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The organisers of Foodservice Australia are delighted to announce a new partnership with Retail Media, publisher of industry magazines Retail World and Convenience World. These premier national news publications service the grocery, petrol and convenience trades, providing trusted, informative and timely coverage.
“We are excited at the opportunities this partnership will present and look forward to working with Retail Media,” Exhibition Director Tim Collett says. “This will help to solidify our position as Australia’s leading foodservice trade show through expanding our offerings in the retail and convenience spheres while continuing to grow our visitor outreach.”
The Foodservice Australia trade exhibition will be running in Sydney from 8-10 November as planned. In addition to 350 exhibitors there will be special events including the Chef of the Year, Aged Care Catering Summit, Café School, The Sweet Spot and National Restaurant Conference.
“It has been a tough year for everyone, but the industry is coming back to life and the message we are getting is that operators are very keen to reconnect with suppliers, find new products and start the rebuild,” Mr Collett says.
Business events will play an important role in kickstarting industry activity and are different to mass public events due to the controlled environment and trackability and participants.
“Trade shows are about bringing industries together and creating new opportunities. This event will be one of the most important we have run. It might also be the only big show to run this year. We are expecting huge interest from the retail, foodservice and industrial sectors.”
Entry to the show is free but you must work in a food or hospitality business. For more information on visiting or exhibiting visit foodserviceaustralia.com.au or call the food event team on 03 9999 5460.

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For those who spend more time on treadmills instead on eating wisely to lose weight, please take note. A recent study has revealed that diet is more important than doing any other forms of physical activity like walking, fidgeting and formal exercises.
The reason is because exercising increases appetite especially with prolonged endurance exercise or with weight lifting that can ultimately sabotage the best of intentions, the CNN reported.
People who lose weight gradually (about 1 to 2 pounds per week) are more successful at keeping weight off, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It could not be more true. What you omit from your diet is so much more important than how much you exercise," nutritionist Lisa Drayer was quoted as saying to CNN.
All of your "calories in" come from the food you eat and the beverages you drink, but only a portion of your "calories out" are lost through exercise, according to Drayer.
The average person -- excluding professional athletes -- burns five per cent to 15 percent of their daily calories through exercise, said Alexxai Kravitz, Investigator at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in the US.
It is not nearly equal to food intake, which accounts for 100 percent of the energy intake of the body, said Kravitz.
All this is not to say that exercise does not have its place. It is certainly important for building strength and muscle mass and flexibility and can help manage diseases, including heart disease and diabetes. But although exercise can help with weight loss, diet is a much more important lifestyle factor, Drayer noted.


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A couple in Draper, Utah, is in hot water after planting razor blades in their donuts and eating them as part of an attempted scam.
X-rays revealed that Michael Condor, 35, and Carole Lee Leazer-Hardman, 39, had each swallowed several razor blades after tampering with the donuts. The couple had planned to use the resulting injuries to sue a local Smith's Food and Drug store in the attempted scam. Condor and Leazer-Hardman each work at a local Dollar Tree store, located in the same complex as Smith’s Food and Drug. The audacious duo even gave one of the donuts to a co-worker, who suffered cuts to her mouth and immediately contacted police.
Michael Condor and Carole Lee Leazer-Hardman filed a police report, claiming that the “fingernail and thumbnail-sized” razor bits had resulted in injury, according to Deseret News. Naturally, they neglected to mention that they had inserted the razors themselves. As the police investigation progressed, Sgt. Chad Chambers determined that “things weren’t adding up.”
Although the donuts were not actually made by the Smith’s bakery, the store was forced to remove the products from their shelves to forestall further incidents, KSL-TV reported. Police became suspicious because the donuts arrived at the store in tamper-proof packaging.
"During the course of the investigation, we were able to determine that they intentionally inserted these broken razor blades into doughnuts that they had purchased at Smith's and then swallowed the razor blades with the doughnuts," read a police statement.
Condor and Leazer-Hardman were charged on suspicion of aggravated assault, filing a false police report and ruining a perfectly good pastry.


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The Chinese tech giant Thursday introduced the brand new Nova 4e smartphone in China. The phone is part of the organization’s mid-range lineup and includes features such as double-curved glass frame, back fingerprint sensor, plus a 6.15-inch display. The Nova 4e also packs three cameras around the trunk and a 32-megapixel selfie camera on the front. Along with China, Huawei has introduced the Nova 4e in the Malaysian market. Separately, the business has launched a brand new 6GB RAM storage of its Nova 4 smartphone as well.
Huawei Nova 4e cost
Based on Huawei, the Nova 4e has been priced at CNY 1,999 (approximately Rs. 21,000) for the 4GB + 128GB version, whereas the 6GB + 128GB variant of the phone will retail at CNY 2,299 (roughly Rs. 24,000). The phone will be accessible for pre-orders starting today in China, no matter how the actual sales will begin March 21. Huawei notes which the Nova 4e will be available in Garland Blue, Pearl White, and Magic Night Black colors.
Surprisingly, the phone is going to likely be released in Malaysia earlier China and the consumers in the country will be able to purchase it beginning March 16. The Malaysia price tag of the Huawei Nova 4e has been set at MYR 1,199 (approximately Rs. 21,000) for the 6GB + 128GB variant. There is no word on the phone’s launch in other markets, such as India, right now.
Huawei Nova 4e camera installation homes 24-megapixel, 8-megapixel, and a 2-megapixel detectors
The dual-SIM (Nano) Huawei Nova 4e sports a 6.15-inch full-HD+ (1080×2312 pixels) IPS display with a pixel density of 415ppi. The phone runs EMUI 9.0.1 based on Android 9 Pie. There’s a microSD card slot (up to 512GB) present also for additional storage expansion.
On the imaging front, Huawei has packaged a double camera camera set up on the back of the phone, which houses a 24-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.8 wide-angle lens, 8-megapixel sensor with an ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 2-megapixel thickness detector. The phone also includes a 32-megapixel front shooter with an f/2.0 lens.
Among other specifications, the Huawei Nova 4e packs a 3,340mAh battery, also offers Wi-Fi 802.11ac and 4G VoLTE connectivity options.
As we mentioned previously, Huawei has also introduced a fresh 6GB RAM variant of its Nova 4smartphone. It is now on sale in China.


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Betelhem Dessie and Noel Daniel, noted entrepreneurs, are teaming up to start Kudu Women, a venture capital company that will have a USD 1 million, female-entrepreneur focused fund, to invest in the next generation of innovators.
Described as one who has “developed multiple tech solutions to pressing issues and is currently the Project Manager for iCog Anyone Can Code & SolveIT,” the 20 year old Betelhem said that the initiative intends to help women entrepreneurs by creating the fund for young entrepreneurs, where 32 percent of the population is made up of women under the age of 25.
“Unfortunately, at the moment we only have Samrawit, Founder of Ride & Betelhem Dessie, as the only tech female entrepreneur role models for the over 50 million women we have in Ethiopia,” Noel Daniel said adding, “This prompted us to launch Kudu Women, Ethiopia’s first women tech fund. We are dedicated to investing USD 1 million in over 100 African female entrepreneurs by 2022.” “Betelhem’s addition to Kudu also makes her the world’s youngest Venture Capital partner and we hope to set a trend in investing in young female tech entrepreneurs like Betelhem.”
Noel told The Reporter that; “Given her proven track record and extensive experience in the tech/startup ecosystem, we believe that there is no one else better than Betelhem to invest, motivate and empower the next wave of female innovators. We have committed USD 1 million but are raising additional rounds of capital in 2020.”
Betelhem is expected to run Kudu Women.
“I am ecstatic and excited to announce that I am joining Kudu Ventures as a Partner. We will soon be launching our female-entrepreneur fund, Kudu Women. This initiative will be a great addition to the Ethiopian market as it empowers women and push their involvement in tech as well as other business sectors. I am looking forward to providing capital & technical training for female founders through this new partnership,” said Betelhem.


