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Find a cuboid (with edges of integer values) that has a surface
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find them all?
Choose a couple of the sequences. Try to picture how to make the next, and the next, and the next... Can you describe your reasoning?
Rectangles are considered different if they vary in size or have different locations. How many different rectangles can be drawn on a chessboard?
Three circles have a maximum of six intersections with each other.
What is the maximum number of intersections that a hundred circles
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Can you find a rule which connects consecutive triangular numbers?
A useful visualising exercise which offers opportunities for
discussion and generalising, and which could be used for thinking
about the formulae needed for generating the results on a
Show that all pentagonal numbers are one third of a triangular number.
Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd
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Imagine starting with one yellow cube and covering it all over with
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layer of blue cubes. How many red and blue cubes would you need?
Here are four tiles. They can be arranged in a 2 by 2 square so that this large square has a green edge. If the tiles are moved around, we can make a 2 by 2 square with a blue edge... Now try to. . . .
How many moves does it take to swap over some red and blue frogs? Do you have a method?
Triangle numbers can be represented by a triangular array of squares. What do you notice about the sum of identical triangle numbers?
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a
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paint on their faces?
Euler discussed whether or not it was possible to stroll around Koenigsberg crossing each of its seven bridges exactly once. Experiment with different numbers of islands and bridges.
In a three-dimensional version of noughts and crosses, how many winning lines can you make?
Two motorboats travelling up and down a lake at constant speeds
leave opposite ends A and B at the same instant, passing each
other, for the first time 600 metres from A, and on their return,
400. . . .
If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable.
Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.
A package contains a set of resources designed to develop pupils'
mathematical thinking. This package places a particular emphasis on
"visualising" and is designed to meet the needs. . . .
Can you mark 4 points on a flat surface so that there are only two
different distances between them?
On the graph there are 28 marked points. These points all mark the
vertices (corners) of eight hidden squares. Can you find the eight
hidden squares?
Use the animation to help you work out how many lines are needed to draw mystic roses of different sizes.
Can you dissect a square into: 4, 7, 10, 13... other squares? 6, 9,
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A huge wheel is rolling past your window. What do you see?
Watch these videos to see how Phoebe, Alice and Luke chose to draw 7 squares. How would they draw 100?
A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle
contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100
squares? Can you find them all?
How could Penny, Tom and Matthew work out how many chocolates there
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Draw a square. A second square of the same size slides around the
first always maintaining contact and keeping the same orientation.
How far does the dot travel?
What would be the smallest number of moves needed to move a Knight
from a chess set from one corner to the opposite corner of a 99 by
99 square board?
In the game of Noughts and Crosses there are 8 distinct winning
lines. How many distinct winning lines are there in a game played
on a 3 by 3 by 3 board, with 27 cells?
What size square corners should be cut from a square piece of paper to make a box with the largest possible volume?
Imagine an infinitely large sheet of square dotty paper on which you can draw triangles of any size you wish (providing each vertex is on a dot). What areas is it/is it not possible to draw?
Can you maximise the area available to a grazing goat?
Imagine you are suspending a cube from one vertex (corner) and
allowing it to hang freely. Now imagine you are lowering it into
water until it is exactly half submerged. What shape does the
surface. . . .
These are pictures of the sea defences at New Brighton. Can you
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and work out a way they might fit together?
How many different ways can I lay 10 paving slabs, each 2 foot by 1
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into my garden, without cutting any of the paving slabs?
Show that among the interior angles of a convex polygon there
cannot be more than three acute angles.
How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?
A cyclist and a runner start off simultaneously around a race track each going at a constant speed. The cyclist goes all the way around and then catches up with the runner. He then instantly turns. . . .
Choose any two numbers. Call them a and b. Work out the arithmetic mean and the geometric mean. Which is bigger? Repeat for other pairs of numbers. What do you notice?
ABCD is a regular tetrahedron and the points P, Q, R and S are the midpoints of the edges AB, BD, CD and CA. Prove that PQRS is a square.
Start with a large square, join the midpoints of its sides, you'll see four right angled triangles. Remove these triangles, a second square is left. Repeat the operation. What happens?
Lyndon Baker describes how the Mobius strip and Euler's law can
introduce pupils to the idea of topology.
What is the shape of wrapping paper that you would need to completely wrap this model?
Have a go at this 3D extension to the Pebbles problem.
Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces
of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had
no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?
Can you find a way of representing these arrangements of balls?
Some students have been working out the number of strands needed for different sizes of cable. Can you make sense of their solutions?
Simple additions can lead to intriguing results...
Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?
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Infrared laser quickly and precisely heats the water in "nano bathtubs"
Researchers at JILA have demonstrated the use of infrared laser light to quickly and precisely heat the water in "nano bathtubs"tiny sample containersfor microscopy studies of the biochemistry of single molecules and nanoparticles.
Described in a new paper,* the JILA technique is faster, more controllable, and less prone to damaging expensive optics or accidentally altering chemistry than conventional methods using electric currents for bulk heating of microscope stages, optics and samples. The demonstration extends a technique used to study single living cells to the field of single-molecule microscopy. Fast, noncontact heating of very small samples is expected to enable new types of experiments with single molecules. For example, sudden, controlled jumps in temperature could be used to activate molecular processes and observe them in real time.
JILA is jointly operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU).
The JILA "bathtubs" consist of about 35 picoliters (trillionths of a liter, or roughly one-thirtieth of a nanoliter) of water on a glass slide. Gently focused infrared laser light is used to heat a nanoscale column of water. By moving the laser beam, this column can be made to warm single RNA molecules attached to the slide. The samples are mounted above an inverted fluorescence microscope, used to study folding of tagged RNA molecules (See for example, "JILA Study of RNA Dynamics May Help in Drug Design," NIST Tech Beat, July 13, 2005 at http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2005_0713.htm#JILA). The researchers simultaneously heated and observed folding of the molecules, comparing results obtained with the laser heating technique to measurements obtained with bulk heating.
The heating laser is directed at the samples from above, with the beam focused to a spot size of about 20 micrometers. The near-infrared light is just the right wavelength to excite vibrations in chemical bonds in the water molecules; the vibrations quickly turn into heat. The laser offers a much larger dynamic temperature range (20 to 90 degrees Celsius, or 68 to 194 degrees Fahrenheit) than bulk heating methods, according to the paper. In early trials, the technique controlled bathtub heating to an accuracy of half a degree Celsius in less than 20 milliseconds across a micrometer-scale sample area.
"Exact sizes of the laser beam and sample area don't matter," says NIST/JILA Fellow David Nesbitt, senior author of the paper. "What's important is having time and temperature control over volumes of fluid small enough to be able to look at single molecules."
The research is funded in part by the National Science Foundation, NIST, and the W.M. Keck Foundation initiative in RNA sciences.
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China sets final duties on U.S. solar materials
A worker inspects solar panels at a solar farm in Dunhuang, 950km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province September 16, 2013. 26.
China hit the United States with final anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of solar-grade polysilicon on Monday, the latest move in what has been a contentious trade battle in the solar industry.
The anti-dumping duties, announced by China's Commerce Ministry, were in line with initial levels levied last year of up to 57 percent on imports of the raw material used to make solar panels.
Anti-subsidy duties on U.S. imports were set at 2.1 percent, lower than the upper limit 6.5 percent preliminary duties set in September.
