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During a visit to the Swiss company’s headquarters in Nänikon, on 10 January 2017 representatives of Würth Elektronik eiSos handed over the Special Achievement Award to the Distrelec Group AG. For almost ten years now Distrelec has been a successful distribution partner for the supplier of electronic and electromechanical components, and last year made a particularly dedicated commitment to market WE products: no other sales partner anywhere in the world adopted so many new Würth Elektronik eiSos products into its portfolio. With its comprehensive range of over 5,400 Würth Elektronik eiSos products and a state-of-the-art webshop, the high-service distributor has excellently positioned itself as a one-stop shop for developers in the area of industrial electronics.
In 2016, Distrelec incorporated more than 2,000 additional Würth Elektronik eiSos articles into its product assortment, including new inductors, ferrites, capacitors, connectors, power modules and SMD spacers, with the result that there are now over 3,000 different passive components alone and about 1,400 connectors made by Würth Elektronik eiSos available directly from Distrelec’s stocks.
“We’ve enjoyed an excellent partner relationship with Distrelec for almost ten years. With its swift expansion of the product range Distrelec underscores its flexibility and service capacity as a distributor – and marks a milestone in our cooperation,” says Simon Leuz, Distribution Manager Europe at Würth Elektronik eiSos. “With the Special Achievement Award we’re delighted to express our gratitude for the extraordinary engagement shown by Distrelec.”


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DU's CEO Osman Sultan to announce iPhone deal to industry leaders at Next Generation Telecom Summit in Fujairah
April 17, 2009 12:00 by Aarti Nagraj
Osman Sultan, CEO at DU Telecommunications has confirmed attendance at the Next Generation Telecom Summit next month. The summit, which will be held from May 11th – 13th at Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort, has been organised for the Telecom industry’s thought-leaders to combat the current economic crisis and unite in this unreliable climate.
Mr Sultan, set to talk about DU’s potential multi-million deal with Apple iPhone, will also be joined by Ali Al Ahmed, Group Chief Strategy Officer at Etisalat and Mohammed Rafi, Group CIO at Zain, who is expected to be speaking about Zain’s plans to announce a $5 billion acquisition spend.
With the instant-access wave of communication taking a stronghold and progressive approach even during the most damaging of economic times, it has become more and more apparent that even when stock prices are down and unemployment is up, the telecommunication industry is still forging full-speed ahead, providing the framework and backbone of connectivity for businesses trying to get back on their feet.
In the middle of both the telecommunications world and the economic turbulence is the Middle East, providing a template for the rest of the world on how to grab hold and embrace the technologies and breakthroughs in telecommunications, and utilize them to make businesses and lives better. It is not very often that the leaders in this region, or this industry gather in one place.
Over 50 other visionaries within the industry from companies including Q-Tel, Telecom Egypt and Afgan Telecom are set to attend the summit. If targets are achieved, the MENA region will benefit from potential new business, which in turn will create more jobs and stability, plus cheaper calls for the consumer.

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First, it was Vogue touting the merit of travel agents, and now it’s the internationally acclaimed news publication, Forbes.
You guys really are the new black.
Now, Doug Gollan, a Forbes contributor, has penned a piece in which he says travel agents are high in demand and making a serious comeback.
Gollan refers to Bill Gates’ comment 20 years ago, when he was plugging his new OTA Expedia (you might’ve heard of it?), and how it’s no longer relevant.
Gates said, “Now you can throw away your travel agent’s phone number”.
However, Gollan retorts, “At any rate, the travel agents that Gates dogged have done okay”.
Quoting Accorhotel’s CEO Chris Cahill, Gollan writes, “The crème rises to the top”, claiming that the agents that are in existence are “doing very well”.
Gollan attended the Virtuoso Travel Week last week, when he wrote the article, and talking about the US specifically, said there’s about 100,000 travel agents in America alone.
“Virtuoso is an umbrella for independently owned agencies that generate over $21 billion in travel sales. Not shabby for a group often labeled as dinosaurs,” he wrote.
And while he was adamant that OTAs have still made a mark on the traditional agency model, he suggested agents don’t seem to be too bothered by them.
“Multiple research surveys show consumer use of retail travel agents – read human beings, has been on the rise for at least five years and is strongest with Millennials, a good sign for the future,” Gollan said.
Gollan referred to Virtuoso’s CEO Matthew Upchurch, who said it’s not surprising that younger consumers use travel agents, given they’re willing to pay for expertise in other areas, like personal trainers.
“Booking travel isn’t as easy as Gates wanted you to think and as many of us have found out,” said Gollan.
“If you have a bad flight on Airline X or stay at Hotel Z when you take your business elsewhere, there is no real impact to the supplier.
“Agents, on the other hand, rely on keeping their profitable clients happy, so the good ones take the time to know you, what you like and what you don’t.
“That means if you use an agent you are less likely to find yourself in a hotel or on a cruise ship that doesn’t fit your personal tastes.”
You can read the piece in full here.


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Since the beginning of the 21st century, the internet has given birth to some of this generation’s brightest minds. Jason Hope is no exception. With tech enthusiasts coming from all walks of life, Jason Hope has distinguished himself as one of the most important figures in the tech industry. With Jason being as outspoken as he is, to call him otherwise is inaccurate. In fact, several of Jason Hope’s works can be found on the internet to confirm his importance in the tech world. Therefore, Jason remains keen on the latest tech trends.
In recent news, Hope has written profusely for Tech.co. Furthermore, Hope has made it clear about his affinity for the internet. As a result, he considers it to be one of the most significant advances to impact the entire tech industry. In vivid detail, Jason Hope culminates articles of sheer brilliance. His articles dictate what direction the industry is moving in. Furthermore, the Internet of Things implies how several devices of today are synchronized and remain connected with each other. A perfect example would be a device such as a Smart TV.
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A Smart TV has the ability to remain synchronized with several devices while remaining up to speed. It has also given people the ability to efficiently use shared data plans. Furthermore, they end up saving money that would have otherwise been wasted. According to Hope, the Internet of Things has revolutionized the technology industry in so many ways. It has changed the way business operate forever.


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New obesity advice backs 3% goal
Obese or overweight people are being told that losing as little as 3% of their weight can have significant beneficial effects, in new NHS guidance urging a "respectful and non-judgemental" approach to the problem.
Stigmatising obese and overweight people with a "for goodness sake pull yourself together" approach does not work and can deter people from seeking help, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said.
It has also told GPs to identify people who can be referred for weight management programmes such as Weight Watchers in a bid to help them slim down.
Providers of weight loss courses would have to demonstrate that participants maintain their weight loss and their programmes are effective at 12 months or beyond.
Nice said Rosemary Conley, Slimming World and Weight Watchers have been shown to be effective at 12 to 18 months and suggested Public Health England could be a national source of information on programmes suitable for commissioning.
In new guidance, the watchdog acknowledged the difficulties many people faced losing weight and maintaining their weight loss, saying there was "no magic bullet" to the "complex" problem.
It said evidence showed that an effective weight loss programme where participants receive support from "buddies" and advice on lifestyle and behavioural changes can lead to an average 3% weight loss, which if kept off for the long term, will have beneficial health effects.
Carol Weir, guidance developer for Nice and head of service for nutrition and dietetics at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, said the watchdog recognised the difficulties people faced losing weight and the "significant" effort required to prevent a regain of the weight once lost.
"Obviously, if you need to lose weight, the more weight you lose the better, and the health benefits derive from that, but even a 3% loss, kept up long term, is beneficial and that is why we are recommending sensible changes that can be sustained life long," she said.
She added: "The evidence tells us that the elements of an effective programme are sensible changes to diet, an increase in physical activity that can be sustained in the long term and changing behaviours using a range of techniques and tools, such as setting realistic and achievable weight loss goals, regular weight loss monitoring, a food and physical activity diary, planning ahead, having a buddy, and using a respectful and non-judgemental approach.
"What we found was that an awful lot of people are put off seeking support for their weight because they have either experienced or perceived stigma in the past."
Professor Mike Kelly, director of the centre for public health at Nice, said obesity was costing the British economy and the NHS billions of pounds a year.
Obesity increases the risk of serious conditions including diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. Prof Kelly said a "staggering" total of 42% of men and 32% of women are overweight and more than a quarter of adults in England are now classified as obese. But he said losing weight was difficult.
"This is difficult, people find it difficult to do," he said.
"It is not something where you can just wake up one morning and say 'I am going to lose 10llbs' - it takes resolve, it takes encouragement, and one of the things about involvement in these programmes is the mutual support from others who try to do the same thing seems to be hugely helpful from a motivational point of view.
"It is not just a question of 'for goodness sake pull yourself together and lose a stone' - it doesn't work like that, what we are trying to acknowledge here is the reality that people carrying excess weight face."
Public health minister Jane Ellison said: "We are determined to get the nation eating more healthily, and we are the first country in Europe to recommend a voluntary scheme giving colour coded nutrition information on the front of food packaging to make it easier for consumers to know what they are buying.
"Those businesses that have already signed up to the scheme account for nearly two thirds of all the food that is sold in the UK. They are all committed to introducing the new labels on all their products by January 2015.
"We are working with industry on reducing calories overall, including from sugar, and many food and soft drink manufacturers and retailers taking sugar out of their products.
"The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition is also doing a review of all carbohydrates. Their report, due later this year, will inform our future thinking."