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Wednesday 9th May 2018.
TESLA ADDS NEW INTERIOR FINISH OPTION TO S & X
- For those buying a new Model S or Model X, and you’d be forgiven for thinking Tesla only make a Model 3 if you’re reading the headlines, there are some tweaks showing up in the configurator.
- CNET reports: “A new update that applies to every Model S and X interior is the addition of a darker finish on interior accent trim pieces. There’s also a new “Oak Décor” finish available in conjunction with the “Cream Premium” interior. The automaker told Electrek that the interior changes will be implemented starting today, and vehicles currently in the preproduction process will be included in the shift.”
- Electrek adds: “the Cream Premium and Black textile option (last two) are now being made unavailable for the Model S and Model X performance models.”
TESLA MODEL X SWEEPS AAA’S TOP GREEN VEHICLE AWARDS FOR 2018
- Meanwhile, staying with those Teslas, AAA’s Top Green Vehicle Awards for 2018 has gone to the Model X in three categories. Teslarati report: “The all-electric SUV won the awards for Best Overall Green Car, Best Green Car Over $50,000, and Best Green SUV/Minivan. The Tesla Model S 75D earned AAA’s award for Best Large Car.”
MODEL 3 NOW AUTO-DIMS
- And not to leave out the baby brother Model 3, there’s a new firmware update to look out for. It’s v8.1 and – round of applause – it’s auto dimming lights. The option on the screen reads OFF, PARKING, ON or AUTO and then beneath that, AUTO HIGH BEAM. So it will adjust the lights according to its surroundings and ensure you don’t dazzle oncoming drivers.
- There’s also a toggle button on the screen to shift from streaming, to radio, to phone. Add that to the heated seats recently activated, and Automatic Emergency Braking.
MERCEDES EQC SPOTTED
- “The Mercedes-Benz EQ C has been caught waiting at a stoplight, which provided a great view of the upcoming electric crossover” according to an article by Motor 1. It comes from a minute long video posted on Youtube, and the car is in full camo. I must admit I did a double take because I would expect the SUV style of electric car to follow a common design language of having a short stubby front, or cab-forward as Jaguar’s design head honcho Ian McCallum calls it, to maximise cabin space. However the shots which are supposed to be the EQC look make it look like a really long bonnet, or hood.
AUDI TARGETS 800,000 EV SALES BY 2025
- As major car makers look to the next 5 to 7 years, for building platforms and supply chains, Audi wants to sell 800,000 full electrics and hybrids per year, by 2025.
- Reuters say: “Audi declined to provide details about how many fully battery electric, and how many hybrid cars it will sell by 2025. Last year, it sold about 16,000 semi-electric vehicles and it still lacks a fully electric model in its lineup. The Ingolstadt, Germany-based brand, which delivered 1.88 million cars globally in 2017 currently offers three plug-in hybrid vehicles. In August, Audi will launch the e-tron sport utility vehicle, its first all-electric model.”
JAGUAR TO SUPPLY 200 ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR CHAUFFEUR SERVICE AT HEATHROW AIRPORT
- 200 chauffeur-driven Jaguar I-PACE’s will ferry passengers to and from the airport and, in the process, instantly create the largest chauffeur-driven fleet of electric vehicles in the UK. Heathrow already has one of the largest corporate electric vehicle fleets in the UK, and the highest density of charging infrastructure in Europe.
HIGH POWER CHARGING IN ALL FORMS WITH PROTERRA
- Maker of buses Proterra is getting in on the act of fast charging, with new solutions compliant with the latest standards up to 500kW, all buses using the CCS plug for charging.
- Some of the buses here in the UK use overhead charging too, in this case I think Proterra are talking about overhead conductive charging.
1 IN 5 AMERICANS SAY THEY’LL BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR
- “One in five Americans say they are likely to buy an electric car for their next new vehicle, according to a survey from AAA. That’s up from 15% who said they were likely to buy an electric car last year.” say CNN.
- The biggest reasons given were environment, then lower costs, and access to carpool lanes. And that’s interesting because there was a survey earlier this year which surveyed existing EV drivers, and the Environment came further down the list of reasons they were driving them, with costs and performance at the top of the list.
ELECTRIC HIGHWAY FOR ITALY
- Italy is making a shift towards electrification, and the power company ENEL plans on installing 4,000 charging points across the country by 2022, 1,200 of which will be fast chargers.
- From Milan in the North down to Rome, drivers have chargers every 60mins of driving. Alberto Piglia, head of Enel’s e-mobility unit, explained to CNN’s Supercharged. “We know electric users like myself are mainly urban users, but we also want to move around for the weekends or travel around, so we’ve started to build infrastructure all around the country. Since last September people can go from Rome to Milan because we installed 30 charging points around the motorway. But we haven’t stopped there because we are continuing to put infrastructure (so that) people are able to move around Italy”
- CNN continue: “Enel is investing between ?100 million ($122 million) and ?300 million ($366 million) in the project”
MARGOT ROBBIE IN NISSAN FILM
- And finally the Aussie actress Margot Robbie is the star of a new film for Nissan and the LEAF. Nissan said “[Margot] has composed an open letter to encourage people to make more sustainable energy choices. Margot, who performed the surfing sequence herself, is seen enjoying the early morning waves as she talks of creating a “better world for ourselves and everyone who comes after us”. Talking about the film, Margot said: “I hope I can play a small role in inspiring people across the globe to explore alternative forms of energy and make the switch to drive a better future for everyone. The point is, we can all make a difference and we don’t need to wait for others to do it for us.”
- Gareth Dunsmore, Electric Vehicle Director, Nissan Europe said: “Our LEAF and e-NV200 models are not only cleaner drives, they become mobile energy units too ? the used batteries from these vehicles are put to good use as part of our xStorage energy storage solution which provides power to homes and even football stadiums across the world.”
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|To enable processors to reach ever-higher clock speeds, microprocessor manufacturers are integrating millions of microscopic transistors onto each chip. For instance, Intel Corp.'s top performing Pentium III processor, built using 0.18 micron technology, currently features 27 million transistors.
But to fit increasingly larger numbers of transistors onto a chip, manufacturers have had to continually reduce component size. Now, with transistors heading toward 0.10 micron (1 micron equals about 1/25,000 of an inch) and smaller, manufacturers are nearing the limits on current lithography methods.
IBM Microelectronics Tuesday shed light on a new electron-beam lithography method they are developing in association with Nikon Corp. at a gathering here of the International Society for Optical Engineering.
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Called PREVAIL, for Projection Reduction Exposure With Variable Axis Immersion Lenses, the technology would not only allow the manufacture of much smaller components (potentially down to the atomic level) but also significantly improve the speed at which silicon chips can be processed, researchers said
"The technology that has been in the forefront of this for all these years has been optical lithography, using photons of visible light in the beginning, to today shorter wavelengths like UV and EUV," said Hans Pfeiffer, a researcher with IBM Microelectronics in East Fishkill, N.Y. "Now we're using electron beams because the wavelengths of electrons is five orders of magnitude shorter, so it is basically an open-ended resolution media that for all practical purposes is limitless."
While the use of electron beams is relatively commonplace today, with the most popular devices using the technology being TVs and computer video monitors, there's a vast difference between the number of pixels used to create a TV image and the pixels used to create processor components, Pfeiffer said.
"If you look at the average television screen, for example, even though the screens are very big, the number of pixels on a television screen is rather small -- less than 200,000 pixels," he said. "Now, in contrast, using the technique we have developed and we have demonstrated, you can actually image and resolve 10 million pixels in a 0.25 millimeter field."
The PREVAIL technology was developed in the early '90s, Pfeieffer said, but IBM Microelectronics and its partner Nikon, which will eventually serve as the vendor for the manufacturing method, only recently put the technology to the test by building a "proof-of-concept system."
"We built a proof-of-concept system primarily to convince Nikon that this idea can really be reduced to practice," Pfeiffer said.
The demonstration system was used to create components at 0.08 microns, or 80 nanometers. But Pfeiffer said the system could have been designed to produce even smaller components.
"We can extend the resolution downward," he said. "We don't really see a limit at 50 or 35 nanometers, which is many years away."
Nikon recently gave the green light to start building an alpha tool, or an early version of a production tool that could be used by early customers. The alpha tool probably won't be completed until the end of 2002, Pfeiffer said.


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Large tobacco companies legitimize electronic cigarette market
CHICAGO -- The growth prospects for the electronic cigarette market are compelling with the entrance of the large tobacco companies legitimizing product beyond the perception of a passing fad, according to a Fitch Ratings report, E-Cigarettes: A Glowing Marketplace.
E-cigarette sales estimates for the U.S. marketplace are reaching $1.5 billion in 2013, compared to less than $10 million in 2007. Demand, given mainly from current tobacco users, has essentially doubled every year since the first e-cigarette products were introduced in 2006. The United States remains the world's largest e-cigarette marketplace.
The large tobacco companies have introduced their own e-cigarette products, competing with a multitude of smaller companies. The tobacco industry is highly experienced at brand building to grow awareness of the category while expanding access and availability through an extensive retail channel.
Most participants in the highly fragmented market use the Internet as their main distribution channel given the lack of scale to compete in the retail setting; however, the landscape is evolving, as large tobacco companies with strong retail expertise have entered the marketplace having a distinct advantage versus smaller competitors. Current tobacco retailers and a rapidly growing base of entrepreneurs are providing an expanding brick-and-mortar presence for e-cigarette manufacturers, especially those hindered by scale.
Fitch noted that government rules for the e-cigarettes industry vary considerably by country including outright sales and marketing bans. Two key markets, the United States and Europe, are now determining oversight of the new category. Recent parliamentary changes to the European Union tobacco directive regulate the products similar to tobacco cigarettes, including advertising restrictions and banning sales to minors.
In the near-term, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking to alleviate safety and efficacy concerns as well as the potential influence on youth smoking initiation from use of the currently unregulated vapor cigarettes. Fitch also noted that advertising for e-cigarettes is currently unregulated, unlike tobacco products.
There are also legitimate concerns relating to the lack of understanding of the effects on individual health over the long-term of inhaling the small number and amount of ingredients found in e-cigarettes.