The ministry also levied final anti-dumping duties on South Korean polysilicon of between 2.4 percent and 12.3 percent.
An investigation concluded that China's producers "suffered substantial harm" due to the United States and South Korea selling below cost in the Chinese markets, and also due to U.S. subsidies, the ministry said in statements on its website.
The duties would be effective immediately and last five years, it said.
REC Solar Grade Silicon LLC and AE Polysilicon Corp were among the hardest hit with anti-dumping duties at 57 percent.
Washington had called previously announced duties disappointing, and many in the U.S. solar industry saw the move as an attempt to protect China's struggling domestic firms.
The United States has already imposed its own duties of about 30 percent on Chinese solar panels in a case finalized in 2012.
China and the European Union have also soured their relations over solar industry disputes.
Europe had planned to impose heavy tariffs on Chinese solar panels but a majority of EU governments - led by Germany and wary of offending China's leaders and losing business - opposed the plan and sealed a compromise deal in July.
Chinese solar equipment producers like LDK Solar Co Ltd (LDK.N) are struggling. China's State Council, or cabinet, has pledged to boost support as the government seeks to revive a sector struggling with overcapacity and falling prices.
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Koshechkin Ends Regular Season With a ShutoutSubmitted by pete on March 10, 2006 - 12:33
Today was the final tour of the Superleague regular season and the best story amongst Lightning prospects remains Vasily Koshechkin. The netminder ended in style today with a 1-0 shutout of Tver, his 10th no-no of the season. His record improved to 19-13-6 with the victory. The playoffs in the Superleague begin Monday. In the round of 16 it will be Dynamo against Lada, Khimik against Nizhnekamsk, Omsk against SKA St Petersburg, CSKA against Cherepovets and Yaroslavl against Novosibirsk.
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Milley Reassigned to SpringfieldSubmitted by pete on March 9, 2006 - 22:00
Norm Milley [url=http://www.falconsahl.com/detpages/pressbox2945.shtml]cleared waivers and has been reassigned to Springfield of the AHL.[/url] Milley played 14 games for the Lightning with 2 goals and 3 points over that span.
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CHL Tonight: 3/9Submitted by pete on March 9, 2006 - 21:50
[b]QMJHL[/b] Stanislav Lascek scored his 40th and 41st goals of the season and was named first star of the game in Chicoutimi's 4-1 ein over Baie-Comeau. [b]OHL[/b] Kevin Beech lasted just 16:07 into the first allowing 3 goals before being pulled in Sudbury's 4-1 loss to Barrie. Beech stopped 11 of 14 shots he faced. [b]WHL[/b] There were no games in the WHL tonight.
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Game Night 3/9: Lightning at SabresSubmitted by pete on March 9, 2006 - 21:46
Playoffs in serious jeopardy... TB-5 BUF-8 Sean Burke got the loss allowing 2 goals in relief but it was John Grahame's 5 goals on 16 shots through 2 periods that put the Lightning behind the eight ball. Paul Ranger got his 14th assist of the season, which is small solace. Game sheet from [url=http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20052006/GS020929.HTM]NHL.com.[/url]
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Ramo Shelled Against TapparaSubmitted by pete on March 9, 2006 - 18:37
Karri Ramo and HPK fell 5-2 today to Tappara. Ramo stopped 33 of 38 shots faced in the loss. His record drops to 9-8-3 on the season.
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December 1936. "One of Edgar Allen's children sitting on the bed in the house on his farm. There are no sheets, pillowcases, or pillows (other than makeshift) in use. Bedding usually consists of castoff rags and a few old blankets. Near Milford, Iowa. They are helped by the Resettlement Administration." View full size. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration.
December 1936. "Lois Madsen playing the piano in the home of her father, Harry Madsen, owner-operator of three hundred and sixty acre farm near Dickens, Iowa. (Suggest this as contrast showing difference in opportunity offered children in owner-operated farms and that offered in poorer tenant or hired hand homes)." View full size. Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee.


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Dr. Rakes explains what type of pollen is really causing the problems this season. Early spring means that tree pollens are everywhere in the air. Some types of trees start pollinating as early as February, and we are just now getting into the heart of the season for important trees like oak. Later this spring, we will be dealing with grass pollen, or what many people call "hay fever." Mold spores can also be a problem almost any time of the year depending on conditions.
The website www.vaallergy.com is a great resource for Virginia pollen counts.
Dr. Rakes goes on to explain that this year has been hard on allergy sufferers so far. East coast locations like Atlanta have seen record tree pollen counts this year. Unfortunately, we don't have good historical records for the Charlottesville area. Warm winters are thought to cause earlier and longer lasting pollen seasons, and there seems to be a trend to warmer winters over time.
Here is what allergy sufferers can do to find relief: keep windows closed, use air conditioning, limit morning activity, stay indoors, shower or change clothes and use medications.
Another treatment is allergen immunotherapy which can help the immune system to become more resistant to allergies and decrease the need for medications and restrictions in lifestyle. The traditional way to have immunotherapy is by way of allergy shots, which involves a regular schedule of injections for years. At VAPA in Charlottesville, we offer sublingual immunotherapy as a new, shot-free option for some patients. Instead of shots, the patient takes the allergy solution as drops held under the tongue for a short time.
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PARIS (AP) — A Norwegian heavy metal rocker on trial in France on charges of inciting racial hatred has had his case adjourned until June 3.
Kristian Vikernes, 40, was initially detained on suspected terrorism charges after he and his French wife visited a gun club. Authorities turned up no plot, but instead filed charges linked to his alleged anti-Semitic and xenophobic messages. He faces up to five years in prison.
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Aside from convicted mass killer Anders Breivik, Vikernes is perhaps Norway's best-known extremist after being convicted over the 1993 stabbing death of a fellow band member. Vikernes served 16 years in prison.
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Photos and Description of this 3 bedroom holiday home in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
'Sky West is a house of the 60 & 70, just transformed and renovated up to date. It is attached on our home, and the two houses share access to a large back garden (approx. 1500m2). Each has against its independent access, and beach Boisvinet is literally down the street!
On the ground floor is the large living room with an open fully equipped kitchen, a dining area and a sitting area overlooking a south facing terrace. A large sofa bed provides additional sleeping 140 * 200, with access to a bathroom on the ground floor (with toilet) - and thanks to an ingenious folding wooden partition, the seating area is easily transformed into a real room.
Outside access is completely closed, and the kids can come and go, play safe!
Upstairs are three bedrooms: Boisvinet (king size bed 180 * 200, bathroom, south facing balcony), Pil'Ours (double bed 160 * 20, bathroom) and Frog (bed 140 * 200 double and single bunk bed 90 * 200, shower, North balcony with direct access to the garden).
From a location point of view, the house is 400m from the family beach Boisvinet, and 15 minutes walk from the town center, railway station, harbor and shops.
Advertised prices from leasing to 7 people max (B Pil'Ours and The Frog, 5 people + 2 on the ground floor).
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Winter Wonderland at ResorTime.com is here and it is that time of the year again to bundle up and make some hot cocoa. Now you need to know what to do in winter. Sure, a Thanksgiving meal and Christmas with the family and friends is a given and maybe even making your home made eggnog is part of the tradition. While most of us have to put aside surfing, sunbathing, bike riding, and other fun summer activities, that doesn't mean you can't have fun because it's cold outside. Here are my top 10 things to do in winter…
- Skiing / Snowboarding – Try and get in at least one trip up the mountain this year to keep your legs fresh. A little extreme sports will make you feel young again (maybe skip the dangerous back flips and half pipes).
