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Notorious Denton Child Abuse Case Makes its Way to Court
Christian McPhate
Christian McPhate | June 6, 2017 | 4:00am
John Tufts towers over everyone else in the courtroom at his Monday morning arraignment at the Denton County Courthouse. His adopted 6-year-old Polish daughter told police he is a "bad guy" and "mean." The crime that the 6-foot-4-inch, 280-pound man stands accused of involves traumatic child physical and sexual abuse that strains the imagination.
It's a full house inside Judge Brody Shanklin's courtroom, but no one gathered in the wooden pews pays much attention to Tufts as he makes his way toward the front to check in. He's facing a felony charge of serious bodily injury to a child after, as Denton police investigators said in his 2016 arrest warrant, he put his adopted child in a cage and sexually assaulted her with a Disney doll.
"Daddy is mean. He put Elsa in my booty and I cried," police said the child told them.
Tufts and his wife, Georgiana, who was also arrested, have denied all wrongdoing.
The couple took their adopted daughter, then 5, to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth on Aug. 11, 2016. The ER staff discovered that she had a laceration of the hymen through her pelvic diaphragm to the anus with active bleeding. The injuries required surgery and led to the use of a colostomy bag. The staff also found bruising across the girl's lower body, as well as to the head, back and hips.
The injuries required surgery and led to the use of a colostomy bag.
The couple had adopted their daughter July 4, 2015, but they weren't the child's first adoptive parents. She and her 2-year-old sister had been adopted and brought to the United States from Poland earlier in 2015. The adoption process, however, didn't work out.
Denton police spokesman Shane Kizer told News 5 (WEWS-TV) in Cleveland that the first adoptive parents decided to keep the younger sister and gave the older one back to the adoption agency, European Adoption Consultants, where John Tufts' mother, Debra Parris, worked as the Africa director.
Denton police said it took only days for Parris to place the child in her son's care and nearly a year for him to be arrested for child abuse.
Earlier this year, the FBI raided the European Adoption Consultants headquarters in Strongsville, Ohio, in relation to accusations that include soliciting bribes, falsifying documents and adopting trafficked children.
James Angelino, John Tufts' attorney, told the Dallas Observer that he was very annoyed that Denton police had a press conference to discuss his client's case before the grand jury indicted him in May. He also said his client has received death threats and lost his job once word began to spread about the child abuse. He wasn't sure if the judge's gag order is still in effect and only wanted to be quoted saying, "I think he's gotten a raw deal."
John Tufts said the incident occurred at 7 p.m. Aug. 9, 2016, two days before the couple took their 5-year-old adopted daughter to the hospital. He said he had placed her in the bathtub in the guest bathroom to take a shower. Then, he said, he left the bathroom to check on his 5-year-old biological daughter, who was taking a shower in the master bathroom.
When he returned, John Tufts said, he found his adopted daughter had "stuck a Barbie doll inside her vagina or anus," according to his arrest warrant affidavit. He noticed blood droplets in the tub and blood covering the doll's lower legs, took a picture with his cellphone, and sent it to his wife and mother asking what he should do.
John Tufts used a towel to stop the blood and told investigators that this helped the bleeding to subside. When his wife came home from work later that night, she told investigators, she didn't check on their adopted daughter because she was sleeping.
The couple sought no medical treatment for the child at the time of the injury.
A day later, the girl began to complain about pain, so Georgiana Tufts gave her a Tylenol. When she noticed blood discharging from her adopted daughter's private area, she placed a menstrual pad in the girl's panties to absorb the blood. She then contacted Cook Children's Pediatrics in Denton and scheduled an appointment for the next day.
The Cook's Children Hospital surgeon told investigators that the Tufts claims don't match their findings of significant trauma.
At the pediatric office, the doctor told the couple that their adopted daughter had a very serious injury and needed a higher level of care. She was immediately sent to the hospital in Fort Worth.
There, the John and Georgiana Tufts made a litany of claims regarding their adopted daughter, including that she "masturbates all the time as a soothing mechanism" and that she "also self-harms." They also claimed they had never observed these behaviors, just the aftermath.
John Tufts claimed he watched his adopted daughter bang her head on the wall, and his wife claimed she saw her adopted daughter throw herself backwards on the stairs.
The Cook Children's Medical Center surgeon told investigators that the couple's claims don't match the hospital's findings of significant trauma. Doctors "stated it would have taken a significant amount of force to cause the type of trauma found to her vaginal and anal area," the investigator wrote in the arrest warrant affidavit.
Denton police investigators spoke with Cook Children's Medical Center psychologist Phillip Breedlove, who claimed that the couple's adopted daughter told him that she did not like her father because her daddy "pulled down too hard, and she is mad at him and did not like him, but she loves him."
