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A manufacturing expert said he was not surprised Jaguar Land Rover is shipping out some of its production to eastern Europe.
But Prof David Bailey, from Aston University, said the key development now would be what came into the West Midlands in its place.
It emerged on Monday that Jaguar Land Rover was planning to move production of the Land Rover Discovery from Solihull to its plant near Nitra, in Slovakia, which is due to open by the end of 2018.
The luxury car brand is also expected to reconfigure its factory in Lode Lane, Solihull, to make it a centre of electric vehicle production.
Some agency workers will go as a result of the plans but it was not confirmed how many staff would have to leave the manufacturer.
Prof Bailey said: "I don't think anybody is all that surprised this has happened.
"The company was to going to have to shift production over there at some point anyway.
"If this opens up space for new investment into Solihull then that can only be a positive thing but we need to see what that is.
"JLR says it will be making investment into new models which I hope will mean electric cars.
"I would like to see electric car production coming here so that it can boost the local supply chain and create jobs here."
Alongside the Discovery, the Solihull plant is responsible for the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar and Jaguar F-Pace models.
JLR is also planning to invest in its plant in Halewood, Merseyside.
It currently produces the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport models.
Jaguar Land Rover said it would invest in the plant to produce the new Evoque, due to be unveiled next year.
JLR said the changes planned demonstrated its long-term commitment to the UK post-Brexit.
A spokesman said: "This significant investment and technology upgrade in Solihull in order to accommodate our next-generation of flagship Land Rover models, and the refit of our Halewood plant for the next Evoque, is proof that we remain committed both to the UK and to transformation and growth.
"The decision to move the Land Rover Discovery to Slovakia and the potential losses of some agency employed staff in the UK is a tough one but forms part of our long-term manufacturing strategy as we transform our business globally."
It is believed Discovery production will be moved from the beginning of 2019.
Jaguar Land Rover has said all new models it launches will have an electric version from 2020.


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Brinker International appointed Chris Caldwell as SVP, chief information officer effective Feb. 26, and announced that Mika Ware, the company’s VP of finance, investor relations, and restaurant development, will replace outgoing Chief Financial Officer Joe Taylor on June 27, according to a form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday.
Caldwell joins the company about five months after the departure of Pankaj Patra, a longtime Brinker executive and its most recent CIO, who left in October to take on the CIO role at Denny’s.
Before joining Brinker, Caldwell spent nearly a decade as CIO at KFC, according to his LinkedIn profile. In recent quarters, KFC parent Yum Brands oversaw the deployment of a wide range of technology in many KFC stores, including a form of artificial intelligence developed to act as a managerial assistant, and a large number of ordering kiosks.
Kevin Hochman, Brinker’s CEO, said in a press release that the brand umbrella was looking to replicate some of Yum’s tech moves, and said Caldwell “led a multi-unit restaurant digital transformation similar to what we are undergoing here at Brinker. I'm confident Chris will successfully accelerate our technology strategy to remove friction for both Guests and Team Members and move the needle on profitable growth.”
Caldwell isn’t the first exec with KFC experience to join Brinker in recent years. In late 2022, the company hired Jesse Johnson to oversee Chili’s marketing. Johnson was responsible for developing KFC’s 2018 “The Return of Colonel Sanders” campaign as an account director at Wieden + Kennedy.
On Feb. 22, Taylor informed the company of his intent to retire at the end of Brinker’s fiscal year in June, according to the 8-K, but will serve as an advisor to the company until August. Ware inherits the role with decades of experience, first joining the Brinker umbrella in 1988 as as an hourly employee at a Chili’s.
“[Ware] has excelled in every role at Brinker in her 35 years, both in the restaurants and in Brinker leadership. She has an incredible understanding of our key financial disciplines, opportunities, and operations, which made her the perfect choice for CFO to lead us in our next chapter,” Hochman said in a statement.
In recent months, Brinker’s core brands, Chili’s and Maggiano’s, have both seen negative traffic. On the company’s Q2 2024 earnings call at the end of January, Taylor said Chili’s traffic for the quarter was negative 0.6%, driven by “ the planned de-emphasis of virtual brands, including the discontinuation of Maggiano's Italian Classics, and materially reduced promotional activity for It's Just Wings.”
Maggiano’s likewise saw its traffic slide 4.2%, offset by a sharp increase in pricing year over year. In December, Brinker appointed a new brand president for Maggiano’s in an effort to steer the brand toward a return to growth.

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As EastFruit has repeatedly reported, it will be difficult for Uzbekistan to supply its population with potatoes in 2021/22. Despite serious government efforts to reduce dependence on potato imports, they continue to break records every year. We analyzed this in detail at the beginning of this year, explaining why Uzbekistan is unlikely to significantly reduce the relatively high domestic prices for potatoes.
However, the situation began to worsen after Russia and Belarus, apart from reducing areas planted with potatoes, faced unfavorable weather conditions for their cultivation. This led to a sharp rise in prices for potatoes during their harvesting and an increase in their imports both in Russia and Belarus.
Since Russia is usually one of the main suppliers of potatoes to Uzbekistan, Uzbek traders quickly turned their attention to importing from Iran and Pakistan, where they found a serious competitor – again Russia. As a result, wholesale prices for potatoes in Uzbekistan are now at a record level for this period – they are 36% higher than last year on the same date and more than double the level of prices in 2019.
However, the bad news doesn’t end there. It turns out that potatoes imported from Pakistan and Iran are often infected with dangerous pests that pose a potential threat not only to potato growers, but also to tomato, pepper and even melon growers.
On November 12, 2021, the Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection of Uzbekistan issued a press release informing about the measures it has taken to protect the country’s potato and vegetable growing from dangerous quarantine pests – golden and pale nematodes (lat Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida, respectively), which Uzbekistan frequently detected in imported potatoes from Iran and Pakistan in 2021.
It is reported that, 110 thousand tonnes of potatoes for consumption have been imported to Uzbekistan since August 2021, of which 104 thousand tonnes have certificates of compliance with phytosanitary requirements. At the same time, 3.5 thousand tonnes (3.2%) of potatoes were returned to the exporting country, 775 tonnes (0.7%) were destroyed at special facilities due to the impossibility of returning them t. Moreover, in accordance with the International Plant Protection Convention in 2021, the Agency sent complaints to Iran and Pakistan about violations of the phytosanitary requirements of Uzbekistan.
Thus, Uzbekistan found itself in a tough situation – there are not so many alternative suppliers of potatoes in the world, and the countries that can supply the required volumes are quite far away. This means that the already record-breaking expensive potatoes in Uzbekistan will cost even more, if supplies from Iran and Pakistan are banned.
Therefore, given the country’s need for potatoes, the agency decided not to go for a ban, but to negotiate with the quarantine services of Pakistan and Iran. As a result, it was decided that these countries will strengthen quarantine control and provide a list of potato producers in accordance with the phytosanitary requirements of Uzbekistan. The list is published on the agency’s website.
As a result of negotiations, no cases of nematode infestation in potato products imported from Pakistan from November 3 to 10, 2021 have been identified. This means that there is a progress and hope for the normalization of supplies and, most importantly, reducing the risks for the fruit and vegetable business in Uzbekistan.
Both types of nematodes are quarantined objects in Uzbekistan and the Eurasian Economic Union. So far, there are no effective chemical means of protection against them. In areas where pests are common up to 30 years old, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant and melons should not be grown.
In addition, if nematodes are found in Uzbekistan, vegetable products from Uzbekistan, including greenhouse vegetables, which now bring multimillion-dollar revenues to the country’s producers, may be banned from export to Russia and other countries in the region. Thus, it is crucial for Uzbekistan to avoid this serious threat.
It should be noted that prices for potatoes in Uzbekistan have slightly decreased over the past week. This means the supplies were normalized.
According to the results of 9 months of 2021, Uzbekistan became the second largest sales market for potatoes from Iran, according to EastFruit. Iran exported 126.4 thousand tonnes of potatoes to Uzbekistan during this time – a record volume for supplies in this direction. The largest volumes of Iranian potatoes were sent to Afghanistan – more than 125 thousand tonnes. By the way, according to preliminary estimates, approximately the same volume of Iranian potatoes was exported to Russia as to Uzbekistan.
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MANGALORE: The multi-state cooperative Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative (Campco) Ltd has inked a pact with MP State Cooperative Dairy Federation to market their chocolates in 398 milk parlours of the Federation in Madhya Pradesh from June. Aimed at strengthening the cooperation among cooperative institutions, this will give Campco a foothold in Madhya Pradesh market for chocolates manufactured in its Puttur factory.At present, Campco sells about six tonnes of mixed varieties of chocolates valued at around Rs 10-12 lakh across MP each month.
"The pact will enable Campco to expand its presence in the highly-valued market that Madhya Pradesh presents to us," Konkodi Padmanabha, president of Campco told TOI here on Monday. Incidentally, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are the leading states where Campco is emerging as a major player.Subash Mandge, chairman of the federation said Sanchi brand of the federation is a household name back home just as Nandini is in Karnataka. "Once there is acceptance for chocolates of Campco in 398 milk parlours, the federation will rope in the 1,380 agencies who sell the Sanchi brand of products to market these chocolates as well," he said.