- Ice Skating – In places like Southern California, we have to find an indoor ice-skating rink. But for you who live in the cold, ice skating on a lake could be a lot of fun. I hear in eastern Russia you can ice skate on the ocean for several miles out to sea!
- Snowman – Challenge your friends to a snowman building competition and win the contest by painting your Frosty with water that is colored with food coloring. Be careful trying to make your snowman too big, I couldn't lift his middle section last time so I had to make a laying down snowman.
- Roast Marshmallows – Classic but just as fun as ever. Throw your winter coat on and start a fire with some friends then roast some marshmallows, add chocolate and graham crackers, and enjoy! Don't be that guy that flings around a flaming mellow.
- Sledding (Tobogganing) – Take a day trip up the mountain with the kids and some sleds, find a patch of snow on a hill, and you have your own amusement park with a free entrance.
- Snowmobiling – You might not be James Bond, but snowmobiling can be a lot of fun in the mountains. There are numerous tours you can join so you don't get lost in the woods.
- Dog Sled Rides – Although I haven't personally done this yet, it is now on my bucket list. Almost every ski mountain has someone giving dog sled rides, jump on board and pretend you are in the movie "Iron Will"
- Hot Springs – Are you sick of all the cold stuff to do? Well find yourself a hot springs that is bubbling and relax as if it were a warm summer night. Just watch out, it will be colder when you get out.
- Learn to Knit – Knitting is a great past-time but that is not why you should do it this winter. You should learn to knit your own beanie to keep those ears warm in the snow and cold nights. It is so easy a caveman can do it (sorry for the Geico joke).
- Snowball Fight - I saved the best for last. Either surprise an unsuspecting friend or gather your neighborhood around for a giant snowball fight. Either way, this is a great way to pass the time this winter. Please, do not through frozen snowballs… that is called ice and will hurt someone.
So what are you waiting for? Now you know what to do this winter and since it hasn't officially started, you have plenty of time to do all 10. Have fun, be safe and be sure to let me know if you are organizing any Guinness book of world record snow ball fights, I'm in.
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In modern Russia there are around 20-30 TV channels, but the most important to any Russian middle aged person is "Channel 1" or "The First Channel". This channel has the most wide coverage area and is being watched regularly by the majority of the population in Russia. I think that every citizen of Russia who owns TV-set watches "Channel 1" from time to time. So a few days ago there was a "Fields Medal" event, and Russian genius, Dr. Gregory Perelman, the bright mathematician who solved the "Poincare Conjecture" refused his award. It's a well known story now, being discussed a lot. What is interesting – Mr. Perelman has left St. Petersburg where he lived and worked, and nobody knows where is he. And even the national media number one, "The First
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Mobil 1 and Scott Brady: Taking on the Mongol Rally
From the frozen tundra of the Arctic Circle to the slick rock of Moab, adventure driver and Overland Journal publisher Scott Brady has conquered the world's most rugged terrain. But having racked up hundreds of thousands of miles of hazardous driving experience, even Scott will attest that the Mongol Rally is a road challenge unlike any other.
Spanning nearly 18,000 kilometers of extreme terrain, from the Spanish coastline to the heart of Asia Pacific, the Mongol Rally prides itself as the last great driving adventure in a world gone soft.
But where your average distance rally emphasizes safety, the Mongol Rally goes out of its way to create danger.
There is no official course. Electronic navigation devices are strictly forbidden. In every sense, Brady says, "the marathon is an every-man-for-himself free-for-all."
And as if a transcontinental expedition across some of the planet's most remote landscape wasn't enough, competitors don't have the cushy performance advantage of premium engines—in fact, race rules cap vehicle engine size at a measly 1.5 liters.
In July 2010, Brady and his navigator Charles Nordstrom set off from the city streets of Madrid in a 2001 Suzuki Jimny, powered by a robust 1.3 liter engine.
Facing down a nearly 18,000 kilometer journey, through desert basins and mountain ranges, they couldn't afford to take any chances with their equipment maintenance. That's why they put their trust in Mobil 1, the world's leading synthetic motor oil brand.
"We crossed through the Wakhan Corridor along the Afghan border, a region known for its lawlessness, and patrolled by bandits," Brady recalled. "At one point, we crossed a flooded section of road, and any kind of engine failure would have put us at serious risk."
After nearly two months behind the wheel, having traveled across 22 countries, Brady was amazed that the car's engine still delivered exceptional performance.
"After driving nearly 18,000 kilometers, on a 1.3-liter engine, it's pretty clear we made the right call to use Mobil 1," Brady said.
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Photos: Celebrating at the Icon Awards
Summary: Music for America, a young-voter advocacy group, honored musicians and politicians this week at its first awards ceremony.
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Fennel, Avocado, and Clementine Salad with Arugula and Mint
Published: December 2009 Servings: 4 SERVINGS
- 1/2 cup (scant) fresh clementine juice (from about 3 clementines)
- 2 tablespoons fresh Meyer lemon juice (from about 1 lemon)
- 2 teaspoons finely grated clementine peel
- Pinch of sugar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 medium clementines
- 1 fennel bulb, trimmed, quartered vertically, cored, sliced paper-thin (2 1/3 to 2 1/2 cups)
- 1 avocado, halved, pitted, peeled, diced
- 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, sliced
- 1 cup (packed) baby arugula
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus additional for drizzling
special equipment
- Mandolin or V-slicer
Nutritional Information
One serving contains the following:
- Calories (kcal) 260.0
- %Calories from Fat 74.7
- Fat (g) 21.6
- Saturated Fat (g) 3.0
- Cholesterol (mg) 0
- Carbohydrates (g) 17.4
- Dietary Fiber (g) 5.9
- Total Sugars (g) 7.7
- Net Carbs (g) 11.5
- Protein (g) 2.2
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Combine clementine juice, lemon juice, clementine peel, and sugar in medium bowl. Slowly whisk in olive oil. Season to taste with salt and coarsely ground black pepper.
Peel clementines, separate into segments, and place in medium bowl. Add fennel, avocado, and mint. Toss with enough vinaigrette to coat. Season fennel mixture to taste with salt and coarsely ground black pepper.
Toss arugula with 1 tablespoon olive oil in another medium bowl. Season to taste with salt and coarsely ground black pepper.
Arrange fennel mixture on serving platter, top with arugula, and drizzle with additional olive oil. Season to taste with coarsely ground black pepper.
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I LOVE THIS SONG it's one of the best songs by Jason Mraz. It's upbeat tempo and cool lyrics just make the song a one of a kind. This song is for anyone and everyone who has a craving for an awsome song to listen to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It was cool...great...uhm...so...it was okay....well im singing it with the music...^-^
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For the ladies with big hips.
Daaang look at that girl she ain't got hips she got grips
by shadowdragon3050 February 08, 2011
$10,000. Named so due to the size of the wad of bills. Unlike a "stack" which is how 10 $100 bills are put together (in a stack), a grip is 10 stacks, only way to hold it is to grip it because its all rolled up.
