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- Cast: Uma Thurman, Michael Angarano, Lee Pace, Rebecca Mader, Jake M. Johnson, Reece Thompson, Brooke Bloom, Nathalie Love, Harper Dill, Joe Dolinsky, Oscar J. Castillo
- Director: Max Winkler
- Writer: Max Winkler
- Producers: Darlene Caamano, Emilio Diez Barroso, Polly Johnsen, Matt Spicer
- Co Producer: Rudy Scalese
- Executive Producers: Joshua Zeman, Daniel Dubiecki, Jason Reitman, Corrie Rothbart, Billy Rovzar
- Castings: Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee
- Costume Design: Heidi Bivens
- D.O.P.: William Rexer
- Makeup: Michelle Kearns
- Music: Eric D. Johnson
- Production Design: Inbal Weinberg
- Set Decoration: Hannah Newman
A young man falls hard for an older woman about to be married. The infatuation prompts him to take along his unwitting friend to a beach town in an effort to break up the wedding. Upon arriving, the young men quickly realize just how out of place they are among the stately British groom-to-be and his guests.
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- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Filming Locations: Long Island, USA
- MPAA Warning: Some language, sexual references and drug use
- Production Companies: NALA Films
- Production Schedule: 21 October 2009 - December 2009
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2011 Guide Analysis: "Another film which premiered in Toronto this year, this indie coming-of-age laugher from first-time filmmaker Max Winkler had solid reviews and was quickly picked up by Magnolia Pictures for distribution. Angarano's performance as the fast-talking guy infatuated with an older woman is praised, as is Winkler's assured direction and early pacing. The lack of a cohesive story, underdeveloped supporting characters and little chemistry between the leads however were singled out - three things crucial to any rom-com.
Certainly it's difficult to sympathise with an arrogant and delusional young man attempting to win the love of the object of his affection by disrupting her wedding. "Pushing Daisies" actor Lee Pace stars as the groom, a documentary filmmaker said to behave like a blend of Jacques Costeau and Steve Irwin, while Jake M. Johnson plays an overly earnest sibling pulled along for the trip. Both are caricatures through and through, yet certainly sound more interesting than anything else going on in the film. What is nice to see though is Thurman getting to play a more mature and classier romantic female lead than she has had the opportunity to play in recent years."


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Kickin' Cutlery: David Mellor
Email from 6.17.08
Most modern flatware sucks. It's usually TOO minimal or too weird to be acceptable at any normal table. After all, we don't want to make a big statement with our flatware; we want something simple that works and doesn't remind us of our grandmother...
A few years ago I stumbled upon our latest set, Knifeforkspoon by Jasper Morrison, which has become a staple in our house, and yesterday I stumbled upon a brand new source, a British elder, who really gives Jasper a run for his money: David Mellor. This may just lead to next year's Christmas present.
David Mellor CBE RDI is an important British designer who I'd never heard of before, but if you want his whole bio and why he has those large letters next to his name, click here. More importantly, he was trained as a silversmith, has a great modern eye and a lovely collection of cutlery. I like these two: London and Minimal. Made of stainless steel, with smooth edges and comfortable shapes, these are lovely, but all of the rest are worth checking out too.
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Check out Copenhagen flatware from Georg Jensen.
I love being reminded of my grandmother at the dinner table. And I love the way her antiques blend with my modern. So much more interesting than flatware that is exactly what you would expect with the setting.
I bring you:
IKEA Poem, Data, Dragon, And Fornuft
I have the Data's and love them. Nice and heavy. Indestructible and cheap.
I love, love, LOVE the Minimal design...but cannot see shelling out almost $400 for four sets at this point in my life. Lovely designs, though.
Absolutely beautiful. But I am after Morrison's knifeforkspoon.
The shop in Derbyshire is just beautiful - and in a lovely part of the country - should anyone be visiting Chatsworth from the US.
I'll keep grandma's silverware, thanks.


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Here are some of the better dishes I ate during my 30-day tour of restaurants. Yes, I may have developed a fondness for Red Lobster cheddar bay biscuits.
- By the exceptionally overfed John Kessler for the Food & More blog
August 23rd, 2013
3:45 pm
Kudos, dude. Once again, a very fun and well done 30 restaurants series.
August 23rd, 2013
5:50 pm
Tough job —but someone's gotta do it—Thanks John. Well done.
But why stop at 30?—- 40? 50? Ad infinitum!
August 23rd, 2013
6:04 pm
On a related note would love to see reports on more food items as well as restaurant reviews. Certainly have no interest in it and don't know him personally but I bet you have seen him at Morningside or Peachtree farmers markets is Nate with Doux South Organic Pickles. Takes memories of my grandmother with a bit of modern kick and has some marvelous products. Not one to be quick to praise but love his Drunken Cukes and Angry Tomatoes.
