearing a white t-shirt, you can mix and match a variety of different styles to get stylish outfits such as jeans, shorts, skirts or one-piece skirts. Want to create a more impressive highlight for the set, you can highlight some jewelry accessories, bags and shoes. Oversize T-shirt It can be seen that oversize T-shirts are very popular with Korean beauties. The beauty of oversize t-shirts is that they can be worn in so many ways, but no matter how you wear them, rest assured that your look will look cool and comfortable. Not to mention, with a spacious shape, an oversized T-shirt will help hide all the disadvantages of her body, and at the same time create a comfortable and cool feeling on hot summer days. The simplest way to wear an oversize t-shirt of Korean stars is to apply the “hidden pants” formula, creating a liberal, playful look, and helping them to smarten their slim legs. Slim-fit T-shirt If the oversized t-shirt is comfortable, ideal with a liberal and dynamic style, the sexy hugging t-shirt is favored by Korean beauties for respecting their figure. With a light hugging shape, wearing this item on you will look neat, tidy and stylish. The appearance exudes a sexy look but still retains the inherent youthfulness and dynamism. When wearing this item, you can mix it with jeans or casual pants. Horizontal t-shirt Horizontal t-shirts always occupy an important position in the wardrobe of Korean stars. With a striking horizontal pattern, this item will help the wearer hack their age easily. Not only helping to cheat your age, wearing a horizontal t-shirt also helps you get a youthful and stylish outfit. In addition to the familiar black-and-white plaid models, you should also experiment with colorful, colorful horizontal t-shirts from time to time. Learn how Korean stars mix this shirt with jeans, shorts or short skirts to create dynamism and comfort but no less youthful. Jinn Photo: Collectibles

Nowadays, when you mention HiSilicon, everyone will think of Kirin chips. However, in addition to Kirin chips for smart devices, HiSilicon also has Kunpeng series service CPUs for data centers; AI chipsets for artificial intelligence, Ascend series Soc ; Used to connect chips such as Barong baseband chips; other dedicated chips (security, Internet of Things, etc.). HiSilicon, which has always been unknown, turned from the “spare tire” to the right at the juncture of Huawei’s huge survival crisis.

Relying on the escort of HiSilicon Kirin chip all the way, Huawei slowly gains a foothold in the mobile phone field and gains a foothold in the high-end with self-developed chips. Today, there is no TSMC’s production capacity to support smartphone processor shipments that have dropped by 88% compared to the same period last year. Although the most expensive in the 21st century is talent, the salary costs and various expenditures of 7,000 engineers are still a huge burden for Huawei. Faced with various doubts in the industry, Chen Lifang, director of Huawei, once again stated that HiSilicon continues to develop world-leading semiconductor components, and HiSilicon will not make any reorganization or layoff decisions.

Give up the fantasy to make chips! Huawei HiSilicon is “forced to operate”, and these 7,000 people “cannot be less than one”! Despite the sanctions, Huawei HiSilicon will promote more product upgrades. On the other hand, it will accelerate the “de-beautification” process. This will promote the emergence of Huawei’s new supply chain partners. The rebirth of Huawei’s chips will be in the near future. arrival.

Not long ago, industry chain news said: In order to compete for the initiative in chip manufacturing, HiSilicon is developing 3nm process chips. Even if Huawei loses TSMC in the field of chip foundry, this does not affect HiSilicon’s advanced manufacturing process. There are not a few manufacturers that can “burn money” in the chip field. Perhaps Huawei should pay more attention to employee movements to prevent HiSilicon’s talent loss. What do you think of this?

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Tesla ditches radar sensors on self-driving systems. Photo: Getty Images No company in the auto industry can attract as much attention as Tesla, on the one hand because of CEO Elon Musk’s controversial statements, on the other hand, because Tesla regularly makes “unusual” decisions. “. At the end of May, Tesla once again became the focus of public opinion, and this time not because of a “brake failure”, but a configuration change. Recently, Tesla announced that starting in May, Model 3 and Model Y in North America will no longer be equipped with sensor radar, cancel the millimeter wave radar in front of the vehicle and only use the camera as a receiver. data collection of automatic driving systems. This means that Tesla is poised to be the first car company to deploy a “pure vision” autonomous driving solution. Meanwhile, other self-driving car manufacturers are integrating radar, LiDAR and cameras in autonomous driving systems. In fact, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has always been adamant against LiDAR, even repeatedly criticizing LiDAR in public. He thinks this is an expensive, unnecessary technology. Even Elon Musk has called those who believe in LiDAR technology “stupid” and car manufacturers using LiDAR technology will never achieve success. So, why is Musk so adamantly “disliked” LiDAR and even all radars, and only favors a camera technology solution? To clear this up, we may need a basic understanding of autopilot schematics. Camera and LiDAR To build a set of automated driving system solutions, the automatic driving algorithm is of course inseparable. In order to achieve calculations, sufficient information is required first. During driving, the vehicle’s information collection source is the large and small sensors on the body of the vehicle. Among them, to realize autonomous driving, the most important sensors are the camera and LiDAR (must add millimeter wave radar and ultrasonic sensor, of course). Therefore, the autonomous driving system is divided into camera-based vision array and LiDAR array. “Camera-based vision” uses a high-definition camera incorporating an image recognition algorithm, while LiDAR to ensure system stability. The camera array, or pure visual diagram, is essentially a complete simulation of the state of a person driving a car, first seeing the image with the “eye (camera)”, then transmitting it to the “brain (processor)” for processing and judgment, and then give the action “Legs (steering mechanism)”. In addition to Tesla, Chinese companies including Jikrypton and Baidu have also adopted pure vision solutions. LiDAR technology uses a laser to measure distances and build a 3D map of an object, by emitting and receiving the laser’s feedback and then analyzing that data to produce the desired results. Many Chinese car companies including Xiaopeng, Weilai, BAIC ARCFOX, and many other new products also announced this solution. Which solution is better? The advantage of the “pure vision” solution is that the video data captured by the camera is the closest to the real world perceived by the human eye, and also the closest to the form of human driving. At the same time, with LiDAR prices currently very high, a pure vision solution using only the camera should be easier to control costs. Tesla’s pure vision algorithm analysis is already very strong. In addition, the image obtained by the camera is well suited for object identification and classification, in case the algorithms are excellent, it can remove confounding items and enable automatic learning during driving. car. However, as a visual algorithm similar to the human eye, the camera is easily affected by light, in harsh weather or poor lighting conditions, it is easy to cause misjudgment. Previously, when AutoPilot was turned on, Tesla models accidentally braked automatically when going over an overpass or under a normal bridge, due to the algorithm using a sudden ball in the camera as an obstacle. Rendering a 3D environment map drawn by LiDAR Compared with pure vision solution, the advantages of LiDAR solution are longer monitoring distance, higher accuracy, more sensitive response speed and unaffected by ambient light. LiDAR’s three-dimensional information processing, object size calculation, and movement speed are more efficient. However, LiDAR has problems such as weak object recognition, high cost, and accuracy in extreme weather conditions such as rain and snow. Therefore, LiDAR must be used in conjunction with other sensors to ensure safe driving. In addition, the collection of large amounts of data requires high computing power of the processor, which equates to an increase in the cost of the media processor. Theoretically, the combination of camera-based vision and LiDAR is a relatively complete solution today, but after combining many factors such as existing technology and product cost, it is too difficult to use. use a “third solution” that integrates these two major solutions. Tesla’s trade-off The cost of LiDAR is much higher than high quality cameras. In fact, abandoning LiDAR, and even now abandoning millimeter wave radar, one of the key reasons Tesla made such a choice was to achieve lower costs. After all, the cost of LiDAR is very high, the price of this technology in the early days started at 100,000 USD, but now with the development of the electronics industry, its price has decreased but basically remains the same. maintained at several tens of thousands of dollars. However, compared to high-definition cameras, the price of only a few hundred dollars is still much higher. However, besides cost, Tesla also has technical trade-offs. First of all, LiDAR does not determine the specific nature of the object, so it is easy to cause wrong judgment. For example, if a large plastic bag appears in front of the vehicle, the camera solution may recognize it as a plastic bag and ignore it, but LiDAR will judge it as an obstruction and stop the vehicle. Second, millimeter wave radar also has many limitations. The detection range of millimeter wave radar is directly limited if the band is weak. It cannot identify pedestrians nor accurately model all surrounding obstacles. At the same time, due to the large amount of data obtained, it will also consume precious computing power of the processor. Finally, for Tesla, the best company in imaging solutions, they have invested heavily in imaging algorithms. To give up the large accumulation so far, and turn to another path, in terms of input – output ratio, it can be said that it is not worth it. Tesla is loyal to a completely camera-based vision solution Tesla Vsion camera system. On Tesla’s official North American website, during the introduction of Full Self-Driving FSD, the performance information of the millimeter wave radar was removed and only the image sensor and ultrasound. At the same time, Tesla also released the driver monitoring system on May 28. The Model 3 and Model Y vehicle cameras can monitor the driver’s behavior when the Autopilot system is activated, detecting and reminding the driver to keep his or her attention. Tesla states that “camera data will be stored in the vehicle, and the system will not send the data back to the company unless the user gives permission to share the data”. In addition, Tesla’s FSD V9.0 autopilot system will also be officially launched this year. According to Musk’s earlier statement, the FSD algorithm has been “refactored” to achieve pure vision through 8 cameras around the body, while effectively solving the previous “brake failure” problem. Tesla also warned that Autopilot and FSD systems would be less effective during this technical adjustment period. “During a short period of transition, Tesla Vision vehicles may experience some limitations or inactivity, such as Autosteer being limited to a top speed of 120.7 km/h. , Smart Summon (if equipped) and Emergency Lane Avoidance may be disabled during delivery,” Tesla’s announcement reads. Whether LiDAR will win the market with a secure advantage in the future, or a camera-based vision algorithm dominates the market with a lower cost advantage, the answer is still unclear. However, judging from the information currently available, Tesla will choose to stick with a pure vision solution.