"Walk around like I got a grip in my pants, yea thats about 10 stacks..." -Young Jeezy
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Customs and Global Trade Services – Southeast Asia
With its growing regional economy, wide array of incentives to encourage foreign investment and Free Trade Agreement network, multi-national companies are increasingly turning to Southeast Asia for new market opportunities. Nevertheless, rapidly changing requirements, transparency of laws, and aggressive stances toward revenue collection continue to present challenges as investment grows.
Deloitte's Southeast Asia Customs & Global Trade team can help your company navigate the complex web of regulatory requirements while efficiently moving goods through this important region. Our team of customs practitioners provide services in the following areas:
- Tariff classification
- Free trade agreements
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Selecting the correct tariff classification for products moving cross-border is critical to not only determining excise, customs and anti-dumping duties payable on import or export, but also in determining whether the goods are eligible for preferential duty rates under FTAs, subject to import / export controls, and / or subject quotas and restrictions. To support companies to interpret the tariff classification rules, determine duty liabilities and other exposures, Deloitte can provide a full range of technical and operational services as follows:
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The increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) covering goods traded with and within the Asia Pacific region present significant opportunities for businesses to reduce the landed cost of goods and increase their competitiveness in the global marketplace. To support businesses to identify the availability of preferential duty rates, maximise the duty saving benefits, and navigate the often complex rules of origin and certification procedures, Deloitte can provide a full range of technical and operational support as follows:
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The customs value of imported goods is the basis on which customs authorities assess customs duties and other taxes linked to imports. It is important that the declared values for imported goods are determined in accordance with the local valuation laws and regulations to ensure correct duty and tax payment. Deloitte can provide a full range of technical and operational support as follows:
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The growth of global trade has resulted in increases in security threats to the cross border movement of goods. Recognising this and to secure the supply chain, many customs authorities have introduced supply chain security programs (e.g. 'Authorized economic operator' and 'Secure trade partnership'). These programs encourage companies to increase the safety and security in their own global supply chains in exchange for having speedier clearance through customs border controls. This can result in significant reductions in transport and demurrage charges, as well as providing opportunities to reduce inventory levels. To assist companies to attain the benefits associated with supply chain security programs, Deloitte can provide a full range of technical and operational support as follows:
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Efficient integration of customs and international trade processes into a company's overall business goals, tax planning and supply chain management is crucial to success. Failure to comply with local trade and customs regulations can impose significant compliance and tax risks. As such, efficient management of customs compliance is integral to effective trade management. Companies need to develop adequate resources and procedures to manage their customs function. Deloitte can provide a full range of technical and operational support as follows:
- Conduct compliance health-check diagnosis (high level);
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- Advice on the non-tariff barriers applicable to the export and import of goods;
- Support in securing the appropriate licenses and permits required from the customs authorities prior to importation.
Customs duty management
In order to optimise customs duty spend, companies should review their business arrangements to explore if there are options available within the regulatory framework to save on duties and taxes. Deloitte can provide a full range of technical and operational support as follows:
- Strategic planning for duty reduction and cost savings through periodic (high-level and targeted) process reviews;
- Support in reviewing the company's supply chain business model for customs duty / tax optimisation.
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Sustaining the old
We began with a section of the Warp and Weft tour. The first stop was at the Craft Education and Research Centre at Kalakshetra, the over 70-year-old cultural institution, which is famous for preserving India's art and its dance school. Away from the bustle of the city, the quiet, leafy and extensive grounds of Kalakshetra is an oasis. The centre also showcases the passing away of a way of living for weavers of a particular genre. In its large rooms, most of the wooden looms were silent. Only two of the 14 looms were being used with two weavers click clacking away making bright hued sarees. We are told that after these two leave, there are no more weavers to take on this job. The dyeing and kalamkari work room was a marked contrast.
Here, we had the lone 68-year-old artist Prabhakar poring over an 18th century design, which was being recreated for an erstwhile royal wedding to be held soon. Done on cotton silk fabric, the artist had spent over four months making the intricate design and it was still incomplete. It was a six months job, Prabhakar said. Stacked inside an adjacent room were wooden dyes from ancient times and outside on the green lawns were the vats in which the fabric is colored. A visitor can buy the textiles made here from the shop inside the centre, though beware of the babudom you will encounter here—the staff is not at all interested in showing the items on display. The next stop on the tour would have been to an eclectic saree store for those interested in shopping, which we decided to skip and see Vastrakala in Alwarpet, the atelier of French embroiderer, Jean Francois Lesage.
Sneak peek
You could be forgiven for driving past Lesage's studio as the gates are hidden in the thick foliage. Having parked our car in the large estate grounds, we walked to an old bungalow which has been converted into a studio. Lesage is a fourth-generation embroiderer and son of the legendary François Lesage from the renowned house of embroidery, Maison Lesage, France. is clients include Lakshmi Mittal, the Ambanis, Royal House of Windsor, etc. Here, there were artists working on rich fabrics for Hermes, painstakingly encrusting pearls and Swarovski on shoes and bags for Louis Vuitton, and many toplabels. We were told that the artists hadleft their traditional crafts as there were no takers until they were rained and given jobs at Lesage. Sadly, none of them were forthcoming about whether they would allow their children to take up this rich work.
House of art
The next stop on the itinerary was a section of the Collector's Eye tour, to the homes of two private collectors and their carefully collated treasures. The first tour was to Nirmala Lakshman's house who has a small but eclectic collection of priceless paintings like Raza, Sabavala, Senanayake and bronze figures. The stop at the house of Lily Vijayraghavan, who has spent a lifetime amassing a store house of antiques and made her home into a living museum, was the highlight of the day. From old stone lamps and figurines in the garden to the art objects jostling for space inside her house, we could not turn anywhere without staring. Stuccos of sensuous women, a templedoor from Kerala, 300-year-old Tanjore and Mysore paintings, incense spoons, sacrificial utensils, jewel boxes from Kerala, a elaborate sringar section with kumkum boxes, ivory and wo en combs, and intricately carved metal foot scrapers were just some of the many artefacts the host had collected in her many visits across the country.
Vijayaraghavan also has a treasure trove of stories to narrate about each item and talking to her, one hoped that time would not fly so fast . We think a visit to her house alone should be a day's schedule on the itinerary. The tour costs Rs. 4,000 (per person) and Rs. 6,000 (couple) and varies from a half day to a full day tour.]]>
Jayesh Vaidya, Deputy General Manager at Monginis Foods Limited, a bakery chain says, "We use a software platform that enables us to enter the specifications of an order which is then accessed by our workers who make cakes and other items. Earlier, we would enter the details in English and our workers always had a problem understanding it." The company us LinguaNext for the orders to be translated into a language that workers are comfortable with, thereby minimizing production errors.
LinguaNext allows enterprise applications to be localized into other languages without making changes in the source code using its solution, Linguify. "It is expensive to add the language element later. Software developers usually don't want to spend that much time and money making a software or application in local languages," says 47-year-old Rajeevlochan Phadke, President and CTO, LinguaNext. Re-factoring the industry Phadke had worked at the Center for Development of Advanced Computing before he started out on his own. During his stint with the government agency, he worked on making e-governance popular in India. "The challenge with e-governance was that since India has a number of languages, the unavailability of software platforms in local languages was a hindrance for us then as almost all government projects had to be developed from scratch to add the language element," he recalls, explaining how he got into the space. "For applications to work in different languages, changes in the source code needs to be made. Typically, a complete code refactoring makes it possible to translate an application," he elaborates.
