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Oracle's Q4 miss highlight fears about cloud missteps
"What the hell is cloud computing?" Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said during a diatribe against the whole concept at an investor Q&A in 2008.
Asked to describe his strategy for expanding into a then-small but rapidly expanding sphere, the software giant's head said he had no idea what people were talking about when they referred to cloud computing, describing it as "nonsensical" and those writing about it as "insane."
Five years after Ellison's rant went viral on YouTube, the billionaire is struggling to fit his ageing IT giant into a newly cloud-centric world - a hard scramble spotlighted by what analysts said was Oracle's first fourth-quarter miss on new software sales in a decade.
Its rivals have grown, winning business corporate and government customers seeking cloud-based software that is cheaper and faster-to-deploy than traditional offerings housed in massive in-house datacentres.
Oracle is now striving to catch up with its own line of cloud software, built up partly through acquisitions. Ellison has forged alliances with long-time bitter rivals Microsoft and Salesforce.com to drum up new business. On Thursday, Ellison said he will announce those partnerships next week, but provided few details.
Oracle stuck for years to building high-end multi-million dollar "engineered systems" that bundle hardware and software in one package. It started selling them with Hewlett-Packard in 2008 and then partnered with ailing computer maker Sun Microsystems, which it agreed to buy in 2009.
Oracle says the engineered systems strategy has been a big success, helping woo business rivals IBM and SAP.
"They spent the last four years focusing on engineered systems when the bigger industry trend was the cloud," JMP Securities analyst Pat Walravens said. "They now have a structural problem."
Oracle's shares plummeted 9.3% on Friday, their biggest one-day drop since releasing another weak set of results in March.
Investors took the disappointing results hard because it was the first time in more than a decade that Oracle missed software sales estimates in its traditionally strongest fiscal fourth-quarter, according to analysts. That's when sales representatives hustle to close deals to qualify for year-end bonuses.
And it was the third miss in the past seven quarters for Oracle, Walravens said.
Cloud companies such as Salesforce price their products below the levels at which Oracle can make a decent return, analysts say. Some rivals even sell their products at a loss. Salesforce, for example, posted a net loss of $270 million last year.
Less quantifiably, industry executives have said that emergent business software providers such as Workday started scratch by focusing on ease of use and simpler interfaces, while old-school IT giantsOracle have been hampered by legacy systems and software products that they were slow to re-tool.
"This is causing a real disruption in Oracle's business," said Tim Ghriskey, chief investment officer with Solaris Group, which manages about $1.5 billion. "It is going to pressure their business for a while."
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Ellison, a renowned sailing enthusiast who is now devoting time and energy to his company's entry in this summer's Americas Cup, built Oracle a scrappy operation building a database for the Central Intelligence Agency into one of Silicon Valley's foremost corporate icons.
In past months, he has championed Oracle's resurgent foray into cloud software, at his annual Oracle OpenWorld conference for clients and developers, even while continuing to buy up assets in Hawaii, such as commuter airline Island Air. He bought almostof the island of Lanai last year.
He and Oracle executives dispute the view that the company is failing in the cloud. They blamed their quarterly miss on the economy, particularly in Asia and Latin America, during a conference call on Thursday.
In the previous quarter, executives blamed disappointing software revenue on poor execution by its salesforce.
"Our success in the cloud is significant and undeniable," Oracle president Mark Hurd said on a Thursday conference call with analysts. He said Oracle had added 500 new customers during the quarter including eBay, Intuit and Yahoo.
Fred Hickey, editor of The High-Tech Strategist, a newsletter widely read by investors, said he does believe a bad economy was behind Oracle's rough quarter, pointing to problems in Brazil, China, India and Mexico and similar comments other old-guard tech giants including EMC, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
Even up-and-coming cloud software provider Workday had mentioned "economic pressures" in its earnings conference call.
Other analysts said Oracle's installed user base - forged over decades in the business on a reputation of reliability - will be hard to displace in the short term.
"Does Oracle have pressure the cloud over time? Yes," said Hickey. "Is it imminent? No. They are too big and entrenched."
Cowen & Co analyst Peter Goldmacher, who describes 68-year-old Ellison as "the most brilliant enterprise software person ever," also said that Oracle's problems are structural. He believes there is little Ellison could have done to avoid the slowdown the company is now seeing.
Ellison has grown profits at a healthy clip over the past decade by acquiring other makers of software that customers run in their own data centres, selling customers software up front and then cajoling them into buying long-term maintenance contracts that are highly profitable for Oracle.
That business model does not work with cloud computing because companiesWorkDay and Salesforce do notge extra for maintenance. The cost of the software and support is combined into a single subscription fee, which generates far lower margins than the products Oracle has traditionally sold.
"The inevitable is the inevitable," Goldmacher said. "You can get as many tummy tucks and face lifts as you as want, but it doesn't make your heart and liver and kidneys any younger."


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Students in the Winston-Salem-based PA Class of 2016 voted the Multiple Sclerosis Society
as the most fitting charity to support during their time at Wake
Forest. Class member Kelly Conner has personally experienced how a diagnosis of
MS can change lives. Her husband learned he had the disease on their third
wedding anniversary.
"MS is as individualized as the people who have it," Kelly
explained. "Some people, those with the relapse-remitting form, never know from
one day to the next what their physical abilities will be. One day they appear
completely fine, and the next day they wake up and can't see for a week. They
don't know how much function will return when the flare subsides. Others, like
my husband, have a more constantly progressing form."
Multiple sclerosis involves an immune-mediated process in
which an abnormal response of the body's immune system is directed against the
central nervous system. The exact antigen – the target the immune cells are
sensitized to attack – remains unknown. The MS Society works to raise funds for
research into both the cause of MS and potential cures.
One of the Society's biggest annual nationwide fundraisers
is the MS Ride for a Cure bike race. PA2016 classmates Cameron Sweeney and Jana
Villanueva rode in the Bike MS Tour to Tanglewood 2014 in early October. "It
was a humbling, inspiring experience to ride for and beside hundreds of people
whose lives are affected by MS. And, of course, Kelly's family was on my mind
every mile," Jana shared.
Sweeney and Jana Villanueva at the Bike MS Tour to Tanglewood 2014
Kelly's positive attitude has challenged the
entire PA2016 class to spread awareness about MS and to show support however they
can. "MS has changed our lives, and not all bad either." Kelly shared. "We have
learned a lot about how strong we can be together. We have two beautiful little
boys now, and I have found new partners in our fight. My classmates chose the Multiple Sclerosis Society as their charity. Already, they
have participated in the Tour to Tanglewood and other fundraising events. I am
humbled and greatly appreciate the support of my classmates who are standing
alongside my family and all those who are touched by this disease." [written by Jana Villanueva, Class of 2016]
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The following equivalent fractions were made from Rename to Higher Terms:
When the program starts, you will be shown two fractions. The fractions are equivalent, but both the numerator and denominator of the fraction on the right are in higher terms.
The example shows that the fraction on the left will not change in value if the numerator and denominator are multiplied by the same number. In the above image, both the numerator and denominator are multiplied by 4.
Although we chose a multiplier,4 we are multiplying the fraction by 4/4, a form of one.
You can input a fraction less than one and a multiplier less than 100.
On the left is a <SHOW COLOR> button. Uncheck the button to turn off the red and blue parts on the circles. This will allow the learner to demonstrate the size of the fraction.
Uncheck the <EXPLAIN> check box to turn off the answer and the explanation. You can ask your students to complete the number sentence.
With <EXPLAIN> and <SHOW INPUT> unchecked you can ask your students to write a number sentence that explains the picture.
With <EXPLAIN> and <SHOW COLOR> unchecked you can ask your students to shade the circles.
Turn color and explain off and demonstrate how much of the circle should be shaded. Then write the fraction in higher terms.
Keep the first fraction the same size, but increase the size of the multiplier. Observe that there are more parts, but the parts are smaller.
Emphasize that if you select 4 for a multiplier, you are not multiplying by 4, but by 4/4, a form of one. One (1) is the identity for multiplication. A fraction multiplied by one(1) or a form of one results in an equivalent fraction.
With <EXPLAIN> and <SHOW INPUT> unchecked you have the opportunity to ask the student to write a math statement that shows the lower terms, the identity, and the higher terms from the fraction model.
You may copy the screen by pressing <Print Screen> on the keyboard. This copies the screen into Windows Clipboard™. The screen can then be pasted into Windows Paint™ or your favorite imaging program. Windows Paint™ will allow you to crop, printed or save the image.
Windows 7 users can use the Snipping Tool™ to capture any part of the screen. These images can be edited and saved in PNG, GIF(recommended) or JPEG formats.


