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Shoe thieves target teens
Criminals are targeting teens and adults, not for money or electronics, but rather for what they wear.
The thieves are trying to steal their shoes. It's happened at least three times in a week in Indianapolis, on all sides of town.
They're cool on the court for kids and teens. Shoes that everyone wants to have, shoes that get you noticed.
"I like Jordans. I've been wearing them since he won his first championship," said Marcus Cook of Indianapolis.
They're so popular, certain athletic shoes can attract a crowd. In fact, chaos erupted when hundreds of shoppers broke down doors in a shoe stampede at Lafayette Square and Castleton Square Malls to buy Retro Jordans a few years ago.
But now in Indy, what people wear and what people want has crossed the line into crime. Metro Police are investigating three incidents in one week, where thieves are targeting people's shoes.
"That's sad. That's just sad you have to steal material items," said Kevin Tardy of Indianapolis.
"That's crazy. That's crazy. It's weird to me, too," Cook added.
In one case, a man was attacked and bloodied for his shoes while walking near his apartment on the city's north side. Another teenager had his Retro Jordans stolen when he met someone to sell them through Craigslist on the far east side. And in a neighborhood on the west side, someone someone tried to steal a teenager's shoes as he walked to school one morning. Luckily, the kid got away unharmed - and with his shoes.
"Here they are, just going to school or doing their day-to-day activities, and get accosted by a couple of knuckleheads, really," said IMPD Officer Christopher Wilburn. "It's not an epidemic, per se, but it's certainly a concern for us in the law enforcement community."
It's not a new crime. As a teenager, Wilburn himself had his shoes stolen.
"I myself was the victim of a similar crime as a child in Chicago," Wilburn said. "I was just wearing pair of white tennis shoes and then next thing you know, I was a victim of a crime. Now unfortunately, people look at an item, a high valuable item, and they think that, 'Hey, it can be easily taken.'"
"It's weird because people steal everything nowadays," Tardy said. "They take anything they want to. They can't work for themselves, that's all it is."
And recently, some thieves are even attacking kids, all for what's on their feet.
Metro Police advise teens to travel in groups. If they are targeted, investigators say they should get a good description of the suspect, file a police report and don't fight back, because the shoes just aren't worth it.


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The Bureau of Labor Statistics collects data on every aspect of our nation’s economy. This includes calculating the GDP, the unemployment rate, as well as tracking how many people work in the various sectors of the economy. Sadly, one of the most depressing statistics the Bureau monitors, at least until recently, has been the number of Americans employed in manufacturing. For the past fifteen years, without let up, without regard for the state of the economy, and seemingly unstoppable, this figure has steadily fallen. However, this decline is part of a larger overall downward trend. In 1960, 42% of our nation’s work force was employed in manufacturing. Today, only 11% are employed in actually “making things.”
This is no surprise to most Americans and it’s hardly news to those of us in the Northern Neck. Major
manufacturing companies, such as Levi’s, GM, and Sylvania, once anchors in our community, have long since closed their plants.
But wait; hold on just a minute, something seems to be happening. It started in late 2010. We were still in the recession, but there were two months in a row, followed a third, and then another and another, that showed a growth in the number of American’s working in manufacturing. Clearly, something was going on, and economists, having grown used to explaining why this sector was declining, instead, had to explain, why, all of a sudden, it was showing signs of life. Apparently, “outsourcing,” overseas, the path of American industry for decades, was losing some of its popularity. As the President said last week, maybe the time is right for “insourcing” and bringing some of our manufacturing base back home.
We’ve grown accustomed to reading “Made in China” labels attached to the consumer products we buy. The Chinese, thanks to low wages, few if any workplace rules, and weak or nonexistent environmental laws, were almost always able to outperform American manufacturing plants when it came to costs. However, this is changing, and so is the perception on the part of American industry of the benefits of making things overseas.
For years, the pay for industrial workers in China was a fraction of that paid to their counterparts in the U.S. But this is changing and during the past five years, pay for Chinese manufacturing workers has gone up an average of 17% a year. Very quickly, though still poorly paid by American standards, they’re not as cost competitive as they once were. On top of that, with rising fuel costs, the expense of transporting goods thousands of miles from China to U.S. markets is climbing. Also, there is one more factor that American manufacturers are considering, and that’s their ability to rapidly adapt their products to changing markets. The lead times required to get a Chinese plant, operating under contract with a U.S. firm, to change or modify a product can be extremely long. Add to that the six weeks required for shipping and it’s possible, particularly in highly competitive markets that a company making its products overseas could get left behind. Several have had this experience and decided that the best way to get some of this flexibility back was to bring some of their manufacturing home.
The famous toy company, Wham-O (every baby boomer knows that name) decided it was time to bring some of its manufacturing back to the U.S. and now American workers are producing some of its leading products such as Hula-hoops and Frisbees. Caterpillar is another company that is bringing a substantial amount of its heavy equipment manufacturing back home. The cost advantages just weren’t there anymore. And the same is true for NCR. Once called the National Cash Register, but now known just by its initials, they make ATM’s and automated check out systems. They have decided that rather than produce overseas they will open plants in Georgia instead.
This trend is continuing for a host of firms. But, any revival, while warming the heart of anyone who wants to see America make things again needs to be tempered with the realization that these aren’t the same jobs that went overseas 20 and 30 years ago. Manufacturing is less labor intensive then it was back then and no matter what, this sector isn’t going to employ the same number of workers it once did. Also, manufacturing workers in the 21st century require substantially more skills and training. Hopefully, our workforce, and our educational system, is up to the task.
It’s hard to say for sure whether this trend will continue, but it seems to be catching on. However, in a much larger world market place, it’s doubtful there will be a wholesale revival of American manufacturing. That’s probably not in the cards. But maybe, the long slow slide in American manufacturing is finally over. The economics are right, and for once, the market, for a host of reasons, seems to be swaying in favor of producing more products here at home and not overseas. And that means jobs and opportunities for American workers.

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Fintech Investment Booming, Says Report (July 29, 2014)
Financial technology investment by major venture capital firms more than tripled between 2009 and 2013, a new study found. The report by CB Insights tracked fintech investments made over the past five years by the 12 largest venture capital providers in the U.S., including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.
Those firms’ total investment in new fintech ventures and established startups reached nearly $3 billion in 2013, compared to under $930 million in 2009, the report found. The study also found the major VC firms to be most bullish on four particular fintech markets: lending, personal financial management, payments technology and virtual currency. A number of startups in those areas, including Square, Stripe and Coinbase, attracted investment from multiple investors in the study.
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"Gotcha!" is a one-minute vampire movie that has gotten more than 1,600 hits since its 23-year-old director posted it on revver.com at the beginning of the month.
The mini-flick is one of five that Ben Leavitt, who attended NYU's film school, has uploaded using Revver's system that attaches ads to videos and then splits the advertising revenue 50/50 with creators. Leavitt, who's made about $30 so far, said he was drawn to Revver because of the potential to earn some cash from his self-described "ridiculous work."
"For doing nothing, that's pretty good actually," he said. "I would've done it if there wasn't money involved, but the money is certainly appealing."
Hollywood-based Revver, whose site is still in its beta version, developed its system for sharing ad revenue to capitalize on the sizzling growth of online video sharing. A recent report by Internet traffic watcher Hitwise found the amount of visits to the top 10 online video sites increased 164 percent in the 3-month period ending May 20.
"The conclusion that you can draw from it is that it's the next evolution of social networking," said LeeAnn Prescott, senior research analyst at Hitwise. "This is a behavioral shift in terms of what people are doing online."
But few, if any, of the individuals sharing their do-it-yourself videos are making any money at it. Revver hopes to break into the increasingly crowded video-sharing battle by changing that.
Revver works by tracking advertising click-throughs as a video file is viewed on its site or shared across the Internet on Web pages, blogs, peer-to-peer sites and social networking sites, said Steven Starr, Revver's founder and CEO.
"There's a lot of video on the Internet that is shared for fun and for free," Starr said. "There never has been a way for the content owners to monetize their content in that environment. We're hoping that people will take advantage of placing content on the network with a small bit of advertising associated with it."
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San Mateo, Calif.-based YouTube remains the leader in the online video, accounting for 43 percent of the visits among the top 10 video sites, Prescott said. Rounding out the Top 10 were: MySpace Videos, Yahoo! Video Search, MSN Video Search, Google Video Search, AOL Video, iFilm, Grouper, Dailymotion.com and vSocial.com, according to Hitwise.
Increased penetration of broadband Internet access has made online video viewing and sharing a more common Internet behavior, Prescott said.
"What we're seeing now is probably fairly nascent in terms of what the Web will be five years from now if bandwidth increases," she said. "The problem now in making this greater and people getting more video content online is bandwidth, obviously."
So far, most of the videos are small- or no-budget productions and have an amateurish feel. But despite the absence of rich production value, there's a huge amount of interest in some of the clips -- and thus money to be made off ads.
For example, a 22-second YouTube video posted May 29 of a little white puppy named Dilly playing in the grass has been viewed more than 200,000 times.
Besides being the most popular of the online video sites in terms of hits, YouTube also ranks seconds in the average time a user spends on the site, 13 minutes and 20 seconds, Prescott said. Yahoo's video site is tops with the average visit lasting more than 15 minutes. YouTube also allows users to create their own profiles and comment on each others' postings either in text or in video, allowing the site to double as a social networking site.
Meanwhile, sites known primarily for social networking or other features are upgrading their video-sharing capabilities to entice more users. MySpace added a "videos" link on every profile page at the end of March, but its average session time was 4:41, Prescott said.
Yahoo Inc. earlier this month reprogrammed its online video service to allow homemade videos on its own site. The Yahoo site has features resembling YouTube, including the ability to rate videos and browse related clips.
So what about an upstart such as Revver? Leavitt, of Princeton, N.J., can be counted among its satisfied users. He said he found Revver's uploading tools "incredibly easy to use" and the site is the right fit for his humorous videos.
"It's kind of exciting," said Leavitt, who works for a music video production company. "I'm curious to see how it works so I'm going to continue to put stuff up there."