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After a relatively quiet start to the year, auto securitization volumes kicked into overdrive in early October and market sources said it's likely to continue throughout the fourth quarter. The auto ABS market has been falling into near insignificance for some years now, with the sector poised to show one of the weakest growth rates among the various European asset classes. However, the current pipeline means 2006 is now expected to be a record year in terms of absolute auto sector volume.
Furthermore, the market can look forward to hosting the first dealer floor plan deal. Standard & Poor's analyst Chris Such said that, following the assignment of private ratings to a dealer floorplan securitization in the first half of 2006, he expects to see further transactions of this type during the second half of this year and anticipates the first European rental transaction to hit the market early in 2007.


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A stone coffin being used in a Dorset garden as a flower planter has sold at auction for nearly £100,000!
The marble sarcophagus - thought to date back to Roman times - was spotted by a valuer from Dukes of Dorchester earlier this year.
Measuring around 7ft (2.1m) it was originally imported into the UK in 1913 by a man from Swanage who worked for Queen Victoria.
A spokesman for Duke's who sold it say its a rectangular shape and is carved from fine quality white marble and the quality of the carving suggests it was made for a high status individual.
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Nicole Pellegrino took to TikTok to share the biggest mistake she made when it came to choosing her wedding dress in a video that has since gone viral with thousands of views
A newlywed has revealed her biggest wedding regret in the hopes that nobody else makes the same mistake.
Nicole Pellegrino shared the advice on her TikTok ( @nicolepellegrin0 ), where she urged brides-to-be not to share their wedding dress with anyone.
Thinking back to when she found her dress, she said that she was so thrilled that she’d found ‘the one’ that she sent a picture of it to everyone she knew before the big day.
But this proved to be a big mistake, reports Daily Star.
“Biggest wedding regret. Hear me out. Do not show anyone your wedding dress before your wedding day and here’s why,” she said.
“I was showing mine to literally anybody who asked, I’m not kidding, whether it was a friend, a distant relative, a co-worker, I was dollin photos of that dress out like hotcakes, and I regret it.”
Nicole said that she could usually tell when people didn’t like her dress by their expressions.
She continued: “People are bad liars and no matter how hard they try, if they don’t like your dress when you show them that photo, it will show on their face.
“Their true feelings will show.
“So even if you truly love your dress and feel great in it, those little opinions will subconsciously start to taint your perspective of your own dress.”
In the caption of her video, she urges brides-to-be to “grab your mom and your [maid of honour] and that’s ALL.”
“That way, on the big day, it’s a big surprise for everybody, all your bridesmaids will see it for the first time, it’s really special, and you don’t have to deal with people’s opinions,” she said.
Since being posted, the video has gone viral, being viewed more than 300,000 times, and being liked almost 50,000 times.
Hundreds of people thanked Lauren for sharing the advice in the comments, while many others shared tips of their own.
One person said: “Remember this exact thought for baby names!!!! Apparently ever told woman hates Theo and also has zero capability of faking it.”
Another wrote: “Bestie this video got to me about 36 hours too late I’ve texted the picture to about 20 people at this point,” to which Lauren replied saying: “Hahahah noooo. It’s ok don’t mind them you’ll look amazing as long as YOU love it.”
A third commented: “This is REALLY good advice.”
Someone else put: “I caught a bridesmaid showing a pic of my dress to a friend at my engagement party… almost went Sicko Mode.”


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Sony Pictures Television Networks acquired a 95 percent stake in Funimation for $143 million, in a move that is expected to boost its global offering of anime.
Sony Pictures is taking a majority stake in the distribution response for smash-hit anime series "Dragon Ball Z" and others. Current CEO Gen Fukunaga will retain his position with his 5% share. The firm also sells directly on its site, where DVDs and general merchandise are also available.
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Sony also has its own anime cable channel, called ANIMAX.
On Tuesday, upper management said at the earnings press conference at Sony's Tokyo headquarters that "there are hundreds of Marvel characters; we will be proactively leveraging such IP going forward", THR reports.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Funimation along with Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP acting as exclusive legal advisor.


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Electric bike business sees explosion in sales
At a local bike shop on State Street, phones are ringing off the hook, days are booked solid with appointments, and employees are struggling to keep up with business.
However, this isn’t just any bike shop.
Electric Bikes of Santa Barbara has seen a massive boom in sales since the coronavirus pandemic.
The owner of the shop, Scott LaMoine, said he’s been waiting for this explosion to happen, and attributes it to a new demand for exercise while maintaining social distancing. He said his customers come from near (Los Angeles) and far (San Francisco) because of the shop’s product line and expertise.
“We are slammed,” Mr. LaMoine said. “People are at home, and they want to get out and get exercise and cycling boosts your immune system.”
The seven-year-old store is different from other bike shops in that its products are exclusively new electric bikes and they only service the bikes they sell. In addition, the bikes are all European, pedal-assist, and none of them have “twist and go” functionality or a throttle.
While most suppliers are running out amid the high demand, the owner said they took a risk in buying three times what they usually would, and it’s paying off.
Since COVID-19, Electric Bikes of SB closed its doors and switched to appointment-only via text. Customers schedule 45-minute appointments where employees educate them and allow test drives.
Mr. LaMoine said they intend to keep it that way indefinitely, and eventually move to a touchless service with a drop-off and pick-up area.
“With appointment-only, we’ve done incredibly well,” he said. “We give a different experience than your normal bike shop.”
The owner said he sees himself as more of a “matchmaker,” pairing customers with the bike that works best for them and eliminating the stress of ordering a bike on the Internet.
The shop has even had to put repairs on hold in order to keep up with sales.
“Electric bikes are kind of at the tipping point right now,” Mr. Lamoine said. “They’ve always been kind of pivoting on an explosion in the U.S.”
He added that Santa Barbara is a great place for them, with the weather, the healthy lifestyle and the increasing number of bike lanes.
In fact, East Sola Street, the store’s side street, has been approved to become a dedicated bike lane within the next couple years, and it’ll be referred to as “Bike Boulevard.”
“The biggest misconception with electric bikes is that you don’t get any exercise,” the owner said. “But my customers have proven to me that they get more exercise. You ride your bike farther and more often.”
When a customer comes in for an appointment, Mr. LaMoine says his first question is what they intend to use the product for. The shop sells mountain, speed, commuter, cargo, road, fat tire, leisure and step thru bikes.
From there, it’s just a matter of preference and cost. They don’t sell any bikes under $2,000, and the average price point is between $3-$4,000. When the price goes up, customers will see a better motor system, more power, faster charging and better bike components.
Each bike in the shop can travel 30 to 60 miles on one charge, and if it dies, it’s still easy to pedal without power with little resistance.
Mr. LaMoine said his customers refer to electric bikes as “the great equalizer” between cyclists and people who just like riding bikes.
He believes they appeal to all demographics, and the special features such as folding them to fit in an office, attaching a child’s car seat, parking and more are reasons Santa Barbara residents are selling their cars and buying electric bikes.
“We’re selling art,” Mr. LaMoine said. “The bikes are special and we showcase them in that way.”
Electric Bikes now has four locations in California: Santa Barbara, Corona Del Mar, Santa Monica and Malibu.


