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Growth and decline percentages are deceiving in the startup universe. Many don't recognize all of the implications of exponential growth and the associated hiring challenges. This problem manifests most commonly when a startup begins to achieve product/market fit and Initial Traction (~$1M ARR).
When a startup is growing 10-15% m/m on the path from $500K - $1M ARR, the startup is adding $50-$100K in ARR each month, or $4-8K MRR. 10% m/m growth isn't bad, but it's not great. Great startups are growing > 15% m/m as they pass $1M ARR, and the Select Few are growing >25% m/m.
But what many fail to recognize is how the math scales. At $1M ARR, growing 15% m/m requires adding $150K in ARR, or $12.5K in MRR each month. Thus, from the time a startup achieves $1M ARR, they should hit $1.5M ARR in 3 months if they want to maintain 15% m/m growth.
At $1.5M ARR, 15% m/m growth means the startup needs to add $225K in MRR each month. So the startup should grow from $1.5M to $2M in just over 2 months, or 33% faster than the prior $500K in ARR.
This math isn't particularly difficult to understand. But many underestimate just how hard it is to accelerate growth as the numbers get bigger. There are tons of startups that get to a point of adding $100K in ARR each month. 10x-ing that - adding $1M in ARR each month - requires real thought and and planning. Jason Cohen of WPEngine describes this problem very well. At a rate of adding $1M ARR each month, it will take 100 months, or more than 8 years, to achieve $100M ARR. Growth has to accelerate.
How does all of this tie to hiring? As startups add multiple customer acquisition channels, hire more than 2 sales people, and generally scale, startups need to invest in infrastructure. All kinds of it. This means marketing automation, sales automation, and customer success automation - collectively customer lifecycle systems and processes - to accelerate growth. There should be minimal innovation around these disciplines: innovate myopically. But startups need to hire the right people so that they don't have to innovate in these disciplines. Tech/product focused founders rarely have expertise setting up customer lifecycle systems and processes. They should bring in the people who have implemented those processes before, and empower them to do it.
Those people are going to be more expensive than many founders naturally think. I remember the first time I looked at what an amazing VP Customer Success costs after raising a Series A. I couldn't believe it: $150-$200K and .5%-1.5%. Great VP Sales can go much higher. But the great ones are worth their salary 10x over. Because they will make the startups' customers happy in a way the founders otherwise never could, and those customers will fuel the best kind of growth: word-of-mouth (WOM). Not only does WOM scale incredibly well, it scales well inexpensively, driving down CAC and ensuring that startups don't compromise the fundamental law of startup growth (fantastic post). That amazing VP Customer Success will drive down CAC and drive up LTV, ensuring the startup stays venture-fundable as it scales to $100M ARR. The amazing VPs are worth any amount of cash and equity to acquire.
The situation is particularly amplified for companies that are doing $1-2M ARR and are 4+ years old. If the product/market fit is tight and the market opportunity is real, then that means the startup needs serious customer acquisition help across all fronts. If there were any top notch marketing or sales people around, they probably left because they didn't have the help around them they needed to drive revenue growth. And so now the company is left with B players without strong customer acquisition and customer success leadership. Those companies are the ones that most need to find a spark to rethink the entire customer acquisition process and ignite growth. Those people will be expensive in cash and equity terms, but if they are any good, they will be worth their cost 100x over. As Jason Lemkin of SaaStr loves to say, salary and equity vest (and equity has a cliff), so the cost of being wrong is relatively low given the slow growth rate anyways.
Hiring becomes even more important when thinking about growth given the time cycles involved. Hiring great executives takes months, and onboarding takes 30-60 days, so founders need to have incredible foresight to time VP-level hires right to ensure they maintain an exponential growth curve. That means in many cases it will take 6 months to hire and onboard great VPs. So that means that startups should start looking for their first great VP hires between $500K - $1M ARR. If the startup is growing is 15% m/m and it takes 6 months to find and onboard the VP, then the startup will be at $1M-$2M ARR - or double the revenue of when the search started - before the VP is delivering material value. This is not intuitive to founders who, up until this point, have been able to tweak almost anything overnight other than the product fuel growth. It's not naturally intuitive to think that a single thing - hiring an executive - will take 6 months. Exponential growth can be deceiving.
