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SEEN BUT NOT HEARD: "She don't want nothing to do with this," the show security guard cried out, arms akimbo, to the throngs of camera crews and shutterbugs angling to get a shot of Demi Moore and Hilary Swank in the front row of the Miss Sixty show. Indeed, they didn't. Moore and Swank sat in stone-cold silence as they eyed the looks on the runway. Then Clive Owen swept in — a Miss Sixty fan if ever there was one — and posed for pictures with Fern Mallis.
Meanwhile, Maggie Gyllenhaal, seated between her stylist, Leslie Fremar, and Swank, and Mischa Barton remained impressively composed throughout the madness. Gyllenhaal chatted freely about her latest ads for Agent Provocateur. "My friend told me they had great nursing bras, and I wanted to get out of the nasty ones I was wearing," said the mother of 11-month-old Ramona. "I wanted to feel hot again."
Barton was on a break from filming her new movie in New Jersey. "I'm incredibly lazy [about fashion week]. I haven't been going out," said the raven-haired actress — who was at the Van Cleef & Arpels bash Tuesday night.
TOO MANY COOKS: Before singing a few tunes after Zang Toi's fashion show Thursday night, Patti LaBelle said, "I'll be showing Martha Stewart and Rachael Ray a thing or two." Her cooking DVD and The Good Life pots, pans and aprons are due out in the next few months. As it is, The Good Life's Hot Flash hot sauce is a bestseller, said the songstress, adding: "I'm flashing now," as a handler stood fanning her. Mention of the space's lack of air-conditioning did not change her view. "I'd be flashing anyway."
On another front, Lenny Kravitz is producing an upcoming album for LaBelle, an all-women act she started 40 years ago. The musician also has returned to Def Jam and is working on a Christmas album, but Wednesday's two-song performance was less rehearsed. Asked what she planned to sing at the event, which benefited the Lance Armstrong Foundation, LaBelle said: "'A Change Is Gonna Come.' We need change in this world. People need to get involved with cancer research and give their time."
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HATCHER IN THE HOUSE: Teri Hatcher — clad head-to-toe in spring 2008 Badgley Mischka, naturally — held court at the designers' Thursday afternoon show. "I'm here on behalf of the guys and our campaign together," said Hatcher, the new face of the brand's advertising. Clad in a silvery gray sleeveless dress, jeweled purse and stilettos, Hatcher noted she loves the brand's unapologetic femininity: "They don't shy away from glamour — I think sometimes we have a grunge attitude, and a lazy, casual attitude, and I don't think there's anything wrong with bringing a little glamour to your life once in a while. In a way, I think something great — like just a purse or a pair of shoes or a jacket — just ups your mood, and everyone deserves to have that in their closet. It doesn't just have to be couture gowns. It can be somewhere in the middle, and I think [Mark Badgley and James Mischka] are finding that with their clothes."
Speaking of mood-setters, Hatcher is all for the trend of celebrities launching fragrances. Does she have any interest in launching her own? "Yes, I do — but not yet," she said. But she's got a clear vision of how it would smell: "Citrus, cucumber — light. Nothing too crazy — I'm not a big strong-perfume person."
Y-3'S HIGH FIVE: For Y-3's fifth anniversary, Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas' collaborative line will show Saturday in a West Chelsea venue constructed for the occasion. Expected guests include Samuel L. Jackson, Veronica Webb, Arden Wohl, Nina Clemente, Griffin Dunne, Jack Pierson, Paz de la Huerta, Genevieve Jones, Andres Serrano, Chiara Clemente and Waris Ahluwalia. Also to mark its anniversary, Y-3 will open its first Paris store with an in-store event Oct. 4 during Paris Fashion Week. Another opening in Miami will follow later this year.
AFTER HOURS: Couture houses are working overtime to dress society ladies for a sumptuous extravaganza taking place Saturday at Aiglemont, Prince Karim Aga Khan's property in Chantilly, France. Le tout Paris is buzzing about the prince's party to fete his brother Amin's birthday, plus that of his daughter, Zara. According to sources, more than 800 guests from around the world have been invited, from Indian princesses to New York artists, as well as European aristocracy. A lavish dinner awaits, to be followed by a ball with elaborate decor, ballet performances and fireworks.
WELL SHOD: In an unusual collaboration, the Via Spiga division of Brown Shoe created a capsule collection for Bryan Bradley's Tuleh show Sunday. "It's like a one-off," said Bradley. "They are sort of doing a little experiment. I don't think they were looking to do a shoe collection for Tuleh. I'm always interested in experiments. We did one style with 10 colors — a buffed, metallic patent leather with a skinny, tall kitten heel." If they want to sell the shoe, they can do whatever they want. For me, it was the fun of working with them. They were nervous at first, but in a good way, but I have to say it was relatively seamless."


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LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas Department of Health Director Paul Halverson is leaving to take a job in Indiana.
Gov. Mike Beebe's office on Friday announced that Halverson was leaving to become founding dean of the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis — also known as IUPUI.
Halverson's last day at the Arkansas Health Department will be May 5. Halverson was named the department's director by then-Gov. Mike Huckabee in 2005.
Beebe praised Halverson for his work on a smoking ban that lawmakers approved in 2006 and in establishing a statewide trauma system.
Nathaniel Smith, currently the Deputy Director for Public Health Programs, will serve as Interim Director after Halverson's departure.

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subroutine create_watchgroup (watch, handle, err)
Creates a new watch group and returns a handle for it. A watch group must be created by this routine before it is passed to any other StopWatch routines. In Fortran 90 it is impossible to test whether or not a watch group has been created, and using a watch group that has not been created may cause the program to crash. It is not an error to create a watch group that has already been created, however the prior information and memory locations will be lost. Watch groups should be destroyed (see destroy_watchgroup(3)) before they are recreated. Also, local variable watch groups should be destroyed before returning from a subroutine, to avoid memory leaks.
One or more watches may be optionally specified. If watch is present, the watch group will initially contain the specified watch(es). If watch is omitted, the watch group will initially be empty. Watches can be added and removed from the group with join_watchgroup and leave_watchgroup.
The argument watch can be a single variable of type watchtype (see stopwatch(3)) to start the group with one watch, or an array of type watchtype to start the group with several watches.
The argument handle is a variable of type watchgroup that will subsequently be used to access the watch group.
If present, the optional intent OUT integer argument err returns a status code. The code is the sum of the values listed below.
An error message will be printed to a specified I/O unit (unit 6 by default) if print_errors is TRUE (default is TRUE). The error message contains more detail about the cause of the error than can be obtained from just the status code, so you should set print_errors to TRUE if you have trouble determining the cause of the error.
If abort_errors is TRUE (default is FALSE), the program will terminate on an error condition. Otherwise, the program will continue execution but the watch group will not be created.
See option_stopwatch(3) for further information on print_errors, abort_errors and I/O units.
The relevant status codes and messages are:
type (watchtype) w(3)
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It cannot be determined whether or not a watch variable has been created (passed as an argument to create_watch). If a watch that has never been created is passed into create_watchgroup, it might generate a Fortran error due to passing a pointer with undefined association status to the Fortran intrinsic function associated. Some compilers will allow this as an extension to the Fortran 90 standard and recognize that the pointer is not associated, in which case the ``Watch needs to be created'' error message is generated.


