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What will you do if your university canteen does not serve proper food or you simply do not like the taste of the food? Start a new outlet just beside it? You will be crazy by doing so. But, this entrepreneur has done exactly the same, no one ever dreamt about while studying in college.
Unsatisfied by the quality of food in canteen and rude comments by university officials, Gulshan Iyer and his friend Venkatesh started selling Maggie noodles in his Engineering college campus by setting a stove in a small empty space inside the college.
Surprised by the incredible response from students, he had to buy more stoves and increase the supply to cater the huge demands of fellow students. Their business was instant success and later they were forced to hire staff to run their business. Now, they cater to 1400 order on daily basis in each of their outlet. They now have variety of wraps, burritos, burgers, sandwiches, cold and hot beverages in their menu along with noodles.
This is the story of Gullu's Kitchen, who started their first outlet with mere investment of Rs.3000 in 2013 and now, they are minting crores of rupees. Yes! You read it right. It is hard to believe but this is actually a true success story of Indian food startup. Now, they are planning to open more 12 outlets across Chennai and Bangalore in the next two years. They are even trying to raise 1 Cr. in next four months from angel investors to expand their operations.
Below is the email-based interview with GulshanIyer, the man with Golden touch.
What is the secret behind your startup name – Gullu's Kitchen?
Since we started as a trial inside my engineering college, we initially didn't kept any name. Since I had been social and friendly in college, my friends started calling "Let's Go to that Gullu's "because my friend called me Gullu. Thus my startup got the name –Gullu's kitchen.
What was your aim when you started Gullu's Kitchen?
Me and my friends were always hungry in college. We hardly had options of good food inside the campus. Amongst the craze of QSR (Quick service restaurants) in India and other countries, people have totally forgotten the community of students. It occupies a huge population in India. But the fact is that the food at hostel mess isn't great. It is not so clean,repetitive hardly tasty. So we took this as our opportunity and bring the students some great food at really affordable prices.
How are you planning to help the community of students?
Students spend most of their day in colleges. If you give them an option of some tasty and high quality food, they would love it. We are here for them by bringing great cuisines from all around the world at affordable prices. Food is no more a problem in colleges now.
Why do you think the concept of your startup is sustainable?
Education is always going to be improving in India. Number of schools, colleges and offices are increasing at an incredible rate. People are always hungry. With the interest amongst consumers to eat different type of food regularly at affordable prices and accessible places, I think this is a new market altogether.
What is your aim/goal?
Our aim is to standardize the food space within colleges, schools and corporateoffices with a choice of rich healthy takeaway food.
Tell us about your competition.
College Canteens are our direct competitors. Indirectly, there could be a possible affect on the other food chains in the retail space as well.
You might have come across many obstacles in your young age until now. Tell us how well you managed it.
- When I look back my family's last generations, no one had ever done a business. We knew what we wanted to do but we had very little idea on how to do it. That's where the "ready to learn from zero" attitude came in. So we are trying to meet up with people who have been in this industry and who would like to mentor us as we scale up.
- We did shut few outlets due to improper selection of place. Learnt it the hard way!
- Hiring good talent is always a problem. We prefer fit over skill. We are a bunch of do-ers .It isn't that easy to get the perfect hire for our work culture. And Yes we are Hiring.
What is the toughest decision you had to make during the initial stages ofyour startup?
To refuse the lucrative job offer from a multinational company that had been offered to me in college. Coming from a typical Tamil Brahmin family, you are considered worst than terrorist, if you don't work for a multinational IT company or doing MS or MBA abroad. Convincing parents to carry on with what I love was a task in itself.
What marketing strategies did you adopted for your startup's growth?
India being the hub of opportunities, we took it to our full advantage. During the not-so-good business hours, we float instant offers to catch up the pace. It has worked well until now. Similarly, our strategy of targeted advertisement to individual consumers has worked a lot.
What is important – founder's vision or team effort?
