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How This Salt Lake City Market Is Bolstering Utah’s Artisan Food Culture
Randy Ramsley looks out over his goat pasture in Caineville, Utah, just outside the entrance to Capitol Reef National Park. Towering above the green grass and red earth, a jade and burnt sienna mesa rises into the blue sky. It’s 9 a.m., his first break since getting out of bed at 4:30 a.m.; “a whole crew” of Alpine, Lamancha and Nubian goats are standing atop a pile of hay on the wrong side of a fence.
Ramsley, 66, and his sustainable Mesa Farm are an anomaly in this part of Southern Utah, where conventional calf-cow operations drive the local economy. He’s like an eccentric hippy amidst cowboys. But his way is working—and thriving.
While conventional dairy farmers throughout the U.S. are struggling with plummeting milk prices (prompting concerns of increased farmer suicides), Ramsley’s business is solid thanks, in a large part, to Caputo’s Market & Deli.
The Salt Lake City specialty shop and restaurant distributor has helped to shine a spotlight on local Utah producers that are doing things the right way, crafting high-quality artisanal products including chocolate, honey, cheese and charcuterie, that could rival or top those found anywhere in the country.
Caputo’s focus on high-caliber products has woven its way throughout Utah’s food scene, giving producers access to the market, educating locals and helping to forge a nascent culinary and restaurant culture that is now well on its way to taking off.
“It’s hard to even put a word to the value Caputo’s has played here,” says Tyler Stokes, chef-owner Provisions. “It’s definitely been instrumental in advancing the scene.”
Matt Caputo took over the business from his pioneering father, Tony, about three years ago, but he has spent much of his adult life working with and learning from his dad. The young Caputo was put in charge of the specialty department more than a decade ago. The father-son duo have long used the market as an ode to their Southern Italian roots and as a sort of local food incubator, helping choice Utah producers to hit the ground running.
Ramsley is just one of Caputo’s success stories.
When Ramsley sent him samples, Caputo says the first taste told him everything he needed to know: “I didn't just like Randy's cheese; its flavors and aromas were not only far from the beaten path, but otherworldly.”
A self-proclaimed cheese geek, Caputo thought that improvements to the aging process (i.e. the humidity not found in the Utah desert) could make the already excellent product world class. Together, Matt and Ramsley began discussing the plans for the Caputo Cheese Cave program, eventually drawing up a contract ensuring Ramsley that Caputo’s would buy all of his production for a fair price and take care of the aging, marketing and branding.
“Nobody was doing this out here,” says Ryan Lowder, chef-owner the Copper Onion, who spent years in lauded kitchens like Jean-Georges, Casa Mono and Mercat. “Matt was leading the charge in this neck of woods.”
Caputo’s transforms Ramsley’s rounds into two hard cheeses, a traditional French-style tomme dubbed Mesa Tome and Barely Legal, a 60-day aged natural rind raw milk tomme released on the day it becomes legal according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
When available, both hard cheeses and Mesa Farms Feta are found in restaurant dishes throughout northern Utah at places like High West Distillery & Saloon, Provisions, Pago and Waldorf Astoria Park City.
The collaboration gives Ramsley the ability to focus on his herd, who spend two to three hours a day grazing on the ancient riverbed pasture before wandering down to the river to snack on wild (and invasive) Russian Olive Trees, Russian Thistle and Tamarisk. “That’s where the milk gets its dimension,” says Ramsley.
Caputo is so passionate about Mesa Farm’s cheese and methods that he organized the first annual goat camp last spring, bringing chefs, cheesemongers and local culinary insiders down to Southern Utah. The experience was moving for many of the attendees. “Randy was talking about cheese, talking about the spiritual aspect,” says Caputo. “I’m getting choked up and feeling self conscious. Then I look around at the chefs, some are big tatted up dudes with sleeves—probably half the two dozen people were also crying. People really connected to what he does.”
Between retail and restaurants, Caputo’s couldn’t keep up with demand for its Mesa Farm cheese last season. Caputo encouraged Ramsley to increase his prices again.
Caputo’s respect for artisans has helped several Utah brands gain traction. The shop has long been a supporter of the makers behind Beehive Cheese Company, Creminelli Fine Meats (which actually launched out of Caputo’s basement with Tony’s blessing) and Amano Artisan Chocolates, signing up to purchase large quantities early on.
That preliminary support has helped companies generate the capital to grow; however, the Caputo family’s biggest contribution to the SLC culinary community has been in the role of educators.
Around 2005, long before the U.S. bean-to-bar craze swept across the country, Caputo started building out the shop’s craft boutique chocolate selection. Like many Americans at the time, customers didn’t understand why they were so much pricier than, say, a Lindt or Godiva bar. To get those 50 high-quality bars moving, Caputo started offering free chocolate tasting seminars. The ploy worked: he expanded the selection up to 100, then, quickly, 200.
Utah, famous for its love of sugar and large Mormon population (who eschew booze or caffeine), is now home to one of the most robust chocolate scenes in the United States. And Caputo’s has now sells out its three to four $25 to $55 a seat classes per week that span from chocolate and cheese to intro to bitters and cocktails at home.
Those increasingly educated diners have spurred several hometown chefs to return to Salt Lake City, where they’ve opened progressive restaurants informed by their national and international experiences. Both Stokes and Lowder moved home to make their mark in the city’s emerging culinary landscape. Both are separately planning to expand with additional concepts this year.
“I came back heavy in food after Culinary Institute of America and cooking around for years,” says Lowder, who has opened three successful restaurants since coming back in 2009. “It was like...no one knows anything. It was terrifying. Having Caputo's was like having a big warm blanket.”


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According to Greentumble, “Petroleum-based plastic bags take up to one thousand years or never to break down and degrade into the earth.” These are the plastic bags that you find in most grocery and shopping stores across the entire country. Therefore these bags can cause a lot of damage. There are numerous harmful things that the use of plastic bags lead to. Like polluting and hurting our environment and animals, harming us humans, and costing us extra money without us knowing.
Remember the last time you bought something at the store, and your cashier put your items in these so called “free” plastic bags. You probably just threw the bag away once you got home. What you probably didn't know, is that you actually paid for that bag. Plastic bags cost around 10-15 cents extra on your total. It may not seem like a lot or a big deal, but those 10-15 cents do add up. Anacostia Watershed Society says, “An average person uses or pays for at least seven hundred fifty plastic bags per year.” That means taxpayers can pay up to 88 dollars a year on just these plastic bags. Over the years it could affect you or your family's bank accounts. Now where does this extra money for plastic bags go? According to the NC Department of Public Society, “America uses about three hundred billion plastic bags per year, and eleven billion dollars of that tax goes towards plastic bag cleanup efforts.” However our world is still very much polluted with these bags and other types of litter. So wouldn't it just be easier to stop making these bags and stop citizens from using them to slow down the pollution rates so we can start making progress on these cleanup efforts. Americans would also be saving a lot of money throughout their lifetimes with the banning of plastic bags. Plastic bags however do more to us than cost us extra money.
The pollution of plastic bags is spreading to affecting our health. Plastic bags take centuries to break down, and when they do break down these bags turn into microplastics. Microplastics are very tiny pieces of plastic that are about 5 millimeters long or less. The pollution of these microplastics in different bodies of water and landfills all over the world are causing lots of problems. According to National Geographic, “Recent studies have shown microplastic particles raining down from the sky, and polluting our air. Microplastics in the air may lead to inflammatory chemicals entering the lungs.” If we got rid of plastic bags then it could reduce the chance of these microplastic particles entering our bodies just by breathing. Marine animals also often mistake microplastics as food. Us humans at the top of the food chain are also consuming these microplastics when we eat these marine animals, thats including fish. According to National Geographic, “Microplastics are small enough to pass through intestines, blood streams, and into other organs.” Now scientists aren't sure exactly what these microplastics can actually do to the human body. But if it is causing such an uproar and catching scientists attention, then the effects are obviously not good. Getting rid of plastic bags would lessen the chance of having this kind of damage to our bodies. But let's not forget what else is getting harmed by these bags.
Plastic pollution is choking our environment and hurting animals to death. According to The Ocean Clean Up, “Plastic is the most common type of litter.” That’s including plastic bags. According to National Geographic, “8 million metric tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. That's equal to 5 plastic bags per foot along every coastline in the world.” Some of this plastic has sunk to the bottom, but most of it still sits on the surface of the water. Waiting for the next fish that comes along to mistake it for food. Scientists have found particles of microplastics in more than 114 aquatic animals. Some of which we eat. According to The Ocean Clean Up, “The great pacific garbage patch is the largest of the 5 offshore plastic accumulation zones in the world’s oceans. It is double the size of Texas, and has over 1.8 million pieces of plastic. In terms of object count, 94% of the patch is represented by microplastics.” And like what was previously stated, a lot of these microplastics do come from the breakage of plastic bags. This much plastic really hurts animals and the environment. Plastic bags floating in the ocean can cause whales, sharks, turtles, and other fish to confuse them as food and swallow and choke on them. Plastic bags can not digest, so these bags will just sit in these animal’s stomachs and slowly kill them. Different bird species also mistake these bags as food, and because of how light weight these bags are, birds can also get tangled in them causing them to be unable to fly and sometimes starve, and a lot of the time it ends in death. According to Biological Diversity, “one hundred thousand animals are killed annually because of plastic bags.” Getting rid these bags will save thousands of lives and prevent more marine animal extinctions.
Some people might be opposed to the idea of getting rid of plastic bags. Using paper bags would cost more money to make and that would also result in the loss of more trees. According to The New York Times, “Plastic bags cost 1 penny to make, compared to paper bags which cost 4 to 5 cents to make.” Scientists have also figured out that 14 million trees are cut down annually to make these paper bags. That's not any better for the environment either. The best choice would be to use reusable bags. People can buy their own reusable bags and bring them to the stores to use in place of plastic and paper. Reusable bags last longer, are bigger to fit more items in, and are better for the environment to make and use. We would just have to adapt to the new lifestyle without plastic bags and remember to bring our reusable bags places.
Getting rid of plastic bags would be very beneficial with a lot of things. We would save more money, improve our health for the future, and overall would save thousands of animal’s lives. Other countries around the world and other states in America is already ahead of us and have already banned plastic bags. More people need to learn the importance of getting rid of these bags and need to start doing something about it.