John Tufts denied being involved in any of his adoptive daughter's injuries when investigators interviewed him and reaffirmed what he had already said: that her injuries were self inflicted. He was arrested in early October 2016, but his bond was later reduced from $400,000 to $150,000.
Georgiana Tufts was arrested for injury to a child by omission in early October 2016 because she waited two days to seek proper medical treatment. She was also arraigned on Monday morning.
"This is a little bit higher up the ladder when it comes to controlling our emotions," Kizer, the Denton police spokesman, told local news outlets at the time of John Tufts' arrest.
The Tufts were both indicted by the grand jury May 1, and will be making their next court appearance in early July.
Christian McPhate is an award-winning journalist who specializes in investigative reporting. He covers crime, the environment, business, government and social justice. His work has appeared in several publications, including the Dallas Morning News, the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the Miami Herald, San Antonio Express News and The Washington Times.
Twitter: @writerontheedge
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I was recently had to travel out-of-town for work. Our family's penchant for traveling light meant my ninja packing skills fit 3 days of business-casual clothing and traveling-office gadgets into our old Kelty Redwing 40 backpack. (BTW, the new design looks even easer to travel with!) Some of my collegues were amazed–as they wheeled their full-sized suitcases down the hall. As a pick-up-truck family, packing light for travel has always been an issue for us. We just don't have space for stuff. Our Spring Break Road Trip really had us paring down to the essentials to travel 5,000 miles with practically no storage space other than our leg room.
The great thing about packing light is that you end up with easy access to what you do bring along because you have to be so organized to make it all fit! Here's the simple tools we use to organize family electronics–all the gadgets and accessories, plugs and cords and batteries–while traveling.
What Family Electronics Travel with You?
When you add charging cords, earbuds, backup batteries, etc., that ends up being a big jumble of cords and pieces everywhere. And it only gets worse when you unpack at a hotel and everyone is scrambling for an outlet! So how do you corral all of that into an organized and accessible package? We use a couple simple products that I've come to rely on no matter where or how long we're leaving home for.
Each of our kiddos has a Amazon Fire Kids tablet.
Before traveling, the crew each download a couple movies, a music playlist (or two, in the case of the teenager!), and at at least one audiobook of their own choice/interest. Each of them packs their tablet and accessories into a simple neoprene sleeve tablet carrying case–voila! Instant organzation!
We have used these basic neoprene sleeves for years and never worn them out or broke a zipper. The tablets will fit with the bulky kid-proof cases. We required those for years too. When they're allowed to down-size to "grown up" covers, they fit even better.
The backup batteries are something new we've added to our essential packing lists over the last year. We didn't need them on our road trip because we had plenty of time in the car to charge devices (with a small power inverter). But as part of our hurricane/emergency preparedness family plan, we keep them charged and available for our devices at all times.
By the way…we use the same thing for our work tablets and laptops. A simple padded neoprene sleeve (here's a 10″ tablet one, and a 13″ laptop one). I love the neoprene exterior. I wouldn't call it "waterproof." If you dump water on it, it does NOT bead up and roll off. But it DOES absorb the water. It will soad it all up into the fabric instead of it dripping through onto your electronics. So your sleeve is wet, but your electronics are not.
This handy little cords and cables organizer case by Hynes Eagle Travel Gear is my secret weapon. I LOVE this thing! Whether we're taking a 3 hour drive to Mimi's house, or going out of town for a week, this plug and cord organizer keeps everything neat and tidy.
What do I keep in there?
I have also tried the highly recommended Grid-It design. While it definitely provided the organization needed, I did not like all of my items being exposed within my bag. Too much chance of snagging and catching as I pulled it in and out. I found myself putting it into another bag, then into my main bag, which seemed to over-complicate the whole thing. The Hynes Eagle organizer closes neatly around everything and I can just toss it in my bag and go.
Last, but not least, I try to color code everything to each person. It's not that hard, since you can usually find everything in at least the standard primary colors these days. Tablet covers, cases, and earbuds are all the same color for each child. Things like cords and plugs that only come in black and white are marked with matching color washi tape. I've also used colored sharpies to add initials, but I like to use the colored tape as a backup. The marker has been known to rub off, and my kiddos initals are pretty similar. Colored tape is a much quicker, easier indicator when the squabbling starts.
The best thing about corraling all the electronics and accessories this way, is that we can keep things neat at home too. Everything stays in it's case while being stored in our cabinet at the home office. That makes it easy to grab-and-go for waiting in the car, at appointments, or while running errands.
Do you have any tips for organizing the family jumble of electronics for travel–near or far?