TWICE is preparing comeback with album Summer and in the teaser photo, the girls are all dressed in lovely, feminine candy-tone dresses. Among them, Sana wears a short lace dress corset there are bands of brilliant colors like rainbows. Because Sana is sitting so netizen Haven’t seen the full dress model yet, but idol Japanese people are still praised for wearing a skirt because of their slim figure corset very beautiful. It turns out that many months ago, Nancy (Momoland) also wore the same dress. Nancy, after successfully losing weight, was confident enough to wear tight clothes, but because she was afraid to reveal herself, she wore a light pink T-shirt inside the skirt. However, without looking closely, netizens still discovered a very wrong point of Nancy when wearing corset. Corset it was a form of underwear in itself, but Nancy wore a bra underneath. As a result, Nancy’s bra and bra tops turned out to be weird. Now, when I look back at Nancy and Sana’s clash, netizen The more I realized that Nancy’s outfit was so wrong. That’s why, despite her beautiful body, Nancy still can’t shine in the dress corset this and surely “hybrid rose” will have to learn more from colleagues when dressing up corset.

Mamissa Mboob (from Geneva, Switzerland) used to work as a social worker helping women and girls. However, she quit her job to become a fashionista. She told the Daily Mail: “I currently have 400 pairs of heels. My big passion is shoes. Wearing them every day and putting on makeup after waking up makes me feel better during the lockdown.” . Mamissa Mboob loves shoes because she thinks they make her feel feminine and alive. Her shoes and boots are mainly bought from high-end brands like Fendi, Gucci to mid-range brands like Paris Texas. No need to invest in branded items, Mamissa thinks you can still shine in popular designs. This woman said she spent nearly $ 150,000 to have a colorful wardrobe. In addition to shoes, Mamissa also “bought” about 60 branded bags from famous brands such as Hermès, Chanel. Her previous job required Mamissa to dress modestly and simply. Currently, green, red and purple tones are often attached to her. That’s her way of encouraging people not to be afraid to express themselves. “I try to avoid wearing only black or brown boots. The shoes have to be sure to have all the colors that stand out, from pink, blue, purple, green to yellow and red,” she says. Mamissa loves Balenciaga’s purple boots best. Mamissa bought herself her first Birkin bag. It was meant as a gift after she gave birth to her first daughter. “When the baby was born, there were many difficulties but my daughter was healthy. I decided to buy the first orange Hermès Birkin bag to celebrate,” she said. She then bought this style of bag in different colors. When her daughter turns 18, she will give her first bag back. Although she has given up her old job, the way Mamissa does it still aims to send a message to women who have low self-esteem. “I want to tell all women that no one can knock you down, no one can stand in your way and never give up. Fight injustice fearlessly. Wear colors I love to do it,” Mamissa said.

One athlete who escaped death recounted the race details and attracted more than 100,000 followers. The athlete emphasized that the weather was good on the morning of the race, but the sudden arrival of the storm made it impossible for all athletes to react. The athletes did not send warm clothes at the starting place, but chose checkpoints (CP – water, food, clothes – PV) according to a pre-calculated schedule. As recounted by this athlete, he sent warm clothes at checkpoint 6, which is about 60 km. Therefore, athletes all start running with short clothes such as shorts, short-sleeved shirts, in the context of low temperatures. The athletes started the race with fairly short clothes, suitable for warm weather. Photo: Weibo. “Normally I would run about 2km to warm up, but with that weather, I couldn’t warm up,” the athlete said. “Things started to get complicated after CP2, when the rain fell heavily and most athletes escaped the forest. The rain was swept into the eyes by the wind, making the athletes unable to see anything, even when wearing glasses. is the most difficult part when it lasts 8 km with an altitude of up to 1,000 m. When climbing to the top, there is no water, food or even a place to rest. Athletes can’t even give up here, that’s the thing. The only thing they can do is climb down to CP4”. According to this athlete, most of the accidents came from the time at CP3 because the wind was very strong, the body temperature dropped quickly due to the heavy rain. “When I got close to CP3, I saw many other athletes give up and climb down. They said they couldn’t stand it anymore,” this athlete recounted. Each athlete will pay 1,000 yuan to participate in this race. If completed, they will receive 1,600 yuan, 600 yuan profit. “I look at the athletes giving up and think: This is how you guys wasted 1,600 yuan?. Now I just want to slap myself when I think back.” SCMP quotes the athletes who survived. “In the end, I decided to DNF (give up). I only had one thought, I can’t die here. I consider myself lucky because I made the decision to give up just at the moment when I felt my temperature start to drop. I should have DNF a little earlier. I put my finger in my mouth to warm it up but it turned out that my tongue was also numb. I was so engrossed in my own experience that I didn’t know when I was hypothermic, the temperature was. body temperature will just continuously drop very quickly and also quickly become life-threatening.” Twenty-one athletes were killed, although rescue teams searched all night. Photo: Weibo. When giving up to the tent, this athlete revealed that many people who defied the weather to continue the race had fallen. There is a 60-year-old athlete who even fainted on the mountain, in need of an emergency rescue team. The athletes who went down, even if they wanted to save, could not because they were exhausted. Ma Shuzi, a female athlete who survived, shared: “The takeaway from this race is to survive.” Hundreds of policemen went up the mountain to rescue trapped athletes from noon, but it was not until 4 pm that the race was officially canceled. Many top athletes in the running world in China are recognized Famous Chinese marathon runner, Liang Jing, died in this disastrous race. Huang Guanjun, the deaf athlete who won the marathon for the deaf at the 2019 Paralympic Games held in Tianjin, shared the same fate as Liang Jing. Baiyin City Mayor Zhang Xuchen, along with many other officials, bowed in apology: “As the organizers of the event, we feel deeply sorry and self-blame, and express our deep condolences to the victims. to the victims and send our condolences to their families and those injured.” “Provincial authorities have set up an investigation team to find out the cause of the incident,” Zhang said. According to the Yahoo! , repeated calls to Baiyin City went unanswered.