This was in the mid-2000s. Phadke started by targeting the banking sector and set up a company called Image Point Technologies to help provide banking software developed by TCS and Infosys in regional languages. By 2010, the company had major nationalized banks as customers, he claims. The technology developed by Phadke could be adapted to other sectors, too. In 2010, Phadke decided to target other verticals besides banking and set up Lingua xt. One of its customers was SAP Software and Solutions that used LinguaNext's service to provide their own software in regional languages. Jagdish Sahasrabudhe, 44, was then Vice President of Solution Architects for SAP-Asia Pacific Japan. It was in 2011 that Sahasrabudhe, now CEO at LinguaNext, crossed over from being a customer to working on the teamwith Phadke.
Talking across borders
LinguaNext provides an external solution. Instead of making changes to the source code, Linguify intercepts data being sent from the application server before it is displayed on the screen. After intercepting data, it uses existing dictionaries to replace strings carrying the information to be displayed with a different string that carries translated data. Dictionaries used are either existing ones or they are outsourced. The company has developed the solution for various platforms including Java, Windows and Android among others. Today, it works across verticals like oil and gas, industrial automation, enterprise resource planning, human resources et al. The company translates software applications into 140 local languages of South East Asia, Japan, China and Latin America amongst others for 180 customers global customers, thanks to Rs. 2.5 crore it has invested in research and development since 2010.
From services to products
While the company was profitably run, Sahasrabudhe says it did not have enough capital to invest in scaling the business. In 2013, Helion Venture Partners invested an undisclosed sum in LinguaNext. Alok Goyal, Partner at Helion Adv sors, says, "LinguaNext brought a product approach to an industry that has typically been very service heavy." He adds, "Enterprise software is a global play. Also, looking at the Indian market, it is natural to see such a business coming out of India." Speaking about future plans, Sahasrabudhe says, "The business problem identified is primarily of the manual world. We don't want to get into the translations game. Our focus is going to be on developing products for various platforms and expand strongly in the mobile applications market." The company is in the process of filing a number of patents for its technology. Goyal throws light on impending challenges and adds, "As a startup, it is difficult for the company to deploy its feet on the street. They will have to rely on partnerships to keep growing.]]>
Scoring right
This was a business opportunity that Gupta and Varun Aggarwal, both 36 years old, former batchmates at the University of Delhi, decided to explore while Gupta was working with Ernst & Young in Singapore and Aggarwal with Barclays Capital, in London.Together they began to research the idea in mid-2010. By 2011, the duo set up shop in Hyderabad with a seed capital of Rs. 45 lakh and 15 employees to develop back-end technology for the database. "The model is simple and there are not many companies doing this kind of work as it requires number crunching, i.e. a strong and extremely large database," says Rakesh Gupta, an investor with the company and Director, People Combine Group, an educational initiative. However, he conceded that "there is a lot of space for competitors to operate." Currently, Univariety operates only in the undergraduate university segment and later plans to move to graduate studies, says Gupta.
The model
To be a part of the platform, a student has to sign up and enter personal and education details besides the course of study of interest. On the basis of this search, the system provides three sets of university options. The first, an aspiring set, typically includes most sought after universities and those which are tough to get into. The second set is of universities that are the best fit, where the probability of students securing seats are higher. The last set comprises of safe bets where students have the highest chance to get admission. After a list of options are provided; the student has to select a university that suits his or her interest and the site creates a calendar with details of application deadlines, point of contact and other information. Additionally, students can post queries and a response is given within two days time. "We get queries from students ranging from why should I study abroad to will I get a job after my course. We try and answer each query,"
says Gupta.
The company has also helped its students get university and trust-based scholarships worth $2.5 million since its inception.
Universities are given information about students who show interest in their courses so that the varsities can directly connect with them.
Queries from both sides
"There have always been a certain number of students who have showed an inclination to study abroad, but now with the system of creation of user IDs, query clarification, university options—I see even more children keen to study abroad. This is a very professional outlook towards counseling," remarks Leena Pimpley, Principal, S M Shetty International School, Powai, Mumbai. In 2012, the company raised about $1 million (Rs. 4.7 crore then) through angel funding, details of which Gupta was unwilling to share. Univariety currently works only on a B2B model, where it has about 60 schools across seven cities that have signed up with them. Schools are charged Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 5 lakh a year to sign up with the site and make use of all services, including workshops. The commission paid by the school is roughly Rs. 300 to Rs. 500
per student.
"We had to convince universities about our model. Initially, a few universities were reluctant but when they saw our student database of roughly over 5,000, they were impressed," says Gupta. Today, the startup has contacted nearly 3,500 universities across eight countries and charges a fee in the range of $20-$50 per student or Rs. 1,200-Rs. 3,000. These charges are irrespective of whether the student joins the university or not. Shomie Ranjan Das, an educationist, says, "There is a need to create greater awareness and provide students with options they are unaware of. Often, we see students compromising on their choice of study course due to the lack of knowledge of options." Since 2011, Univariety has helped around 5,300 students and 200 universities have made offers to these students. Today, it is catering to about 10,000 students and hopes to breakeven this year. In the future, says Gupta, the plan is to tap into as many schools in India and then look at schools abroad as well.]]>
Vaghani was pursuing his Masters in Electrical Engineering at the University of Missouri, Kansas City where he met and befriended his roommate, Ravi Khemani who was studying for his Masters in Computer Science. After graduating, they worked in the US for sometime where they observed commuting patterns and behavior of locals. "That's when we decided that it was time for India to be introduced to this concept too," says Khemani, COO, Birds Eye Systems. The duo finally decided to relocate to India and kickstarted their idea with a seed capital of Rs. 10 lakh to create an India-specific Intelligent Transportation System. Traffline launched in 2012 and the company raised Rs. 2 crore from Indian Angel Network (IAN) in April of the same year to expand the scope of services to multiple cities and for product development. Pacing up Traffline is a digital service that can be used all-day by users to get a heads-up on the traffic conditions in any city. Its real time traffic map uses color-coded lines that indicate areas of congestion, slow and fast moving traffic with details on jams, road accidents and best alternate routes available. The map is available on both their website and mobile applications. The company also has a helpline and Twitter handle for those who are not comfortable using their website. A call center takes care of this aspect of the business.
"We get traffic data from various sources that include private firms, government, police and public transport utilities and moving probes like
taxis, public transport vehicles and others that have a GPS installed in them. Our followers on social networking sites and people on the field give us information related to accidents and other events," says Khemani. The network of probes is tracked meticulously after which a patented algorithm collates data from these sources and presents it to users in the desired format. The data is provided on a map of the
area with color coded lines, each representing a different traffic speed. Red shows areas with high traffic congestion, pink for slow moving traffic, blue reflects moderate traffic speed and green shows the routes with smooth vehicles movement.
Alternate route
"Commuting has become much easier now that I know the locations that would be congested. This saves a lot of time and helps in avoiding traffic using diversion through other routes," says Prakash Nanavati, a user of the application. Birds Eye Systems offers traffic updates for Rs. 599 and Rs. 899 per year. Presently, it has over 30,000 subscribers and gets data from roughly 20 agencies. The company, which employs 40 people, has an operating cost of Rs. 30 lakh per month and will to break even by 2018, says Khemani. "Traffline has created a unique
proposition using technology to solve off line traffic and transportation problems in the country. The business model is simple and relevant.
