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PARIS Wholesale Jerseys China , March 15 (Xinhua) -- Skipper Guo Chuan, the world solo circumnavigation record holder of Class 40 monohull from China, received the world famous IDEC maxi trimaran at the Mecca of offshore sailing in West France's La Trinite sur Mer on Sunday.


In a simple ceremony, Chairman of IDEC Group Patrice Lafargue and the maxi trimaran's former skipper Francis Joyon handed it over to Guo Chuan. The boat will be renamed later this month as Qingdao Wholesale Jerseys , after the Chinese eastern coastal city in Shandong Province where the new boat owner is based.


Guo set up a new world record in April 2013 by completing a 21,600nm solo non-stop circumnavigation in a Class 40 boat over 138 days. Receiving the IDEC maxi trimaran from his French counterpart marks the first milestone of his new adventures in preparation.


The 50-year-old Chinese has been planning to conquer a new routine of the Maritime Silk Road later this year, following Zheng He's footprints 610 years ago in commanding expeditionary voyages after navigating across the Arctic Ocean for new record.


"I am proud to receive this legendary boat," he said. "While changing my boat from a small one to this jumbo Cheap Football Jerseys , I, myself, have grown from a solo skipper to the skipper of a trimaran. Our next target needs also to be more ambitious and exciting."


The IDEC Maxi Trimaran is famous not only for its simplicity, efficiency and solidness Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys , but for one of the most prestigious world records created by Captain Joyon, who piloted it to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation voyage in just 57 days 13 hours 34 minutes and 6 seconds in 2008.


Before the handover ceremony, Guo has already spent a few days of training on the trimaran in La Trinite sur Mer, where he used to train for his solo world challenge since 2007.


He fondly recalled his earlier acquaintance with the super trimaran eight years ago and said: "I often came to enjoy the moment of looking at this trimaran and had no idea one day I would become her skipper. I believe la Trinite sur Mer is my lucky place; and today I have my lucky boat."


Guo Chuan will continue training in the coming weeks with Joyon Cheap NFL Jerseys , who's positive about Guo Chuan's new adventure.


"I have been sailing with Guo in the last couple of days. He is a good learner as well as a good sailor. I am sure this trimaran will be in his safe hands. And I wish him fair winds for his new challenge," said the Frenchman.




SKOPJE， Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The gross domestic product (GDP) of Macedonia at current prices in 2015 was 558，240 million denars (around 10.18 billion U.S. dollars)， according to preliminary data issued by the State Statistical Office of Macedonia Friday.


Speaking in nominal terms， Macedonian GDP increased by 5.8 percent in comparison with 2014 while the real GDP growth rate for 2015 was 3.8 percent， data showed.


The GDP growth in 2015 was mainly driven by the sectors of wholesale and retail trade， repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles， transportation and storage， accommodation and food service activities.


The final consumption in 2015 increased by 3.6 percent in nominal terms compared with the previous year while its share in the structure of GDP was 85.1 percent.


The share of export of goods and services in GDP was 48.8 percent， according to the preliminary data.


On the other hand， the total value of gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) for 2015 was 129，095 million denars. (1 U.S. dollar=54.83 Macedonian denar)

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Facebook Inc offered reassurances to investors on Wednesday that its digital ad business would remain highly profitable, despite a dip in usage on the social media network and an overhaul of its flagship News Feed.


The company said in an earnings report that quarterly revenue jumped 47 percent from a year earlier, and executives said on a conference call that they saw more chances to make money even if people spend less time on Facebook.


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Facebook added to jitters after the bell on Wednesday when, in its earnings report, it said that at the end of last year time spent by users had fallen by about 50 million hours a day.


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Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told analysts that recent changes to reduce disinformation on Facebook could create “more monetization opportunities.”


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