August 23rd, 2013
10:14 pm
[...] Some bests from 30 Restaurants in 30 Days [...]
August 24th, 2013
9:04 pm
it always amazes me , the kind of crap these restaurants serve (really, pork belly??) and the ridiculous prices for the minute servings. yet the food critics and their worshipers follow along like a calf being led to slaughter. the emperor has no clothes is the best way to describe most of these restaurants
August 25th, 2013
8:09 pm
gunga din….you are the first person who had anything bad to say pork belly. Pork belly is sold in the finest places in the world.
August 26th, 2013
11:01 am
Balt….It may be religious rather than epicurean issues that gunga din is referring to. If you remember your Kipling he was a Bhishti–a muslim water carrier. Thus forbidden to dine on pork.
August 26th, 2013
11:29 am
Buttery smooth with just a bit of a crisp sear … if lovin' pork belly is wrong I don't wanna be right.
Ned, I doubt it. More likely ol' G-Din's never had it and thinks 'ew'. Probably would refuse sweetbreads, too (another favorite when done "right").
August 26th, 2013
12:45 pm
I want to believe Ned Ludd is Jim Stacy.
I really enjoyed this series. Kudos!
August 27th, 2013
5:54 pm
Thanks Ned, didn't occur to me. But he called it crap so he must have tasted it before to have that opinion.
August 28th, 2013
6:13 pm
Balt, you can never be too sure with regards to tasting something. I know lots of little kids, and more than a few adults, who "poo poo" a food, but after careful "cross examination", you find out that they have NEVER tasted it. Furthermore, it goes without saying that the oft-used line, "this tastes like crap," is probably more of a euphemism than an actuality… at least I'd like to hope so…
August 28th, 2013
6:27 pm
Agree with both above comments. Did not see that. I just assumed it was an accidental miss-spelling of carp. Which is indeed a basic of many Asian cuisines.
August 28th, 2013
6:30 pm
Although I have visited India, and based upon my observations, tastes like crap may be an accurate description of a carp caught in the Ganges.
August 28th, 2013
6:36 pm
Ned Ludd, you "carp" me up!! Funny stuff!


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(WMC) - Two Cordova families were forced out of their homes after a car smashed through an apartment and hit a woman inside.
When Shelby County firefighters and other first responders arrived at the Appling Lakes apartment complex, they found a car had crashed 15 feet into an apartment's living room.
The car hit a woman inside, sending her to the hospital in fair condition with a few cuts. No one else was seriously hurt.
The impact also broke some water pipes that started leaking into the apartment. Neighbor Rex Hammonds Jr. said he heard a loud boom when the car hit the building.
"I was just afraid because you don't see that every day ... you hear a loud boom and I knew it was people inside because it was so late," said Hammonds. "You know, I was just concerned with the family and about the driver."
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For those of you who haven't yet tapped into Big Finish and feel daunted by the back catalogue, may I suggest some for starters?
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The Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the nation's best -- it is a large and free zoo in the center of the city and adjacent to the lovely Lincoln Park Conservatory, Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool and the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. The sandy beaches of Fullerton Parkway and North Avenue are just beyond. Café Brauer overlooks the Lincoln Park Zoo Pond which features morning birdwalks and paddle boats for rent. Kayaking, boating and bicycling (bikes for rent) are available on the lakefront.
The Armitage / Halsted shopping district is hugely popular with scores of designer boutiques as well as national brands such as Benetton. The theatre district is within walking distance -- the Steppenwolf Theatre being the most nationally prominent of the many in the area. Restaurants from five star to casual breakfast cafes line the streets, many of which feature al fresco dining during the warmer months.
Self-serve coffee station
Soft drinks and bottled water
In-room mini refrigerator, ice
Clock radio with iPod docking station
Writing desk and books for your reading pleasure
Iron and ironing board
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Guest-controlled thermostat
32" flat-screen LCD television and DVD player
We are a smoke-free zone
Note to guests with allergies: we have no cats in residence
Check-in is between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Please contact us ahead of your stay to confirm your estimated time of arrival. We are happy to accommodate later or even very late check-in times, depending on your travel itinerary requirements. Check-out is 11:00 a.m.