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Telegrass Has Big Announcement
Telegrass, Israel’s largest community-based cannabis marketplace, announced that it will start accepting payments in Bitcoin. The company recently took to social media to announce to its 100,000 members that it will be offering discounts on all payments made in Bitcoin.
Telegrass Promotes Legalization
Telegrass claims that it is committed to the legalization of cannabis in Israel. The community has a telegram network which connects buyers to sellers, enables merchants to list their products and expand their market.
The community will use the money raised with Bitcoin to pay staff as well as advocate for legalization. Initially its staff work as volunteers. Additionally, for a long time, the community has been a target of police action on its activities. The police accused the community of indirectly aiding criminal activities.through the illegal harboring of illegal buyers and sellers. Additionally, it has been accused of offering verification methods that criminals use to evade police.
Telegrass Bets on Cannabis Adoption
Israel’s recreational cannabis market grows at a slow pace as marijuana use in Israel is still a crime. The country is taking steps to decriminalize the sector. However, progess has been slow. Elsewhere, the cannabis market has been growing exponentially. Several American states passed laws that permit the medicinal or recreational use of cannabis. “Canna Tech” startups and agricultural companies established operations to meet growing demand. Consequently, the sector has seen an increase in the number of Israeli investors.
Finally, Telegrass knows that cannabis stocks have had impressive performances – similar to Bitcoin. In historical terms, the two sectors have experienced some of the markets largest annual gains. Perhaps the Israeli company that best represents the two sectors is Fantasy Network, which trades on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange alongside Telegrass. Fantasy Network entered the blockchain sector but ended up in the cannabis sector.


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One month ago, rising tech star Pinterest (PINS -2.47%) provided investors with a preview of its first-quarter earnings: "Pinterest preliminarily expects revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 in the range of $269 million to $272 million." Global monthly active users (MAUs) was expected to fall in the range of 365 million to 367 million.
Investors cheered the news, bidding up Pinterest 12% initially, then continuing to bid up the shares over the days and weeks to come. But after a month of such gains, Pinterest finally announced its official numbers on May 5: The company maxed out its projected sales range ($272 million in revenue) and maxed out its user base as well (367 million).
And investors sold the stock anyway.
The day after the release, Pinterest stock sank 15%. Why? Perhaps it was because of what Pinterest did not say in its preview of earnings but did reveal in the actual announcement.
Despite growing MAUs 26% and sales 35% year over year in the first quarter, and despite reporting "record levels of engagement globally (in impressions, searches, saves, board creation and visitation)," Pinterest still failed to earn a penny's worth of profit in the quarter -- instead more than tripling its GAAP losses to $141.2 million.
If that was investors' reason for selling, though, it may be a mistake. Pinterest's GAAP result was weak, true. But the company grew operating cash flow 73% and despite roughly doubling capital expenditures generated positive free cash flow of over $50 million. This 71% increase in cash flow for the quarter was nearly enough to erase the preceding three quarters of cash burn.
Pinterest may not be a money-printing monster stock yet, but it's on the right track to getting there.


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The Surface may not be an iPad killer. But everyone admits that it does have a decent keyboard cover. If the latest rumors are true, the new iPad will also get similar keyboard cover. According to Jamie Ryan, Apple has been working on this idea for some time. It is true that you can pair a Bluetooth keyboard with your iPad already. But a thin keyboard cover could make the iPad more attractive to professionals.
Apple makes a lot of money from selling iPads. But let’s not forget that there is a lot of money to be earned from accessories. Will Apple introduce this iPad keyboard cover on Tuesday? That remains to be seen. This is going to be one busy event for Apple.[Story]


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Life before Google is almost unimaginable for those who went to libraries to learn about something that piqued their interest. Now Google is ubiquitous following
True wireless Bluetooth earphones are the latest technology for enjoying music and media, and it is getting even better! The SoundPEATS True Wireless Earbuds 5.0
The market of wearables is increasing the scope of its operations tremendously. There has been a significant rise in the sale of wearable devices over
5G networks are coming, and will connect people and companies like never before. Read this article to find out how this can benefit innovative companies.


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Blame baby booms on sports fever
THERE are always quips about public holidays and power failures, but major sporting victories are far more likely to cause a baby boom nine months down the line, newly published research has found.
Oysho opens its first 'for&from' workforce integration store in Palafolls
In opening a store serviced by persons with severe mental illness in Palafolls , in collaboration with NGO Fundacio El Moli d'en Puigvert, fashion chain Oysho has joined the Inditex Group's 'for&from' workforce integration program.
How to cingulate your brain's cortex with a little holistic health meditation
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have succeeded in identifying the brain functions involved in meditation.
As a Mile High resident, there are few things that get my blood churning more than a cool microbrew and a mountain hike.
Stradivarius opens first for&from store in Barcelona
Inditex Group's for&from programme, a scheme currently in place at six Inditex stores, encourages job opportunities for people with disabilities Stradivarius, an Inditex fashion retailer, has opened a store in downtown Manresa staffed by people with serious mental illness .


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Manhattan, NY According to RIPCO Real Estate, Hotel Chocolat, a British-based chocolatier and cocoa grower, is expanding its presence to the U.S. via a 1,065 s/f lease at 441 Lexington Ave., between 44th and 45th Sts. The chocolatier’s stateside location opened December 10, 2018 and has a café component where customers will be able to sample a variety of chocolates. RIPCO’s Beth Rosen, executive vice president and Emily Simmonds, director, represented the landlord. Hotel Chocolat represented themselves.
“We know how significant it is for an international retailer to establish its presence here in New York City, especially one like Hotel Chocolat, which is extremely popular across the U.K. To that end, we knew that 441 Lexington Ave. would be a location where Hotel Chocolat could thrive immediately,” said Rosen. “The space is centrally located directly across from Grand Central, giving Hotel Chocolat visibility within one of the most well trafficked corridors of the city with the opportunity to capture an audience that includes tourists and commuters.”
Hotel Chocolat’s expansion to the U.S. represents a trend in specialty food offerings opening stand-alone storefront locations rather than selling their goods in larger format gourmet grocery stores; a stand-alone brick-and-mortar location allows for greater brand visibility. Venchi Chocolates is opening its U.S. location this week in Union Sq. and plans on expanding throughout the country a-la Hotel Chocolat.
“This is a hugely exciting time to be at the helm of Hotel Chocolat, making more people happy through the power of chocolate. As we evolve into international markets, our core “More Cocoa, Less Sweet” mantra gains traction across the globe. New Yorkers have gone wild for our peanut pralines, and we don’t blame them,” said Angus Thirlwell, co-founder and CEO of Hotel Chocolat.
Hotel Chocolat is a premium British chocolatier with a strong and distinctive brand. The business was founded in 1993 by Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris. Hotel Chocolat sells its products online and through a network of stores in the UK and abroad and has a cocoa plantation and eco-hotel in Saint Lucia, offering complete cocoa immersion thorough tree-to-bar experiences and wellness treatments. They also have a flagship restaurant and cocoa roastery in London’s Borough Market: Rabot 1745.