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4.2. Physical Computation with the Arduino¶

This section is about establishing core concepts of computation as
related to physical interface. This connects the behavior of the
physical world of electrical signals to the logical world of programs,
numbers, and symbols.

For the exercises and assignments, we will be using the
Arduino, a popular microcontroller for
physical computing. The following list is an informal summary of basic
concepts related to computation with physical signals and the Arduino.

4.2.1. Takeaway Lessons¶

An Arduino is a small low-power computer with many conventional
elements: read/write memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), a CPU which
executes logical and mathematical instructions, and input/output
peripheral circuitry. This class of computers are called
microcontrollers reflecting their use as microprocessors controlling
hardware.

Microcontrollers are appropriate for physical computing tasks with low
computational requirements. They have low power consumption and
input/output peripherals specialized for hardware such as
analog-to-digital converters and PWM waveform generators. They have a
single-threaded programming model with no operating system so writing
hardware-oriented programs can be very simple.

Physical properties such as position and light intensity are
intrinsically analog since they have continuity in time and space. In
contrast, computational processes involve operations on numbers
representing measurements of the physical properties. We use analog to
digital converters (ADCs) to make periodic measurements of electrical
signals to create digital representations. These numerical digital
signals are sampled in both time and value, since ADCs have a finite
precision and speed.

The physical world is one of simultaneity: all atoms are constantly in
motion, all physical processes are unfolding in parallel. Computation as
we know it is essentially serial and local: programs process numbers one
at a time (or in small batches). Signal processing programs managing
signals at different sample rates must simulate this simultaneity
through program structure and time management.

Digital logic signals use voltages to represent discrete symbols,
usually just a binary one or zero. More complex symbols, e.g. numbers,
require multiple bits, either encoded on a set of wires (a parallel
data bus) or over time on a single wire used as a serial data bus.
Every digital number is represented using a finite set of bits and thus
has finite precision and range.

Digital logic circuits are generally intended only to convey information
and are hence designed to output only small currents at logic-level
voltages. Controlling enough energy to operate an actuator almost always
requires amplification via a driver circuit.

Systems which only manipulate outputs are said to be open-loop.
Systems using feedback that measures the physical effect of an output
to govern the output are said to be closed-loop. Hobby servos are a
simple example of a closed-loop position-controlled servomotor.

Many useful physical interfacing components and modules are available
which communicate using a serial data bus such as I2C or
SPI. There are corresponding Arduino libraries to simplify interfacing
to these devices.