DINING: Charlie Trotter's, Café Bernard, Sai Café, Tilli's Restaurant, Nan's Sushi, John's Place, Café Ba Ba Reeba, Pasta Palazzo, Red Rooster, Karyns Raw Vegan Gourmet
CASUAL DINING: Athenian Room, Sweet Mandy B's, Potbelly's, Glasgotts Saloon, Kincades Bar & Grill, Toast, McGee's Tavern, State Restaurant, Argo Tea, Starbucks Coffee, Noodles in the Pot, John Barleycorn's Memorial Pub, Bacino's Pizzeria, The Bourgeois Pig* (Recommended by Rachael Ray), Minnies, Dairy Queen
LIVE MUSIC: Kingston Mines, B.L.U.E.S., Lilly's Bar, Ambrosia Café, Wise Fools Pub
PARKS AND RECREATION: Lincoln Park Conservatory and the Lincoln Park Zoo; Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and OX PARK, featuring Dorothy & Toto, the Tin Man, Lion and Scarecrow; tennis courts, baseball field, jogging track, child play-lot and semi-formal English gardens
LIVE THEATRE: Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Apollo Theatre, Royal George Theatre Center, Theatre on the Lake (summers only)
FITNESS: Webster Fitness Club, Harmony Mind Body Fitness, Veria Wellness Center
SALON SPAS: bluemercury, Karyn's Inner Beauty Center, Spacio, Michael Anthony Spa & Salon, Lincoln Park Massage, Blueberry Moon, Hair Cuttery, Veria Wellness Center
MORE: Lincoln Park Cultural Center, Seven Ten Lounge, Citizen Canine b&b for Dogs, FedEx Kinkos, White Elephant Resale Shop, Quiltology
BEYOND THE NEIGHBORHOOD: easily accessible via taxi or CTA (Chicago Transit Authority's subway, elevated trains, and bus lines):
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Latvian Cultural Center
DuSable Museum of African American History
Equinox Lincoln Park Fitness Club
Garfield Park Conservatory
Gene Siskel Film Center
McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
The Museum of Broadcast Communications
The Museum of Contemporary Art
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
Polish Museum of America
Second City and Second City E.T.C.
Spertus Museum and Institute of Jewish Studies
Ukrainian National Museum Chicago
Chicago Center for Green Technology: Resource Library and Classes
TRANSPORTATION: The house is easily accessible from airports and expressways. A CTA train station servicing the Red, Purple and Brown line trains is two blocks from the Guest House. The Magnificent Mile, Millennium Park and the Loop are minutes away by these el and subway lines which can transport you from Wrigley Field to the White Sox in a single ride. Three bus lines stop within one block of the House: the Lincoln 11, Halsted 08 and Fullerton 74.
Arriving via AUTO
From the Kennedy Expressway (I 90 / I 94):
Exit Fullerton Ave and travel east 1.7 miles to Halsted Street. Turn right (south) on Halsted; half-way down the block (0.1 mile) on left side of street.
From Lake Shore Drive (Route 41):
Exit Fullerton Parkway to travel west 3/4 mile to Halsted Street. Turn left (south) onto Halsted; half-way down the block (0.1 mile) on left side of street.
PARKING: Free, unrestricted parking is available on Halsted Street. Parking also available on adjacent Belden Avenue, for which we will provide a free parking permit. There is a self-park garage on the next block at 2316 North Lincoln Avenue.
Arriving via Midway or O'Hare Airports, in order by economics
The house is 17 miles from O'Hare International Airport and 13 miles from Midway Airport.
$ - CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) trains run directly from both of Chicago's airports and are an extension of the city's convenient subway and elevated train system
$$ - Airport buses cater to hotel guests and will take you to your specified destination
$$$ - Taxis are plentiful from Midway and O'Hare Airports; travel time is 30 - 60 minutes
$$$$ - Private car and limo service can be arranged in advance
Arriving from Airports via PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
From Chicago's Midway and O'Hare Airports: Travel from airport terminals via CTA trains is approximately 45 - 60 minutes. Purchase tickets from vending machines in the station. Trains generally run 24 hours. Fare is approximately US $2.
Board the CTA Orange Line at Midway Airport. Exit at the State/Lake station in the Loop to the Red Line subway station. Station attendants will assist and advise you to get a transfer, exit the station, and walk down stairs to the State Street subway entrance to the Red Line Lake Street station. Board the Red Line traveling NORTH. Exit at the Fullerton station.
Board the CTA Blue Line at O'Hare Airport. Exit at the Jackson station in the Loop. In the station, descend stairs to walk through the underground passageway one block to ascend stairs to the Red Line Jackson station. Board the Red Line traveling NORTH. Exit at the Fullerton station. See below.
From the CTA Fullerton Station which serves the Red, Purple, and Brown Lines:
Exit Fullerton station to street level. Walk east two blocks to the six-way intersection of Fullerton Parkway, Lincoln Avenue and Halsted Street. Turn right (south) on Halsted Street; one-half block to the yellow stucco Guest House, 2319.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers have signed on to headline the second night of the 2014 Isle of Wight Festival in southern England on Saturday, June 14. The performance will mark the first time the group has ever taken the main stage at the musical extravaganza, as well being the band's first major festival appearance in the country since 2007.
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The second week then sees the Tour drop down through the tough Massif Central region toward the Pyrenees. While the Massif does not offer the same legendary climbs as the high mountains, the roads constantly rise and descend, offering cyclists no chance to recuperate.
