Staff reports
Sam Robinson, former vice president of sales and marketing for Choice USA Beverage, has joined the staff of the Sumner Group marketing agency.
Robinson retired last year after 30 years with Choice USA Beverage, which produces SunDrop as well as a number of other soft drink products.
A chance meeting in downtown Gastonia with the founder of the Sumner Group, Michael Sumner, led to Robinson joining the agency. I knew Sam was not the type of person who would retire, Sumner said, noting that Robinson had been a key to Choice USA Beverage s successful growth for many years. Sam Robinson has more experience in competitive branding, not just in Gaston County, but in the region, Sumner said. He is a quiet leader and is exactly what we need to help lead our agency.
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12:49 PM January 26, 2021
Proposals for a housing development are set to be unveiled for the former Hunstanton Infant School
- Credit: Chris Bishop
Plans are set to be unveiled to build houses on the site of a former infant school.
Hunstanton Infant School, on the town s James Street, has been empty since it was merged with nearby Redgate Middle School in September 2015.
Now proposals are being drawn up to redevelop the site for housing.
Torrington Properties, Lanpro Services and Gary Johns Architects are due to give a presentation to a virtual meeting of Hunstanton Town Council on Wednesday at 6pm.
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An international team including scientists from The University of Queensland , made the discovery by studying the composition of spitting cobra venoms from three groups of snakes Asian spitting cobras, African spitting cobras and rinkhals. Co-authors Professor Irina Vetter and Dr Sam Robinson from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience are among the team which demonstrated that the defensive mechanism had developed as a dominant genetic trait. “The fangs of these snakes are adapted to spray venom as far as 2.5 metres the venom is aimed directly at the face, specifically the eyes, causing intense pain and can lead to the loss of eyesight,” Dr Robinson said.
Spitting Cobra Venom Didn t Evolve to Kill – Just to Put Us in a World of Pain
22 JANUARY 2021
Like pappy used to say: if you see it writhe and hiss, give it a miss. Humans have passed on similar nuggets of wisdom since time immemorial, giving us a healthy (and sometimes less than healthy) respect for backing away from snakes.
Yet the fact snake bites hurt is usually an accident of nature – virtually every single species of snake evolved the ability to inject venom to catch prey, rather than for defence. But there are exceptions to the rule – new research shows some snakes actually evolved their venom specifically to drive away potential predators, including us. And it s excruciatingly painful for good reason.