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An alumnus of local accelerator The Brandery will pitch their soap and body care company, The Mad Optimist, on the popular show "Shark Tank" on Friday.
Co-owners Mohammed M. Mahdi, Mohammed A. Mahdi and Anthony Duncan plan to pitch the company's all-natural soaps and body care products.
"We are all three Muslims and we wanted to flip the script on negative stereotypes around Islam with the way we’ve chosen to run our company,” Duncan said in a press release.
The Mad Optimist was one of The Brandery's 2017 class of startups, although the company is officially based in Bloomington, Ind. The company produces "fully customizable" soap, lip balms, bath soaks and spray mists and, according to a press release from the company, customers can personalize everything about their products, from scents to product names and label designs.
Their products are vegan and halal.
"We are also excited that the episode is airing during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, and hope our efforts to provide halal, all-natural, anti-cruelty soap and body care products has a positive impact during the current pandemic," Mohammad A. Mahdi said in a press release.


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Fashion brand Bench enlisted American Idol 7 runner-up David Archuleta as its newest international endorser.
Last Feb. 17 2012, Bench presented David as the newest family member of Bench. Fans of David and the said clothing brand get together to witnessed their idol and hear it the songs they want to hear.
David graced the stage and serenaded the crowd with the song A Thousand Miles, Crush and his rendition of Nandito Ako.
The young singer will be also doing TV mini-series on TV5 entitled Nandito Ako with Jasmine Curtis and Eula Caballero. The pilot of the show will be on February 20, 2012 (Monday).


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Erik Lumer decided to launch his new social network, CircleMe, from Italy -- a country better known for artisanal furniture and eyewear makers than technology startups -- in part because initial costs were cheaper and it was his home.
A French-American entrepreneur with startup experience, Lumer secured Italian venture capital and found a core group of tech experts at wages lower than he could expect to pay in technology centers.
But as the number of users grows and the business seeks to expand, Lumer needs more capital than Italian investors may be willing to bet. In the end, he says, that could mean emigrating to the bigger stage of Silicon Valley.
Under its new technocratic government, Italy is eager to change its reputation as a tough place to start a company. It wants to cut red tape, lower business costs to create much-needed jobs in a time of financial crisis, as well as introduce measures to attract foreign investment.
But the constraints -- in Italy as well as several other European countries -- seem to be as much legal as cultural, particularly as economic turmoil makes investors and business people more risk-averse.
With a strong idea and solid track record, Lumer and his partner Giuseppe D'Antonio raised (EURO)2 million ($2.5 million) from Italy's main venture capital fund, Innogest Capital, to design the interface for CircleMe and launch a test phase. Lumer had previously run the Internet TV platform Babelgum, and D'Antonio worked at Google.
CircleMe seeks to create groups of users around shared interests and location, and not friendships or acquaintances -- in a sort of cross between Pinterest, the online "pinboard" for collecting and sharing photos, and location-based social networks such as FourSquare. For instance, CircleMe users can use their mobile devices to mark places on maps and "plant" items like songs or pictures for others on the website to find.
In Milan, users have marked places for good American pancakes and a spot for sunbathing -- creating surprises for others to find as they wander the city. And during Milan's Design Week, CircleMe is presenting virtual exhibits whose multimedia contents can be accessed at specific sites via the social network's iPhone app.
Inital reception has been good. In the first four days after its mid-March launch, CircleMe had doubled its closed 6-month Beta group of 10,000 users. Lumer hopes it will be profitable in a year.
To get there, Lumer needs to secure funding for the next phase of growth and that will likely mean moving to the United States, where he will find thriving technology ecosystems in the form of bigger investment funds, industry connections, and a broader pool of technology professionals to tap.
European governments are starting to realizing the loss of potential growth from emigrating startups and trying to create better conditions for small businesses. Britain is trying to foster a technology center in London through tax incentives, while Berlin has become home to many startups, particularly in the gaming industry.
The economic advantages are clear. In the United States, 11 percent of all private sector jobs are the result of venture capital in fields like software, semiconductors, biotechnology and telecommunications. Venture capital jobs have proven more durable during slowdowns, shedding 23 percent fewer posts from 2008-2010, according to the National Venture Capital Association.
For every venture capital dollar invested in the United States from 1970-2010, $6.27 of revenue was generated in 2010 alone. One third of the U.S. venture capital funding during those four decades -- a total of $489 billion -- went into Silicon Valley enterprises.
Such figures strengthen the argument that Italy, which is among the European countries that most desperately needs economic growth to lower state debt, has to improve conditions for startups.
The new Italian government headed by Premier Mario Monti has already passed measures to simplify bureaucracy ---- commonly cited for the low level of foreign investment, and it is considering a task force of experts to come up with ways to promote startups, especially by young entrepreneurs, including channels to tap sovereign funds.
Above all, the culture of startups faces big hurdles in more traditional, risk-averse societies like Italy's. Its economy relies of manufacturing of physical goods like Fiat cars or Ferragamo shoes, and entrepeneurs find it difficult to find investors willing to put money into a company as quickly as many startups need, without short-term guarantees of return.
Setbacks in the early stages of a product's development, which entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley accept as a temporary hurdle on the path toward success, carries a much larger stigma among business people in Italy. In purely legal terms, a company that loses money in consecutive years -- a common trait among startups for the first years -- is automatically redflagged for money laundering by Italy's financial police.
Italy's venture capital industry is nevertheless growing, said Vincenzo Capizzi, director of the Executive Master in Corporate Finance and Banking at the SDA Bocconi business school. But in a sign of its relative infancy, there are still no official statistics on venture capital funding. Capizzi noted seed money is relatively small -- from about (EURO)300,000 to (EURO)1 million ($400,000 to $1.3 million).
"Silicon Valley has the deepest investor pockets and the deepest talent pool anywhere in the world," said Michael Brown, a general partner in Boston-based Battery Ventures, which has generated nine capital venture funds since 1984.
Brown said Europe is great for early stage and growth-oriented investment. But he agreed that eventually, many ventures seek at least a foothold in the United States -- including the France-based Neolane software company, in which he invested, and which has opened a Boston office. One exception is e-commerce, which tends to operate on a regional basis.
As Brown emphasizes, the key to any success is a great product.
One of CircleMe's potential money-spinners is music. The site's users can "plant" a song in a specific spot, inspiring others to listen to a sample of a favorite song. This, Lumer believes, offers the potential for CircleMe to hook up with music libraries, like iTunes, so that when people download a song via the site, the venture shares a part of the revenue.
Whether they stay in Italy or move to California, Lumer said startups like CircleMe remain an example of enterprise with a global ambition, something Europe badly needs now.
"I think it is nice that it would come out of Italy and Europe, in the context of this economic and social crisis," Lumer said.


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Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – A scam posing as a legitimate alert service is targeting the elderly, according to Franciscan Companies, an affiliate of St. Joseph’s Hospital.
They say a company calling itself Senior Alertline is posing as Philips Lifeline, a medical service offered through Franciscan Companies.
According to Franciscan Companies, the scammers have been calling a large number of seniors using automated dialing in an effort to gain seniors’ credit card information.
In addition, they created a website designed to imitate Philips Lifeline’s website, including copying the photography and design, as well some phone numbers.
According to Franciscan Companies, the scammers are being investigated by a state Attorney General in the Midwest.


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Business owner indicted for rebranding alleged dietary supplement that FDA has warned against
The owner of a South Dakota-based dietary supplement business has been charged with allegedly rebranding and selling Mexico-manufactured pills that were the subject of a U.S. recall.
Stanley Brower is accused of tearing off the labels on bottles of the recalled Mexican pain-relieving supplement, Reumofan Plus, and selling them under the brand WOW.
The pills have been recalled because they have been linked to cases of bleeding, stroke and even death.
The pills were long marketed as "100 percent natural" remedies for arthritis and muscle pain. But the Food and Drug Administration in 2012 warned consumers against taking them after it was discovered that the products actually contained several prescription drugs.
The 68-year-old Brower has pleaded not guilty to two federal charges and is scheduled to face trial in April.