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The Tata Tiago Electric is likely to head to the export markets only in its initial phase.
Homegrown Tata Motors is said to be working on an electric version of the Tiago hatchback. The automaker is also likely to start the production of the Tiago electric hatchback by the end of August 2017 which isn’t too far.
However, it has now been rumoured that Tata will focus on the export markets initially with the Tiago electric and at a later date an India launch can be expected. The company hasn’t revealed any details on the electric powertrain yet, but the Tiago electric is expected to borrow heavily from the Bolt BEV prototype, an electric version of the Bolt hatchback.
Electrification on the Tiago’s low-cost platform will help Tata reduce costs and price it competitively. The higher taxes made applicable on hybrid and electric vehicles post-GST in India, could be the reason for the carmaker to focus on the export markets initially.
The Tiago currently comes powered by a 1.2-litre Revotron petrol engine and a 1.05-litre Revotorq diesel engine.
Tata Tiago Electric Variant
– Tata Motors is likely to start production of the Tiago electric in the end of August 2017
– Tata to focus on the export markets initially with the electric hatchback
– However, an India launch at a later date cannot be denied
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The pre-owned watch market is undoubtedly enjoying something of a boom and advances in technology are helping to propel the market further. Online auctions are gaining popularity, but how safe and reliable are they?
May 12, 2018 Geneva. Phillips Auction House – Daytona Ultimatum Results
32 rare and fine Rolex Daytona’s were offered for auction by Phillips in Geneva and all 32 were sold for an astonishing total of $22,182,281, with five lots reaching over $1m each.
Phillips Auction House will sell some of the world’s most sought-after Rolex watches on May 12th 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland
Following hot on the heels of the record sale of Paul Newman’s Paul Newman Daytona in 2017, Phillips Auction House announced in December that it will be auctioning some of the world’s most sought-after Rolex Daytona watches.
Paul Newman's own 1968 Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Reference 6239 sold for a record price of $15.5 million. After 12 minutes of bidding, the watch was sold to a telephone bidder, setting a new record for the highest price ever achieved for a wristwatch at auction. Including the buyer's premium of 12.5%, the final price came to an incredible $17,752,500.


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President Donald Trump is reportedly continuing to weigh an executive order that would ban all U.S. organizations from using telecommunications hardware built by China's Huawei and ZTE. Australia and New Zealand have blocked the firms from their 5G rollouts, while other nations weigh similar moves.
Facebook violated consumer protection law by failing to protect personal data that consumers thought they'd locked down, the District of Columbia alleges in a new lawsuit. Plus, Facebook is disputing a New York Times report that it ignored privacy settings and shared data with large companies without consent.
Is there anything better than being offered one year of "free" identity theft monitoring? Regularly offered with strings attached by organizations that mishandled your personal details, the efficacy and use of such services looks set for a U.S. Government Accountability Office review.
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Ten young entrepreneurs will today pitch their business ideas before President Akufo-Addo in the third window of the Presidential Pitch in Accra.
The presidential pitch offers young entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of experienced judges, out of which 10 will be selected as winners and awarded funds to support their businesses.
The third window is under the theme ‘Creating an entrepreneurial climate to support young business’.
Seasons one and two of the Presidential Pitch supported 20 entrepreneurs, who created 460 jobs in return.
About 250 jobs are expected to be created from the 10 jobs that will be supported in the third window.
Aisha Limann, winner for the first window, has introduced new products and set up a factory awaiting inauguration.
Matilda Asantewaa Sarpong and Emily Otoo Quayeson, winners of the second window, are working assiduously with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to produce quality sanitary-pads for commercial purposes.


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Handloom offers entrepreneurs first steps to livelihood
Dimapur, March 3 (EMN): A handloom event, “special handloom expo” organised by the Nagaland Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited (NHHDC), and sponsored by the office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms, ministry of Textiles, was conducted on March 3 at the Supermarket, Dimapur. The event will conclude on March 16.
The Special Handloom Expo was inaugurated by the chairman of the NHHDC Limited Miathou Krose.
Speaking to Eastern Mirror, the deputy project manager of the NHHDC Ltd., Itoka Sumi said 50 stalls from different parts of India have been opened, and a majority of which are from the Northeast region. He said this time around they are mostly from the Northeast since similar events are being held at Delhi.
Sumi informed that each stall owners will be given INR 6000 as stipend through the Development Commissioner for Handlooms.
At the event, participants from various states of India will showcase their range of handloom products, day-to-day utilities, decorative items, ladies and gentlemen’s wear, traditional shawls, jacket, bed sheet, cushion cover, carpets, handicraft items and many more.
Speaking to Eastern Mirror, a stall owner Choimei Nyiam from Kohima who sells earrings and necklace for women said it has been almost a year since she started this work. She is happy that her business is doing well till date.
Nyiam informed that she started making earrings and necklaces without any training. She buys beads from shops, and with it she makes two to three earrings to sell the product at reasonable prices.
She said to get lots of orders from customers. Even her friends help in selling remaining stocks. Till date she has not faced any difficulties in selling the products, she added.
The ornaments that she makes are ethnic and western-influenced necklaces priced from INR 1500 to INR 2500. The fusion necklaces are sold at around INR 300 to INR 500. Earrings which are made of colourful beads are sold at prices ranging from INR 150 to INR 300.
When queried about her earnings, Nyiam named it at around INR 40,000 to INR 50000 till date. She added that the least amount that she made was during the previous year’s expo at Urban Haat which made her around INR 5000. She added that it was due to ‘location issues.’
She said to be working alone with the help of her mother but has plans to make it a full-time job if she finds the right partner for the business to grow. She is passionate about making her business big and successful.
Another stall is the Imchenlar self help group from Mokokchung, exhibiting paper craft merchandise with the name of the product ‘Arigato’. They make paper craft of Japanese animations which is popular with today’s generation.
One of the stall’s owners Aien Longchar said the group is five members. It has been three years since they started making paper craft. The price ranges from INR 80 to INR 2200.
She informed that they used to sell their products during night carnivals and other similar events and till date they have sold around INR 30,000 to INR 40,000 worth of it.
Longchar said it is just a part-time job as the market is limited and the demand is from certain sections only for which they make the products according to situation and demand.


