PARADE Magazine Surprises Readers With A Crash Course on Narcissism

Los Angeles, CA, Oct 7, 2020 -- Parade Magazine, beloved by its readers for heart-warming stories, simple recipes and bits of juicy celebrity gossip, surprised its readers last week with a potent piece on the destructive potential of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). It must be a sign of the times. Drawing on the expertise of many authors, including Julia Sokol, Steven Carter, Eleanor Payson, and Denna Babul, Parade did a no-holds-barred presentation of NPD, leaving little to the imagination. Both helpful and clear, the magazine gives a kind warning to those in the grips of a narcissist’s seduction: Don’t expect miracles, don’t expect magic, don’t expect kindness, and don’t expect anything to change. You can read the full article here: https://parade.com/1085357/marynliles/how-to-deal-with-narcissist-in-relationships/

The piece from Parade makes so much plain: the traits of a narcissist, the patterns of a narcissist, the emotional tools of a narcissist, and how to protect yourself from the overwhelming seduction and hurt. It also spells out something crucial: How do you know when it’s time to walk away from a narcissistic partner for good. Wow. All of this insight from Parade Magazine? Right now they are sounding as profound and insightful as Psychology Today!

Do you think you’re involved with a narcissist? Your partner…your friend…or your boss? If this piece from Parade Magazine has started your wheels spinning and ignited your desire for help, they recommend the following books to learn even more: Help! I’m in Love With a Narcissist (Carter/Sokol), Love Strong (Babul), and The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists (Payson). Talking to a therapist would also be a great plan!

Of course, not every difficult person is a narcissist, and many bad relationships are driven by factors other than narcissism. Being informed and aware is crucial. But if you are suffering in a relationship right now, or still trying to understand why a past love failed, the more you know about NPD the more empowered you will be.

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Atrium Realty Group Reveals Why They Are Industry Specialist

October 7, 2020, Oshawa, ON -- Atrium Realty Group explains how they have managed to rule the real estate industry. The document they released also explained their secret to becoming the industry specialist in Ontario. Atrium Realty Group is a well-known name that serves Oshawa with high performing real estate services. This company has been in business for a few years now with more than 62 years of collective experience handy. This real estate company recently revealed its secret behind their success and happy clients around the Ontario areas.

The company recently released a document stating that the main area to look after being real estate agents in Oshawa is that they are best in the work they do. The main reason for their success is that they only perceive clients and handover their projects to different Oshawa realtors with specific experience. When asked further, the company’s spokesperson said that we pay much importance to the fact that the Oshawa real estate agents take a project in which they are well-aware of the neighborhood and have worked on similar projects before.

In addition to these basic requirements, the real estate company makes sure that all of its Oshawa realtors work full-time with 100 percent commitment. This helps the clients receive satisfactory results with faster turnarounds in selling as well as helping clients to buy or rent one. Their strategy to only hand over the projects to the agents that are well-known with the neighborhood has been helping their case until this date.

Atrium Realty Group has also released a document urging the people to look for certain features before hiring the real estate agents in Oshawa. Some of the most noteworthy were looking for their experience, credentials, past experience with similar cases, knowledge of the neighborhood, and testimonials from past clients. You can reach this company and look for one of the best Oshawa real estate agents with this company if you have property or interested in buying one in the nearby areas.

About the Company

Atrium Realty Group is a real estate agency that offers services to clients in Durham Region and Kawartha Lakes in Oshawa, Ontario. The company has a collective experience of 62 years being in the real estate industry and has donned more than 100 clients yearly. The company is well-known for its experienced realtors that offer high-quality services and well-researched problem-solving advice.

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Atrium Realty Group Inc., Brokerage
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Oshawa, ON, Canada
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France Specifies Requirements for Face Masks with Windows

On July 22, 2020, the French Government updated its Cross Ministries Note relating to ‘community masks’ to include specific requirements for face masks with a clear window.