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A downtown business that has provided buttons and much more to Boston for nearly 80 years will soon close its doors.
Windsor Button, the Temple Place store that offers yarn and buttons, sewing and needlework products, and other textile products will begin its going-out-of-business sale Monday, Feb. 11.
Owner Susan Baker said Thursday the store lost its lease when the landlord decided to renovate the building at 35 Temple Place.
Windsor Button first opened in 1936.
Baker, who has owned the store for 15 years, said the store’s closing will be difficult for many customers.
“It’s touched a lot of people because it’s been here so long, and really there isn’t anything else like us,” she said, noting that customers from around the world say how lucky Boston is to have the shop and its variety of quality products.
Baker said there are currently no plans to open in a different location.
“We did look for other spaces, but we are priced out of the Boston market. It’s just too expensive,” she said.
Baker plans to continue the sale until all merchandise is sold.
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By Sandra BuschNov 9
Published October 24th 2014
“Smartwatches will be the most important new product category in consumer electronics since the iPad defined the market for tablets,” said Chris Jones, VP and Principal Analyst at research firm Canalys, last summer.
According to their forecasts, the smartwatch market was expected worldwide shipments to hit 500,000 this year and climb past 5 million by 2014.
2014 was said to be the year of wearable tech! At that time, Samsung had already launched its Galaxy Gear smartwatch, the Nike Fuelband had hit the mainstream and there were rumors circulating of Apple launching a similar device soon.
What’s more, our research shows that the conversation around wearables has jumped a staggering 190% over the last year, an increase similar to that of wearable tech production.
More people are exhibiting interest than are not, but what does this tell us about future sales? Is it bound to be a success?
Consumers who eagerly bought devices like the Fitbit Flex are ditching them due to lack of interest. eBay is currently flooded with people trying to get rid of their Galaxy Gear, Nike has ended the production of the Fuelband and the general public think Google Glass owners are creepy.
Fairly soon after Google announced Glass, bars in Seattle and San Francisco banned them and “glasshole” became the term du jour, to belittle early adopters as pretentious posers.
What’s more, these two charts below illustrate that even though Google Glass is the most talked about product, all that buzz doesn’t necessarily have an impact on the sales figures.
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Wearable technology is still yet to hit the mainstream and there are a few reasons why.
Firstly, wearable tech doesn’t fulfill an existing need or serve a behavioral pattern.
A Harris survey found that 59% of Americans don’t see the need for wearable technology. Often people don’t know what it’s for in the first place and how they should use it. It’s not something we generally need in our lives. We’ve been sleeping and exercising for ages without the need to examine pools of data telling us how well we’re performing.
Secondly, many experts say that this explosive growth in wearables could lead to a security nightmare.
Wearables don’t meet our privacy needs. They need to evolve with the needs of each users. For example, I might be willing to share my sleeping pattern with my GP but not with my manager.
What’s more, if you’re wearing a gadget – whether that’s on your wrist, around your neck or in front of your eyes – you’re letting the world know you own it. You might become an easy target for hackers. What happens if your data is shared with or sold to third parties?
Publicly snapping photos, shooting videos or mapping your location also have the potential to compromise the privacy of others.
But it’s not just privacy concerns that hinder the appeal of wearables. Another concern is that they’re expensive and lack style. Consumers don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on devices that will be immediately outdated.
Even if devices were priced at $100, only 38% of those surveyed by PwC are somewhat likely to purchase one. When the price reaches $300, the numbers drop to just 5%!
If it doesn’t fit into our day-to-day wardrobes, we won’t be inclined to wear them, making it harder to become part of our daily routine.
How often do you see people taking a picture or reading texts on their watch? My guess is rarely, if at all. Until wearable technology fits in with the rest of our accessory choices, people will be slow to adopt.
Many wearable devices still require too much set-up time, authentication, syncing, powering up, etc. to improve what we can already do today. Currently available smartwatches typically run on processors and internal components designed for smartphones. Hence, most smartwatches end up with a bulky frame and short battery life.
In order to become socially acceptable, wearables need to be stylish, durable and ‘invisible’. They need to find a better way to integrate into our clothing.
Lastly, the audience interested in tracking all aspects of their lives and willing to wear a visible gadget is very niche. Some say they only cater to early adopters. This is also one of the reasons why fitness trackers only predict to reach 250 million people by 2017, just about 3% of all mobile users.
Concerns around cost, privacy and style are just a few of the reasons why wearable tech is not on consumers’ radar yet.
Consumers are holding back. So what can brands do in the meantime?
Companies looking at CRM systems, social media intelligence tools and database upgrades should start planning for the influx of new data coming from these devices. If they plan to launch new wearable devices, they will need to prove that it helps you to do smart things you wouldn’t be able to achieve otherwise.
For example, a wearable device that recommends you how to eat healthier rather than just tracking your eating habits would prove more useful.
Perhaps the smartest move right now is to serve a desire that fits with the public’s current behaviors. Over time this natural behavior can become habitual or even the norm, making it easier to sell new technologies.
Who knows, it might even be wearable!


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A million people last month used a Gear VR. That says a CEO of Oculus, who worked with Samsung on the headset and include the software provides. It is the first time that a concrete figure on the use of glasses comes out.
Oculus can supposedly detect the number of users because it makes the software for the Gear VR, and must be connected to the Internet software to work. The group that the Gear VR used daily – which is smaller than the million monthly users, but how much is not known – about 25 minutes with the Gear VR on the head, says CEO Max Cohen on Facebook daughter Oculus against Recode. The use of the Gear VR will have increased by the release of the Galaxy S7 in March. People who bought the device via a pre-order, were in many cases the normal cost of EUR 99 VR glasses at no cost.
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After dropping sharply during the final two months of the year, mortgage rates moved a little higher during the first week of 2024. A large batch of major economic data released during the week revealed mixed results.
In December, the economy added 216,000 jobs, above the consensus forecast of 160,000, but the results for prior months were revised lower by 71,000. The largest gains were seen in health care, government, and leisure/hospitality, while the transportation/warehousing sector posted losses.
The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%, below the consensus of 3.8%. Average hourly earnings increased 0.4% from November, slightly above the consensus forecast. Earnings were 4.1% higher than a year ago, up from an annual rate of increase of 4.0% last month. Fed officials keep a close eye on wage growth because it generally raises future inflationary pressures.
While the Employment report was a bit stronger than expected overall, the JOLTS (job openings and labor turnover rates) data suggested easing conditions in the labor market. At the end of October, there were 8.8 million job openings, the fewest since March 2021. In addition, the “quits” rate was just 2.2%, down from about 3.0% at the end of 2021. Since people generally are more willing to voluntarily leave their jobs when they are confident about finding a better one, a lower quits rate is consistent with a looser labor market. Similarly, a lower number of openings suggests companies face less pressure to raise wages to hire enough workers.
Two other significant economic reports released this week from the Institute of Supply Management revealed contrasting results. The ISM national services sector index was 50.6, while the national manufacturing index was just 47.4, close to the lowest level since May 2020. Since readings above 50 indicate an expansion in the sector and below 50 a contraction, this data continues to highlight the consumer preference for services over goods this year. Also notable, this was the fourteenth straight month of readings below 50 for the manufacturing sector, the longest streak in about 15 years.
Investors will continue to watch for Fed officials to elaborate on their plans for future monetary policy. For economic reports, the Trade Deficit will come out on Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) will be released on Thursday. CPI is a widely followed monthly inflation indicator that looks at the price changes for a broad range of goods and services.
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We asked our readers on nj.com and on the South Jersey Times Facebook page, where do you get the best Jersey Fresh produce?
Based on their answers, we've compiled a review of some of those local places, but we're still in search of the best farm stand.
Read about some of those places below and be sure to vote in the poll.
Moore’s Farm Market is located on Pointers-Auburn Road (county Route 540) in Mannington Township.
Joe and Barb Varga, from West Chester, Pa., have been stopping at Moore’s for 20 years when they are traveling through New Jersey.
“We love Moore’s because they always have a nice variety of fresh produce. We especially like the corn and tomatoes,” said Joe Varga. “And the cheap prices!”
The farm market has been open since 1985, when John and Lori Moore purchased the farm from an uncle.
“When we bought the land we thought it would be a great spot for a farmers market,” Lori Moore said.
“We grow most of our own produce,” she said. Among the many items that come from their own fields is their sweet corn.
Moore’s is open seasonally, from May through Labor Day, and what they don’t grow themselves comes from local farmers.
Moore’s has a lot of local customers, but also many from out of state who stop by either going to, or returning from the Jersey Shore.
Moore’s takes pride in their most popular produce, such as corn, tomatoes and melons, and their hard work is worth it when customers continue to love their produce.
Jersey Farm Fresh Produce, located on U.S. Route 40 in Carneys Point Township, is a popular stop for lovers of locally grown goodies.
Susan and Doug Helbach, from Upper Deerfield Township, were shopping at Jersey Farm Fresh Produce and were filling up bags on a recent afternoon.
“I think things are much fresher and it’s not been on a truck going who-knows-where and it’s nice just being able to pick out what you want locally,” Susan said.
Susan added that her and Doug eat mostly organic and prefer finding local produce that is not from a supermarket and contains less chemicals.
Jagsir Gandheu, a truck driver from Canada, even stopped to fill up on fresh cherries while passing through on his route.
“It’s easy for access, is fresh and looks good,” Gandheu said.
From Lower Alloways Creek, Betty Moore was eagerly picking out her own produce.
“The produce tastes better and is fresh — more home-grown,” Moore said.
Marlboro Farm Market, located on Route 49 in Quinton Township just wet of the Cumberland County border, is a popular stop for local residents and those heading to the shore.
“It’s good in here and to me, it’s easier — I don’t have to go through the rat race at a store,” Thomas Newton, a Greenwich Township resident said.
Also roaming the local farmers market, Luann DeCunzo, also of Greenwich, was picking out ears of corn.
“This is high-quality produce. Our local grocery stores are notorious for adding things into the produce,” DeCunzo said.
In addition to healthy produce, DeCunzo said shopping locally supports more than just the farmers.
“It’s supporting the local economy and agriculture — that is really important to me,” DeCunzo said.
Walking into Duffield’s Farm Market, in Sewell — visitors find an assortment of fresh sweet corn, peaches, strawberries, tomatoes, squash — and all supplied by either the Duffield Farm or local farmers.
Several customers said they look forward to Duffield’s corn all year.
Soon-to-be-married, Jim Gordon and Deanna Cilurso, of Blackwood, said it’s the best corn they’ve ever had. Gordon has been going to Duffield’s since he was a kid.
“I’ve been coming here for about 40 years,” Gordan said. “The corn is why I come here.”
Chuck Graham, of Sewell also believes Duffield’s supplies the best corn.
“I’ve been coming here 27 years,” Graham said. “I’m actually here so I can deliver my sister some corn about two hours away.”
Duffield’s Farm has been in the Duffield family since the 1930s. The family has been farming for more than 80 years.
At the fun and unique Mood’s Farm Market in Mullica Hill — many of the shelves aren’t shelves at all. At Mood’s, owned and operated by the Mood family for more than 100 years — customers can go out to the fields behind the market and pick the fruits of their choice right off the vine.
They offer peaches, Italian plums, concord grapes, nectarines, blackberries and more.
“The stuff you get here — you can taste the difference from produce bought at a supermarket,” said Bellmawr resident Katherine Hammell.
Lisa Gorgas, her husband Fred and son Andrew were at Mood’s on a recent weekend morning picking out some fresh fruits and vegetables. The Gorgas are from Wharton in Morris County — about 130 miles away. But they always stop at Mood’s before returning home.
“We drove over a hundred miles to visit our son in Turnersville,” Lisa Gorgas said. “But before going home, we make sure to come here. It tastes way better.”