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Skyward Sword has received raving critical reviews in both Japan and around the world, but, for some reason, the Japanese market isn’t showing the same amount of love for this most recent Zelda title as the rest of us are. Released in Japan on November 23, 2011, Skyward Sword is one of Nintendo’s biggest budget projects, and also one of its most time-consuming. However, Japanese gamers don’t seem as impressed as the rest of the world.
As of now, the game has completely fallen out of the top twenty list of weekly sales in Japan, meaning that there were less than 43,000 copies sold this week. Debuting at the top in its release month, Skyward Sword sold less than 320,000 copies in November. Past Zelda releases have had much greater success following their debuts: Spirit Tracks sold 500,000 copies in its first five weeks on shelves in 2009, and Phantom Hourglass, a 2007 release, sold 631,100 in its first five weeks. Of course, it’s a common conception in the west that Japanese gamers are more likely to favor handheld titles over console ones. However, 2006’s Twilight Princess sold 280,000-350,000 copies in its first week alone, and that was solely for the Wii. That alone beats out Skyward Sword, but once Gamecube sales figures are factored in, Twilight Princess packed a much heavier punch than Skyward Sword did in its first week.
One thing can be said without a doubt: Skyward Sword has already attained great success, both critically and commercially. There’s nothing to worry about. It’s simply an oddity that this highly-praised Zelda title isn’t receiving the same amount of love in its home-country as it is in other parts of the world. Japanese sales figures for the Christmas week can be viewed here. It will be interesting to see how Nintendo responds to these results in their future titles–what are your thoughts on this surprising development?


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There are already many grounds for a dispute between the Indian broadcasters and the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the sale of media rights, and now there is a new contentious issue that has arisen, which has the potential to drive a further wedge between the two organizations.
Indian media outlets are in a state of bewilderment due to Indra Nooyi’s participation on the Amazon Board of Directors. Nooyi is an independent director of the International Cricket Council. This is due to the fact that Amazon is competing with other parties for the broadcast rights to the ICC matches.
Because Nooyi’s reputation is flawless and because she has served as a director of Amazon since 2019, it is believed that she would recuse herself from the process of awarding media rights.
But the Indian broadcasters, who have been at odds with the ICC on numerous articles of the media rights bidding, allege that they were not made aware of Nooyi’s voluntary non-participation in the tender process.
Nooyi, who served as the CEO of PepsiCo in the past and is now 66 years old, has been an independent director of the ICC since 2018.
Will Amazon get the ICC Broadcasting rights?
Nooyi is a member of the ICC Board, which is the governing body’s highest decision-making authority and is comprised of 17 individuals.
As a result, Amazon has been making significant moves to expand its presence in the sports broadcasting industry on a worldwide scale, and industry analysts anticipate that the company will be one of the leading candidates for the digital rights to the ICC cycle that runs from 2024 to 2031. Earlier, the American e-commerce giant withdrew from the process of bidding for the rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL), purportedly with an eye on the rights of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Cricbuzz has stated that Indian broadcasters have been voicing several concerns with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the media rights tender, and they have even hinted at the possibility of boycotting the process. In a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC), the four most prominent media companies—Sony, Star, Viacom, and Zee—raised a great number of concerns about the procedure.
Good for tinpot sport Cricut
— NOone (@factsman2003) August 15, 2022
Pogo is strong contender for the psl rights
— Aditya raj (@adityaraj2kfrek) August 15, 2022
So this is why Sony, Star,Zee are boycotting mock auction because Indra Nooyi is involved both in ICC and Amazon.
— Tushar Sehgal (@TusharSehgal07) August 15, 2022
need behind the scenes like series for every major tournament which includes every team
— Prasad Kale (@thatpkale) August 15, 2022
Then expect the likes of Pankaj Tripathi in Mirzapur role to promote World cup like dekho nahi to thok denge..
— movieman (@movieman777) August 15, 2022
Wow boycott has gone international level, unreal influence of Bollywood
— Pushkar (@musafir_hu_yar) August 15, 2022
ICC should boycott these companies altogether.. they think they can have monopoly
— keep_going (@acalm_mind99) August 15, 2022
let them boycott.. DD sports will buy the rights 😎
— Niwash (@LarcNiwash) August 15, 2022
And Star wins it for XYZ,0000 Crores
— MahiEra (@themahiera) August 15, 2022


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Bayer in Singapore: 50 years of science, improving lives around the region
For global leader in healthcare and nutrition Bayer, Singapore is an ideal hub for engaging in the partnerships, research and outreach needed to bring innovative science and products to Asia Pacific.
Since 1971, Bayer has relied on Singapore’s excellent resources and connectivity to the region and the rest of the world in its work to prevent and cure diseases, improve everyday health and help feed a rising global population.
In the company’s vision of Health for All, Hunger for None, innovation and sustainability are core parts of Bayer’s corporate strategy, going hand in hand with the economic growth propelled by the fast-growing markets in Southeast Asia and the remaining Asia Pacific region.
“As a regional hub, we have the opportunity to advance Bayer’s global sustainability commitments from Singapore and make a difference in the lives of farmers, patients, people in general, as well as the environment,” said senior Bayer representative Ernst Coppens. “Singapore has cemented its status not only as a global hub for trade and commerce but as the leading digital economy that can facilitate sustainability in the region.”
COMMITMENT AND COLLABORATION, FOR INNOVATIVE MEDICINES
Singapore plays a key role in supporting Bayer’s commitment to empowering Asian patients with early access to its innovative treatments, said Ms Xiaolan Zhou, head of Commercial Operations at Bayer Pharma Asia Pacific (APAC).
“Our innovative medicines and collaborations have been addressing difficult-to-treat diseases such as cancer, stroke and eye diseases due to aging and diabetes that are prevalent in Singapore and in Asia Pacific over many decades,” said Ms Zhou. “With our long-standing partnerships with Singapore institutions, we will continue to make a difference to the lives of patients in the region through our breakthrough innovations.”
To date, Bayer has invested over S$27 million into research projects with Singapore institutions to find solutions to these difficult-to-treat diseases since 2007.
Last year, Bayer announced a five-year collaboration with the National Heart Centre Singapore to set up a Centre of Excellence for Explorative Cardiovascular Studies. The centre aims to generate and integrate high-quality patient data in order to create a better understanding of the underlying biology of cardiovascular disease. This could potentially lead to future targeted therapies to address current unmet needs in the area. Bayer will contribute S$5.4 million towards the setup of the centre.
Beyond research collaborations, Bayer partnered with NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore, in 2016 to launch Grants4Apps Singapore, an open innovation programme that calls for innovative health tech solutions to improve medication adherence in elderly people with chronic diseases. Bayer also launched the Healthy Hearts, Healthy Aging Asia Pacific Report at Innovfest Unbound in 2019.
In March this year, Bayer’s oral cancer precision therapy larotrectinib was approved by the Health Sciences Authority for the treatment of adults and children with solid tumours that display a NTRK (neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase) gene fusion, a rare genomic alteration that fuels tumour spread and growth.
Larotrectinib is designed to target the oncogenic driver of the tumour that causes it to spread and grow, rather than treating a tumour according to its location in the body. Ms Zhou explained that the precision therapy could be a game changer and fills a previously unmet medical need for patients with TRK fusion cancer.
ADVANCING INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE
According to Mr Jens Hartmann, head of Commercial Operations of Bayer Crop Science APAC, Bayer aims to empower 100 million smallholder farmers in developing countries by 2030 with innovation, knowledge and partnerships. This is in keeping with its sustainability targets set in line with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
“Smallholder farmers should have access to agronomic knowledge, products and services, which include access to tailored digital solutions,” said Mr Hartmann.
Bayer is driving the adoption of digital farming by introducing drone technology and apps to underscore the importance of data and precision farming for sustainable agriculture. For example, Bayer rolled out FarmRise, a digital advisory platform that provides agronomic information and advice to smallholder farmers in rural India to help them make informed strategic decisions, from planting to harvesting and off-loading their produce in the market.
Mr Hartmann said: “Digital tools and solutions allow farmers access to the value chain, provide market information about commodity prices, and link them to off-takers who will buy their harvest at fair prices, while also connecting them to financial institutions for their credit and financing needs.”
Another major step forward is Unfold, a new company invested in and formed by Leaps by Bayer in partnership with Temasek. Unfold seeks to unlock the genetic potential of vertical farming by utilising seed genetics (germplasm) from vegetable crops to develop new seed varieties. Mr Hartmann believes that vertical farming solutions by companies such as Unfold will help contribute to Singapore’s 30 by 30 food security programme, aimed at producing 30 per cent of the city’s nutritional needs by 2030.
Besides investing in new technology through Unfold, Bayer has a Crop Science Seeds Laboratory in Singapore as part of the global network of Crop Science Research and Development Centres dedicated to screening for innovative agronomic and quality traits and integrating them into crops for Asia Pacific.
SUPPORTING SELF-CARE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the importance of wellness and self-care, with rising demand for medication and self-care solutions from online shopping channels, said Mr Alvin So, head of Commercial Operations at Bayer Consumer Health ASEAN.
In Singapore and across ASEAN, boosting the support and availability of self-care could also lead to savings on health budgets and reduce the burden on existing primary healthcare systems.
As the fastest-growing among the top 10 consumer health companies in ASEAN*, Bayer has scaled up its digital business capabilities to expand access to self-care solutions. This meant giving digital consumers access to its self-care brands online, through helpful content on its websites and social media channels that enables them to take charge of their everyday health.
To further inspire consumers to take control of their health, Bayer last year ran numerous digital campaigns across ASEAN for its nutritional supplement brands such as Redoxon and Berocca.
Bayer is also one of the first mover consumer healthcare companies in e-commerce, and was on Shopee Southeast Asia's leaderboard as one of the top five selling brands in the healthcare category.
In addition, Bayer has reached out to underserved communities through the Nutrient Gap Initiative. The initiative aims to expand access to needed vitamins and minerals to 50 million people globally per year by 2030 through direct action and partnership with non-governmental organisations with a focus on intervention, education and advocacy.
“We are passionate about driving more public-private collaborations to enable consumer access to good-quality self-care medicines for minor illnesses, and promoting a robust self-care framework that advances the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 3 of good health and well-being in ASEAN,” said Mr So.
These campaigns, initiatives, research work and collaborations in the region have leveraged expertise from Bayer’s hub in Singapore – and Bayer is looking forward to investing further in coming years.
Said Mr Coppens: “We are grateful and proud of our employees for their dedication and contributions. We are thankful for the support and partnerships we have had in the country over the last 50 years. I am confident that we will build further from these achievements in the next 50 years, to fulfil Bayer’s vision of Health for All, Hunger for None.”
*In terms of sales in 2020, based on internal database TABs derived from IQVIA.