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CDF's Policy group seeks interns to work on the issues described below. Interns might work on a single issue or on multiple issues depending on need and interest:
Child Health
The Child Health staff works to ensure that every child has a Healthy Start in life. Their primary policy goal is to ensure all children have access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage that is easy to get and to keep. Work includes policy analysis, legislative and administrative advocacy, research and coalition building around implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the federal budget, and other elements of maternal and child health policy.
Child Welfare and Mental Health
The Child Welfare and Mental Health staff works to improve outcomes for children and youth by promoting public policies, practices and programs that will keep children safe and in permanent nurturing families and communities. Particular attention is given to those policies and programs that serve or advocate for children who have been abused or neglected, or are at risk of abuse and neglect; are in families challenged by substance abuse, mental health problems and domestic violence; are being raised by grandparents or other relatives; have serious emotional problems and need mental health services, and/or are at risk of coming to the attention of the child welfare system. CDF uses a range of advocacy strategies to address these concerns.
Early Childhood Policy
CDF fully supports the need for consistent, quality education beginning in a child's earliest years. CDF's early childhood staff works to promote high quality early childhood experiences for ALL children. One of the main areas of work is spearheading the national campaign to focus public attention on ensuring all children have access to free full-day kindergarten. CDF works with other early childhood advocates and professionals to promote additional funding for programs serving low income children birth through five years of age.
Education Policy
CDF is committed to ensuring that every child in America attends a school that is warm, welcoming and where learning happens. CDF intends to transform the Cradle to Prison Pipeline into a system where every child has the opportunity to grow, learn and maximize their potential. CDF's seeks to achieve those goals by: reforming school discipline policies that push children out of school, ensuring all children have access to full-day kindergarten and strengthening the Title I program that provides federal funding for the education of children in concentrated poverty.
Juvenile Justice
CDF strives to ensure that fewer children encounter the juvenile justice system and the adult criminal justice system and that those who do receive the help they need to thrive. To that end, efforts are made to address the holistic needs of children and youth (1) at the front end (prevention and diversion), (2) during time spent in the juvenile justice or adult criminal justice systems, and (3) the back end (upon release and reentry into the community). Focusing on these three points will allow the "justice" part of juvenile justice to have true meaning by focusing on youth development, rehabilitation, and family engagement/strengthening families. CDF's juvenile justice work includes advocacy, coalition building, policy analysis, and research.
Policy Research
The research team within CDF's policy unit supports the organization's policy efforts by analyzing data, preparing timely and pertinent reports and fact sheets, and conducting rapid response research for internal and external data requests. Policy research interns will work across all of CDF's issue areas, identifying federal and other data for use in fact sheets, reports, and other CDF publications. Policy research interns will also summarize new reports, attend briefings and hearings, and research issues areas to support the policy team's work. This opportunity is ideal for applicants seeking a broad exposure to all of CDF's policy issue areas. CDF has a long history of publishing reports that raise awareness about children's needs and highlight solutions (See our Research Library on the CDF website). CDF seeks masters level interns to assist with analysis of data and research to support development of CDF publications across a range of issues. Policy research interns will work across all of CDF's issue areas, analyzing federal and other data for use in fact sheets, reports, and other CDF publications. Possible issues that interns might work on include: child poverty, health care access, education, early childhood, juvenile justice, child welfare and gun violence. This opportunity is ideal for applicants with a quantitative background and an interest in social justice for children.
Preferred Policy Research Qualifications:
- Strong quantitative skills. Basic statistics background.
- Basic knowledge of Stata or SPSS. Strong excel skills.
- Experience with federal data sources (Census, NCHS, HHS, DOE, etc.)
- Commitment to social advocacy and CDF's mission to be a voice for all children in America.
Policy Internship Primary Responsibilities:
- Identifying and researching initiatives in health, early childhood development, education, poverty, child welfare, gun violence, juvenile and criminal justice to address the needs of children and families
- Tracking and analyzing federal and state legislation
- Monitoring, analyzing, and summarizing policy developments, the federal budget, research briefs and studies that relate to children, low income families, and other key issue areas
- Attending hearings and briefings, both on and off Capitol Hill, that are relevant to CDF's work, and writing succinct summaries to share with the policy team
- Contributing to the development of issue briefs, fact sheets, and other materials relevant to our work for publication or the website
- Rapid response research for internal and external data requests
- Participating in the educational component of the CDF internship program, including luncheons, seminars, and trips
- Other duties and projects as assigned
Policy Internship Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to work effectively and calmly in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with daily deadlines
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
- Ability to organize facts and present issues in a clear, concise, and logical manner, both orally and in writing
- Strong internet research skills
- Self-starter who is comfortable working independently
- Demonstrated interest in learning about policies that affect children and low-income families.
- Commitment to social advocacy and CDF's mission to be a voice for all children in America
- For those interested in policy research, strong excel skills and ideally experience using a statistical software packaged (Stata or SPSS), and experience with federal data sources (census, NCHS, HHS, DOE, etc.)


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The recently appointed chairman of the Sherwood History and Heritage Commission said he wants to see the city secure funding to preserve the historic Roundtop Service Station that is located at the corner of Roundtop Drive and Trammel Road in Sherwood.
"I have recently been appointed by Sherwood Mayor Virginia Hillman to be the Chairman of the new Sherwood History and Heritage Commission," said Chairman Darrell W. Brown. "One of our first goals is to secure funding to preserve and restore the historic Roundtop Service Station.
The Roundtop Filling Station was constructed in 1936 by local real estate developer Justin Matthews for the Pierce Oil Company. In 1955, the filling station became a DX station and continued to be until it was closed in the mid 1970s. George Brown eventually bought the property.
When Brown passed away in 1999, his heirs donated the building and property to the City of Sherwood, and the structure is in the process of being restored to be used a Sherwood Police substation. The building was featured in the 2012 film, "The Last Ride" about Hank Williams, Sr. and starred Henry Thomas, Kaley Cuoco, and Fred Thompson. Arkansas native Harry Thomason produced the movie.
The Mayor's Office, the Sherwood Chamber of Commerce, and our new commission are now working on getting grants to help with the costs of the renovation, according to Brown.
Harry Thomason has offered to show a special screening of his movie for a fundraiser as well, and that is in the works.
Brown said there is support from the public to get the Roundtop restored.
"When I posted a picture of the structure on our Commission's Facebook page, so many people "liked" the picture and posted comments about their memories of it," Brown said.
The commission recently posted a You Tube Video promoting Sherwood's history, which includes footage about the Roundtop. People can see it at the commission's YouTube channel: www.YouTube.com/SherwoodHHC.
According to the video, the commission wants to promote Sherwood's future by preserving its past.


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text: Futurist painter and sculptor Umberto Boccioni sought to infuse art with the speed, power and dynamism of the machine age, proclaiming in the Manifesto of Futurist Painters (1910): "Let us fling open the figure and let it incorporate within itself whatever may surround it." In Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913), the sleek bronze figure forcefully strides forth, its body rippling as if blown by the wind. While evocative of the flowing drapery of Classical stone sculptures like the winged Victory of Samothrace, the figure's polished metallic surface and rhythmic, muscular energy also allude to modern technology and electricity. Although his career ended abruptly when he died in World War I, Boccioni's fascination with the breakdown of solid mass continued to influence generations of artists and philosophers.


