...Name: Alan Sugar Born: 24/03/1947 (Age: 66) From: Hackney, London Famous for: He's the man who loves to say "You're Fired!" on his hit television show, The Apprentice. Relationship status: Sir Al is married to his wife Ann. Twelve years younger than his three older siblings, Alan Sugar was the child of low-income, working-class Jews and raised in Upper Clapton Road - England. By the age of 12, he was rising at 6am every day to boil beetroots for a local ‘greengrocer’. Four years later, Sir Alan's earnings, after school and at weekends, were far better than his father, Nathan, who worked in a tailoring sweatshop. Leaving school at the age of 16, Sugar proceeded to obtain a post in which he worked briefly for the civil service as a statistician in the Ministry of Education. He also started selling car aerials and electrical goods out of a van he had bought from his £50 savings. In 1968, aged 21, he set up his own business, selling electrical products from intercoms to retractable car antennas and called it Amstrad, referring to (Alan Michael Sugar Trading). The company began as a general importer/exporter and wholesaler, but soon specialized in consumer electronics. By 1970, the first manufacturing venture was underway. He achieved lower production prices by using injection moulding plastics for hi-fi turntable covers, severely undercutting competitors who used vacuum-forming processes. Manufacturing capacity was soon expanded to include the production of audio amplifiers...
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... Amstrad (insert business name) Candidate name: Alan Sugar What is the average age of your customers? Adults, as it is a lot of money. What is the average age of your customers? Adults, as it is a lot of money. Are your customers mostly female or male? Customers for the computers were both produced for male and female customers. Are your customers mostly female or male? Customers for the computers were both produced for male and female customers. Do customers come from a specific geographical area? If so, where and how far is the reach? The customers could come from anywhere to get an Amstrad product. As it became a global business. Do customers come from a specific geographical area? If so, where and how far is the reach? The customers could come from anywhere to get an Amstrad product. As it became a global business. Do they own their own property or do they rent? the products are aimed for adults, but it doesn’t matter whether they own or rent their own property. Do they own their own property or do they rent? the products are aimed for adults, but it doesn’t matter whether they own or rent their own property. What do your customers do for a living? Back in 1968 when Amstrad was founded by Alan Sugar What do your customers do for a living? Back in 1968 when Amstrad was founded by Alan Sugar How much (on average) do your customers earn? Back in 1968...
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...The person I think that is famous and I know in the world of business is Lord Alan sugar. Despite his ferocious temper and obstinate manner, Sugar is heavily involved in charity work. The Alan Sugar Foundation has reportedly donated more than £3m to charity since it was founded in 1986. However he uses his show to show he doesn’t take shit. Quotes like” I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them” and “I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying” these quotes help him portray himself as strong minded. Things that I do every day that is useful for my employer is I wake up 7:00 this shows that I am very disciplined also I talk to staff members and students in a polite way which helps improve my communication skills and makes me polite. Also I do homework and revise every day at home which shows I am very responsible for my own learning and I have good time management skills. I think I need to improve my confidence and my no- verbal communication. To improve these aspects I should learn to sit straight and stop rocking also I should improve the way I present myself so I look confident. The kind of jobs I would like is something in the medicine department also maybe a pilot or something that involves a lot of traveling and finally maybe something in the law...
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...success with accuracy and efficiency. My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable. Ever since early school periods, I have found that I can achieve great results if I put my mind to it. At a very early academic stage, my teachers recognised that I happen to be very good at listening and applying knowledge in the correct manner. This gave me great confidence in myself, ever since I have applied myself greatly to succeed in tasks and projects that have crossed my path. I am very, very business oriented, since the introduction of business studies at high school; I found a great level of interest in the subject. I researched the “greats” of business such as Sir Alan Sugar and Richard Branson to whom built their empires from the bottom up. My ambition is to succeed in an organisation that is challenging me; it is then where I can input my time and effort into achieving goals and targets. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS * Soon to be graduate from Birmingham City University; with excellent academic qualifications including first class BSc honours in Business Management. * Exceptional communication, organisation and project skills. * A great willingness to help team members and potentially a great leader in the making. * Distinction * grade in Business Studies (Level 3) alongside successful GCSE grades. * Organised and implemented a successful fundraiser which...