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Jim Beaver, 'Supernatural'
You know him as: Bobby Singer, brilliant hunter and cranky drunk, was the Winchester boys' last remaining ally until he died (we assume) in the mid-season finale. Of course, given the nature of the show, that doesn't mean he's not sticking around -- but we wouldn't bet on it. Why we like him: What's not to like? Beaver has brought incredible dimension and heart to a role that could have easily been a cliche. Only an incredibly skilled actor could make it believable when this character starts rattling off poetry while talking to his demonic doppelgänger. Only Beaver -- no one else -- could have made Bobby's last word to the Winchesters -- "Idjits," -- sound exactly like an "I love you." He will be sorely missed. Where else you've seen him: A working actor for more than 30 years, Beaver has one of those resumes that goes on forever. Among the highlights are "Deadwood," "Big Love," "John From Cincinnati" and "Harper's Island." He also guest-starred in an episode of "Justified," a role he'll be reprising this coming season. -- Carina Adly MacKenzie, Zap2it
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FROM Justine Bateman
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a "decision memo" to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There's not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.
Hua Hsu: A Floating Chinaman Author Hua Hsu stops by to discuss his book A Floating Chinaman, recounting the life of 1930's actor/writer H.T. Tsiang and his struggles entering the American literary world.
Why did Jared Kushner want a back channel with Russians? News broke Friday that President Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, tried setting up a back channel between the Trump transition team and the Russian government. What are the consequences for Kushner, President Trump, and the investigation into Russian meddling?
Industry insights and lessons learned from memorable guests We have interesting guests on The Business, and sometimes our conversations are too long to fit into one show. This week we give you stories that were too good to leave on the cutting room floor, including some sharp insights on making it in the industry from David Mandel, David Simon, Shawn Levy and Matt Reeves.


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Wow! It's 80 degrees and I'm home from work. Mother Nature didn't let me down. Visitors who come to visit the seaside city of Pacific Grove, California complain how cold and overcast summers are. Yes, I know that! I've lived on the Monterey Peninsula since 1963! What I do know is that September is when some of the most beautiful weather comes to this beautiful part of the world. If we're lucky, blue skies and 70 degree temperatures stick around until October. I don't live in Pacific Grove, but I work here. I commute 25 miles inland to where I live in the sunbelt of the Salinas Valley. In this fertile valley, is where I can enjoy plenty of sunshine, strawberries, corn and plenty of summer vegetables for a few extra weeks. That also means that grilling season doesn't end with Labor Day. Pumpkins and winter vegetables will be transformed into pies, soups and stews-- but not just yet! Speaking of Labor Day, these are the ribs that we grilled and they were amazing!
pulled pork, tri tip and now-- these baby back ribs! I've grilled ribs before and I've tried all kinds of recommended tips. Year ago, I was told to braise them in water and then grill them. Nope, that didn't work. I've oven-roasted ribs, per Tyler Florence. They were good, but they couldn't compare to honest-to-goodness grilled ribs. My best friend, of 34 years, is known for her legendary ribs. At least, that's what I hear, but I had yet to experience them first hand. Two weeks ago, we drove north to the Bay Area to visit. She made them for us and I have to admit they are legendary! She graciously showed me how she does it. It's simple, but it's all about "technique". So, here are the tips we have learned with the help of this book and our own trial and error with grilling:
- We enjoy adding rubs to meat. You can buy them at the store or learn to make your own. I've done both.
- I like to let the meat come to room temperature before grilling.
- Learning to cook meat with indirect heat is the key. As amateurs, we used to throw the meat right on top of the coals-- which led to burned meat/sauce and mediocre results. Now we understand to cook it low and slow.
- We never baste the meat with sauce, until the very end-- if at all.
- Soaking wood chips and then adding them over coals creates a flavorful smoke. It kicks the flavor up a few more notches.
- It's worth an extra dollar or two, per pound, to buy quality meat. If you're always looking for bargain meat prices, try buying from a reputable butcher who sells grass fed meat. Trust me, you'll truly taste the difference. Whole Foods ribs cost $1.00 more, per pound, than my local large grocery chain. No hormones and free-range.
To make these particular ribs, I bought McCormick Schilling Grillmates Rub for Pork. That's what "Pat" uses... (but you can use whatever rub you like)
pulled pork post, that shows you all about indirect heat grilling and adding wood chips for smoky flavor. Like my best friend, Pat, did-- we cooked these for about 1 1/2 hours, with the Weber grill cover on, with the meat away (not on top) of the coals. Halfway through cooking, we added more coals. We added the soaked Susie-Q Red Oak Wood Chips to the coals for the last 15 minutes.
The barbecue sauce recipe is at the bottom of this page. I really like this one, if you enjoy a tomato based sauce with some flavor kick and garlic. Yummy!


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Cool Careers For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Table of Contents
Author Information
Part I: Finding Your Cool Career, Right Here.
Chapter 1: Your Cool Career Journey.
Chapter 2: The Cool Careers Yellow Pages.
Chapter 3: The 35 Most Revealing Questions About You.
Chapter 4: Making Your Career Choice.
Part II: Training for That Cool Career.
Chapter 5: Degree-Free Career Preparation.
Chapter 6: Degree-Based Career Preparation.
Part III: Landing That Cool Job.
Chapter 7: Creating the Right Mindset for Job Seeking.
Chapter 8: 30 Days to a Cool Job.
Chapter 9: Crafting the Right Resume in Less Time.
Chapter 10: Impressive Interviewing.
Part IV: Making Any Career Cooler.
Chapter 11: Making the Most of Any Job.
Chapter 12: Light My Fire, Please! Overcoming Procrastination.
Chapter 13: The Keys to Successful Self-Employment.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 14: Top Ten Career Musts for Women.
Chapter 15: Top Ten Career Musts for Men.
Chapter 16: Top Ten (Or So) Career Musts for Everyone.
Appendix: The Cool CareerFinder.