 

According to the update, masks with a clear window must conform to the following criteria:

  • Impermeable material must not exceed 50% of the mask surface
  • Impermeable material must not exceed 50% of an 8cm diameter circle. The center of the circle is the midpoint between the nose and mouth of the wearer
  • Permeable material must make up at least 50% of the mask surface and must have an air permeability greater than or equal to 300 L/m2/s
  • Interface between the permeable material and the impermeable material must not leak
  • Impermeable material should not be pierced, to avoid leaks
  • Filtration efficiency at 3µm for the permeable material shall be the same as for other ‘general public’ masks defined in previous versions of the Cross Ministries Note (Annex I): 90% for Cat 1 and 70% for Cat. 2 according to DGA test method
  • To avoid leakage along the edges of the mask, it must allow a fit on the face that includes the nose and chin and the adjustment at the mouth must not create a retention zone that can accumulate carbon dioxide
  • Washable window masks must be able to be cleaned as other kinds of washable masks except for ironing (Annex I)

‘Community masks’ are face masks used by the general public in daily life. They do not meet the standards necessary for medical use.

The latest update ensures face masks with a clear window maintain the required standards for breathability and filtration.

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant many of us are now wearing face masks regularly in our daily lives. One issue associated with this is that people cannot see the mouth and lips of the speaker. This can create problems for lip readers.

It also hides facial expressions, which can be a major problem for both adults and children, who often need the reassurance of seeing a smile.

 

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Swiss crypto company receives the first ISIN code for a DeFi product

CrescoFin takes the first steps to bridge CeFi and DeFi.

Geneva, 05 October 2020 - CrescoFin SA is pleased to announce that it has become the first decentralized finance (DeFi) company to be awarded an International Securities Identification Number (ISIN). An ISIN securities code is the standard in traditional finance for securities products.Geneva, 05 October 2020 - CrescoFin SA is pleased to announce that it has become the first decentralized finance (DeFi) company to be awarded an International Securities Identification Number (ISIN). An ISIN securities code is the standard in traditional finance for securities products.The product is also the first DeFi solution listed on the Bloomberg terminal along with traditional finance products. The Bloomberg terminal provides real-time data, news and analytics for financial professionals.Going from strength to strength in matters of development and adoption, the DeFi segment emerged as the most dynamic and promising sector in the blockchain universe. DeFi offers new opportunities for individuals, developers, and institutions to operate in a transparent, open, and vibrant new financial environment. DeFi’s redesigned financial products such as loans, derivatives, and financial contracts bring greater liquidity to the main crypto market.Although the DeFi industry has experienced significant growth, most of it is made up of crypto evangelists; institutional money has not found a foothold in this nascent segment yet. In fact, several popular DeFi projects are focused on individuals and represent uncharted waters for institutions. CrescoFin is drawing traditional investors' attention to DeFi’s potential, leveraging the need for safety and yield.CrescoFin’s fully insured decentralized deposit account is a DeFi solution with tangible, real-world benefits. The product was designed to tap crypto liquidity providers and offer institutions a route to DeFi, globally. The founders of CrescoFin created the solution for themselves as an alternative to the increasingly lower interest rates on cash deposits.Robert Sharratt, co-founder of CrescoFin, believes that for blockchain to replace core banking you need to neutralize banks’ psychological advantage: insurance.


“Finance is about risk and return. We equate having ‘money in the bank’ with being risk-free, even if it is not quite true. To be comparable to a bank account, the risk needs to be the same or less. To be a compelling alternative the returns need to be higher. DeFi mass adoption needs the creation of a fully decentralized deposit account that offers a secure, insured yield. That's exactly our path.”

Currently, the product is available in three currencies to selected institutional investors. You can findCurrently, the product is available in three currencies t o selected institutional investors. You can findmore details at https://crescofin.ch/

 

DataMesh Group Technology Enables Native Least Cost Routing on Payment Terminals

DataMesh Group deploying its payment technology to enable automatic least cost routing to eftpos’ Australian debit payment system. The Company sees $500 million per annum reduction in transaction fees for Australian merchants when fully implemented.

Sydney, Australia, October 6, 2020 -- Australian financial payment systems and software solutions provider, DataMesh Group (‘DataMesh’ or ‘the Company’) is pleased to announce it has developed a unique capability to automatically apply least cost routing (LCR) technology within Australia’s debit card payment system for its customers.