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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut Trailer
That CG footage never gets old.
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Recently Square Enix announced that a Director's Cut of Deus Ex: Human Revolution is headed to the Wii U. This port of Eidos Montréal's first title, originally released on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2011 before getting a Mac port last year, comes complete with all the DLC including The Missing Link, updated graphics, new less violent ways to defeat bosses, and a 'neural hub' network via the Wii U's Game Pad as well as other gameplay tweaks. Supposedly, these changes will remain a Wii U exclusive.
Below is the first trailer for the game.
Despite rumours of a 2014 release, Square Enix mentioned via Twitter that the title is indeed slated for this year.


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Each selected candidate will receive free clothing loans and complimentary campaign trail styling from M.M. LaFleur’s in-house stylists
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, M.M.LaFleur – a womenswear brand founded on the belief that when women succeed, the world becomes a better place – announced the relaunch of its ‘Ready to Run’ clothing loan program to support women running for public office.
M.M.LaFleur debuted the ‘Ready to Run’ program in 2020 to play a small role in supporting female candidates. The brand had no idea what impact the gesture would have. Over 1,000 women applied to the program, and M.M.LaFleur successfully lent clothes to over 275 women who ran for various positions, from City Council to Congress. From those participants, a remarkable 183 of the 275 ‘Ready to Run’ candidates got their names on the ballots on November 3rd.
“When we first launched ‘Ready to Run,’ I was shocked to hear from candidates just how hard it is to get ready for the campaign trail,” said Sarah LaFleur, CEO and Founder of M.M.LaFleur. “We had a woman who was a firefighter and a mom of four share with us, ‘I can’t even begin to tell you how stressful the ‘how to dress’ piece of running for office has been.’ Our goal is to take the guesswork out of getting dressed when running for office so that candidates can focus on what actually matters: getting their message across.”
Women held 29% of statewide elective offices1 in the U.S. when the ‘Ready to Run’ program launched in 2020. While progress has been made, today, women still only hold 31% of statewide elective offices2 throughout the United States. With the relaunch of ‘Ready to Run,’ the brand’s mission remains to support the success of women. While clothing alone won’t move the needle, M.M.LaFleur believes that access to high-quality professional clothing shouldn’t be a barrier to better representation of women in public office and is committed to making polished yet comfortable clothing more accessible.
This year, M.M.LaFleur is debuting the Style Strategists program alongside ‘Ready to Run’ to provide even more personalized support. When candidates submit their campaign trail schedule, they’ll be matched with a Style Strategist to help plan ensembles for their engagements and events. Based on data from the last program, the Style Strategists will also be curating a special ‘Ready to Run’ assortment, including the machine-washable Moreland Jacket and Colby Pant, as well as pieces in the brand’s best-selling OrigamiTech and washable silk fabrics.
Female candidates apply on the brand’s website https://mmlafleur.com/pages/ready-to-run-2024; once their credentials have been approved, they’ll receive three clothing items. After the election, candidates are encouraged to donate the items of clothing to Bottomless Closet, a nonprofit that empowers New York City women in need to enter the workforce and achieve success.
M.M.LaFleur is a New York-based fashion brand celebrating women through thoughtfully designed clothing, personal styling, and our 100,000+ community of purposeful women. Founded in 2013 by Sarah LaFleur, a former management consultant, and Miyako Nakamura, the former head designer of Zac Posen, M.M. is known for introducing the concept of Power Casual™—clothing that takes you seamlessly from work to life. M.M.LaFleur is a proud sponsor of the WNBA team The New York Liberty. M.M.LaFleur also donates 10% of its profits every year to organizations focused on gender equality, such as Bottomless Closet, The Girl Scouts, and The International Rescue Committee. At the heart of the company is the belief that when women succeed, the world becomes a better place.
1 Center for American Women and Politics (n.d.). Women in Elective Office 2019. Rutgers. https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/current-numbers/women-elective-office-2019
2 Center for American Women and Politics (n.d.). Current Numbers 2024. Rutgers. https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/current-numbers
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Next time you visit PNC Park, try some of the new items on the menu.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks! Sure, those are the ballpark staples, but once again, the Pirates are rolling out some new, more elaborate menu items for fans at PNC Park.
And, with the regular season about to get underway, their offering a first look.
Aramark unveiled its new menu Tuesday.
It includes the “Rivertowne Brewing Hall of Fame Club Bacon Cheeseburger,” topped with pulled pork, jalapeno bacon and more.
There will also be a “Gluten Free Burrito.”
As well as a new “Cuban Pretzel Dog,” topped with ham, pulled pork, Swiss cheese, Dijon mustard and pickles on a pretzel hoagie roll.
And finally, “Riverwalk Fries,” with jalapeno cheese sauce, bacon and sour cream.
The home opener is April 13.
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The Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster makes its debut at the LA Auto Show. It is powered by a 380 horsepower all-alloy V8 engine that will race from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 4.9 seconds and has a top speed of 175 mph.
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The major stakeholders pushing Congress to enact sweeping federal marijuana reform just got bigger with the formation of a new band of businesses and industry experts who believe legalization is a foregone conclusion and that the real prize will be shaping a nationwide MJ regulatory framework.
According to a news release, the Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education and Regulation is a combination of major players from mostly outside the traditional marijuana space but includes some that already have a financial stake in the industry.
- Altria Client Services, the producer of Marlboro cigarettes, a major investor in Canadian marijuana producer Cronos Group.
- Constellation Brands, an alcohol company that invested nearly $4 billion in Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth.
- Molson Coors Beverage Co., a beermaker that has already entered the cannabis space with infused beverages.
- The Brink’s Co., a private security firm.
- National Association of Convenience Stores.
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.
- Convenience Distribution Association.
Those advising the coalition through its “Center of Excellence” include:
- Former Minority Cannabis Business Association President Shanita Penny.
- John Hudak of the Brookings Institution.
- Brandy Axdahl of the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility.
- Derek Smith of the Resource Innovation Institute.
- Caroline Kitchens of the R Street Institute.
- Karmen Hanson of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
- Dr. Staci Gruber of McLean Hospital in Massachusetts.