Illustration. FT montage Facebook-led digital currency project Diem (originally called Libra) is moving operations to the US and will partner with a local bank to issue US dollar-backed stablecoins. The project, which is supported by 26 businesses and non-profit organizations, has also dropped its application with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority to operate as a payment service, and will instead post registered as a money services business with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The initiative was formerly known as Libra but was renamed late last year due to pressure from global regulators, who were concerned that it could threaten monetary stability and become a moot point. hot for money laundering. Some of its founding members — including PayPal, Mastercard, Vodafone and eBay — have dropped out because of similar reputational fears and concerns. Initially, Diem sought to create a synthetic coin backed by a basket of currencies, before narrowing his vision to focusing on launching a single coin backed by a single coin. USD. On Wednesday, May 12, Diem said it planned to run a “blockchain-based payment system that facilitates the real-time transfer of Diem stablecoins between approved network participants browsing”, called the Diem Payments Network. It said it was moving its headquarters from Switzerland to the US. Silvergate, a San Francisco-based bank, will become the exclusive issuer of Diem’s ​​stablecoin token and will manage the reserve, it said. “Our plans bring the project fully into the scope of US regulation and no longer require a license from Finma,” said Stuart Levey, chief executive officer of Diem and former chief legal officer of HSBC. “. “We are committed to creating a secure payment system for consumers and businesses, paying faster and cheaper, and taking advantage of blockchain technology to the benefit of the financial system. to more people around the world,” he added.

“I gave up the war. After 32 years here, I felt very sad having to leave. The authorities said they needed to work on my house and this time it seemed real,” he said. Morandi said he was moving to a small house in La Maddalena, the largest island in the archipelago, near his current residence. “I would live away from town, only go there when I need to buy things and still spend most of my time alone. My life won’t change too much, I will still see the sea.” Mauro Morandi had to leave the island he had been with for more than 30 years. Photo: Mauro Morandi. Living alone on the island of Budelli since 1989, Mauro Morandi has been called “Robinson Crusoe of Italy”. He comes from the city of Modilia in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy). Since taking on the job of guarding the island, for many years, Morandi has always kept and protected the island from destruction. In addition to keeping the island’s beaches pristine, in the summer he guides and introduces visitors to this place about the ecosystem. Since the 1990s, tourists are prohibited from walking on the pink beach and swimming in the ocean, but the island can be visited during the day by boat and allowed to walk along the path behind the beach. Morandi’s peaceful life has been threatened since the private company that owned the island went bankrupt. In 2013, a plan to sell the island to Malcolm Harte – a New Zealand businessman pledging to keep Morandi as an island watchman – was thwarted. Even though he lives alone, he stays up to date with news about the outside world. Photo: National Geographic. In 2016, the Sardinian court ruled that the island was owned by the Italian government. Budelli is currently managed by the management of La Maddalena National Park, which wants to expel Morandi and turn the place into an environmental education center. In recent years, a number of petitions in favor of keeping Morandi on the island have received thousands of signatures in agreement. When he learned that he was finally moving, many fans expressed frustration and anger on his Facebook page. “Do not know what to say anymore, this paradise will begin to be destroyed,” account Carmelia Mangano write. Mirella Della Vecchia discontent: “I cannot imagine Budelli without Morandi’s protection, fight this injustice.”

‘Real life Robinson’ decided to give up life on a deserted island after 32 years Mauro Morandi is a man known as Robinson Crusoe of Italy who has been a single citizen on an idyllic island off the coast of Sardinia for the past 32 years. Now, Mauro Morandi has decided to say goodbye to his small hut on the island of Budelli. After many times the local authorities repeatedly sent him notice of deportation if he continued to stay on the deserted island, Mauro Morandi made the final decision. The 81-year-old announced: “I will be leaving. I hope Budelli is still as safe as I have been for the past 32 years. I feel really confused about the situation myself.” The 81-year-old man has lived on the property since 1989 after accidentally setting foot in the Budelli island region after his boat broke down on a journey to the South Pacific. Once a teacher, Mauro Morandi first arrived on the island was fascinated by the landscape and decided to stay. For the past 32 years, Mauro Morandi never took a single step from Budelli Island. He did everything he could to stay on the island. Mauro Morandi said: “I am willing to do whatever I can to stay on the island. I don’t know where else to live, but I certainly won’t return home in the north of Italy. This is my life. “. He will move to a small apartment on the nearby island of La Maddalena. Mauro Morandi has shared his concerns about Budelli’s future, where he has been fiercely defending for the past 32 years. “I recently kicked two tourists out of the pink beach, out of bounds,” he said. sole care, supervisor Budelli “. Mauro Morandi ‘real life Robinson’ in Italy Although living the life of hermit, but not so that Mr. Mauro Morandi ignored the life. The phone was the only means of connecting Morandi to the rest of the world. He has a passion for nature photography and often shares pictures of beautiful islands on Instagram and Facebook to attract more tourists to the island. Five years ago, the Italian government approved a plan to make Budelli a part of the National Park Arcipelago di La Maddalena. The house that has been with him for 32 years will also be recalled to be renovated into an environmental education center. Before that, David Glasheen, a former American millionaire, after losing assets due to the stock crisis in 1987, decided to move to Restoration Island, northeast of Australia from May 1997. He said he likes this place because he feels safe, no matter how old and tough you are, you want to rest assured to sleep knowing you won’t be attacked.

Salim (Hoang Kim Ngan) is one of the hot girls at the same time and is close to Chi Pu, Quynh Anh Shyn … She has appeared in several movies and regularly appears as a photo model for fashion brands. Hot girl Salim is pursuing a discreet, sweet, cute fashion style. Lately because she likes elegant outfits and especially to show off her slim waistline. Compared with the new time of being a hot girl with wet legs, the beauty of Ha Thanh’s beauty has really “transformed” extremely spectacularly. Hot girl born in 1992 at that time had an elegant, pure and youthful face. At this time, Salim is also quite appreciated for her fashion sense as well as beauty, although not as sharp as the present. Until 2016, Salim’s beauty attracted a lot of attention when netizens discovered that she had signs of aesthetics such as a higher bridge of the nose and a smaller tip. Compared with the previous photos, many people immediately recognized the difference in the appearance of the hot girl Ha Thanh. Rumors of the beauty “cutlery intervention” also appeared and quickly spread after that. From a cute girl with simple clothes, Salim now loves clothes that show off her extremely seductive body Although she does not have a remarkable height, she is always impressed by three well-proportioned circles. Salim also owns a more compact face, so overall, much sharper, more salty. Thanks to active practice and a healthy diet, hot girl Salim has a beautiful body like now. Photo: General Invite readers to watch the video: Not only beautiful, these 3 hot girls are also extremely “cool hands” in business – Source: YAN News