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Walt Disney Co. is shuffling executives and shuttering animation division Disneytoon Studios, based in Glendale, as it sets up for major changes at the company.
Disney is in the final stages of a possible acquisition of Fox, with shareholders scheduled to vote on the merger July 27. The company is also planning to bow a Disney streaming service next year to compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Last week, the company placed film marketing president Ricky Strauss in charge of content and marketing for its streaming service. He will handle original film and TV series for the new service. Strauss reports to Kevin Mayer, installed in March as head of Disney’s direct-to-consumer unit. Among Mayer’s duties are leading the ESPN+ streaming service launched this year and the company’s stake in Hulu. Asad Ayaz will take over Strauss’s former role as studio marketing president. Also, theatrical distribution chief Cathleen Taff was upped to president from EVP.
Last week was also a fadeout for Disneytoon Studios, which was known for direct-to-video sequels to The Little Mermaid, Mulan and other Disney classics; the “Fairies” DTV series featuring the Tinker Bell character; and theatrical forays such as Planes: Fire and Rescue.
“After much consideration, we have made the decision to end production activity and close Disneytoon Studios,” a Disney spokesperson said in a statement. The closure, first reported by Indiewire, is expected to result in the loss of an estimated 75 staff positions.
Animation veteran John Lasseter, who spearheaded Disneytoon Studios, was replaced by Pete Docter and Jennifer Lee on the creative team this month after acknowledging a pattern of inappropriate conduct with employees.


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Rooney responds to Twitter speculation
Wayne Rooney has responded to speculation about his Twitter biography via a statement released on his official website.
There have been reports that Rooney, 27, handed in a transfer request at United after becoming unhappy with his role at the club. However, a United spokesperson attempted to quell the rumours by saying the striker wasn't for sale.
Rooney has now clarified that Manchester United's name has never been on his Twitter account and confirmed that he added the name of Nike several weeks ago, contrary to various stories.
He said: "There's a load of rubbish being written about me changing twitter bio saying I have deleted Manchester United from it.
"I have never deleted Manchester United from the bio whatever the papers are saying because it was never on there.
"All that happened was that I was asked by Nike to add @nikeuk to it – the same as many other sportspeople they sponsor.
"Funny, no-one's written about that though!
"That change was made THREE weeks ago and yet people are talking about it as if its something that was put up yesterday."
In the same statement, Nike added: "A spokesperson for Nike confirmed: In April, we asked Wayne Rooney and other Nike sponsored athletes to add @nikeuk on to their profiles due to changes in ASA guidelines relating to athletes and social media."


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US consumer sentiment soared to a three-month high in early August. Against the backdrop of improving economic and household prospects. Inflation expectations were mixed, with inflation expectations for the next 5-10 years rising slightly to 3% (2.9% last month), while inflation expectations one year ahead were at 5% (5.2% last month), the lowest level since February. went down to
The US consumer price index for July announced on the 10th (ＣＰＩ) increased by 8.5% year-on-year, decelerating from the 9.1% increase in June, which was the highest growth in about 40 years. Food and housing costs have continued to rise, reflecting falling energy prices, and the US Fed is expected to continue raising interest rates to curb inflation.
The rise in consumer sentiment in early August was due to an improving outlook. The expectation index rose to 54.9 from 47.3 in the previous month, the highest level in three months. Meanwhile, the current situation index fell from 58.1 to 55.5.
“Despite a strong labor market and some signs of improvement in inflation, consumer sentiment remains very low by historical standards,” said Joan Shu, director of consumer research at the University of Michigan, in a statement. there is,” he pointed out.
An index of consumers’ one-year economic outlook improved to a four-month high. An index of household financial outlook hit a three-month high.
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The Monaco Cloud project was well-represented at the annual business expo, Monaco Business, at Le Meriden on Tuesday, October 4.
Operating Partner Arthur Allain Dupre, who worked on the development of the Principality’s cloud, explained that the Monaco Cloud project enables businesses in the Principality to safely store their data without the risk of that information becoming a target for foreign jurisdictions.
In particular, the US Cloud Act, a lesser-known cousin of the US Patriot Act, poses a threat to the inviolability of non-US data, as it was designed to enable US law enforcement bodies to access and use privately-held data in Europe.
Monaco businesses are able to join the Monaco Cloud from between 100 and 200 euros per month, Arthur told NEWS.MC, and safely store their data without the risk of compromise.
PHOTO: Mehdi Stouli, Security Engineer at Monaco Cloud, Giulia Saroufim, Head of Marketing and Communications at Monaco Cloud, and Arthur Allain Dupre, Operating Partner at Monaco Cloud. Martina Brodie


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(AFP) – South Korea yesterday put Japan into its own new export category, intensifying a trade war between the two neighbours and US allies.
The move came after Seoul announced earlier this month it would remove Tokyo from its list of trusted trading partners, reciprocating an identical move by Japan.
That followed Tokyo’s imposition of tough restrictions on exports crucial to tech titans such as Samsung following a series of South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese firms to pay for forced labour during World War II.
The dispute has raised concerns over the potential implications for their security cooperation in the face of North Korean missile tests, and the possible impact on global supply chains.
South Korea’s list of trade partners is currently divided into two groups, those who are members of the world’s top four export control agreements and those who are not.
But Seoul’s trade ministry said Monday it added a new category for countries that had signed the four pacts “but operate an export control system that violates international norms”.
Japan is the only country in the new category.
“Since it’s hard to work closely with a country that frequently violates the basic rules… we need an export control system that addresses this,” South Korean trade minister Sung Yun-mo told reporters.
Mr Sung did not offer examples of such violations by Japan.
The revision will be implemented in September, he said, adding that Seoul was open to negotiations with Tokyo.


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More than 10,000 customers were put on hold by the US auto industry last week as the US Government said it was going to halt all production of the 2018 Honda Civic, including models from the 2018 and 2019 models.
The Government’s action comes amid mounting pressure to rein in the production of premium cars and trucks.
Honda’s Civic, the only car in the range, was the subject of a class action lawsuit in April and the Government said in June it would take a range of actions including stopping production and halting all production, and ordering recall and recall related costs.
Now the US is in the process of ordering recalls of all Civic models from 2018 to 2019.
It is the first time Honda has stopped production of a new Civic in more than a decade, and comes as Honda has come under increasing pressure to make a comeback.
Civic has been the target of the Government’s actions because of its rising costs and safety record.
This year, Honda plans to start selling the 2018 Civic for about $50,000, according to the latest estimates.
As a result, Honda will have to sell about 15,000 of the Civic over the next three years, or about $2.3 million, which is more than the $1.3 billion cost of the 2017 Civic.
The Government said Honda’s current production lines would be closed, and it ordered recall costs for all of Honda’s 2018 and 2021 models from 2019 to 2022.
According to the Government, the company’s 2019 Civic will cost about $30,000 more than its 2017 model, and the 2019 Civic has a lower price tag.
Honda is currently in talks with the US government to make up the difference.
The government said it would also impose additional recall costs on other Civic models.
But Honda, which makes cars in Japan, said the Government was “making an unprecedented request that the Government halt all future production of Civic and Civic Hybrid vehicles”.
Hondas chief executive officer, Takahiro Hachigo, told reporters the Government should “stop making demands and start taking actions to resolve the problems that exist”.
The US Government has said it is trying to bring down costs in the country by capping the amount automakers can produce.
Hondias production of vehicles such as the Civic and the Civic Hybrid is at about 60,000 a year.
In the United States, there are more than 200,000 vehicles in production, including vehicles from Honda, General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Nissan and others.
Last month, the Government asked automakers to meet their 2020 target for making a new vehicle for every 100,000 cars sold.