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Ahold appoints former IBM executive as chief information officer
CARLISLE, Pa. — Ahold USA has appointed Paul Scorza as its chief information officer, the supermarket operator said Friday.
Ahold USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Ahold, said Scorza would assume the new position on Monday, based in Quincy, Mass., overseeing all Ahold USA information management functions, with a focus on systems and business processes to improve efficiency, effectiveness, controls and operations, reporting to EVP finance and CFO Paula Price.
Scorza previously worked for IBM for 30 years, starting as a programmer, project manager, director and VP.
"Paul will play a crucial role in supporting the Ahold USA leadership team, helping to modernize our technology tool set and simplify the way we do business to position the company for future growth," Price said.
Ahold USA operates the Stop & Shop, Giant-Carlisle and Giant-Landover supermarket banners and the Peapod online grocery service.
Google starts testing program for Google Shopping Express
NEW YORK — Google is officially unveiling its testing program for its new online delivery service in the San Francisco Bay area of California, the Internet company said on its website.
Google Shopping Express promises same-day delivery to customers directly from such retailers as Target, Walgreens, Raley’s, Toys "R" Us, American Eagle and others.
"Today, we’re starting a new experiment: Google Shopping Express," Google Shopping Express product management director Tom Fallows wrote on the company’s website. "It’s a local delivery service that we hope will make it possible for you to get the items you order online the same day, and at a low cost."
Fallows wrote that it was still "incredibly early," and the service would only be available to a small number of people in the Bay Area. But the company is inviting people in San Francisco, San Jose and San Mateo to sign up to test the new program. Early testers are getting six months’ free, unlimited, same-day delivery.
"The pilot will expand as we work out the kinks, so please stay tuned," Fallows wrote.
Drug Store News, citing published reports, reported last week that Google was planning to launch the service, apparently as a competitor to Amazon Prime, but that it was trying to keep the service quiet by instructing employees not to talk to the press about it and avoid shipping products to their homes if they had spouses or roommates who worked with the media.
Emily’s Law creates wave of change for regulation of technician certification
In February 2006, Christopher and Kelly Jerry endured every parent’s worst nightmare when, during what was supposed to be her last course of chemotherapy treatment at Cleveland’s Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, their 2-year-old daughter, Emily, unexpectedly died.
The cause of Emily’s death was an overdose of sodium chloride. Her treatment called for sodium chloride 1% solution, but the pharmacy technician who compounded it instead used a solution with a 23.4% concentration. During an investigation, it was discovered that though the technician had worked at the hospital for years, she didn’t know an overdose of sodium chloride was fatal. It also turned out that the technician had never received formal training because Ohio state law at the time did not require it.
The tragedy led the Jerrys to push for state legislation requiring regulation of pharmacy techs, and in January 2009, they were present when Gov. Ted Strickland signed what has become known as Emily’s Law, giving Ohio some of the nation’s strongest regulations of the pharmacy tech profession.
But as shown by a state-by-state scorecard released March 25 by the Emily Jerry Foundation, which Christopher Jerry founded with the goal of minimizing human error in medicine, many states [still] do not have pharmacy tech regulations. The scorecard assigns academic-style letter grades of A through F based on states’ requirements for education and training, certification, registration, licensure and continuing education. It is designed to show which states are succeeding and which ones are failing in the foundation’s view. It also reserves a special distinction, zero, for those states in which pharmacy techs remain essentially unregulated: New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Hawaii.
Though final authority over requirements for pharmacy techs ultimately rests at the state level, the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board has sought to set national standards for certification. Most recently, the PTCB announced that over the next seven years, it would phase in changes to its certification program that would include mandatory background checks, accredited education requirements and changes in acceptable continuing education programs for recertification, changing requirements that have remained largely unchanged since the board’s 1995 founding.
Starting in 2014, as part of the 20 hours of CE required for recertification, certified pharmacy technicians will have to complete one hour of medication safety CE in addition to the hour of law CE they must already take. Then, in 2015, the board will require all 20 recertification CE hours to be specific to pharmacy technicians, and the number of CE hours from college courses will be lowered from 15 hours to 10 hours by 2016 before being phased out by 2018. “The reason for putting best practices out there is to help the policy decision-makers to use best practices that will give us consistency,” American Pharmacists Association chief strategy officer Mitch Rothholz told DSN Collaborative Care.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores takes a similar view. “We support requirements for training and evaluating of pharmacy technicians, but do not believe a one-size-fits-all approach would best serve patient safety,” a spokeswoman for the group told DSN Collaborative Care. “Pharmacy technicians must be trained to operate within their particular practice setting. NACDS supports state licensure or registration of pharmacy technicians.”
The Emily Jerry Foundation’s scorecard is designed to raise the bar for pharmacy techs “across the board,” Christopher Jerry told DSN Collaborative Care. Jerry said the goal was not to denigrate or undervalue the role of pharmacy techs, but to increase their core competencies. He said he had seen a shift in the on-the-job training required by the retail chains, and that chains were striving for better standards and core competencies. “[Pharmacy techs’] jobs are very important,” he said. “There’s no pharmacy that would be able to operate in the United States without them.”
Rothholz added that pharmacy techs were important to free up time for pharmacists so the latter could spend more time focusing on patient services.


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A new feed to help owners keep their horses fit and healthy is being launched by Saracen Horse Feeds next month.
The new product, Shape-Up, will be unveiled on 14 November.
In the run up to the launch Saracen Horse Feeds has released a series of cartoons of a horse dressed for the gym — Fit Freddy.
Fit Freddy has been billed by the company as the “Mr Motivator” of the equine world and is part of Saracen’s campaign to help horse owners get their animals into peak health.
The team will be educating owners and encouraging a healthy approach to equine nutrition and exercise.
Shape-Up will be available in shops from mid-November and prices start at £15.60.


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Jaseen Abbas from Ninedot Coffee, Kerala has been crowned the National Barista Champion-2023 at the 21st edition of the National Barista Championship held in Bengaluru. The competition, hosted by the Specialty Coffee Association of India and the United Coffee Association of India alongside Coffee Board, saw 60 contestants brewing over 100 varieties of coffee. The finalists, including Suhas Dwarkanath, Santhosh Basavaraj, Sandra Girish, Ketan Kashiram, and Hrishikesh Mohite, competed with their brews, with Abbas winning the top spot. Abbas will represent India at the World Barista Championship in Greece in June 2023.
Over the weekend, the aroma of coffee beans filled the air at Orion Mall in Rajajinagar, where a heated competition was taking place. Talented baristas from across India went head-to-head in a brewing battle to see who could concoct the best cup of coffee.
The 60 contestants were equipped with top-of-the-line coffee makers and brewing gear, and judges were tasked with sampling over 100 different varieties to determine the ultimate winner. After a rigorous selection process, Jaseen Abbas from Kerala emerged victorious and was named the National Barista Champion-2023 by a panel of 36 judges.
The competition kicked off on Valentine’s Day with contestants descending upon Bengaluru to compete in the highly-coveted National Barista Championship. According to DM Purnesh, president of the Specialty Coffee Association of India (SCAI), the event is best described as the “Coffee Olympics” in Bengaluru. The 21st edition of the championship has been hosted in the city since 2000, but was suspended for two years due to the pandemic. Young brewing talents from all over India participated and showcased their signature flavors, making it an event to remember.
Baristas Battle For A Chance To Compete In Athens
The SCAI, United Coffee Association of India, and Coffee Board came together to host a three-day coffee festival, where contestants brewed an espresso shot, a milk beverage, and a coffee-based non-alcoholic signature drink for a panel of judges. Seonhee Yoon, a World Coffee Events-certified judge from South Korea, led the panel of judges.
The semi-finals were held on Saturday, with 60 contestants reduced to 16 in front of an enthusiastic audience eager to taste the signature drinks. The six finalists were shortlisted to compete in the finals. “I came to witness the finale after spotting the news on the National Barista Championship on social media. It was interesting to watch the six finalists, and we got to taste the unique brews they made, a unique experience for a coffee lover,” said Swetha Jalan, an investment banker and resident of Rajajinagar.
The finalists, Suhas Dwarkanath from Benki Brewings, Bengaluru; Ketan Kashiram from Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, Mumbai; Santhosh Basavaraj from Third Wave Coffee, Bengaluru; Jaseen Abbas from Ninedot Coffee, Kerala; Sandra Girish from Tata Coffee Ltd, Kerala; and Hrishikesh Mohite, an individual contestant from Pune, battled it out with their brews.
Jaseen Abbas was crowned the coffee champion, while Santhosh and Suhas from Bengaluru came in second and third place, respectively. Abbas will represent India in the World Barista Championship 2023 in Greece in June.
The World Barista Championship is an annual international coffee competition that brings together top baristas from around the world to compete for the title of World Barista Champion.
The competition requires participants to showcase their technical skills and creativity by preparing and serving specialty coffee drinks to a panel of judges. The winner of the World Barista Championship receives recognition as the best barista in the world and the opportunity to represent their country in the next year’s championship.
The World Barista Championship 2023 is the upcoming edition of this competition that will take place in Athens, Greece.
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The Dairy Bar on Main, which opened on February 12, offers a wide variety of deli sandwiches and ice cream to its customers.
When Rebecca and Chris Gentry had the idea of opening their own restaurant in the town of Louisa, they decided to do it for their grandchildren.
“We want them to have a place to go to eat and eat ice cream. Louisa needed a deli and we provided it,” said Rebecca Gentry.
Sandwiches range from cold cut Italian to hot ham and cheese with options to customize. If sandwiches aren’t your thing, ice cream is always an option. Customers can choose from specialty ice cream combinations such as Brown Swiss and Guernsey, or they can create their own sundae.
“I spend a lot of time in Louisa and The Dairy Bar is my new favorite place to grab a bite of something salty and sweet,” said Spotsylvania resident Rachel Blocksom. “The Reuben is my favorite sandwich and the ice cream nachos are to die for.”
Outdoor seating is available for those wishing to take advantage of the warm weather and indoor seating is available for rainy days. Families can also take their children to the playground just steps from the Louisa Baptist Church.
“We feel the company has brought the community together. It allows people to come together around great food. It gives us a sense of unity,” Gentry said.
The Dairy Bar on Main is open daily except Tuesdays. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, they are open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Friday and Saturday they are open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“The Dairy Bar is exactly what Louisa needs as a local restaurant,” Blocksom said.
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It’s true that emissions standards and regulations are tightening across the board. Complying requires extensive research and testing. What automakers shouldn’t do is implement a steering wheel cheat for emissions testing like Audi did, especially because of the other unpleasantness currently happening.
The California Air Resources Board figured out Audi’s cheat earlier this month and Volkswagen confirmed it over the weekend, reports Reuters. From the story:
“Adaptive shift programs can lead to incorrect and non-reproducible results” when the cars are tested, VW said by email on Sunday in response to an article published in Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Saturday.
If the software that controlled the automatic transmissions of certain Audi models detected testing conditions, the cars shifted more rapidly and in a way that would lower emissions of CO2 as well as nitric oxides, Sueddeutsche Zeitung said, citing a confidential VW document.
The way the Audi cheat worked was that upon start-up, the transmission would be engaged in a “low CO2 program,” shifting gears in a manner that would keep emissions and engine revs low.
Turning the steering wheel more than 15 degrees disengaged the setting and put the car back into its more pollutant ways. Audi supposedly figured that under an emissions test, nobody would be turning the wheel more than 15 degrees.
The Feds are currently trying to determine whether this counts as a defeat device in a gas-powered car. Currently, two class-action lawsuits have been filed against Audi over the steering cheat.