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Family Fitness
We are an active town! We have the Oil Heritage District Community Centre which boasts two pools, a Wellness Centre, Gymnasium and ample outdoor space. We also have an arena with an ice surface perfect for hockey, skating, and all kinds of indoor sports! There all baseball diamonds, soccer pitches, a golf course nearly as old as our town, and much, much, more!
Get out there, and get active!
Oil Heritage District Community Centre – The Centre
The Oil Heritage District Community Centre is located at 360 Tank Street and is operated by the Town of Petrolia Community Services Department. The building, which has been in operation since late 2006, is a gem to a community the size of Petrolia. This multi-use facility features two indoor pools, wellness centre, gymnasium, meeting rooms, child and youth programs and a seniors program for both body and mind. The Centre is suitable for various sized groups.
Wellness programs are offered daily and may be part of a membership or drop in rate.
Rates, Memberships and Rentals vary depending on specific needs. For more information, prices and availability call The Centre at (519) 882-2232.
Please CLICK HERE to visit their website.
The Greenwood Recreation Centre / Arena
The Greenwood Recreation Centre / Arena is located on the grounds of the Petrolia and Enniskillen Agricultural Society and features a full size ice pad as well as a multi-use room and two kitchen areas. During the summer the Arena offers ample floor space for large functions. Other than "Ice Sports" the Arena is a great location for meetings, parties (large or small), sporting events, receptions and special occasions. The size of the facility make it ideal for catered and licensed events. Our Arena is fully accessible to all ages and abilities.
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Heritage Heights Golf & Curling Club
Heritage Heights, the second oldest golf course in Canada, is a challenging 18 hole golf course open for green fee and tournament play. The golf course is unique in that the back nine was opened in 2001 within a newly developed residential subdivision (Glenview Estates), but the front nine was built in the 1890's! Both nines are distinctly different from one another, offering a variety of hole designs and individual challenges.
The course's history is linked to the petroleum industry that started in the area well over 100 years ago. There are still some abandoned oil wells and historic pump rigging visible on the course.
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The Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Uninsured Holds Austin Hearing
AUSTIN - The Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Uninsured held its second meeting today, December 16, 1999, in the Texas State Capitol. The group was created by Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 6 during the 76th Regular Legislative Session earlier this year. The task force is charged with examining the problems concerning Texans who lack health insurance, reviewing demographic trends relating to the uninsured population, and examining the state's programs, laws, and systems which address the lack of affordable health coverage. The task force will develop a market-based improvement plan to ensure that Texans have access to affordable health care coverage.
The panel consists of nine members: three senators appointed by Lt. Governor Rick Perry, three House members appointed by Speaker Pete Laney, and three public members appointed by Governor Bush. Senator Chris Harris of Arlington was elected to serve as chair of the task force. The other senators are David Bernsen of Beaumont, and Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso. State representatives include Bob Glaze of Gilmer, Garnet Coleman of Houston, and Craig Eiland of Galveston. Public members include Nancy Wilson Dickey, M.D., of College Station, John C. Goodman and Boone Powell, Jr., both of Dallas.
The task force began its hearing with invited testimony relating to state demographics. Steve Murdock, a state demographer, provided testimony to the committee concerning characteristics of uninsured populations and projections for future state demographics. He told the task force that Texas' population increase during the 90's is the highest for the last thirty years. Since 1990, 190,000 people, on average, enter Texas legally, each year. Accurate figures for illegal population increases could not be provided. Texas' population increase has been concentrated in three areas within Texas. Houston, the Border Region (Brownsville, Laredo, etc.), and the Central Corridor Region (Dallas to San Antonio) have received the most new inhabitants since 1990. Murdock believes that a few of the potential problems this rapid growth rate could produce are an increase in the median age group and an estimated 30% increase in birth rates.
The next two witnesses testified on health care spending. They were Cindy Alexander and Phyllis Coombes, both from the State Comptroller's Office. Alexander and Coombes briefly discussed Medicare spending. They stated that Medicare spending for persons more than 65 years of age is less in Texas, compared to the national level, due to the state's younger population.
Don Gilbert of the Health and Human Services Commission discussed Medicaid, CHIP, and waivers in Texas. Gilbert stated that the State pays 30% of Medicaid expenses, with the federal government picking up the other 70%. Last year there were 2.6 million Texans enrolled in Medicaid; 46% were Mexican-American and 20% were African-American. Of those 2.6 million enrolled, 60% were female and 59% were children; 64% were senior citizens, blind, or disabled. 23% of the total population in Texas is insured under Medicaid. 485,000 Texans are enrolled in some sort of managed care. Gilbert also stated that the amount of uninsured Texans has risen from 23.7% in 1998 to 24.5% in 1999. This increase is expected to continue due to the rapid population growth in Texas.
Rod Bordelon from the Office of the Public Insurance Counsel, and Jose Montemayor and Dianne Longley, both from the Texas Department of Insurance, spoke on health insurance regulation. Their testimony focused on the challenges and issues relating to providing small employer markets appropriate health coverage. One particular challenge for small businesses providing their employees coverage is the fact that insurance rate charges differ for each business, depending on business size. Montemayor stated that he would like to see "the bar of quality raised" in providing insurance to smaller businesses in Texas. Longley briefly discussed the various pros and cons of insurance plans available to employers throughout the nation and in Texas.
Clark Jobe from the Texas Insurance Purchasing Alliance and Tyrette Hamilton from the Texas Healthy Kids Corporation (THKC) gave testimony relating to past and current state-directed health insurance endeavors. Jobe spoke on insurance rates and markets. Hamilton gave testimony related to the THKC and various children's health insurance issues. THKC increased enrollment by 25% this year due to premium assistance through fundraising efforts. She offered the recent example of Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Computer's, helping to provide, through a large donation, health insurance for 33,000 uninsured children in the Williamson and Travis County areas.
No public testimony was taken at today's meeting.
The committee will continue hearings throughout the interim and report its findings to the 77th Legislature when it convenes in January of 2001.


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The 2012 golf season is nearly upon us and the Eagle Point Women's Golf Club would like to invite lady golfers to join them on Tuesdays. This is a great group of women at all skill levels who come together for lots of fun and great golf.
The membership fee for the 2012 season is $55 (includes $31 GHIN handicap and a 2012 USGA Rules of Golf booklet attached. Applications are available in the Pro Shop.
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We are pleased to present you with the Annual Education Report (AER), which provides key information on the educational progress for Hoover Elementary School. The AER addresses the complex reporting information required by federal and state laws. The school's report contains information about student assessment, accountability, and teacher quality. If you have any questions about the AER, please contact Debra Dimas, Principal, for assistance.