To eat the best eggs, nutritionists recommend adults should eat only 3-4 eggs a week. People with high blood pressure and high cholesterol should only eat 2-3 eggs a week. In addition, when consuming boiled eggs, avoid the following mistakes because they can cause poisoning or loss of nutrition of the dish. Eat boiled eggs overnight Boiled eggs are easy to eat by many people, rich in nutrients, but when left boiled for too long, it can be harmful to body health. Contrary to popular belief, hard-boiled eggs are no safer than raw eggs. In fact, boiled eggs are more susceptible to bacterial contamination, as cooking damages the protective film on the eggshell. Both raw and cooked eggs should be refrigerated. Therefore, if you keep the boiled eggs in the refrigerator, you can eat them the next day. If left at room temperature, absolutely should not eat more. Wash eggs several days before preparing them Many families have a habit of rinsing the eggshell, then storing eggs in the refrigerator for many days without knowing this is a wrong way. On the raw egg shell there is a small coating that makes the egg shiny. This membrane works to prevent dirt, bacteria in the outside environment from entering the egg’s lumen. Washing the eggs can break this membrane and cause bacteria from the eggshell to enter, making it dangerous to eat. The best practice is to just wipe or wash the eggs right before preparing them. You should only use eggs within 30 days of purchase, if too long will lose nutrients. Boil undercooked eggs The best practice is to just wipe or wash the eggs right before preparing them. You should only use eggs within 30 days of purchase, if too long will lose nutrients. Eggs are usually soft and creamy, and are loved by many people. However, you need to limit your intake of these eggs because it is difficult for your body to absorb nutrients. Moreover, the habit of eating undercooked hard-boiled eggs can cause us to become infected with Salmonella bacteria, causing infections, indigestion, even food poisoning or life-threatening. Boil eggs too long Unripe eggs are dangerous, but overcooking is not good either. Everyone thinks that the longer it is boiled, the safer it is, which can kill off bacteria outside the eggshell. However, this will cause the iron and sulfur in the egg to work together, reducing the nutrients the body can absorb. In addition, boiling eggs for too long causes eggs to easily crack, the yolks will appear gray covered. Although this is not harmful to the health, it makes the dish not very beautiful. Therefore, if you want the eggs to cook more thoroughly, just boiling for 10-12 minutes is enough. According to VietNamnet

“Korean holy food” received most of the comments praising, admiring the slimmer physique. Currently, she weighs about 83 kg, losing 48 kg after 2 years of diet and exercise. Since losing weight, Soobin has given up on mukbang-type eating videos. She gradually turned to being a lifestyle vlogger with exercise instruction, diet and positive inspirational videos. The videos “eating a jar” on the fanpage recently posted are old products, made when she has not discovered the cancer. Yang Soobin is thinner and thinner, receiving many compliments on his appearance. Yang Soobin (born in 1994) is famous in many Asian countries, including Vietnam thanks to delicious food clips, which many people call “Korean holy food”. Besides, she also possesses the ability to sing and make up. With his taste of eating and often filming mukbang videos, Soobin’s weight increases uncontrollably. 1.77 m high, she hit the mark of 131 kg when it was heaviest. In 2019, she is determined to lose weight after receiving the results of the Inbody body index test, which shows that she has up to 70 kg of fat. Over time, along with the exercise videos and diet photos that Soobin posted, her weight was decreasing, her body became slimmer and toned. At her heaviest, Soobin hit 131 kg. The 27-year-old girl’s rule is to limit carbohydrates, sugars, fortify green vegetables, protein with foods like eggs, chicken, mushrooms, onions, green leafy vegetables. She also did not forget to drink enough 2 liters of water / day for the body to eliminate toxins, support better digestion and promote fat burning. In June 2020, Soobin discovered that he had papillary thyroid cancer and had a successful surgery. She shared that she accidentally discovered the disease after losing weight and noticed something unusual in the neck area. “I feel very lucky when I just lost weight when I discovered the disease. I am also very grateful to the successful surgery,” she wrote on her personal page.

The boy works as a classical painter, enjoys riding an antique bicycle, writes with a brush and ink mark and even refuses to watch television. He used to spend more than 8,000 pounds to renovate bedrooms like Victorian times. A 19th-century passion for style has been with Michael since elementary school. His brother encouraged to play soccer, but Michael was only interested in history. Michael Koropisz was famous for dressing, behaving and acting like a gentleman in the 19th century. Until recently, Michael decided to shake off the image of “gentleman from the last century” to easily enter the entertainment industry in the land of fog. He spent more than £ 12,500 to renew his wardrobe, remove old-fashioned evening coats, headgear, leather gloves and change to branded sneakers, jeans and shirts. Michael also spent £ 8,000 for nose repairs and £ 4,500 for teeth to match today’s beauty standards. “I decided it was time to change to look for drama opportunities. I also go for plastic surgery to look as good as I can and stand out on stage. I’m very happy with my new look and direction, ”Michael said. The decision to change his lifestyle came after a picture of Michael’s history was noticed on television, making him realize how much he liked to appear on television. After abandoning the gentleman image in the 19th century, Michael Koropisz underwent plastic surgery and changed his appearance. “I want to appear in more TV shows and talk more about history with the audience. It’s the perfect combination of the two I love, ”he said. After giving up his old way of life, Michael kept his long coats, for any formal occasion that needed something more fancy than today’s fashion. “I continue to draw but for now that’s not the main focus. I was invited to be an expert on television and this is my priority area. I love art but sometimes the pursuit is lonely. Modernizing my hobby will give me the opportunity to meet more people ”.

Check food ingredients: Check the ingredients of the foods you’re going to eat to see if they contain sugar or other forms of sugar. Pay attention to names like fructose, brown rice syrup, concentrated cane juice, honey or agave honey. Don’t use colorful plates: One study found that people tend to eat more pasta and drink more soft drinks if they are displayed on colorful plates. To eat less, you should choose a white plate and “adorn” it with fruits and vegetables. Change your daily routine: Instead of going to the vending machine every afternoon, start the habit of walking around the building to reduce your cravings. Research shows that 15 minutes of walking can reduce cravings for high-calorie snacks. Keep sweets out of sight: Keep junk food out of your sight, so that when you get cravings, you won’t be able to reach for them immediately. Maybe thinking about getting up and looking for food will make you less likely to want to snack. Always keep healthy foods in the kitchen: Keep the healthiest foods you want to eat where you can find them most easily and in a ready-to-eat state. One of the reasons junk food is so appealing is its convenience – just tear the packaging open and eat it. Therefore, peel and trim the fruits so that you can always eat them when you crave. Understand what foods can stimulate your cravings: Try to find snacks that can whet your cravings and keep them out of sight. Find reasons to stay away from junk food: One of the most effective ways to cut back on junk food is to learn about what you’re eating. Think about how deliciously processed foods are actually filled with cancer-causing preservatives, or about how delicious chicken thighs are actually fried in oil that has been used over and over again! You probably won’t find them so appealing anymore. Chew thoroughly: Research shows that chewing a lot before swallowing can help you eat less. Therefore, when you eat, try to practice the habit of chewing slowly, carefully and concentrate. Wait until you’ve finished eating the first before eating the next. Cut back on junk food gradually: Don’t eliminate junk foods completely from your diet right away, but eliminate them gradually. For example, if you normally add three teaspoons of sugar to your cup of coffee, reduce it to two spoons over a few weeks, then gradually reduce it to a teaspoon. /.