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The following hotels, B&Bs and holiday accommodation are located within 10 miles of AB301UF, ordered by distance from postcode:
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Hillside Hotel is located in Hillside, around 3 miles from Montrose' seafront. This homely property features a restaurant and bar. The traditional rooms at Hillside Hotel is finished in pleasant pastel tones.
The Cottage is a holiday home situated in Saint Cyrus, 47 km from Aberdeen. The property features views of the garden and is 48 km from Dundee. The unit equipped with a kitchen with an oven and toaster.
Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, The Old Fishing Station offers accommodation in Saint Cyrus. Free private parking is available on site. A flat-screen TV, as well as an iPod docking station are offered.
St. Cyrus Village Inn offers accommodation in Saint Cyrus. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar.
St Cyrus Park offers accommodation in Saint Cyrus. Aberdeen is 44 km from the property. The accommodation comes with a dining area and seating area with a TV.
5 Milnamair offers accommodation in Montrose, 42 km from Dundee and 47 km from St Andrews. The unit is 31 km from Stonehaven. The kitchen comes with an oven and a toaster and there is a private bathroom.
Featuring free WiFi, Coutts Court offers accommodation in Montrose, 42 km from Dundee. Every room comes with a flat-screen TV. Some rooms have views of the mountain or garden.
The Park Hotel is in a quiet area, in the centre of this historic seaside town, 800 metres from Montrose Rail Station and the golf course. It has free parking, en suite rooms and a bar and restaurant.
Near the town centre, the Links Hotel offers free Wi-Fi, an AA Rosette-awarded restaurant and free parking. Montrose rail station is nearby. The Links restaurant offers Scottish and continental cuisine.
Situated in scenic Fettercairn, in the heart of Kincardineshire, Ramsay Arms Hotel features a traditional restaurant and bar. With free parking, the hotel also offers cosy rooms and free Wi-Fi.
In the beautiful Scottish village of Edzell, boasting a sauna, a gym and a swimming pool, this hotel is situated at the foot of the Angus Glens. Guests at Glenesk Hotel can enjoy free WiFi and free parking on site.
Located in the beautiful small village of Edzell, The Panmure Arms Hotel offers bed and breakfast accommodation, a restaurant and free WiFi. The hotel is 40 miles away from Aberdeen and Dundee, and 10 miles from Montrose and the rail station.


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By Thomas Ferraro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ending a self-imposed silence about the November election, 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan said on Wednesday that he and presidential running mate Mitt Romney lost not because of ideas, but due to ineffective communication.
Ryan said Democratic President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden also prevailed because they did a better job with "technology and (voter) turnout."
"We have to learn that," said Ryan, chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee. "We have to fix that."
Ryan made the comments at a breakfast with reporters sponsored by the Wall Street Journal as the eight-term Republican ended his silence and spoke out.
Romney and Ryan kept low-profiles after the November elections, figuring they would surrender center stage to the victors, Obama and Biden.
Ryan had spoken with the media in his home state of Wisconsin, but stayed away from the national press until Obama and Biden were sworn in for second terms this week.
At Monday's inauguration ceremony, Ryan sat with fellow lawmakers near Obama and Biden outside the U.S. Capitol.
While watching Obama take the oath, Ryan said he thought about what he and Romney could have done if they won and implemented their conservative agenda.
But Ryan said he is now looking ahead, focusing on his job as Budget Committee chairman where he is again helping to lead a Republican charge to cut spending.
Romney, who has generally remained out of public view since the election, did not attend the inauguration and has not indicated what he plans to do next.
"I think it is going to be whatever he wants," said Ryan, adding that they stay in touch via email and plan to have lunch together in the coming days.
Since Romney does not intend to run for public office again, Ryan said "it puts him in a unique position to be a leader of our party, to weigh in on big issues."
Obama has stated that he and Biden won re-election because voters agreed with their priorities, like raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans to help reduce U.S. deficits.
Asked what voters were saying to Republicans on Election Day, Ryan suggested that they did not understand what his party was about.
"We have to do a better job of explaining and demonstrating why our ideas are better" on such issues as fighting poverty and helping people move up "the ladder of life," Ryan said.
"There are a lot of people who just don't think or know that we have good ideas on these fronts," Ryan said.
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BERLIN (AP) — The Federal Labor Agency says Germany's unemployment rate held steady at 7.4 percent in February and that the job market remains "robust."
The agency says Thursday that 18,000 more people were without a job in February over the previous month — largely due to winter seasonal factors. A total of 3.156 million people were registered as jobless.
When seasonally adjusted, the number of unemployed was down 3,000 people and the unemployment rate was 6.9 percent — also unchanged over January.
Agency head Frank-Juergen Weise says the German labor market "seems to be coping with the weak economic growth in recent months and appears to be overall robust."


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From prototyping to application: Progress on the code generation for Scilab
By Pierre Fiorini, Silkan
The presentation describes how to generate code and optimize it from a Scilab environment. The quantitative results obtained are explained. Certain limitations in the type of scripts accepted by the compiler are also introduced. The reasons for these choices are exposed and the underlying theoretical problems briefly mentioned. Starting from the current version, the work planned for the next version is also announced.
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The following is from the CFTC...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against Gelber Group, LLC (Gelber) of Chicago, Ill., for reporting orders during pre-opening trading sessions that Gelber had no intention of executing. The CFTC also settled charges against both Gelber and former Gelber trading manager Martin A. Lorenzen for engaging in wash sales. The CFTC Orders require Gelber and Lorenzen to pay a civil monetary penalty of $750,000 and $200,000, respectively, and order the Respondents to cease and desist from violating the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulation 1.38, as charged.
Gelber's False Reports of Orders in the Pre-Open Session
The CFTC Order against Gelber finds that from at least August 20, 2009 to February 16, 2010, a Gelber proprietary trader reported false orders in the pre-opening session of the NASDAQ E-mini 100 futures contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) Globex electronic trading platform. The orders were false because they were not intended to be executed and, in fact, were cancelled before the market opened. These orders caused non-bona fide prices in the indicative opening price (IOP) for the NASDAQ E-mini 100 futures contract, which is the price at which the contract is expected to trade at the opening of trading. The CME broadcasts the IOP to other Globex users and to publishers of financial data who purchase and disseminate the IOP information to the public. Gelber violated provisions of the CEA that prohibit false reporting and causing non-bona fide prices to be reported, registered, or recorded.
Gelber and Lorenzen's Illegal Wash Sales
The CFTC Orders also separately find that at least between March 2010 and August 2010, two Gelber proprietary traders engaged in wash sales in certain Russell Index futures contracts at the direction of their manager, Lorenzen, in order to inflate Gelber's trading volumes and enable it to obtain increased rebates from the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) as part of an ICE incentive program, the Russell Member Fee Program.
Under the terms of the incentive program, ICE agreed to rebate fees to traders on all Russell Index futures contracts (including the actively traded Russell 2000 futures contract) if the program participant traded pre-determined volumes of contracts in some thinly traded Russell 1000 Index contracts on a monthly basis – specifically, the Russell 1000 Index Mini, the Russell 1000 Growth Index and the Russell 1000 Value Index futures contracts (Russell 1000 contracts), according to the Orders.
In early 2010, the Gelber executive who arranged Gelber's participation in the incentive program asked Lorenzen to select two traders to trade the Russell 1000 contracts and provided them with the specific volumes of contracts they had to trade to make Gelber eligible for the rebates. The two traders had difficulty trading the necessary volume profitably because of the thinness of the Russell 1000 market. Lorenzen, therefore, resorted to instructing them to engage in unlawful wash sales and trade opposite each other until they reached the necessary volume. Moreover, rather than rely solely on manual wash sales to get the rebates, Lorenzen directed a Gelber programmer to create a computer program that would automatically enter matching orders from each trader's computer. The two traders used the computer program each month during the relevant period and executed wash sales repeatedly in the Russell 1000 contracts, according to the orders.
CFTC Division of Enforcement staff responsible for this matter are David Terrell, Heather Johnson, Joseph Konizeski, Scott R. Williamson, Rosemary Hollinger, and Richard Wagner.