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Communication companies will be legally obliged to allow the government to spy on the smartphones of criminal suspects under new digital laws being unveiled today.
The Investigatory Powers Bill, which was published today, introduces a number of measures that give intelligence services and the police greater access to the personal digital information of anyone suspected of criminal activities.
It will allow agencies to interfere with electronic equipment in order to obtain data such as communications from a device and can involve remote access to computers to covertly download the contents of a mobile phone during a search.
Although a number of firms already voluntarily assist in these activities, the Bill will make this cooperation mandatory.
A code of practice will be implemented to regulate the use of "more sensitive and intrusive techniques".
David Cameron has called for public support for the new laws in light of criticism from privacy campaigners who are concerned that the powers could be abused by the government.
Home secretary Theresa May has insisted that the security services will not be allowed to access the full browsing histories of web users and said it was "simply wrong" to suggest otherwise.
May said it would allow the likes of the police and GCHQ to know if someone has visited a social media website like Facebook, but not which pages they looked at, who they communicated with, or what they said.
She likened the new powers to having access to "an itemised phone bill" with only communications websites, illegal websites and certain IP addresses falling under the scope of the plans which would allow greater analysis of the records.
"I am clear we need to update our legislation to ensure it is modern, fit for purpose and can respond to emerging threats as technology advances," she said.
"There should be no area of cyberspace which is a haven for those who seek to harm us to plot, poison minds and peddle hatred under the radar.
"But I am also clear that the exercise and scope of investigatory powers should be clearly set out and subject to stringent safeguards and robust oversight."
The overall cost to taxpayers of implementing the Bill is estimated to amount to around £247m over the next 10 years, including storage of internet connection records and the new warrant approval regime.
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While moving to 7-0 with Saturday's 25-17 win over VMI, the most important number for Charleston Southern head coach Jamey Chadwell is one. CSU opened Big South Conference play with a win and 1-0 is what pleases the coach most.
"We are still a young football team and we still make mistakes, but the thing I am most pleased with is that we are finding a way to overcome adversity and win games," said Chadwell. "Winning a conference game on the road with a young quarterback and two offensive linemen out is huge. We say it every week. We appreciate every victory."
Redshirt freshman quarterback Danny Croghan, making his first start on the road, completed 18 of 27 passes for a career-high 245 yards and two touchdowns to lead a CSU offense that racked up 456 total yards.
Sophomore receiver Larry Jones III caught five passes for 103 yards and a touchdown in his best game of the 2013 season.
Charleston Southern's defense limited VMI to only 44 yards on the ground while quarterback Eric Kordenbrock passed for 263 yards and two scores, however CSU did intercept him twice. Safety Demaris Freeman led the defense with 10 tackles.
The Buccaneers wasted little time taking early control of the game. Corbin Jackson intercepted Kordenbrock's first pass and returned it to the VMI 27. On the next play, Croghan hit Kevin Glears on a 27-yard scoring pass and CSU led, 7-0, less than a minute into the game.
CSU intercepted Kordenbrock twice in the first period. The Bucs went up 13-0 later in the first on Christian Reyes' four-yard run, a score set up by freshman Mike Holloway's 42-yard run, the longest of his brief career. Holloway finished the game with a team-high 59 yards rushing.
After managing only 27 yards in offense in the first quarter, VMI and Kordenbrock got untracked in the second quarter. The Keydets amassed 131 total yards and Kordenbrock led VMI on a pair of late scoring drives to give VMI a 14-13 halftime lead.
Kordenbrock, VMI's career passing leader, hit Doug Barton on a 31-yard toss with 5:44 to play. Late in the half, with 1:06 remaining, the senior combined with Matt Nicholson on a 15-yarder.
"I think we may have relaxed a little with that early lead and VMI made some plays," said Chadwell.
CSU opened the third quarter with one of its most impressive drives of the season, using 17 plays to cover 70 yards in 7:56 before settling for a Mark Deboy 22-yard field goal, giving the Bucs a 16-14 lead.
VMI answered on its first possession of the second half, converting twice on third down to set up a Dillon Christopher 45-yard field goal, pushing VMI ahead, 17-16, with 2:06 to play.
Croghan went right back to work on the next CSU possession. He completed a key third down pass to Larry Jones III for a first down at the VMI 48. On the next snap, the pair combined on a 48-yard score, putting CSU back on top, 22-17, with one second remaining in the third quarter.
The Bucs' defense ended VMI's string of three consecutive scoring drives by forcing a punt early in the fourth quarter. The CSU offense responded with a 10-play drive but again was stopped inside the VMI 10-yard line and settling for another 22-yard field goal from Deboy for a 25-17 lead with 7:38 remaining in the game.
"We have to be able to finish drives better but in those situations, field goals gave us a lead and then put us up by eight," said Chadwell. "The defense really played well in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter. We got a lead and that made it hold up."
VMI failed on fourth down at the CSU 15, turning the ball over to CSU with 4:24 remaining, but the offense failed to gain a first down, punting to VMI with 3:34 left in the game.
Kordenbrock hit Doug Burton with a 40-yard pass to the CSU 45, but the Bucs' defense held strong, aided by Malcolm Jackson's sack on third down.
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The Art of Creativity
It is our pleasure to announce ADCN's 50th Anniversary Symposium at the Rijksmuseum on Tuesday the 12th of April from 13.30-18.00h including drinks. We would be really excited if you would join us for an afternoon of creative inspiration, together with your teams, friends and clients.
We will explore The Art of Creativity from a mix of perspectives, experiences and disciplines – advertising, design, innovation, craft, arts and philosophy – learning from the past and fabricating the future.
We are excited to present the following speakers/talks:
Paula Scher (Pentagram, New York) – "Moving the culture, creating the culture"
Erik Kessels (KesselsKramer) – "Failed it! How to turn mistakes into ideas"
Gregor Weber (Rijksmuseum) & Bart van der Heide (Stedelijk Museum) – "Avant-garde: The Old Masters vs. Dutch Design"
Karim Benammar (THNK School of Creative Leadership) – "Reframing – the art of thinking differently"
Rick Williams (R/GA, London) – "Accelerating innovation"
Lode Schaeffer (INDIE Amsterdam) – "How to grab creativity?"
The event will be hosted and moderated by Puck van Dijk (PLAY), with a visual performance by Enrica Masi (IDEO, London).
You can buy tickets here. ADCN members get 50% discount.
For the full program, please check adcn.nl.
We look forward to see you at the Rijksmuseum!
Team ADCN
50th ADCN Awards Ceremony
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 50th ADCN Awards Ceremony on the 12th of April from 20.00h at Paradiso in Amsterdam. We expect a full house with all the nominees, the creative community, clients, and special guests including ADCN's co-founder. We will also present the new Lamp as well as the next ADCN President. Let's celebrate 50 years of Blood, Sweat & Cheers.
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AGI NL presents
12:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Stedelijk Museum
4:00 - 5.00 p.m. viewing of "Using Type" with Philipe Apeloig
Preliminary program
12 -1.45 pm
HUDA ABIFARÈS – The Khatt Foundation
Typographic Design as Agent for Cultural Diplomacy
PIERRE-YVES CACHARD – unesaisongraphique.fr
Le Havre which loves Graphic Design which loves Le Havre : from addiction to exhibition
ANETTE LENZ - anettelenz.com
Light Inside Out
EVELYN TERBEKKE and DIRK BEHAGE – terbekke-behage.com
From A to B
PHILIPPE APELOIG – apeloig.com
Remembering Total Design
1.45-2.10 pm
2.10 - 3.30 pm
ERIK ADIGARD – m-a-d.com
Here Come Robots
PETER BILAK – typotheque.com
Making tools to make work easier
FANETTE MELLIER – fanettemellier.com
Série graphique, connaître et pratiquer le design graphique au collège
JOOST SWARTE – joostswarte.com
The Adventures of an Author in Communication Country
3.30 - 4 pm
Q&A with Thomas van Widdershoven – thonik.nl
The changing client-designer relationship and the changing landscape of graphic design in general.
Registration is required via firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Registration France Holland France - AGI NL 31/10
Entrance: museumjaarkaart/museumticket + €10 cash at the auditorium entrance
Confirmed presence of the following AGI members: Alvin Chan, Lex Reitsma, Jacques Koeweiden, Ben Bos, Wim Crouwel (if possible), Peter Bilak, Max Kisman, Nikki Gonnissen, Thomas Widdershoven, Bob van Dijk, René Knip, Ben Faydherbe, Joost Grootens, Wout de Vinger, Hans Wolbers, Gert Dumbar, Richard Niessen, Paul Mijksenaar, Ralph Schraivogel (NL/CH), new members Huda Abifares and Joost Swarte, speakers Dirk Behage, Everlyn Terbekke(F), Erik Adigard (F/USA), Fanette Mellier (F), Pierre-Yves Cachard (F), Anette Lenz (F), Philippe Apeloig (F) and also April Greiman (USA) and Alice Twemlow (USA)
(Program subject to change)
Atelier ter Bekke & Behage: From A to B
Huda Abifares: Typographic Design as Agent for Cultural Diplomacy.
Fanette Mellier: Série graphique, connaître et pratiquer le design graphique au collège, a graphic design kit for teenagers (secondary school).
Erik Adigard: The Robots Are Coming.
Pierre-Yves Cachard: Le Havre which loves Graphic Design which loves Le Havre.
From addiction to exhibition.
Philppe Apeloig: Remembering Total Design. During two pivotal internships at Total Design, Philippe Apeloig made an outpouring of personal drawings and photographs. He will share his awakening as a graphic designer and typographer through these and other recollections of life in Amsterdam in the mid-1980s.
Joost Swarte: The Adventures of an Author in Communication Country.
Do not give what they ask for. Research and give them what you think they need.
Peter Bilak: Making tools to make work easier. In this short talk Peter Bilak will outline the usually invisible aspects of designer's work that make visible work possible.
Annette Lenz: Light Inside Out
10 - 15:30 hrs
de Balie - Salon, Amsterdam NL
Morning program
10-12 hrs, brief lectures by:
CHANGE IS GOOD, Paris F
HARRY PEARCE, Pentagram London UK
NIESSEN AND DE VRIES, Amsterdam NL
JOOST GROOTENS, Amsterdam NL
ALEJANDRO MAGALLANES, Mexico-City Mx
BEBEL ABREU, São Paulo, BR
Afternoon program
14:10-15:30 hrs, Break-out sessions:
In the afternoon, we would like to discuss in three separate break-out sessions aspects that have been of great importance to our members: internationalism, idealism and brandism.
Confirmed presence (so far) of: René Knip, Paul Mijksenaar, Jacques Koeweiden, Alvin Chan, Hans Wolbers, Max Kisman, Richard Niessen, Esther de Vries, Thomas Widdershoven, Rik Bas-Backer, José Albergaria, Harry Pearce, Wout de Vringer, Swip Stolk, Anthon Beeke Ben Bos and the speakers.
Registration required at firstname.lastname@example.com
Entry fee: €10.00
De Salon in the Balie seats 90
Organized by the Dutch chapter of Alliance Graphique Internationale
in collaboration with What Design Can Do
The AGI-NL day is an annual event of the Dutch chapter of Alliance Graphique Internationale to share ideas, knowledge and insights with students and young professionals in the changing area of graphic design and visual communication. AGI was founded in 1951 and still unites the world's leading graphics designers and artists in a professional club of common interest and achievement. Its members have been collectively responsible for the identity design of most of the world's top corporations and institutions as well as for countless examples of globally known packaging, publications, illustration and posters. The AGI provides for friendship, mutual respect and the enjoyment of the company of the like-minded - even reassurance in the face of a sceptical world.
More about AGI www.a-g-i.org
The program might be subject to change.
Studio Joost Grootens: Information graphic on the objects destroyed by the US military in Iraq and Syria
Change is Good: Célébrer La Terre - poster
Harry Pearce: It's all our blood - poster
Niessen en De Vries: Palace Plan - poster
Alejandro Magallanes - poster
Dutch graphic designers of Alliance Graphique International
Limited capacity! // maximum 50 seats // registrations by 18 June 2014: 44
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Entry: ticket fee of the Museum/Museum Jaarkaart.
The programme* (each part approx. 20 mins):
10 -13 hrs
Max Kisman talks with Jacques Koeweiden over fiction and reality in his photographs
Bob van Dijk talks (o.a.) about Happ9
Lex Reitsma about filming
Guest speaker Gilles de Brock about Internet as poster and/or other projects
Max Kisman about ancestral migration (will drop when program runs out, or after lunch)
Richard van der Laken talks with Paul Mijksenaar about collecting
13 - 14.30 hrs
You need to arrange your own lunch. The Stedelijk has a restaurant, there is more in the proximity.
15 - 17 hrs Meet & Greet
Confirmed presence: Lex Reitsma, Jacques Koeweiden, Richard van der Laken, Paul Mijksenaar, Bob van Dijk, Max Kisman, Wim Crouwel (briefly), Ben Bos, Jan van Toorn, Ben Faydherbe, René Knip, Wout de Vringer, Pepijn Zurburg, Hans Wolbers (late), Nikki Gonissen, Michel de Boer, Alvin Chan
17 hrs Closing
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Ticket: regular museum entrance prize
Massimo Vignelli (1931), a member of AGI since 1965 and the organization's president from 1985 to 1988, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
Read the tribute to Massimo Vignelli by Micheal Bierut >>
Matthew Carter: My life in typefaces
Pick up a book, magazine or screen, and more than likely you'll come across some typography designed by Matthew Carter. In this charming talk, the man behind typefaces such as Verdana, Georgia and Bell Centennial (designed just for phone books — remember them?), takes us on a spin through a career focused on the very last pixel of each letter of a font.
Dutch graphic designers of Alliance Graphique International
The third day AGI-NL will be hosted in the auditorium of the Groninger Museum, Groningen NL. The program consists of a series of short lectures by AGI members and a Meet & Greet with any other present AGI designers. Prior to the presentations there early for the visitor the option for a tour focused on the architecture of the museum. The auditorium seats 100 people. First come, first served. The day ends with a visit to the museum GR-ID and the exhibition Max Kisman Image Language.
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Preliminary program:
10:30 hrs
architecture tour
11-13:30 hrs
presentations by * René Knip – architecture en typography, Thomas Widdershoven (Thonik) – Nudity as protest, Richard van der LAken and Pepijn Zurburg (Design Politie) – what design can do for AGI, Lex Reitsma – short movie about graphic artist Typex, Edo Smitshuyzen – 3D typography in digital space, Marte Röling – t.b.a., Jacques Koeweiden – coronation logo, city dressing Amsterdam, Anthon Beeke – about his boek, interviewed by René Knip, mc Max Kisman
13:30-14:30 hrs
break (bring your own sandwiches...)
14:30-16 hrs
meet, greet & ask AGI with AGI designers
René Knip, Nikki Gonnissen, Thomas widdershoven, Lex Reitsma, Marte Röling, Edo Smitshuyzen, Richard van der Laken, Pepijn Zurburg, Max Kisman, Bob van Dijk, Niels Schrader, Jacques Koeweiden, Ben Faydherbe, Jelle van der Toorn-Vrijthof, Anthon Beeke, Hans Wolbers, Alvin Chan
16:30 hrs
Max Kisman Beeld Taal in museum GR-ID
* not nessecarily in this order/subject to change
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Entry regular price museum ticket
26 and 27 September 2013 THE BARBICAN LONDON
Every AGI Open has a theme: this year it's 'dialogue', and it heralds a radical departure from the usual design conference format. Instead of star designers pontificating, lecturing and telling you how great they are, AGI Open offers a series of dialogues that open up the design process.
The theme of 'dialogue' reflects a changing world where nearly all communication is two-way. In our newly networked world it is no longer desirable to talk at people: we have to talk with each other. This applies to design conferences as much as it does to commerce.
Early bird £130 (until 30 June)
Full Price £165
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Who parks his car at Schiphol Parking soon, remembers its location by the redesigned icons of a typical Dutch tulip, windmill and skater by graphic designer Max Kisman. Readers of the "Financieel Dagblad" or "De Volkskrant" recognize the distinctive visual language of the clear line that combines with the play of form and counter shape. Who wants to see the work of Max Kisman, is welcome to the exhibition "Max Kisman Beeld Taal" in GR-ID (formerly Graphic Museum Groningen). More...
Swiss graphic designer and AGI member Niklaus Troxler has enjoyed international recognition for many years. His work is inseparable from his fascination for jazz music. The North Sea Jazz Club Amsterdam will exhibit his visually rhythmic poster designs for many jazz concerts and the Jazz Festival Willisau, that Troxler runs himself.
Opening Thursday 8 November
18.30 hrs introduction by Max Kisman, lecture by Niklaus Troxler, admission €5, students free
20.00 hrs opening exhibition, admission free
Tickets: northseajazzclub.com
North Sea Jazz Club Amsterdam
Pazzinistraat 1
1014 DB Amsterdam
"The Style of the Stedelijk, designing for a Museum" is a fascinating documentary and book by Lex Reitsma about the search for a new visual identity of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Reitsma started in 2008 to follow director Guys van Tuyl and his staff in the selection of five graphic designers and design studios. We witness the design process with intriguing meetings and interviews, its final choice and ultimately, its tragic plot. The not foreseen delay of the renovation of the Stedelijk Museum itself and the replacement of retiring van Tuyl by new director Anne Goldstein, leads the chosen road into a dead-end.
Book by Frederike Huygen
Designed by Lex Reitsma
160 pp / 190 x 140 mm / paperback with dvd
price € 19.95
The AGI-NL2011 program poster is designed by Jacques Koeweiden and will be handed out at the event. Paper and print are generously sponsored by Amsterdam based Spinhex-Industrie printers.
On Thursday 21 April 2011 the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will host AGI-NL.2011. Initiated by Dutch members of the Alliance Graphique Internationale this day is to increase aquaintance with the existance, heritage and vision of the AGI. A full day program of presentations, case studies and the Open Stage where dialogue, discussions and sharing ideas and visions initiate mutual inspiration in the broadest sense. More >>
30 March - 3 July
Wim Crouwel. A Graphic Odysee
Design Museum London
"The Design Museum celebrates he prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective." More >>
Geschreven door Ben Bos en ontworpen door Tony Brook
TD 63-73: Total Design and its pioneering role in graphic design is a unique insider's account of the evolution of Total Design, one of the most important and influential design groups in the history of visual design. More >>
Interview met Joost Grootens in de New York Times over "I Swear I Use No Art At All"!
Vijftig jaar Anthon Beeke, zestig affiches
De Affiche Galerij, Den Haag
16 januari tot 7 maart 2011
AGI Nederland
Met ontwerper en museumdirecteur Willem Sandberg maakt Nederland sinds 1952 deel uit van de Alliance Graphique International. AGI is een vereniging van internationaal gerespecteerde grafisch ontwerpers – een selecte groep die kwaliteit, professionaliteit, collegialiteit en vriendschap hoog in het vaandel draagt. Lidmaatschap van AGI gaat op uitnodiging, voordracht en beoordeling op internationaal niveau. Lees meer over Alliance Graphique International
AGI-NL.nl biedt u informatie over de Nederlandse afdeling van AGI in de rubriek AGI affairs, de AGI-NL dagen in AGI agenda, essays, case studies en visies door en van de leden in AGI oog en columns, tips en boeken in Kijken en lezen.
Willem Sandberg: Open Eye, symbol for an avant-garde magazine, 1946.
De Nederlandse afdeling van de Alliance Graphique Internationale bestaat uit achtentwintig grafisch ontwerpers. AGI-NL wil op nationaal niveau meer bekendheid geven aan haar bestaan, erfgoed en visie. Dat doen we onder andere met presentaties en lezingen van leden op de jaarlijkse AGI-NL dag.
AGI-NL dagen zijn laagdrempelig, hoog-kwalitatief, gericht op collegialiteit, vriendschap en het delen van kennis en inspiratie met een nieuwe generatie ontwerpers en vakgenoten van zowel buiten als in de AGI zelf.
Naast presentaties van leden is er een open podium, waarbij dialoog, discussie en uitwisseling van visies de aanzet vormt tot wederzijdse inspiratie in de meest brede zin. De eerste AGI-NL dag vond in Theater Zeebelt te Den Haag AGI-NL.2010 op 1 oktober 2010 plaats.