It's a mixture of both things. Of course, there is a vision towards which the founders put their heart and soul, but more important are the team members who help them in execution.Our team has been our backbone!
What is your advice to new startups and entrepreneurs?
If you don't know how to do something, there is nothing more fun than that by figuring it out all by yourself!
Anything else you would like to share with IndianStartups.co readers?
Jump out of a business plan. Go do it first. Things will automaticallyfall in place!


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History goldilocks bakery [http://www.expressregalo.com/category.aspx?scid=45&cid=14] is founded by three women, two being sisters which is Milagros and Clarita, and their sister-in-law Doris. The sisters were generally favored because of their baking skills. Milagros has been known to make chiffon cake slices and supplying it to a number of Manilaâs canteens. Clarita, on the other hand, is talented in baking and decorating cakes in which she often uses during special occasions in Bicol. The sisters, along with their sister-in-law, Doris, then planned to start their own bakery through the sister's talents and hobby in baking.
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- Torn between love and sex. By the time Connie decides, it could be too late. Consumed by desire, Connie's body yields to Mellor's outrageous demands even as her heart yearns for her sweet, steady boyfriend. Connie reaches out to Cliff to save their relationship but he is too distracted exploring a different sort of temptation--the promise of quick and easy money from the shifty Tommy Dukes. Can Connie stop Cliff before he makes an epic mistake? Can she stop herself before she falls too far to ever come back? Don't miss the next episode, "Miss Chatterley Part III: Torn," in Logan Belles four-part serial re-imagining of D. H. Lawrences classic "Lady Chatterleys Lover. "
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This seems to be available, but the prices are beyond ridiculous. Usually over $200 for this novella. If you're lucky one can find a copy on Ebay for $150 or so. Amazon has a seller that is selling them for almost $200.The book is 8x11 format, 70 pages or so. It is a blend of Leroux and ALW. Raoul and Christine have married, and gone off. They have a daughter. This is the story of their daughter and her run in with the Phantom of the Opera many years later. What's interesting is it takes a plotline from Frederick Forsyth's book Phantom of Manhattan (I won't tell what that is, though) but her book came out years before Forsyth ever put pen to paper. I kind of wonder if he may have read this book or had heard of it before he wrote his.
Belenguer, Sandra Andrés
The Phantom of the Opera: Essays about the Musical and the Literary Novel 214 page
Not sure where to get this. Sandra's site is gone. Maybe http://www.ladyghost.com...?
Bills, Jennifer (editor)
Phantom Notes
13 issues
Out of print. Try Ebay.com, Some say there are only twelve issues. There are thirteen altogether. I know. I have the 13th issue, but, unfortunately, I'm missing some of the earlier issues.
Blewett, Julie
Phantom Magazine
Started in 1990-1991
5 issues that are known of
Out of print
You can try Ebay.com.I've never seen these anywhere though.
Daae, Christine
Masquerade Behind the Mask
Started in 1993-1996
Fanzine from the UK.
11 issues.
Out of print
You can try Ebay.com. I've seen these issue come out every once in a while
Filled with artwork, stories, interviews, letters, etc.
Dream Team, The
An annual calendar out in 1990, 1991, 1992
The Dream Team
Out of print
Gorgeous calendar full of drawings of different Phantoms. Stage, TV & screen. You can try Ebay.com. I've only found the one above, from 1992 once on Ebay.
Dusk to Dawn Press
For any info on the following fanzines, try mailing:
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3696 N. Dana Drive
LaPorte, IN 46359
Duval, Cheryl
Started in 1989-1991
4 issues, there was supposed to be a 5th issue at some point, plus some other collections, but this, sadly was never done. It's a shame too, because the art work, stories, and poems are truly wonderful. Probably, from what I've read so far, some of the best fan fic out there for Phatnom of the Opera.