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President Joe Biden is backing the workers in the Amazon unionization fight. Biden issued a brief statement Sunday — one that didn’t name Amazon specifically but did note “an important vote” in Alabama — reminding workers that it was their right to unionize and that unions, by way of the National Labor Relations Act, were encouraged in the United States.
Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally important choice – one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers.
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— President Biden (@POTUS) March 1, 2021
“I have long said that America wasn’t built by Wall Street. America was built by the middle class, and unions built the middle class,” Biden said. “Unions put power in the hands of workers. They level the playing field. They give you a stronger voice for your health, your safety, better wages, protections from racial discrimination and sexual harassment.”
Workers at Amazon’s Bessemer fulfillment center are currently voting to form a union with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The vote at the Amazon facility in Bessemer is being closely monitored all over the country, with many seeing it as a potential first step in a sort of union revival in the country. Biden called the vote of the 6,000 workers at the retail giant “vitally important.”
The president also warned against illegal anti-union tactics by supervisors and others associated with Amazon or other anti-union organizations.
“Let me be clear: it’s not up to me to decide whether anyone should join a union. But let me be even more clear: It’s not up an employer to decide that either,” Biden said. “There should be no intimidation, no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda.”
It’s a little late for that warning. Complaints from workers and union organizers about threats and propaganda from Amazon have been steadily increasing since the workers decided last November to hold a vote for unionization. That vote began earlier in February and will continue until March 29.
According to Vice News, the company distributed pamphlets encouraging workers to “vote no.” It also has held mandatory meetings on the unionization effort and set up a website to push against it. Amazon also fought to require an in-person vote and tried to delay the current vote.
Biden’s position on the vote should not be a surprise. During his campaign, he promised to be a pro-union president and has made his pro-worker platform one of the centerpieces of his presidency.
Vote counting in the unionization effort will begin on March 30.
Stuart Appelbaum, president of the RWDSU, in a statement Sunday thanked President Biden for his message.
“Thank you, President Biden, for sending a clear message of support for the Amazon Union workers in Alabama seeking to bring the first union to an Amazon warehouse with the RWDSU. As President Biden points out, the best way for working people to protect themselves and their families is by organizing into unions. And that is why so many working women and men are fighting for a union at the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama,” Applebaum said.
It’s the first major unionization effort at Amazon since a failed attempt to unionize in Delaware in 2014.


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BFM is pleased to announce that the BFM Fabric Show London is returning in 2022. The two-day trade show will take place during the week commencing 7th March 2022 and will return to the West
The BFM Fabric Show, which was due to take place on June 8th and 9th 2021 at Twickenham, will now be postponed until February / March 2022. After extensive consultation with exhibitors, it was clear
BFM is pleased to announce the dates and new venue for the 2021 BFM Fabric Show London. Subject to small indoor trade events being permitted, the show will take place on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday
Lectra is proud to be a partner of so many furniture manufacturers across the UK, providing years of support and innovative technology to enable companies to continue designing and manufacturing inspirational upholstered furniture, all the
Questions consumers should ask yourself when buying upholstery. How long do you expect your furniture to last? Are you buying from a reputable, quality manufacturer? Check comfort & support, including whether head support is needed
We spend up to a third of our life in bed. It follows therefore that we should spend that time in a comfortable supportive bed allowing us to rest and re-charge our batteries. Sleep allows
The London Fabric Show is a must for anyone interested in seeing the latest innovations in fabric production, meeting the people who produce them and choosing the newest and best fabrics currently available.
The London Fabric Show 2017 gives British upholstery, bed and mattress manufacturers,and retailers a unique opportunity to see some of the best fabrics available all at one, very exciting venue. There will be cottons, linens,


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Professor Raphael Mechoulam, also known as the “father of cannabis research,” revealed his latest discovery, cannabidiolic acid methyl ester (EPM301), only a few months ago. The introduction of this new, patented compound (synthetic, fully stable acid-based cannabinoid molecules) caused a wave of excitement around the future of medicinal cannabis.
Those who have tried cannabis said it was far more effective than any of the FDA-approved drugs. Sixty-two percent who have tried cannabis said it was very effective at treating their fibromyalgia symptoms. Another 33% said it helped a little & only 5% said it did not help at all.
Professor Pertwee received the accolade from the International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) for his highly cited research into pharmacological actions of constituents of cannabis known as phytocannabinoids, and of cannabinoids designed and synthesized by medicinal chemists.


text: U-M vs. MSU game like 'major holiday' for beer distributor serving downtown Ann Arbor Posted: Oct 8, 2010 When it comes to beer sales, a big game means big business. “For us, in downtown Ann Arbor, it’s the equivalent to a major holiday,” said Kit Morgeson, vice president of marketing for O & W Inc., the Ypsilanti-based distributor for Miller Lite, Heineken, Corona and a host of other beers, along with Bo Wines, a wine series in the memory of Coach Bo Schembechler. With the University of Michigan and Michigan State University set to faceoff in Saturday’s showdown, the beer is already flowing fast, Morgeson said. It's just another economic indicator of what the big game means to local businesses. Beer sales are expected to be so brisk that special runs have been added to Saturday, Morgeson said. “Businesses are afraid they’ll run out because they don’t have the capacity to hold what they need.” Between 200 and 250 kegs of beer were delivered to downtown Ann Arbor on Friday, she said. A normal game sees about 100 kegs delivered and a non-football fall Friday sees between 50 and 100 kegs. “That’s a lot of beer,” Morgeson said. This year is a perfect storm for beer sales. Both teams’ undefeated records, the fired up rivalry and the late game start time combine for increased sales, Morgeson said. “The 3:30 p.m. start means there’s more time to party," she said. "Then after the game, they go downtown for dinner.” U-M’s winning season has helped. Beer sales took a beating the last two football seasons when U-M has disappointing records. “People do pre-party, but not as much. Winning really does affect business,” Morgeson said. “If we lose, people just go home. But (this Saturday), win or lose, we’ll have a big day.” Party stores near the heart of campus see the biggest uptick, Morgeson said. But supermarkets on the city fringes and hotels around Ann Arbor also see action. The most popular beer of the day? Miller Lite is O&W's biggest seller. And while plenty has been shipped for revelers on Saturday, that may not mean there's much left on Sunday. “Everyone gets wiped out,” Morgeson said.


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Eagle-eyed Instagram users this week spotted what may have been an accidentally posted banner ad for a “one tap photo messaging” app by the name of Bolt, possibly to be released soon by the Facebook-owned media-sharing site.
Showing up for some Android users of Instagram, the ad included a link to Google Play, though tapping on it led to an empty page in the online store. Some of the few users who clapped eyes on the ad took screenshots (shown above and right) before posting them on various social media sites.
It’s thought to have stayed visible for no more than 15 minutes before being taken down, leading to speculation that Instagram is on the cusp of launching a new photo messaging app, possibly along the lines of Snapchat.
Other suggestions include the idea that it may have been part of a Facebook test linked to bringing its app install ad platform to Instagram.
Adding weight to the idea that this could have been a clumsy mishap by a loose-fingered Instagram employee, or an ‘accidentally on purpose’ leak designed to get people talking about Bolt, is the fact that Facebook recently did something similar with Slingshot – its photo- and video-focused messaging app – when it released (and quickly pulled) the app from the iTunes App Store prior to its official launch. Is the social networking giant up to its old tricks again? Teasing the masses?
Look out for Bolt. It may be coming soon. Or not.
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2012 GEM Thailand Report
The team at Bangkok University School of Entrepreneurship and Management (BUSEM) have finalized and published the second GEM report - this time covering 2012. The profile of the report focuses on local entrepeneurship topics, in terms of constraints as well as recommendation factors facing entrepreneurs in Thailand - and much more.
To get a full review of the report, please follow the link provided here or click on the cover image above "http://www.gemconsortium.org/docs/3087/gem-thailand-2012-report"
2011 GEM Thailand Report
Summary: The first GEM report published by the team at Bangkok University focuses on the profile of the Thai entrepreneur. The most noticeable features were a higher than average TEA rate of the Thai female, and a higher participation of females than males in business startups and in operating new businesses.
2012 Global Report
Summary: The GEM 2012 Global Report estimates that nearly half of the world’s entrepreneurs are between the ages of 25 and 44. The survey also reports that, in all geographic regions surveyed, 25-34 year olds showed the highest rates of entrepreneurial activity.
2012 Women's Report
Summary: More than 126 million women entrepreneurs were starting or running new businesses in 67 economies in 2012, according to the GEM 2012 Women's Report, the most comprehensive research ever conducted about the entrepreneurial activity of women across the globe.


