 (isoproterenol). Long-term CSA administration decreased NE release and synthesis whereas it enhanced the amine uptake and phosphoinositide hydrolysis in the SMG. Conclusions: The administration of CSA for 30 days induced salivary gland sensitization likely mediated by diminished adrenergic input. Present results suggest that the decreased sympathetic activity evoked by long-term CSA administration in the rat SMG may lead to sensitization of the gland supported by increased phosphoinositide hydrolysis and enhanced adrenergic-evoked salivation.James Blake hits out at Hudson Mohawke: “Thank goodness...
“Leak what you have,” says Blake.
James Blake has posted a terse response to Hudson Mohawke on Twitter, telling the Warp producer “I can’t trust you” after he claimed to have made beats for Blake online last week.
Hud Mo claimed last week he’d made demos for the ‘Radio Silence’ singer, as well as Frank Ocean, which Blake denied, explaining that he was “respectfully baffled” by the remarks. After Mohawke made further remarks yesterday about the collaboration, suggesting it’d be “amazing” for the alleged demos to “see the light of day”, Blake hit back. The Mercury Prize winner did receive demos but “listened to them and politely declined,” according to a tweet this morning (August 15).
“Two years later and you’re alluding to the idea we’ve collaborated to the point where you have something you can leak…? Leak what you have,” he said. “You’d just been leaking one of your own beats with no vocals or input from me. Thank god we never worked together because I wouldn’t be able to trust you with my music.” This came after Mohawke posted a screenshot of an email conversation between the pair.
Mohawke had claimed he’d made unreleased music with Blake and Frank Ocean, prompting Blake to deny ever working with Blake: “As talented as I think he is, I’ve never worked with Hudson Mohawke and don’t know what he’s talking about. I’m respectfully baffled,” he tweeted on Friday (August 12).
Yesterday, Mohawke fought back: “James tried a few things with some insts of mine for my last record but didn’t come to anything,” while also explaining that he also worked with Frank Ocean “on some things but didn’t really come to anything either.” He added it would be “amazing” if the recordings were to ever see the light of day, though he doubts that will ever happen.
Imagine this: your boss gives you the task to increase sales to each of your customers (you have 300 customers) but you only have five minutes to convince them. By the way, do not assume that your customers will give you their full attention during those five minutes or that you will be sitting in a comfortable room showing some slides; your customer is likely to be doing something else while you are there and you may be talking to her from the street through a window.  What would you do?
This is the challenge faced by the PepsiCo Foods salesforce and distributors in Colombia every week when visiting its more than 300,000 traditional trade customer. The way we are addressing this challenge is by making our salesforce's smartphones really smart through machine learning and artificial intelligence (Al) algorithms that leverage our existing data.
After several years of gaining share of market and becoming the leader in the macrosnacks industry, the PepsiCo Foods management team realized that in order to continue its successful path new opportunities of growth needed to be found. However the usual sources of data (internal sales, market audits, etc.) in isolation provided no new insight on how to capitalize new sources of growth.Jim Beam gives you the chance to win tickets to attend an intimate Welcome Sessions performance by Flight Facilities in Sydney.
Jim Beam gives you the chance to win tickets to attend an up close and personal DJ set by Flight Facilities in Sydney as part of their 2022 Welcome Sessions series.
Leading the charge are Sydney locals Flight Facilities, the veteran duo comprised of Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell. The electronic act has been delighting world dancefloors for more than a decade with an elegant brand of electronica tinged with delicious chill-out and French house elements.
The Sydney locals have gone a long way since their humble beginnings back in the late aughts, mixing songs by other artists for fun. Their incredible debut album Down to Earth from 2014 earned three nominations at the ARIA Music Awards, including Album of the Year. Their follow-up effort from 2015, Live With the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, snatched the ARIA for Best Classical Album, a rare feat for an electronic act with original compositions competing against ensembles performing mostly classic material.
Flight Facilities will be performing a DJ set on Saturday, June 11th at The Rooftop, Sydney, kicking off the long weekend.
The Welcome Sessions are a celebration of live music, an event where fans get to connect with beloved musicians in a unique, intimate setting. For your chance to win one of the limited 50 x double passes, enter here. Take a friend and have an unforgettable experience with one of the best acts in the country, courtesy of Jim Beam.
Joe Thomas and Anthony Ciotti have answered the call to serve the local community, becoming the designated local “Paramedics of Property Damage” with the opening of their new PuroClean franchise located in Howell. The duo has partnered with Steve Scott, an expert in project management, to manage the franchise’s operations and lead a team of highly trained technicians to help home and business owners with water, fire, mold, and other property issues, 24/7. PuroClean of Howell will serve the greater Detroit area, from Novi to Lansing.
Cousins Thomas and Ciotti grew up together in the Detroit area and have a wealth of experience in the industry as their backgrounds are based in general contracting, construction, and carpentry. The group was looking to expand and offer additional services and discovered that PuroClean would provide the ideal supplement to their existing businesses. The pair chose PuroClean as their next investment as the company’s goals aligned with their vision to provide world-class service to customers. Scott joins PuroClean of Howell with more than 17 years of construction, renovation, and restoration industry experience.
As National Independents' Week kicks off across the country and the nation's media focuses its attention on the future of the small shop, the message is: you're more important than ever.
A poll of Convenience Store readers has confirmed that 98% of store owners see their shop as an important part of the community it serves, with more than half saying that the local store now plays a more vital role in the shaping of its local community than ever before. The retailers see themselves as providing a service on a local level which the national multiples cannot hope to match.
The findings echo the words of former CBI boss Sir Digby Jones, who last month described local stores as "the glue which binds communities together". Praising them for their contribution to social inclusion and wealth creation, he said: "Without you in our communities, there wouldn't be much left."
The survey, commissioned by Convenience Store and the My Shop Is Your Shop (MSYS) campaign, which promotes National Independents' Week (June 4-10), also found that 91% of independent retailers felt their neighbourhood had a strong sense of community and that residents would like to take a more active role in local activities. They acknowledged that the more their business is involved with the local community, the greater the motivation for its members to use the shop.
Retailers believed that the local store or post office was the main point of contact for the community, and the place in which neighbours interact with each other most. It was seen as more important than the church, community centre or doctors' surgery, with the local supermarket dismissed almost entirely.
Alan Toft, chairman of MSYS, says of the findings: "The depth of feeling for the community and the way that independents see themselves at ease with their customers just cannot be replicated by the multiples. You just can't see a superstore manager having his finger on the pulse of the local community in quite the same way as an independent who lives over the shop, whose kids go to the same school as customers' kids and who personally shares the ups and downs of the neighbourhood."
The survey rated a good independent local shop as one of the four pillars of a successful community, along with neighbours' support for each other, good housing and good schools. However, a lack of amenities for young people topped the poll as the biggest threat to community, along with street crime and poor local services. The expansion of the larger supermarket chains and the closure of post offices were also mentioned as factors.
An overwhelming 76% of retailers said that not enough was being done by local authorities, police and residents' groups to help promote community values.
The survey also invited C-Store readers to suggest areas in which their wholesaler could improve its service. Lower prices and a better range of products topped the wish list, but more advice on marketing and increased visits from wholesalers' reps were also rated highly.
The build up to National Independents' Week hits its stride today (June 1) with independent retailers offering their customers a gift of £4.25 in discounts.
The promotion gives store owners the chance to reward customers who support their local shops with money-off coupons on 12 well-known brands, distributed in the Daily Mirror and the Daily Record. Almost 6.5 million people will receive the coupons as a four-page insert in the newspapers, which will also run news stories throughout the week on independent retailers who are stars