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...The Food and Drug Administration, HHS. Ajinomoto Co., Inc; Filing of the Food and Additive Petition; Amendment Is amending the filling for the use of non-nutritive sweetener and flavor enhancer in foods generally, except meat and poultry, it is proposed to provide safer use as a non-nutritive sweetener in tabletop applications and powdered beverage mixes. This proposed regulation does affect me and my family because it will regulate the use of non-nutritive sweetener in our food. I think that this should be a concern of everyone in the public, we as a public don’t really pay attention to such proposed regulations but they do plan a major role in our lives and what we consume in our foods. The proposal is to regulate the use of non-nutritive sweetener in our foods except meats and poultry. It would regulate the use for Human Consumption in foods and beverages. Public Comment This regulation would be a benefit to the public, we should regulate the use of non-nutritive sweeteners use and make it safer for human consumption. As a public we should be concerned what is being put into our foods as a whole especially stuff that has no nutritional value to us. I think the companies who produce these foods should be more responsible and concerned what they are putting into our foods. We should be concerned about artificial sweeteners and the unhealthy effects they have on our bodies. Deadline for Comments Oct 22, 2012 Promulgation...
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...• 1 1/2 cups medium grain or pearl rice • 1/2 cup granulated sugar • 1/2 stick unsalted butter or margarine • peel of 1/2 lemon • 1 cinnamon stick • 1-2 tsp ground cinnamon Preparation: Pour approximately 3 cups of water in a large pot and bring to a boil. When it begins to boil, add the rice. Reduce heat a bit and simmer for about 10 minutes. Turn off burner and allow rice to sit in pot of water. Pour milk into another large pot and add sugar. Turn burner on low to medium heat. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Bring milk to a boil over medium heat, being careful that it does not boil over. While you are waiting for the milk to boil, drain the water from the rice. Once the milk boils, add drained rice, butter, cinnamon stick and lemon peel. Allow to gently boil for about 15-20 minutes, until rice is soft. Remove cinnamon stick and lemon peel. Remove from heat and pour rice pudding into a serving dish. Sprinkle the top with ground cinnamon. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving because the mixture retains the heat. Arroz con leche can be served warm or cold. If you want to serve it cold, allow the rice mixture to cool down in the serving dish for 20 minutes, then refrigerate at least 1 hour. In the region of Asturias in Northern Spain, this dish is served with a crust of caramelized sugar on top. The traditional method for forming the crust is to liberally sprinkle sugar on top, then place a very hot iron on top of the rice to caramelize...
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...the United States has paralleled the increasing use of HFCS. Current soft drinks and many other foods are sweetened with this product because it is inexpensive and has useful manufacturing properties. All of these reasons directly benefits the food companies, but are causing body damage and metabolic diseases for the consumers. Even though the corn lobby is trying to prove that HFCS is nearly similar to regular sugar, this is not true. HFCS is high in fructose (55%-72% fructose and 45%-28% glucose) citation needed for these statistics. that is bad for our health. It is so ubiquitous in processed foods and so over-consumed by the average American that many experts believe our nation faces the prospect of an epidemic of metabolic disease in the future, related in significant degree to excess consumption of high-fructose corn syrup. The fact that HFCS is a highly and overly processed unhealthy sugar that is also linked to obesity and other cardiovascular diseases should cause great alarm in all American consumers. First of all, HFCS is very different from regular table sugar. It is a highly processed sweetener that is bad for our health. If you ever tasted cornstarch, you know that it is not sweet. It has a dry and powdery taste. Turning corn into a sweetener involves a long complicated process. It is first processed into glucose using a series of enzymes. The glucose is then converted into a high concentration of fructose using another treatment with enzymes. However, sucrose has...
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...RELATED LEGAL BASES http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno8048.htm REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8048 . AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE CUTTING OF COCONUT TREES, ITS REPLENISHMENT, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. The Republic Act No. 8048, also known as the “Coconut Preservation Act of 1995”, states the importance, conservation and replanting of coconut trees. The act was approved on June 7, 1995 http://www.ustcivillaw.com/Republic%20Acts/RepActNo6260.php REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6260 AN ACT INSTITUTING A COCONUT INVESTMENT FUND AND CREATING A COCONUT INVESTMENT COMPANY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF. The republic act no. 6260, also known as the coconut investment act, states the development of the coconut industry through the provision of adequate medium and long-term financing for capital investment in the industry by creating a corporation to be known as the "Coconut Investment Company". It was approved on June 19, 1971 http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno4403.html REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4403 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4403 - AN ACT ENCOURAGING THE ORGANIZATION OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COCONUT COOPERATIVES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT ADMINISTRATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE | | The republic act no. 4403 states the aim to help planters and processors organize themselves into associations and/or agro-industrial coconut cooperatives with a view to giving them greater control in the...