The flip side of thinking about growth - which is theoretically unlimited - is thinking about a fixed pie. And this is where percentages are really deceiving. When discussing negative percentages - revenue declines, accelerating burn, etc - it feels like the pie is being eaten… because it is. These are fixed pie scenarios. All of a sudden, 15% of the pie is gone. It feels like crap because psychology dictates that humans strongly prefer loss aversion to gains.
The problem that many entrepreneurs make is applying the same fixed-pie mindset and applying it to growth percentages and thinking about equity value. Positive and negative percentages need to be thought through opposing lenses: negative percentages should be thought of as a fixed pie that's being eaten, while positive percentages need to be thought through the lens of infinite growth. Companies can become infinitely large - see Apple and Google - so the real dilemma isn't how to minimize losses, but how to maximize growth. All decisions should be made through the lens of maximizing growth, even if material costs are incurred. Startups can always grow more than they can lose (unless gross margins are negative, in which case the business shouldn't exist). Invest in that growth, even if it feels expensive through a fixed-pie lens. 6 months later, it will feel like a bargain when looking backwards through an infinite growth lens.

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A standard defense in BitTorrent cases is that the defendant is the victim of abuse by the copyright holder and the whole process is nothing more than a shakedown scheme and a fraud on the courts with plaintiffs filing cases and settling for money. But there is a problem with this, and that is that our entire litigation system is based on reasonable people settling most cases and this overlooks the fundamental facts of the case: a copyright claim is premised on the defendant being the bad actor – for the case to exist the defendant must have first stolen from the plaintiff.
This trend of defenses that try to paint the plaintiff as the bad guy in an effort to divert attention from their own copyright theft sounds good to someone looking for an easy way out, but it does not hold up to scrutiny and the courts are shutting this defense down with painful results for some defendants. Thousands of dollars are being spent on these arguments and in the end, the defendants who might have been able to settle their clams for $5,000, have to pay not only their own attorneys thousands more, but as per the copyright law, also have to pay more to the rights holders that brought the case. A bad defense quickly turns a $5,000 case into a $50,000 case, and that is starting to sound like abuse, but for defendants who run up the legal bills, it is self-inflicted.
Two recent cases point this out. One in Ohio and a second in Oregon.
In Malibu v Doe, S.D. Ohio, 14-cv-00821, the defendant tried to assert counterclaims, arguing the copyright holder (Malibu) had committed bad acts and therefore could not enforce its claims and that the claims of Malibu were abusive and brought in bad faith.
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[Defendant] alleges that Malibu brought the claim to humiliate him and extract money from him. … [but] even if Malibu brought the lawsuit with the intention of settling the case short of litigating it to conclusion, that purpose is not an ulterior motive because many claims are settled. A successful copyright lawsuit would result in money damages, so seeking a settlement by filing a complaint does not qualify as an ulterior motive…[the defendant] does not identify any act committed during the process that was improper …
In other words, the defendant argued that Malibu was a bad person and that Malibu's methodology of filing suit and demanding settlements for money was somehow improper. As the court correctly points out, there is not only nothing improper about Malibu's conduct, but this is exactly how things should work when someone commits copyright theft.
In another recent case, Voltage v. Revitch, Oregon, 14-cv-00301, the defendant argued essentially the same type of thing, but brought in a lot of additional accusations claiming copyright misuse and unfair business practices, raised the "IP address is not a person defense," and making several accusations related to the investigators and other parties working with Voltage. One of the key elements in the counterclaims of the defendant was an argument that Voltage had an improper claim that the defendant, by paying for Internet service was liable for providing the Internet access to another person who might be the actual infringer.