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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yabia – The Hinokami Chronicles is a new fighting game based off the popular manga and anime series and we now know it’s coming to next gen consoles – just not in the west.
Developed by CyberConnect2, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yabi – The Hinokami Chronicles aims to give the epic fights from the Demon Slayer manga and anime series a new form of life in the new fighting game set to hit consoles later this year. The recently released trailer revealed that the game will be a cross-gen title, releasing on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, along with a PC release through Steam. The only catch is that there is no release currently planned for the west, since it is set to launch in Asia and Japan only.
Originally reported by website Twinfinite, the latest trailer for the game showcased characters from Kimetsu Academy in the game, but particularly the versions of Tanjiro Kamado, Nezuko Kamado, and Giyu Tomioka that are seen in the spin-off Demon Slayer Academy Kimetsu Gauken. You can watch the trailer here, though it has been re-uploaded since the original trailer is region locked to Japan.
While there are no public plans for a western release, the chances of one happening are still very possible, and SEGA could potentially be the ones to publish it since they are already set to work on an English translation for the game’s release in Asia. It’s set to release later this year with no official date, so it’s possible the announcement of a western release could come alongside the release date reveal.
What makes a western release even more possible is the fact that it has already been made clear that Demon Slayer has a large following of western fans, with the recent release of Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train opening in the US with $21 million in ticket sales just this past April.


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TODAY | November 05, 2013
>> fast approaching holiday shopping season. for years, black friday, we talked about it all the time, was slowly creeping into thanksgiving . now even more retailers are jumping on the trend. here's stephanie gosk.
>> reporter: attention k-mart shoppers. anyone that needs a break from thanksgiving can stop in anymoranymor time. the retailer is planning a shopping blitz from 6:00 a.m . thanksgiving morning until 10:00 p.m . on black friday. sears isn't far behind with it's own all nighter. doors open at 8:00 p.m . and don't close until 10:00 p.m . friday. stores are opening earlier and staying open longer for one simple reason. they believe people will shop.
>> we're a society that likes to spend. so no matter what, consumers will sacrifice to go in and get the best deal possible. it doesn't matter if that deal is coming in june or july or on national holidays such as thanksgiving .
>> reporter: even macy's, the company that sponsored the thanksgiving day parade will open it's doors on the holiday for the first time in 155 years, waiting only a few hours after santa passes by the front doors. the pressure from the competition may have been too much. toys "r" us, target, walmart, all opened for business on thanksgiving last year.
>> it's bad because it's a family holiday. it's like a business oriented capitalizing thing and it's supposed to be a holiday.
>> reporter: for anyone that doesn't want to get in the car, almost every store has online deals that kick off on thanksgiving as well. but retailers are facing a tough reality. the government shutdown slowed down the economy and took a serious toll on consumer confidence . just over half of shoppers will spend less than last year this christmas season . but there is a risk, the identity of one of the country's most cherished holidays maybe in jeopardy.
>> when it comes to thanksgiving , i don't think it's going to be called thanksgiving . it's going to be called thanks for shopping.
>> reporter: stephanie gosk in new york.
>> people come down on either side of this issue. tamron hall is filling in for carson. what are people saying online?
>> we posted a question on our facebook asking people do you think stores should be open on thanksgiving , simple question. the result, 80% of you said no. 20% of you said yes. some of comments people called it sad. feel bad for workers. another person wrote us quit blaming corporate america . blame the consumer. stores would not be open if no customers and ladies, natalie and savannah, we know the attraction of walking out of the store after a great deal but the reality of the situation is what stephanie pointed out. this changed the game. 24/7, thanksgiving or not, you can go online and in your inbox, i promise you, day two before thanksgiving you'll be flooded with deals from everyone trying to get you to not go to the brick and mortar and go on this.
>> i thought you meant m&ms --
>> perfect orange room hit al roker . a perfection man. i'll go shopping with you. we'll


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BOBST Supports the Development of Digital Product Passports
BOBST has recently launched a pilot project aimed at promoting the industry move towards a circular economy.
The project is part of the R-Cycle initiative, a cross industry consortium working on developing a globally applicable tracing standard to automatically record and store on a common data platform recycling-relevant information along the flexible packaging production value chain.
“Our commitment to achieving circularity is very strong and all-encompassing, from sustainable substrates and process development, through to their machinability during printing and converting, and of course their end of life” explained Nick Copeland, R&D Director Barrier Solutions at BOBST “There is great potential in the recyclability of the new mono-material packaging solutions, but we need to support the industry and overcome the challenge of identifying them at the sorting stream, otherwise most benefits will be lost”.
The current difficulties in sorting flexible packaging often result in downcycling or sending to the incinerator or landfill high quantities of material that could be recycled. The aim of the project is to store production data in so-called Digital Product Passports (DPP) and make the information usable for recycling the end products. This approach enables more precise waste sorting and thus the recovery of high-quality recyclates, supporting a functioning circular economy.
BOBST will carry out the first R-Cycle data standard trial run on a BOBST EXPERT K5 vacuum metallizer at its R&D Center of Excellence for barrier solutions in Manchester, UK.
“The R-Cycle initiative brings together the topics of sustainability, connectivity and digitalization, which are three of the four pillars of the BOBST vision for the future of flexible packaging, so the scope of this project is perfectly suited to our commitment to advancing flexible packaging circularity. It is also a significant building block in digitalization for even more efficient production processes. We believe it is an important step forward in achieving better circularity for flexible packaging” concluded Nick Copeland.


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SPRING, Texas — A Texas woman is facing trial after reportedly assaulting an H-E-B worker, deputies said.
As first published by ABC13, Lynda Ukeh has since been charged with misdemeanor assault.
Deputies said the assault took place at the H-E-B located in the 7300 block of Louetta Road.
Investigators said Ukeh had left the store upset that she could not pay at self-checkout because she had more than 10 items.
After which, she reportedly returned to the store with a friend and assaulted a female employee, deputies said.
Officials said Ukeh reportedly pulled the employee's hair and slapped her in the face before fleeing.
Ukeh was later arrested at her home, officials said.
She was later released from the Harris County Jail after posting $100 bond, according to the Precinct 4 Constable's Office.
As part of her bond, court records show Ukeh will no longer be able to shop at any H-E-B stores within Harris County.
Her court date is currently scheduled for this Friday, March 10.