Very hard to find. The fanzine is a mixture of Beauty and the Beast, Amadeus and Phantom of the Opera. Full of drawings and stories. Very lovely. Can't wait to read these at some point. Also can't wait to find the other two out there
Hernandez, Carrie (Editor)
Mooney, Linda
Kinema, Rinzan
World Book
The Phantom of the Opera Original Story from Japan.
Out of print. You can try Ebay.com
Really Useless Group (Jennifer Bills)
Hard as Lightning...Soft As Candlelight
Really Useless Group Press (1990)
Out of print.
You can try mailing Really Useless Group Press, 334A N 71st St, Wauwatosa, WI 53213-3746.
Rebaric, Joyce Ann
Nightshadows Productions
Out of print.
I came across this on Ebay amazingly. I had never seen it on there before. Very hard to find
Resch, Kathleen
Williams, Sandy; Laurie Shanahan
Opera Ghost: Tales from Box Five
Started in 1990-1991
A Fanzine anthology of original stories
Out of print
You can try Ebay.com.I've never seen these anywhere though.
Willison, Karin
Mask and Mirror, Illustrations by Miriam Rocke
Out of print. You can try Ebay.com
Yokohama Tuxedo Club
Volume 2: Capriccioso, The Phantom of the Opera
There were three volumes: Allegro Moderato; Capriccioso; Largo
Out of print. You can try Ebay.com
Young, Sharon
The Voice Unmasked
Started in 1990-1991
Solar Winds
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You can try Ebay.com.I've never seen these anywhere though.
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I've written a series of articles on Universe Factory, the Worldbuilding Community blog, on techniques for game masters to reveal details about their worlds gradually and in various ways. I played in a game where the GM did a great job of this, so I'm drawing from that experience. I wrote in the first article:
As a player in a role-playing game, I appreciate the sense of wonder that comes from a well-designed, interesting world — and that sense of wonder is bound up in discovering that world. This is true as a reader of fiction, too, but the GM has a harder challenge than the author: his storytelling is a collaboration between GM and players, possibly over a period of years. Your players, unlike your characters, don't always behave as you plan or pick up on your clues.
[…] In this series of posts I plan to do two things in parallel: share the story of this world, and share how the GM revealed its secrets to us over time.
This post is an index to those articles.
- Setting the Stage: planting clues for the long-term.
- The Written Word: using letters, journals, songs, even recipes — different forms and styles have different effects on players.
- Your World Is Made of People: using the other people your characters know, or know about, to reveal more about your world.
- I Can See Clearly Now: using geography, history, and magical visions.
- Handling Transformations in Your World — and in Your Characters: worlds, things in the world, and characters can change in some pretty important ways over the course of the story.
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- Bringing Threads Together: connecting seemingly-independent story elements and resolving long-running threads —there's still some revelation left even in the late stages of a game when you think most of the secrets are out there.
- One Last Surprise: secrets can be revealed even in the climax of the story. Also, some discussion of meta-game activities that enhanced the experience for all.


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Eclipse charged at Cobra, then she jumped onto a wall and began bouncing off the buildings. Cobra knew what this was, she was trying to throw him off, make him lose focus. But he wasn't going to fall for it. He was going to…
He found himself face down in the dirt. Eclipse had taken him from the side and ploughed him into the ground. He quickly recovered, narrowly missing one of her blades that slammed into where he had just been lying.
"You need to be punished, son. You must learn to love the master!" she said.
"Shut! Up!" he yelled.
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He fired a spike at her but she dodged it with ease.
"Very sloppy." She said.
"In fairness it was dad that taught me that." He said.
Eclipse suddenly dashed and then punched him in the stomach. He collapsed to his knees, winded. He could feel one of the Solar Blades on his shoulder.
"You have made your choice, and that is to be executed for treason!" she said.
Cobra quickly thrust one of his spikes into her shoulder, it killed him to do this to his own mother but she was going to kill him if he hadn't. She stepped back and pulled the spike out, its tip was covered in blood.