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Defendant's claim seeks to resolve the "continuing threat posed . . . by plaintiffs' theory that their copyright registration imposes on [defendant] a "duty to police" the internet access he obtains as an Oregon consumer." As noted above, plaintiffs' allegations seek to hold defendant liable for alleged willful copying and distribution and do not assert some sort of strict liability. To the extent defendant asserts that plaintiffs have engaged in such conduct with others and that conduct bars enforcement of the copyright against him, the claim stretches the theory of copyright misuse beyond its contours.
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This is not to say the issue of whether defendant is in fact liable for copyright violations engaged in by others may not be litigated, only that defendant may not properly allege a counterclaim for copyright misuse. Accordingly, defendant's counterclaim for copyright misuse is dismissed.
Both cases support plaintiff's right to legitimately enforce their copyrights and discard the copyright misuse defense. And in an interesting turn of events, the "IP address is not a person" defense has now been discarded so thoroughly that the courts are recognizing that someone that pays for Internet service may be "liable for copyright violations engaged in by others."
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Malibu v Doe, S.D. Ohio, 14-cv-00821, Feb. 4, 2015
Voltage v. Revitch, Oregon, 14-cv-00301, Jan. 23, 2015


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Doug Martin, Dan Beck and I went to see Scott Christensen yesterday. He gave an hour and a half talk to about 50 people at the Denver Art Museum and he got us to realize, (me at least) what makes a painting great. It was nearly all old stuff. Things I'd heard before and in my haste to become the next Rembrandt or Picasso these things got pushed back into my head and forgotten.
He talked about tension in a painting and what creates chaos and unity (and boredom) and how it all relates to music with its tempo and rhythm. He also talked about how easy it is to end up on the back road to Bangladesh, lost with no map if you ignore things like light and shadow and accents and reflected light and……all that other stuff we're supposed to know. Most of us have probably at least heard this stuff. And most of us probably believe these ideas to be valid. But sometimes in our haste to be the next great painter it skips our minds and pales in importance while we quest for our next best painting. Now I know why it's such a pleasure to watch Scott wield a brush. He paints to a different tune than a lot of us. But remembering that stuff and researching it and knowing it is the easy part.
So what's the hard part? So what "did" I learn?
I learned what it means to be a football player and what it takes to be a winner.
And practicing at full speed if I expect to succeed when I'm doing the real thing. Scott believes it's the preparing and the practicing that puts us on our game in the studio. And I think he's right. It's all in the doing and the doing and the doing.
You may be wondering what the image above has to do with all that. Not much. It's just a small plein air painting that might have been a lot different had I been practicing and learning instead of trying to make something I could take to the gallery. There's nothing wrong with that.
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A number of treatments called "passive modalities" are used for musculoskeletal problems.
These are treatments in which the patient isn't required to actively participate. Passive modalities include heat, cold, massage, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, traction and acupuncture. All of these measures can help some people with back pain.
Another form of passive treatment is spinal manipulation.
There are many schools of massage. In most cases, massage therapists combine several techniques, although there are also purists who stick to one method. The most common technique is Swedish massage, which combines long strokes and gentle kneading movements. Deep-tissue massage utilizes greater pressure to reach deeper levels of muscles. Shiatsu or acupressure massage also use deep pressure, but are done according to principles of acupuncture theory. Neuromuscular massage (such as the St. John Method of Neuromuscular Therapy) applies strong pressure to tender spots.
One problem with all these massage techniques is that it is difficult to properly ascertain the effectiveness of a hands-on therapy like massage.
Only one form of study can truly prove that a treatment is effective: the double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Given these caveats, below is a summary of what is known about the effects of massage. The best evidence has evaluated low back pain.
It appears that massage may offer benefits for low back pain. The same is true for hip pain. However, these benefits appear to be short term.
One of the more in-depth studies compared massage to sham laser therapy in 107 people with low-back pain. The results indicated that massage is more effective than sham laser therapy for relieving low back pain, and that massage therapy combined with exercise and posture training is even more effective.
Another study compared acupuncture, massage, and self-care education in 262 people with persistent back pain. By the end of the 10-week treatment period, massage had shown itself more effective than self-care (or acupuncture). However, at a one-year follow-up, there was no difference in symptoms between the massage group and the self-care group.