LCR allows for the best economic outcome for merchants on contactless (tap-and-go) debit card payments by sending them through the debit network that costs the least to accept. It enables a debit payment to be uniquely "flagged" as a specific debit card transaction and sent to the lowest cost debit network, resulting in the lowest cost fee structure for the merchant.

Without LCR, the transaction is sent to the default debit network programmed on the customer’s card, which may not be the lowest cost debit network, resulting in higher transaction costs for merchants.
Merchants will use DataMesh’s ground-breaking software to enable automatic selection of LCR for debit transactions, resulting in lower costs for merchants by routing through eftpos.

DataMesh’s software can read the card/phone/watch, decipher whether it’s a debit or credit payment and attach the relevant message to the transaction before it’s sent to eftpos via the acquirer (potentially any bank), which has awarded the transaction the applicable fee structure. Merchants are then charged the lowest payment fees on debit transactions.

The Sydney-based fintech is among the first companies to have found a way to automatically select LCR on a tap-and-go debit payment.

DataMesh’s software can be uploaded on existing hardware terminals, negating the need for merchant acquirers to buy new terminals, nor requirements for action by merchants or cardholders.

eftpos, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), and retailers have been pushing for LCR, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) saying it will consider regulation if it’s not made widely available to merchants.

Currently, debit cards represent around 70 percent of all card transactions in Australia, so DataMesh LCR technology translates into significant transaction cost savings for merchants.

DataMesh Group CEO Mark Nagy said:
“The unique least cost routing capability developed by DataMesh is a massive win for Australian merchants, especially in this era of contactless payments.

“eftpos’ debit card network accounted for more than two billion cheque and savings transactions in 2019 worth around $130 billion. DataMesh is working with eftpos and other payments industry members in the push for least cost routing, and to bring down fees for merchants in what is a very challenging environment for retailers and consumers.

“Conservative estimates suggest a potential reduction in fees for merchants of up to $500 million dollars nationally per year if LCR was fully implemented.

“DataMesh LCR software is compatible with many legacy merchant terminals and most acquirers. We estimate more than half of card terminals in Australia are currently unable to fully support LCR, so our technology provides an effective solution and removes the need for acquirers to undertake costly hardware upgrades.”

DataMesh is focused on vastly improving and modernising merchants’ outdated backbone payment systems. It has developed solutions that not only fix current payment system issues for merchants but can increase their business efficiency through new and improved integrated technology.

Last month, the Company announced it had signed a major long-term agreement with national retail giant Peregrine Corporation under which DataMesh has become the company’s sole payments provider.

Peregrine is using DataMesh’s LCR capability through its acquirer to effect significant payment cost savings to its business, which had a reported annual turnover of $2.2 billion last year.

DataMesh’s software is fully developed in Australia, with all IP owned by DataMesh. DataMesh is Australian owned, and its technology is Australian built and operated.

DataMesh operates under PCI Standards Council and the Australian Payments Network regulations. DataMesh’s switching platform is EMV and PCI-DSS Level 1 certified for Card Present (CP) and Card Not Present (CNP) transactions.

About DataMesh Group:
DataMesh Group is focused on revolutionising the current payment systems available to Australian merchants, delivering integrated payment capabilities and valuable customer insights through bespoke payment and data processing solutions.

The Company’s proprietary financial switching platform (Unify™) has resolved payments technology and compliance issues for major retailers and their customers while maintaining robust relationships with banking and regulatory partners.

It is the world’s most modern and powerful cloud and terrestrial-based financial switching solution available on the market. DataMesh Group's suite of financial payment systems hardware, software, infrastructure and data analytics products provide streamlined, low cost and flexible payment solutions integrated to leading point-of-sale (POS) systems and various next-gen payment devices.

DataMesh technology enables retailers to design the experience they deliver to customers, creating a hub for commerce and data that merchants, acquirers, card schemes and third parties can use to achieve better business outcomes.

DataMesh operates under PCI Standards Council and the Australian Payments Network regulations.

DataMesh’s switching platform is EMV and PCI-DSS Level 1 certified for Card Present (CP) and Card Not Present (CNP) transactions. Data collected by its software is always safe and secure. www.datameshgroup.com

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DataMesh Group
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