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TGI Fridays' Beyond Meat partnership is expanding with the introduction of multiple plant-based menu items. As vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets become more popular, restaurants are responding with more meat alternatives that are tasty, and easily incorporated into existing dishes.
TGI Fridays' beyond meat partnership has now expanded to include Beyond Chili, Beyond Chili Ballpark Nachos, Beyond Chili Loaded Potato Skins, and the Beyond Chili Cheeseburger. While most restaurants carry one or two vegetarian-friendly items, this partnership expands the possibilities for plant-based diners, who may not have considered TGI Fridays the most diet-friendly option prior. Now, all consumers can enjoy an indulgent meal regardless of their restrictions, widening the consumer base for the already popular chain.
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Peggy Wallace, managing partner of Golden SeedsNovember 21, 2018
For nearly four decades, Inc. has been regarded as a world-leading business news source, particularly covering those responsible for building, growing and nurturing the most innovative small to midsize companies. Simply put, when it comes to professional recognition, there’s no “ink” like appearing in Inc.
That’s why Golden Seeds is pleased to congratulate three Golden Seeds company leaders for being named to Inc.’s “Female Founders 100.” This is a prestigious list of the top “100 Women Making Money, Creating Jobs and Changing the World.” It’s gratifying to have worked with such executives and see the visions they had for healthcare, technology and consumer markets become a reality.
Here’s some inspiring information about each.
Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Cadenza Innovation, appeared in Inc.’s Serial Entrepreneurs category, one that specifically focused on women who “are building their second (or third or fourth) company, and it likely won’t be their last.” Founded in 2012, Cadenza Innovation was her second startup in the lithium ion battery space. The first was Boston-Power, the only battery startup in the world to sell batteries to HP for use in its laptops.
For Cadenza Innovation, Lampe-Onnerud assembled a world-class team that built a pioneering battery pack architecture and global Tier 1 partner network. The company is backed by more than $10 million in Series A funding led by Golden Seeds, along with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and the states of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The company is now working with some of the biggest battery companies across the globe. Earlier this year it began a clean-energy project with New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, where they’ll be involved in demonstrating the impact of electricity leveling and peak shifting.
Surbhi Sarna, nVision, appeared in the Problem Solvers category. As Inc. explains: “Some entrepreneurs divine the future, while others recognize the massive opportunity to fix what’s right in front of them.” For Sarna, the quest to detect ovarian cancer started with a health scare she had as a teenager.
About 20,000 women get ovarian cancer annually, some 600,000 have their ovaries removed as a preventative measure because there hasn’t existed a good diagnostic tool. In 2012, Sarna created nVision, which developed a device that could travel up the fallopian tubes and extract ovary cell samples; the origin of most lethal types of the cancer. Four years later, it won FDA approval.
Sarna’s work earned nVision initial investments from angel groups and venture capital firms, including Golden Seeds, followed by larger round of funding in which we further participated. Recently, she sold the company for $275 million to Boston Scientific, knowing that an organization with more resources would help her team reach their ultimate goal of getting “this product to market as fast as possible.”
Fran Dunaway, TomboyX, is in the Movement Makers category and with good reason. It lauds strategically brilliant entrepreneurs who have gotten people to rally around a cause that is bigger than their brand — and that’s what TomboyX is all about.
In 2013, TomboyX was created to sell gender-neutral shoes, shirts, belts, hats and other attire. However, what interested women most from the outset were boxer briefs. After selling out of inventory in two weeks, Dunaway decided to focus entirely on underwear (though swimwear and loungewear would be added later). Throughout it all, diversity and inclusion has been its hallmark, punctuated by messaging such as “comfortable underwear made for unapologetic people of all sizes and genders.”
Congratulations to all these leaders. If you’re known by the company you keep, we’re proud to be known as a supporter of yours!
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Brussels (dpa) – The EU Commission is today presenting new measures to deal with crises such as the corona pandemic or Russia’s war against Ukraine. According to a draft law that has already been made public, it should be possible in the future, for example, to make production specifications for companies in case of doubt. EU states could also be required to create reserves of important goods. It is still unclear whether the proposed law will be presented in this form.
The project is also intended to prevent problems caused by the corona pandemic, such as traffic jams for kilometers due to closed borders and the separation of family members. On the economic side, functioning supply chains are one of the most important functions to be maintained in the future.
Von der Leyen advises against “micro regulations”.
After the drafts became known, the head of the commission, Ursula von der Leyen, emphasized the need to broaden supply chains. But she also said: “I would very clearly refrain from making micro-regulations. That is not the job of the European Commission.” Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton believes the economy is seeing the end of an era. The Frenchman recently announced that the longstanding belief in production processes tailored to tight timeframes, geographic specialization and long supply chains is outdated.
In politics and business, the echo is divided. Many support, better collusion and more elaborate contingency plans. The creation of an emergency instrument is the right answer to the experiences during the Covid pandemic, said Peter Adrian, President of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), the German Press Agency.
question of entrepreneurial freedom
“German companies handle more than half of their imports and exports with other EU countries,” says Adrian. They are dependent on the European internal market functioning smoothly even in times of crisis. For him, however, possible production specifications are an encroachment on entrepreneurial freedom.
Nicola Beer (FDP), Vice President of the EU Parliament, also praises parts of the plans, but is critical of possible information obligations for companies. The CDU MEP Andreas Schwab made a similar statement. The Chair of the Internal Market Committee of the EU Parliament and Green politician, Anna Cavazzini, would like greater protection for freedom of travel in times of crisis.
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Martin Okner, founder and managing director of SHM Corporate Navigators and a 20-year veteran of consumer goods branding, reveals trends, consumer habits and best practices that impact retail firms.
Chroust shares his insights on the current and future retail landscape, including omni-channel retailing, cybersecurity and more.
Chuck Morton speaks to the trends and challenges of dealmaking in the middle market.
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Fisker has revealed details of its forthcoming production SUV, including the fact it will be called the Fisker Ocean. The Ocean will come with a range of between 250-300 miles on a charge, from a battery that will be around 80 kWh in capacity.
It’s been designed to be one of the most sustainable vehicles on the road, with a number of efficiency and recycling systems built in. A solar roof will be included, good for around 1,000 free miles each year, and further updates to the car’s hardware is expected to see that figure increase further down the line.
The carpets are made from recycled fishing nets, the interior will be vegan, and the cabin’s materials will be made from recycled polyester fibres from things such as t-shirts and plastic bottles.
The Ocean will be available on a flexible leasing plan run through an app, with no long-term contracts. As well as the system becoming increasingly popular with customers, another reason behind the move is to help keep Fisker’s environmental responsibilities in-house. This way, the company is in greater control of recycling parts.
Production is set to begin at the end of 2021, and a full launch will take place at the beginning of January next year. Reservations via the app will be available from 27th November 2019.


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Packaging machine trends according to PMMI
PMMI, association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, published a report about the trends surrounding packaging machines. Their research concluded that 73% of the packaging professionals find cleanability important. In second place, 50% like to have faster changeover times and 43% wants improved operator safety.
PMMI is the leading global resource for processing and packaging machines. Not only does this show the latest innovations in the packaging industry, it also shows what customers deem important when choosing their packaging machines.
During the development of JASA’s Sleever, we’ve taken all these elements and made sure the Next Generation Sleever met these demands. This is why our Sleever fully fits the “The Next Generation of Processing Equipment” wishes as outlined in the PMMI report. Not only that, the Sleever outshines these wishes as well because it’s also energy efficient, has fast processing speeds and is very easy to service. You can view the entire report here.


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Cancun, QRoo, (May 28, 2021).- Europe gradually opens its borders and the Netherlands are preparing to offer more travel opportunities. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced that for the winter it will increase its network of destinations – which includes Cancun – and as soon as possible, it will increase the frequency of flights to popular locations.
For the winter, between October 31, 2021 and until March 26, 2022, KLM will add new destinations to its network. With regard to intercontinental service, KLM will add a new route, between Amsterdam and Cancun, starting in November of this year, with three flights per week, in a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. As of today the quotation and reservation of flights is available online and through travel agencies.
“We are very pleased to announce Cancun as a new KLM destination in our winter flight schedule. KLM will now offer its clients, all over the world, a new possibility to enjoy the beautiful state of Quintana Roo and the Yucatan Peninsula. Once again, we reinforce our offer and our commitment to Mexico, thanks to this new route. At KLM we are prepared to take our passengers to their destination in a completely safe and responsible way. We have at your disposal a flexible travel policy and the highest standard of hygiene, ” said Maud Oostenbrink, commercial director of Air France-KLM in Mexico.
She noted that KLM will fly wherever is possible, following the travel conditions in force in the different countries and as long as the variable costs are covered, the company announced in a press release. With this strategy, the airline has been able to completely rebuild its flight program and offer its customers the widest possible variety of destinations, both for business and recreational trips.
The KLM flight between Amsterdam and Mexico City continues to be available daily, with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The company recommends that travelers check the current entry and connection conditions imposed by each country before confirming any route.
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Dubai – MENA Herald: Keynote 2016, the international Blockchain technology conference hosted by Dubai Future Foundation, began on Monday, May 30, as part of the Foundation’s efforts to adopt the latest technology solutions in digital transactions to achieve cost efficiency and speed in operating systems related to trading mechanisms. The conference is aimed at highlighting the importance of raising organizational awareness about the impact of using this technology to achieve growth benchmarks.
The Global Blockchain Council launched the first set of initiatives in digital transactions during a panel discussion on the impact of the technology in transactions between entities and individuals. Under these initiatives, DIFC will preserve and record people’s assets; Loyyal will promote Dubai tourist locations; DMCC will enhance the trade flow and registrations; and will also certify rough diamonds through Blockchain using Kimberly international certification process
On the opening of the event, Saif Al Aleeli, CEO of Dubai Future foundation, stressed in his speech the Foundation’s focused efforts to shape the future of strategic sectors in cooperation with the government and private sectors entities. He said the Foundation is committed to promote the leading position of Dubai and the UAE as a global hub for the development of future technologies in all sectors and around the world to support growth and prosperity.
He said: “Keynote 2016 is great opportunity to discuss new innovative ideas of Blockchain technology, as it is the first outcome of the Global Blockchain Council launched earlier by the Foundation to promote innovation and make use of next generation technologies to enhance the UAE’s position as a leading centre for innovation and knowledge economy.”
He pointed out that Blockchain technology is set to transform the various sectors by speeding up transactions and offering cheaper and more efficient services. Investments in this sector are growing at an incredible pace with financial institutions investing US$75 million in 2015, more than double the amount invested in 2014. And it is expected that these investments will reach five times that amount annually by 2019.
“The variety of the conference sessions reflects the growth of Blockchain system. This is certainly a proud moment for all of us gathered here – from Blockchain experts and enthusiasts from around the world to government entities, international companies, banking institutions, free zones, and international Blockchain technology firms – as we put our heads together to see how best we can make use of the emerging opportunities in this field.”
Dr. Ayesha ibn Bishr Director General of Smart Dubai, said: “Blockchain technology is one of the most advanced techniques offering the ability to automate the processes related to the provision of financial services. It also provides a great opportunity to increase the efficiency of these services and save time and reduce costs. This technique will play an important role in supporting Dubai’s transition into a smart city by helping individuals, companies and government agencies to conduct their transactions more effectively and in an efficient manner.”
Gregory Simon, CEO and co-founder of Loyyal said: “A lot of entities around the world apply digital services. However, there is still a need to create more awareness about this technology, especially among entities in government and private sectors and achieve the development of the system to meet their requirements for integrated technical tools to achieve the highest degree of efficiency and the optimum use of the vital sectors.”
Ola Dodeen, co-founder of BitOasis, explained that the significance of the application of this technology lies in its perfect features that leads to excellence in key areas such as transparency, speed and low cost. It also enables ease in providing various services, which are basic to any digital transactions and required by the workers in all the strategic sectors of society. She said this technology is beneficial to all users, both in the government and private sectors, and therefore offers an important access to the cities of the future.
Panel discussions during the conference were participated by international experts in the field of digital currencies and highlighted the application of Blockchain in digital transactions. The sessions highlighted innovation as the basis for success of future plans of the UAE government, and discussed topics related to digital currencies and the issues related to mining them. The conference drew attention to the role of Blockchain in improving the organizational performance and quality of economic activities by widening the range of services covered by digital currency and shifting all transactions to digital ones using the Blockchain system. It also discussed the transition to knowledge economy and introducing the system in academic curricula.
The Dubai Future Foundation is hosting the Keynote Conference in Dubai as part of the Dubai Future Agenda approved by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as a roadmap for the Dubai Future Foundation to shape the future of the strategic sectors. The conference aims to present Dubai as an international destination for the digital products and explore future opportunities to achieve sustainable growth of the UAE economy.