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If it’s not upcycled, it’s not sustainable. That’s the hot take on denim from former fashion stylist Anna Foster, founder of East London Vintage (ELV) Denim. Her company, which was shortlisted for this year’s British Fashion Council/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, has a singular vision for the future of denim.
Since 2018, ELV Denim has taken secondhand jeans and chopped them into panels, piecing together the salvageable parts to form Frankenstein-style jeans with contrasting stripes. Its zero-waste formula, blended with a strong fashion sensibility, has proven a hit with leading international luxury retailers including Net-a-Porter, Neiman Marcus and Al Tayer.
There is plenty of denim for ELV Denim to work through. Around two billion new pairs are sold each year, according to non-profit the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Market research firm Prescient & Strategic Intelligence estimates the global denim market will be worth $79.2 billion by 2023.
ELV Denim only uses 100 per cent cotton and only cuts up jeans that cannot be otherwise salvaged. Branded finishings — buttons, rivets and exterior labels — are recycled wherever possible, while unbranded zips are reused in the new jeans.


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New Delhi | Jagran Technology Desk: Tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to introduce its budget-friendly smartphone iPhone SE model early next year. According to the leaks, the company will launch the third generation iPhone SE also called as iPhone SE 3, in the first quarter of 2022. If the leaks are to be believed, then the smartphone will be launched by the end of March 2022 and will remain a mid-range smartphone.
However, the company is yet to make an official announcement regarding the launch. According to Taiwanese research firm TrenForce, Apple's market share will witness a strong increase with the launch of the iPhone SE 3.
Expected cost of iPhone SE 3
In terms of price, the iPhone SE3 smartphone is expected to cost CNY 3299 or $399 (approximately Rs 29,891) in China and worldwide. The price is similar to the iPhone SE (2020).
Expected feature of iPhone SE 3
iPhone SE 3 is expected to come with a 4.7-inch LCD display, and the smartphone will be offered in an aluminum body. iPhone SE 3 will be powered by 5nm A15 Bionic and will support 5G networks. If we talk about the design, then the new device will be based on the iPhone XR design. The smartphone is also expected to come with improved performance with upgraded internals. The smartphone will have Touch-ID sensor/home button features. Since iPhone SE 3 is expected to come with 5G support, this will be one of the biggest upgrades for this phone. As for the cameras, rumours suggest it could be the same 12-megapixel rear camera and a 7-megapixel front camera.
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Parenteral Nutrition Market Revenue, Opportunity, Segment and Key Trends 2017-2023
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A new research report published by Infinium Global Research identified that the Global Parenteral Nutrition Market is set to grow due to growing prevalence of chronic diseases such as bowel cancer, and colorectal cancer among others; and increasing incidences of malnutrition in the near future.
Government initiatives in emerging markets and economic development in emerging markets of Asia, Latin America and Africa to augment the healthcare expenditure per capita, and novel combinations of parenteral nutrition are expected to bring new opportunities. The global market size of parenteral nutrition was USD 4.86 billion in 2016 and it is projected to reach to 7.62 billion growing at a CAGR of 6.7% between 2017 and 2023.
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North America accounted for the largest market for parenteral nutrition over the past couple years with market share over 41%. The Europe accounted for the second largest market share after North America. Presence of medical reimbursement facilities and technological advancements in the region are considered to be the key factors driving the dominance of North America in global parenteral nutrition market. The Asia-Pacific region is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of. The growth of Asia pacific parenteral nutrition market is considered to be driven by rapidly increasing per capita healthcare expenditure and higher focus on research in parenteral nutrition by key players across the region. Developing economies in Asia pacific such as India and China are likely to bring more opportunities for major player over the forecast period.
Increasing cases of malnutrition are likely to provide opportunities for the key players in the world.
Malnutrition is one of the major issues in the major countries in the world. Several underdeveloped, and developing countries have a significant number of children suffering from malnutrition. Children under the age of 5 are more vulnerable and face stunting and nutrition deficiency in majority of these countries. The governments of several countries now have taken initiative to eradicate malnutrition among the children. Since 1990 the global prevalence of stunting has decreased with an average annual rate of reduction of 2.1% per year during this period. The number of stunted children under-five years of age in the world has declined from an estimated 253 million (241, 265 million) in 1990 to 165 million (151, 179 million).
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The report segments the global parenteral nutrition market as:
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SichuanKelun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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Almost 37 billion individuals have been affected by the pause, having a postponed of $195bn out of costs given that start of pandemic
Senator Charles Schumer talks through the news conference with the intend to terminate pupil loans, at the Hunter School for the New york, on . Photograph: Lev Radin/Pacific Push/Rex/Shutterstock
Senator Charles Schumer talks while in the news conference towards want to cancel college student personal debt, in the Huntsman School inside the Ny, towards the . Photograph: Lev Radin/Pacific Drive/Rex/Shutterstock
“Our company is nonetheless getting over this new pandemic therefore the unmatched financial disruption it triggered,” Biden said in the a statement on Wednesday, incorporating you to definitely studies in the Government Set-aside advised when choices was to resume, “millions of student loan consumers carry out deal with tall monetary difficulty, and you can delinquencies and you will defaults you may jeopardize Americans’ financial balance”.
Nearly 37 mil borrowers had been impacted by the brand new stop, having a defer off $195bn away from money since start of pandemic, depending on the Federal Set aside of the latest York.
In addition to the expansion, the newest Light Home announced one to consumers that have defaulted otherwise try outstanding to their fund will get a good “new initiate” on the payments shortly after range resumes. Effects educated by consumers who’ve defaulted on their college loans include which have income tax refunds withheld, wage garnishment and you may diminished personal safety benefits.
“Within the pause, we’re going to remain all of our arrangements to offer consumers an innovative new initiate also to make certain that the individuals gain access to payment agreements that satisfy the financial activities and requires,” the education assistant, Miguel Cardona, said inside the an announcement.
Supporters for these with student financial obligation, have been pushing the latest Biden management to give https://paydayloansmichigan.org/ the newest pause to have weeks, applauded the newest extension of the stop however, noted your four-times extension are too-short for consumers and for the Company out of Studies to get ready so you’re able to restart series.
“The fresh stop is a short-term measure which should be in-service of a long-identity enhance, otherwise borrowers age crunch five days regarding today,” Abby Shafroth, interim movie director of your own National Consumer Laws Center’s Loan Borrower Recommendations Investment, told you inside a statement.
The latest statement of one’s extension together with arrives from the straight back out-of an excellent rally kept within the Arizona DC on the Friday urging Biden to help you terminate student debt downright. At the conclusion of February, dozens of Popular lawmakers signed a page asking Biden to extend this new pause up until at least the end of the season and you will “provide significant college student financial obligation cancellation”.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who finalized the fresh new letter, tweeted into Tuesday that extensions could be see given that “smart politics” but still hop out consumers with instability.
“I really don’t believe men and women visitors see the stress and you may problems it explanations individuals get very near to such due dates only to increase the brand new uncertainty,” she tweeted.
I do believe some people comprehend this type of extensions because experienced government, but I don’t thought men and women someone comprehend the worry and sickness they explanations men and women to score thus alongside these types of work deadlines just to give the newest uncertainty. It doesn’t have the affect individuals believe it can.
The brand new Senate most commander, Chuck Schumer, who as well as finalized the latest letter, mentioned that the brand new expansion is “a very good material” but extra that Biden is move forward having bigger debt cancellation.
“New chairman is going subsequent and forgive $fifty,100 for the student education loans forever. It’s a massive load on more and more people,” Schumer advised journalists into Wednesday.
Due to the fact an applicant to possess chairman, Biden supported the very thought of cancelling no less than $ten,000 out-of student education loans for every single individual. Because the entering office, Biden has been mum into the any intends to terminate student financial obligation.
Last day, Biden’s chief out of team, Ron Klain, ideal your management is actually given principles that go past a beneficial stop expansion claiming: “Issue in the event there is certainly specific administrator action towards the beginner loans forgiveness whenever costs restart is actually a decision we will grab prior to costs restart.”