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Is India growth story in doledrums ?
Ficci underlines slowdown fears
By Ravi Shanker Kapoor
In its recently released September report, ‘Economy Watch,’ the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci) has once again underscored the impending slowdown. Regrettably, as we shall see, it is not the first or only observation about the sorry state of the economy.
“The state of Government finances worsened with the fiscal deficit in the first five months of the current fiscal constituting over 66 per cent of the budgeted fiscal deficit. This is much higher than in previous years and ensures that the fiscal deficit target will be breached. Total revenue collections during the same period were at a measly 23.5 per cent (vis-à-vis 40.7 per cent previous year) of the budget estimates,” the Ficci report said.
Indirect collections in September showed ominous signs, with excise duty declining by over eight per cent.
Against this backdrop, it is not surprising that the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has once again downwardly revised growth forecast for the current fiscal to eight per cent from its earlier forecast of 8.2 per cent (July); in February, it had project an even higher nine per cent growth.
Ficci, however, finds even the eight per cent growth rate to be ambitious. Its rationale: for eight per cent expansion, gross domestic product or GDP “has to grow at 8.1 per cent in the remaining course of the current fiscal, an unlikely scenario. It may be noted that real GDP growth rate for Q1 of 2011-12 has been 7.7 per cent (on the back of base effect).”
The business chamber’s bearishness arises from, among other factors, its own latest Business Confidence Index that is now at a two-year low. “The growth in service sector is also expected to be lower than 10 per cent, given that there is a clear slowdown in public expenditure on community, social and personal services (and also supported by the latest HSBC Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for Sep’11 has contracted for the first time since April 2009). Also, the industrial sector and global economic slowdown will adversely affect ITES and other service sectors.”
The global economy hardly gives any reason to rejoice. “Stream of bad news” continues to “emanate from the Euro Area… Europe is clearly caught between the devil and the deep sea,” says the Ficci report.
Perhaps the only pleasant surprise relates the country’s export growth which, the report says, “continues to surprise even die-hard optimists.” India’s merchandise exports stood at $108.3 billion during Apr-July, 54 per cent higher than that in the corresponding period in previous fiscal. “India’s gems and jewellery exports (with a 15 per cent share) witnessed a robust growth of 26 per cent during FY11 and provide a classic example of our successful export growth story. It may be noted that the recent turbulence in US and European economies may have dampened the export prospects of gems and jewellery to these markets but the diversification in exports to other countries like UAE, North Africa, CIS and Russia may counterbalance the slowdown impact.”
But everything is not hunky-dory about foreign trade. Governance deficit has created a situation which can scarcely be called healthy. The lack of proper policy framework has introduced distortions in the foreign trade agreements (FTAs). “The high real estate cost, unavailability of skilled manpower and high transaction costs are the key barriers in creating a viable domestic production network,” says the Ficci report.
So, “the ‘Round trip of Trading Activities’ has become increasingly evident through FTAs where the Indian firms export raw materials and bring back the intermediate/final products as import items from partner countries. This phenomenon is particularly prevalent when the firms decide to offshore parts of their production process and source the intermediates from the partner country.”
In sync with the demands of India Inc, Ficci also urges the Reserve Bank of India not to further tighten monetary policy. “We believe that the RBI’s resolve to fight inflation is commendable, particularly as this is being done without any support from fiscal policy. However, the central bank may do better by looking at other policy options. For example, the RBI could tweak the risk-weights, rather than concentrate only on rate hikes.”
There seems to be considerable consensus among industry and bankers that the central bank has done enough to squeeze the money supply. At a banking conference on October 11, bankers said opposed any more rate hikes. They said that arguing that early signs of a slowdown are becoming increasingly evident. Further, they said, more hikes would hurt long-term investment demand. The RBI, it may be recalled, hiked key bank rates 12 times in the past 18 months.
Be it Ficci or any other business body or forum, the message they are conveying is simple: this is not the best of times for the economy. But is anybody listening? The ruling United Progressive Alliance certainly is not.


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MS Licenses LapseWhat's Next?By David F. Carr Print
Under its new "Software Assurance" plan, Microsoft has changed the rules for bulk software upgrades. Now, tech managers are deciding how to respondincluding some who are simply refusing to participate.
If you've grown used to the regular, discounted, bulk software upgrades that were available as part of your Microsoft contract, pay attention: The party's over.
As of July 31, Microsoft has changed the rules, and now tech managers everywhere are scrambling to come up with ways either to use the new mandate to pay licensing fees annually to their advantage or at very least cut their losses. Some are even taking a flyerscrewing up their courage and holding off for now, refusing to commit to future releases of Microsoft products.
Under the new rules, companies that plan to regularly upgrade their Microsoft software are supposed to sign up for a new "Software Assurance" plan, under which they pay an annual fee toward future upgrades.
Compared to paying full price, the Software Assurance plan is supposed to save you money if you plan to upgrade more often than every three-and-a-half years for desktop products or four years for server products. The Software Assurance fee is equivalent to 29 percent of the license cost for desktop products and operating systems or 25 percent for server software. Software Assurance is an add-on to the most popular volume licensing programsOpen (which starts at five licenses) and Select (which starts at 250)and is built into the pricing for the more comprehensive Enterprise Agreement business contracts.
Those who snub this plan are faced with paying the full price of a new license every time they upgrade a Microsoft product.
For example, suppose your company has a volume discount that allows it to pay $375 per copy for new Office XP licenses. In the past, you could have gotten an upgrade from Office 97 for a fraction of that price because Microsoft would allow you to trade in the old license.
But now Microsoft would ask you to pay the full $375. If you don't want to pay full price again for the next upgrade, you also need to start paying $109 per year for Software Assurance. Total cost after one year: $484. After two years: $593.
And there's no "skipping" of generations of software, a practice that information technology managers in the past used to reduce costs.
Microsoft has been fending off complaints since it unveiled Software Assurance as part of its new Licensing 6.0 plans in May 2001. Customers gripe that they're being asked for more money just when they can least afford it.
While defending its new licensing options, Microsoft concedes that it initially did a poor job of explaining them, says Rebecca LaBrunerie, product manager for licensing and pricing.
The company twice postponed the implementation deadline, and now argues that sales show customers ultimately quit grumbling and write checks. Microsoft says that in the quarter ended June 30, it pulled in $7.7 billion worth of payments toward future deliveries of software and services, an increase of nearly $1.9 billion over the "unearned revenue" it reported in the same quarter of 2001.
Still, there are Microsoft customers refusing to buy into the new scheme.
"We're not going to do it," says Harry Roberts, CIO of Boscov's, a $1-billion private retailer based in Pennsylvania. Boscov's was already moving toward migrating some of its systems to Linux when Microsoft announced its new licensing plans, but Roberts says his cost analysis of Microsoft's new terms prompted him to accelerate those plans.
"Microsoft's new policies have made the ROI (return on investment) on the Linux migration a very compelling argument," he says. "I'm not anti-Microsoft. I'm just looking for ways to reduce my budget."
Roberts says his IT staff is also experimenting with "Windows-free desktops" running Linux and StarOffice, a configuration he believes may eventually replace some of the 2,500 Windows PCs he currently supports. If so, it will be because of both the licensing cost increase and support costs. "The idea that we would have to pay a 30 percent maintenance fee, combined with the prospect of having to touch every PC to install those upgrades, doesn't thrill me at all," he says.
By analysts' reckoning, all of Microsoft's new pricing options wind up costing most customers more. Software Assurance is supposedly designed to save money for customers who upgrade Microsoft Office every two years, for instance, but analysts for the Gartner Group consulting firm says most companies are on closer to a four-year cycleand they will pay 68 percent to 107 percent more because of the elimination of upgrade discounts.
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World’s First Liquidmetal ‘Turing’ Phone Is Here And Ready To Launch
If you’re looking to treat yourself this year with a new smartphone then it may be worth looking beyond the usual considerations. Sure, we already know we will be getting the iPhone 6s this September. We also know that it’s extremely likely that Samsung will attempt to spoil Apple’s party by launching its fifth-generation Galaxy Note 5 a month earlier in August. But if you want to step away from the iPhones and Galaxy phones of this world and try something new, why not consider the new Turing Phone, the world’s first smartphone with a fully liquidmetal shell.
The newly created unique device, manufactured by Turing Robotic Industries, will be the first device of its type within the smartphone market that comes with a shell manufactured entirely out of liquidmetal. The company behind the innovative cellular device make it sound like a technological superhero by describing it as “ultra-secure and stronger than steel”. Turing Robotic Industries are also marketing the device as one of the most innovative and secure smartphones of its kind thanks to its “world-class security” that executes “end-to-end mobile authentication”.
Security aside, the device is actually manufactured from Liquidmorphium, a one-of-a-kind metallurgy. Liquidmorphium, apart from being difficult to pronounce, is a “pioneering” amorphous liquidmetal alloy that’s actually tougher than titanium and steel. It seems that Turing has set about creating a device that is as tough and secure structurally as it is in regards to privacy protection and the security of the data on it. The Turing Phone will be powered by Android Lollipop (5.1) with a proprietary Turning user-interface. A quad-core 2.5GHz chipset will work in assistance with 3GB of on-board DDR3 RAM to give the device its processing power.
Turing’s smartphone will ship with a 5.5-inch FHD display with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and a 13-megapixel rear mounted camera module. Like to think of yourself as having a strong selfie game? Well, the Turing also caters for those individuals with a front-facing 8-megapixel offering. A non-removable 3000mAh battery is accompanied by the usual Fingerprint reader, Bluetooth, WiFi, and NFC connectivity options with waterproofing capabilities. It’s actually as visually appealing as it is technically impressive making for a great little device.
Consumers in the United States and China can expect to be able to pre-order the device for $740 from July 31.
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Toyota has released pricing details on several vehicles for luxury brand Lexus.
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Despite strong sales, Lexus is undergoing a transition; the luxury arm of Toyota is aspiring to become more emotional and aggressive.
File this one under weird: a La Puente, California family woke up to a bang, which turned out to be a Lexus going for a nose dive in the family pool.
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A new fashion shop is opening in York this week.
Lehi James is set to open on Friday (6 October) on Little Stonegate.
It will open in the unit previously occupied by Devil’s Elbow Antiques.
Lehi James used to have a shop in Hull. But the owners have closed that to move to York.
Owner James Humphrey told the York Press that the shop will sell clothing and cosmetics.
Lehi James specialises in sports shirts, including football shirts new and retro, plus rugby and Formula One fashion. It also sells designer T-shirts, polo shirts and tops smart and casual.
His wife Valerie launched JVK Cosmetics in 2021. “She wanted to create a space where she could find all her favourite TikTok brands all under one roof,” the Lehi James website says.
Devil’s Elbow Antiques has relocated to the Bull Commercial Centre on Stockton Lane.
Its owner owner Evie Southgate told YorkMix they moved out of York city centre in April due to “the crippling increase of costs, rents and rates”.
She also said: “The drunken anti social behaviour we had to deal with every weekend just made it unbearable really.”