The Tour then tackles three main stages in the Pyrenees with mountaintop finishes at Luz-Ardiden and the Plateau de Beille before making its way toward the Alps for a final week that celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Tour in the Alps.
In 2010, the Tour celebrated its Centennial in the Pyrenees by twice climbing the Tourmalet Pass and in 2011 year a similar honor will fall on the Galibier. First it will host the highest mountaintop finish in the history of the Tour when the riders race to the top of this 2,645-meter summit on stage 18. And then the following day the riders climb the north side of the Pass on their way to another mountaintop finish up the famed Alpe d'Huez.
"The Alps are going to be especially hard this year," said Kim Anderson, who will direct the Schleck brothers on their new Luxembourg-based team. "First there is a really long stage to the Galibier but then it is followed by a really short stage that is basically all climbing."
Finally the race will leave the Alps with the Tour's only individual time trial on its penultimate stage, a 41-kilometer race around the city of Grenoble, before the final ride into Paris on July 23. "We reduced the overall distance of time trialing this year on purpose," Prudhomme said. "That way it will be a real race of truth."
Overall, the 2011 race route got high marks. "For climbing specialists like us its great. It's a real climber's course," says two-time runner-up Andy Schleck. "We will spend a lot less energy than the bigger guys. And with only one time trial of 41 kilometers in the final week I can tell you I am really happy with this course."
Though he was not here, one can only imagine that a climber like Alberto Contador will also like the 2011 race route. But first he must be allowed to start the race.


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He shall be your shelter, guardian, aegis firm.
United you stand, divided you fall.
Meles, the eyes in midnight bands
the plagues would see him dead
yet Meles, his brood unchained
they ate the plagues instead
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Commander Ratzelle had to admit - letting the rookie ride in the Warhammer was not such a bad choice after all; indeed was he a crack shot.
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"I wouldn't be so sure about that, greenhorn" the lance leader replied. "Get ready for clean-up! We have to root them out by nightfall!"
Some sovereigns prefer a different sort of tax from their subjects - whether freely given, or taken by force.
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Beau yet alien, the soldier-concubines of Aerazad, the Returned King, are a glowing reminder that a new order reigns in Eversea.
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For your pleasure and entertainment, here we present, thirty fiendlings seasoned with a whiff of brimstone, teasingly clad in shadow, accompanied by tunes played on pipes of angel-bone; likewise do we tell of the gifts they might bestow upon one in their favor.
So get them before Hell freezes over!
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Dark dreaming does bidding thine
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SwedeShop allows users to store product names, aisle/bin number or section, notes and attach photos in a list format for an easier shopping experience for iPhone users. The list also tallies up the total so you can remove extraneous items to meet a budget ("No honey, the frozen meatballs and DAIM candies are not up for debate!"), while a tax and currency calculator does the math for your shop till you dropped brain gets some rest. And you'll love the price: free!
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The app is no longer free. You now have to pay 99 cents.
would be a somewhat useful app if it were free. not worth $.99 for the one time i'd use it.
Yep, it's 99 cents and I think it always was.
IF you could use the camera to scan the bar code and get all the relevant info instead of entering it manually, then you might have something.
It was free at first. I tried it on my Tuesday visit to Ikea. It was so pointless I walked back to the front to pick up a golf pencil and start again.


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This post originally appeared on lion.vc's website.
This is part three of a four part series of essays.
In part one, we discussed What is Lion Fund.
In part two, we discussed Lion Fund's Investment Principles.
In this essay, we are talking about the macro-economic themes that are driving the Lion Fund Investment Thesis. Essentially, we are answering: 'what spurred your investment thesis,' 'why now' and 'why will this work' when it comes to Lion Fund's approach…
We're at a very unique point in time that is going to be looked back on in history as one of the major shifts in how businesses operate akin to the industrial revolution: that era is the 'rise of mobile devices' – both smartphones and tablets.
1. Mobile Device Adoption
As of this year, personal computers no longer consume the majority of the world's memory chip supply. For the first time last year, smartphone sales exceeded PC sales.
In coming years, smartphone sales will dwarf PC sales.
And in 2-3 years tablet sales will also pass PC sales.
This mobile revolution is already underway: in quarter three of 2012, Smartphones and tablets outsold PCs 2:1 (source: Asymco).
Watching the iPhone 5 announcement, the biggest take away for us was that 94 percent of Fortune 500 companies are testing or deploying the iPad, and many of those enterprises are deploying custom apps. This speaks mountains about how the future is a 'Post-PC' world oriented around mobile devices in workplace and the internet, which has primarily been about websites and going to someone's website, is growing to include more than just websites.