We think there is room to grow especially with the entire map's ecosystem developing at a fast pace in India," says Vikram Vaidyanathan, Director, Matrix Partners India, which invested an undisclosed amount in the firm in December 2013. The biggest use case, the founders
say is for, "People getting stuck in a bad jam and not able to figure a way out. In such a case, talking to another person to understand the situation and getting help—goes a long way in saving time," says Khemani.
In a country like India where most online users are connected to the web via patchy mobile internet, this telephone helpline service can prove to be the most important feature, adds Khemani. "We currently provide traffic information for four cities—Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune—and have over a 100,000 users," says Khemani. The company claims that commuters can reduce road travel time by almost 20 percent by using Traffline. "We also launched paid daily traffic alerts via SMS for consumers in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi earlier this year.
Traffline also has Android, iOS and BlackBerry applications," he adds. Investment from Matrix, Vaidyanathan shares, will be primarily used for expansion to other cities by end-2015. "We are investing to expand the product to 10 cities and multiple transport modes in a short timeframe." In the future, they are looking to make Traffline a complete road information service provider by providing information on other things like parking, gas stations, ATMs etc.]]>
Buzz feed
Frrole's social intelligence platform sifts through and analyzes about half a billion tweets each month using derived real-time insights to create solutions for brands, media and agency verticals. Rishab Malik, an Entrepreneur- In-Residence at GSF India and adviser to Frrole says, "Frrole has evolved from a B2C news business to a big data analytics and intelligence business. In its latest avatar, it has become a B2B enterprise technology business building custom applications and providing deep analytics and insights to digitalmedia, brands, television companies and conglomerates in India." Amarpreet Kalkat, a product junkie for the last eight-nine years and a graduate of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, started Travelomy. com, a travel website where he also incorporated Twitter data. While working on it, he thought of extending the concept of data-mining from Twitter to build a news portal. And that's what led to Frrole being founded in April 2012.
Kalkat was joined by Nishith Sharma and Abhishek Vaid as co-founders. Vaid had been involved in academia and research post his higher education and was looking for a corporate stint whereas Sharma, an alumnus of IIM Kozhikode, after having worked at some blue chip companies was looking for an exciting challenge in the technological sector.
In March 2013, Frrole reached a million users for its news service. However, the company was facing difficulties raising funds. Although they had been making money through advertisement revenues for close to five months, scaling up Frrole News, the brand name of the product, was difficult and they realized that investors too were weary of investing in such a company. Around the same time, Kalkat went on a three-week expedition to the US to meet investors and mentors and ended up meeting the Twitter team as well. On this trip, Frrole decided to expand its services and started serving other verticals like the media, brands and agencies.
Frrole News has expanded since then to cover news from 55 cities around the world with half a million visitors each month. Its current products for the verticals that it serves include Data APIs or Application Programming Interface hat allow clients to access Frrole data s treams and a visual suite, which allows clients to select and integrate plug and play display applications into their products within minutes. This visual suite includes display units such as social polls, rankings, etc—that is presentation of information in a unique and visually appealing format.
News for you
Recently, a leading television news channel in India wanted to catch the pulse of the nation in real-time by tracking who were the most talked about people every given week. Frrole's data APIs had that covered and the team worked with the channel to build an application that could help the audience track the buzzing people by the hour. "I was impressed with both the quality and presentation of Frrole powered displays at NPC 2013. It was exciting to see tweets pouring in from each and every corner of the venue," says Srihari Palangala, Marketing Chair, NASSCOM Product Conclave 2013, a satisfied client. Over the next year, Frrole plans to be the preferred partner for anyone wanting to do anything related to Twitter. As the elections draw nearer, platforms like Frrole are providing unique social media analytics. In fact, Frrole has tied up with media major, The Times of India, to analyze the general mood surrounding various political parties and politicians on Twitter.
Bytes and more
Frrole has been a part of the four-month long Microsoft Accelerator program where they interacted with mentors. Their major takeaway was working alongside 50-60 innovative peers with whom they could exchange ideas and suggestions. Just out of the program, Frrole already boasts of 13 clients since its inception and projects a revenue runrate of $500,000. They are also closing in on a round of investment with a term-sheet already in their hands. They plan to use the funds to improve infrastructure and technology, expand their team and may even place a sales guy in the US since a chunk of their users and clients are based there.]]>
1. You're in the black. Investment bankers get a bad rap in the startup world, mostly because their involvement means the client company isn't so glowingly valuable that an exit is intuitive; hence the need for a consultant to help flush out options. But once entrepreneurs face this reality, a sophisticated investment banker can more than justify their fee. A well-connected and respected firm can often set off an auction process that will gain the attention of strategic acquirers and extract as much value as possible at a given time. Do your homework, though, to find firms that have executed successful transactions in your industry and will work for the right blend of retainer and performance.
2. You're in the red. It was only a matter of time before an industry that peddles innovation sees a dose of it itself. Former venture capitalist Jacob Mullins recently launched Exitround, a private web-based matchmaking service for technology startups and potential acquirers. The way it works is that startups that are low on cash can post themselves for sale on Exit round and hope someone will buy the company outright and save it from shutting down and liquidating. Another new player, CapGain Solutions, started by Match.com founder Gary Kremen, takes the equity held by a struggling company's investors and liquidates it, mainly for tax-relief purposes—a service that frees up the company to wind down or start over. If you're years from dealing with the sale of your company, take comfort in the fact that plenty of entrepreneurs walk away from their businesses every day with a nice chunk of change. But if the gas is tarting to run out of your growth rate—and there's still value in the company—it could pay big to enlist some help and get out. And if it's plummeting, well, it's never been easier to liquidate at a fraction of what it would've cost you in fees as recently as last year.
Sam Hogg is a venture partner at Open Prairie Ventures
How I Saved… $500 per month
Joshua Parkinson, Founder and CEO of Post Planner,San Francisco
"We thought asking people to pay five dollar per month to use our Facebook app and making the first month free was smart. What we didn't count on was getting dinged twice by our credit card company: first to verify the customer for the free trial, then when processing the first payment 30 days later. The result was that our cheapest product was costing us an arm and a leg in processing fees. So we gave away the app for free, cut more than $500 per month in credit card fees and created the perfect 'free trial' product that led to more people paying for our premium apps."
—As told to Grant Davis]]>
The right percentage is different for everyone, but the place to start—even before you crunch the numbers to determine how much you need—is to decide how much of the company you wish to control, according to Matthew Bellows, Co-Founder of Boston-based Yesware, who has raised nearly $20 million in venture funding. "Even if you just sell a minority stake to a venture capital firm, you'll have to give up some real control of the company," he says. It's a delicate balance, and why finding the right investors is so important. "Optimizing for minimal dilution— giving away as small a percentage as possible—is penny-wise, pound-foolish," says Brewster Stanislaw, Co-Founder and CEO of Seattle-based Inside Social. "Instead, entrepreneurs should focus on finding the highest caliber investors who can increase the pace and scale of their company's growth. If you bake the biggest possible pie, you'll be very happy with your slice, no matter what its size at the end of the day."