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The Big Four firm kicked off the festival season celebrations in a room full of talented Asians including a new generation of entrepreneurs, professionals, artists, media personalities, many of whom are award winners in their respective fields. Asian Wealth Magazine was proud to be a partner and launch the Autumn edition exclusively at the event.
Bina Mehta, Partner at KPMG and host for the evening who leads the firm’s engagement with new generation Asians said:
“Asian businesses in the UK generate billions of pounds for the economy in addition to creating several thousands of jobs. Beyond this influence on our economy, the Asian community has made countless contributions to our public services, as well as our culture and society.
In times of uncertainty as the UK looks to negotiate a prosperous exit from the EU, those who are able to evolve and adapt to change or the disruptors that force change are the ones that we look to, to take us forward and seize opportunities presented in a post Brexit world. By bringing this group of outstanding and innovative new generation of leaders together, this event was about celebrating their achievements while providing platform and connections to take them to the next level.”
Bina stressed that in a world of increased global competition, regulations and technological revolution, change is something KPMG has embrace both within the firm and for their clients. Being clear on their purpose, evolving business models to fit client needs and collaboration with McLaren and IBM Watson are making KPMG more relevant for the clients of tomorrow. This was a key message for the evening as traditional business models are evolving. In her speech, Bina also pointed out the shortening average life span of family businesses from 50 years in 1981 to a predicted 12 years in 2025.
Making businesses connections is seen as an essential process for growing enterprises as recent research by one of the high street banks revealed that a third of small businesses and entrepreneurs struggle to make new business connections that directly impact their organisations. This is despite a vast majority (86 percent) of senior decision makers in small businesses knowing that new connections are important for their business’ success. Just over a fifth (21 percent) of small businesses said they were spending up to £1,000 to make a single new business connection.
Bina Mehta was joined on stage by Kru Desai, a Senior Partner at KPMG and the Head of the firm’s Government and Infrastructure practice in the UK. Kru, who was introduced as a role model by Bina, congratulated the crowd for being role models themselves by becoming disruptors in their fields. Kru finished her speech by saying:
“It is great to hear so many young Asian success stories who have already achieved so much and look set to continue to do some great things in the worlds of commerce and the arts. It’s encouraging to see such positive and driven young people who have a great sense of purpose, work ethic and drive for success which will be really important for our prosperity in the future.”
Guests were entertained by multi award winning comedienne Sajeela Kershi, producer and curator of the hit storytelling show Immigrant Diaries which has toured to sell out shows. Sajeela had the guests crying with laughter as she told her story of moving away from stereotypes and becoming a successful female comedienne.
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Leading local advanced suspension manufacturer, Supashock is preparing to support and create jobs in the Australian automotive industry by expanding its reach into sectors well beyond the racetrack.
The proudly Australian owned company featured in a ground-breaking story on popular Network 7 current affairs program, Today Tonight Adelaide on Wednesday, 12 August
Over the last five years, Adelaide-based Supashock has established its reputation in the high-tech, competitive, professional motorsport world domain, applying its high standards and innovative approach to achieve its success in a wide range of disciplines across both domestic and international competition. Using bespoke in-house designs covering initial concept through to drafting, manufacturing, assembly and packaging, Supashock has already succeeded in circuit racing, rallying and sportscar endurance racing.
Such is the momentum of this modest but progressive business that its in-house designed and built suspension dampers were fitted to the winning car in last year’s iconic Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race, and are currently leading the 2015 V8 Supercar Championship.
Supashock Managing Director Oscar Fiorinotto is determined to make the most of the manufacturing/engineering expertise of the Supashock team, and state-of-the-art facilities. He is committed to using these resources to service other areas of the automotive industry, and is passionate about his business’s contribution to the South Australian economy.
“The Australian automotive industry is undergoing a radical transformation, with local manufacturing of Holden, Ford and Toyota vehicles set to wind up in the near future,” Mr Fiorinotto said.
“As a technology company operating in the automotive manufacturing industry, Supashock now has a golden opportunity to preserve and support jobs that may otherwise be lost.
“Unlike a host of manufactured imports that are primarily built to a price, we are a business that prides ourselves on service, innovation and meticulous quality control, while remaining very conscious of the need for value. As we have grown, we have consciously nurtured our capability to adapt skills, services and products for other technology sectors and will continue our drive into areas including aftermarket components for four-wheel-drives, and heavy-duty systems for mining applications.”
After achieving widespread motorsport success, Supashock is now using that expertise to expand into other areas, benefiting the South Australian economy.


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Diabetes drug Actos will soon be available as cheaper generic
The US Food and Drug Administration gave the green light Friday to the first generic version of the blockbuster diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride). It’s often taken as a second-line treatment for type 2 diabetes among those who don’t get a big enough blood sugar level drop with a first-line therapy such as metformin.
A generic version of the combination drug pioglitazone plus metformin (Actoplus Met), was approved by the FDA last year and is currently available.
The generic pioglitazone will be available in 15 milligram, 30 mg and 45 mg tablets and should become available as a prescription within a few months.
“Controlling blood sugar is very important in preventing or reducing the long-term health complications of diabetes,” said Dr. Gregory P. Geba, the FDA’s director of the Office of Generic Drugs. “Generic versions of this widely used product will offer affordable treatment options for patients who must manage this chronic and potentially serious condition.”
The generic versions of pioglitazone and pioglitazone plus metformin are made by Mylan Pharmaceuticals. Consumers usually save 30 to 80 percent on generic medications compared to brand name versions.
Pioglitazone has a boxed warning that alerts patients the drug may worsen heart failure and may be associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer.
The most common side effects reported include nasal congestion, headache, sinus infection, muscle pain, and sore throat.Deborah Kotz can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org. Follow her on Twitter @debkotz2.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Salesforce.com put the meat on the bones of its social enterprise strategy yesterday at its annual Dreamforce user conference as it positioned Chatter, once considered by many as little more than an internal Facebook-like tool, as the centerpiece of its plan.
The Chatter news was part of a two-plus-hour product line update presented by Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff at his keynote address to more than 40,000 attendees. The company also announced mobile support for its sales automation software as well as enhancements to its database and application development platforms.
Salesforce has been building up Chatter’s role for months by highlighting it at a recent series of one-day customer events and showcasing a Chatter-based product network created at Toyota that links the automobile company, customers, dealerships and cars in a network called Toyota Friend.
Also, Salesforce.com changed its pricing model to give its social enterprise strategy more appeal. The company introduced the social enterprise licensing plan, an about-face to its hard-core per-user pricing philosophy. With this licensing agreement option, companies can negotiate an up-front fee to use an unlimited number of Salesforce.com products for a set period of time. The company said this will appeal to large organizations as they adopt social strategies and find tracking usage, particularly when customers become involved in their Chatter networks, nearly impossible.
With a series of enhancements, most of which will be available at the end of 2011 or early next year, Chatter will be extended into a core social platform intended to help customers conduct business over social channels.
For example, it will enable companies to create groups that include customers, allow users to perform approval processes while in the Chatter feed and instant message anyone within the Chatter network.
As part of the Chatter makeover, Salesforce revealed its plans for Data.com, a customer data source to create customer social profiles. Data.com is the result of a recent agreement with Dun & Bradstreet Corp., a provider of corporate contact information combined with technology Salesforce picked up from its acquisition of Jigsaw.
In addition, Salesforce said it would add a Chatter component to its Service Cloud, enabling companies to handle customer service questions through a Chatter-based network.
The Chatter details were welcome news to some Salesforce customers.
“One of the main reasons I am here is to see how we can get to the next level with Chatter,” said Dreamforce attendee Clark Clement, senior manager of client relations at The CMI Group in Carrollton, Texas. “We are not using it now, but I am turning it on as soon as we get back. We wanted to hold off until we got back from the conference.”
Salesforce.com’s Benioff said the credit for the new social enterprise license plan goes to The Coca-Cola Co., which told Salesforce it would not agree to per-user pricing. Salesforce signed up the marquee client with this new pricing plan and decided it may appeal to others as well.
The plan is catching the attention of some industry analysts.
“The social enterprise license agreement is the polar opposite of a SaaS [Software as a Service] licensing scheme, which of course has always been subscription-based,” said Paul Greenberg, president of The 56 Group. “While ironic, it’s not stupid. This is a big, big win for Salesforce with Coca Cola signing the first one. I think the irony is delicious, and not a bad move to at all."
The new Chatter functions rolled out at Dreamforce:
- Chatter Now, an instant-messaging tool scheduled for release late this year. A screen-sharing feature will begin shipping in 2012 at an additional charge. The company has not yet released the feature.
- Chatter Customer Groups, which will allow companies to set up groups that include external customers, will be offered for free and begin shipping late this year.
- Chatter Approvals, another free offering, will ship by year’s end and will give users a function to complete approvals of such processes as hiring from within the Chatter feed.
- Chatter Service will start shipping next year, and pricing for this Service cloud component will be made available then.