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Nissan likes to do odd things to stand out at the Goodwood FoS. Last year they had stunt driver Terry Grant to drive a Nissan Juke the entire length of the course on two wheels, setting the stupidest world record ever. Now they announced their plans for this year’s festival, and Grant is back with another odd but according to Nissan entertaining challenge. They didn’t say what it is, but it involves a Nissan LEAF.
That’s the silly stuff. As for the serious ones, we have the FIA GT1 world champion Michael Krumm driving the full 540 horsepower of his GT-R GT1 race car up the hill in hope to produce one of the fastest hill climbs over the weekend. The all-electric LEAF NISMO RC is also present at the event and will be tackling the hill, but no body expects this one to set any sort of record!
In the paddock and on display are the world-famous Nissan Juke-R and the frankly overpriced GTR ‘Track Pack’.The Track Pack costs 10 grand more than the standard GTR, but the performance difference is negligible. As for the Juke-R, this concept has now entered limited production. it’s built to order and costs more than $500,000 apiece!
Virtual gamers will also be able to participate in this year’s GT Academy competition. Sony PlayStation and Nissan have once again joined forces to take the best online gamers from around Europe and provide them with the tools to become a real life racing driver. There are three places to be won at Goodwood for the national final, eliminating the need to enter the first online round and potentially skipping past more than 100,000 competitors.


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Meow Wolf has announced more than a dozen partnering local food vendors for Denver’s Convergence Station ahead of its opening on Sept. 17.
The interactive art exhibit’s cafe will sell tacos, poke, coffee, desserts and more, with an emphasis on diversity of offerings and local ownership, according to a press release.
“The theme of Convergence Station as an interplanetary melting pot is inspired by the beautifully diverse melding of cultures of Sun Valley, where we’re located,” Brian Loo, Meow Wolf’s senior director of operations development, said in the release. “We called upon local restaurateurs, craft breweries, coffee roasters and bakeries to collaborate on our menu. The results are exponentially tasty with the vast majority of our offerings made right here in Colorado.”
Here are the 13 food and drink brands that will be offered:
Adobo: “Denver Chef Blaine Baggao’s incredible, award-winning Latin-Asian food highlights his Filipino and New Mexican heritage, and combines flavors and traditions of the two cuisines harmoniously.”
Bubby Goober’s Baked Goods: “This wife-and-wife team create one-of-a-kind hand pies, using locally sourced ingredients in their Denver, Colorado kitchen to create an unforgettable dessert experience.”
Combi Taco & Stokes Poke: “Inspired by local traditions from Chef Alejandro Flores-Munoz’s hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico, these fresh and flavorful aguas frescas are created with love and passion, and designed to quench the deepest of thirsts.”
Copper Door Coffee: “The java from Denver’s first 100% female-owned coffee roaster is some of the best
around, and reflects the tradition and craftsmanship practiced around the world for hundreds of years.”
God Save the Cream: “Exceptional flavors of ice cream are churned out in small batches at this Denver-based craft creamery, ensuring the freshest frozen dessert possible; and it is woman-owned!”
Marble Brewery (New Mexico-based): “This premium craft brewer has teamed up with Meow Wolf to create Day Ghost, a Japanese-style rice lager that is crisp, approachable and available exclusively at Meow Wolf locations and Marble Brewery taprooms.”
Miss Peabody’s Southern Tea Cakes: “Denver-born and Louisiana-loved, Pamela Richard shares the traditional flavors of this Southern classic with a twist. Each bite is made from scratch, buttery, tender, chewy deliciousness!”
Odell Brewing Co.: “Not only is The OBC Wine Project’s innovative wine a fresh take on a centuries-old tradition, but this independent brewery-turned-winery also has been giving back to the local community since opening its doors in 1989.”
Osage Cafe: “A social enterprise under the Youth Employment Academy, the Osage Café is both the training ground for young adults interested in a career in the culinary industry and a community space that brings affordable, fresh and healthy food to the Mariposa District.”
Raíces Brewing Company: “Community, culture and cerveza are at the heart of this Latino-owned and operated, Denver-based craft brewery that draws inspiration from Latin American and Caribbean cultures.”
Rocky Mountain Soda Company: “This unique and high-quality soda, made right here in Denver, uses all-natural ingredients like peach, prickly pear and elderberry extracts to create refreshing and delicious locally-crafted beverages.”
Tea.o.graphy: “Founded by Dana Blair, each tea is hand-crafted, organic, fairly traded and single origin. Ingredients and materials are sourced ethically, making your tea experience ever expansive and authentic.”
Upslope Brewing Company: “Made from the freshest snowmelt, the finest hops and the purest passion for living life outdoors, this Colorado-based, Certified B Corporation brews premium craft ales, lagers and hard seltzer.”
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The High Street Innovation Fund was part of the government’s response to Mary Portas’ review of the High Street.
The £10 million government fund was set up a year ago to help bring empty shops back into use. However only 7% of the fund has currently been used.
Awarded to 100 councils with the worst affected high streets in England, the money has been used by some councils to help bring back some shops into use. Others have used to money to fund Christmas lighting or decorations.
While the government have said they would rather the money was used wisely than spent all at once, critics have observed that the money that has been used has been spent on arguably unoriginal ideas.
Calls are now being made for government ministers to step in and encourage the correct spending of the funds to give lagging high streets a new lease of life.
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Experts predict that over the next one year there will be a tremendous redistribution of social and economic power world-wide. This power is expected to shift from the traditional organizations which have failed to deliver to those individuals, communities and businesses whose leaders undertake timely action based on the changing trends.
Forecasters, Tracey S. Keys, Strategy Dynamics Global and Professor Thomas W. Malnight, IMD business school in Lausanne enumerate 10 trends that business leaders should keep an eye on in their Global Trends Report for 2013.
- Increased hold of social technologies: Social technologies are becoming an integral part of work and life with companies being reshaped to build broader and more agile networks to deliver more value to the customers. Connectedness and mobility will form the core of future business environments with focus on many-to-many relationship rather than one-to-one.
- New definition of value: Value will hold newer meaning for future business environments. Customers will want to be an active participant of value creation with focus on personalization. Everything will shift to a ‘made with me’ or ‘shared with me’ basis from the customers’ point of view.
- Mobility goes to the next level: Both consumption and production will become increasingly distributed. Consumption can happen anywhere and anytime. The tools and resources required for production as well as creation of value will also be widely distributed.
- The next technology wave in the form of smart machines and robots: Smart machines will be deployed in a wider range of applications. The upside being it can give a positive boost to the society in terms of social activities such as caring for the aged. But at the same time, it can result in job losses. However, a workforce can be developed to suit the new jobs created by this technology wave.
- Space race to continue pushing frontiers: New advances in space science can be expected with China, US and Europe in the race. Space race has affected our lifestyle with advanced materials and new technologies in global telecommunications and it will continue to do so. Questions regarding the ownership of ‘space assets’ will arise, so will the question of who benefits from these advances.
- Multi-polar market formation: Rapid economic and social development will take place in the BRICs and beyond giving rise to a multi-polar market scenario. All these markets will be based on starkly different socio-economic and political systems.
- Resource wars: The world’s population will hit 9 billion by 2050 and by 2030 we will be demanding twice as many resources that the Earth can supply. Newer technologies and rethinking ways of consumption will prove to be crucial in this scenario with businesses likely to lead the way.
- Purpose over profit: Businesses will take on a new role by shifting its focus from profit alone to purpose as well, with companies and partners tackling social and economic problems. Corporations will strive to build legitimacy in terms of its agenda and motivations, in front of its customers, employees and stakeholders. The businesses in turn would benefit from the society.
- Cyber security concerns: Knowledge and information will become the weapon for competitive edge among companies, individuals and even nations. With the rising mobility and democratization, ensuring cyber security will be a major item in the agenda for the future. There will be an explosion of cybercrime and cyber wars with multitudes of policies and regulations as well as litigations.
- Financial system will be reshaped: Regulators and businesses would want newer methods of financing their operations and consumers will also demand for alternatives to the conventional banking system. The ‘banks’ of the future will no longer use cash. Software companies and telcos will focus on digital wallets and mobile banking. Banks will no longer play key roles in this new crowded but cashless system.
Like any major changes, this blatant economic distribution soon to envelope the world poses both challenges and opportunities. For business leaders to comfortably transition into the new era, an insight into the changing trends would prove to be instrumental.