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Not long ago, hackers endeavored to break Dell’s system and get client data, as indicated by the organization. While it says there’s no indisputable proof the programmers were fruitful in their November ninth assault, it’s as yet conceivable they acquired a few bits of information. Dell says the data was restricted to client names, email addresses and hashed (i.e. mixed) passwords, and no different subtle elements, for example, credit card data, were affected.
When Dell identified the endeavored hack, it conveyed countermeasures, reached authorities, enrolled a digital forensic crime scene investigation firm and reset all client passwords. On the off chance that you have a Dell.com account and utilized a similar secret word somewhere else, you ought to think about transforming it on those different services (and ensure you have a one of a kind secret word for every one of your devices and accounts).
The organization has declined to uncover the extent of the hack, in any case. “Since this is a voluntary disclosure, and there is no conclusive evidence that customer account information was extracted, it would be imprudent to publish potential numbers when there may be none,” a spokesman told CNET.
The endeavored hack pursues ongoing information breaks at other conspicuous tech firms, including Facebook. In the meantime, legislators are drafting a government protection charge that could consider organizations answerable for such ruptures should it be marked into law.
But till then, users are asked to show vigilance in how they protect their devices and services that they use. Much of the precautions you can take revolve around changing and managing your passcodes every now and then. And not using the same passcode for every device because that gives the hackers more chances to break in.
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TORONTO, Ont. — Registration is open for the Ontario Trucking Association’s second annual Big Wheels Bike & Car Rally.
All OTA member bike, hot-rod, and car enthusiasts (and their guests) are invited to join the one-of-a-kind cruise through Ontario. The rally begins in the morning from various points across the province and ends at Barrie’s Horseshow Valley Resort where a show and shine contest, BBQ and drinks await.
For more details of the event, or to register, visit http://otarally.ca/.
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Pop culture at large has pretty much moved on from the dab-heavy era of early last year, so naturally, Walmart is now getting in on the hottest craze of January 2016 with a Christmas sweater featuring Santa hitting the dab. So far, so capitalism, right? The only problem is that Walmart pretty clearly ripped off their Dabbin’ Santa™ design from 2 Chainz, who’s been selling the sweater for 2 years in his online store, with the proceeds going to charity.
Tity Boi made his displeasure at the megacorp known through an Instagram post yesterday, writing that “Walmart…didn’t get permission to use this patent or likeness in anyway.” 2 Chainz takes it further, noting that he was originally selling the sweater to “spread togetherness and also give back to those who are less fortunate or not able to provide for their families at the time.”
Let’s hope this dispute at least results in another dab-based holiday sweater, perhaps featuring Santa twerking. Oh, wait.


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New to see at GleeGlee has unveiled details of several new visitor attractions at this year's show, which takes place at the NEC Birmingham on September 20-22.
New to Glee this year is Dragon's Den-inspired showcase, the Garden Angels, which sees six business thinkers pitching their product and business case to a panel of industry leaders. The two one-hour sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday, and will be led by Gardenforum.co.uk's George Bullivant.
Another new attraction is the 'Off the Shelf' feature, where the Glee team will build a series of creative displays for products that are notoriously difficult to merchandise. Their creations will run alongside examples of standard displays for each product, illustrating how fresh thinking can make a real difference.
Launching on gleebirmingham.com in the lead up to the show, the new Wonderwall at Glee will be a place for retailers, buyers and sales reps to upload their photos of merchandising best practice. The Wonderwall, located in the Hothouse (Hall 5), will then feature those examples of how best to maximise retail displays.
As well as these new attractions, exhibitors and visitors can make the most of the Innovators Zone, the Hothouse seminar theatre and the New Products area, all of which are back for 2010.
The Hothouse will also be hosting the Garden Retail Top 100 Garden Centre event, which debuted at the show last year, focusing on those garden centres that have excelled during 2009/2010.
Glee event manager Sam Mitcham said: "The features outlined for Glee 2010 are sure to add value for exhibitors and visitors alike. Whether looking for in-depth, industry-facing information or simply wanting to rethink your merchandising techniques, there will be something for everyone. I'm really looking forward to seeing everything in situ at the show and hope people enjoy them as much as we have planning them!"
Glee show director Daniel Thurlow announced his departure last week, as he joins show organisers Emap Connect as sponsorship director.
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Latest Kia Soul Stories
Customized Kia Soul and the Turbocharged Forte5 will Hit the Road for the Brand's Seventh Consecutive Year as the Official Vehicle of the Punk and Indie-Rock Tour IRVINE, Calif., June 12, 2014
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Briggs Kia highlights 2014 Soul compared to 2014 Nissan Cube LAWRENCE, Kan., April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Populations continue to grow while cities expand in response.
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Ward's Auto recognizes 2014 Kia Soul among industry's 10 Best Interiors PORTSMOUTH, N.H., April 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- As new car shoppers research and prioritize their requirements
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Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour on Friday summoned a group of top Paris Fashion Week insiders to announce that the theme of next year’s Met Gala will be the work of the late Karl Lagerfeld.
n the first Monday of May, May 1st 2023, the world’s hottest fundraiser celebrates the work of the German-born couturier who worked for Chanel, Fendi and Chloe and died in 2019 at the age of 85.
The Met Gala theme is borrowed from the accompanying exhibit at the Met’s Costume Institute in New York.
It will be titled Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty and will bring together around 150 of his creations to explore his “stylistic language”.
Lagerfeld’s original sketches are also on display.
“The exhibition will examine Lagerfeld’s complex working methodology and trace the evolution of his fashion from two-dimensional to three-dimensional,” Costume Institute star curator Andrew Bolton said in a statement.
“Finding expression in recurring aesthetic themes of his fashion, the fluid lines of his sketches fused his designs for Balmain, Patou, Chloe, Fendi, Chanel and his eponymous label Karl Lagerfeld, creating a diverse and prolific body of work unparalleled in fashion history.”
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, presented at the museum’s Tisch Gallery, is on view from May 5 to July 16, 2023.
https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/next-years-met-gala-will-celebrate-the-late-karl-lagerfeld-42031144.html Next year’s Met Gala will celebrate the late Karl Lagerfeld