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PTC contributes Rs. 89 billion to National Exchequer in 2016; volumes decline as illicit cigarette trade grows to 40.6% of the total market in December 2016
Islamabad. A leading multinational cigarette manufacturing company, Pakistan Tobacco Company Ltd. (PTC), has contributed Rs. 89 billion to the National Exchequer in the form of Excise Duty, Sales Tax, Income Tax and Custom Duties during 2016.
PTC has announced its results for 2016 and from January to December, 2016, the Company posted a net turnover of Rs 44,867 million and earnings per share of Rs 40.55.
Illicit cigarette trade is currently the biggest challenge facing the legitimate industry, with a massive share of 40.6% of the total market. Not only does illicit cigarette trade negatively affect the legitimate industry but also negatively impacts Government revenues in the form of losses in potential revenues which for the year 2015/16 went up to the tune of Rs. 47 billion.
The need of the hour therefore is to ensure across-the-board enforcement of laws and regulations for all cigarette manufacturers in the country. This can help plug the gaping revenue leaks caused by the illicit cigarette industry for improved revenue contribution to the Government exchequer by the total industry.


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More closures as networks expand, Selena Gomez releases co-branded utensils with our place. Under the pressure of Perla, much more opens up.
Welcome to Spreading, our weekly feature that aims to share all the restaurant, food and drink industry news that is printable. Except it’s the internet, so location doesn’t matter. Also: good, because this is Dallas and this city always has the latest restaurant news going out like a bang.
Local favorites close the store faster than we can grab a bite to eat.
In case you haven’t heard, Lower Greenville’s staple rogue closed its doors. Bistro was a regular at Rapscallionites, a nickname given to bistro regulars to enjoy wood-fired rib-eye with fresh seafood and indulge in an impressive wine list. The announcement was made three days before the last food distribution on May 14th.
Lower Greenville will never be the same again.
This wasn’t the only bad news for East Dallas. As we mourned the end of Rapscallion, Trompo quietly gathered and turned off the light.
This was announced by the owner Luis Olvera. Dallas Morning News the place in East Dallas is gone forever.
Trompo opened on Gaston Avenue last August and we were thrilled to have access to taquerias in both Oak Cliff and East Dallas. The loss of the Oak Cliff location last December hit us hard and we still haven’t fully recovered. We just drove comfortably to Gaston Avenue for elote en vaso with crushed tacos and tacos with fried onions, cilantro and salsa.
It’s time to reroute our GPS.
Olvera is currently running Trompo’s last leg from the ghost kitchen in Trade Plug Co.. in West Dallas and says he’s looking for a more durable brick building for Trompo. For street tacos, pack up and race to Trompo! This is not a drill!
Sonny Brian also on Lovers Lane closed May 15th. The establishment opened in March 1999 and has been profitable for 21 years, owner Brent Harman said. DMN. Despite Sonny Bryan’s fame and garnering the attention of celebrity chefs like Emeril Lagasse, the pandemic and supply chain issues have proven too much for Lovers. Luckily, we can still get a hot sliced brisket sandwich dripping in BBQ sauce at the original Inwood Road location and Richardson location. Support the locals and eat like a celebrity. We beg you.
And while all the greats bow, we bring you the influx of chain restaurants.
Jollibee, a Filipino fast food restaurant, has announced plans to open a third DFW location in Arlington. People have been congesting Preston Road and the intersection of President George W. Bush Road for weeks, waiting up to three hours to get a bucket of Chickenjoy fried chicken topped with Jolly Spaghetti or Palabok Fiesta. It was a nightmare of a voracious movement, but those days are long gone.
The Arlington location is slated to open in March 2023, right after the Greenville Avenue location opens later this year. Yay for affordable fried chicken for everyone!
Victory Park takes part in the action, welcoming the people of New York. Craft burgers and Black Tap beer. How do you like such a sip? We hope their burgers are as big as their name. From the hidden peak DMN gave us, they!
Black Tap is an international phenomenon that operates in Las Vegas and Disneyland, as well as in Switzerland, Singapore and Iraq. Naturally, with a menu item like the Texas Burger, Dallas Black Tap was a must! His Texas burger is filled with all the basic burger ingredients — beef, cheddar and mayonnaise. The Texas flavor comes from the Sweet Baby Ray barbecue sauce and crispy onions.
Will it live up to its name? We will judge when Black Tap opens at the end of 2022.
Stop eating, we’re thirsty! AISIMI Dutch brothers opened a new location in Addison on 20 May. It’s right off Marsh Lane and Spring Valley Road, which may or may not be a pain during rush hour. Honestly, the caffeine is worth it.
For all of you health freaks, we have a drink for you too. Pressed by Pearllocal Hispanic juice bar, opens May 28 at Oak Cliff. Owner Perla Murillo uses fresh fruit to make juices without the addition of preservatives. Murillo Juices were available in pop-up stores throughout Dallas until the upcoming opening. Our favorite is Mamacita; a blend of beetroot, apple, cranberry, cucumber and pineapple, and we can’t wait to try Murillo’s latest flavor, Pinky Summer.
But listen, we get it. Inflation is real and it hurts. The endings are heartbreaking and all those openings sound great, but it adds up very quickly. Our girl Selena Gomez has our backs.
For those who want to cut back on eating out, Gomez has it right. Gomez has released a collaboration with Our place, a brand of kitchenware by Pakistani public figure Shiza Shadid. The collection is a tribute to Gomez’s Mexican heritage and comes in two colors: pink and azul.
It is so beautiful that you almost do not want to cook in it! It’s the vibe, but what we love the most is that 10% of the proceeds go to youth mental health services through the Rare Impact Fund.
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Bill's cellular provider is CDMA and he's losing the ability to use his Motorola Moto X. Leo says that the good news is that everyone is moving to LTE/VoLTE, which means CDMA will disappear. Even now, when going with Verizon, you can see the phones have GSM SIM cards. But the older models won't work anymore. A newer one will likely work. Leo says it's time for a new carrier and T-Mobile would let him bring almost any phone to them. T-Mobile also has a pay as you go $30/month plan.
Leo does not recommend side loading or manually installing an Android update. He says to wait for the pushed update, and then do it. That being said, Android 5 Lollipop works great on the Moto X.
We're expecting an announcement of the new Moto X Android phone and Android Wear watch from Motorola on September 4. The new Motorola X will probably have a bigger screen, at 5 inches, and should have a better camera and higher resolution display. Like the first Moto X, it will likely run mostly stock Android with a few useful additions, like the ability to just talk to the phone to wake it up at any time. It knows when you're awake, sleeping, in a meeting, or driving automatically and will adjust its settings accordingly.
Tom hasn't had a cellphone in a few years and he's looking at getting the Samsung Galaxy S5. He also sees that it's waterproof. Is that true? Leo says no, it's not water "proof". It's water resistant.
There have now been two lawsuits between Apple and Samsung. The first was in trade dress, or the "look and feel" of the phone. The jury awarded Apple over $1 billion, siding with Apple that Samsung stole the design. In this most recent lawsuit, the jury wasn't as much in favor of Apple. They awarded Apple $119 million, which fell short of the $2.2 billion Apple was seeking. The jury also found that Apple infringed on one of Samsung's patents, and gave Samsung $158,400.
James is going to get his first smartphone and is considering getting an older model like the Samsung Galaxy S3. But should he just move forward and go with the latest HTC One? He doesn't want an iPhone, though. Leo says that in general, it's not a good idea to go with an older model because he'll lose out on the latest innovations. However, with Samsung, things have gotten worse because Samsung has loaded it with programs that users can't get rid of, in addition to what the carrier puts on it. At least the Galaxy S3 didn't have so much of that nonsense.
Patrick wants to know how Leo handled foreign countries where they spoke a different language. Leo says that in most places, people did speak English. Wherever they didn't, Leo used Google Now's Translate capability on his Motorola Moto X which worked quite well. People were intrigued about it, too. When they spoke back, that was a challenge because it doesn't help the other way. Leo says we're going to get there soon.
Taylor called in to say that he really likes competition, and the Moto X will really give the consumers a lot to consider when purchasing a smartphone. Leo agrees, and while many tech pundits are complaining about the specs being only mediocre, he thinks the phone performs very well. People care about software and performance, not specs.