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...Şima Mıhlayanlar 20702256 ENG400-13 A proposal to investigate practical and effective solutions to major problems of the over usage of high fructose corn syrup. Introduction Today, it is inevitable to face negative effects of high fructose corn syrup because high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has replaced cane and beet sugar in processed foods and soft drinks over the past 25 years. When you read the food labels in your kitchen you’ll find that we now consume HFCS in all kinds of processed foods, not just desserts and drinks also in breads, cereals, ketchup and yogurt so you will easily realize that you associate with the devil by consuming devil’s candy. However, despite the alarming damages of HFCS there is a huge demand for HFCS by firms and governments. Profit concerns and governmental issues are the major reasons behind demand but also there are some problems related to consumers. In this proposal it is intended to investigate the problems behind the over usage of HFCS and offer solutions against that danger, select the criteria to evaluate the applicability and efficiency of the proposed solutions and finally introduce the research methodology constituted the basis of my further research. Problem Definition There are some problems caused by people, firms and governments lead us to over use HFCS. The followings are the most crucial problems behind this issue; I. Ignorance People don’t know the difference between corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup....
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...bread, and the other "waste" products create the subtle flavors and texture that make a good loaf. HOW DOES IT WORK? In bread baking, we are trying to ferment grain in order to leaven it. We are also trying to release sugars trapped in the complex starch molecules to be used as yeast food, and much of it for flavor and crust color (caramelization). Yeast is a single-celled organism and only certain strains are used for fermenting grain. Yeast activation and the initiation of fermentation are triggered by hydration, from either water or some other liquid, and the presence of a food source. Fermentation ends at 140 degree F during baking when heat kills the yeast. (Fermentation can end earlier, if the yeast is killed by other factors.) Yeast feeds on sugar derived from the complex starch molecules from flour, a complex carbohydrate. The starch molecules are broken apart into simpler sugar molecules from enzymes in the flour when hydrated. Flour tastes like sawdust because its sugar components are too complex to differentiate on the tongue. The enzyme is a catalyst, which breaks apart the threads, freeing them so they become accessible to yeast and bacteria. Yeast lacks amylase and cannot break down starch into sugar. Since flour's endowment of sugars can only feed...
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...Perfectly Competitive Markets A firm’s decision about how much to produce or what price to charge depends on how competitive the market structure is. If the Dangote cement raise their prices by 5%, there will be a small reduction in the quantity of cements demanded. If the conoil gas station raises its gasoline prices by 5%, there will be a huge reduction in the gas demanded. In a very competitive market like the local gasoline market, a single station has very little choice in what price to charge. If the station is busy there is no reason to lower the price, but if it raises its price by 10 cents a gallon, it will have almost no customers. We will study the extreme case of perfect competition, where firms are “price takers.” In a perfectly competitive market, (i) there are many buyers and sellers, so each buyer or seller is a price taker, (ii) all sellers supply the same, identical product. This is the model of supply and demand. If a seller could influence the price, it would not be acting according to a supply curve. In the long run, we also require that (iii) firms can freely enter or exit the market. Revenue of a Competitive Firm For a competitive firm, the price it receives does not depend on the quantity it chooses to sell. Marginal revenue equals the price of its output. For example, if the price is $6, then the total revenue of selling 10 units is $60 and the total revenue of selling 11 units is $66. Marginal revenue, ªTR/ªQ = (66-60)/(11-10)...