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The ad by Hornbach in Germany has garnered 5,000 signatures in a petition when it comes to public apology due to the ridiculous depiction of a girl that is asian
For all Asian women, ‘yellow fever’ or being fetishized and objectified dedicated to ethnicity, is certainly an unfortunate part of truth. It’s been enforced by representation in news regarding the years that are full and females are getting sick and tired of it.
Also Crazy Rich Asians’ star Constance Wu has spoken straight down resistant into the fetishization and misrepresentation of Asians in the film industry, where Asian females have been portrayed as exotic, erotic and submissive damsels in sexy japanese women anxiety that could leap throughout the possibility for being rescued by way of a white man.
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The advertising at problem is from German business that is do-it-yourself, which circulated a springtime marketing on March 15. It runs at under a minute, plus the features that are starting males taking part in a garden.
These include then anticipated by guys in laboratory coats to place their dirty and sweaty clothes, including their underwear, right into a industry.
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Jen Belk figures there are so many people working on their own in Fort Mill, why not do it together?
Belk plans to open a co-working space in downtown Fort Mill this summer. She expects space for up to 50 workers, which could mean perhaps 100 members. She already has about 70 people in a regular meet up group, working together to share the experience of working on their own.
The group has plenty to do before the expected June 1 opening. Along with simply letting people know what co-working is.
“The environment is somewhere between an office and a coffee shop,” Belk said of LOOM Coworking of Fort Mill. “The business model is more like a fitness center or a gym.”
Belk presented the business plan Friday to the Fort Mill Economic Council. Freelancers, small business owners, work-from-homers and other mobile workers looking for a new environment will sign month-to-month agreements. Some will have a LOOM desk ready for them full-time.
Others, who may only need a conference room rental on occasion, can pay for a lower tier membership.
“It’s extremely practical,” Belk said. “You’re paying for the space, but we’re selling the community, not the square footage.”
Shaw Kuester, Economic Council board chairman, sees plenty of potential.
“The Mayor and (Town) Manager were both impressed and excited about this business, and we on the Fort Mill Economic Council are in full support,” he said.
Even the higher tiers won’t cost much more than a cup of “guilt coffee” every day, or the drink mobile workers feel obligated to buy for working a few hours or meeting someone at a coffee shop, Belk said. The idea of co-working space has grown, both for Belk personally and in a larger trend toward mobile working.
“My first profession was, I was a corporate interior designer,” Belk said. “From grad school on, innovative work environments was always something I was interested in.”
She’s worked on “hotel” style working spaces. She began teaching at Winthrop University in 2001, and a few years ago assigned design students co-working spaces.
“It started a lot of really cool conversations and relationships,” Belk said.
After leaving Winthrop last summer and working on a design textbook, she decided to take the next step. The Baxter resident found that on her street and one beside it, 10 homes had nine people who worked from home. She posted her idea on social media. Overnight, she had 45 comments on what a new co-working space should accomplish.
“They want to have the work-life balance, and not work from their dining room table,” Belk said.
An ongoing survey from LOOM, which holds monthly meetings including one Feb. 9, finds workers like avoiding the traffic and parking of traditional office spaces in Charlotte. They don’t like being online at all times when working from home, or having their home spaces covered in work materials.
“For some people it works, for some it doesn’t,” Belk said.
Co-working space allows workers to feel more professional, she said, while allowing for the “serendipitous collisions with other people” common to larger offices. Workers will have access to projectors, meeting rooms and other supplies. Plus, a one-person business owner may not have a graphic designer, but may meet one co-working and form a relationship that benefits both.
“They like the fact that a co-working space makes them look bigger than they are,” Belk said.
Belk has a litany of statistics and sources backing the co-working movement, including one that 40 percent of workers will be mobile workers by 2020. With her meet-up group she already has a strong base for LOOM. Belk also plans to attend college career fairs and similar places where she can promote co-working to young people. She believes young people have options beyond handing out applications to large companies.
Her message to graduates isn’t that different from the message to older workers who may see co-working as a fit.
“They can go out there and create that career that they want to have,” Belk said.
Want to know more?
LOOM Coworking of Fort Mill has an open meeting at noon Feb. 9 at Z Bakery, 124 Confederate St., Fort Mill. The group is working on a website. For more information, search them on social media including Facebook, Meetup or LinkenIn.


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Smart speakers have been trending wildly in the tech news this week with Amazon upgrading its Alexa-based devices and Apple announcing its $350 HomePod. Now, we might have more information to add to the list and this time it’s coming from one of the biggest tech giants, Samsung.
The South-Korean company hasn’t officially revealed whether it is actually working on a smart home speaker but with the competition so hot right now, there is reason to believe it just might be. The news of the possible project being developed came from the company’s native land itself, Korea. The Korean Herald posted today about Samsung ‘rumored to be preparing a home audio device likely to be equipped with its own voice assistant, Bixby’.
The post also mentions Microsoft’s Invoke smart speaker, equipped with Cortana that is set to release this fall. Along with Microsoft, the Korean Herald also mentions the plans of non-hardware companies such as Japan’s SoftBank and South Korea’s SK Telecom and KT to produce their own versions of smart home speakers.
Ever since the reports of Samsung possibly developing its own wireless speaker surfaced, the idea has been met with quite some negativity by experts and analysts. For starters, Samsung’s voice-assistant Bixby is still in its infancy and is unable to perform half the functions Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri can. Not only is the voice assistant poor in taking requests, some Samsung users have called Bixby ‘almost annoying’.
It is essential that before (and if!) Samsung launches its smart home speaker, it needs to expand and improve its voice-assistant. After all what makes a smart speaker unique from an ordinary speaker is its artificial intelligence technology.
Apple’s HomePod is equipped with Apple’s voice-assistant Siri that can carry out an plethora of demands and requests. The HomePod itself is an excellent quality speaker although a lot more in the high-end range than its competitors. Amazon’s Echo device incorporates the Alexa voice-assistant that is equally intelligent as Siri and can carry out task-specific command. The Google Assistant in Google Home comes close behind and can carry out task-specific commands as well. All of these voice-assistants are a level ahead of Samsung’s Bixby and the company needs to up its artificial intelligence before releasing a smart speaker that might be doomed to fail in the market otherwise.
Do you think Samsung might actually be developing its own smart home speaker, or is it too early for the company in terms of their artificial intelligence technology to introduce a project like that? Share your thoughts with us in the comment section below!


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Nigeria imported a whooping 189.5 metric tonnes of tonnes of tomato paste in 12 months Mr Duro Kuteyi of Betamark Consulting revealed.
The expert made the disclosure, on Friday, February 17, in Lagos, while reacting to issues of post-harvest waste of fresh tomatoes in major farms across the country.
He said that there was a lot of waste of fresh tomatoes and pepper in Nigeria. Kuteyi attributed the reasons to post harvest losses and lack of processing techniques which had made Nigerians to rely on imported tomato products.
“In spite of being identified as the 14th largest producer of tomatoes, it is sad to note that Nigeria imports various processed tomato products for the consumption of its nationals, he said.
“The imported tomato products include, canned tomato paste, tomato ketchup and various sauces, canned tomato fruit, etc.
“Between 2015 and 2016, a total of 189,510.11 metric tons of tomato paste was imported into Nigeria.“This is equivalent to 1,042,305.68 metric tons of fresh tomatoes.
“A lot of the tomatoes grown in Nigeria suffer post harvest losses incurred from transporting harvest from the farms in the northern part of the country where they are grown, to the southern markets where they are consumed.
“These no doubt prevent sizeable proportion of the harvested tomatoes from getting to the consumer and end in garbage heaps nation-wide.
“However, post-harvest losses can be minimized or completely eliminated if food processing techniques are put to practice.”
To minimise post-harvest losses, Kuteyi said that his organisation had partnered Bank of Industry (BoI) to sponsor the training of Nigerians on tomato and pepper processing in 12 states in the federation.