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XC40 became very successful project for Volvo — it has a number of awards since its launch, and the electric version is going to be yet another game changer, making Volvo the first automaker with fully electrified lineup.
Forecasting its upcoming success, Volvo actively shares details and teasers of the electric SUV. For instance, one of the key XC40’s interior features is going to be the infotainment system with Google software. The automaker already shared several screenshots of a new UI.
Electric XC40 owners are going to get access to Google apps (like Google Maps and Google Assisstant), as well as third-party apps that may be useful for drivers, like Spotify.
Electric Volvo XC40 launch event us scheduled on October 16.


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Students from grades five to eight participated in a number of workshops on cyber bullying. staying safe online and cyber security as part of a Digital Smarts Day organised by Singtel Optus on Wednesday.
Kids Helpline is today launching what it describes as a world first - a project to provide online group counselling to Aussie teens through social media.
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Even before Joe Biden entered the White House, the Democrats pushed for more restrictions and regulations surrounding gun laws in America. With the recent mass shootings in America, the Biden administration urged Americans to stand with them as they banned certain assault rifles from being purchased and owned in the United States. Biden tried to reason with voters, suggesting one could not own a cannon and how deer don’t wear a Kevlar vest in the wild. While the Democrats have been met with backlash when it comes to the second amendment, it seems that some credit card companies created a new code that will put purchases of guns and ammo into a certain category.
According to CBS News, “Merchant category codes are made up of four digits and are used across all sorts of industries as a means to classify retailers, while not revealing individual product purchases. Credit card companies currently lump firearm retailers in with other outlets, classifying them as either ‘5999: Miscellaneous retail stores’ or ‘5941: Sporting Goods Stores’. With a new code for firearms merchants, potentially suspicious purchasing patterns could be flagged to law enforcement — much the same way banks and credit unions made more than 1.4 million suspicious activity reports in 2021.”
While gaining support from the Democrats, the creation of a unique code for gun sales has been pushed by the Amalgamated Bank of New York for some time now. Each attempt has been denied and smothered with opposition. But now, Democrats like Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Madeleine Dean wrote a letter to Visa, Master Card, and American Express, urging them to adopt the idea. “The creation of a new [merchant category code] for gun and ammunition retail stores would be the first step towards facilitating the collection of valuable financial data that could help law enforcement in countering the financing of terrorism efforts.”
Weighing the idea, Visa replied to the Democrats, writing, “We believe that asking payment networks to serve as a moral authority by deciding which legal goods can or cannot be purchased sets a dangerous precedent. We understood Amalgamated Bank’s request to be justified, at least in part, by an interest in blocking transactions that would fall under such a new category, and Visa’s rules expressly prohibit blocking of legal transactions under an MCC”
CEO of Amalgamated Bank Priscilla Sims Brown explained, “We all have to do our part to stop gun violence. And it sometimes starts with illegal purchases of guns and ammunition. The new code will allow us to fully comply with our duty to report suspicious activity and illegal gun sales to authorities without blocking or impeding legal gun sales. This action answers the call of millions of Americans who want safety from gun violence and we are proud to have led the broad coalition of advocates, shareholders, and elected officials that achieved this historic outcome.”
This piece was written by Jeremy Porter on September 12, 2022. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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Business to business (B2B) social media marketing has always been a harder nut to crack than its business to consumer (B2C) counterpart, and a new study has suggested that marketing departments refusal to embrace new social channels might be one reason why.
While more B2B marketers are using social media sites than ever before, Facebook (83 percent), Twitter (80 percent) and LinkedIn (80 percent) are far and away the platforms of choice for the majority of brands, with YouTube (61 percent) and Google+ (39 percent) rounding out the top five.
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Discovering western Washington grains in a glass
By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Demand for locally grown beer and booze has set the stage for craft brewing and distilling industries to capitalize on the flavors of western Washington wheat and barley.
“If you come to Skagit Valley to look at the tulips, you probably don’t notice that there are 15,000 acres of wheat and barley,” said Stephen Jones, wheat breeder and director of the Washington State University Mount Vernon Research Center. The grains are important rotation crops for maintaining soil health when grown between cycles of the vegetables and flowers that are the bread and butter of valley farmers.
The grains also embody the region’s terroir – flavors that reflect the unique soil, water and climate of a place. This has proven a revelation to farmers, chefs, millers, artisan bakers and craft brewers and distillers who, along with Jones, hope to usher in a renaissance of grain in western Washington.
The annual Cascadia Grains Conference (http://cascadiagrains.com) this weekend will bring together farmers, processors and end-users – as well as investors, brokers and local government officials – to support rebuilding a grain economy west of the Cascade Mountains.
The heart and soul of beer
While the bread lab at WSU Mount Vernon recently has enjoyed the limelight among chefs and bakers nationally and internationally, craft brewers and distillers also are paying close attention to WSU’s research with grains grown in the region.
“Malted barley is the heart and soul of beer. So a prayer was answered when the Skagit Valley Malting Company was conceived – a local malting company geared for craft brewing,” said Charles Finkel, founder and owner of Pike Place Brewing Company, one of the first five microbreweries established in Washington in the late 1980s.
Cool nights, long summer days and rain mean that grains grown in western Washington don’t experience drought stress and therefore have a low protein content, said malting company co-founder Wayne Carpenter.
“This is wonderful for distilling and brewing,” he said. “Low protein grain can only be grown in six places in the world. One of them is here.”
Craft brewing has grown into an estimated $440 million (in 2012) industry in the state. Carpenter and Jones estimate the Skagit Valley could support double the grain that grows there now.
Skagit Valley Malting Company’s 11,000-square-foot malting facility, located just down the road from the WSU research center, is scheduled to come on line this year. It is designed to produce 2,500 to 3,000 tons per year of finished malt. This may sound like a lot, but according to Carpenter it would serve only 5 percent of the microbreweries in the state.
Meanwhile, total sales for the nascent craft distilling industry are estimated to be $9.2 million since 2011, when the Washington State Liquor Control Board began recording sales data.
The state allows small batch distilling (up to 60,000 gallons a year) and requires that 50 percent of the raw ingredients be grown in Washington, a rule intended to benefit farmers and the state economy.
Spirits of experimentation
The family-owned Westland Distillery in Seattle is the first single malt whiskey distillery in Washington and the largest in North America, producing 1,200 liters daily, six days a week.
President and co-founder Emerson Lamb said it is important that his product reflect its place of origin: “That’s why we’re really excited to work with Skagit Valley Malting. We can be hyper-local with flavor.”
Roasting and kilning the grain in the malting process is what creates the palette of flavors a distiller can work with, Lamb said. But climate and grain variety affect kernel size and husk thickness, he said, and these contribute to flavor in whiskey.
As a small distiller, Lamb has the flexibility to produce single batch, single varietal or even single farm whiskeys. He embraces a spirit of experimentation and is grateful to find that same spirit at WSU Mount Vernon.
“We see science and academia pushing the envelope in terms quality and consistency,” he said. “What’s so exciting about that is that whiskey is ready for it.”
Jones and his research team are using traditional breeding methods to develop and test contemporary and historic varieties of wheat, barley and oats. They are developing grain varieties that are not only suited to the maritime climate of the Skagit River delta, but that offer unique qualities that commodity grain production has left behind.
“It’s changing the way we look at grains here in the valley,” said Dave Hedlin, an organic and conventional vegetable grower in La Conner, Wash. “Now it’s, ‘How can you grow it, organically or conventionally, to get these attributes that are desirable?’ ” He said he is thrilled to have more market options for his grain crops.
Jones and Carpenter envision a western Washington grain economy that offers more options for everyone. With a strong desire to create market alternatives that are tied to place, the components are lining up – research to produce and test grains that farmers can grow for added value, more varieties brewers and distillers can select for custom malting, passionate entrepreneurs along the supply chain and the resulting libations that impart local flavor and pride of place.
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Stephen Jones, WSU Mount Vernon Research and Extension Center, 360-416-5210, email@example.com
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M&S, Tesco and Aldi to resume taking supplies from food plant in West Bromwich which was shut down following a Guardian/ITV investigation
The scandal-ridden 2 Sisters Food Group chicken factory in West Bromwich is to resume production next week after “significant changes” at the plant and the introduction of full-time Food Standards Agency (FSA) officials to oversee its procedures.
The move comes after the country’s largest supplier of supermarket chicken temporarily shut the plant five weeks ago, following undercover filming by the Guardian and ITV News that revealed poor hygiene standards and food safety records being altered.
Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Aldi said they would resume taking supplies from the factory, where a team of M&S technologists had been working on site and as “the FSA will have a full-time presence at the site to support the 2 Sisters management team”.
Marks & Spencer said: “We have assessed the changes made at the site by 2 Sisters and are confident it can meet our high production standards. We will work closely with the site’s management team and the FSA in the coming weeks.”
Tesco added: “Following the retraining programme carried out by 2 Sisters at its West Bromwich site, we can confirm we will begin to receive orders from the site again in the coming days.
“We are satisfied the issues have been addressed and work will now be carried out to our high production standards. We’ll continue to work with 2 Sisters and the FSA as the site gets back up and running.”
Aldi said: “As a result of the remedial measures 2 Sisters Food Group have put in place we are satisfied that all issues have been resolved.”
A spokesman for 2 Sisters said: “We can confirm that following comprehensive retraining sessions with all colleagues during October, we are restarting production at our site D facility in West Bromwich (w/c 6 November).
“This will be phased over the coming weeks, working closely with our customers in the process.
“We would like to thank our colleagues at the site who have acted with understanding and professionalism during this unsettling period.”
The reopening is a welcome piece of news for the site’s 850 workers, who have been retrained following the scandal and whose jobs were at risk without changes being made to the running of the plant.
The announcement is also timely for the food company, which is scheduled to announce its financial results to investors on Tuesday. The closure of the plant was costing the company £500,000 a week.
In September, Marks & Spencer, Aldi and Lidl all announced they had suspended deliveries from the West Bromwich factory immediately after the airing of the undercover footage, and they were followed over the next two days by Sainsbury’s and Tesco. M&S said the video showed “unacceptable” standards and also pulled chicken sourced from the plant from its shelves.
Sainsbury’s said it had no plans to resume supplies from the West Bromwich factory. Lidl said its position had not changed.
The scandal also led to the group’s founder and chief executive, Ranjit Singh Boparan, being grilled in front of a parliamentary select committee last month, during which he apologised for the crisis and pledged to fund the cost of independent inspectors to police all 12 of his UK chicken sites.
The concessions came during a session of the Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee, in which Boparan, whose firm produces one-third of all poultry products eaten in the UK, was evasive when quizzed if the company had breached food safety regulations, and repeatedly declined to answer direct questions on the topic.
The inquiry was called after the Guardian and ITV News recorded undercover footage in August showing an instance of 2 Sisters workers altering the source and slaughter date of poultry being processed at the firm’s Site D plant in West Bromwich.
Other 2 Sisters workers have also told the Guardian and ITV News that they have been instructed to alter “kill dates”. Further footage showed chicken being retrieved from the floor of the plant and returned to the production line, plus older chicken being mixed with fresher birds.
Prof Chris Elliott, a food safety academic from Queen’s University Belfast who led the UK government’s independent review of food systems after the 2013 horsemeat scandal, said he had inspected many food businesses in the past four years and had “never seen one operate under such poor standards” as the video evidence showed.
While Boparan apologised for the factory’s problems and admitted that the footage showing the changing of kill dates looked wrong, he contested MPs’ claims that altering the labels was a breach of regulations.
The entrepreneur claimed employees were actually correcting slaughter dates erroneously attached to trays of chicken crowns, although subsequent comments by his technical director, Chris Gilbert-Wood, have been more measured with him telling MPs that this was what “could be” happening in the footage.
The worker shown changing the kill dates has been dismissed, after the company instigated disciplinary proceedings citing allegations he had breached food safety regulations.
2 Sisters Food Group is the UK’s second-largest food processing company by turnover and claims to handle about 6m chickens every week.