An decided to quit working for 6 years to follow his dream. Photo: NVCC. Leave work, go to the forest In early 2020, the Covid -19 translation caused the tourism and service industry to fall into crisis. The restaurants met many difficulties, An’s work had many impacts. After a period of thinking, An decided to quit his job to find a new opportunity. “I think of Da Lat. When I first started working, I had a plan to go to Da Lat to work because I liked the nature and the atmosphere there. But people advise that the young should stay in the city to work, get experience. After 6 years working, I am confident enough to fulfill my own dream ”, An confided. An used the money saved after many years to become a homestay combined with a passion for cooking. Away from his family at the age of 13, An was used to living independently and looking for opportunities for himself, although starting a business in a new land presents many challenges. An Bao Da Lat had many opportunities but also many difficulties. “People looking from the outside think that being a homestay must be ‘chill’, very relaxed. Not wrong, but not entirely right, ”An said. Not simply bringing money to rent a house and decorate it, only in the first 10 days to Da Lat, An fell 5 kg, sometimes stressed out and could not sleep. “Have to close the kitchen, fix the house, paint the house, pick up the dust, clean the house, wash the laundry… do it all by yourself. In the past, working in the kitchen underwent a lot of pressure, but this pressure was several times higher ”, said Van An. It took a month for the new job to go into order. An spent 1 month to repair and decorate the house. Building a house is difficult, maintaining it is even more difficult. Previously, just focused on cooking delicious food for diners, now get used to getting up late and getting up early to welcome guests, taking care of every piece of food and sleep for guests every time they visit the house. “After all the initial hardships, it’s time to live the good days”, An laughed. “Every day to meet and get acquainted with new people, to go to the market to cook what you like. When you give your all to everyone, it’s also time to receive positive things.” Keeping Da Lat “The translation season is arduous, but it’s also fun. Have time to relax, redecorate the house, go around Dalat or neighboring places, ”An said. “The landlord called to say not to collect rent during the epidemic, while I never complained or pleaded. Then my friends help out a lot, often come home to help ”, according to Van An, stepping through the hardships, the new appreciation of human feelings for others. Guests as well as relatives visit the house. The thing that made An feel sad the most was that Da Lat was increasingly losing quality. “The city gradually lost its beauty of nature. Every place is racing to “foreignize”, “westernize”, from Japanese garden, Bali sky gate to Hong Kong street … but in fact, the core value of Dalat is pine forest, pure nature “. An said. Therefore, An always tries to build his house so that each guest can feel the peaceful atmosphere of the mountain town. Being a chef, An takes care of meals for guests, if he has time, he accompanies guests to entertainment spots in Da Lat, everyone will meet like family members. not just a stay. “The day before going to Thailand, I felt they do tourism very well, practical and useful. Traveling in me is often clever, sometimes deceived. I feel like I have to have a mind, to be sustainable, ”said An.

At the meeting, Yan Qiang, senior vice president of Kuaishou and head of content operations, announced two news:

1. There will be 1 billion yuan in cash and tens of billions of flow to subsidize creators.

2. The main goals of Kuaishou in 2021 will be around three levels: constructing a live broadcast 2.0 era, promoting pan-life services, and enhancing the community and social value of the platform.

Kuaishou’s “de-familyization”: the lotus is broken and it is difficult to give up

After the accident of the head anchor Simba, in order to solve the crisis of trust, Kuaishou tried his best to get rid of the influence of the “family” during the months when Simba was blocked. At the Kuaishou Gravity Conference, although Kuaishou kept emphasizing private domain traffic and anchors, it didn’t mention the “Simba” and other Kuaishou families that took the lead on the path of anchors. In the event of the day, the Kuaishou flashlight Xiao Gu, the person in charge of the business, said three times in his speech, “Don’t lie to the old iron.”

In order to reduce the influence of the Kuaishou family, Kuaishou kept vocalizing during the Simba ban. The Kuaishou executives once stated that the total annual cumulative GMV of all the anchors of the Simba family may only account for 10% of the Kuaishou GMV. At the same time, Kuaishou is also constantly supporting small and medium businesses and pushing new anchors at official events. However, Simba’s influence on Kuaishou is still hard to ignore. On the day of the rebroadcast, Simba’s popularity rushed to the top of the selling list, far surpassing the new anchors who had high hopes from Kuaishou officials.

For fast-handed families like Simba, fast-handed wants to give up, but it is difficult to let go completely. According to media reports, when Simba was re-broadcasting, Kuaishou internally opened a green channel for it, and also conducted a small survey on shopping experience.

In order to reduce the head “family influence”, Kuaishou chose to continue to increase “private domain traffic” and support anchors with 100,000-1 million followers. Zhang Yipeng, head of the marketing center of Kuaishou e-commerce, said: “I may not be able to sell a mid-waist anchor. Simba, Li Jiaqi and Wei Ya, my 10 anchors will bring it together, and the amount will definitely be larger than in the past.”

The live broadcast e-commerce 2.0 era described by Kuaishou e-commerce is when the cost of public domain traffic is getting higher and higher, through the platform to gather exclusive private domain traffic for content creators. For example, anchors rely on their live broadcast features to create sales. People design, produce high-quality content and establish a strong trust relationship with users, and guide users to consume. Regarding the results of creating private domain traffic, Yan Qiang revealed: “In 2020, the private domain traffic income of creators of Kuaishou platform has reached 40 billion yuan.”

In the face of increasingly fierce competition, in order to tell investors more imaginative stories. In addition to stabilizing the basic market of live e-commerce, Kuaishou is gradually increasing its content marketing. The 2020 financial report shows that the annual revenue of Kuaishou online marketing business is 2019 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 194.6%. In the fourth quarter, it surpassed Kuaishou live broadcast e-commerce and set a new record for Kuaishou’s single-quarter revenue. The online marketing business is also defined by Kuaishou as “one of the core strategic businesses that support our long-term development.”

Ma Hongbin, senior vice president of Kuaishou, revealed that Kuaishou magnetic engine is expected to help creators achieve 10 billion advertising revenue in 2021.

The magnetic engine that Feng Hongbin said is a commercial marketing service platform under Kuaishou, which is a bit like a giant engine of byte beating. In terms of function, the magnetic engine is like a giant engine of the Kuaishou version, which can push open-screen advertisements and information. For streaming advertisements, advertisers can also promote through the magnetic engine and the “old irons” under Kuaishou, and content creators can also target them through the “kuaishou vermicelli” in the magnetic engine, and their accounts can grow rapidly.

Kuaishou and Douyin are more and more similar at first glance, but they are not the same when you look closely.

Kuaishou’s branded merchant strategy may not necessarily satisfy merchants

Coincidentally, not long after Kuaishou proposed the live broadcast e-commerce 2.0 era, Douyin announced the next step at the first Douyin E-commerce Ecological Conference on April 8. Different from Kuaishou’s main private domain, the “interest e-commerce” selected by Douyin is somewhat similar to interest recommendation. Douyin uses user portraits and other methods to tag users and then target users to push the other party. Interested in live streaming and short evaluation videos.

Kuaishou and Douyin continue to increase their e-commerce, but for now, there is still a certain gap between Kuaishou live broadcast and Douyin live broadcast.

According to data from iiMedia Consulting, the GMV of Douyin live e-commerce in 2020 will exceed 500 billion yuan, even surpassing Taobao’s 400 billion yuan, while Kuaishou’s GMV will only exceed 330 billion yuan in 2020. Judging from the 2021 target, according to media reports, Kuaishou has set the GMV target for this year’s e-commerce at between 750 and 800 billion yuan, while Douyin plans to achieve a total GMV of more than 1 trillion yuan in 2021.

Although there is still a gap between Kuaishou and Douyin in total GMV, both sides have similar troubles.

From the perspective of the supply chain, Kuaishou hopes to rely more on its own or partner’s supply chain to control user transactions on external platforms. For this reason, Kuaishou signed a contract with JD.com in May 2020. Users can directly enter JD’s self-operated stores from Kuaishou’s stores without jumping to external links. The anchors can also choose JD’s self-operated products when they bring goods. Among Douyin’s 500 billion GMV in 2020, about 60% are completed through third-party links in live broadcast rooms and short videos, and the remaining 40% are controlled in Douyin’s own channels such as Douyin stores.

From a brand perspective, Kuaishou also hopes to increase the proportion of branded products in GMV and reduce the proportion of white-label products. It plans to increase the proportion of branded products to 70% in 2021. More branded products mean better product quality and user experience. Kuaishou founder Su Hua said that he hopes to increase the repurchase rate of users.

In terms of brand merchants, Kuaishou still has a certain gap with Douyin. There are obviously more brand merchants on Douyin. Douyin continues to build closed-loop e-commerce and brand merchants. It not only strongly supports brand merchants to settle in, but also goes online. The Douyin Store. Feigua Data’s report shows that starting from February 2021, live broadcast sales of Douyin brand stores accounted for 50% of total sales, and more and more merchants began to choose to build their own live broadcast operation team.

In addition, brand merchants may not be satisfied with their experience on the Kuaishou platform. From the specific data, the new Douyin data shows that the number of fans of Li Ning Sports Tik Tok is 3.098 million, 573 works have been released, and 49 live broadcasts, but the live broadcast of Li Ning Sports’ Kuaishou account has reached 87 games and the number of works is 561. There are only 788,000 fans.