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I just thought I'd share. I've had low milk supply as diagnosed by my IBCLC with my last two. My DD is 13 weeks. Recently I got mastitis and my supply dipped very low.
After reading posts I decided to try something other than Fenugreek and reglan. I just started on Goats Rue and my pump output increased by 30% in 24 hours. I'm so excited! I've also ordered Alfalfa and Shatavari. My IBCLC says that Shatavari is the new "buzz word" and is supposed to work as good as reglan. Fingers crossed.


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Burger King is the second largest fast food hamburger restaurant chain in the world, with over 11,000 company-operated and franchised restaurants in over 70 different countries.[1] The company generated $2.5 billion in revenue in 2009[2]. Like most players in the quick service restaurant market, Burger King faces several important challenges. The cost of doing business has increased due to rising foods prices while intense competition from McDonald's , Yum! Brands (YUM) and Wendy's limits Burger King's ability to pass costs on to consumers.[3] However, with the 2008 economic downturn, consumers in the United States have turned to Burger King as a low-cost alternative to more expensive dining options.[4]
Additionally, strong international sales (38% of operating income) are also a bright spot.[5] Furthermore, since 2004, Burger King has implemented several cost cutting initiatives, including smaller restaurant sizes that take advantage customers' preference for the drive-thru, a real time scheduling system to improve employee efficiency, and the closure of poorly performing restaurants. These measures resulted in an increase in net income from just $5MM in 2004 to $190MM in 2008.[6] Despite improvements, Burger King still trails its largest competitor, McDonald's (MCD) in terms of revenue per restaurant and growth. In 2009, McDonalds had a revenue of $22.7 billion and received nearly 6 times as much in franchise fees per franchised restaurant than Burger King.[7]
In September of 2010, Burger King was acquired by private equity firm, 3G capital for $3.26 billion, or $4 billion with the assumption of the company's debt. This acquisition represented a 46% premium over Burger King's share price before the offer was made.[8]
Burger King operates within the fast food hamburger restaurant (FFHR) category of the $59 billion quick service restaurant (QSR) segment of the restaurant industry. Burger King offers hamburgers, chicken and specialty sandwiches, french fries, soft drinks, breakfast foods, and a variety of other fast food choices. Burger King Holdings, Inc. is now a private company and therefore is no longer a publicly traded stock.[9]
In a response to the McDonald's McCafe coffee products, Burger King has announced that by September 2010 it would begin selling Starbucks' Seattle's Best Coffee in about 7,250 U.S. outlets. The new drinks will sell for $1 to $2.79 and will replace Burger King's BK Joe brew, which was introduced in 2005.[10]
In 2008, roughly 90% of the company's restaurants were franchised and only 10% were company owned,[1] althougHoldings_(BKC)/Overview#102 | Burger King Holdings 2007 Annual Report, "Business", p. 3-8]]</ref> Sales in the U.S. and Canada account for 44% of total revenue; however, Latin America is the fastest growing sector.[11]h the latter produced approximately 73% of the company's revenue.[11] Burger King also operates in three geographic regions: the U.S. and Canada, EMEA/APAC (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa/ Asia Pacific), and Latin America.
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Jacob Starr Holdings reported revenues for Q1 of FY 2010 (ended September 30, 2009) of $636.9 million, a decline of 5.4% over the same quarter in 2008. Operating income fell by 7.7%, to $83.0 million, over the same period. Burger King attributed its slumping sales to the economic downturn.
BKC increased its net restaurant count in Q2 FY2010 by 95 restaurants, with international segments accounting for over 90% of the net restaurant increase compared to Q2 FY2009. Worldwide comparable sales went negative at -2.0% compared to 2.9% same period FY2009, with US and Canada comparable sales worse at -3.3% compared to 1.9% Q2 FY2009.
Overall, BKC margins improved 20 bps to 13.8% from 13.6% same period last year, and EPS were $0.37 compared to $0.33 same period last year, an increase of 12%. BKC stated however that it still continues to face a difficult operating and consumer environment. Revenues for the second quarter FY2010 were up 2% at $645.4 million, compared to $634.1 million in same quarter FY2009, though currency translation helped quarterly revenues by $22.8 million. BKC attributes negative impact on continued weak labor market, lower discretionary spending and competitive discounting to lowered performance.[14]
BKC posted income before taxes at $67.0 million, an increase of 6% compared to $63.0 million in Q3 FY2009. BKC also reported comparable sales at -3.7% compared to 1.0% in same period last fiscal year. Moreover, US and Canadian comparable sales were -6.1% compared to 1.6% Q3 FY2009. Operating margins also shrunk 40 basis points from 11.7% to 11.3%.
BKC claims that it still operates in a challenging macroeconomic environment, as the company now shifts to acquiring new regions to invest for the long term. For example, it added 37 net new restaurants during the quarter. Still, worldwide revenues for Q3 FY2010 were down 1% at $596.9 million, compared to $599.9 million posted Q3 FY2009. This negative impact was partially offset by favorable currency translation of $19.5 million.[15]
Burger King posted fourth quarter revenues posted $623.0 million, a decline of 1% year over year due to decline in comparable sales. This figure also missed the consensus of $639 million.[16] The decline was largely due to slowing economic recovery and continued high level of unemployment. In particular, Burger King's greatest revenue source is from young men, but that market is highly sensitive to jobless claims.
Comparable sales dipped 0.7% for the fourth reporting quarter, and was at a decline of 1.5% in US and Canada, but then offset by emerging markets, where Latin America experienced a 3.9% increase and EMEA/APAC experienced a 0.2% increase.[17] BKC plans to open between 225 and 275 net new restaurants in FY2011, with 90% of this new growth taken place outside United States and Canada.
BKC is growing its international presence with an emphasis on underpentrated markets in developing countries, while scaling back its number of domestic franchises by closing underperforming restaurants. Latin America is one of its fastest growing regions. It opened 45 new restaurants in Mexico in 2007[18] and another 34 restaurants in Brazil from 2005-2007. franchisees)[19], [20]. In total, the number of BKC company operated and franchised restaurants in Latin America increased by 49% and 76%, respectively, from 2003-2007, while the number of BKC franchises in the U.S. and Canada has actually dropped by nearly 10% over the same time period. pussy
Burger King is heavily dependent on a wide array of agricultural commodities such as beef, corn, cheese and poultry. Over the past few years, the prices of these commodities have increased drastically; on the other hand, intense competition in the QSR industry limits the company's ability to pass these costs onto customers[21].
The 2008 economic downturn produced a class of consumer demanding a cheaper alternative dining option. Burger King's cheaply priced menu options satisfied those needs and shares rose by over 20% between February and April 2008. Also, BKC's management has reinvigorated its marketing strategy by pursuing partnerships with the NFL, Nascar and multiple product placements in movies such as Spiderman3. In July 2007, Burger King was ranked in the top position for the "most-liked" television advertisements for all national advertisers[22]. Towards the end of the same year, the company launched a new ad campaign. The campaign which featured real customers and hidden cameras, was credited by management for leading to double digit sales growth during the December quarter. [23].
Additionally, Burger King has reduced the average size of new restaurants. Since approximately 62% of sales can be attributed to drive-thru purchases[27], management has announced that larger restaurants aren't necessary. Since adopting a smaller restaurant design, Burger King has reduced its building costs by 25% [28] and has begun using new appliances and systems to increase efficiency and further cut costs.
BKC operates in the FFHR category of the QSR segment of the restaurant industry. Its primary domestic competitors in the FFHR category are McDonald's and Wendy's. To a lesser degree, BKC also competes against other fast-food restaurants such as Subway, Yum! Brands, Inc.'s Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken, casual restaurant chains, such as Applebee's, Chili's, Ruby Tuesday's and "fast casual" restaurant chains, such as Panera Bread, as well as convenience stores and grocery stores.
BKC's largest U.S. competitor, McDonald's, has significant international operations. Non-FFHR based chains, such as KFC and Pizza Hut, have many outlets in international markets that compete with Burger King and other FFHR chains. In addition, Burger King restaurants compete internationally against local FFHR chains, sandwich shops, bakeries and single-store locations.
The table below shows fiscal 2009 data for the largest publicly traded food service competitors. by revenues Subway, also a major player, is privately owned.
|Revenues (M)
|Net Income (M)
|Net Margin
|Franchised %
|McDonald's (MCD)
|Yum! Brands (YUM)
|Starbuck's (SBUX)
|Darden Restaurants (DRI)
|Brinker International (EAT)
|Wendy's International (WEN)
|Burger King Holdings (BKC)
|Jack in the Box (JACK)
|CKE Restaurants (CKR)
|Domino's Pizza (DPZ)
|Panera Bread Company (PNRA)
Data from company FY 2009 annual reports (CKE data from FY annual, ended January 31, 2010).