"So you did learn a thing or two." She said.
"You'll learn I'm full of surprises!" he said, and the two continued their duel.
Meanwhile Dr Sprocket was next to Sentinel, watching the nanobots rebuild the jet, "Be sure to disable the tracker, we can't have anyone know where we are or where we're heading," he said.
"Yes, Doctor." The machine replied.
Dr Sprocket looked back to see Cobra smack into a brick wall, then dodge Eclipse' fist as she hit the wall, making it crumble.
"He can't keep this up much longer! Eclipse is far more experienced than him, she'll wipe the floor with him any second!" he fretted.
"Reconstruction is complete." Said Sentinel.
The dark green jet looked like new, its engines ready to be started and the doors open.
"Excellent! I'll get the old crate started up! You help Cobra but remember, don't harm Eclipse, they're still our friends!" he told him.
"Yes, Doctor, minimum necessary force."
Dr Sprocket ran inside the plane whilst Sentinel turned his attention to the fight going on.
Cobra was on the floor again, he had received a cut to the arm and was exhausted. His mom stood over him, hands gripped tightly on her Solar Blade, ready to deliver the final blow.
"Any last words?"
"I'm not going to beg for my life! You taught me that!" he said to her.
Eclipse raised her sword, ready to bring it down.
A large yellow beam struck the alien princess and she was sent hurtling to the other side of Chernobyl.
Cobra blinked for a moment then looked to see Sentinel standing a few feet away, an energy cannon on his right arm, smoking.
"It is okay, it was a stun gun, she will recover."
"THAT'S a stun gun?" he exclaimed.
"Minimum necessary force." Said Sentinel, helping him up, "I thought it best seeing as she was your mother."
"Yeah, well, thanks." He said, rubbing his arm.
"You are injured." The robot noticed.
"It's nothing, just a scratch."
"Ah, a play on Monty Python!"
"Coral insisted that I watch films to understand human behaviour better. Said it would advance my programming."
"Let's…let's just get on the ruddy plane before my mom comes back to kill us all!" he said.
The two boarded the plane as Dr Sprocket started up the engines and engaged the cloaking device, making them invisible to all sensors on the planet. The jet rose up into the sky and flew off at great speed.
Cobra and Sentinel joined the mad robot scientist in the cockpit, "So where to now?"
"We find the next member of our team, Polly."
"You know where she is?"
"My scanners were vague but I narrowed it down to an isolated part of Japan."
"I believe my scanners may be able to assist you, Doctor." Said Sentinel.
"Very good, dear boy. Come join me." Said Sprocket.
Cobra left the two to their scanners and sat alone in the cargo hold. The sooner they found someone more organic the better.
Back in Washington, the President had just been told by a messenger that Eclipse had been beaten and the fugitives had escaped. Derek needed to come in with a dustpan to scoop up what was left of the messenger afterwards.
"Dietl, any sign of them?" he asked.
"Er, no sir, like with the shuttle they have found a way of eluding all our scanners. But Eclipse did report that Cobra was not alone, Dr Sprocket and Sentinel were with him, I'm sure the messenger told you that before you…"
"Directly after he told me." He said, "So, now there are three monsters that aren't susceptible to my mind-control, and that tin-can Dr Sprocket has survived and gained a new body? This displeases me, Dietl."
"Wait, Sir! Mythos Zero and Mr Maverick have arrived per your orders!" said Derek.
"Then send them in and don't come back till you have some good news to report!" he said.
Derek quickly left and a moment later two new figures arrived, one was an android with a black material for skin with light blue lines, almost like veins. He had a mixture of red and blue armour and long white hair.
The second was a guy that stood about 5' 7", aged about 21. He had scruffy brown air and green eyes. He looked rough as if he had only just woken up.
"Ah, gentlemen, be seated," said the President.
"I'd rather stand." Said Mythos, his voice cold and emotionless. His expression didn't change either.