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With Rick Santorum emerging as the latest "anybody but Romney" flavor-of-the-month for Republican voters, it's inevitable that other GOP candidates will unleash a barrage of negative ads targeting the former Pennsylvania Senator. One of the first anti-Santorum ads, produced by a Ron Paul affiliated SuperPac, produces a few giggles -- a Santorum impersonator threatens to avenge his narrow Iowa loss by attacking places that start with "I" such as Ikea and IHOP -- but probably won't impact the election. In this context, it's interesting to look at the current negative ads and those of the past to see which ones work, which don't, and why.
Let's look at some other major negative ads first. A ubiquitous 2008 John McCain ad attacking Barack Obama as a "celebrity" who offered more flash than substance didn't stick either because former Harvard Law Review editor Obama isn't an empty suit. On the other hand, Mitt Romney's attacks on Newt Gingrich as a dishonest hypocrite with leanings towards the political left succeeded in pushing the former House Speaker out of the GOP primary's top ranks even though his overall record is more conservative than the former Massachusetts governors'. George W. Bush's followers, likewise, probably destroyed John Kerry's chances of winning the election with a series of "Swift Boat" ads that portrayed the decorated combat veteran as a preening coward. So did a television campaign (aided and abetted by relentless media coverage) that portrayed former Virginia Senator George Allen -- arguably the Senate's strongest supporter of historically black colleges -- as a bigot who uses obscure racial slurs like "maccaca" on the campaign trail.
So why do some negative attacks stick -- even when they're dishonest -- and others roll off even when they're largely accurate? I'd suggest that it has a lot to do with the way that effective attacks point to candidates' character flaws while ineffective ones simply try to make the worst of policy differences. In other words, personal attacks work when they're actually about candidates themselves.
The Paul-linked anti-Santorum ad won't stick because, despite its negativity, it really says nothing about Rick Santorum, a decent and committed family man, himself. Likewise, while the McCain "celebrity" attacks on Obama did highlight the current president's true celebrity status, they may have backfired: celebrities, even those with train-wreck personal lives, are, by definition, popular in much the same way that successful politicians must be.
On the other hand, the attacks on Gingrich, Kerry and Allen proved effective because they revealed deep truths: as a colleague of Gingrich at the American Enterprise Institute and co-worker of Kerry's and Allen's at the Senate, I've seen all three in action. Gingrich is conservative but the ads worked against because the thrice-married "family values" advocate is an enormous hypocrite given to cultish management theories. Kerry didn't display physical cowardice in Vietnam but he is a self-important prima donna who was personally unpopular with the Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle, rarely had an original thought, and exaggerated his own achievements. Allen, likewise, probably didn't discriminate against people on the basis of skin color but had an enormous mean streak and, among other things, wouldn't even shake hands with people he thought were liberals.
And these questions of character may well decide elections. The differences between the Republican and Democratic parties, after all, is stark enough that about seven out of ten voters will vote something pretty close to straight party line no matter who runs (dead girl/live boy/satanic cult situations excepted.) The rest of electorate votes mostly on personal characteristics. And, for these voters, personal attacks can make a real difference when they reveal deep truths about a candidates' moral character.