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On April 12, Japanese carmaker Honda said that it will invest Y5tn ($40bn) into electric vehicles (EVs) over the next 10 years, but expects hybrid vehicles to continue playing a prominent role in its growth until at least 2030.
Honda’s plans to allocate about Y3.5tn to research and development (R&D) expenses into electrification and software technologies, plus a further Y1.5tn to R&D investments.
Central to transition
Despite these lofty EV plans, Honda executives believe that hybrids, which combine a small internal combustion engine with a battery, will “continue to evolve” and be central to the transition away from conventional fossil fuel powered vehicles.
“It is not the case that it’s the end of hybrids and we will all switch to EVs [...] We will continue to rely on hybrids as one of our powerful weapons [for growth],” said Toshihiro Mibe, the CEO of Honda, in a press briefing on April 12.
Honda said it will launch 30 EV models on a global scale by 2030, with a goal to have a production volume of more than 2 million units each year. It also aims for EVs to make up 40% of global sales by 2030. To achieve this, the company plans to build dedicated EV plants in Guangzhou and Wuhan, China, and another dedicated EV production line in North America.
Shinji Aoyama, a senior managing executive officer at Honda, highlighted in the press briefing the importance of global battery procurement and development in the carmaker’s EV plans.
“We will accelerate our next generation battery development independently at our own R&D [facilities] to establish our own technology after the late 2020s,” said Mr Aoyama.
The company said it would procure Ultium batteries from General Motors (GM) in the North America region. Separate from its tie-up with GM, Honda is “exploring the possibility” of creating a joint venture (JV) for battery production, thereby following in the footsteps of other global automakers like Stellantis and Toyota.
In China, Honda will continue to source batteries from CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, while Envision AESC will supply the company domestically in Japan.
Next generation batteries
Honda is also intending to invest about Y43bn to build a demonstration production line for all-solid state batteries. These new generation batteries are being developed by several original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and have the potential to be cheaper and easier to charge than conventional lithium-ion batteries.
“Various OEMS are constantly making announcements [about solid state batteries]. Naturally we want to come up with an all-solid-state battery which is competitive,” said Mr Aoyama.
Honda has been trying to expand its EV commitment through other partnerships. On top of its tie-up with GM, the company announced in March that it would establish a JV with Sony to produce EVs, with first sales due to start in 2025.
fDi Markets data since 2016 shows that Honda has made significantly less foreign greenfield investments into EV-related activities compared to its peers. Toyota has meanwhile announced over 20 FDI projects into EVs with an estimated capital expenditure of over $10.5bn.


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Google Play store comes pre-installed with all smartphones that run on Android software. Regardless of whether old or new Android version, all phones come bundled with Play store and millions and billions of apps with it. Over the last few years, the number of app developers have gone up by many folds. These days, you will find an app for everything possible, be it for drinking water reminder, home workout, and many more. Also Read - WhatsApp may have finally found a remedy for this long-term Android iOS issue
Google Play store lists apps across different categories including gaming, adventure, sports, fitness, nature, leisure, and more. The Play store also categories apps in terms of top free, top paid, new releases and more. Let’s take a look at top free apps on Google Play store in this week. Also Read - How to hide your online status on Instagram
Top 5 free apps on Google Play store
This is surprising. Meesho app is available for download on both Play store and Apple App store. Meesho is the top Google Play store app that basically allows users to earn money buy sitting at home. Users will just need to sell products available on the platform to their friends and earn commission for it. Also Read - Instagram starts testing subscription service for creators
Instagram is the second top free app on the play store. Facebook owned photo sharing app is one of the most used social media apps globally. Instagram lets users share photos, videos, Reels and much more. The social media app is available for both Android and iPhone users.
Snapchat is the third top free app this week. Snapchat is one of the most users social media apps in the country alongside Instagram, Facebook, among others. The social media app is available for both Android and iPhone users.
Google Meet takes the fourth spot in the list. The video calling app gained wide popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic since last year. Google Meet is one of the most used video calling platforms available in the country. The video calling app is available for both Android and iPhone users.
Flipkart is the fifth top free app on Play store this week. Flipkart is among the best online shopping platforms in the country besides Amazon, and some others. The online shopping platform is available for download on both Play store as well as Apple App store.
Next five apps in the list are: Zoom, Facebook, Truecaller, and PLAYit.


