Author: Alan Lorenz

What Insurance Do I Need As A Beauty Therapist?
2Feb By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Finance

What Insurance Do I Need As A Beauty Therapist?

It's essential to get beauty liability insurance to cover all that you do as a beauty therapist, whether you work in a salon or as a mobile beauty therapist. As a beauty therapist, you'll come into contact with various products and tools that allow you to do your job. This includes everything from hot wax to eyelash dye, chemical peels and, of course, lots of potentially dangerous tools. Even when you try your utmost to give your clients the best possible experience, things might not always go to plan. Should your client have an adverse reaction to treatment or even injure themselves in your salon, you will be liable if they decide to take legal action. Here's what you need to know about beauty insurance. Beauty Liability Insurance The general umbrella term for insurance you need is ...
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Prince Harry Accepts Apologies and Compensation From British Tabloid
1Feb By Alan LorenzNo Comments
UK, News

Prince Harry Accepts Apologies and Compensation From British Tabloid

Prince Harry has accepted the Mail On Sunday's apology and has received "substantial damages," according to Sky News.   According to the Mail, the Duke of Sussex has turned his back on the Royal Marines since relinquishing his military duties in March. In November, Harry filed a lawsuit against parent company Associated Newspapers for "false and libellous" coverage of his alleged miscommunication with the British Marines. A high-ranking general is said to have said of the Duke of Sussex that he turned his back on the Marines for not responding to a letter from former Chief of the General Staff Lord Dannatt. "The baseless, false and defamatory stories published in the Mail on Sunday and on the MailOnline website were not only a personal attack on the Duke but also falsely called in...
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Williams Beats Osaka in Demo for Packed Stands in Adelaide
29Jan By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Sports, News

Williams Beats Osaka in Demo for Packed Stands in Adelaide

Serena Williams has won in front of full stands in Adelaide in a demonstration match against Naomi Osaka. It became 6-3 2-6 10-7 for the 23-time grand slam champion.   The game was played in front of 4,000 people at the Memorial Drive Tennis Club. It was the first time in almost a year that so much audience was present at a tennis match. "I haven't seen an audience in a stadium for so long. It feels like an eternity ago," said Osaka, the world's number 3, after her defeat. After the stringent measures in recent months, the Australians have won the fight against the coronavirus. "Tennis is back", wrote the Australian Open with a photo of the sold-out stadium in Adelaide. "It was worth quarantine," said 39-year-old Williams. "We had a calendar in our room on which we mark a cross e...
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German Weekly Coronavirus Figures at the Lowest Level in Months
28Jan By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Germany, Europe, News

German Weekly Coronavirus Figures at the Lowest Level in Months

Germany is making progress in the fight against the coronavirus. For the first time since the end of October, less than 100 infections per 100,000 inhabitants have been detected in a week.   That weekly figure peaked in Germany on December 22, when it stood at 197.6. It now stands at 98, reports the Robert Koch Institute, the German counterpart of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). The German authorities are aiming to get the weekly figure below 50. They instituted a lockdown to achieve that. Non-essential shops, catering establishments and schools had to close at the end of last year by order of the government. In any case, those restrictions will remain in effect until mid-February. Germany has reported a total of more than 2.1 million infecti...
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Intel is Pumping An Extra Half Billion Dollars into the Vietnamese Factory
27Jan By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Technology, News

Intel is Pumping An Extra Half Billion Dollars into the Vietnamese Factory

Intel has invested $ 475 million in a factory in Vietnam, on top of a previous investment of $ 1 billion.   It concerns a chip assembly and production facility in Saigon, the construction of which was announced in 2006, at the time investment of one billion dollars. Intel is announcing that it invested an additional $ 475 million in the factory in the second half of last year. It currently employs 2,700 people, including on 5G products, processors with Intel's Hybrid Technology and the Intel Core CPUs of the 10th generation. The choice to expand the site in Vietnam is no coincidence. In recent years, diplomatic tensions between China and the US have risen sharply, making (cheap) production in China more difficult. That is why some American players such as Apple and now Intel are ...
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Taiwanese Chipmaker Wants to Give Car Chips Higher Priority
25Jan By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Business, News