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Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) November 20, 2013
In their time as actors and musicians in New York City, Brian Burchill and Robert Maynard began a ritual of home-cooked omelets made from scratch in the company of good friends. After seeking out breakfast spots to frequent and coming up short, the self-proclaimed breakfast aficionados collaborated to create Toast Café (Toast) – a gourmet better-breakfast concept. Since its inception in 2005, word of Toast's famous fresh-made breakfasts has spread, and so too has the brand. As a reflection of its growing success, the fast-casual brand is excited to welcome its first franchisee, Jason Serkin, who will be spearheading the franchise's expansion in South Carolina and beyond.
Serkin, a New Jersey native, joined Toast's loyal fan base when he first experienced the brand's fusion of fresh food and great presentation in 2010 as a customer. Noticing an absence of breakfast options in Fort Mill, the business-savvy entrepreneur saw an opportunity to offer a much-needed casual breakfast option to his local community.
"I am extremely honored to be opening the first franchisee-owned Toast location," Serkin said. "My family and I fell in love with Toast's breakfast concept after our first visit and we are excited to lead the brand's expansion in South Carolina. This is a great opportunity for us to introduce Toast to more fans and offers quality food and service to our neighbors in Ft. Mill."
As the first system franchisee, Serkin will spearhead the brand's expansion initiatives with the inaugural Fort Mill location. Serkin's store will also mark Toast's debut in South Carolina, a market which has the potential to support 25 additional units.
"As we grow our presence, we are thrilled to have Jason join Toast as the first franchisee and help bring a unique dining experience to new areas on the East Coast. Like our customers, our franchisees are our family," Maynard said. "Our ultimate objective with franchising is to ensure franchisee profitability, and we will achieve that by offering ample support and resources, and the necessary foundation for success and prosperity."
Brunch trends have been on the upswing, but the market remains relatively undeveloped, affording Toast franchisees huge growth opportunities. Territories in the Carolinas and northeastern United States have been the focus of present development. Ultimately, Toast aims to scale into a nationally-known brand without sacrificing its one-of-a-kind dining experience.
With a franchise fee of $35,000, Toast is positioned for healthy growth and expansion, ensuring hands-on assistance for new franchisees like Serkin. Operational support includes site selection, developmental assistance, lease negotiations, restaurant design and comprehensive marketing tools.
"Our simple philosophy is that breakfast is an event and should be treated as such, which is what our success is based on," Burchill said. "We love what we do, and having the opportunity to bring great culinary dishes in an inviting atmosphere to new neighborhoods, is truly gratifying and exciting."
The Toast brand took off after opening in Huntsville, N.C., ultimately moving to a larger storefront in nearby Davidson. Burchill and Maynard then opened additional locations in Dilworth and Ballantyne in 2008 and 2011 respectively, signaling the beginning of the concept's transformation into a franchise. With a vision to grow the concept on a national scale, Toast has infused new life into a sector of the food industry that had plateaued, and have carved a niche for investors in the better-breakfast segment.
Among a sea of factory-produced pancakes and generic dishes that dot the current breakfast landscape, Toast has been able to break through the clutter to offer customers, and franchisees, a true choice.
"Breakfast should be social, and people come to Toast to be a part of it – to hear the noises, to see the waiters and to enjoy the quality food prepared for them with great care," Burchill said. "That experience is something that you don't get consistently elsewhere, and we're thrilled about what the future holds, both for our future franchisees and the Toast brand."
Toast Café's story began in 2005 in Huntersville, N.C. in a small house-turned-restaurant where best friends Brian Burchill and Robert Maynard opened their first breakfast spot. News of their fresh-made breakfasts and fun atmosphere spread. The concept quickly grew to three locations, serving new and loyal clients dishes such as made-from-scratch portabella mushroom benedict and avocado omelets. Never compromising fresh ingredients or friendly service, the demand for Toast kept growing. To satisfy its family of patrons' pleas for more locations, Toast evolved into a franchise system in 2013. Dining customers always can expect impeccable service because at Toast, "every server is your server." Breaking through the boring casual breakfast segment, Toast will continue spreading its success to new communities across the United States. For more information about Toast or to learn about franchising opportunities, please visit http://toastcafeonline.com/.