"Why have you brought us here?" asked Maverick.
"Because, Alexander, I believe there may be to cure your 'condition'." He said.
Alexander's green eyes seemed to brighten for a moment. He was now wide awake as he stood right on the edge of the President's desk.
"Really? They've found a cure?"
"I have all the scientists in the world at my disposal; they are well on their way to finding one. This is why I kept you free from my mind-control, you were so eager to be free of this curse that you would do anything to get it. Now is the time."
"What do I have to do? I'll do anything you ask!"
"What about you, Mythos? Are you in?"
Mythos just looked at him, a hint of mistrust in his eyes, "What do you have in mind?"
"Simple, I will cure Alex and send you back to your home reality if you will have a few things 'taken care of'. And by things I mean monsters."
"Monsters? Surely you have all of them under your thumb now?" asked Alex.
"All but three. We are unable to track them but I'm sure if you want what you want so badly then it will be no problem for you?"
"It will be done." Said Mythos, he turned and left the room.
"You want us to kill monsters?" asked Alex.
"You will be doing this country a great service, Alexander. And I'm sure you'll do anything to have a normal life again?"
With that Alex ran after Mythos to join him in the hunt for the monsters. The President slumped back in his chair, relief flowing through him.
"Ah, that alien reject may have failed to kill you monsters. But trust me; your time is almost up. I will have your heads up on my walls!"
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2016 ABRA Factory Class National Champion… Michael Blackard put in a lot of time and miles during the 2016 season. He shot 57 cards earning an aggregate of 178.6 adding in 181 points to take the National Title and buckle for a total of 359.59. We appreciate all the time Mike put into ABRA and his enthusiasm for the sport. Mike's Bench Rest Rifle of choice is a Factory Ruger with a Simmons scope. We are very excited that he will be our 2017 Match Director for the state of Kentucky.
2016 ABRA Unlimited Class National Champion… Art Shaffer traveled from Kentucky to Georgia, Ohio, and Tennessee. He has been very dedicated to supporting ABRA. In 2016 Art shot 81 cards ending the year with an aggregate of 190.33 points of 233 taking the National Unlimited Title and buckle with a total of 423.33. Art's Bench Rest Rifle was a custom build that he worked on himself. Shilen Barrel, CST Receiver, Night force Scope, and shooting off of Rear Mechanical Rest. We would like to say Thank you to Art for all of his support.
2016 ABRA Youth National Champion… Darek Biggs, this young man shoot a total of 53 cards with an aggregate of 181.13 well earned points of 80 and a total of 261.13. Darek is the model for youth sportsmanship, he is a pleasure to be around and we look forward to seeing him and his family at every match. Congrats Darek.
2016 ABRA State champions
Unlimited State Champions:
Georgia: Jim Haley
Kentucky: Art Shaffer , 2nd Place Steve DuVall
Ohio: Hal Davis
Texas: Lisa Chacon, 2nd Place Allen Taylor, 3rd Place Joe Chacon
Darek Biggs Youth Champion
Factory State Champions:
Georgia: Harold Reynolds
Kentucky: Michael Blackard
Ohio: Bill Truman
Texas: Ron Herring, 2nd Place Ken Finley, 3rd Place Brian Vincent


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Times Property Headquarters in Guangzhou has a newly completed activity centre dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing of its staff. Sylvia Chan writes.
March 7th, 2016
Featuring a space for ping pong, a dance and yoga studio, a gym, shower facilities, and a massage area, the staff activity centre at Times Property Headquarters is unified by a black and white colour scheme. According to Peng Zheng, Design Director of C&C Design, the sombre palette allows design to recede into the background, and the users in colourful outfits become the centre of attention. "We hope that people will be the main protagonists in the activity centre, and that they will add different colours to the space," says Peng.