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Capcom has announced its plans for TGS 2022, with Street Fighter 6 headlining the show with a dedicated stream.
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The Australia Council for the Arts today launched a $300,000 initiative – Maker to Manufacturer to Market – that will help visual artists turn creative ideas into commercial success.
In 2006, Maker to Manufacturer to Market (MMM) will encourage three entrepreneurial craft and design artists–through individual grants worth $30,000–to commercialise their artistic work, taking it through the manufacturing and retail process.
Funding through the initiative will be given to craft and design artists who demonstrate the potential to make a prototype, manufacture a product, and then package their work for the market.
The initiative has received funding for the next two years as part of the Australia Council’s recent commitment of $2.8 million to seven strategic initiatives aimed at increasing artists’ earned incomes.
Australia Council for the Arts chief executive officer Jennifer Bott said the initiative had been conceived to help visual arts professionals navigate the complex challenges presented by today’s marketplace.
‘Artists must present their work as filling a distinctive and unique niche in the marketplace to be commercially successful. They must communicate their value to our culture and economy, and present themselves as distinctive sources of knowledge and learning,’ Ms Bott said.
‘Craft and design artists are well placed to capitalise on the modern consumer market–no other artform can claim to be as close to our domestic life, technology, social history and the traditions of public spaces.’
The three recipients of last year’s MMM pilot attended today’s launch, exhibiting their artworks and demonstrating the commercial viability of their finished products.
- Oliver Smith – a leading silversmith from the ACT who has designed a functional range of metal objects for the table
- Bianca Looney – a Melbourne-based designer who has developed a three-dimensional tiling system called the Z-series that takes its inspiration from the Australian landscape
- Rod Bamford – a NSW artist who has developed a limited edition range of high quality vase and bowl forms that have rich photographic imagery mapped to the surface.
‘The inspiring works of Oliver, Bianca and Rod are indicative of a new spirit of collaboration among craft and design practitioners and manufacturers. They are equally comfortable with humble materials and new technologies. The works themselves reflect contemporary aesthetic values and suggest a range of personal and functional uses,’ Ms Bott said.


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In the mid-1980s William W. Berry, president of Dominion Energy predecessor Vepco, championed the cause of deregulating electricity markets. He proposed breaking the electricity industry into separate components: generation, transmission, and retail distribution. Only retail electric lines, he suggested, were a “natural” monopoly. Berry’s vision, which was never fully executed in Virginia, bore strong similarities to the proposals outlined today by the Virginia Energy Reform Coalition (VERC).
VERC, a coalition of free-market, environmental and anti-poverty groups, is calling for a massive restructuring of Virginia’s system of regulated electric utilities. The existing monopoly structure is “broken,” argued a series of speakers at a noon press conference, because politically powerful utilities utilize campaign contributions and their lobbying clout to advance their interests in the General Assembly at the expense of the public.
That argument has been heard frequently from Dominion’s foes on the Left side of the ideological spectrum. And indeed, Clean Virginia, which has promised to contribute to any Virginia legislator who spurns Dominion money, is a member of the group. But Clean Virginia and other long-time Dominion foes were joined by representatives of conservative and libertarian groups such as FreedomWorks, the Reason Foundation, R Street, and the Virginia Institute for Public Policy.
The coalition proposes opening up Virginia to competition in generation and transmission (moving bulk electricity long distances on high-voltage wires) while allowing utilities to continue to owning and maintaining the retail grid (lower-capacity distribution wires that reach individual customers). However, the distribution monopolies would be managed by independent operators, and earnings would be based on performance, not how much capital the utility invested.
“As energy technology rapidly changes we need a modernized electricity market to incorporate those changes to improve reliability, especially for the grid, and provide more options for consumers,” said Adrian Moore, vice president of policy for the Reason Foundation.
Dominion responded that deregulation would be a step backward for Virginia. “Californians left with skyrocketing electric bills and in the dark from rolling blackouts following deregulation proved that all too well,” said Rayhan Daudani, manager-media relations for Dominion Energy.
Customers in deregulated states pay electric rates that are 40% higher on average than in Virginia, Daudani said in an email communication. “Virginia customers get a great value. We keep our costs low, while our reliability remains high. Our residential Virginia customers pay a bill 35% below the average of mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.”
Meanwhile, Daudani added, “we’re reducing our carbon emission by 80 percent, investing in a massive expansion of renewable energy, transforming the energy grid, launching nearly a dozen energy-efficiency programs and increasing our commitment to our EnergyShare program for our most vulnerable customers. This coalition’s collection of grab bag policies was tried and failed and ultimately led to the bankruptcy of Enron. We know how this story ends, and it is wrong for Virginia.”
However, VERC spokesmen said their deregulatory model bears no resemblance to California’s partial and ineptly managed transition, which they acknowledge was a massive failure. Rather, the proposals are modeled mainly on Texas, with an add-on feature that caps electric rates for lower-income Virginians based on a successful program in Ohio.
Despite Bill Berry’s advocacy of restructuring the electricity industry, full deregulation was never tried in Virginia either, they say. Dominion did divide its Virginia operations into a generating company and a distribution company. But meaningful retail competition never surfaced, and after the collapse of Enron the General Assembly “re-regulated” electricity in Virginia. Since then, the General Assembly has enacted a series of initiatives largely at the behest of Dominion, the result of which, foes say, has been a shift of regulatory control from the independent State Corporation Commission to the easily manipulated legislative branch.
VERC has articulated nine broad policy objectives:
- Establish a well-designed, competitive retail electricity market;
- Establish an independent grid operator;
- Establish streamlined and uniform interconnection standards;
- Implement performance-based regulation;
- Establish a low-income bill assistance and weatherization program;
- Implement an “all-cost-effective” energy efficiency standard;
- Ensure additional consumer protections and education;
- Fully integrate grids, markets, and operations;
- Phase out wholesale capacity markets.
You can find a detailed explanation of these initiatives here.
Free-market advocates say that a deregulated electricity system and a de-bundling of flat and uniform residential rates would encourage innovation. In Texas, 42 retailers provide more than 100 alternatives to customers. Enterprises provide service at different price points with different features and attributes. Some retailers might provide an all-green electricity product based on solar and wind power. Others might vary prices by fluctuations in demand and give consumers the tools to manager their consumption in response. Yet others might offer lower rates if, say, homeowners agree to turn off their air conditioner when demand exceeds supply.
Also, handing over distribution lines to an independent operator, say market advocates, would eliminate the incentive for utilities to increase profits by finding ways to boost capital investment. For example, if population growth and electricity demand were increasing near a particular sub-station, the utility’s incentive under the current regulatory model is to expand the sub-station. But an independent entity might look at less expensive alternatives such as installing a micro-turbine, providing battery-storage backup, or finding ways to conserve energy.
The competitive landscape is very different than it was when Virginia re-regulated the electricity industry more than a decade ago, market advocates say. Virginia now belongs to a deregulated wholesale energy market administered by PJM (an independent operator similar in concept to the distribution-system operators called for). New digital technologies make it possible to create electric grids, manage the flow on distribution systems, and fine-tune electricity consumption at the household level. Dozens of retail providers have emerged from Texas and other states.
The basic regulatory model in Virginia has changed little in a hundred years, said, Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia Attorney General and regulatory director at the FreedomWorks Foundation. “It’s time to drag Virginia electric regulatory system kicking and screaming into the 21st century.”There are currently no comments highlighted.


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GMA blames biofuels for spike in food prices
as a major factor in US food price hikes as indexes this week
showed finished food prices are rising at twice the rate of all
other finished goods.
"Federal food-to-fuel mandates have led to over one quarter of corn to be diverted from food to ethanol production, driving up the price of corn and other commodities to historic highs," said Scott Faber, vice president for federal affairs at the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). The US federal government's subsidization of the ethanol industry has come under attack in light of global food shortages and associated price increases. According to the US Department of Energy, the number of ethanol plants more than doubled in the US between 2000 and 2007, while production tripled over the same period. According to the US Department of Agriculture, the country' ethanol capacity in 2006 was 4.4 billion gallons with growth projections of 7 billion gallons for 2010, which critics say will be achieved to the detriment of food needs. "This is an unsustainable pattern that must be addressed; Congress must re-examine food-to-fuel mandates," said Faber. Washington, DC-based GMA lobbies for the interests of its members - global food, beverage and consumer products companies. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics this week released Consumer Price Index data for March 2008, which indicated food and beverage prices rose at a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.1 percent for the first quarter of 2008. "These rates will only increase following the USDA's report that farmers will plant less corn in the coming year," said Faber. The US Department of Labor this week also released its Producer Price Indexes (PPI), further indicating an upswing in prices: "The index for finished consumer foods turned up 1.2 percent in March following a 0.5-percent decrease in February. The index for fresh and dry vegetables jumped 15.4 percent in March after dropping 15.7 percent in the previous month," indicated the department in the PPI. Meanwhile, the country's food bank network, America's Second Harvest, this week called for urgent implementation of the Farm Bill - drafted in 2007 but still held up in Congress - so as to alleviate food banks that are plagued with low stocks due to food and fuel prices. The Farm Bill would in part assist food banks through its Emergency Food Assistance Program and Food Stamp Program. Beyond food and fuel prices, America's Second Harvest also attributes the dire food situation facing America's poor to an almost $200mn drop in federal commodity support for emergency feeding organizations. This it says came about following the enactment of 2002 Farm Bill and a subsequent decline in the need for the government to buy surplus food to support farmers as crop prices rose. "Low-income families are desperately in need of a new Farm Bill to make improvements in the programs that help ensure that they can put food on their tables and lead productive, healthy lives in this nation so richly blessed with food resources," said Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of America's Second Harvest. GMA ties such economic issues to the use of food crops for biofuels. "Before these effects spread further across our economy and around the world, Congress should take immediate action by revisiting food-to-fuel mandates," said Faber.