Taiwanese Chipmaker Wants to Give Car Chips Higher Priority

Taiwanese chip market leader TSMC wants to prioritize automotive chip production as soon as they can increase production capacity.   This is reported by the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs in response to the worldwide shortage of car chips, which disrupts car production. The company TSMC has announced that it wants to optimize the production of chips first and then increase car chips production. In 2020, auto chips accounted for just 3 percent of the company's total chip sales. For chips for smartphones, this was almost 50 percent, and the so-called "high performance" chips accounted for more than 30 percent of sales. Germany had asked Taiwan to convince Taiwanese producers to do something about the shortage of the auto chips. Car manufacturers worldwide are forced to stop...
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Google Makes Agreements With French Publishers About Copyright
22Jan By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Technology, France, News

Google Makes Agreements With French Publishers About Copyright

Google will pay in France for the use of messages from news editors and publishers. At the French competition watchdog's insistence, it has reached an agreement on this with one of the largest French publishers.   This deals with the publisher Alliance de la Presse d'Information Générale, which covers almost 300 titles. Financial details have not been disclosed, and separate licensing of titles from this publisher is still under discussion. European publishers have resisted Google and Facebook's power in recent years, calling on regulators to look into it. The platforms have taken away billions of advertising revenue, they say. Earlier, the European Union tightened up copyright law. This allows publishers to request a fee from online platforms for displaying their messages. Last y...
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Nuisance Due to Flooding and Snowfall in the United Kingdom
21Jan By Alan LorenzNo Comments
UK, News

Nuisance Due to Flooding and Snowfall in the United Kingdom

A severe storm has led to flooding in several places in the United Kingdom. The residents of some 2,000 homes in the Greater Manchester area are being evacuated, British media reports.   In addition to flooding, residents there also have to deal with heavy snowfall. Flood warnings have been issued in numerous places in England and Wales due to storm Christoph. Rail traffic is also flat between major cities in the north of England. Authorities, according to the BBC, are assuring residents that despite the lockdown, they can leave their homes in the event of an emergency. On social media, people express their surprise at the combination of extreme weather events. British media publish images of flooded streets and people trudging through a blizzard. In Wales, according to Sky News...
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Biden’s Defence Minister Wants to Get Rid of US Military Transgender Ban
20Jan By Alan LorenzNo Comments
US, News

Biden’s Defence Minister Wants to Get Rid of US Military Transgender Ban

US retired general Lloyd Austin, the candidate of incoming President Joe Biden for the post of Secretary of Defense, said on Tuesday that he wants to get rid of the ban on transgender people serving in the US military.   That ban was instituted apart from President Donald Trump. Austin told a senatorial committee on Tuesday that he supports a plan to abolish the transgender ban and you can expect that I will always back that," Austin said in a hearing. Austin did not say when the transgender ban will be lifted. In the United States, candidate candidates are usually heard by the Senate. He must agree to the appointment before it can take place formally. In the hearing, General Austin said Iran is one of the greatest threats to the United States and its allies in the Middle East as...
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Navalny is Expected in Court on Wednesday for the Libel Case
19Jan By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Russia, News

Navalny is Expected in Court on Wednesday for the Libel Case

The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is expected in court on Wednesday, according to his lawyer, because of an ongoing case in which the Kremlin critic is accused of libel.   He is said to have discredited a World War II veteran. A commission of inquiry that usually investigates war crimes has looked into the case, saying Navalny has "questioned the honour and dignity of the veteran." The man said in a commercial that he favours the constitutional change that will allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036. Navalny posted that video to Twitter, calling all the people in the video "a disgrace to our country" and "traitors without a conscience". The Kremlin critic was arrested last weekend when he returned to Russia for not complying with his suspended pri...
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