A similar situation has occurred with brands such as Mengniu, OPPO, and Yili. For example, OPPO Douyin has 3.2124 million fans, released 724 works and 32 live broadcasts, but Li Ning Sports’ Kuaishou has 26 live broadcasts and 340 works, but only 364,000 fans.

According to the official statement of Kuaishou, the logic of Kuaishou e-commerce is to improve platform GMV by optimizing content, conversion rate, customer unit price, and repurchase frequency. However, it is still unknown whether Kuaishou e-commerce companies improve the functional experience of e-commerce products from the perspective of users. It is still unknown whether more brand merchants can be convinced to settle on the platform.

At the meeting, Yan Qiang, senior vice president of Kuaishou and head of content operations, announced two news:

1. There will be 1 billion yuan in cash and tens of billions of flow to subsidize creators.

2. The main goals of Kuaishou in 2021 will be around three levels: constructing a live broadcast 2.0 era, promoting pan-life services, and enhancing the community and social value of the platform.

Kuaishou’s “de-familyization”: the lotus is broken and it is difficult to give up

After the accident of the head anchor Simba, in order to solve the crisis of trust, Kuaishou tried his best to get rid of the influence of the “family” during the months when Simba was blocked. At the Kuaishou Gravity Conference, although Kuaishou kept emphasizing private domain traffic and anchors, it didn’t mention the “Simba” and other Kuaishou families that took the lead on the path of anchors. In the event of the day, the Kuaishou flashlight Xiao Gu, the person in charge of the business, said three times in his speech, “Don’t lie to the old iron.”

In order to reduce the influence of the Kuaishou family, Kuaishou kept vocalizing during the Simba ban. The Kuaishou executives once stated that the total annual cumulative GMV of all the anchors of the Simba family may only account for 10% of the Kuaishou GMV. At the same time, Kuaishou is also constantly supporting small and medium businesses and pushing new anchors at official events. However, Simba’s influence on Kuaishou is still hard to ignore. On the day of the rebroadcast, Simba’s popularity rushed to the top of the selling list, far surpassing the new anchors who had high hopes from Kuaishou officials.

For fast-handed families like Simba, fast-handed wants to give up, but it is difficult to let go completely. According to media reports, when Simba was rebroadcasting, Kuaishou internally opened a green channel for it, and also conducted a small survey on shopping experience.

In order to reduce the head “family influence”, Kuaishou chose to continue to increase “private domain traffic” and support anchors with 100,000-1 million followers. Zhang Yipeng, head of the marketing center of Kuaishou e-commerce, said: “I may not be able to sell a mid-waist anchor. Simba, Li Jiaqi and Wei Ya, my 10 anchors will bring it together, and the amount will definitely be larger than in the past.”

The live broadcast e-commerce 2.0 era described by Kuaishou e-commerce is when the cost of public domain traffic is getting higher and higher, through the platform to gather exclusive private domain traffic for content creators. For example, anchors rely on their live broadcast features to create sales. People design, produce high-quality content and establish a strong trust relationship with users, and guide users to consume. Regarding the results of creating private domain traffic, Yan Qiang revealed: “In 2020, the private domain traffic income of creators of Kuaishou platform has reached 40 billion yuan.”

In the face of increasingly fierce competition, in order to tell investors more imaginative stories. In addition to stabilizing the basic market of live e-commerce, Kuaishou is gradually increasing its content marketing. The 2020 financial report shows that the annual revenue of Kuaishou online marketing business is 2019 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 194.6%. In the fourth quarter, it surpassed Kuaishou live broadcast e-commerce and set a new record for Kuaishou’s single-quarter revenue. The online marketing business is also defined by Kuaishou as “one of the core strategic businesses that support our long-term development.”

Ma Hongbin, senior vice president of Kuaishou, revealed that Kuaishou magnetic engine is expected to help creators achieve 10 billion advertising revenue in 2021.

The magnetic engine that Feng Hongbin said is a commercial marketing service platform under Kuaishou, which is a bit like a giant engine of byte beating. In terms of function, the magnetic engine is like a giant engine of the Kuaishou version, which can push open-screen advertisements and information. For streaming advertisements, advertisers can also promote through the magnetic engine and the “old irons” under Kuaishou, and content creators can also target them through the “kuaishou vermicelli” in the magnetic engine, and their accounts can grow rapidly.

Kuaishou and Douyin are more and more similar at first glance, but they are not the same when you look closely.

Kuaishou’s branded merchant strategy may not necessarily satisfy merchants

Coincidentally, not long after Kuaishou proposed the live broadcast e-commerce 2.0 era, Douyin announced the next step at the first Douyin E-commerce Ecological Conference on April 8. Different from Kuaishou’s main private domain, the “interest e-commerce” selected by Douyin is somewhat similar to interest recommendation. Douyin uses user portraits and other methods to tag users and then target users to push the other party. Interested in live streaming and short evaluation videos.

Kuaishou and Douyin continue to increase their e-commerce, but for now, there is still a certain gap between Kuaishou live broadcast and Douyin live broadcast.

According to data from iiMedia Consulting, the GMV of Douyin live e-commerce in 2020 will exceed 500 billion yuan, even surpassing Taobao’s 400 billion yuan, while Kuaishou’s GMV will only exceed 330 billion yuan in 2020. Judging from the 2021 target, according to media reports, Kuaishou has set the GMV target for this year’s e-commerce at between 750 and 800 billion yuan, while Douyin plans to achieve a total GMV of more than 1 trillion yuan in 2021.

Although there is still a gap between Kuaishou and Douyin in total GMV, both sides have similar troubles.

From the perspective of the supply chain, Kuaishou hopes to rely more on its own or partner’s supply chain to control user transactions on external platforms. To this end, Kuaishou signed a contract with JD.com in May 2020. Users can directly enter JD’s self-operated stores from Kuaishou’s stores without jumping to external links. The anchor can also choose JD’s self-operated products when they bring goods. Among Douyin’s 500 billion GMV in 2020, about 60% are completed through third-party links in live broadcast rooms and short videos, and the remaining 40% are controlled in Douyin’s own channels such as Douyin stores.

From a brand perspective, Kuaishou also hopes to increase the proportion of branded products in GMV and reduce the proportion of white-label products. It plans to increase the proportion of branded products to 70% in 2021. More branded products mean better product quality and user experience. Kuaishou founder Su Hua said that he hopes to increase the repurchase rate of users.

In terms of brand merchants, Kuaishou still has a certain gap with Douyin. There are obviously more brand merchants on Douyin. Douyin continues to build closed-loop e-commerce and brand merchants. It not only strongly supports brand merchants to settle in, but also goes online. The Douyin Store. Feigua Data’s report shows that starting from February 2021, live broadcast sales of Douyin brand stores accounted for 50% of total sales, and more and more merchants began to choose to build their own live broadcast operation team.

In addition, brand merchants may not be satisfied with their experience on the Kuaishou platform. From the specific data, the new Douyin data shows that the number of fans of Li Ning Sports Tik Tok is 3.098 million, 573 works have been released, and 49 live broadcasts, but the live broadcast of Li Ning Sports’ Kuaishou account has reached 87 games and the number of works is 561. There are only 788,000 fans.

A similar situation has occurred with brands such as Mengniu, OPPO, and Yili. For example, OPPO Douyin has 3.2124 million fans, released 724 works and 32 live broadcasts, but Li Ning Sports’s Kuaishou account has 26 live broadcasts and 340 works, but only 364,000 fans.

According to the official statement of Kuaishou, the logic of Kuaishou e-commerce is to improve platform GMV by optimizing content, conversion rate, customer unit price, and repurchase frequency. However, it is still unknown whether Kuaishou e-commerce companies improve the functional experience of e-commerce products from the perspective of users. It is still unknown whether more brand merchants can be convinced to settle on the platform.

today, PlayStation China officially announced that the “PlayStation China Conference 2021” will be live streamed online at 11:00 AM on April 29 (next Thursday), so stay tuned!