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Apple Pay launched five months ago with CEO Tim Cook announcing partnerships with about 15 retailers. Now five months later Apple Pay is working at 47 retailers and growing fast. Among the addition are giants like Walgreens and BJs. Supermarket chains Albertsons and Acme also plan to begin accepting Apple Pay soon, along with Walt Disney World. (Incredible! It’s about to become even easier to spend money at Disney World!)
Apple Pay also just got huge lift from the US government. The White House announced that “Apple, Visa, MasterCard, Comerica Bank, and U.S. Bank are committed to working together to make Apple Pay, a tokenized, encrypted service, available for users of federal payment cards, including DirectExpress and GSA SmartPay cards.” Apple Pay already makes up more than $2 out of $3 spent on purchases using contactless payment, according to CEO Tim Cook.


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Originally published: December 17, 2009
Last updated: December 17, 2009 - 10:10pm
The Senate Commerce Committee approved President Barack Obama's picks to fill out the Federal Trade Commission, Julie Brill and Edith Ramirez, sending their nominations to the Senate floor.
Brill, North Carolina's top consumer watchdog, and Ramirez, who knew Obama in law school, were chosen to fill two slots on the five-member FTC, which divides its work between antitrust and consumer protection. Brill became the senior deputy attorney general and chief of consumer protection and antitrust for the North Carolina Department of Justice in February 2009. She previously worked in Vermont in the attorney general's office and is considered a privacy expert.
Ramirez, a virtual unknown in the Washington antitrust world, has represented corporations like Mattel Inc and Northrop Grumman Corp. She would be moving to the FTC from a Los Angeles law firm. An expert in copyright and trademark infringement, antitrust and unfair competition claims, Ramirez graduated from Harvard Law School in 1992. She worked for the Harvard law review in 1990 at the same time Obama was the first black president of the review. She later worked on Obama's campaign as Latino outreach director in California.
If confirmed, they will replace Republican Deborah Majoras, who stepped down in March 2008, and independent Pamela Jones Harbour, whose term ended in September.
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Microsoft, which has yet to find a formula to compete profitably with America Online in the Internet market, is preparing to roll out this fall a new version of its Internet access software that is meant to exploit the perceived weakness of its rival's parent, AOL Time Warner.
The new version of the MSN Explorer software, which connects MSN users to the Internet and enhances some of the features of its Web sites, is intended to match AOL's most popular offerings, like parental controls, and provide a bundle of other Microsoft products, like photo editing service.
Mainstream family users have been the core of AOL's success, but Robert W. Pittman, AOL Time Warner's chief operating officer, has said AOL had focused too much on advanced features and had lost sight of its traditional customers. Mr. Pittman has been running the online service on a temporary basis since June.
Microsoft's focus on software features is an acknowledgment that MSN's previous strategy, based on deep discounts and expensive promotions, has failed to give it a stable customer base. With offers like $400 rebates and one year of free service, MSN was able to increase its subscriber count to 7.7 million at the end of 2001 from 2.5 million in April 2000.
But that growth masked even more activity because many customers who signed up for MSN's deals quickly defected to other services. MSN, in fact, had the highest rate of churn, or customer defection, of any major Internet service provider. In a study by Forrester Research, 16,000 people were asked at the end of 2000 to identify their Internet service companies, then were called back a year later to find how many had switched. Only 43 percent of the MSN customers remained with the service a year later. AOL had the lowest defection rate, keeping 79 percent of its customers.Continue reading the main story
Yusuf Mehdi, an MSN vice president, declined to talk about MSN's customer retention rate. But he conceded that ''the quality of the subscribers who sign up for a free service is not as good as people who sign up to pay for it.'' Microsoft has not released a subscriber count for MSN since January. Mr. Mehdi says the service continues to grow, albeit more slowly, now that discounting has been radically scaled back.
''We now have a much stronger base of subscribers,'' he said. ''The ones we lost were not the subscribers we wanted to have.''
This shift has reduced MSN's costs, but not enough to prevent it from losing money. By contrast, when AOL reached eight million subscribers in 1996, it was profitable.
AOL has suffered from a sharp decrease in advertising revenue and has also been losing market share in subscriptions. AOL has 37 percent of the Internet access market today, compared with 41 percent two years ago, according to a survey by Odyssey, a San Francisco research firm. (MSN's share increased to 11 percent from 5 percent in the survey.) The biggest gains have been by the various high-speed services offered by cable television and telephone companies.
MSN's new strategy revolves around exploiting what it sees as AOL's market weaknesses and forging alliances with cable and phone companies for high-speed Internet service. Last month, for example, Verizon Communications agreed to use MSN software and service as part of its high-speed offering.
The MSN 8 software represents an effort by Microsoft to catch up in areas where AOL is still perceived to have an advantage. It will allow parents to control and monitor their children's use of the Internet and will offer a variety of methods to block unwanted junk e-mail. Microsoft is also including a variety of features it had been selling on a stand-alone basis. For example, the Internet software includes the photo editing capability of Microsoft's $39.95 Picture-It software and a bill-paying service that had cost $5.95 a month on its MSN Money Central Web site.
In part, Microsoft is trying to shift to selling software through subscriptions rather than through individual retail purchases, a step Microsoft has long hoped to take. At the same time, Microsoft is hoping to charge new monthly fees for various aspects of its Web site that had been free.
For the first time, Microsoft will charge a monthly fee to people who use its MSN Explorer software but do not subscribe to its Internet access service. The fee has not been set but is likely to be $5 to $10 a month. AOL's similar ''bring your own access'' plan costs $15 a month.
For the time being, however, Microsoft says that the vast bulk of its subscribers will come from its own Internet access service. While many MSN features, like its basic Hotmail e-mail accounts, will remain free, most of the enhancements, like its improved filtering for junk e-mail, will be available only to paying customers.
''Over time you will see less and less on MSN.com,'' said Richard Bray, a vice president at MSN, ''and see more and more things you can do with our subscription service.''
AOL, meanwhile, is preparing to introduce its own revised software this fall. AOL promises to improve its parental controls and filters for junk e-mail. And it has several innovations meant to put new life into online chat rooms and other communications areas that have been important to its most loyal users.
Analysts who have seen the previews of the MSN 8 software say it is not clear that the company has the recipe yet to unseat AOL.
''It is slick software,'' said David Card, an analyst with Jupiter Research. ''But AOL users are really loyal, and I didn't see anything they would switch for.''Continue reading the main story