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As the push for nan0technology increases, we can see a steady increase in gizmos and gadgets being invented, with seemingly endless concepts coming to fruition.
The electrical engineers at the University of Washington have unveiled a crowdfunding campaign for the NutriRay3D, a laser-guided mapping technology that works as a 3D scanner. When used, the device can more precisely estimate the nutritional information and calories on any given plate of food.
This might be the future for the calorie counters everywhere.
While it might look like something out of The Terminator series, the NutriRay3D is actually a very unique concept. The technology uses after market adapters to fit onto a smartphone, accesses the camera and uses a built-in "laser module" to create a 3D map of the food item being scanned.
The NutriRay3D is currently compatible with Windows Phone and Android operating systems. The engineers at University of Washington have set up an IndieGoGo project and hope to achieve funding for an iOS version.
Currently, the project is only at 6 percent of its $50,000 goal. NutriRay3D's developers plan to have a beta version ready for distribution to early backers by July 2016.


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Returning for its 58th celebration of summer, the Farmington Founders Festival presented by Meijer will return to Downtown Farmington July 14-16!
To kick off the event, festival organizors will host a soft open of the beer tent and food court on July 14 at 5:00 pm. Friday, July 15, the festival will officially begin at 10:00 am with events, including the Crafters Market, Beer Tent with live music, Farmington Fido Fest, Touch A Truck. This year, the festival will feature several new activities, including a kids foam party, mobile gaming trailer, and axe throwing.
Due to construction on Farmington Road, festival goers will see experience a new, expanded footprint for the Crafters Market and Kids Zone. The Crafters Market will be housed throughout the parking lot at Grand River and Farmington and the expanded Kids Zone will be located on Warner Street.
This year's parade theme is Aloha! Attendees will see Hawaiian-themed decor and activities throughout the festival. In the Kids Zone, Lilo and Stitch will be sculpted out of 10 yards of sand.
“We are here to say Aloha or “hello and welcome” to all the residents and visitors attending this year’s Founders Festival. While we may not have the vast ocean and island breezes, the Founders Festival does offer warm hospitality, great restaurants, and a fun getaway right in your own neighborhood.” said Mayor Sara Bowman.
Kona Brewing Company's Big Wave will be featured in the festival's beer tent. Everyone who orders a Big Wave will receive a lei.


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You have to hand it to Messrs. Clarkson, May, and Hammond. Together with producer Andy Wilman, they took a moribund BBC show about cars and turned it into a global phenomenon—we are of course talking about Top Gear. Under their revised format, Top Gear dropped the idea of being Consumer Reports for cars, instead opting for comedy banter, insanely impractical road trips, and breathtaking cinematography. When things ended badly with the BBC, Clarkson, May, and Hammond were snapped up by Amazon with a budget reported to be $7 million (£4.5 million) per episode. But they evidently want more. On Monday Variety revealed that the gang, together with a tech entrepreneur called Ernesto Schmitt, want to create a digital home on the Internet for car people.
The site will be called DriveTribe, and will cater to a range of different car enthusiasts—or tribes—with verticals full of written content as well as video. Each tribe will have a different host, including Clarkson, Hammond, and May. According to Hammond, "Gamers have got Twitch, travelers have got TripAdvisor and fashion fans have got, oh, something or other too. But people who are into cars have got nowhere. There’s no grand-scale online motoring community where people can meet and share video, comments, information, and opinion. DriveTribe will change that. And then some."
Clarkson was more succinct: "I didn’t understand DriveTribe until Richard Hammond said it was like YouPorn, only with cars."


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The latest plan calls for replacing the car wash, at left above, with a convenience store. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
Five months after yanking a plan to add a Dunkin’ coffee shop, the owner of Red Bank ‘s lone Shell station will once again try for a convenience store.
Station owner Waseem Chaudhary’s proposal is the third he’s floated in the past seven years.
The latest calls for a 3,000-square-foot convenience store. Chaudhary also plans to replace the canopies over the fuel pumps, according to the agenda for the planning board hearing, scheduled for February 3.
The matter was to have been heard at the January 6 meeting, but was pushed back at the applicant’s request. The January 6 meeting has now been cancelled.
The proposal comes two months after the borough council, acknowledging the trend of gas stations being paired with convenience stores, amended the zoning ordinance to permit both types of operations on a single site.
While each was previously permitted in the Highway Business zone along Newman Springs Road, station owners would have to seek variances to combine retail operations with gasoline sales.
Still, Chaudhary’s latest proposal needs setback variances, including one that would allow the store to be 33 feet from the street, instead of the 50 feet required in the zone.
In 2013, the zoning board rejected a plan by Chaudhary to replace an existing but disused car wash on the site with a 7-Eleven store. Board members said the plan was “too dense.”
Earlier this year, he proposed a Dunkin’ shop on the property, to be run by Dominic Sequeira and family, who own Dunkin’ stores in Tinton Falls and Lincroft, and plan to open one in Fair Haven. But the Red Bank plan was withdrawn in July amid questions by board members about vehicular movement into and within the site.