Once you do that, consider the option of selling stakes in the company incrementally rather than shooting for the big Series A Round. Rustin Banks, CEO of TapInfluence in Boulder, Colorado, used this method to accumulate $9 million over four rounds. "Funding rounds for startups have moved from 'major refuelings' to 'pit stops,'" he says. "Where before you might sell 50 percent of the company each time—once to raise your initial investment, once when you sell the company outright—now it's more common to do more rounds but only sell 10 percent to 30 percent each time." I've sold more equity in my own company than other entrepreneurs may have in my position. (I'll keep that number between me and my investors, thank you.) The reason: All the leaders at my startup are mothers, so to maximize our free time, I've sold additional ownership to have the cash on hand to hire more people. Could each of us top execs do three times more work? Sure, but we all want to spend time with our families. For that reason, I'm happier having sold more of my personal equity to enable that.
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Amanda Steinberg is CEO of DailyWorth, the woman's guide to business and money.
Corporate campaigns
On a campaign trail in Bangalore, getting a pulse of what India would cast its vote for, I had the opportunity to watch two newcomers and a political veteran in action. India Inc's poster boy and Congress candidate Nandan Nilekani, his former colleague and former CEO, Infosys' V Balakrishnan from AAP, and Ananth Kumar of the BJP with 18 years of public life under his belt.
In my conversation with the debutants Nilekani and Bala, it was evident that their strategy to approach the elections is very similar to what they must have adapted while starting Infosys. In fact, I even threw this question to Bala and he agreed that AAP's strategy to campaign in
India's biggest battle is similar to that of a startup. Test the waters, keep costs low, passions high and generate support from volunteers.
My observation of the three campaigns is that they are similar to running a business. First, each of them identified ways in which supporters could help. Second, they have figured out who they know and need to meet to accomplish these goals. Third, they formed an organized
strategy for early coalition building as they considered a potential run. Bala's campaign is reminiscent of a startup setting up a business
in an incubation centre—clear on ideologies, armed with a firm plan to implement change, but with a lack of experience and shortage of
Nandan Nilekani's campaign is more of a well-thought out move of a serial entrepreneur—out to take a risk, with deep pockets,
ample support to generate curiosity and a buzz around his agenda for change. The biggest problem Nilekani faces is the anti-Congress wave,
but his trump card is his clean image. Despite this being a battle for who forms a government at the centre, he chooses to focus on local issues and connect with the masses at a more personal and local level. And harp on the fact that India needs a cleanup act and he was there just to do that.
Opening a franchise
The BJP old hand Ananth Kumar boasts of a history of wins. Though a sitting MP—elected five times from the Bangalore south constituency—
he too realized there was some anti-incumbency playing against him. Kumar's campaign is all about what BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi could do for the country. This is quite similar to someone opening a franchise of an established brand—you represent the brand in a local area, and try and develop a connect with the local populous. Kumar did not leave any room to chance to market his theory. Why, he even convinced Narendra Modi to rally in Bangalore to raise the bar to gather more support. While all the three candidates had their own strategy to charm and woo the voter, my takeaway was simple. Political acumen is important to a campaign. However, it isn't nearly as important as hard work,good planning and a genuine desire to make your community a better place to live in. There are three key similarities
of running a campaign or starting a business:
- It is important to have support from family and friends
- Have a strong fund raising plan to fuel your growth
- Be prepared to lose in order to finally win
A: It's easy. On the surface, Bitcoin— a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency not tied to any government—appears to be a financial breath of fresh air for small businesses. There are no annoying credit card fees, bank transfers or delays in receiving payments. Anyone can send Bitcoins from a mobile phone, desktop computer or SMS to anyone else within seconds, for free. No government authority can seize those funds, and no bank can prevent them from being sent. To learn how small businesses can tap into the Bitcoin economy, we contacted Stephanie Wargo, vice president of marketing for Atlanta-based BitPay, a platform that allows merchants to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment.
Q: How does a business accept Bitcoin?
A: Using services like BitPay, they can accept Bitcoin via a website or even in a brick-and-mortar store. There's no cost to set it up, and fees range from free to one percent depending on the service chosen. At checkout, the customer selects Bitcoin as the payment option, at whichtime a BitPay tab will open. If they're buying something for $1,000, BitPay will show 1.16 BTC owed, at an exchange rate of $850 to 1 BTC [as of press time]. Instead of having to enter credit card and billing information, the customer simply scans a QR code on the BitPay page with an iPhone or Android app, or copies the merchant's Bitcoin receiving address to their online wallet. BitPay will accept Bitcoin on the merchant's behalf, convert the payment to dollars, then send a bank transfer to the business's bank account in one day. Setting up the system is getting easier and easier as well. BitPay, which works with more than 20,000 merchants, has website plug-ins for some of the most popular online platforms, including Shopify, Magento, OpenCart and Zen Cart.
Q: Is there a downside?
A: While US regulators have stated that accepting Bitcoin as payment for goods and services is legal, they have made the licensing requirements difficult—but not impossible— for services such as BitPay to operate. And there's the volatile nature of Bitcoins. They could be worth millions next year, or their value could crash to zero. No one knows. However, we do know that Bitcoin is like nothing we have ever seen. The money pouring into it and people involved may very well secure Bitcoin's place in leading a global monetary evolution.
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Mikal E. Belicove is a columnist and a business strategist]]>
- Offer a value product
It is not possible to have a thousand customers from day one. To be even remotely close to that number, it is very important that the product that the company provides solves a market inefficiency or inadequacy. This would mean that the product or service must be priced well in conjunction with its quality, solve an existing problem, bridge a gap or add value to the consumer. The only way a company can ensure that it gets its first 50 customers in quick time is by convincing them about the value that the product and service offers.
- Know your audience
Every entrepreneur has big plans for the company. Reaching very high levels in user base, sales, revenues and profits are the clear business objectives for an entrepreneur but remember, this is a gradual process. To begin with, it is important to know who is the target audience for the product or services. Once you are clear about that, you can enhance your product features, diversity it, etc. Facebook started off with access only to students of one university. But it experimented with the user experience as it began expanding its reach. Zuckerberg and his crew knew very well that the product that they offered fit the needs of Ivy League students. As the product did well, they expanded the access to other age groups. Recently, Facebook lowered its age requirement for anyone to join it to as low as 13 years.
- Make tempting offers
There is rarely any brand value associated with a startup. Hence, convincing customers about the use, quality and offerings could be a difficult task. When a new bakery opens in a nearby locality, we notice that the products are priced cheaper, and there are many discounts, free samples and offers that drive customers to purchase the products. It is only after a while when the customers realize the true potential and value offered to them that the products are priced differently. It is extremely important for a company to try and educate the customer about the product, its benefits and use. Unless the user knows how and why the product is beneficial or better than the product available
in the market, chances of a purchase are remote.
- Access your network
Most founders have adequate professional experience, because of which they have access to strong networks. Founders must leverage on these networks to create opportunities, solutions and strategic alliances to help in attracting customer attention. Some notable professionals create a sense of confidence in the customers mind even before he/she has tried the product. Investing in advertising is also an option to create visibility. However, with limited resources, a startup can ill-afford to advertise.