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...A cane sugar mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw or white sugarAs in many other industries factory automation has been promoted heavily in sugar refineries in recent decades. The production process is generally controlled by a central process control system, which directly controls most of the machines and components. For security reasons only certain special machines, such as the centrifuges in the sugar house, are decentralized. In these cases PLCs are used Due to the low purity the evapo-crystallization alone is not sufficient to exhaust molasses, and so the so-called massecuite (French for “boiled mass”) is passed through cooling crystallizers[3] until a temperature of approx. 45 °C is reached.THE SOIL NEEDED FOR THE GROWTH OF SUGAR WAS AVAILABLE HERE. COTTON TEXTILE A cotton mill is a factory that houses spinning and weaving machinery. Typically built between 1775 and 1930, mills spun cotton which was an important product during the Industrial Revolution. The English cotton mill, which emerged as an entity in 1771, went through many changes before the last one was constructed in 1929. THE JUTE INDUSTRY Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. Jute is one of the most affordable natural fibres and is second only to cotton in amount produced and variety of uses of vegetable fibres. Margaret Donnelly, a jute mill landowner...
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...1. Does the company’s strategy reflect the company’s mission? Explain. Whole Food’s mission is based on three categories, the food, the people and the planet. They believe in providing natural whole foods through highly trained and passionate employees with the company taking active responsibility for the planet. It is apparent, when examining the company, that their business practices reflect their mission. Using their Product Quality Standards documents as a guideline, it is clear Whole Foods carefully considers which products they do or do not sell. Their buyers often visit the manufacturing plants of suppliers to ensure high standards. In addition to their commitment of only carrying foods that are “free of artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, sweeteners and hydrogenated fats” (Whole Foods Market, 2012), they also maintain a list of unacceptable ingredients which include standards like “artificial colors, artificial flavors, hydrogenated fats and high fructose corn syrup” (Whole Foods Market, 2012) and they do not carry products that contain those ingredients. Within the store, Whole Foods takes a team based approached to individual store management and success. Team members are organized around team leaders, which are responsible and empowered to make decisions such as merchandising and operations. Team members are also provided with other avenues for feedback such as an annual survey on employee benefit packages and survey on team leaders. Employees...
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...Stevia Stevia is an herb found in South America (specifically Paraguay) that has been used as a natural sweetener for at least 1500 years. The leaves of the stevia rebaudiana plant have zero calories, carbs and a zero glycemic index. It is also about 30 times sweeter than table sugar. Studies have shown that these leaves also contain other nutrients such as protein, fiber, carbs, iron, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, vitamins A and C, and other oils as well. The sweet glycosides in the leaves do not break down in heat, which makes this a desirable sweetener to use in cooking/baking. Stevia has been around for many years, and is probably one of the safest sweeteners on the market. Since it boasts a zero glycemic index, it is safe for even diabetics and hypoglycemic to ingest. People with weight problems, blood pressure or blood sugar problems can generally use this sweetener without any problem. Since our body cannot metabolize the sweet glycosides from the leaves, no calories are absorbed from the sweetener. Research shows that Stevia can help to regulate and balance blood sugar. Other studies have shown that Stevia can help to lower blood pressure, without affecting normal blood pressure. It also can prevent growth/reproduction of certain bad bacteria that can cause cavities and gum disease. People have reported significant oral health improvement when adding Stevia concentrate to their toothpaste or using it as a mouthwash when diluted with...
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...BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT KUOK Date of Birth: Saturday, 06 October 1923 | Born in: / Nationality: Malaysia | Robert Kuok is a Malaysian billionaire and business tycoon who is currently the richest man in both Malaysia and Southeast Asia, with an estimated wealth of 17 billion dollars. He owns multiple companies in numerous fields of business—from sugar mills to food products, from farms and plantations to hotels and resorts. He is most known for owning the world-class Shangri-La Hotels, a chain of hotel-resorts that now runs over 60 hotels worldwide in cities like Tokyo, Dubai, Manila, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Vancouver, and Paris. THE RICHEST MAN IN MALAYSIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA Robert is also called the “Sugar King of Asia” for having 80 percent of the Malaysian sugar production, which accounts for ten percent of the total world production, under his control. Robert’s amazing story of rising up from poverty and becoming Southeast Asia’s richest person has become a shining inspiration for a lot of people. Robert is a firm believer of hard work, diligence, and a broad set of thinking. He believes that these traits allow a person to achieve their goals, and enable them to properly set the course of their life. Robert has a deep root in Buddhist and Communist beliefs, in helping others and how everyone has an equal opportunity of succeeding, but is hindered by so much corruption—not just in politics, but a corruption of the entire system of life itself. In his interviews...
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