4.2.2. Reference Links¶

Arduino: IDE

Arduino: Getting Started

Arduino: Reference

Arduino: Uno circuit
diagram

Arduino Tutorial: Examples (guide to
tutorials)

Arduino Tutorial: First Sketch (programming
introduction)

Wikipedia: Stepper
motor

Wikipedia: Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem

Wikipedia: Event loop

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On Monday morning (April 8), the TDE rapper officially unloaded "Chopstix," a Travis Scott-assisted song set to appear on his new album. "Chopstix," which follows the release of ScHoolboy's raucous first album single, "Numb Numb Juice," is one he debuted on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 20. Now the track itself is out on all streaming services.
On the Scott end of things, the singer unloads his signature metallic melodies on the song, which has a decidedly more mellow vibe than ScHoolboy's ultra-aggressive first single from his new project.
There's still no word on when ScHoolboy's new LP will drop, but after he finished his performance of "Chopstix" after just one verse on The Tonight Show a few weeks ago, Q let the crowd know that his new LP is "coming very, very, very, very, very, very soon." Here's to hoping it really is.
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Kent Wahlbeck, född 1950 i Söderhamn, är en svensk konstnär.

Kent Wahlbeck kom 1969 till Uppsala för att studera konstvetenskap och började samtidigt med egna studier i måleri. Efter ytterligare några års universitetsstudier i musikvetenskap, estetik och sociologi och en fritidspedagogexamen 1982 arbetade han en period med barn.

Wahlbeck är autodidakt. Barnteckningar och barns fria skapande blev tidigt en inspirationskälla. Att arbeta med klara färger och att teckna ur minnet har utvecklats till en egen spontan stil. Han använder därför sällan förlagor eller modeller i sin konst.

Sommaren 1997 köpte han ett torp i Rasbo 20 km utanför Uppsala, utmed väg 288, med tanken att göra ett öppet konstnärshem. Under påsken varje år kommer besökare för att uppleva miljön och den skapande atmosfären.

Bland hans offentliga verk märks Fem sinnen i Habo och Puzzled Choir i Engelsbergs skulpturpark, större skulpturer med motiv av masker i cortenstål. Tillsammans med Krassimir Kolev gjorde han en svit i Ishotellet i Jukkasjärvi 2009.
Masker och folksamlingar i starka färger är ett kännetecken.