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Teens are more likely than their parents to say digital technology makes their lives easier; Parents of teens are less likely now than in 2004 to say the internet is a good thing for their children.
Teens and their parents1 often have similar technology profiles in the gadgets they use and the frequency with which they use them. But teens are notably more likely than their parents to say that the internet and related technology has made their own lives easier.
- 89% of online teens say the internet and other devices in their lives like cell phones, iPods, and digital cameras make their lives easier, while 71% of their parents say these technologies make their lives easier.
Furthermore, while a majority of parents with online teens still believe the internet is a beneficial factor in their children’s lives, there has been a decrease since 2004 in the number of parents who believe the internet is a good thing for their children.
At the same time, there has not been a corresponding increase in the percentage of parents who think the internet has been a bad thing for their children. Instead, more parents are neutral about whether their children have been positively affected by the internet, saying the internet has not had an effect on their child one way or another.
In most families, internet use is a subject of family rule-making and discussion. The content of web material, more than the time spent online, galvanizes the most parental intervention.
These findings are based on a survey of 935 parents and the youth in their families ages 12 to 17. It was fielded from October 23-November 19, 2006. The margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Other findings about teens and their parents
The role of digital technology in families continues to grow. Many of the results in the most recent survey are compared to another survey conducted by the Project in October 2004.
More parents and teens are online
Some 93% of youth are online and 94% of their parents are online. Overall, 87% of parents who have a child ages 12-17 use the internet, up from 80% in the 2004 survey.
There are several parts of the data in this survey that show that the tech profile of parents and teens often mirror each other. Parents who use the internet frequently have teenage children who use the internet frequently.
In general, online parents use the internet at the same level of frequency as they did in 2004. Slightly more than half (51%) of online parents report accessing the internet at least once a day from home, and slightly less than half of online parents (47%) report accessing the internet at least once a day from work. Overall, parents are more likely to report using the internet on a weekly basis from home than from work. Almost one-third of parents (32%) report that they never use the internet at work.
Parents and teens own a similar number of gadgets, but parents and children in the same household do not always own the same kinds of devices.
The majority of parents (64%) and teens (60%) in this survey own two or three gadgets; family members living in the same household also tend to own the same number of gadgets. However, in many cases, these parent-child pairs do not own the same devices.
Cell phones are the most widely-owned device among parents, followed by desktop computers. Among teens, desktop computers are the most widely-owned devices, followed by cell phones. Two-thirds of desktop-owning parents (64%) have children who also own desktop computers and 60% of parents who own cell phones have children who own them as well. This is not the case for the other gadgets which we asked about in this survey.
This difference is most pronounced with iPods and other MP3 playing devices, the one technological device that teens are more likely to own than their parents. Over half of teens (51%) report owning an iPod or MP3 playing device compared with 29% of parents, and yet 22% of parents who own iPods or similar devices live with children who also own a digital music-playing device.
This data suggest that parents who own more sophisticated and costly technology devices such as PDAs and laptops do not tend to give those same gadgets to their children. Rather than benefiting from a “hand-me-down” program, teens who own sophisticated gadgets have convinced their parents to buy these gadgets for them or have earned money to purchase these devices for themselves.
Parents with more household income and education are more likely to use the internet and have other gadgets.
As in 2004, internet use among parents with teenagers correlates directly with income. Of parents who live in households earning more than $75,000 a year, 98% report that they use the internet. At the lowest end of the household income spectrum (people who earn $30,000 or less), 60% of parents report that they go online.
Parents who have higher levels of education and larger household incomes are more likely to have a computer (either a laptop or a desktop) than parents who have less education and lower incomes, and they are also more likely to own smaller gadgets such as PDAs and iPods than parents who are not as well-educated and do not earn as much money. Parents of online teens are more likely to own gadgets than parents of teens who are not online (especially desktop computers, laptops, and iPods/MP3 players).
White parents are more likely to report using the internet than black parents. Fully 88% of white parents say they use the internet at least occasionally, compared with 72% of black parents. Hispanic parents who speak English fall in between white and black parents, with 84% saying that they use the internet at least occasionally. Of the parents that use the internet, there are no statistically significant differences in terms of frequency of use according to race.
Teens are more likely than their parents to see tech devices as helpful.
Teens are far more likely than their parents to view technological devices as playing helpful roles in their lives. Eighty-eight percent of all teens say that technology devices make their lives easier, compared with 69% of all parents who were asked about technology’s role in their own lives. While teens are more likely say that information and communication devices make their lives easier, teens who use the internet daily are much more likely to say so than teens who use the internet less than several times a week. With regard to parents, mothers are more likely than fathers to report that technology devices make their lives easier.
The type of gadgets parents own is unrelated to whether they report that technology has made their lives easier. Parents who own PDAs and laptops are just as likely to report that technology has made their lives easier as parents who own desktops, cell phones, and iPods or other MP3 players. However, the experiences that teens have with certain gadgets are associated with how teens feel about gadgets and technology in general. Teens who have desktops and cell phones are more likely to say that gadgets make life easier than teens who do not own those particular technology devices.2
Parents are now less likely to say that the internet has been a good thing for their children.
While well over half of all parents of online teens (59%) say that the internet has been a good thing for their children, that number has decreased a statistically significant amount from 67% in 2004. However, there has not been a corresponding change in the percent of parents who think the internet has been a bad thing for their children. Instead, more parents are becoming ambivalent about whether their children have been positively affected by the internet. In 2006, 30% of parents of online teens said that they did not think that the internet had an effect on their children one way or the other compared to 25% of parents in 2004. In general, parents who are highly educated are more likely to think that email and the internet have been good things for their children than parents with less education.
Ownership of high-end gadgets such as PDAs or laptops affects parents’ attitudes towards the internet. Parents who own devices such as PDAs and laptops are more likely to think the internet has been a good thing for their children than parents who do not own similar gadgets. Over two-thirds (68%) of parents who own PDAs or laptops say the internet has been a good thing for their children compared with 52% of parents who do not own those devices. On the other hand, parents who do not own PDAs or laptops are more likely to say that the internet has had no effect one way or the other on their children. Thirty-seven percent of parents who do not own PDAs or laptops are ambivalent about the internet’s impact on their children compared with 21% of their “techie” parent counterparts.
The majority of parents are trying to stay involved with teens’ online lives.
Despite the stereotype of the clueless parent, parents of today’s online teens are staying involved in their children’s online lives. Some 65% of parents report that after their child has been on the internet, they check to see what websites he or she viewed. In addition, almost three quarters of parents (74%) can correctly identify whether or not their online teen has ever created his/her own social networking site profile that others can see at sites such as MySpace or Facebook.
Parents are more concerned about media content than the amount of time their kids spend with media devices.
Parents of teenagers are more vigilant about regulating the media content consumed by their children than the amount of time their children spend in front of a screen. Over two-thirds of parents (68%) say they have rules about the kinds of internet sites their teenaged children can or cannot visit, as well as rules about what kinds of information their children can share with people they talk to on the internet. Three-fourths (77%) of parents say they have rules about what sort of television shows their children are allowed to watch, and 67% of all parents say they have rules about the kinds of video games their children can play.
Parents also make rules about the amount of time their teenaged children spend with media, but time with various media forms is not as widely controlled as the media content. There are no significant differences between the number of parents who have rules about the time their kids spend with television, the internet, and video games. Fifty-eight percent of all parents regulate how much time their children can spend watching television, 59% of all parents regulate how much time their children can spend playing video games, and 55% of all parents have rules about how much time their children can spend using the internet. However, a significantly greater percentage of online parents create rules about the amount of time that their children can spend on the internet than create rules about how much time their children can spend watching television – 69% of parents of online teens report regulating how much time their children spend on the web, while only 57% of those same parents have rules for how long their children are allowed to watch television.
The majority of parents have media rules for both content and time. However, parents that only have one type of rule are more likely to make rules about media content rather than the time spent with the media device. If the parent does not institute both types of rules, he or she is more likely to have no media rules at all than to create rules around how much time their teen can spend using television, video games, or the internet.


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Just got a text from rockbandaide that says the pax east panels have been announced and that it's confirmed hmx is announcing a new title. So what does everyone think it is? Rock Band 4? A new kind of Rock Band? Dance Central 3? Or a new ip?
"Join Harmonix developers as they discuss and dissect ten years of beatmatch gameplay creation, tracking their long and glorious tradition of designing music rhythm games like Frequency and Amplitude right up to the first public reveal of a brand new title!"
Given the topic they're discussing, my bet is on rb4(or at least a rb style game).


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Mitigating Synthetic Identity Security Risks
Bad actors continue to accelerate their use of inauthentic or captured online identities to facilitate their activities. Whether it’s phishing for credentials, making use of leaked identity databases or scraping publicly accessible information, they take advantage of weaknesses in identity management systems and inadequate awareness to make their way into and, once inside, around systems.
Our guest this week is Recorded Future’s Vice President of Product Management, Jamie Zajac. She explains the ongoing challenges organizations face with identity fraud, and what can be done to prevent it.
This podcast was produced in partnership with the CyberWire.