A long corridor connects the different spaces in the activity centre and eventually leads to the gym with a half-circular plan. In front of the curve windows are treadmills. "This is the most spacious area of the activity centre and can accommodate the gym equipment. This space is also more open and users can enjoy the city view as they run on the treadmills," says Peng. The ping pong area, close to the entrance of the activity centre, can also serve as a multifunctional space for conferences and parties, Peng adds.
Lockers are located on one side of the corridor. Each locker is marked by a number that corresponds to the player number of the locker owner. "The numbers are for identification, and they also create a feature wall," Peng explains. Along the corridor, bench tables and stools are also installed so users can relax and engage in conversation with one another.
Apart from encouraging staff to exercise, Peng also hopes that the space can facilitate greater employee interaction. "The office space of the headquarters has a high density and a more rational design. Here in the activity centre, we would like to create a space that is less rigid and free from restraints," Peng says. He explains that the activity centre has an open plan and glass partitions to enhance the visibility of each user, thus creating more opportunities for interaction.
The activity centre is open to all staff of Times Property and can accommodate around 50 people at one time. Peng says the design of the activity centre eschews the luxurious clubhouse aesthetic in favour of a more friendly and down-to-earth atmosphere for the enjoyment of all.
With proximity to the office, the staff activity centre is a convenient retreat that brings the 'work hard play hard' philosophy to the doorstep.
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Council spending on street cleaning reaches record levels
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
NEWRY, Mourne and Down Council spent a total of £3,350,344 on cleaning our roads, streets and open spaces in 2015-16, according to Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful - a rise of 6% on last year.
However, what they describe as an "expression of serious intent to clean up our streets and parks" has however been somewhat blunted by a fall of almost 7% in the number of people actually caught and fined for littering.
The figures, which were gathered by environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful from Council financial statements and records of enforcement, show how hard councils have to work to hold back a tide of unsightly and harmful litter.
Dr Ian Humphreys, Chief Executive of Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, said of the figures "Council staff work day and night to keep our streets clean but we spend more and more each year just to stand still.
"If Newry, Mourne and Down was able to bring down the £3,350,344 cost of cleaning up litter, think of how many more parks, leisure facilities and services the council would be able to provide to the public. Tackling the cost of litter is not just good for the environment, society but also public services.
"This cost is why most councils have now come together, with others, to deliver Live Here Love Here. This is building community pride and starting work on the real solution, which is to prevent litter being dropped in the first place."
Many people will wonder where the money for street cleansing comes from, and the answer is that councils pay it from their rates, with the average annual charge to every rate payer in the country around £58.
At the other end of the bargain, the number of people actually caught littering has fallen by 7% to 115. As Dr Humphreys points out "In a fair society the polluter would pay for the clean-up, but at this stage the ratepayers of Newry, Mourne and Down are footing the bill for other peoples' carelessness."
The total raised by fixed penalties to be set against the cost of cleansing was £5,150.
Councils are also investing in anti-litter education initiatives such as Live Here Love Here, a media campaign supported by seven of the eleven councils including Newry, Mourne and Down, the Housing Executive and the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, as well as businesses like Coca-Cola and Choice Housing. Many Councils also run local initiatives directly in schools and communities.
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful is currently collating results of 1,100 surveys across the country to see if the additional money spent is having the desired effect and reducing the amount of litter on streets and in parks.
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The metal braided hose is made from precision thin walled metallic strip which is formed and seam welded into a tube and then corrugated to form a flexible metal hose. United Flexible offers the ability to form the corrugations with a self-draining helical design or a more robust and flexible annular design. These corrugated hoses are available with a ¼" diameter (6mm) and larger.
These metallic hoses are usually braided to give strength when the hose is pressurized and to provide a solid protective cover during use. Multiple braid layers can increase working pressure as well as with corrugation shape, profile, wall thickness and material type. With differing engineering techniques involved and excellent burst strength-to-wall thickness ratio, these hoses are relatively lightweight compared to equivalent non-metallic hose alternatives in the market.