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What women need to know about dense breasts
By: Jackie Middleton
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Breast Cancer: What you need to know about breast health, treatment and life after diagnosis
Having dense breasts increases your breast cancer risk and makes tumours harder to find. Doctors explain the puzzle behind this common condition.
Just when you thought you were up to speed on breast cancer risk factors, a new game changer has physicians and clinicians talking: dense breasts. Misunderstood and often incorrectly associated with bumpy, hard or occasionally sore breasts, dense tissue is more worrisome than you think.
What are dense breasts?
Your breasts are comprised of three types of tissue: fat, epithelium (the glands and ducts that produce milk) and stroma (supporting tissue). Breasts with a higher ratio of epithelium and stroma to fat are considered dense. According to Dr. Norman Boyd, senior scientist at the Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, women with dense breasts have this tissue ratio for the majority of their adult lives. "The tissue develops in adolescence when the breasts form," he says. "Past the age of 40, it gradually decreases and is replaced by fat on average by about one percent every year." Once a woman reaches menopause, that natural decrease in density jumps to eight percent on average; however, some women still have dense breasts into their 60s and beyond.
Breast density is quite common. "It's been estimated that approximately 50 percent of women have heterogeneously dense and/or extremely dense breast tissue," says Dr. Christine Wilson, medical director of the screening mammography program at the BC Cancer Agency. Risk factors that influence density include genetics (Dr. Boyd says that 60 percent of breast density variation can be ex plained by genes), delayed childbearing, combined estrogen/progesterone hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and a family history of breast cancer.
Dense breasts cannot be diagnosed by touch, appearance or symptoms of dis comfort. "Some women have really firm breasts that suggest that they may be dense, but we don't know for sure until their breasts are viewed with mammography," says Dr. Ruth Heisey, chief of the department of family and community medicine at Women's College Hospital and a GP oncologist specializing in breast diseases at Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital. A clinician who spots what appears to be excessive density during screening mammography may call you back for further examination if it is also accompanied by symptoms such as a lump or pain. "We don't want to miss something that we can't see on the mammogram," says Dr. Wilson. Each province and territory operates under different protocols. Most centres may follow up with a breast ultrasound, while some will turn to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to rule out hidden cancers. If they're following current mammography guidelines in Canada, many women won't know that they have this problem until they go for their first mammogram at age 50.
Surprising health risks
If healthy breasts can be bumpy and hard, why does excessive density matter? There are several reasons. "Women with density of 75 percent or more of the breast have a risk of breast cancer that is four or five times higher than that of women of the same age who have little or no density," says Dr. Boyd. "And breast density is a much stronger risk factor than family history of breast cancer, which is twice that of women without a family history." The only factor that's a larger risk for breast cancer is if you carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.
Not only does density increase your risk, but it makes tumours more difficult to spot. Mammography X-rays can easily pass through fat, but have difficulty penetrating dense epithelium tissue. To the trained clinician examining the mammogram, dense tissue and tumours both appear white on the X-ray, making it tricky to differentiate between healthy and cancerous breast tissue.
Decreasing density
There are currently two proven strategies to reduce density. "If somebody is taking combined HRT featuring both estrogen and progesterone, density will lessen slightly if she stops it," says Dr. Boyd. "The other strategy is the drug tamoxifen, which can reduce density, but it can increase the risk of blood clots going to the lungs, so it's not something that everyone wants to take." Not all women with dense breasts can take advantage of these two strategies, so research is ongoing to uncover alternative solutions.
Dr. Caroline Diorio, an assistant professor in the department of social and preventative medicine at Université Laval in Quebec, is currently researching ways that lifestyle changes can alter breast density. Her latest study, published in June and funded by grants from the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance, found an association between high-sugar diets and increased breast density in pre- and postmenopausal women. "I cannot say that [sugar] is causing an increase in breast density, but women who eat more sweet foods seem to have a higher density than women who eat less," she says. "I believe if we change our habits, we can reduce our density, but we need more studies to prove it."
Dr. Diorio also published a study in January on the consumption of omega-3 fatty acids. "My study suggests that post- menopausal women who consumed higher intake of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, found mostly in fish, had less dense breasts." Her 2005 study also showed an association between an increased intake of vitamin D and calcium, and lower density readings in premenopausal women. While these findings are encouraging, more research is needed to confirm results and provide guidance on how to adopt these lifestyle changes.
Being proactive
Making proactive changes could reduce your risk of breast cancer "Maintaining a healthy weight, drinking no more than one alcoholic drink per day on average, taking 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily, and exercising regularly have been shown to be effective in reducing breast cancer risk," says Dr. Heisey.
While the chances of cancer are greater for women with dense breasts, it doesn't guarantee you will develop the disease. "I view it like knowing that you have relatives with breast cancer," says Dr. Boyd. "There's nothing you can do to change your relatives, but what does that knowledge do? It may increase your awareness, so if anything changes in the breast, you're more likely to have it investigated, by medical experts at and it may encourage you to take steps to reduce your risk."

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Stig Broeckx was hit by a medical motorbike during Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on Sunday. The Lotto Soudal rider was sitting upright in the aftermath of the crash but he hit the ground hard and was taken straight to hospital for checks. Lotto Soudal later confirmed on Twitter that Broeckx fractured his right collarbone and one rib, and bruised his hand.
There were 34 kilometres remaining in the Belgian semi-classic when Broeckx moved out from a group of riders on the left hand side of the road, and over to the right. The medical moto was coming through on the right hand side at the same time and appeared to notice the rider's movements fairly late.
The moto tried to avoid a collision but contact was inevitable and it brushed Broeckx, sending him sideways and crashing to the floor on his right shoulder in a cloud of dust.
The incident is reminiscent of scenes throughout last year of accidents involving riders and in-race vehicles. Two riders were taken out in collisions involving neutral service vehicles at last year's Tour of Flanders, while Peter Sagan was felled by a camera moto at the Vuelta a España.
There were numerous more incidents and the UCI decided to undertake a review of race vehicles in races.
Lotto Soudal provided an update to Broeckx injuries in a post on Twitter.
.@StigBroeckx has a displaced fracture on the right collar bone, a rib fracture and a bruised hand. We wish him a good recovery!!