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A REPORT from the Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Network (LBNet) has identified ten biochemicals where the UK is primed to go from demonstration to industrial-level production.
Bio-based chemicals can be use as an alternative to petrochemicals for a wide range of products such as biodegradable plastics, cosmetics, and detergents. These products generate billions of pounds of global revenue and the LBNet report, UKBioChem10: The ten green chemicals that can create growth, jobs and trade for the UK, urges the UK government and industries to focus resources on ten specific biochemicals. Many UK universities and companies already have expertise in producing these chemicals at lab or demonstration level.
“Just as oil underpinned the development of now ubiquitous plastics, textiles, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics in the last century, bio-based chemicals are set to replace oil in many products in the next few decades,” said Simon McQueen-Mason, LBNet network director. “Investment and policy support now will allow the UK to be a leader in this emerging industry.”
The top 10:
1. Lactic acid
Lactic acid can be produced from sugar or starch and is used to make polylactic acid (PLA) which can form biodegradable polyesters. It can also be used in food flavouring, detergents, and pharmaceutical production.
2. 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA)
FDCA can be used to create polymers such as polyethylene furanoate (PEF) which provides an alternative to polyethylene terephthalate (PET), commonly used in plastic bottles, food packaging, and carpets. UK company Biome Bioplastics is producing FDCA from natural sugars and is now scaling up the production process.
This can be used as an alternative to toxic solvents in the pharmaceutical industry and its derivatives can be used to create flavourings and fragrances. Australian company Circa, which makes levoglucosenone from biorefinery waste, is currently investing in the UK. Along with academics at the University of York, it has invented a product called Cyrene which is a levoglucosenone-based solvent that can be used for water filtration, batteries, and graffiti removal.
4 .5 Hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF)
HMF is a building block for plastics and polymers, such as 2,5 furandicarboxylic acid which can replace chemicals used in plastics and polyesters, and DMF which can be used as a biofuel.
5. Muconic acid
Muconic acid can be used to create a wide variety of chemicals and polymers which can replace the non-sustainable benzene and cyclohexane that are currently used in the production of PET and nylon fibres. The production of muconic acid has already been demonstrated at lab scale by several UK companies.
6. Itaconic acid
This can act as a replacement for petroleum-based acrylic acid. Acrylic acid is typically used to make superabsorbent polymers for personal care products and unsaturated polyester resins for use in pipes and gratings. Itaxonix is one of several companies developing bio-based polymers from itaconic acid, but the technology is still at an early stage.
7. 1,3 Butanediol
This is a building block for products such as fragrances, insecticides, antibiotics, and synthetic rubber. CHAIN Biotechnology has already developed the technology to produce 1,3 butanediol using sugar fermentation, and it plans to develop manufacturing capabilities.
8. Glucaric acid
Glucaric acid prevents deposits of limescale and dirt on fabrics or dishes, and can be used to replace phosphate-based detergents which are currently being phased out due to environmental concerns. Glucaric acid can also be used in food ingredients and corrosion inhibitors. It can be produced from glucose, but the technology for this has not yet been scaled up to industrial level.
9. Levulinic acid
This is used to produce environmentally-friendly herbicides, skin creams, and degreasers. It can be produced from starch or certain sugars and the report states that there are likely many high value applications for the acid that can be tapped by further research.
n-Butanol is used in a wide range of polymers and plastics, as a solvent, and as a paint thinner. It can be produced by fermentation of carbohydrates using bacteria. An advanced fermentation process has been developed by UK-based Green Biologics. There are several other companies with expertise, but further development and commercialisation is needed.
The report urges government and businesses to take five steps to make the UK a world leader in bio-chemical production: focus resources on exploiting value from these specific biochemicals; increase support for academic-business collaborations; provide research funding; invest in easy-to-access test and scale-up facilities for researchers and start-ups; and incentivise the use of bio-based materials.
“The challenge for bio-based chemicals is that we are competing with petrochemicals, an industry that has a century of development behind it,” said Kevin Matthews, CEO of Itaconix. “For the industry to really take off, we want to reach a point where bio-based chemicals also outperform petrochemicals on cost. This could happen a lot quicker if incentives were put in place to help offset the advantage of scale that the petrochemical industry has over us. These could include investment in UK science to develop cost effective ways to produce key chemicals and their derivativities, and to scale them up; and financial incentives for companies to build infrastructure, such as fermentation and processing plants.”
The full report can be read here: https://bit.ly/2sk6kHQ
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Millions of lonely and isolated people have been seeking companionship during the COVID-19 pandemic spurring a huge increase in pet ownership and pet food demand, says a grain industry executive.
An estimated 10 million new pets have been added to North American households during the pandemic, said Jeff Vipond, vice-president and general manager of pulses, seeds and distilling grains at Scoular.
His family adopted a dog at the start of the pandemic as did many others in Canada and the United States. It got to the point where animal shelters were running out of dogs and cats.
A record 70 percent of households in the U.S. now own pets and they need to feed those critters.
That is resulting in a close-to-home surge in demand for pulses and other crops grown in Western Canada because they are becoming sought after ingredients in modern pet food diets south of the border.
“I would say there’s a half million tonnes of Canadian pulses that find their way into that market,” he said.
The volumes will likely be much higher than that this year due to the COVID surge in demand and the shortfall in U.S. pulse production in key states like North Dakota and Montana.
Canada has already shipped 100,000 tonnes of peas to the U.S. through the first three months of 2021-22.
His estimates suggest that Canada’s pulse sector is already well on the way to achieving one of its 2025 objectives, which is to have 500,000 tonnes of annual demand from the pet food, aquaculture and livestock feed industries.
Vipond stressed that U.S. demand for Canadian pulses tends to ebb and flow every year depending on domestic production levels but he believes that the overall demand is steadily growing and is here to stay.
Pet food manufacturers like using pulses as healthy alternatives to traditional meat ingredients and for grain-free diets.
But it’s not just pulses. On Dec. 7th Scoular announced the opening of a plant in Jerome, Idaho, that is making Emerge, a first-of-its-kind concentrated barley protein for the pet food and aquafeed sectors.
Canadian flax is another key ingredient in Scoular’s pet food business. The company recently built a new cleaning plant in Regina to help service that sector.
Vipond stressed that pet food manufacturers are looking for the same level of crop quality as buyers in the human food market.
“That’s an important thing for all of us to keep in mind, that it’s not an outlet for poor quality,” he said.
“Quality matters to them.”
They have the identical food safety requirements as food manufacturers and they audit processing facilities with the exact same expectations in mind.
The good news is they are willing and able to pay the same kind of prices for pulses and other crops as their competitors in human consumption food markets.
But they are starting to balk at today’s values when a crop like flax is selling for $45 per bushel.


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Auntie Anne’s & Sam Adams Team Up for At-Home Oktoberfest Kit
Oktoberfest is very confusing to me. Up until a couple of years ago, I always assumed it took place in October, but according to Wikipedia, Oktoberfest is actually a 16-day event that usually begins in mid-to-late September.
The official Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany has already been canceled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but you can celebrate your own Oktoberfest at home thanks to Auntie Anne's and Samuel Adams.
The website givethembeer.com says you can "bring the taste of Oktoberfest home this season with the ultimate, limited-edition at home kit including pretzels, beer and party gear for four."
For $89 (plus shipping), givemetheberr.com says you'll get a 6-pack of Samuel Adams Octoberfest beer, an Auntie Anne's DIY Pretzel Kit, 4 Oktoberfest party hats, 4 Lederhosen-Style Bottle Coolers, 4 Lederhosen Suspenders, 2 1-liter glass steins, and a recipe book filled with Oktoberfest-themed ideas.
Imbibemagazine.com is a website that celebrates all things alcohol-related and it included Samuel Adams' Octoberfest on its list of Best Oktoberfest Beers. Imbibermagazine.com says the beer is "creamy yet clean, with a light malty sweetness and a bitter backbone for superb balance."
Meanwhile, AuntieAnnes.com says the popular pretzel shop, which is usually located inside of shopping malls, first opened in 1988. The company says it now has locations in 49 states and over 25 countries.
Givemethebeer.com says the Oktoberfest Auntie Anne's & Samuel Adams At-Home Kits are limited and you must be 21 or older to order. You can do that here.
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Last week, Lexus unveiled their latest design exercise at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. According to Lexus, this new LF-LC 2+2 sports coupe concept marks a further step in the development of Lexus’ design direction.
Once again, according to the press hand-outs, Lexus has crafted the LF-LC from a clean sheet of paper, combining high technology and organic shapes to achieve a close connection between driver and car. The concept’s clean lines create a highly distinctive, futuristic look. LF-LC was conceived as an exercise to explore the future of Lexus design and was created at Lexus’ Calty design studio in Newport Beach, California.
Lexus makes another Ugly Duckling?
Sometimes I wonder whether these advertising agency copywriters have been smoking funny cigarettes while sitting at their consoles. This Lexus certainly continues the further development of fugly motor cars. In 2011 I said that Lexus has lost the plot. They have certainly proved that with this one.


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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told CNet he’s not at all worried about the fact the company lost almost half a million customers in the third quarter, saying it was expected. The company has nearly completed the shutdown of the Nextel network, which accounted for a great deal of the customer loss. Hesse is confident that the changeover to LTE, while not without its growing pains, will pay off.
“We know we have to go through this,” he said. “And it’s a balancing act. We have beaten Street estimates on earnings. And we’re being disciplined in terms of going after customers to maximize profitability now. We know we can’t wait until the network phase is over to do that. But then we can come out and make a much larger difference.”
The deal made earlier this month with Japan’s Softbank should help ease what will be a very painful but necessary transition. Sprint’s WiMax experiment was a fiasco and Verizon’s acquisition of Alltel cost them some towers, leaving their network with glaring coverage gaps and embarrassing speeds. Despite these setbacks, once the company makes its new LTE network widespread, their unlimited plans combined with the iPhone may just be enough to make Verizon and AT&T sweat a little.