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Yevgeniy Fiks is known for creating works that, in his own words, re-examine the Soviet experience though the "lens of the left side of politics." Fiks removes images from their original context and, consequently, from the bias of their creators, often using popular symbols and imagery to examine how Soviet culture has been portrayed both from within and by the West. In Songs of Russia #10 (2005), he painted a black-and-white picture recalling classic American films in which Russians were frequently stereotyped; the trademark of the global American Film Distributor MGM is added to "brand" the picture. Fiks is open with his criticism of both Socialist and Western Governments, and he has described his work as a reaction to the "collective amnesia" in the post-Soviet space and the "repression of history" he identifies in the American Left.
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Just in case i missed something, is there a decent way of leveling Alts in Legion beside the tedious questing through all zones?
I really like the story of the zones and the scaling-system overall - but doing it over and over and over again to get my alts to 110 is - as said - just tedious.
Doing dungeonbrowser-dungeons doesnt give you that decent EXP anymore, grinding itself also isnt a thing in Legion.
So the only way to level is to do the same zones over and over and over again.
As much as i would get all my alts to max-level again, i lack in the motivation-department.
Watching movies and streams while doing it sometimes is enough for a level or two, but i cant get myself to do this "in one sitting" like i did in WoD.
I sometimes powered 2 alts from 80+ to maxlevel in a day..
Is Legion just not as twink-friendly or am i just taking the "wrong approach"?


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The euro gained against the dollar in yesterday's trading session as uncertainty was not adequately brought under control by a modest recovery in global markets. The EUR/USD was pressured upwards to a three-month high of 1.3333 as investors fled the greenback because of concerns over the Federal Reserve's possible stimulus slowdown. The newfound "safe haven" status of the longtime laggard is an unfamiliar role, and for good reason. Despite an increase in investor confidence in the single-currency zone, fragility is creeping back into the peripheral nations.
The Eurozone would not stand to benefit from a discontinuation of the American central bank stimulus efforts. Liquidity in global markets has pressured debtor costs and allowed the debt-ridden Mediterranean nations (and domestic entities) to take on cheap debt to the benefit of their restructuring efforts. Was quantitative easing to end in the United States, global credit markets would contract and throw the continuing recovery of these into question. Given investors' historical trepidation with regards to an uncertain situation in the Eurozone, it seems that a long euro trade could unwind as, or more, quickly than a bet on the relative strength of the dollar were fears regarding the tapering of quantitative easing to become more pronounced. As recent releases of economic data from both the United States and the Eurozone have been similarly optimistic, it seems that these fears may come to a head sooner than expected.
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- Euro futures and options on futures. Provides leverage while still allowing a trader to set up a well-defined risk vs. reward setup.
Using euro currency futures options we can calculate the expected move in the Euro by August expiration. With euro futures trading at 1.3300, the at-the-money straddle is implying a move of .0370 by August expiration. We can use this to calculate a downside target of 1.293.
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Let the holiday weekend continue! The big fan has turned off and winds are much lighter for today and tomorrow. A few morning flurries will end and skies will slowly clear for some afternoon sunshine. Highs still chilly in the low 30s on west winds 6-14.
Somewhat warmer air tries to nudge in tonight as lows stay in the mid 20s. Clouds and some light snow is possible in our northern counties after 9pm. No accumulation is expected, but bridges, elevated surfaces might be slippery.
Sun comes back tomorrow and with south winds highs push back to the low 40s which is closer to normal highs for this time of year. We fall back to low 30s for highs early next week. No big storms for us to monitor this week.