2. Declining Mobile Device Prices
If 94% of the Fortune 500 are testing or deploying the iPad, why aren't 94% of SMB's testing or deploying the iPad? We think it has to do with tablets (and to a lesser extent smartphones) being cost prohibitive. However, the cost of mobile devices is being driven down. Let's look at two examples of the many downward cost drivers: one on the software side and one on the hardware side.
Google acquired a small mobile operating system startup named Android back in 2005. Fast forward to September 2012 and there are 1.3 million daily activations of Android devices. What's led to this staggering growth? Well, Android is "less than free" – not only is the operating system free (and open source) but Google gives carriers / hardware manufacturers a percentage of the advertising splits on search. That's right; Google will pay you to use their mobile OS.
All of a sudden OS licensing fees are gone and more manufacturers are competing to supply consumers with a smartphone: this competition not only benefits the consumer by giving them choices but also forces innovation and drives down prices. There is also an emergence of products build with Android but have a layer on top of them that makes it indiscernible like the Amazon Kindle Fire.
On the hardware side, twelve months ago if you wanted to deploy an enterprise tablet – it was shelling out $499+ for iPads or nothing. However, since then we have seen this price point be driven down. Google released the Nexus 7, a $199 tablet that is getting rave reviews (even from MG Siegler who has traditionally been a hardcore Apple fan boy and Android's biggest critic). Rumors are already swirling of a $99 version before the end of the year from manufacturer's supply chains.
Apple has joined the ranks of cheaper, smaller tablet providers with the release of the iPad mini, which is something Steve Jobs was adamantly opposed to. It also cannibalizes their current iPad business (but Apple has always skated to where the puck is going and never been afraid to cannibalize existing businesses).
Jay Goldberg's article on VentureBeat raving about the non branded tablets available in China for $45 helps solidify that "hardware is dead"
At these levels there is almost no profit margin left in the hardware business. A $45 tablet is cheap enough to be an impulse purchase at the check-out line in Best Buy. A $45 price puts tablets within reach of a whole host of other activities not traditionally associated with computers. Tablets could be used by waiters in restaurants. By mechanics in auto body shops. By every nurse in a hospital. By pretty much any category of work that today needs a computer but where PCs are too expensive to be deployed. These are also devices built entirely for commercial reasons, no government backing, no academic sponsor, no proof-of-concept.
We agree with Goldberg and believe the trend in hardware is quickly becoming just a gateway to access content. For example. if I smash my iPhone, I can just replace it with another one and not notice a difference because I'm not emotionally attached to the hardware – just the content that the hardware allows me access to do.
Now, one of the key barriers to entry for both enterprises and SMB's – the price of a tablet – is being driven down and become much more manageable.
3. Infrastructure Improvements
Mobile is fastly becoming the way more and more people access the internet (and doing more things on their phone).
We see this mobile usage only continuing to increase in coming years. The infrastructure for mobile is still developing: cellular coverage is improving, blazing fast 4G networks are being rolled out, wifi hot spots are becoming more prevalent (with providers like Boingo expanding), and cellular carriers are adopting plans to better account of mobile data usage.
Web Infrastructure
Bandwidth is increasing
Ad networks are improving to better target (and re-target) customers and more and more customers are becoming comfortable with using eCommerce offerings.
Metrics are now able to be collected in real time which means decisions can now be based on measured user behavior.
Distribution Infrastructure
Software is no longer distributed via CD's or flash drives. Software is distributed online and through app stores. Why is this important? Updates can be sent over the air (OTA) so we can constantly be pushing updates. This update cycle allows us to continually improve our product instead of forcing users to keep using an old or outdated product. What was once a static software bought on CD is able to be constantly improved (with a different price model).
4. Cheaper than ever to start a company
Startups are no longer dependent on raising millions of dollars from VC's to start building a product. What used to cost millions now costs thousands (as demonstrated from this graph from Mark Suster's blog):
There are four downward cost drivers identified by Paul Graham, and we a fifth one we have added.
Open Source has made software free (e.g. MySQL, PHP, etc.)
Moore's Law has made hardware cheap, and it will continue to get cheaper in following years.
More Powerful Programming Languages (e.g. Ruby, etc.) make development teams can be smaller and development time shorter
(Inbound) Marketing and Distribution is free through the internet.
Cloud Infrastructure (e.g. heroku, AWS) is a cheaper, more scaleable way to host
The cloud might sound like a buzzword but is in fact a vastly superior architecture, not because it makes installation and updates easier (although that's good too), but because it starts to remove IT from the purchasing process, meaning the user and the buyer are, increasingly, the same person. -Chris Dixon
Running a startup includes always being mindful of how much "runway" they have in the bank [i.e. how long until the money in the bank runs out and they either have to be (a) profitable (b) raise more money or (c) go out of business].
How does this affect us? It means we can test more ideas, test them quicker and use a smaller fund which is a key driver of our volume investing approach to de-risk for investors.