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A few weeks ago, I blogged about going into sticker shock at the drugstore after my pharmacist told me that my foot-pain medicine would run me $322.95. I’ve also had another type of medication sticker shock — at the veterinarian’s office: $43 for an 8-ounce ear-cleaning solution for my labradoodle, Bailey, plus $5 per pill to fight a stomach infection.
At least half my vet bill often goes for Bailey’s drugs — to treat his chronic ear infections, recurring stomach issues and now, his fluid-filled lungs. I invariably leave the vet’s office shaking my head, wondering whether I should own pet insurance — the subject of another one of my blogs — and why pet medications are so expensive. (I have some tips, below, on how to lower your costs.)
Government Is Studying Pet Medications
Turns out, the government has been wondering, too.
The Federal Trade Commission is holding a daylong workshop today to explore how pet medications are sold in the United States — to the tune of $7 billion — and whether there are ways to bring costs down for pet owners.
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz’s interest was piqued by his experience caring for Tank, a 3-year-old half miniature poodle, half Portugese water dog. “Occasionally, the dog requires medicines that seem extraordinarily expensive in relation to the same medicines for humans,” Leibovitz said in an interview before the workshop.
The cost of pet medications has been rising lately for several reasons.
For one thing, there are more new and improved diagnostic and therapeutic treatments. For another, there’s an increased emphasis on preventative care, especially to control ticks, fleas and heartworm in dogs and cats. (Sales of prescription and over-the-counter flea, tick and heartworm products make up more than half of all pet med expenditures.)
Buying at the Vet
Then there’s the vet-heavy distribution system of these drugs. Although many popular pet medications are available at retail outlets, including drugstores, online pharmacies and chains like Costco and Target, two-thirds of pet owners still purchase them at their vets, according to Consumer Reports.
“That’s a mistake,” the magazine wrote in its August 2011 issue, “because vets’ markups over wholesale start at 100 percent and frequently hit 160 percent, plus a $5 to $15 dispensing fee.”
Indeed, the FTC says some evidence suggests that retailers "may offer substantial pro-consumer benefits, such as increased convenience and lower prices.”
The chief reason so many people don’t buy the medications for less elsewhere, experts say, is convenience, especially if a pet is sick and needs medicine quickly. I’m one of those people. Had I not been in a rush to buy Bailey’s ear-cleaning solution, I could have saved about $30 by buying it online at the 1-800-PetMeds site.
But many pet owners are simply unaware that they don’t have to buy the medications from the vet who prescribed them.
Is Federal Legislation Needed?
The FTC is looking into whether there’s a need for federal legislation requiring veterinarians to tell pet owners that they have the right to ask for written prescriptions and fill them at the pharmacy of their choice. Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) has introduced such legislation, called the Fairness to Pet Owners Act, supported by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Not surprisingly, vets have mounted a full-court offensive against a federal mandate, calling it unwarranted. “We are not aware of consumers widely being denied their requests for prescriptions,” the American Veterinary Medical Association said in its filing to the FTC. “A veterinarian who denies such a request risks alienating clients and harming his or her practice.”
The vets’ group also argues that its doctors are the most appropriate dispensers of medication. Treatment can begin without delays that could jeopardize a pet’s health, the association says, and retail pharmacists could provide incorrect counseling, wrong dosages or unauthorized drug substitutions because they’re not required to be trained in animal pharmacology.
5 Ways to Save on Pet Medications
If you’d like to save money on your pet’s medications, try these five tips:
1. Be sure your vet is willing to write a prescription that will let you buy medication elsewhere, if you want. If not, consider finding another vet.


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Since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico nearly seven months ago, the island has struggled to stay back on the power grid. While the Puerto Rican Electric Power Authority has to deal with repairs and restoring power to citizens, and citizens take matters into their own hands, Tesla Energy has also been helping out.
According to CEO Elon Musk, a couple hundred locations on the island using Tesla Energy storage systems were able to keep their power on during these blackouts.
Tesla batteries are currently live & delivering power at 662 locations in Puerto Rico. Team is working 24/7 to activate several hundred more. https://t.co/OMu8qKJvLy— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 18, 2018
An excavator reportedly caused the latest such blackout, which began at a major transmission line in the southeast of the island. The same company was responsible for last week’s power outage—when a tree fell on a key power line—last week. The company was clearing vegetation at the time; 870,000 residents were affected by that blackout, including many residents of Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan.
Thus far, Puerto Ricans have lost 3.4 billion customer-hours of electricity. The power outage has become the world’s second-biggest blackout following the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines in 2013.
Tesla has been shipping Powerwalls and Powerpacks to the island of Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria struck. Powerwalls are Tesla’s home energy solution, while Powerpacks are larger and more robust, designed for commercial and utility-scale entities. Places that have been using these products thus far include a hospital, a water pumping station, a sewage treatment plant, and an elderly community. Back in October, Tesla also outfitted a Puerto Rican hospital with a solar storage project, a combination solar array and Tesla Powerpacks.
Musk has made outfitting Puerto Rico with Tesla Energy solutions a priority even as its Model 3 production continues to experience serious delays and backlog. (Musk has blamed inefficient robots and automation for those particular issues.)
As for Puerto Rico, Tesla has thus far completed 662 projects, and others are currently underway.


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COLUMBUS, Miss. – The W will host the “SOS: Suppliers Opportunities Seminar” Thursday, Aug. 29 from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Claudia A. Limbert Assembly Room in Cochran Hall on campus.
The seminar will be presented by Center for Creative Entrepreneurship at The W and East Mississippi Community College.
The Suppliers Opportunities Seminar is designed to be of value to businesses that provide commodities, supplies and services to industries and distributors. The goal for this seminar is to link small business sales to the local industry purchasing practices.
“Often when industries are recruited, their economic benefit to an area is defined by the number of jobs they will create. However, the marketing and sales opportunities they provide for businesses in the area sometimes go unrecognized,” said Lucy Betcher, administrator for the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship.
The seminar will include eight industries with table displays. In addition to The W, participating industries include Weyerhaeuser, Stark Aerospace, American Eurocopter, Mississippi State University, Flexsteel, MJF Enterprises and Weavexx. Seven of the industries will be speaking and presenting about their purchasing processes.
Betcher added, “We hope that this seminar will increase awareness of the opportunities for mutual benefits for both industries and businesses and that they will come together in an ‘everybody wins’ situation.”
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the CCE at (662) 241-6277.


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Tweet reveals Xbox head, Phil Spencer, is in Japan.
Spencer talking with developers and publishers.
Xbox has made no secret of its desire to expand its reach in Asia.
Xbox head Phil Spencer has made no secret of his desire to bolster the ranks of the Xbox Game Studios roster with Asian studios. According to a new tweet, Spencer is currently in Japan, seemingly scouting potential targets for the next addition in Xbox’s acquisition spree.
The biggest game on the 2020 college football slate goes down on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, when No. 2 Alabama will play host to No. 3 Georgia in a rematch of the classic 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship showdown and the 2018 SEC Championship Game. The coaching matchup between the teacher (Crimson Tide…


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The trend of razors and accessories are in the spotlight with the latest trend being “piercing.”
The term “pigmenting” has been coined by an American-Australian fashion designer, as it’s a new term for a new technology in the cosmetic world.
It’s the idea of the pigment absorbing the surface of a nail using the skin and the ink and creating a “pierce” through the nail.
“The idea of pigmented nail polish is to make a really deep, deep impression, and we’ve had a lot of people say, ‘Oh my god, I want to buy a pigmented polish,'” said Sydney-based cosmetic designer Lauren Hwang.
She added that the term is also being used in the fashion world.
“There are a lot more people looking to use these new technologies in fashion than there were a few years ago,” she said.
The new trend of piercing nail polish has caught on in the US, with more than $100 million in sales and $25 million in spending by retailers and online.
With the new trend, the nail polish industry is hoping to gain more traction in the beauty and cosmetics industry.
This year alone, it has already launched an initiative to promote its products, with the company releasing a video on YouTube that has more than 2.4 million views.
One of the companies, The Nail Club, has been a pioneer in the world of piercing, with over a decade of experience, said The Nails Club co-founder and CEO, Jodi Lefkowitz.
Its mission is to provide a safe, healthy and stylish alternative to the toxic and harmful cosmetics industry, she said in a statement.
Pierce products are made of a proprietary blend of pigments and have been clinically tested to protect skin and minimize damage, she added.
To date, there are more than 600 different brands and more than 500 nail polishes and accessories.
‘It’s really good for our clients’The piercing nail trend has been attracting a lot attention from cosmetic companies.
Some of them have been offering piercing nail products for years, but it’s been a trend that has caught the eye of the cosmetics industry in recent years.
When asked if she was surprised by the popularity of the new product, Ms Hwang said, “I don’t know.
It’s really, really good and I think it’s something that people have been wanting.”
The trend of nail polish in the United States has increased dramatically, with sales up more than 40 per cent in the past year, according to figures from Beauty Brands Research.
Nail polish has become a staple in the cosmetics market and it is increasingly popular in the UK, with about 25 per cent of all cosmetic sales there being made with nail polish, according the company.
For those looking for a more traditional product, there’s also a growing demand for a nail polish with a clear finish, said Trish Cappella, director of marketing at beauty brand The Nailed Group.
A clear nail polish doesn’t have the same “fuzziness” of a pigment polish.
That’s a huge advantage in terms of the comfort factor and the ability to give a clear result.
And the colour is also a great thing because it’s just a pure white.
“If you have a black nail polish you don’t get that, you get a brown colour, so you want to try a black polish to see if that’s a bit more pigmented,” she added, explaining that it also allows you to pick a clear polish with the same colour.
Ms Cappello said it’s important to look at the benefits of using a clear nail finish rather than using a pigment.
In some cases, clear polish is just a good idea, such as when it comes to waterproofing nail polays.
Many people would not want to risk wearing a nail, or using a nail that looks dirty or scratched, she says.
But if you have someone who is going to wear their nails regularly, or if you want a different look or look that’s really clean and doesn’t look like a stain, then clear nail polay is definitely a good option, she adds.
However, some people may find the price tag a little steep, so to make sure that the nail is the one you want, Ms Cappelli said you can check out nail polish products on Amazon for a much cheaper price.
If you are interested in purchasing a nail and want to know more about nail care, then you can read more about it on The Nailing Group’s website.