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the author intend to show at the ending when he brings an adult from outside world into island
the author intend to show at the ending when he brings an adult from outside world into island
One significant aspect of the naval officer appearance on the island is found his admonition to the boys that they are not behaving like proper "British boys," which recalls Jack's patriotic claims in Chapter Two that the British are the best at everything. The officer's statement symbolically links him to Jack and underscores the hypocrisy of such a military character. While the officer condemns the violent play of the boys on the island, he is himself a military figure, engaged in an ongoing war that itself necessitated the boys' evacuation from their homeland and (unintentionally) led to the events on the island. Again, the issue is ambiguous: perhaps the violence among the boys was not an expression of an unrestrained inner instinct but a reflection of the seemingly "civilized" culture they were raised in, a culture engaged in an ugly and fatal war. In any case, the officer echoes Ralph rather than Jack, repeating many of the warnings about rules and order that Ralph had expressed to the boys throughout the novel. By associating the officer with both Ralph and Jack, in different ways, Golding calls into question the distinction between civilization and savagery that he traced with increasing emphasis in the novel's earlier chapters and then erased in later chapters.


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To provide a permanent fix, the setting needs to be applied every time it boots. Here's how to fix it once and forget about it:
- Edit a new file /etc/rc.d/init.d/hdparm, with the contents (where /dev/sda is the noisy HDD of your choice)
/sbin/hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda
- Make sure this file has the correct permissions to be run:
- Now create a link for the rc level for the hdparm script to run at startup:
$ cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/
$ sudo ln -s ../init.d/hdparm S80hdparm
Now on reboot, the hard drive should be much quieter, won't wear out as quickly and will allow you to get on with your work...but it will eat a little more power than before. You can change the hdparm -B xxx number to something a little lower if power use is an issue. To check that the changes are successful, run:
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Kirk Acevedo's Sexy TV Shows
TV Shows this celebrity has appeared sexy or nude in...
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nudity reviews for Kirk Acevedo member submitted
Various Episodes
Aerial shot featuring rear and frontal views in the hole (Season 2 Episode 2)
Showing rear in the shower (Season 3 Episode 4)
Good Frontal in shower when towel is removed(Season 5 Episode 1)
The Full Alvarez - Finally!
I'm giving this **** because so many of us have been waiting for this and had almost given up. In the season 5 premiere, "Visitation", the upper half of Miguel's chiseled buns are seen as he's showering. Brief pubes as he wraps a towel around himself. He's getting into a spat with other Latinos when Officer Murphy walks in. Miguel wisecracks, and Murphy - who can blame him? - rips that towel right off! His penis is average, possibly slightly above-average, but a beautiful fit for his body (a body that is tighter than ever this season). Not every man has a horse between their legs and I'm thrilled that Kirk finally summoned up enough courage to show us what he has. Very, very nice.
nice trim body with muscular butt and few frontals on various episodes of this violent but sexy series
Buns in Shower
During the third season, Kirk's butt is seen as he showers, and he's hassled by some guys in his gang, after he's released from solitary. It's a good long scene and we get a nice, unobstructed view of his ass; a real work of art!
Jackoff in solitary
When the guard checks on each prisoner in solitary, he finds Miguel standing in front of the toilet, masturbating. Only his ass is seen, but what an ass! A true work of art, two jutting globes of flesh carved by the gods themselves. This scene makes a return appearance later in the season when Kirk was busy and they had to reuse Miguel stock footage. I doubt any viewers complained about this particular clip returning.
Being thrown naked into lockup; and then in lockup standing to put clothes on
This series offers so many great scenes with great-looking actors. The lock-up scenes have become a regular kind of scene in this series. I would say that Acevedo is just about the best looking guy on the show, and I was very happy when he finally got round to doing his nude scene - I knew it was only a matter of time. The first scene shows Acevedo being thrown into the lockup cell - you see his ass as he smashes into the wall, and then frontal nudity as he lies on his side on the cement of the cell floor. The second scene is the best though: at first he is sitting, knees to chest on the floor as a member of staff brings his some clothing. He then gets up, back to camera, and proceeds to tug on his pants. The shot of his ass is extremely satisfying!! It is muscular, not too large and very attractive. The shot lasts about 10 seconds. I really hope that this great looking actor with an amazing body does more scenes like this in the future!! Don't miss!
frontal and ass
does this guy own clothes? any way what a body!!!!! his decent sized dick and ass is great
there fore 4 stars
Shower Scene
Those of us OZ fans who were waiting to see a frontal from Acevedo finally got our chance during Season Six, during a shower scene where at first you see the top half of his ass, then has his towel pulled off of him by one of the two prison guards. You get a good 5-second glimpse of his average-sized, but nice penis. Needless to say, that scene wallpapered my desktop for quite a while after the show aired.