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Walkley Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Caroline Overington ponders the age-old question, who has time to read?
Do you know that I've done in the last two months?
I've read three books.
That's probably not amazing to anyone that reads a book a month – or even a book a week – or to people who have several books on the go at once … but it's pretty amazing for me.
I've been writing a book a year for the past five years.
I've also got a job. I'm the associate editor of the iconic The Australian Women's Weekly. Just this month, I interviewed Anna Bligh, who is going through cancer treatment, and profiled the world's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, which involved going out to the Pilbara for several days.
Also this year, I've interviewed Ellen DeGeneres, in Los Angeles. And Helen Mirren, in London. And Ricky Martin … and quite a few other people. I'm also involved in a long-running investigation into Carmel Brookes, a kind-hearted Brisbane woman who is missing at sea. I'm trying to find out what happened to her, and I've been to Thailand, trying to retrace her steps.
I also have two children – twins, aged 13. They're doing year eight, so I'm helping out with homework, and making sure they eat well, and generally loving them a lot.
I have a husband. I've got a blue dog, and we've got a lizard. I volunteer at our local surf lifesaving club. I go to the personal trainer three times a week. I have friends that I like to see whenever I can … and my family is spread all over the country … so it's not often that I get time to sit down and really lose myself in a great book, let alone three.
Maybe I just got lucky, but all three of the books I read were brilliant. All were by Australians – and I can't tell you how wonderful it felt, to be truly lost in their pages. I felt like I was on holidays! Transported. Which is how a good book should make you feel.
Here are the books I read:
Stop Press:The Last Days of Newspapers by Rachel Buchanan: I know Rachel (who, now I think of it, might technically be a New Zealander.) We used to work together at The Age in Melbourne. We were all kids then. The Age had so much money to spend on journalism. Everyone read it. Politicians shook their fists at it. Rachel's has written about the slow decline in the paper's circulation, about the giant presses that have fallen silent, and about the challenges currently facing the once-great lady. I wept a bit.
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane: the main character is so loveable. She's getting on a bit, and her husband has recently died. She thinks that a tiger is coming to visit her at night. She can hear it padding about on its big paws, in the lounge room. She tells her son, who lives abroad, and he gets concerned, and the next thing, a government worker turns up, to give the old lady a hand, but pretty much straight away, you can tell that something is not right with this government worker. I wept a bit more. This is a lovely book.
Murder in Mississippi by John Safran: this is a true crime book about how John met a white supremacist in Mississippi, and later became a Facebook – and even a real friend – of the black man who killed him. I didn't weep with this one, except at the beauty of it. John's book is one of the best pieces of sustained, rigorous journalism I've read in 20 years. It is absolutely magnificent – smart, and wry, and emotional too. Obviously, if you are going to buy one book this Booktoberfest, I think you should buy mine. But if you've already gone mine, buy John's.
Thank you, Caroline. You're always welcome on the Booktopia Blog!
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No Place Like Home
From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Caroline Overington comes another thought-provoking and heart-rending story, that reaches from the heart of Bondi to a small village in Tanzania.
Shortly after 9.30 in the morning, a young man walks into Surf City, Bondi's newest shopping complex. He's wearing a dark grey hoodie – and a bomb around his neck.
Just a few minutes later he is locked in a shop on the upper floor. And trapped with him are four innocent bystanders.
For police chaplain Paul Doherty, called to the scene by Superintendent Boehm, it's a story that will end as tragically as it began. For this is clearly no ordinary siege. The boy, known as Ali Khan, seems as frightened as his hostages and has yet to utter a single word.
The seconds tick by for the five in the shop: Mitchell, the talented schoolboy; Mouse, the shop assistant; Kimmi, the nail-bar technician; and Roger Callaghan, the real estate agent whose reason for being in Bondi that day is far from innocent.
And of course there's Ali Khan. Is he the embodiment of evil, as the villagers in his Tanzanian birthplace believe? Or simply an innocent boy, betrayed at every turn, who just wants a place to call home?
About the Author
Caroline Overington is the Associate Editor of the iconic magazine, The Australian Women's Weekly.
Caroline has won the Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism twice, and she's a former winner of the Sir Keith Murdoch prize for journalism, and of the Blake Dawson prize.
She is the author of five bestselling novels: Ghost Child, I Came to Say Goodbye, Matilda is Missing, Sisters of Mercy and No Place Like Home.
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John Purcell
While still in his twenties, John Purcell opened a second-hand bookshop in Mosman, Sydney, in which he sat for ten years reading, ranting and writing. Since then he has written, under a pseudonym, a series of very successful novels, interviewed hundreds of writers about their work, appeared at writers' festivals, on TV (most bizarrely in comedian Luke McGregor's documentary Luke Warm Sex) and has been featured in prominent newspapers and magazines. Now, as the Director of Books at booktopia.com.au, Australia's largest online bookseller, he supports Australian writing in all its forms. He lives in Sydney with his wife, two children, three dogs, five cats, unnumbered gold fish and his overlarge book collection. His novel, The Girl on the Page, will be published by HarperCollins Australia in October, 2018.