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Reliance Jio and BSNL both offer a 90 days 4G prepaid plan to their customers. While BSNL has been offering its 90 days plan for a long-time now, Jio’s entry in the segment is fairly new. Reliance Jio has started offering new plans with 15, 30, 60, 90, and 365 days validities. The interesting thing is, BSNL’s 90 days 4G plan is significantly cheaper than that of Jio’s.
Reliance Jio’s 90 days plan comes for Rs 597, while BSNL’s 90 days plan comes for Rs 499. In terms of benefits, BSNL’s 90 days plan defeats Jio’s plan by a long margin.
BSNL 90 Days 4G Prepaid Plan
As mentioned above, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited offers its 90 days 4G prepaid plan for Rs 499. With the plan, users get 2GB of daily data for the entirety of the plan meaning users get a total of 180GB of data. Further, there is a truly unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS/day included. Users also get additional benefits of BSNL Tunes and Zing.
This is all that the BSNL’s 90 days 4G plan offers to the users. Now let’s take a look at the 4G prepaid plan offered by Jio to its users for 90 days.
Reliance Jio 90 Days 4G Prepaid Plan
Reliance Jio offers its 90 days 4G prepaid plan for Rs 597. It is a newly launched plan by the telco that offers users 75GB of fair-usage-policy (FUP) data without any daily data consumption limit, meaning users can consume the entire 75GB data in one day or can use it over a 90 days period. This plan also offers users 100 SMS/day and unlimited voice calling.
There are additional benefits of Jio apps, including JioNews, JioSecurity, JioCinema, JioTV, and JioCloud.
BSNL’s Plan is Tons Better, But the Use Case of Both Plans Is Different
BSNL’s plan is not only cheaper but also offers more benefits to the users. But the thing is, both the plans are different in nature and thus have varied use cases. BSNL doesn’t allow the users to consume more than 2GB of high-speed data in a day. However, that’s not the case with Jio’s plan.
BSNL’s plan makes more sense if you are someone who is just looking primarily for a plan for 90 days. But if you want no restrictions on data usage on a day-to-day basis, Jio’s plan is a better option. The additional benefits of Jio’s plan also take a slight edge over BSNL’s plan.


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Saturday, May 24, 2008
The initial idea is to make this as a mobile phone screen cleaner... but now I'm thinking maybe it looks nice to be a brooch too...
sigh.... this little thingy very confusing...
......maybe to make another one as a brooch :)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
WHEN Chris Wong started losing her hair due to chemotherapy, she realised just how precious her tresses were. In bed and slowly recovering from treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus), Chris wished for the day when her head would be covered once again with thick, black hair.
The day finally came, and with it came the inspiration to create the caricature of her alter ego, Chrisom.
“She is the persona of me on paper. I drew her with lots of hair, similar to my hairstyle before I fell sick,” says 25-year-old Chris.
Chrisom, “born” two years ago, still sports the same hairstyle and so does Chris now.
“My mother is a hairstylist. She gave me this cut long ago and I’ve been keeping it ever since,” she adds.
The art instructor from Johor Baru was in Kuala Lumpur last weekend to participate in the Art for Grabs sale and exhibition held in The Annexe in Central Market.
At the event, Chris was raring to introduce Chrisom – painted meticulously on small wooden boxes – to the public.
“I got the idea to put the caricature on boxes just last month. There was a sudden need for me to introduce Chrisom to the world and I thought what better way than by putting her on the wooden boxes that my father is good at making,” says Chris.
Her father lovingly makes the boxes – from pencil cases to jewellery holders – for Chris to paint on, and she is selling them for the first time at the Art for Grabs bazaar.
“The reception has been quite good. Many visitors like the design and I’m having fun meeting people here,” says Chris.
Phang Chin Ling, 22, also had fun mingling with “artsy” people of her kind and those interested in art at the bazaar.
A member of the Hugo Garden group from New Era College in Kajang, Selangor, Chin Ling and her friends were there to sell their collective works, ranging from decorative mugs and one-of-a-kind notebooks to key holders.
“The group was initiated by our part-time lecturer, who is now our branding consultant,” says Chin Ling.
The Hugo Garden members experiment with various designs and art forms and set up stalls at local exhibitions, harnessing and polishing their entrepreneurial skills.
Hugo Garden is the translation of the Mandarin words hua guo shan, which refers to the mountain abode of Monkey King, a pivotal figure in the classical Chinese folklore, Journey to the West.
In the tale, the mountain is a haven to Monkey King and his followers, just like how Hugo Garden is a “refuge” to Chin Ling and her 11 other team members.
“Being in this group allows us to be creative and put our talents to good use,” says Chin Ling, who excels at perking up plain and boring notebooks with her quirky designs.
Chin Ling is quick to add that they did not form the group with the sole purpose of making money, but rather to get more acquainted with people from different races and share ideas.
“Most of us are from Chinese schools and even our college is a community institute founded by the Chinese education movement, Dong Jiao Zhong. Our lecturer thought that we were too shy and conservative, so he got us to do this to build our confidence. We’re glad that we got together to form Hugo Garden because we are having a good time now,” she says.
Another young artist who is not too bothered by the amount of money she makes from her works is 25-year-old Cassie Wong. The advertising and promotional executive took her passion for decorating T-shirts and shoes up another level, and started selling them at bazaars actively.
“I’m really doing this for pleasure’s sake and not depending on it as a source of income,” says Cassie. Her brand, Cassettee, offers items such as T-shirts and brooches, mostly adorned with two of her favourite decorative items – buttons and beads.
She’s contemplating adding accessories design to her resume.
Cassie admits that her parents think that she is wasting her time concentrating on such labour intensive tasks, but it is something that she wants to do.
“My production is slow because I do everything by myself and I cannot just concentrate on this project alone as I have a full-time job as well,” says Cassie, who sees Cassettee more as a hobby than as a secondary career.
A veteran at bazaar scenes, Cassie is happy to note that her items do catch people’s attention and that she does get orders from her pals.
“My friends have been very supportive of Cassettee and encourage me to move forward with the brand,” says Cassie.
Best friends Azizah Osman and Shazleen Md Affandi have always toyed with the idea of starting a business together.
When they were roommates back in their college days at Universiti Institut Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Shah Alam, Shazleen and Azizah did discuss whether they should put their talents to good use and earn some extra income while at it.
Shazleen is known for her artistic flair in designing bags while Azizah is good at bakiing cookies and cakes which have been a hit among their friends.
“I’ve been interested in baking since I was young but had only seriously started baking for the purpose of selling a couple of months ago,” says 22-year-old Azizah.
Her mother, an avid baker, is her inspiration and partner when it comes to the work.
“My mother and I stayed up till very late just to finish baking these cookies for the bazaar. I stayed up for another couple of hours, putting frosting on the cookies while my mum rested,” she adds.
Shazleen, on the other hand, recruited her boyfriend, Muhd Ikhwan Abdul Samad, and her younger sister, Elanni, to help with simple tasks like cutting the cloths or simple sewing.