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Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson's son helped her cope with the murders of her mother, brother and nephew in 2008.
Hudson's estranged brother-in-law William Balfour was sentenced to life behind bars in July, 2012 after being convicted of breaking into the family's home and murdering Hudson's mom Darnell Donerson, her brother Jason Hudson, and seven-year-old nephew Julian King, who was found shot dead in the back of an abandoned SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) three days later.
The Dreamgirls star explains she has had a hard time speaking publicly about the tragedy because she feels people don't understand her pain.
"It's frustrating as hell to me to have somebody who ain't lost nothing try to talk to me about it," she tells Glamour magazine. "I want to say, 'Don't even bother, because you know nothing'. You never know how much you can get through until you're going through it."
Hudson gave birth to her first child a year after the family drama and the 34 year old credits young David with helping her get her life back in order.
"I went from being an aunt, having a mom, and being a child to not having a mom, becoming a mom, and raising my own child," she says. "I tell David all the time, 'You saved my life'."


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Wilson and Rutherford counties sheriff's deputies charged one man Thursday morning after he reportedly stole a truck and ran from deputies.
Lebanon police said a suspect robbed two people in the Kroger parking lot Friday evening and apparently shot at them after they chased him.
Mt. Juliet police are actively searching for an armed robbery suspect in the Hickory Hills subdivision, according to Mt. Juliet police Lt. Tyler Chandler.
Old Lebanon Dirt Road in Mt. Juliet is closed between Trace Drive and Nighthawk Lane while police execute a search warrant.
Mt. Juliet police were searching for a suspect who evaded arrest earlier Friday, but have called off the search. The suspect was identified, but not located.
Lebanon investigators seek a man who robbed a bank Friday and brought a gun into anther bank.
Wilson County sheriff's officials arrested a suspect Saturday who they believe was involved in a bank robbery Friday afternoon.


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May be a silly question, but I'm asking here.
My opinion, vast majority of would be Internet Marketers spend way too much time, energy and money trying to get something which isn't that difficult to get: money.
I call you the "real people" because, this sub-forum has people who own stores, businesses, have a tendency to be more biz savvy, and are less likely to blow pixie dust up the Unicorn's arse.
I see so much effort, TIME, and some money being wasted while you all have given THE secret to your successes. And I may be wrong, so do correct me, but I think YOUR secret is:
focused hard work.
At least until you got over some hump and by your hard work, created more time to diversify and expand.
Am I wrong?
Was it FOCUSED hard work, or something else which brought about your success?
I just have the opinion, too many people are working too darn hard, spinning their wheels, or as in the words of "Meatloaf". "all revved up, no place to go".
Did focus play a part? Or was it sheer work, stubborn bullheadedness until you got to where you wanted to be?
Thanks "real" people.
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Cast: Natalie Portman; Ewan McGregor; Joel Edgerton.
Year: 2016.
Director: Gavin O' Connor.
Content Rating: R for some violence, language, and sexual suggestiveness. PG 13 L V.
Source: Rented.
IMDB: Jane Got a Gun
A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.
Overall, it was a good movie; despite a slow start and the amount of back story that tried to clutter it.
For a movie that had an astonishing - and rather disappointing - amount of last-minute changes (Jude Law - and then Bradley Cooper - and Micheal Fassbender both pulled out of the leading male roles; Lynne Ramsay was also supposed to be directing) it is still a good film.
The performances are decent, although it's really Edgerton, not Portman, who makes a firm statement; succeeding in overshadowing even Jane's big hat. Ewan McGregor looks out of place, but his acting's not bad. None of the acting is bad; they're solid and professional and Portman and McGregor both try to make their American accents work. They barely manage, but it's nothing worth criticism.
The soundtrack is awesome. Equally, the cinematography is decent and shows off enough scenery and dust to ground a Western.
The film is a good twist on the genre's stereotypes and cliches. Its feminist undercurrents are addressed and it speaks for the tragedy for women in those times, but for all Jane's firm words, loose gun belt and very big hat, she really is little more than a damsel-in-distress. The fact that she has a child (two, actually) does give another firm twist to what we expect of a Western, and yet all the backstory, etc, that was supposed to serve as a emotional foundation for the mother-and-daughter situation, was forced and uneven. Which brings me to.....
Some cons:
Until more than about half-way, the film is tedious, slow, and even rather quite boring. The flashbacks seem forced and cut suspense away from the main story/threat. The whole story shuffles, almost aimlessly, without much urgency or real threat since we're left guessing for much of the first half what John Bishop and his boys actually have against Jane and her family. That said, the story seems almost afraid to show its climax ; quite literally, actually, considering that the lighting is painfully poor at the climax.
To be honest, the film works best at its action sequences. The quiet moments do little to evoke sympathy and instead are rather boring.
I enjoyed it. Its climax was satisfying, however slow the start might have been, and it's a decent film :)
I give it: 3 and a half flowers!
Sunday, 25 September 2016
JANE GOT A GUN (film) shuffled along; stilted by flashbacks, but succeeding as a partially entertaining Western
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Injured soldier leaves BAMC to attend father's funeral
Although doctors initially were against him making the trip from Brooke Army Medical Center, where he is recovering from his injuries, Army National Guard Spc. Reed Jones III insisted.
BEAUMONT - On Friday, a day when so many Americans were thinking of the troops overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq, a Beaumont soldier severely injured in battle made an arduous journey home to bid farewell to his beloved father.
The significance of the day, Sept. 11, wasn't lost on him - but it wasn't in the foreground.
"Family came first today," said Army National Guard Spc. Reed Jones III.
Although doctors initially were against him making the trip from Brooke Army Medical Center, where he is recovering from his injuries, Jones insisted.
"He would do it for me, so I'd do it for him, so here I am," he said in an interview in the reclining wheelchair in which he attended the funeral Friday.
Jones arrived at Borden Chapel Baptist Church in an ambulance, accompanied by medics.
Despite the pain of the 283-mile journey, the 45-year-old Beaumont native would not have missed his father's funeral.
Reed Jones Jr. died at age 70 Tuesday after a long series of illnesses. Toward the end, in a weakened state, it was unclear how much he understood of his son's injuries. He'd been told of the incident, but spared any details that might worry him too much, said the elder Jones' sister-in-law, Faye Johnson.
Last month, Reed Jones III and members of his unit were attacked by Taliban forces who booby-trapped the road on which they were traveling. They'd been to Kandahar, where Jones mailed some items home and had pizza for a treat.
With a month left to his tour, Jones was nervous about going "outside the wire" but the trip had to be made. On their return, his group stopped to visit colleagues in another unit.
"We overstayed our welcome pretty much - 'cause I thought we were only going to be there an hour," he said. "We wound up staying three hours, which was more than enough time for Taliban to set up a command wire (an explosive device)."
When the Humvee passed over the wire, the explosives detonated.
"All I remember is the darkness of being inside the Humvee, then the light from the sun hitting me and me landing on the hot pavement," Jones said.
After the explosion, he looked down to verify that his booted feet were still firmly attached, then counted his fingers. To his relief, everything was in place.
But he was badly injured. His hip was shattered, and he suffered fractures to one arm and his pelvis. Full recovery from his injuries could take up to a year, his doctors say.
But attending the funeral was worth the discomfort.
"The service was excellent," he said, praising the choir and soloists who provided the music.
The Rev. Airon Reynolds gave a moving eulogy of Reed Jones Jr.'s life. He taught music in Beaumont public schools, then after he retired, he taught prison inmates.
Jones III said his father's life inspires him to persevere in the face of his own obstacles.
One of the biggest lessons of his father's life was service to community.
"He did a lot for Beaumont," he said. "He cared about people - especially young men. He wanted to take them down the right paths."
Jones III last saw his father alive while on leave in July, his sister Lakeisha Jones said. The oldest of six children, he had a special bond with his father.
Before going to Afghanistan, Jones III did a tour of duty in Iraq.
Before that, he served 12 years in the Army, stationed in Germany.
Jones said that since his injury, the military has taken good care of him.
"Everybody's doing a fabulous job," he said. "There's been some bumps but ... it's going well and, like I said, I want to get myself healed and continue to get better."


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