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After the world premiere in November last year, many players are eagerly looking forward to when the PS5 National Bank version will arrive, and now it is finally fulfilled.

A few days ago, Sony China released a picture of the PS5 and the controller on its official Weibo, with a text: It is indispensable for you to make a black appointment.

It is reported that, The National Bank version of PS5 has been reviewed in December last year. The models are CFI-1009A and CFI-1009B, corresponding to the CD-ROM version and the digital version respectively. , The manufacturer is Hongfujin Precision Electronics (Yantai Foxconn), and the first certification date is December 10.

Given that the price of the US version of PS4 Pro and the PS5 digital version is the same, there are media speculations that the price of the PS5 National Bank digital version should be the same as the PS4 Pro National Bank version. That is 2999 yuan, the price of the CD-ROM version will probably increase by 800 yuan on this basis, which is about 3799 yuan.

But there are also speculations that With the current shortage of chips and limited production capacity, it is difficult for the Bank of China PS5 to maintain the price of around 3,000 yuan, and the price may increase with a high probability.

Some netizens said: “I have a hunch that it will be 3999, and the Bank of China can kill profiteers as long as it does not lock the area below 4000.” Some netizens said, “ The price should be pretty good, but I’m worried about locks and snapping up the air” .

It is worth mentioning that the overseas version of the next-generation console PS5 and Xbox Series X/S have been removed from the shelves in a large number of stores. At present, it is difficult to buy overseas version of PS5 console equipment on major e-commerce platforms.

As a result, the first batch of PS5 shipments of the Bank of China will inevitably follow a slow pace. You can prepare in advance for children’s shoes that you plan to buy.

In 2007, Mr. Kang was diagnosed with liver cancer and had to remove one third of his liver. After a successful surgery, he tried to finish the unfinished scenes of the movie he was participating in and moved with his family to live in the countryside. With all his energy to live, having been quietly fighting cancer for more than 10 years, the health of the actor Descendants of the Sun has been increasingly improved. He regularly exercises, eating according to a diet to maintain his fitness. For liver cancer, there are many factors that can lead to them from drinking alcohol, obesity, smoking to the body’s existence of many other underlying diseases. The liver is the largest organ in the body and is located on the right side of the abdomen. It is responsible for performing important functions such as helping your body to flush toxins out. Furthermore, it also allows the body to digest fats, vitamins and other important nutrients. However, once the liver has a problem, it will be very difficult to do its job well. Liver cancer is when liver cells that are old and damaged tend to overgrow and continue to multiply instead of dying. Liver cancer can be primary or secondary. Primary cancer originates in the liver while secondary liver cancer can be caused by cancer cells from other organs such as the chest or lungs moving to the liver. Furthermore, it can also lead to other conditions such as high cholesterol levels, enlarged liver, bleeding and visceral bruising. Symptoms of liver cancer are usually abdominal pain, jaundice, nausea, fatigue, itching, back pain, fever, and unintentional weight loss. Who can get liver cancer? People with diabetes and hepatitis, people with a family history of liver cancer, drinking a lot of alcohol leading to cirrhosis, people with low immunity with HIV or AIDS, and obesity may also get it. this disease. In particular, smokers are at higher risk of liver cancer. Treatment for liver cancer Treatment for liver cancer will depend on the stage of the disease and the location of the tumor. The common treatment is chemotherapy, where the drug is administered orally or intravenously to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy can then be used with high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells. Another option for treating the disease is surgery. If the tumor is a small malignant tumor, the doctor removes the cancer cells and some of the healthy liver tissue surrounding it. A liver transplant is done when the liver is completely damaged. Resection therapy may be used. The doctor then selects heat, lasers, or injections to kill the cancer cells. The treatment can even be done by embolism, which stops blood supply to cancer cells and allows them to die on their own.

Icons of the Instagram application. Photo: Reuters The campaign for a non-commercial childhood and the Electronic Privacy Information Center are two of the nearly 100 organizations and activists for children from North America, Europe, Africa and Africa. Ocean has signed a letter to CEO Zuckerberg on April 15. The content of the letter stated that the Instagram photo-sharing app – owned by Facebook – “exploits teenagers’ fears of lagging behind, as well as the desire to receive acceptance from peers.” According to the letter, “this platform is constantly focusing on appearance, display and personal branding, thereby posing challenges to privacy and the fun of young people.” The letter also cites concerns about “green beards”, bullying in schools, and teen-inappropriate content on the platform. Like the parent company, the social network Facebook, the Instagram app only allows users over 13 years old to participate. However, verifying the user’s actual age is difficult to verify. The letter states: “What happened shows the negative risk of Facebook exploiting young users and thereby exposing them to unpredictable dangers. This shows that the company is not suitable for privacy. how to manage a teenage photo sharing and texting app In short, a kid’s Instagram page puts kids at serious risk, while only so much. Less benefits for families “. The call comes as Facebook claims it is developing a test version of Instagram exclusively for children under 13 and under the control of parents. According to Facebook, a lot of children want to use Instagram to connect with relatives and they are the next generation of Internet users. Facebook spokesperson Stephanie Otway said: “The reality is that children are living online. They want to connect with family and friends, have fun and learn, and we want to help them. do it in a safe and age-appropriate manner. According to Otway, Facebook is working with mental health and child development experts to find solutions that prioritize their safety and privacy on social media. In fact, the Instagram application – which currently has more than a billion users – has also taken many measures to protect “child customers” such as: not allowing underage children to create accounts, preventing adults from creating accounts. to contact young users they don’t know, or block users with “suspicious behavior” from trying to interact with teenagers.

In Japan, one of the most popular beauty trends is skin lightening, popular with cleansers, moisturizers and makeup. The above standard is supported and promoted when the word “whitening” is widely used by brands to advertise their products. In the Japanese beauty industry, the most commonly used word for whitening is “bihaku” – containing the kanji for “beauty” and “white”. The popularity of this word made the obsession of a bright white skin more widespread in the community. “Beautiful new white” is a popular beauty standard in Japan. Photo: Erika Ikuta. While bihaku is still being used by beauty brands, Kao has been a leader in eliminating the stereotype about the appearance by announcing that it will no longer use the word in products since March. Eliminate this entire word on its product for several years. The Kao representative said that the company does not want to promote the message that one skin color outperforms other skin tones, eliminating bihaku is part of the brand’s efforts to promote diversity. The language change follows similar moves by foreign companies like L’Oreal and Unilever. Kao was the first Japanese cosmetic company to stop using bihaku. Despite the elimination of prejudiced words, whitening products are believed to be the preferred choice in Japan. Kao said it will still meet this demand from customers, but will replace “whitening” with the word “brighten” for products that limit the appearance of freckles and dark spots. Kao’s commitment to diversity goes beyond the language used in product marketing, the company also strives to address gender issues. The company also said it plans to launch a new series of foundation creams this fall in 23 colors, almost double the number of colors normally offered, while taking steps to curb various stereotypes, like using words like “standard” or “normal” for common shades of foundation.

It is reported that Harry faces becoming the only member of the Royal family to wear a normal suit after he lost his honorary title when he gave up his role as a senior member.

Besides, there is also information that there is also information that Prince Andrew is most likely not wearing a military uniform at his father’s funeral because he had previously asked for permission from Queen Elizabeth II to quit his “permanent” royal service later. The above controversial interview BBC Newsnight in November 2019 when he revealed about his relationship with US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender committed suicide in prison.

The Queen may order a ban on the wearing of military uniforms during Prince Philip’s funeral.

A royal source said: “The Queen and the rest of the family do not allow anything to take away the treasures of the Duke’s funeral.“.

Both Harry and his wife gave up their royal titles after announcing their resignations and agreeing to stop using the royal honorary title in official dispatches.