5. Shifting venture capital landscape
We believe the venture capital landscape is changing.
There is less demand for venture capital
There are a few reasons for this. First, companies are becoming cheaper than ever to start (see above), so companies don't need as much capital to get to started or to get to ramen profitability. Angel investing has been commoditized through things like Angel List, angel networks, etc. There are new and more prevalent alternatives to venture capital: Incubators, Crowdfunding (e.g. KickStarter, IndieGoGo, etc.), Private Placements (e.g. Funders Club, Local Stake, etc.), Peer 2 Peer lending (e.g. Lending Club, Prosper, etc.)
Conclusion: Venture capital isn't as demanded by entrepreneurs to build startups.
Funds are too Large
Venture Funds are too large now a days and require an ungodly amount in exits to return venture type returns (~3x in 10 years). We've used this quote before to illustrate that growing problems with Funds being too large.
VC firms are…responsible for the full life cycle of a company: they find it, help it grow, open up a Rolodex and sell it. What you've had is the firms go out and raise a fund and take a management fee, so you get paid millions of dollars for doing no work, and it takes years to get results. You have an incentive to raise larger and larger funds to get a bigger fee. With larger funds, you have to find ways to invest all that money or give up the fee. The VCs have investors who want a return in three years, so they will lower the bar and make a worse investment. -Bill Maris – Google Ventures
However, there are only a few companies each year who grow large enough (and exit for a high enough amount) to move the needle on the mega funds. This means that only the top, top tier of venture capital funds generate expected returns.
Cambridge Associates, an advisor to institutions that invest in venture capital, says that only about 20 firms – or about 3 percent of the universe of venture capital firms – generate 95 percent of the industry's returns, and the composition of the top 3 percent doesn't change very much over time.
Conclusion: Venture capital isn't as demanded by entrepreneurs to build startups, yet Funds are too large to efficiently put capital to work.
Lack of differentiation in VC's
"For many early-stage companies still working on their product or developing customers, most of their challenges do not require large amounts of capital nearly as much as they require expertise — particularly in engineering, design, and marketing." – Dave McClure
We believe that the growing trend will require investors will need to be more operational and hands on with their portfolio companies – this will both attract the best companies, differentiate their firm and help the investments achieve superior returns.
There are too many firms that are indistinguishable from each other and too many firms operating without an investment thesis.
Conclusion: Venture capital isn't as demanded by entrepreneurs to build startups, yet Funds are too large to efficiently put capital to work and too many funds are too similar and have un-differentiable value propositions.
There aren't enough good companies to fund
With too much capital in the marketplace that VC's are trying to put to work, things are getting funded that shouldn't be getting funded. There are a lot of FNAC's, feature not a company, that are getting funded. The talent pool is getting spread out since everyone wants to be CEO of a startup. This means a lot these companies aren't going to pan out and has made hiring a lot more difficult.
This has also led to a spike in valuations of the hot companies since they are needed to skew the portfolio to offset the losers.
Conclusion: Venture capital isn't as demanded by entrepreneurs to build startups, yet Funds are too large to efficiently put capital to work and too many funds are too similar and have un-differentiable value propositions. There are too many companies in the market, and companies that shouldn't be getting funded are getting funded because of this excess capital in the marketplace.
Acqui-hiring kills chances of generating returns
With hiring becoming more and more difficult, acqui-hiring (an acquisition of a company just for its team members and not any of the IP) has become popular. These are usually exits representing cents on the dollar returns for investors and forces the rest of portfolio has to make up for this. This drives the portfolio to be even more home run driven and no longer able to hit singles.
Conclusion: Venture capital isn't as demanded by entrepreneurs to build startups, yet Funds are too large to efficiently put capital to work and too many funds are too similar and have un-differentiable value propositions. There are too many companies in the market, and companies that shouldn't be getting funded are getting funded because of this excess capital in the marketplace. Acqui-Hires don't move the needle, so VC's are forced to push companies that could be solid singles or doubles to be home runs to try and offset the acqui-hires and the FNAC's.
We believe there is a more efficient capital allocation
We believe that the majority of venture capital funds (outside the top 20 or 3%) represent an inefficient capital allocation. Traditionally, VC firms have focused on making a few investments that each have the potential of achieving billion dollar outcomes (which there aren't many of). However, as Dave McClure of 500 Startups puts it that's "really f**cking hard!"
We believe we have a more efficient capital allocation as an 'institutional founder.' We place lots of small bets to test what will work (significantly less than a bet to see if a portfolio company in a seed or angel fund would work). We utilize shared / common resources where improvements benefit every company in the Fund, and have re-risked through having lower hurdles to return cash to investors.
What do all of these five macro-economic conditions mean?