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Wanting a more portable and small powered mixer, I decided this one would suit my needs well. Very simple to use, but the manual included (Multilanguage: EM, ES, FR) left a lot out from the english only version I found online. Anyways, the specs are decent: In normal "stereo" mode--300w(400w peak) @ 8ohms per channel/600w(800w peak)@ 4ohms per channel": It's not bad that I can run four 8 ohm speakers (2 per channel = 4ohms) with a pretty good punch. The 12" 2-way pro audio speakers I have handled well with the levels and punchiness from the bass. Very bright. When running a couple of Peavey PR15's (1 @ 8ohms per channel), the bottom end was very nice. In Main/Mono mode running 2 8ohm 12" speakers (in parallel) as monitors in channel A; 2 PR15s (in parallel) in channel B: This simple main/monitor setup sounds real good and projects good power for the monitors. In Bridged mode (8-16 ohms only)(Channel "B" ONLY) 1200w(1600w peak). This is where I felt the power amp limits me. As mentioned above I have been running 8-ohm speakers. So unless I can find good 16-ohm speakers to run a couple in parallel (and utilize the full potential of the amp), I'm limited to using 1 8-ohm cabinet. The english version of the manual has MANY warnings of minimum ohm ratings (and definately not to use channel A when in bridged mode). I believe I won't need that kind of power in a small venue, but it would be cool. In that case, the PMP4000 has plenty of (main/main2/monitor1-2) outputs to allow me to run a couple of power amps I have that will pump 1400w in bridge mode @ 2-ohms to satify my power/speaker combinations. The effects processor (99 presets) should cover your effects needs. Chorus, Reverbs, Echos, etc, etc, etc. Not bad to have handy on stage. There is also a "XPQ" effects switch - basically a "surround" effect that widens the stereo effect. When running MP3s through the mixer, it really gave the sound a fuller effect. Sounds real nice, even outdoors. Another feature is a voice cancellation switch that filters vocal-specific frequencies from the CD/Tape input signal. Bottom line is you can play a song of your liking and remove (most of) the vocals from it, making the PMP4000 a "Karaoke" machine. For the price, portability and features of the PMP4000, (just by itself) I believe it is a very good choice for small venues. Versatile enough for expansion for bigger/outdoor type gigs. This model has plastic sides and a plastic carrying handle, so I question its ruggedness. But there are many ATA style hard cases out there for this model. The quality of this mixer, as compared to other like brands, will hold its' own. Although I have read reliability issues, there are just as many good reviews on its performance, as there are many of like brand names. I am satified that this system will suit my needs for a very long time.
Comments about Behringer EUROPOWER PMP4000 16 Ch Powered Mixer w FX:
Have had it about two months .... sounds great but after 2 months ... when you tun it on it clicks...clicks...clicks ... then ....POP .... unit is going back !!!
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worked good till a bad cord shorted the phantom to ground it sat in the shop for months I pulled it and bought a mac
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I purchased this unit along with a PA package because I was tired of being drowned out by my band mates (prior to this purchase, we were using a 4-channel mixer with a guitar amp as speaker-- yeah, it was that bad). For the most part, our gigs use the house system, so my PA is pretty much just-for-practice, but we've used it at house parties too. We run the vox through it, the kick drum and keyboards (on occasion). It's simple to use and has a lot of good options to shape the sound. FX bank is cool, but I wish it had a delay-timer and some other gizmos to bring a more dynamic atmosphere to some songs. I've had it for over two years and haven't had any problems with it whatsoever. It's a great mixer, on the whole. I have absolutely no complaints, and no regrets.
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I thought I'd start here to kick off a new DJ and Karaoke business. After spending thousands of dollars on music and karaoke, I didn't have much left over to get the PA. I figured this offered a lot of power, looked like it was built very durably, and was priced great. The first one I got never actually worked right. Something must have been wrong with the power amp because it never came close to the power that it should have had. So, giving the benefit of the doubt that I may have just got a dud, I exchanged it out. Within 3 months the board developed an intermitant clicking that came loudly through the speakers. Having friends in the business, I plugged a different mixer throught the same speakers. Yep, it was the mixer. So I exchanged that one out for, you guessed it, board number 3. 3rd time's the charm, right? Wrong! After another 6 months, this one developed the same clicking. Now, it was outside the store return policy, but before the extended warranty policy. So it falls on Behringer's policy. They require that the product be sent out for repair. Sent it to the first place. They don't even handle Behringer repairs anymore and have asked Behringer numerous times to take their name off the list. I finally get it back to find out the repair location worked on it for an hour and found nothing wrong with it and shipped it back, improperly packaging. The package looked so bad I was afraid to plug the thing in to test it. By the time I finally received the board back, the Behringer warranty had expired and the extended warranty kicked in. YAY!!! The extended warranty asked me to ship the damaged board back and gave me store credit. Unfortunately, I was kind of stuck getting the same board again (number 4) because there wasn't any self powered boards with this much power at this price. Since then, I purchased a Mackie ProFX12 and JBL PRX615M speakers. Thank you tax return! I have never had a problem in about a year and a half with my new system other than a tendancy of rattling building apart (no real problem there!). The Behringer has since become a back up system that collects dust more than it backs up. Every now and then I take it out and make sure it works just in case, but I will never truly depend on it. DO NOT BUY BEHRINGER ANYTHING!!!
Comments about Behringer EUROPOWER PMP4000 16 Ch Powered Mixer w FX:
I would give this only one star, but when it works, it does the job. About 1 year after purchase from Guitar Center, my PMP4000 lost most of the input channels. Also the FX did not work. I sent it in for warranty repair (1 yr warranty when I purchased it). Now after almost a year, one input channel has failed and the FX does not work again. I purchased an extended warranty and will be sending it in for repair again. I don't know if I have a rare lemon, or if other people are having problems. I use the mixer no more than 10 times a year. I treat it gently: I use a surge protector. I never plug cables in when the mixer is on. Behringer now has a 3 year warranty. Purchase an additional 3 year warranty, it maybe you can keep it repaired enough to get some use out of it. When mine fails (in a year) I will not buy a Behringer.
Comments about Behringer EUROPOWER PMP4000 16 Ch Powered Mixer w FX:
Quick delivery, works as expected. However, the user information is not very helpful.
I would like to see at least a soft case available.
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I have had this unit for three years. Never felled me. I do performances at all VFW and American Legion. I use Powered 800wats speakers. GREAT SOUND!!
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Nearly 40 years ago, a group of N.C. blacks met in Charlotte to take stock of where African-Americans were statewide in education, housing and jobs.
Despite the 1960s civil rights victories, blacks still lived in a segregated world - many clustered in public housing. Their schools were still largely separate and ill-equipped. The rise of blacks in corporate America was slow.
That was 1972, when the fledgling N.C. Fundraising Committee for the New York-based NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund held its first yearly fundraising dinner in Charlotte.
Saturday, the committee will take stock on progress made since that first dinner, at a daylong civil-rights symposium at Johnson C. Smith University.
"We've made good progress, but we are by no means there yet," said committee co-chair Sarah Stevenson of Charlotte, the committee's first chair after it was moved to Charlotte from Durham in 1972.
"There have been gains, but not nearly enough. We're still struggling with many of the old problems."
The symposium will include workshops focusing again on housing, education and employment. During the event, the committee plans to honor Charlotte civil-rights lawyer Julius Chambers, and wife Vivian, for their years of fighting racial discrimination.
Chambers, who turns 75 next week, was raised in Mount Gilead, a rigidly segregated town 45 miles of Charlotte. He has spent nearly 50 years using the legal system to speed integration and protect civil rights.
His career is studded with accomplishments. After law school at UNCChapel Hill, where he was the first black law review editor, he helped found the state's first interracial law firm, in Charlotte.
He appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court numerous times. In 1992, he was directing the NAACP's legal defense fund when he was tapped to be chancellor of his alma mater, N.C. Central University.
But he's perhaps best known for his most famous case, Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg. That case led to the 1971 Supreme Court ruling that allowed school districts to bus students to desegregate schools to achieve racial balance.
He and Vivian Chambers paid a price for his work over the years: His car and their house were bombed. Arsonists twice torched his father's auto garage in Mount Gilead and burned his Charlotte law office. Yet the violence never deterred the Chambers.
It was at Julius Chamber's urging that the fundraising committee moved its dinner to Charlotte decades ago.
"They've been in this together," said Stevenson, who in 1980 became Mecklenburg County's first elected black woman when she won a seat on the school board. "We didn't want to honor one without the other. They were the beginning of this fundraising effort and got the rest of us involved."


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GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- UND's six senior hockey players will move into waters on Sunday that they haven't splashed around in since their freshman season.
10th-seeded Michigan Tech used a late goal from fourth line freshman wing C.J. Eick with 2:02 left in the game tonight to beat UND 2-1 and force a deciding third game in the first round best-of-three Western Collegiate Hockey Association series.
When the six UND seniors were freshmen, they were forced into a third game before eliminating Minnesota in the league playoffs opening round. Starting with that win, UND had won 14 straight WCHA playoff games until Eick and Michigan Tech stopped the string tonight.
Eick raced up right wing, got UND goalie Clarke Saunders to lean a shade to his right, then flipped a backhander high past him on the short side for the winning goal.
It was just the third college goal in 35 games for Eick.
"I was trying to take it wide and get the puck on net,'' Eick said. "Ryan Furne made a great pass to put me on, I wouldn't say a breakaway, but I had a little step on them.''
That 'little step' turned into a giant step for the Huskies' hockey program, looking an infrequent berth in next week's WCHA Final Five and looking to end UND's run of 10 straight trips to the St. Paul-based tournament.
Eick said he tried going short side with his shot. "I think he (Saunders) was making the read I was going to cut to the far post, so he leaned and I tried to tuck it short side.''
His goal came about 30 seconds after UND freshman star Rocco Grimaldi had a similar rush at Tech goalie Pheonix Copley, but slid his shot wide.
The victory, coming after UND won Friday's game 5-3, means UND and the Huskies will play the deciding game at 7:07 Sunday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena with the winner moving on to the Final Five next week.
Copley, who finished with 29 saves as did Saunders in a strong goaltending battle, had a shutout going until UND senior Danny Kristo scored his team-leading 24th goal of the season and eighth in 10 games at 14:57 of the third period to tie it at 1-1.
On a faceoff in Tech's zone, the puck came to Kristo, who wheeled and banked a wrister into the net off of Copley's left shoulder.
Tech had take a 1-0 lead just 20 seconds into the second period on Tanner Kero's 11th goal of the season on a 4-on-4 situation after Tech forced a turnover in the UND zone.
"It was a hard-fought playoff game,'' UND coach Dave Hakstol said. "We came up one goal short. We battled hard. It was kind of an up-and-down first period, I thought they carried the momentum in the second period and we had a good push throughout the third. But it wasn't enough.''
Hakstol didn't get a good look at Kristo's goal from the bench. "He got a quick puck to the net and it found a hole,'' Hakstol said. "We didn't find a lot of holes on him (Copley) tonight.''
Copley had lost his previous four starts and given up 19 goals in those games, but he was superb tonight.
Kristo led UND in shots on goal with six, followed by the electric Grimaldi with five.
"He's got to keep creating opportunities and make sure he gets pucks on net and keeps working hard,'' Hakstol said of Grimaldi.
So the six seniors and UND will now face a Game 3 that they haven't experienced since the seniors were rookies.
"We've just go to come back and play an outstanding 60 minutes,'' Hakstol said. "It's two teams fighting to move on.''
UND captain Andrew MacWilliam, one of the seniors, put it this way:
"It's playoff hockey,'' he said. "If you don't bring your best, you're not going to like the outcome. We kind of lulled there in the second period and it came back to bite us.''
Added MacWilliam: "We're going to have to bring it tomorrow.''
UND notes: UND was 0-4 on the power play with just 3 shots on goal, Tech 0-3 with 4 shots . . . Jacob Johnstone, Milos Golic and Alex Petan had 4 shots on goal apiece for Tech....UND dropped to 20-11-7 overall and Tech improved to 13-19-4 . . . The announced attendance was 10,953 as UND continues to lead the nation in attendance this season . . . UND won the faceoff battle 38-30, led by senior Corban Knight (16 of 25).
Virg Foss covered UND hockey for 35 seasons for the Grand Forks Herald until his retirement in 2005. He now reports on UND home games exclusively for UNDsports.com.