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Q: Checking if OLEDB returned a result from SELECT statement (VB.NET) In my .NET application I have to get results from a MS Access database. I would like to add error checking to make sure a row was returned from my SELECT statement.
How can I make sure a result was returned?
Thank you.

A: Dim mySelectCommand As New OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM SomeTable")
Dim myReader As OleDbDataReader = mySelectCommand.ExecuteReader()

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- That 94 percent of dwelling alarm owners are satisfied with their alarm systems (Prof. Simon Hakim's study of Temple University). That 90 % of the Police think that alarms deter burglary attempts. (STAT Sources study). This really is one just about every person knows about, whether they have an alarm program or not. We've all noticed the films where the burglar sneaks around outdoors the residence till he comes across the phone line entering the residence. He pulls out his snippers, and cuts the line. Then, when he busts open the window or front door, the alarm goes off, but nobody can get the signal.
- Based on a Board Resolution passed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in 1994, alarm systems, offering, although, they may be professionally installed and monitored, are helpful instruments to deter crime and present peace of mind for both residential customers and business enterprise owners.
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Q&A: Sourcing private brands with Thrive Market
By Dan Ochwat - 03/24/2020
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Erin Shulman, senior food product innovator, Thrive Market
Erin Shulman is senior food product innovator at Los Angeles-based Thrive Market, sourcing the retailer's private brand products for the five-year-old company for almost a year. She spoke to Store Brands about using the RangeMe platform to connect with suppliers, and about trends she's got her eye on.
Store Brands: Tell us a little about Thrive Market.
Erin Shulman: Thrive is a newer company, 100% e-commerce focused. We offer a membership club for healthy living, offering access to a vetted lineup of every kind of household essential, from fair trade coffee to organic toothpaste, etc., at a guaranteed saving.
We can go direct from our supplier to our member base — our membership fee is coupled with our purely online presence — giving us great control over our supply chain and our price points. Right now, we have about 600,000 members and counting.
SB: What is your mission?
ES: It's making sure that our product line, and our whole portfolio from branded to private label, at the entry point, is non-GMO certified and then the quality goes up from there. Every order is shipped in a carbon-neutral, 100% recyclable package, and from a zero-waste warehouse. So it's being sustainable and offering our members a high quality product.
And, on another note, every paid membership sponsors a family, student, teacher, veteran, or first responder in need, really helping to provide access for all, one member at a time. So that's definitely one thing that I know drives me every day. Our paid members certainly support the revenue stream; however, with that, we are able to donate and be active in the community.
SB: That's awesome. What's the ratio between branded and private brand product?
ES: To date, we've developed roughly 675 private label items, and that is across many categories, with food being No. 1. Under food, snacks are the number one subcategory. It's amazing how the snack category just dominates.
However, as a percentage of total sales, private label is roughly 25%. It's great to see how active private label is, and really how much it's supported within the company. I love it. I mean, just understanding how we operate alongside the brands, it's such a team effort, and there's so much support back and forth. It's definitely a very positive work approach.
SB: How do you decide what new private label products get developed?
ES: We build an innovation roadmap — that includes everything from industry trends, actual member recommendations and brand trends that we're seeing — to identify if there are any gaps in our portfolio. Then we plug it in every step of the way, prioritizing a trend, flavor, format, any kind of diet that we're seeing some traction in, and/or requests from our member base.
As a percentage of total sales, private label is roughly 25%. It's great to see how active private label is, and really how much it's supported within the company.
Erin Shulman
It's nice to have that main line of communication with our members, because we know exactly what they want and how they want it. It helps drive specific innovation.
SB: What role do trade associations and other tools play in helping find suppliers?
ES: Since I've previously worked in private label, of course I have my own Rolodex of contacts — suppliers, brokers, my own network to lean on. However, I love PLMA. It's a great trade show for the private label industry. Fancy Food Show. Expo West. Expo East. So really utilizing trade shows just to see what's out there, who's out there. However, that's why I do like to use RangeMe, knowing that some suppliers aren't exhibiting a certain year or just truly can't afford it — because I understand it's very expensive to exhibit and bring your whole team out, and samples.