Let's summarize – more people are carrying smart phones and tablets, the cost of smartphones is plummeting, and mobile usage is continuing to grow – all of this is leading us to a unique place in time where the rise of mobile devices is creating a huge disruptive windows for startups to stick their foot into. Less money is needed to start a company (or test an idea), and we believe we have a more efficient way to put capital to work than traditional venture capital.
Mobile is already transforming industries – taxis (Uber), payments (Square) because of the above three factors. Businesses that couldn't exist a couple years ago due to hardware constraints, smartphones not reaching a critical adoption yet, carrier networks not being robust enough, etc. are now becoming possible.
We see a huge opportunity to build mobile software companies and next generation businesses based on technology in unsexy industries that have been neglected since they aren't typically associated with technology. What little software has been built for these industries is PC based yet the jobs in these industries aren't done at a computer or desk: they're done mobile-y.


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Guess? (NYSE: GES) reports Q3 earnings on Nov. 28 and the company has been trading near 52 week lows lately for good reason. The company missed on their Q2 with earnings at $0.49, down considerably from $0.84 the same quarter a year ago. Margins also shrank. The company already said they expect a range of third quarter earnings of $0.42-46 and net income to decrease to $620-630 million from Q2 revenues of $635 million.
Guess?, designer, marketer, and distributor of self-described "lifestyle clothing with European sensibilities," blamed the decline on a 15% drop in European revenue and a 3.8% drop in North American revenue only slightly offset by a 21% increase in Asia.
Rival Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) reported on Nov. 14 and hit it out of the park on the back of much improved international sales for a 30% rise in the stock. To be fair there was a huge short interest in Abercrombie since it hadn't reported a profit in a year. But Abercrombie also guided higher and so investors have lost patience with Guess? with trading volumes decreasing.
Guess?, the company, operates 251 stores outside the US and Canada and 230 small concession size stores internationally, but licensees operate 804 stores overseas and 119 concession stores in Asia for 90 countries total. The company operates 504 stores in the US and Canada and operates e-commerce sites. The company's sales are mostly international so it is possible but not very likely they may have an Abercrombie-like beat.
Good For Guess
The company does have some good points. Their debt is very low for a fashion company at only $11.35 million to cash of $281.51 million. The company has bought back 5 million shares, but mostly at higher prices. At these lows the yield is 3.50% with a 24% payout ratio.
The current P/E is now 9.35, almost half of the industry average at 17.96 and considerably lower than that of Abercrombie standing at 33.92. Abercrombie's yield is smaller by half at 1.70%. And Guess? does have a higher insider hold at 30% than Abercrombie's 1% so inside the company they still believe.
When the company presented at the Goldman Sachs 2012 Global Retailing Conference in September CFO Dennis Secor explained their G by Guess stores featuring lower price point merchandise like the Michael line at Michael Kors Holding Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) have really been gaining traction. He called G "a solid niche at a moderate price" and surprisingly popular with young men. He further added that the G by Guess stores are a big driver for revenues.
The last analyst call was an inititation by Avondale on Oct. 3 to Market Underperform. Before that there were three calls by Standpoint Research in four months from Buy to Hold to Buy again from May through August. The mean analyst target is $28.82 for more than 20% upside.
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The apparel is fairly pricey and it competes with Michael Kors as well as Abercrombie & Fitch. The Guess? by Marciano line in particular targets the same shopper as Michael Kors; women over 25 who are sophisticated, affluent, and like to travel. Like Michael Kors it also runs a licensing segment for glasses, fragrance, etc. The similarities end there as Michael Kors has significantly outperformed Guess? in its first year as a publicly traded stock.
When Michael Kors last reported, like Abercrombie, it reported good international sales, especially in Asia but Europe wasn't bad either. Yes, Guess? is performing well with leading market share in South Korea and a respectable showing in China. However, CFO Secor was downbeat about Southern European numbers but maintained growth in Germany and Russia was strong. He also explained that the European economy has caused currency headwinds as well as a sharp decrease in European tourists shopping the North American stores.
Accessories weren't performing as well this year as in the past, he also noted. Michael Kors accessories seem to be performing quite well, giving Coach a run for their money. Secor cited another reason for lower numbers was increased ad spending to celebrate the company's 30th anniversary which did drive increased traffic and comps in May.
Going Forward
The company intends to ratchet up social media and digital media with increased dialogue with bloggers and entertainers and creating more in-store events to attract the Guess? customer. They will keep their iconic billboards and magazine ads, just lately bringing on as a model Gigi Hadid, a daughter of one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, for some extra buzz.
If you're looking at Q3 earnings they will likely be right where the company already guided, around $0.42 for the quarter and between $2.15-$2.30 for the full year. All the factors that made Q2 "challenging" haven't changed. Plans for increasing brand awareness by collaboration with social media players haven't kicked in yet. Since they already disappointed and guided lower, I "guess" if anything it will trend slightly lower unless something dramatic is announced.