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FAO pledges increased support to Kyrgyzstan
Full FAO Representation to open in the country
20 June 2013, Rome, Italy - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met with Chyngysbek Makeshovich Uzakbaev, Kyrgyzstan Minister for Agriculture and Amelioration yesterday. Discussions touched upon the FAO Country Programming Framework in Kyrgyzstan for 2011-2015.
Graziano da Silva pledged to continue supporting Kyrgyzstan's rural development efforts through policy and technical interventions in agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food and nutrition security. Special attention will be paid to livestock development.
At the request of the Government, FAO has agreed to open a fully-fledged representation in the country in line with FAO's policy of decentralization.


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The weather in Maine is at least 75 degrees today! Which leaves good hunting, with metal detectors...These four items found by a old foundation. 1819 Large Cent, 1787 Commonwealth Massachusetts Colonial Cent, and a button, and a very old lock...This was a early site...I have not cleaned, and will leave as is, for a professional. This was a successful day! All these iems found within 50 ft of each other. centerpiece is a cloth seal, most likely nautical, it is made of lead, and poured into stone mold.


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As the White House talks wrapped up today, U.S. stocks rose. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose as much as 1 percent after leaders emerged from the meeting. The index was up less than 1 percent to 1,355 at 2:46 p.m. in New York after closing yesterday at its lowest level since July 25. The S&P 500 had lost almost 6 percent since the election.
Treasuries rose, reflecting strong demand for U.S. debt worldwide, with 10-year note yields touching a 10-week low. The benchmark 10-year yield fell three basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 1.56 percent at 2:24 p.m. New York time, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader prices.
While tax questions will be central in the fiscal talks, the two sides also will consider a down payment on replacing automatic spending cuts should discussions on a broader plan fail, according to congressional aides.
Also in the meeting on the so-called fiscal cliff were Vice President Joe Biden, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew.
The president supports higher taxes for top earners mixed with some spending cuts. Republicans want to extend expiring tax cuts for all income levels and are demanding an overhaul in 2013 of entitlement programs and the tax code.
"My hope is that this is going to be the beginning of a fruitful process where we're able to come to an agreement," Obama said in his opening remarks today.
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While insisting on higher taxes, Obama has shown openness in recent days. He and Geithner said rates must increase without specifying that the top rate must return to the 39.6 percent level in effect when President Bill Clinton left office.
Democrats and some Republicans are beginning to talk publicly about a more modest increase in upper-income tax rates.
One idea would be to raise Obama's $250,000 income threshold for a tax increase to $500,000 or $1 million and increase the current 35 percent top rate to 37 percent.
"Will John Boehner really blow up a deal for a 1 percent point increase above $1 million?" Orszag said. "The administration has made it clear there has to be at least some increase in marginal tax rates."
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Yesterday Representative Steve King, an Iowa Republican, said Boehner, an Ohio Republican, could probably get a revenue package through the House that curbs deductions and credits for the highest earners and slightly raises rates above the current 35 percent level, as long as it remains short of the 39.6 percent that Obama wants.
"It may not have to be the 39-and-a-half percent number, it could be something less than that," King said. "If he can squeeze a little more money out of it by closing loopholes I think he'll make that deal," he said, referring to the president.
While it "will be tough" to get through the House, King said, "there might be enough pressure could come on John Boehner that more votes come from Democrats than Republicans."
Several congressional aides have suggested that in the event talks fail, both parties in Congress are discussing fallback plans for $60 billion to $100 billion in deficit reduction to replace automatic spending cuts set to take effect in January.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Thursday it planned to take steps to fill a capital hole at the Federal Housing Administration to lessen the need for a taxpayer bailout.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development said an independent actuary had found that the mortgage insurance agency's capital reserve ratio - a gauge of its buffer against loan losses - had fallen into negative territory and represented a negative economic value of $16.3 billion.
It said the actuary's estimates had not taken into account $11 billion in expected capital accumulation and steps the administration planned to outline on Friday to shore up the agency, which insures one out of three U.S. mortgages. (Reporting by Timothy Ahmann and Margaret Chadbourn; Editing by Eric Walsh)


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Isaac costs Entergy at least $400 million
Storm expected to reduce third-quarter revenue
Entergy Corp. says its estimated damages from Hurricane Isaac range from $400 million to $500 million, and the storm is expected to reduce the utility's third-quarter revenue.
In a news release on Tuesday, Entergy said it will pursue all reasonable avenues to recover storm costs, including using its storm reserves, borrowing, additional charges for customers, and insurance.
Entergy said it is unable to predict the degree of success it may have in these initiatives, the amount of restoration costs it may recover or when it may recover them.
Spokesman Michael Burns said it is too early to discuss the impact on individual or average customers.
Isaac left more than 787,000 Entergy customers without power.


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The query optimizer can't do its job well without the right tools and an environment that lets it choose from a broad range of possibilities. Here are a few guidelines to help you supply the right tools to the query processor.
Create indexes on frequently joined columns. Clustered indexes enable merge joins and fast lookups with nested-loop joins. Use the Index Tuning Wizard for recommendations.
Create covering indexes on combinations of frequently fetched columns. These indexes satisfy queries from the index's leaf level, and you can use them as input for merge joins if the first index column is also the join column.
Create indexes with care, especially covering indexes. Indexes improve performance of select queries but degrade performance of modification operations—in other words, they're good for OLAP but bad for online transactional processing (OLTP).
Avoid performing joins on columns with few unique values. These joins can be more costly than simply using table scans, so the query processor might decide not to use them, and they degrade the performance of modifications.
Separate tables that participate in joins onto different disks by using filegroups to exploit parallel disk I/O.