- Offer good after-sales service
A company could claim to have 1,000 users but if a large majority of them are not repeat customers, that claim is irrelevant. Even if the company has just 50 customers, it must ensure that these50 keep coming back. To ensure that, the company has to keep a close eye on changing customer needs and preferences. Sometimes, the product offered may be good, but there may be some early problems with it that the customer is likely to face. Fix them early on and then the chances of the customer becoming loyal and spreading the good word about the company is high.]]>


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Featured Events
Bob Peterson and Friends
Join professional musician and teacher Robert Peterson as he performs with his students. They will highlight a variety of jazz, including Dixieland, big band, and Latin. Don't miss this night of talent, tradition, and exceptional music.
BYU Football vs. Savanna…
Come cheer on the Cougars as they host Savannah State at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
BYU Women's Basketball v…
Come out and support BYU Women's Basketball as they take on Nevada
Eat Like a Pilgrim
In 1621, pilgrims and Native Americans came together in the first ever Thanksgiving at Plymouth Colony. Almost 400 years later, you can experience this historic event at the annual re-enactment at Thanksgiving Point's Eat Like a Pilgrim. Very few places in the United States host Thanksgiving re-enactments, which makes Eat Like a Pilgrim a unique and rare experience. Also, Thanksgiving Point is the only Thanksgiving re-enactment held outside of New England. Guests come from all over Utah to take advantage of attending this special event that is close to home. At Eat Like a Pilgrim, you'll meet several characters from the first Thanksgiving feast including Gov. William Bradford, William Brewster, Squanto, and the Wampanoag. Teachers from the Alpine School District and the Colonial Heritage Foundation play the reenactors and act as historical interpreters. This event not only features the re-enactment, but also provides an authentic harvest dinner in a rustic Plymouth Colony setting. The evening's dinner features turkey, roast pork, stewed pumpkins,corn pudding, mixed greens salad, mixed berry cobbler, and apple cider. A few lucky guests will get to try some adventurous feast foods such as duck, oysters, parched corn, or goat's milk. Other entertainment and activities include 17th century music, farm animal visits, calligraphy, wooden stockade photo ops, and more.
Paint My Eyes
Paint My Eyes A new musical with book, lyrics, and music by Jamie Erekson Directed by George Nelson Germany, 1995. With two days left on his mission, Elder Garn, his new companion, and four others find their lives crossing on the anniversary of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass). As they remember the past and look to the future, they decide which dreams to follow, and which to forget.
Parenting Workshop
Being a parent can be hard work! Want some ideas on how to be a more effective parent? Join us for a FREE 5 week course taught by Lynn Hollingshead, MS ACMHC, Child Therapist from Redwood Family Therapy Classes will be held at the Saratoga Springs Library on the following Saturdays from 11-12p.m. October 18 - How to give healthy love and affection October 25-How to get along in a marriage, divorce, and blended family situations November 1 - How to help your child deal with anxiety November 15- How to set limits with your children, when is it ok to negotiate and when should you draw the line. November 22- Helping your kids be happy with less. You can sign up for one or all of these great classes! Register online at www.saratogaspringscity.com/civicevents Or call Redwood Family Therapy office to register over the phone! 801-341-1919
Pinocchio: "Awake My Soul"
Inspired by Carlo Collodi's beloved book, choreographed and directed by Lindsay Folkman (Utah's Best of State Choreographer 2014), and performed by the students and faculty of the new Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation Ballet West Academy at Thanksgiving Point, "PINOCCHIO: Awake My Soul" presents this timeless tale as you have never seen before. Come follow the carpenter, Geppetto, and his wooden puppet, Pinocchio, through the adventurous ups and downs of life, as they find, lose, and rediscover their own perceptions of LOVE and HOPE. Full of symbolism in both movement and lyric, "Pinocchio: Awake My Soul" is truly an inspired version of a family favorite.
The Echo 10 Play Festival
THE Echo 10 is a short play festival held at The Echo Theatre in Provo, Utah. It's goal is to discover and inspire new talent in the fields of writing, directing, and acting in Utah. We strive through this festival to build the artistic and theatrical community in Provo.
The Romeo and Juliet Pro…
Shakespeare's most famous tragedy is dissected and played from two vantage points: his and hers. Using a distinctive mix of film and live action, a classic story is given new perspective, new vision, and new life.


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Latest Election Update Changes Run-Off Election Players
Mud Slinging turns to Musical Chairs as Election results come in from late ballots and change the results of who is still in the race. On election night, Kevin Brown was in second place and faced a run-off election against Sue Novasel, but that has changed since late ballots have been counted.
Elections are all about the vote count even with all the posturing and name calling, it is still about the vote count. In the June Primary election the vote count just changed and the slate for candidates facing a run-off election in November changed also.
The vote count itself did not change, but the tally of counted votes has been updated with new totals. The counting process is near the end, but it is still continuing at this time. The votes are counted and reported in three primary groups: the Mail-in ballots delivered days before the election; Election Day votes; Mail-in ballots delivered just days before the election and on Election day, and also the Provisional ballots.
The first two of these results come out fast but the third takes days or weeks and can come out in agonizing dribs and drabs, drawing out tight races and making campaign teams, supporters, and candidates crazy.
No election results are released before the election closes, but the early Mail-in ballots are counted in secret prior to the election. These are cut off days before the election, signatures verified, and tabulated. As soon as the Polling places close and the election ends, the results of these early Mail-in ballots are released. Due to the high percentage of Mail-in (VBM) ballots in El Dorado County, the early results winners will remain the winners in the end except for the closes races.
These early results also give an indication of how the voters felt early in the month-long voting period.
About 2-6 hours after the polls close, the numbers of the "Day of" voting are released. This brings the vote total to 75%-80% of the total vote. These votes indicate how the voters felt on the last day of voting. Trends can often be identified by looking at the change in voters patterns from the early Mail-in ballots and the "Day of" ballots cast. Almost all races are determined by this time even though these are "preliminary" results and are not certified.
The races that are close (the margin is less then the number of outstanding ballots) can change as more of the remaining ballots are counted. These ballots must be verified before counting and this takes days, or weeks, to complete. On Friday, the Elections department released an update to the count that changed one race.
Three races were close enough to change. The race for Auditor-Controller narrowed but there are not enough remaining ballots to count to change the outcome. Owen closed the gap between him and the incumbent to under 10% supporting a trend that Owen was gaining ground on the incumbent but the race ended before he caught Harn.
A race that could have easily changed has remained the same with Judge-elect Vicki Ashworth maintaining a majority of 51.47%, allowing her to take the office without a run-off election. If her lead had dropped to 50% or less, she would have had to compete with second-place contestant David Combellack in a run-off election in November. By keeping the majority win status, Ashworth wins the seat outright.
A race that has changed, and may change again, is the race for Supervisor seat for District 5. Sue Novasel has held first place in that race but no one candidate won a majority so it will be a run-off election with the top two vote getters going on to compete in the November General Election. On Election night Kevin Brown had taken second place and would go on to fight Novasel for the office. But the gap for the second, third, and forth place finisher was very close. As of Friday's update, Kevin Brown is no longer in second place but has dropped to forth place behind two other Tahoe area candidates.
Currently the vote count for Supervisor District 5 is:
SUE NOVASEL has 1556 votes or 28.51%
KENNY CURTZWILER has 973 votes or 17.83%
ANGELA SWANSON has 965 votes or 17.68%
KEVIN BROWN has 961 votes or 17.61%
"GERRI" GREGO has 681 votes or 12.48%
TERESA PIPER has 308 votes or 5.64%
With more ballots to count and just 8 votes determining who Places and who just Showed.