The company is certainly cheaper with a single digit P/E than Abercrombie and Michael Kors with its 40.85 P/E. The yield is attractive. But with sentiment so negative and no particular catalyst other than an earnings release that is even lower than the last, this is a name that remains a wait and see until after earnings.
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The P.F. Chang's Rock and Roll marathon and half marathons are Sunday and with more than 20 thousand people expected to take part organizers are aware security may be a concern.
"A little nervous, definitely excited... looking forward to the energy of the race" said Christie Strack who will be running the half marathon Sunday.
For the past months runners of the P.F. Chang's Rock and Roll marathon have been preparing for this with some runners training for up to 20 miles a week.
On Sunday 24,000 runners will hit the pavement for 13.1 or 26.2 miles and while runners focus on the finish line a team of individuals will be focusing on everyone's safety.
P.F. Chang's marathon organizer Dan Cruz says there will be a big police and private security presence. "We have been in a deep dialog with local, state, federal, and homeland security officials about increasing security measures in advance of Sundays race".
"We want to make sure they are confident in the fact that they can go out there... they're going to run 13.1 or 26.2 miles and they're trusting us the organizer and local law enforcement to keep them safe" said Cruz.
For hardcore runners, like 80 year-old Mark Paper who has run every year for the past 11, he says nothing will stop them. "There's no risk no matter where you go so no, that wouldn't stop me and it wouldn't stop any of these people" said Paper.
Some of the security measures organizers are not talking about to keep everyone safe. They are telling everyone that sees anything out of the ordinary or anything they think is suspicious to tell a race official.
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- ESPN's Adam Schefter gives his take on the Monday night game.
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MISSION — The Mission City Council approved hiring 10 additional police officers last Friday at an annual cost of approximately $550,000. The council adopted a budget amendment to approve $248,503 for the remaining 12 pay periods of this fiscal year. The city will pay this expenditure out of the city's general fund, said City Manager Julio Cerda.
This action comes on the heels of the opening of a new $2.2 million police substation and Fire Station No. 5 on Military and Glasscock roads.
Mission Mayor Norberto "Beto" Salinas said "These [new officers] are for our patrol units. We want to have more boots on the ground for visibility in our neighborhoods"
Mission Police Chief Leo Longoria said three of the new hires will be assigned to the new south side substation, and the rest will likely be assigned to the northwest side of the city.
"Right now we have the east side pretty well saturated. With the commercial and residential growth [in the Sharyland Plantation area], we've been pretty well forced to address this area with a lot more law enforcement. As we continue to annex area on our northwest side, I don't believe we have the presence of law enforcement as strong as I think we should. So, that's where we're going next," he added.
Mayor Salinas announced during the ribbon cutting that the city would soon develop plans to build another police substation on the northwest side. The proposed site for the facility is Inspiration Road at 2 ½ Mile Line Road, next to the fire station. The new building would be similar to the new south side substation, and the mayor plans to have it open in two years. Design work, though not yet started, is expected to begin soon.
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MISSION - Otila "Tilly Bell" Flores, 66, passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 at Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center in San Antonio.
Survivors include her daughters, Dina Guerrero and Brenda G. McKendrick; son, Steven Guerrero; siblings, Amalia Flores, Orfelinda Jimenez, Eustacio Flores Jr., Luisa Ruiz, Peter Flores, Joe Flores and Tony Flores; and three grandchildren Lauren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Eustacio Flores Sr. and Hermila Salinas Flores, and a brother, Oscar Flores.
Visitation will be held Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home from 4 to 9 p.m. with a rosary recited at 7 p.m. The funeral mass will be held Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 1 p.m. at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Mission. Cremation and private burial will be held at a later date.
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A lecture about Magnetic Resonance Imaging and its new applications will occur on May 1. William G. Bradley, Jr., MD, PhD, professor and chair of UC San Diego's Department of Radiology and an alumnus of UCSF, will return to campus as the 2014 Margulis Alumnus Lecturer.
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Are you a Black woman in business?
Are your goals:
- to be a stand-out leader in your organization?
- to have influence and build strong teams?
- if you're an entrepreneur, to build a profitable business with committed, talented employees?
- to continuously grow in knowledge in order to sharpen your leadership ability?
Are you:
- passionate about being a good leader and helping others to be good leaders?
If you answered "yes" to any of these question, then join our community!
Our goals with Black Women in Business are:
- to enrich and enhance leadership skills of women, whether they are working for a company or nonprofit or if they own their own business.
- to create a community for mentoring, professional development, information-sharing.
- to foster an environment that inspires and celebrates growth and achievement.
Every month we will post resources for black women in business.
FYI: National Statistics
* from catalyst.org
Black women in management5.4%
Black women entrepreneurs24.9%
Black women in board seats1.9%