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Our global workforce of ASME IX certified welders are backed with rigorous testing methods that involve high pressure nitrogen or helium gases as well as dye penetrant weld examination, radiographic examination, mass spectrometer testing, and third party independent witness testing if required.
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"Negative rates in Japan and Europe coupled with weak global growth have prompted a surge in interest," notes one trader as Gold-backed exchange-traded funds saw a record inflow of $7.2bn in February, surpassing the previous high set in 2009, according to BlackRock.
BlackRock's iShares Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:IAU) which saw creation halted due to the inability to meet excess demand for physical has not had one outflow this year.
And SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD) inflows are soaring.
This year $9.2bn has gone into gold-backed exchange-traded products, BlackRock said.
And it appears as The Fed remains on its rate-hiking-narrative path (and the rest of the world goes deeper and deeper into NIRP) perhaps this chart – showing the Dow/Gold ratio breaking significant support – suggests gold will continue to outperform.


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Most days, I check my smart phone as much as I drink water, and sometimes even more. Considering that the last time I went running I was severely dehydrated, it might be time to reevaluate. Like most millennials, I've never known a world where the Internet didn't exist.
Today, I see kids as young as 2-years-old knowing how to use a iPad. My nephew could probably navigate Google Maps better than I could. Even though I've grown accustomed to waking up and checking my Instagram and Facebook, there are some days where I wish I didn't know what was happening to everyone around me because I saw a Facebook status.
What if we went back to the simpler days where we wrote notes on college ruled paper or knew where our friends were by seeing their bicycle parked out in front of their house?
One such camp for adults, Camp Grounded, aims to go back to those simpler times. Camp Grounded is a three-day, adult summer camp based out of California (another camp recently opened up in North Carolina). When campers arrive, they are required to check-in anything that links them to the outside world.
The first 250 campers gathered in Navarro, California in 2013. After checking anything that needed charging at the door, campers took on nicknames and surrounded themselves with over 80 acres of nature.
According to Fidget Wigglesworth (Levi Felix), camp director, Camp Grounded is a social experiment aimed at reevaluating society's relationship with digital technologies. Felix is one of the brains behind Digital Detox, an Oakland-based group responsible for the camp. For the past few years Digital Detox has been throwing get-off-the-grid retreats near San Francisco, but decided to unleash Camp Grounded as their biggest undertaking.
Not only are digital devices off limits at Camp Grounded, but so are conversations that begin with the dreaded, "so what do you do for a living," or "how old are you?" Instead of focusing on titles and careers, campers are urged to connect over individual characteristics and memories they've made in the outdoors.
Set in the woods, the camp provides over 50 workshops and activities including yoga, capture the flag, hiking, face-painting, a talent show, campfires and stargazing. Learning how to successfully use a typewriter is also included in camp activities.
As their website says, the best way to reconnect is to disconnect. If interested, the next camp is scheduled for Hendersonville, NC from Aug. 27 – 30.
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Some combinations, think peanut butter and jelly or autumn and football, are tried and true. Others are just trying. At least that is the current state of affairs for emerging markets ETFs that hold high-yield bonds. Individually, emerging markets debt and high-yield have hit a rough patch. On Tuesday, the PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio (PCY) hit a new 52-week low. In the past month, the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) is down almost 4%.
The iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund (EMHY) is enduring its own woes as investors are scurrying out of both emerging markets and junk debt amid lingering fears about rising rates in the U.S. [Emerging Markets Bond ETFs Slide on Rate Jitters]
Things have not always been this hard for EMHY. The ETF debuted 14 months ago and has managed to rake in an impressive $248.5 million in assets. Perhaps surprisingly, the fund has not seen any outflows since the start of this month, according to Index Universe data.