“I make my bags from scratch, using materials that I buy on eBay. I usually draw out the design on paper before transferring it to the bag, but sometimes when inspiration hits me, I just do it directly, free hand,” says Shazleen, 22.
The girls hope to take their business a step further by becoming constant figures at local bazaars and exhibitions. Azizah says that she’s already getting orders from her friends and other customers, and if everything goes well, she and her mother plan to open a store next year.
“It all depends on the demand, though. We’re going to work from home and see if the business is worth expanding into a store,” she says.
“But for that to happen, we need people to support young entrepreneurs like us. They can do so by buying locally made products,” says Azizah.
PEOPLE often refrain from buying art pieces because they are too expensive, said Pang Khee Teik. The Annexe Gallery Arts Programme director believes that some artists put high prices on their artworks simply because they think it is the only way for them to sustain their business.
However, such pricing also puts off potential art buyers who cannot afford the exorbitant prices. “That’s the main reason why Art for Grabs was set up,” said Pang.
Over the last weekend, all kinds of artists congregated in The Annexe, Central Market in Kuala Lumpur, selling their works at prices that are less than RM100. That’s the rule if you want to sell your stuff at Art for Grabs – the items must be priced at less than RM100, and the items must be original – that is, you created the art piece yourself.
The first bazaar was held six months ago, and was such a success that Pang decided the event is worth repeating. Now, he plans to organise Art for Grabs every six months, so that young artists have a place to sell their items and people can purchase art works at affordable prices.
“This type of events benefits both the artists who want to sell their art works and people who wish to go home with something beautiful, and yet don’t have to pay too much for it,” said Pang.
At the recent two-day bazaar, around 80 lots were taken up by artists selling all types of things – from paintings and hand-painted T-shirts to mugs and cupcakes.
“I had also allocated six free lots for NGOs to advocate their causes here,” Pang said.
Local musicians were also given a chance to show off their talents. They were given a stage to perform and allowed to charge the audience a minimal fee.
The crowd was definitely enthusiastic.
Shazrin Ahmad Zani who was there with his mother said that he came to support the artists, whom he feels don’t get much recognition from Malaysians.
“We have many talented people here but, unfortunately, it’s difficult for them to break into the Malaysian scene. Sometimes, we are too brand conscious and don’t know the local talents that we’re pushing aside,” said the 20-year-old Information Technology student.
His mother, Wan Zainab Abu Karim, 49, said that it was her first time visiting such a bazaar and she was amazed by some of the works displayed there.
“They are indeed a talented lot and I do agree that art works such as these should not be priced too expensively,” she said.
Monday, May 5, 2008
We did it on the floor this time! It's a ReAL bazaar eh...
Thank u all who drop by our stall and of course for those who grabs a tee, a brooch, or a plush!
The cute little plushes are made by Ms So. If you are interested, she can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org
Thanks Sachi for the buttons!
errr... forgot their name... but nice lights made with recycle materials.
They believe art will save the world. Burst a bubble and donate please.
Cass with her Long-time-no-see friend...
Cass with newly met D May.
She's wearing an "on-the-spot" custom made cassettee, just for her!
My 1st tee with hand painting...
The tee turns out quite nice with the unexpected stroke effect.
It is painted using fabric dye, a type of water base dye, completely safe!
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Sorry for the washing machine fans, this piece really need hand wash because of the beads.
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Why was Airtel in such a rush to roll out its 4G services in Kolkata, given that it only has partial coverage? We don’t see a reason as to why users would consider buying a 4G connection, firstly, due to the extremely high tariffs, secondly, the ridiculous data caps, and finally, the limited nature of the roll-out. Starting at a price of Rs 999, going upto Rs 1999, the service allows users to consume data in the range of 6GB to a maximum of 18 GB, after which speeds are capped at the ridiculously low transfer rates of 128 kbps. Speaking on a conference call following the launch, Airtel CEO, Sanjay Kapoor, justified the caps by saying that the bundle data was more than enough for average consumption and that the company would offer smart bytes packages on the line of its broadband offerings to users who want more bandwidth.
– On data caps; positioning? When someone pointed out that the data caps would hamper content consumption and that watching a few high quality videos might gobble up tremendous amount of data, Kapoor came up with a rebuttal that world wide, wireless technologies are not used for heavy data consumption, and that if customers wanted to consume 100 GB of data, they should switch to fixed line. He also said that common web browsing tasks can easily be accomplished with 3G speeds. So we’re not quite sure how Airtel plans to position 4G when it’s not seamless for mobility (at least Airtel’s roll-out is not), not meant for heavy data use, and much more expensive than other services.
– Partial Coverage: Kapoor and other Airtel execs informed that the roll-out in Kolkata was limited to 20-25 pockets which had been identified by Airtel, and were contributing about 50% to data on Airtel’s other data offerings. So connectivity across the city will not be seamless, at the moment and it’s focusing on indoor coverage at the moment. The company plans to increase the footprint, after guaging the response to the service, in terms of connections and devices, sold. While the network has been deployed by ZTE on Indus’ Towers in Kolkata, Airtel refused to reveal the number of 4G base stations. Existing towers have been upgraded with 4G radio equipment and backhaul support. The company also refused to reveal the investment made on 4G deployment.
While technically, the service is capable of delivering downloads speeds of upto 100 Mbps, Airtel says that 10-15 Mbps would be the speed that users would get in real time, as it depends on devices, the number of users at a given point in time, applications and other factors.
– Multimode devices– Since regulations do not permit voice on 4G, the service is limited to internet, and Airtel has launched USB dongles and a Wifi router. However, these devices are multi-mode, which means that they can switch over to 3G and 2G networks wherever 4G is not available. We don’t know if Airtel would charge data consumed on a 3G band (on a 4G plan) differently, but if that’s not the case, we don’t think it’s cost effective.
The company has indicated that it does not plan to launch devices with in-built 4G radios, in the near future, but the Wifi router can make 4G available to all Wifi capable devices. Could we see a tablet being bundled with the Wifi router or phone? Kapoor did not comment on specific device tie-ups but said that Airtel has always been working with smart device makers and that 70% of iPhones in India were on Airtel. We don’t think that the company is going to launch 4G LTE capable smartphones, atleast not in the near future.
– Content- Airtel already has tie-ups with BigFlix, UTV Indiagames and others for video on demand, online gaming and live tv services, on its broadband offering. It will extend the same services to 4G users. Kapoor did not comment on the possibility of a tripple play service on 4G saying that it was still at an early stage.
– Other roll-outs: Airtel plans to launch 4G services in Bangalore in the next 30 days, informed Kapoor, for which equipment company, Huawei has already deployed the network. Following that, the company will roll out 4G in Pune and Chandigarh.
Nikhil adds: To Kapoor’s suggestion that users should move to fixed line if they want higher data limits, it’s not like Airtel Broadband is being offered without a “Fair Usage Policy”.