Prince Harry and Prince Andrew have had their royal titles revoked.

In February 2021, the Queen officially stripped her of the honorary title and confirmed that they would not return as members of the Royal Family – which made Prince Harry feel bad. uncomfortable.

On April 17, only a handful of mourners from the Royal Family were allowed to attend the event at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.

Due to the severe effects of the pandemic, anyone attending the funeral must comply with the rules of at least two meters of distance from strangers. According to the latest Buckingham Palace statement changed from April 12, the funeral had no more than 30 people in attendance, whether indoors or outdoors.

Perhaps what remains about Liverpool for those who watch the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2020-2021 second leg can only be described in two words: fading. Because when cornered, when there is nothing to lose, even if the opponent is a mighty Real Madrid, Liverpool fans still expect their beloved club to have a real match. the fierce, truly bloody, as the tradition never gives up that they are always proud of. But the end is probably just sighs, deep feelings about a fact: Liverpool is no longer itself.

Liverpool played too faintly in front of a brave Real Madrid.

Entering the life-and-death match after losing 1-3 to Real Madrid in the first leg quarter-finals, Liverpool was clearly cornered, and Jurgen Klopp did everything he could. It is a muscular midfield with Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum and James Milner, he even uses Roberto Firmino, which is happily known as a “defensive striker” when frequently backing down to support the defense, with determined to strangle the “old men” like 35-year-old Luka Modric, 31-year-old Toni Kroos, 33-year-old Karim Benzema … right in the middle of the pitch, not allowing them to form a connection with each other. From there create opportunities for Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah above. They even have a big advantage when Real Madrid are having a serious crisis in defense, when in front of Thibaut Courtois two names that rarely match: Eder Militao and Nacho. Even Zinedine Zidane had to withdraw midfielder Federico Valverde to play at right-back because there was no better substitute in that position. With such advantages, Liverpool fans dreamed of a “magical Istanbul night”, dreaming of a divine comeback.

However, after the match ended, Liverpool still could not score any goals against a Real Madrid with a patchwork defense. One can say Real Madrid is too brave, too comprehensive when playing defensively is also so good, but above all, it is necessary to recognize the fact that Liverpool is only their own shadow in the seasons. recently. A Liverpool who regularly played rock and roll passionately on the football field under Jurgen Klopp was gone. When the excitement of playing football has decreased with the titles, when the fitness is no longer full, Liverpool is becoming more mediocre than ever.

At the moment of strength, Jurgen Klopp’s teachers and coaches engulfed the opponent with a crazy pressing style, with fast-paced ball lines from the two sides, with lightning-fast attacks with Sadio’s sweeping power. Mane, Mohamed Salah’s ability to take chances and Roberto Firmino’s technique. But when the duo Andrew Robertson – Trent Alexander-Arnold on two sides lost their form, Sadio Mane became mediocre when the fitness went down, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were no longer sharp enough, all that Liverpool could do. is a plump zero.

This will definitely be an empty season for Liverpool, and the only goal they can strive for is only a Champions League place next season. This will also be a necessary silence for Jurgen Klopp to have a more accurate view of what he has in hand, to have the right direction in the upcoming summer transfer window 2021. Hopefully in the new season a bloody Liverpool will return strongly.

Northern flow 2: Germany receives a request for a building permit, President Biden falls into a ‘dilemma’. (Source: The Brussels Times)

The website Tagesspiegel.de recently published an article titled “A guaranteed gas supply even without the Northern Stream 2 project”.

Accordingly, the Northern Flow 2 gas pipeline project not only supplies gas to Germany and the European Union (EU) but also has strategic implications for the transition of energy, the environment and political geography.

Once again, this has become a central issue in the context of Russia increasing its military forces on the Ukrainian border and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin making his first visit to Germany.

The question is, is this piping system really necessary? What would the consequences be if the pipeline didn’t go into service?

The opinions are mixed

Experts have many different opinions. Some people, like Jens Hobohm from Prognos Institute for Economic Research (Germany), believe that Northern Flow 2 from an energy point of view is necessary and meaningful.

In contrast, expert Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) argues that the answer is “definitely not”.

According to Kemfert, it is not necessary to have any additional infrastructure for the transportation of natural gas from Russia. In addition, the plan to increase natural gas consumption will conflict with the discussed and agreed climate protection goals.

This expert said that there would be no serious problems if the Northern Flow 2 could not be completed and put into operation. If gas from Russia cannot reach Germany through this pipeline system, Germany and Europe will find other energy solutions.

In this regard, new US President Joe Biden has stated that, like his predecessor, Donald Trump, he wants to prevent the completion of the project through the threat of punishing companies involved in the project. .

Still many EU partners believe that, with the assistance of the Northern Flow 2, Germany is acting against the common interests of Europe.

Chairman of the European People’s Party (EPP) group at the European Parliament Manfred Weber said that the Northern Flow 2 project “will definitely not be feasible” if Russian President Vladimir Putin lets the conflict in the region. East Ukraine escalated.

Will the gas supply be at risk then? To answer this question, the forecasts of the amount of gas that Germany and Europe will need in the coming years are central.

From the outset, critics accused the conglomerates that built the pipeline project “inflated” the data on German and European gas demand, making the project indispensable. and completely overwhelmed the opposition.

However, Jens Hobohm believes that this criticism holds true only in previous years, but in recent years, gas consumption in Germany and Europe has increased more than expected due to the need for natural gas. as a bridge for energy transitions.

When countries like Germany give up nuclear power, Poland reduces its dependence on coal, while solar and wind energy are still unable to meet demand, gas is the optimal solution.

According to a study by the Prognos Research Institute, in 2014, the EU consumed 400 billion cubic meters of gas; in 2015, the figure was 419 billion cubic meters and in 2019 it was 470 billion cubic meters.

Consumption figures for 2020 have not been specifically calculated, but according to expert Hobohm, this number is expected to decrease due to the impact of the epidemic of acute respiratory infections Covid-19.

In Germany alone, gas consumption will also increase from 77 billion cubic meters in 2015 to 89 billion cubic meters in 2019, while in 2020 this figure will decrease by about 2.5 percent.

Is that a compelling argument for the construction of the Northern Flow 2 project or would the existing pipes be enough to meet demand?

Is the project really necessary?

If we compare the gas consumption figures for 2019 to 2006, when the first Northern Flow system was planned to be constructed, it can be seen that the consumption volume has never been as high as it was before. Meanwhile, the project construction consortium insists that pipelines are needed as gas consumption will increase continuously. In fact, in 2006, Germany consumed 92 billion cubic meters of gas, while in the EU it was 511 billion cubic meters.

Hobohm adds that Europe’s gas imports from outside Europe depend on how much the continent can produce and to what extent can it meet its own demand?

Currently, the amount of gas produced internally has decreased, partly due to the Netherlands cutting production share faster than planned.

The key point now, experts say, is that the Northern Flow 2 project is still under construction. And Europe has no problems with gas supplies. Whether this project can go into operation or not and never work is an open question.

The later this pipeline is completed, the less necessary it is to be, as the role of natural gas will decline more and more.

Along with that, security policy risks are also very concerned.

First, it is due to the dependence of Europe and Germany on gas from a Russia.

Second, additional risks come from this project because the pipeline runs from Russia through the Baltic Sea and then directly to Germany, not through intermediate states such as Ukraine, Belarus and Poland.

Critics of the project raise two questionable issues.

FirstlyMr. Putin wants free hands to implement his policies with neighboring countries without being afraid to depend on them (when gas exports no longer have to pass through these countries).

Monday, the operation of the Northern Flow 2 system leads to a decrease in the amount of gas flowing through the existing pipes, thereby reducing Ukraine’s income from allowing gas from Russia to transit through its territory. .

The national budget of Kiev will be more than 2 billion euros. Then, the pressure on the EU to increase its aid to Ukraine will grow.

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