Since technically I am buying for a smaller retailer, it's great to see smaller suppliers out there. Going back to PLMA, a lot of the suppliers that exhibit there, thinking about the volume game, they want the bigger tickets. They want the bigger volume. They want the full truckload. But it's nice to find the smaller suppliers, especially who are willing to be flexible with us and grow with us at the same time.
SB: And you have standards to meet so you need to find companies that fit your mission.
ES: Exactly. And speaking to that, we rarely take stock formulas just out of the box. Our member base is shopping with Thrive because they are wellness driven, or diet driven, or allergy driven. So that's what's really neat about our site, the fact that you can search by whatever your value is, whether it's vegan or gluten free, so we need to make sure every single ingredient that's listed is there or can be replaced with something that applies to certain diets — or it needs to be reformulated.
SB: Can you walk me through an example of how you have used RangeMe to find suppliers?
ES: When I first started at Thrive, I took over my predecessor's roadmap, and we were looking for a gluten-free pasta. We already had a chickpea program in line, so I'm looking outside the box, trying to understand other types of gluten-free flours that could be used, and I just started a discovery phase: "OK, gluten free pasta suppliers, private label suppliers, who's out there?" And then going through the whole process of elimination, I identified a great quinoa supplier.
It was great to be able to identify them on RangeMe, understand the different formats that they could pack in, because with e-commerce, we have to be cognizant of the type of packaging, whether its glass, PET, chipboard, film, understanding all of the efficiencies of e-commerce packaging. So, they showed us all the different types of packaging available.
We started the conversation, and it was actually through the RangeMe messaging tool that I met my contacts. And now it's great. The project is launching in a couple of weeks. I'm so excited. We went through the discovery phase, innovation phase, quality testing, all of it.
SB: What trends are you looking at now?
ES: It's really exciting to talk about, because it's something that certainly drives me in my day-to-day and keeps us motivated. It's like we're on this treasure hunt.
But, we definitely have a huge focus to find low-carb formulas, so catering to the keto and paleo diets. We're seeing a lot of requests for grain-free formulas and sugar-free ones, using the alternative sweeteners that do exist, like monk fruit. And then on the supply chain side, we have this huge push for regenerative, organic farming practices, and essentially raw material suppliers for that.
That has been fun to learn about and to support, because these bio-diverse farming practices, it's fascinating. And you can truly taste the difference in the products.
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Morrow – Fallow Review
By Grymm on March 30, 2018 in 2018, Alerta Antifascista Records, British Metal, Crust Punk, Halo of Flies, Post-metal, Reviews, Crust Punk, Post-Metal, 39 comments
"UK emokrust collective Morrow dropped a massive debut on my lap in 2016 in the form of Covenant of Teeth, an engrossing 4-song album that told a tale of a futuristic society where Earth was so ravaged by humankind's assault of its natural resources that they became tribal again. The marriage of poetic lyrics, visceral vocals, and a sad-yet-ragingly-defiant musical backdrop lingered in my psyche long after my review was published. In fact, truth be told, it's all I listened to this past Christmas season, not only to keep my mind occupied and my energy maintained, but also because the follow-up, Fallow, was due to drop in the spring of this year. So imagine my surprise when Fallow was released as a "name your price" release on the band's Bandcamp over Christmas Eve last year, with a physical release soon." Grymm surprises.
Hexis – Abalam Review
By Madam X on January 11, 2014 in 2014, Black Metal, Danish Metal, Halo of Flies, Hardcore, Musicfearsatan, Releases, Reviews, Black Metal, Hardcore, 7 comments
"Danish band Hexis have been torturing the masses since back in 2010. Up until now, their tales of atheism and abstract thought have been dished out via a bunch of demo's, EP's and splits with the likes of French post-metallers As We Draw, Russian atmospheric, post-hardcore band Euglena and Danish post-black metallers Redwood Hill. Now, as the new year kicks into full swing, Hexis have finally grabbed the demon by the horns and they're all set to deliver their first full-length consisting of 13 stripped down abominations that bring to mind the harrowing events of an exorcism." Demonic possession and metal go together like beer and another beer, so on paper at least, this seems like a marriage made in Hell. Madam X tells us if they need counseling.