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While these choices did well in increasing profits 23% in the years that followed, they additionally resulted in a boost in both theft and violent criminal offense. In April 2019 Walmart Inc. revealed strategies to prolong the use of robots in stores in order to boost and also monitor stock, clean floorings as well as unload trucks, component of the firm’s initiative to reduce its labor costs. Complying with the fatal cops capturing of Walter Wallace Jr. in October 2020, Walmart temporarily got rid of gun as well as ammunition screens in thousands of stores throughout the U.S. from sales floorings, basing their factor in issues of civil unrest. Rivals of Walmart’s Sam’s Club department are Costco and the smaller sized BJ’s Wholesale Club chain. Walmart’s relocation into the grocery organization in the late 1990s established it versus significant supermarket chains in both the United States and Canada. Several smaller retailers, mostly dollar stores, such as Household Dollar as well as Buck General, have been able to discover a tiny particular niche market as well as compete efficiently against Walmart.
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Key idea: To keep the world fed amid global disruption, scientists have identified potential alternate staples.
Original author and publication date: Vanessa Bates Ramirez – June 23, 2022
Futurizonte Editor’s Note: Our diets will significantly change to adapt to a new future with almost 10 billion people on earth
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.With 90% of global calories consumed by humans coming from just 15 crops, is it time to rethink what we eat? Just three grains – rice, maize and wheat – supply two-thirds of calories and are staple foods for over four billion people.
So scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK, have come up with some more radical alternatives that might help feed our world in troubled times. Here are seven foods we might all be eating by 2050.
Like many of the foods in this list, the leaves and fruit of the pandanus tree, which grows around the Pacific Ocean, are already used by cooks across Southeast Asia. Its leaves are used in sweet and savoury dishes and its pineapple-like fruit can be eaten raw or cooked.
“It is a climate-resilient and nutritious food that is also delicious,” Dr Marybel Soto Gomez of Kew told the BBC. “It would be great to diversify our food portfolio to include food that is culturally appropriate, nutritious, and can be grown in challenging conditions all around the world,” she added.
There are nearly 23,000 species of beans listed on Kew’s verified global checklist of legumes. The list includes chickpeas, lentils, soya beans and peanuts but also some lesser-known ones like morama, which is capable of surviving droughts.
Also known as Marama, Camel’s foot and Gemsbuck in southern Africa, it’s a staple in parts of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Beans are boiled with maize meal or ground to make porridge or a cocoa-like drink. It is being grown commercially in Australia and the US.


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An upmarket restaurant chain wants to open inside a York supermarket.
Leon, which bills itself as serving ‘naturally fast food’, is planning to put a branch inside Asda at Monks Cross.
“Until recently there was an existing cafe within the Asda store. It served a variety of food and drink throughout the day,” a planning application submitted to City of York Council states.
“Leon are intending to refit the cafe and will provide new seating layouts and enhanced catering.”
It adds: “The new Leon cafe will be accessible from within the Asda store. There is proposed to be an additional external door, which will be dealt with through separate planning application.”
Leon says it has a simple mission – to serve “naturally fast food that not only tastes good but does you good too”.
The chain was founded in 2004 by Allegra McEvedy, John Vincent and Henry Dimbleby. By 2021 it had grown to 70 restaurants – and was then sold to EG Group, the petrol station forecourt operator controlled by the billionaire Issa brothers.
In December it revealed plans to open 50 new restaurants, to include new formats such as drive-throughs, Leon To Go coffee outlets and smaller restaurants on petrol forecourts and at Asda supermarkets.
Glen Edwards, managing director at Leon, said: “For the first time we will be taking Leon across the country, driving regional growth at speed.”


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After a brief winter hiatus, downtown alley cocktail bar The Skip is finally back and ready to mix drinks on a year-round basis. Standby’s more casual sister bar has been quietly serving drinks in its retro-fitted digs for the past few weeks and is poised to get the spring season fully underway. The updates include garage doors to protect patrons from the elements.
While house favorites like the frozen Irish coffee, frozen cucumber margarita, and Skip old fashioned remain, bar manager Kyle Marks has done a major revamp of the cocktail menu. New recruits to the list include a Skip gin & tonic with lemon grass, kaffir lime, galangal root, cardamom, and cinchona bark. Shots, boilermakers, and beers are also available.
Happy hour specials are expected to return next Tuesday and the long-awaited food cart featuring items by chef Jesse Knott will roll out this summer (catch a sneak preview during The Skip’s Opening Day party). If that’s not enough, co-owner Joe Rob tells Eater that the bar has received licensing approval to expand farther into the alley meaning that there will be more “satellite bars to come in the future.” Scope out the new menu below:
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The Skip is open from 4 p.m. to midnight Tuesday through Thursday; 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday; and 4 p.m. to midnight on Sunday. Happy hour is 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday beginning March 28.
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In 2019, a two-year-old fintech startup operating out of Nigeria applied to join Techstars Toronto. Until that point, no African startup had gotten into the accelerator, but Sunil Sharma, Managing Director of Techstars Toronto, was intrigued. A former diplomat, he says he is naturally drawn to companies with the potential to serve international markets, hence his interest in Kora (formerly Korapay).
“I was intrigued by Dickson Nsofor (Kora’s founder and CEO),” he told Techpoint Africa from San Francisco, where he was preparing for FounderCon. I looked up some things on YouTube where he was a speaker at some United Nations conferences, and I liked his personal story. So I just got to know him. We had to compete hard to get that investment. There were other options that they had at the time, but I think I made an impression that I'd be steadfast in my commitment to Dickson.”
That initial investment opened the door for more African startups to join Techstars. The year after investing in Kora, Nsofor introduced another Nigerian startup, Quidax, to the Techstars Toronto team, and they got into the accelerator.
According to Sharma, both investments helped the accelerator grow its presence on the African continent. Before the investment in Kora, only 27 African startups, including Klasha, Wella Health, and MAX, had gone through a Techstars accelerator. Since then, another 50 have been accepted into Techstars programs worldwide.
This week, Techstars Toronto made its 100th investment in six years, with African countries making up 33.3% of the newest batch.
Speaking of what a typical Techstars startup looks like, Sharma says the startup ideally has a technical founder and has validated demand for its service.
Beyond these, founders building products with global applications are attractive to the accelerator. This could be products that facilitate remittance, provide insurance for immigrants, or foster talent development. Startups like Lenco, Awabah, TalentQL, and Mycover.ai are a few that fit this criteria.
Helping African startups access global markets
Every business needs capital to function effectively, but many times, even the best-funded businesses fail. Consequently, it has become imperative that investors offer more than just funding to their portfolio companies. Typically, this looks like offering help with hiring key staff, crafting market entry strategies, or navigating regulatory hurdles, but without the benefit of building businesses in Africa, many foreign investors end up being capital providers alone.
Sharma says Techstars' greatest value is the over 8,000 founders in its network. By facilitating relevant networking sessions, founders from different parts of the world can learn from each other and, where necessary, collaborate. As purchasing power dwindles in many parts of the African continent, Sharma envisions a world where solutions built in Africa have global relevance.
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He cites the examples of MPost, a Kenyan startup digitising post offices, and LaborHack, a Nigerian startup that is training and connecting blue-collar workers with jobs. With help from Techstars, LaborHack is already exploring potential use cases for its service in the North American country.
Having been investing in Africa for nearly four years, Sharma admits that there are similarities among entrepreneurs across regions.
“I think the similarities of entrepreneurs is quite similar to what we see here. But I would argue that entrepreneurs move faster in Africa. They are more resilient, more tenacious, and more willing to overcome all obstacles because there are more obstacles.”
It is also collaborating with other investors on the ground to identify promising startups, share lessons, and provide value to portfolio companies. In October 2022, Techstars partnered with ARM Labs to launch the ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator. That has increased its visibility on the African continent, and it has already invested in Hulugram, an Ethiopian super app. Sharma hints that more hubs could open up on the continent as it plans to double its commitment.
“We really like the partnership with ARM Labs, and it served a mutual interest. We believe that other parts of Africa have many large business entities and government entities that believe in innovation, and we would love to talk to them, whether that's in Kenya, Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, or maybe in Rwanda.”