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Gaming giants Nintendo have announced an upcoming remake of their first game console, the NES. The console is said to be released on November 11th 2016, and will include 30 built in classics to use instead of having a cartridge based system, these will include titles like Donkey Kong, Megaman 2 and Super Mario Bros. The console remake is of a much smaller size, so is being sold as a miniature console retailing at $59.99 on launch day. An item like this is like gold to any collector. And we can see it will be a huge hit from the feedback from Nintendo’s fan-base.
Nintendo say that “We wanted to give fans of all ages the opportunity to revisit Nintendo’s original system and rediscover why they fell in love with Nintendo in the first place.” this to me sounds like a great opportunity for Nintendo as they can show their younger audience some real nostalgia, and what it was like at the dawn of video gaming ages.
Classic controllers will also be sold separately for 9.99, but owners of the Wii or Wii U classic controllers will be able to use those as they are compatible with the micro console.


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Austin-based 3D-printing materials company Electroninks has announced that it will be making its proprietary line of metal organic decomposition (MOD) inks available to customers at production scale. The company, which received funding in February from intelligence community venture capital firm In-Q-Tel, specializes in producing inks for printed electronics and semiconductors.
In a press release, Electroninks’ co-founder and CEO, Brett Walker, referred to the MOD inks as the company’s “special sauce”, and noted, “Traditional conductive inks and metal deposition methods have been around for decades, but are slow, problematic, expensive, and not at all environmentally friendly. Our metal complex particle-free inks radically change the game. …[they] set a new standard for conductive inks in 21st century electronics manufacturing.”
The company also places a strong emphasis on tailoring its silver, gold, and platinum-based inks to customers’ specifications. Aside from working directly with key purchasers of Electroninks’ products — such as the U.S. Air Force, which last October awarded the company a $1.5 million contract, in large part to develop these same inks — the focus on customization is more generally built into the business model. For one thing, the company has worked to develop its inks so that they can be effectively used with a variety of printing techniques, especially inkjet, aerosol, and screen printing.
Additionally, the inks are categorized into three product lines, optimized for three main types of printed electronics end-products. The CircuitShield is designed for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and back-end semiconductor metallization, and would thus be ideal for printed circuit board (PCB) applications. The CircuitWrap is best for touch screens and LED displays, while the CircuitSeed seems like it can be used for a variety of end-products, but is meant to be used in combination with more conventional electronic plating methods. In turn, the CircuitSeed inks, as the company puts it, can reduce “a 20-plus step process to a few steps”, while also using much less energy and water.
It’s notable that In-Q-Tel also recently made an investment into Fortify, a specialist in composite printing materials, including dialectic resins. Given the old comparison of 3D printing feedstocks to the razor-and-blades model, such an influential entity’s cornering of the market in materials could be a signal of a new period of growth for the 3D printing industry. Moreover, common sense indicates that Electroninks wouldn’t be making its inks available for production scale unless the company expected there to be a market for production-scale quantities of electronics 3D printing materials. This, along with numerous other recent stories, suggests that the 3D printing of phones and tablets could come sooner than expected.
Finally, the possibilities for using Electroninks’ technology for repair seem even greater than for production. The potential for 3D-printed chip repair could not only bolster supply chains in the future, but, perhaps even more importantly, would be enormously beneficial to improving the sustainability of the electronics industry.
To learn more about the company, check out our recent 3DPOD episode with Eletroninks CEO Brett Walker:
Images courtesy of Electroninks.
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is facing increased pressure from African leaders. The African Union summit approved a resolution, calling on him to negotiate with the opposition party. The BBC's Martin Plaut has more on the division between African leaders, on how tough to be.
MARTIN PLAUT: There were some African leaders who didn't want to have any kind of criticism of Robert Mugabe at all. There were others who, as you heard from the Botswanans, and frankly, from the Nigerians, wanted a very tough statement. So I suppose then, in a sense, this resolution splits the difference. But you know, they did express deep concern that the violence that have been inflicted on the people of Zimbabwe, although they didn't name who had actually inflicted it.
MARK GARRISON: The BBC's Martin Plaut reporting from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. That summit reconfirms South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator between Mugabe and the opposition. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai isn't happy about this. He's gone after Mbeki for not publicly criticizing Mugabe. Opposition leader Tsvangirai said today that Mugabe - that Mbeki alone, rather, isn't enough. He says there needs to be an African Union official involved or there won't be progress.
A fight over U.S-beef imports is now affecting South Korea's auto industry. The union is staging partial walkouts at Kia and Hyundai plants. They were angry about the president's decision to end the ban on American beef. The move has already sparked protests around the country over Mad Cow fears.
In the U.S., bad news for Starbucks fans. The coffee colossus will close 600 stores nationwide. Austin Jenkins of Northwest News Network has more.
AUSTIN JENKINS: The list of stores to be closed has not been made public, but Starbucks says most are newer stores that opened in the past couple of years. Sharon Zackfia is an analyst at Chicago-based William Blair & Company. She's also a Starbucks shareholder. She says the company, like many retailers, is feeling the pinch of the downturn in the economy.
Ms. SHARON ZACKFIA (Analyst, Retail and Hospitality Industries, William Blair & Company): You know, for Starbucks that frappuchino in the afternoon for their customers is an indulgence, and this is indulgence that a few less people are taking part of, when the gases are four dollars a gallon. It certainly doesn't seem to be something that Starbucks specific.
JENKINS: The store closures are a turning point for Starbucks after years of rapid expansion. In January, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz took over again as CEO and launched a major shakeup of the company.
GARRISON: Austin Jenkins of Northwest News Network reporting. Elsewhere in business news, Blockbuster is pulling its proposal to buy Circuit City. The movie rental chain said the deal doesn't make sense now. They're still - they'll still try to merge their business with selling electronics, but inside Blockbuster stores instead. The video-rental business has been tough lately. DVD-by-mail companies, like Netflix, are a part of the reason why.
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The areas are also open to safe distancing ambassadors on duty.
Community clubs are welcoming food delivery riders and Safe Distancing Ambassadors (SDAs) to take their meal breaks due to the tightening COVID-19 measures.
Chairs, complimentary drinks, snacks and sanitisers are provided at some of these locations. There are also nearby eateries for those who wish to have a meal at these rest areas.
These rest areas are located at:
The rest area is located near Blk 47 coffee shop at Lorong 6 Toa Payoh and opens from 10am to 8pm.
Located near Kembangan MRT, there are plenty of restaurants and eateries nearby, including the Raimah Eating House at 54 Jalan Kembangang. The club is open from 10am to 8pm.
Kampong Ubi Community Club is located near Eunos Crescent Food Centre. The club is open from 10am to 8pm.
Braddell Heights Community Club is located near Serangoon Garden Food Centre. The club is open from 10am to 8pm.
Geylang Serai Community Club is located near Geylang Serai Malay Market and Food Centre. The club is open from 10am to 8pm.
The Frontier Community Club is located near Jurong Point, which has fast food restaurants such as Arnold’s Fried Chicken and Burger King. The club is open from 10am to 8pm.
Kaki Bukit Community Centre is located near the food centre at Blk 511 at Bedok North Street 3. The club is open from 10am to 6pm.
Located at Blk 475 void deck, it’s near coffee shops and other food and beverage outlets with enough parking space.
Those who are interested can approach the staff at the clubs to book a slot. Taxi and private hire vehicle drivers can also get a slot.
This initiative was implemented as dining in is not allowed from Sunday (May 16) in light of the surge in COVID-19 community cases.
Those who are going to these community clubs are reminded to observe safe management measures and refrain from talking or mingling.
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The early and mid-2010s were conquered by an app that no one really saw coming—Vine. The short video sharing platform gave creative users a new outlet and instantly became a smash hit. Though TikTok is currently viewed as “the new Vine,” it isn’t as culturally significant as the platform it is trying to emulate.
Now though, the co-creator of Vine is launching the fabled service’s successor. Called Byte, the mobile app launched on Friday for both Android and iOS. Though it has been rumored for a while the launch came out of nowhere.
Better Late Than Never
For fans of Vine, the wait for its successor has been a long, often uncertain one. Ever since the original platform was unceremoniously taken down just four years after being purchased by Twitter, fans have been waiting for a replacement.
Dom Hofmann, Vine’s co-creator and now the creator of Byte, originally announced that he was working on a sequel shortly after the platform’s death. Since then, he has been working on the app for several years in an erratic capacity. At times, it looked like the platform would never become reality. Other times, it seemed that a launch was just around the corner.
In fact, an update from Hofmann in November 2018 claimed that Byte would arrive in the spring of the following year (2019). While he missed that window, it’s better late than never for the platform.
Hofmann announced Byte’s launch with a tweet.
byte's out https://t.co/9XcoEHqmpX
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With its release on Friday, users were hit with nostalgia. Byte is very similar to the original Vine. For example, it still has the six-second recording limit that made its ancestor completely unique.
A blurb for the app says, “Byte celebrates life, community, and pure creativity. Nostalgia is our starting point, but where we go next is up to you.”
Yet, it remains to be seen if former Vine users will join Byte. After all, many of them have been appeased by TikTok’s “similar enough” approach to short video sharing. In fact, the app plays host to many extremely popular Vine creators who have reignited their fanbase.
Byte, Not Bytedance
Some might be confused by the new platform’s name. That’s understandable. Bytedance is the name of the Beijing-based company that created TikTok. Although it would be a perfectly executed jab at its competitor, Byte has nothing to do with the booming social platform.
Nonetheless, the two will compete for largely the same audience by hosting the same type of media. Now that both Snapchat and Instagram have started becoming more focused on ads, teens have migrated to these newer apps. If Byte can grow at even a fraction of TikTok’s speed, it will become a success in no time.
One key feature that Byte’s developers seem to be focused on is revenue sharing. Hofmann told TechCrunch that he and his team are exploring different ways to pay creators. He says, “We’re looking at all of those, but we’ll be starting with a revenue share + supplementing with our own funds. We’ll have more details about exactly how the pilot program will work soon.”


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co GT, +2.04% said it will acquire the remaining 20 percent it does not own in Slovenia's Sava Tires for $52 million. The transaction is expected to be completed in June. Goodyear's stake in Sava Tyres is held by its 75 percent-owned Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe subsidiary. In 1998, Goodyear acquired its original 60 percent stake in Sava Tires and bought an additional 20 percent in 2002. Shares of Goodyear were down 50 cents, or 5.6 percent at $8.44 at the close of trading Tuesday.
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Naturally, all this is very exciting. Apple’s product launches create more buzz than a bee colony’s doorbell. And the company has proved it can invent truly game-changing technology. iPod, iPhone, they conquered.
So when Jobs pulls the expected tablet from the hat (or manilla envelope) at Wedsnesday’s event, it will create waves of frenzied media activity, building into a tsunami of pre-release hype.
But what if it’s not that good? What if Apple has misread geeks’ needs? What if we still have a preference for physical keyboards?
What if the iSlate fails?
It’s not out of the question. And it wouldn’t be the first time Apple launched a product that didn’t begin a paradigm shift.
Take the MacBook Air. Pretty: yes. Thin: very. Game-changing: nope, most of us went and bought a cheaper, more powerful laptop. Of course, we couldn’t put them in the mail. But who wants to post a laptop?
If the iSlate is going to follow in its i-prefixed ancestors’ footsteps, it needs to offer more than shiny design. The iPod has iTunes and the iPhone has the App Store.
The larger format of the iSlate could kick-start an era of digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions. It may revolutionize the way we commicate with computers.
Or it might be the world’s biggest electronic white elephant. In a tutu.
Don’t forget to follow the Apple launch live on Stuff.tv from 5pm on 27 January.