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Oil palm, cattle, timber and soy have all received global attention in recent years for their outsized ‘forest footprints’ – the risks that their demand and cultivation pose for tropical forests around the world.
Thanks to pressure and advocacy from civil society, governments, shareholders and consumers in the Global North, many companies using and selling these commodities have begun to clean up their acts. They’ve sought to become – or at least appear – more accountable for the environmental impacts of their supply chain activities. As a result, recent years have seen many make zero deforestation commitments (ZDCs) for the provenance of the commodities on which they rely.
From an environmental perspective, the move is welcome and timely. Tropical deforestation accounted for around 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions between 2000 and 2012. If these ‘big four’ commodities go deforestation-free, it could make a big difference for biodiversity and climate change mitigation worldwide.
However, following through without producing unintended negative side effects is going to be difficult. And this – or failing to follow through at all – could see ZDCs become dubbed with a tokenistic reputation as being just another public-relations and marketing strategy.
A new occasional paper by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) scientist George Schoneveld and Particip GmbH consultant Peter Jopke seeks to assess the ZDCs of 50 ‘powerbrokers’ – companies that have the potential to shape rules in major commodities’ global value chains. The work attempts to unravel what these bold-sounding commitments might actually mean for forests, producers and communities on the ground.
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Unfortunately, the researchers found serious gaps in ZDC implementation practices, which undermine the commitments’ potentials. “On paper the commitments are great, and they use the right terms and are fairly comprehensive in their scope, but by and large companies have yet to fully think through how they’re going to deliver on them,” says Schoneveld.
Company commitments to full transparency in sourcing locations and suppliers, and to independent verification, were found to be particularly weak. This doesn’t necessarily suggest that companies are trying to hide bad practices, say the co-authors, but more that it can be very difficult for them to follow their own supply chains back to their roots. Sourcing practices of the many upstream actors often involved can change without the lead firms being aware.
The study also found that almost 75% of companies did not demand company-wide ZDCs of their suppliers. This suggests that most companies actually tolerate deforestation in their supply chains, as long as their own supply comes from non-deforested areas. So suppliers to these companies might still be instigating deforestation and selling commodities from deforested areas to other, non-ZD–committed customers.
The finding makes sense, given that going zero-deforestation was “purely a business decision,” not a moral or philanthropic one, for most of the companies surveyed, says Schoneveld. As long as their brand is not contaminated, companies have little incentive to pressure their suppliers to stop deforestation entirely.
PASSING THE BUCK?
Another issue of concern is the fact that in most cases, the powerbrokers did not explicitly account for the externalities resulting from their ZDCs, says Schoneveld. For example, insisting on buying commodities cultivated on non-deforested land increases demand for that land, which can displace former land uses such as food production. As a result, deforestation could occur indirectly as other users of that land are pushed to resume their practices elsewhere.
Committing to ZDCs may also prompt companies in the supply chain to sell off forest land banks that they hold, since they will no longer be able to use them to cultivate commodities. This land could then be deforested by a new owner or by communities vacating their farmland to enable corporate expansion.
Perhaps most concerning of all is that if companies implement more stringent production standards, only some producers will have the capacity to conform, so many smallholders are likely to be excluded, says Schoneveld.
“If you have to monitor everybody and trace all oil palm that comes in, and you have ten thousand suppliers, it becomes extremely costly,” he explains. “So a lot of companies are starting to say, ‘Okay, we have to cut our supply base and focus on those suppliers that we trust and know well.’ ” Oil palm refiners in Indonesia, for example, have begun to concentrate their ‘sustainable’ supply base around larger plantations.
And this is where the tensions become quite stark. One interviewed company, for example, complained that they were forced to remove a “huge chunk” of smallholders from their supply chain to please NGOs campaigning for ZD, because they expected to be criticized for failing to protect forests more than acknowledged for their efforts of including smallholders.
A TALL ORDER
Certainly, given the influence powerbrokers have on both suppliers and governments, there are opportunities to innovate and exert pressure within value chains themselves. “It’s an important place to start,” Schoneveld acknowledges.
But it seems something of a tall order to expect companies to enact such holistic solutions all on their own. “If you want to have ZDCs that also contribute to agricultural development and food security, and support smallholder integration, I don’t think you can rely solely on companies to deliver on those,” he says. “And that’s where governments need to step in.”
Jurisdictional approaches that integrate landscape planning, deforestation monitoring and improved regulatory enforcement across a defined jurisdiction may provide part of the solution. Most companies are interested in working in places that can guarantee that production is sustainable, because it reduces their own monitoring and traceability costs. And smallholders within those areas can comply with ZD requirements, without needing to sign up to complex and expensive monitoring and evaluation systems. Some jurisdictions, such as Indonesia’s South Sumatra and Central Kalimantan provinces and Malaysia’s Sabah state, are beginning to apply these kinds of approaches, “saying, ‘hey, there could be economic benefits to being sustainable,’ ” explains Schoneveld.
Government involvement is also important because companies making zealous commitments to managing land differently in developing countries can be perceived as challenging their sovereignty. “There needs to be a better conversation between companies, governments, and civil society,” says Schoneveld, “about what role each could play in meeting environmental, economic and developmental objectives, and how to have more complementary initiatives.”
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Metro Louisville’s revitalization efforts in downtown and West Louisville have heightened concerns about the high concentration of liquor stores and other businesses selling alcohol in those communities. Russell and Smoketown residents have become particularly active in their opposition to more of these kinds of establishments coming to their neighborhoods.
“You have an inundation of places where you can get packaged alcohol or hard liquor, even wine in these areas. We are not talking restaurants; we are talking gas stations and liquor stores. You even have liquor stores opening up around gas stations that sell beer. It feels like exploitation on different levels,” said Rev. David Snardon of Joshua Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church.
Snardon and a community activist, Jackie Floyd, hosted a public meeting at his church in October to discuss the application for a new liquor store at 1821 W. Broadway.
The building’s owner, Maya Russell, attended the meeting to lobby for the project although the request for a liquor license was actually made by Mindy Gatton, the mother of Russell’s child. Russell explained that the new store would be a high-end wine and spirits store similar to something that would be found in the Highlands. However, residents encouraged him to invest in something more beneficial to the community like a restaurant or a grocery store.
After Russell dismissed those suggestions, Floyd organized a letter-writing campaign to oppose the application for a liquor license. On Nov. 28, the Louisville/Jefferson County Alcohol and Beverage Control Administrator denied Gatton’s application, citing both the community’s opposition and the fact that there are already 31 ABC-licensed establishments within one mile of the proposed store. Code and Regulations spokesman Will Ford told the Insider “there is a not a regulation that requires a certain amount of distance between establishments with ABC licenses.”
Russell already operates a barbershop in his Broadway building. In an interview a few days after Gatton received the ABC decision, the businessman said the majority of liquor stores near his building were owned by people who did not even live in the community. He believes the crusade against retailers seeking new liquor licenses will hamper economic development by discouraging African-American entrepreneurs to invest in their communities.
“The whole experience was a fiasco,” he said, adding, Gatton “spent a lot of time and money on that project. We had support from most of the businesses around us. The neighborhood is saturated with liquor stores, but one of the places they cited closed a while ago. If one store closes and another one opens, you are not adding to the number of liquor stores,” Russell said.
Gatton is planning to appeal the license denial to the state ABC Board in Frankfort.
Floyd pointed out that the location of the proposed liquor store is directly across the street from the site where Passport Health Plan intends to build a new headquarters and health care campus. A new YMCA complex will also be located nearby.
“We are revitalizing Russell physically, but for this to be a safe, healthy and thriving community we need to change some of the negative aspects. In the West End, even the Dollar stores sell beer. There are liquor stores near day cares and treatment centers. Most of these places have no security, and you see people loitering outside at all times of the day. We can’t accept that anymore,” she explained.
Last year, the city won a nearly $30 million grant from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to revitalize the Russell neighborhood, which is located between Market Street and Broadway from Ninth to 31st streets. Metro government has also earmarked $175,000 to create an arts, culture and commercial district in the area. Floyd, who recently helped to found the Russell Neighborhood Association, wants development that fits into this vision. She is not opposed to new liquor licenses for restaurants or nightclubs, but her group plans to oppose fight new requests for package liquor licenses.
“We are exploring all of our options. Something has to change,” she added. “We tell our kids, ‘Don’t do drugs, don’t drink and drive.’ But are we being role models for them by continuing to allow liquor stores and places that sell beer to open up?”
Liquor stores proliferate in low-income communities because the residents are usually not well-organized, research shows. A study conducted by the John Hopkins School of Public Health in 2000 found “an intersection of race and income status that places low-income African-American communities at greater risk for alcohol availability through off-premises liquor stores. Such stores have been shown to be an important component of the social infrastructure that destabilizes communities.”
According to that study, alcohol companies are also more likely to advertise potent beverages like malt liquor in poor and minority community. This easy access to alcohol contributes to high rates of crime and violence.
African-American activists in Louisville have understood this for a long time, but fighting alcohol sales is difficult in a state dependent on the bourbon industry for tourism dollars.
Councilwoman Cheri Bryant Hamilton, D-5, tried to target specific liquor stores with a series of wet-dry votes in 2008, but the store owners challenged the votes in court and won.
Smoketown residents protested in July when two liquor stores were set to open right next to each other on the corner of Broadway and Hancock. The liquor licenses were denied at the local level, but one of the business owners filed an appeal that will be heard in Frankfort on Monday. Nachand Trabue, a fourth-generation Smoketown resident, plans to be there.
Trabue and her husband own the event space Manhattan on Broadway at 716 E. Broadway. She organized the original opposition to the two liquor stores because she didn’t believe they could make a positive contribution to Smoketown’s revitalization. That is also why she plans to keep fighting.
“I am a resident and stakeholder in this community,” she said. “We want economic development but it has to be something that is going to improve for the life of people in Smoketown. We can’t accept anything less.”