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Art auction to take place at SUNY Potsdam Dec. 6
POTSDAM -- The SUNY Potsdam art department will hold the annual holiday art auction Thursday, Dec. 6 in Brainerd Hall lobby at 4 p.m.
The auction will feature original art by alumni, faculty, staff and students.The auction is sponsored by the Kappa Pi Art Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society.
All proceeds will support student projects.
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SALEM, Ohio — Country of origin labeling, or COOL, could be back on the table after cattle ranchers sued U.S. Department of Agriculture over labeling concerns.
The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA), a national group of independent cattle producers, and the Cattle Producers of Washington, filed a lawsuit June 19 against the USDA.
The lawsuit seeks to overturn a March 2016 decision by the USDA to revoke regulations requiring imported meat products to be labeled with their country of origin.
“Once the (meat) product enters the U.S., it is treated as a domestic product,” said Bill Bullard, CEO of R-CALF USA. “Beef itself is indistinguishable as to its origins by consumers. So packers can put it alongside domestic beef and they can charge the same price for the imported beef as domestic beef,” said Bullard.
This hurts U.S. producers by lowering the prices on domestic cattle, he explained. “The lack of these labels allows meat packers to exploit ranchers on one end of the food chain and consumers on the other,” he said.
Elizabeth Harsh, executive director for the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association, said OCA can’t comment on the lawsuit at this time. However, OCA’s perspective in regards to COOL, is that “it was the law of the land for six and half years and showed no positive impact,” said Harsh.
She added COOL was poorly executed and never covered all aspects of the beef industry, noting that food service was exempt.
Darol Dickinson, owner of Dickinson Cattle Company in Barnesville, Ohio, said he believes COOL is beneficial. Right now, the U.S. imports beef from 27 countries and none of them have proper sanitary inspections in place, he claimed.
He said if the U.S. were to import beef from Ireland — where a cow was confirmed with atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in January — and a quarantine was put in place, there would be no labels to indicate where the meat came from.
“It would shut down all production,” hurting domestic ranchers in the process, said Dickinson. “It is so dangerous not to have COOL labeling.” The affected cow did not enter that country’s food chain.
Aside from contamination concerns, Dickinson said the U.S. consumer wants to know where their food comes from. “It’s a no-brainer, really,” he said.
The lawsuit is part of “a multi-prong strategy,” said Bullard. R-CALF has also filed a white paper on how to restore COOL under NAFTA and has submitted comments to the national trade office representatives. The third part is to encourage Congress to draft legislation on COOL, said Bullard.
More COOL coverage:
- More COOL legislation: Another attempt at staving off a trade war with the neighbors July 28, 2015
- Canada threatens sanctions that could hurt Michigan, Ohio exports unless COOL repealed July 20, 2015
- The COOL facts: American people love it, others don’t Jan. 29, 2015
- World Trade Org. says COOL is unfair to Canada, Mexico Oct. 21, 2014
- The COOL controversy continues Nov. 9, 2013
- USDA modifies mandatory COOL rule May 24, 2013
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During the cocktails’ boom years, Fever Tree could do no wrong. The mixer company’s mercurial rise seemed to embody the rise of the sector as a whole. However, now the sector is in trouble and the tonic darling is waving the yellow flag. In an investor statement, Fever Tree warned of a drop-off in annual revenues and a slow bounceback.
The company told investors (assuming there are no additional lockdowns) that annual revenues are projected to clock in between £235 and £243m, a drop from last year’s £260.5m. (Yes, they trade in England.)
For the six months ended June 30, pre-tax profit plummeted 37.9% to £21.7m. Revenue dropped 11% to £104.2m on-year.
“The on-trade, which typically represents approximately 45% of group revenue, has been severely impacted as lockdowns have led to closures in most of our territories since March, with only limited re-openings prior to the end of the period,” Fever Tree explained in notes accompanying the statement.
Like much of the industry, one bright spot for the group was off-premises. Supermarket sales were up 24%. Alas, off-premise sales yield a lower profit margin. So, the company cautioned that time is required to transform home consumers into an antidote to the bar-sales drop.
“People’s interest and excitement about mixing drinks at home has really taken hold over the lockdown period, attracting more households to the Fever-Tree brand than ever before,” stated Fever Tree’s charismatic CEO Tim Warrillow. “Consequently, we have increased our penetration in the UK, consolidated our number one position, and driven value share gains in the US, Europe, and as far afield as Canada and Australia.”


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Analysts predict that the smartphone market will peak in 2018 and from that point begin on a slow decline.
Apple launched the iPhone 7 in San Francisco at an orchestrated media event, along with showcasing the second generation Apple watch. Outside reviews were mixed with the analysts less than impressed and this was reflected in a slight dip in the company’s stock. However, Apple are confident and expect the latest handset model to sell out. This is the first iPhone upgrade that does not significantly differ from its predecessors and highlights how post Steve Jobs, Apple is perhaps taking less creative position, or possibly just pre-occupied on the latest European tax talk.
Big news from Apple is their announcement that they have formed partnerships with Nintendo and Niantic, allowing them to bring Super Mario to mobile devices and the newly released, Pokemon Go to the Apple Watch.
In a sustained effort to penetrate the Chinese market and stave off local competition from Xiaomi, alongside new hardware and software, Apple communicated its intention to expand its iPhone Upgrade to both China and the UK. This means that users will be able to pay for their new smartphones by instalments on zero interest and benefit from a free upgrade option, unlike the mandatory two year cycle other mobile service providers operate.
Recently the smartphone market came under fire with Samsung needing to recall around 2.5m Galaxy 7 handsets for safety reasons. This action is estimated to cost the Korean company in the region of $1bn.
Staying out of trouble and ahead of the communications game is what consumes the big firms in their respective industries like Uber, WhatsApp and Deliveroo, as they need to come up with strategies to grow and expand further.
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Kate Solis, executive director of SFMade, a manufacturing advocacy group, said she would support a three- to six-month extension.
She said about 300 manufacturing companies operate in San Francisco, a majority of which are in the rezoned area in the Eastern Neighborhoods. Low rents brought on by the recession have helped boutique manufacturers — companies that make food, clothing, furniture, bicycles and other products — set up shop in the Eastern Neighborhoods, she said. Tech companies and manufacturers can benefit from sharing buildings and neighborhoods, “but the devil is in the details.
“Either you end up with a great mash-up, or the office completely dominates and the manufacturers end up on the street again,” she said.
Philip Lesser, a Mission district property owner, said he has clients getting calls from tech companies and brokers looking to get into a brick-and-timber building on Florida Street partially occupied by a printing company. Even though the building is half empty, the companies were told they can’t legally move in.
“Knowing what we know now, it would be a shame not to go back and revisit the Eastern Neighborhoods rezoning,” said Lesser.
J.K. Dineen covers real estate for the San Francisco Business Times.
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Grocery store chain Food Lion has selected Mullen as its new advertising agency of record, with the national agency's Winston-Salem office chosen to lead the effort.
"Mullen will be a great partner to enhance the Food Lion brand, especially as we continue to implement the new Food Lion strategy in 2012," said Cathy Green Burns, president of Salisbury-based Food Lion, in making the announcement.
With 165 local employees, Mullen is the largest advertising agency in the Triad, with its Winston-Salem office headed by John Fitzgerald.
"We're looking forward to helping drive greater loyalty with current customers and bring new shoppers into the mix," Fitzgerald said in a statement.
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Investors shift their focus to profitable growth to achieve stability in ecommerce
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According to the report, e-commerce B2C segment has grown significantly, leading to creation of many 'unicorns'.
"However, focus of investors going forward seems to have shifted to profitable growth to achieve stabilisation of the economic model," said the report titled 'e-Commerce in India - A Game Changer for the Economy'.
It further said the primacy on profitable growth seems to be leading to collaborations and partnerships across the
It forecast that since the e-commerce B2B segment is showing signs of rapid digital adoption, this is likely to feed the significant rise of MSMEs and entrepreneurs from the Indian hinterland.
With a push from investors for profitability and early break-evens, the leading e-commerce companies are seen to be cutting down their burn rates by as high as 50 per cent.
"This aggressive drive comes at a point when capital is becoming scarce for top venture-backed online retail companies. There is also a reduction in dependence on discounts as a growth strategy," the report added.
The e-commerce industry is expected to form the biggest chunk of the Indian Internet market with a value of approximately USD 100 billion by 2020.
According to the document paper, the e-commerce growth has been brought about by increasing Internet and smartphone penetration in not just metros, but in tier two and three cities.
Mobile devices are further expected to drive sales through online platforms over the next 5 years, it said.
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