EMHY's timing when it debuted was good. The ETF came to market in the sweet spot of a fierce yield grab fueled by accommodating monetary policy from scores of central banks, the Federal Reserve included. Investors not only embraced EMHY for its stout yield, currently 5.42% on a trailing 12-month basis, but also for its capital appreciation potential. [Emerging Markets Bond ETFs With Attractive Yields]
Heavy allocations to Turkey and the Philippines ahead of those countries' ascending to investment-grade credit ratings helped EMHY gain over 12 % from June 2012 through January 2013. Fast-forward to June 2013 and it is the very countries that helped lift EMHY (and other emerging markets bond ETFs) to prominence that are now hindering the fund. [Short Interest Surges in EM Bond ETF]
At the end of the first quarter, Turkey and the Philippines were EMHY's largest and third-largest country weights with allocations of 17.1% and 10.6%, respectively, according to iShares data.
A plunging peso has forced investors out of Philippine equities and debt despite the country's bright long-term prospects, sending yields on bonds due November 2037 to the highest levels since February. Still historically low, yields on Philippine 10-years are up almost 40 basis points in the past month, according to Trading Economics.
Turkey is another regrettable story. Anti-government protests have cast a dark cloud over the country many outsiders viewed as the most economically advanced in the Arab world. Yields on Turkish 10-years have surged about 100 basis points in a week.
Not surprisingly, EMHY is down 5.5% over the same time. EMHY is an ETF with "bounce" potential, but calling a near-term bottom is the difficult part.
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Brattleboro, VT (PressExposure) September 29, 2009 -- Twitter is one of the "new kids on the block" in the Social Media or Web 2.0 world. It has some fantastic social aspects and if used correctly it can be a great tool. You can use Twitter for market research, which should be one of your core Internet marketing strategies. The best thing about using Twitter is you get the research done quickly--and for free! Not only that, but you can use Twitter to find out what other marketers think of what it is you're trying to accomplish.
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One of the best aspects of Twitter from a marketing perspective is the broad reach you have. You can touch millions of people around the world. At any given moment there are literally millions of people twittering away.
You put a tweet out to the Twitterverse...asking a question and you will get short, spontaneous answers...these tend to be direct and not calculated because they are spontaneous. The Tweeple don't take time to think about their answers...tweets are flying by too quickly for that...so they just answer!
You can either put out the questions manually as in "What is your favorite flavor ice cream?" or you could use one of the applications and create a poll or survey giving them specific choices.
After you get your initial results, you can even tweet the outcome giving people a chance to respond and further refine or clarify your research!
Eaves Dropping
You can also conduct market research by listening in on other peopleâs tweets. You can find out for free what people are buzzing about, what they are looking for, problems they are encountering, solutions they wish they could find...or just info they are seeking.
Twitter has a search function built in so you can find people talking about a specific subject. You can also use different search applications to find comments. The hash tag (#) is a popular way for people to identify a topic they are interested in.
So if I want to find out what people are talking about regarding ice cream, I could type "ice cream" in the search box, or "#icecream". The hash tag will return tweets by people who have put that exact phrase #icecream in their tweet.
So I could ask my question so I catch both groups--"what is your favorite ice cream flavor? #icecream" And I still have 91 characters left!
By getting this input, you can then direct your next project to solve a problem that you know exists! This is one of the classic offline and Internet marketing strategies: find a need and fill it! This research might lead you to promote a different product than you had originally intended. Or maybe it gives you clues on how to write the sales copy to make your product more appealing. It might inspire you to create a new product or improve an existing product--or to provide a service that fills a need.
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Another one of my Internet marketing strategies is acting while a market is hot and Twitter really helps here! Because you got the research quickly, you can also act upon it quickly.
By using social media, specifically Twitter, you are able to implement at least three of your Internet marketing strategies--market research, filling a need, and acting quickly. For more great Internet marketing strategies, come to ListBuilding.com, and see what we have to offer. Tellman Knudson and the ListBuilding.com crew will help you to start or improve your business just as quickly as Twitter comes up with ideas.For more information, visit http://www.ListBuilding.com right now!