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(NaturalHealth365) No doubt, health-conscious consumers are very concerned about glyphosate in the food supply. And, parents are rightfully upset about the toxic chemicals in vaccines. But, now, glyphosate and other highly toxic chemicals have been detected in baby diapers.
The French safety agency ANSES has conducted tests on disposable baby diapers over the past few years, and the results have been consistently disturbing. In all, 60 different chemicals have been identified, including glyphosate – the active ingredient in Roundup.
Other pesticides detected in baby diapers included lindane, quintozene and hexachlorobenzene, which have been banned by the European Union for more than 15 years….Read more
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(Natural News) The next time you reach for that fresh-looking apple on the shelf of your grocer, you should reconsider taking a bite out of it lest you poison yourself. An article in Natural Health 365 warned that a nasty chemical covers four out of every five apples that were grown through conventional, non-organic means….Read more
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A special Efficient Dynamics variant of the 520d will be launched in the next few months to set a new performance benchmark in the segment, Fleet News can reveal.
The car will use a modified version of the 2.0-litre engine that allows the 320d ED model to combine near-70mpg economy with tailpipe emissions of 109g/km. In the bigger 5 Series, it is expected to deliver more than 60mpg and sub-120g/km emissions.
“We are expecting the new Audi A6 to be a strong competitor when it arrives next year and we need to respond.
“Our colleagues in Munich are working hard to develop a product that will have special significance in the UK and we are confident it will hit all the right thresholds in the segment,” said BMW UK sales director Sean Green.
Speaking as the company announced a 12.3% rise in sales up to November, Green said a 33% growth in incorporate registrations had more than compensated for a 10% fall in retail business.
“Over the last two years, a lot of people have put the brake on company purchases but they have now come back into the market. Corporate registrations have grown to 59% of our total volume this year, largely due to the success of the 320d ED and 520d models.
“But though we expect an additional 5,000 sales from the new X3 in 2011, we don’t anticipate maintaining the same level of growth,” he said.


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It’s no new thing that digital interactions are shaping the way we live. But the statistics behind this year’s Cyber Monday are really ossifying that idea, and the ways that marketers are crafting point of purchase experiences have to change with it. Differentiation, mobile phones, and multichannel experiences are just some of the ways retailers have changed their approach to keep up.
REI is one of the few companies who did something different this Black Friday. They announced an “Opt Outside” campaign and closed all of their brick and mortar stores to encourage consumers to do something active outdoors. REI promoted the hashtag #OptOutside, and had over 1 million participants. The outdoor retailer reinforced their brand positioning and stayed true to their values. In doing so, they received great reward with an increase in online traffic throughout the Thanksgiving weekend. REI was able to entice more customers by doing just the opposite of other retailers in an act of – pardon the pun – “outside” of the box differentiation. (Source)
The use of mobile devices for shopping has increased over the years, which has decreased the prominence of big shopping days such as Black Friday. (Source) This is because every day is a shopping day, and there is no rush. In fact, many shoppers use their phones for research before going into the store or making a purchase online. In addition, social commerce has also gained influence in mobile purchases. Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest all incorporate a simple way to purchase items straight form each of these platforms, helping drive awareness and sales.
Retailers are coming up with creative ways to reach more people on top of online and in-store shopping. Some retailers have created pop-up shops, allowing consumers to see, touch, feel and experience available options for a limited amount of time. This helps retailers test new concepts and markets with less risk. For example, Adidas created a pop up shop in London to celebrate the launch of the new Stan Smith collection. Designed to look like a replica of a Stan Smith shoebox, the shop had limited and exclusive edition products along with interactive experiences to leave a lasting impression on attendees. One of the interactive experiences allowed attendees to use the “Stan Yourself” app, which replaced Stan Smith’s signature and face with a unique endorsement picture of themselves.
With shopping trends changing every year, will Black Friday continue to be as important of a shopping day as it has been in the past? Shopping malls have become more and more of a window-shopping experience; will brick and mortars continue to exist? Or will the malls of the future just be where we go to get our steps in?


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Retail sales barely rose in January as tax increases and higher gasoline prices restrained spending, suggesting a slowdown in the pace of consumer spending early in the first quarter.
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday retail sales edged up 0.1 percent after an unrevised 0.5 percent rise in December.
The modest gain, which was in line with economist's expectations, suggested that households were responding to the expiration of a two percent payroll tax cut on January 1. Taxes also went up for wealthy Americans.
So-called core sales, which strip out automobiles, gasoline and building materials and correspond most closely with the consumer spending component of gross domestic product, ticked up 0.1 percent after gaining 0.7 percent in December.
Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy and grew at a 2.2 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter. The pace is expected to slow this quarter as households adjust to smaller paychecks and higher gasoline prices.
Sales were mixed last month, with receipts at auto dealers slipping 0.1 percent after rising 1.2 percent in December. Excluding autos, retail sales increased 0.2 percent last month after advancing 0.3 percent in December.
Sales at building materials and garden equipment suppliers rose 0.3 percent, reflecting gains in homebuilding as the housing market recovery shifts into higher gear. Receipts at clothing stores fell 0.3 percent.
Sales at restaurants and bars were flat, while receipts at sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores rose 0.6 percent. Sales of electronics and appliances gained 0.2 percent, while receipts at furniture stores fell 0.2 percent.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Andrea Ricci)


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Honda Dream Yuga in new black and blue dual-tone colour launched in India
Ahead of the festive season, Honda has begun rolling out updates to its two-wheeler range in India. Don't hold your breath. Just yet. These are Honda's sticker and paint updates which the company has been doing to the CBR range since 2013 and to other motorcycles thereafter. While a few days back, the Dio and CD110 Dream received these "updates", this time it is the Honda Dream Yuga. The Honda Dream Yuga is now available in a black and blue dual-tone colour. The motorcycle is priced at Rs 55,642, ex-Mumbai, the same as the five other colour options available.
"Customers are looking for more options in terms of modern styling and greater performance in the commuter segment. Dream Yuga leads Honda's Dream series motorcycles which are proven, reliable, easy to maintain and highly fuel efficient. The new colour will bring in additional youthfulness to the Dream Yuga," said Yadvinder Singh Guleria, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd.
The Honda Dream Yuga was the company's second attempt at the 110cc motorcycle segment in India, the first being the CB Twister. Honda showcased the Dream Yuga at the 2012 Auto Expo and launched it shortly thereafter. In 2013, Honda added HET to the Yuga, making it a claimed 2kmpl more fuel efficient than before at 74kmpl. Powering the Honda Dream Yuga is a 110cc 8.3PS/8.6Nm air-cooled single-cylinder engine. This engine is mated to a 4-speed transmission.
Cycle parts of the Dream Yuga are coated in black. At launch, the motorcycle was billed as the most affordable option from HMSI's stables. After that, Honda launched the Dream Neo and then the CD110 Dream (which currently is the cheapest Honda one can buy). The company also recently announced that it is in the process of getting its entire motorcycle range to meet the upcoming BS-IV norms. The vehicles will also be fitted with Always On Headlamps (AHOs). HMSI also confirmed that it would not launch the CBR250 RR, the CBR300R or other motorcycles from the CBR range. The next big bike from HMSI will be the Africa Twin, sometime next year.
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Date(s): 27/10/2015 - 30/10/2015
Time: All Day
Venue: Dundalk Institute of Technology
Cost: 40 euro for workshops, 100 euro for symposium
As part of ID2015, Year of Design in Ireland, Creative Spark is delighted and proud to bring a panel of experts to Dundalk on Saturday 31 October to share their insights into current and future applications of 3D printing and its potential impact on our lives in an event entitled “3D Print Technologies – Generating, Exploring and Exploiting”.
Featuring an exciting line up of international speakers, including Francis Bitonti from New York, Ann Marie Shillito from Edinburgh and Keith Brown from Manchester, the conference will explore themes of collaboration and social innovation through design; it will look at how designers, makers, businesses and communities are currently engaging with the 3D print revolution and how it can maximise the benefits to industry, education and community.
Industry sponsors Mcor Technologies co-founders Conor and Deirdre MacCormack said “We are delighted to help in bringing key exponents of 3D printing technology to Dundalk and to support Creative Spark as it shines a light on this rapidly evolving technology.”
Speaking about the conference Sarah Daly, Executive Director of Creative Spark, said“This conference will focus on the growth and availability of 3D printing globally. It will explore applications for 3D printing for designers and makers, and for businesses in every sector from medicine to food.”
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