In another study, acupressure-style massage was more effective than Swedish massage for the treatment of low back pain.
Adults with chronic low-back pain found relief from massage therapy, according to a research study. Massage eased pain, reduced depression and anxiety, and improved sleep and range of motion.
The study, "Lower Back Pain is Reduced and Range of Motion Increased After Massage Therapy," was completed in January 2000 by the Touch Research Institute in conjunction with the University of Miami School of Medicine and Iris Burman of Educating Hands, and was first published in the International Journal of Neuroscience.
Twenty-four adults who had experienced low-back pain for at least six months were randomly assigned to either a massage therapy group or a relaxation therapy group.
The massage therapy group received twice-weekly, 30-minute massages for five weeks. Starting in the prone position, the following techniques were used: kneading and pressing the back muscles, stroking both sides of the spine and hips, gliding strokes to the legs, and kneading and pressing the thighs. Continuing in the supine position, participants received: gliding strokes to the neck and abdomen, kneading of the rectus and oblique muscles that help bend the trunk of the body forward, stroking of the legs, kneading of the anterior thighs, flexing of the thighs and knees, and gentle pulling on both legs.
Those in the relaxation group were instructed in progressive muscle relaxation techniques to tense and relax muscles in the feet, calves, thighs, hands, arms, back and face. Participants performed these exercises at home twice weekly for 30 minutes.
Assessments taken before and after the first and last sessions included: the Profile of Mood States Depression Scale to rate depression; the State Anxiety Inventory to rate feelings at the present moment; the McGill Pain Questionnaire to measure pain; the Visual Analogue Scale to measure present level of pain; the Range of Motion Measures test to rate the level of ability to bend; a Symptom Checklist-90 Revised to measure moods; a sleep scale to measure quality of sleep; and urine samples to measure levels of the stress hormone cortisol, serotonin and catecholamines (amino acid derivatives that affect the nervous system, cardiovascular system, metabolic rate, temperature and muscles).
Results showed that both groups experienced a decrease in stress and long-term pain, but only the massage group experienced less pain directly after the session, fewer depressive symptoms, better sleep, improved range of motion and an increase in serotonin and the catecholamine dopamine biochemical levels.
"The findings from the present study are compelling and if the effects can be replicated and persist, these data suggest that massage therapy effectively reduces pain, positively impacts on the biochemical system, and attenuates psychological symptoms associated with lower back pain," the study authors wrote.
The authors also wrote that future studies might "examine the impact of massage therapy on job productivity and absenteeism for individuals with chronic low back problems."
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Teens in the Czech Republic get, on average, almost 700 crowns from their parents per month, according to a study focusing on financial literacy conducted by ČSOB bank. According to the survey, for around 12 percent, those funds are not enough. Financial literacy has been a compulsory subject in the classroom for four years.
The current account of the Czech Republic's balance of payments, a broad measure of goods and money flowing in and out of the country, showed a surplus of around 7.6 billion crowns in the first quarter of 2017, the Czech National Bank announced on Wednesday. The surplus for the first six months of the year totals 90 billion crowns.
The Ministry of Finance is set to launch a receipt lottery in October, the daily Hospodářské noviny reported on Tuesday. The lottery, which aims to encourage consumer assistance in fighting tax evasion, was originally to be launched in mid-September, but preparations took longer than expected. The lottery is set to distribute up to 65 million crowns a year in winnings.
Finance Minister Ivan Pilný from the ANO party has increased the revenues
chapter in the 2018 draft budget by 21 billion crowns.
The minister confirmed this in a debate on Czech Television on Sunday, saying the ministry had upgraded its growth estimate for 2018 from 2.9 to 3.1 percent.
However the additional finances would still not cover the proposed wage hike for public sector employees. According to Pilny the budget would still be short of approximately 8 billion crowns.
The finance minister dismissed the prime minister's proposal that this money could come from finances saved by individual ministries as unrealistic, saying ministry officials had made it clear they would spend their entire budgets.
The coalition parties are to meet on Monday to debate the proposed wage hikes.
Finance Minister Ivan Pilný from the ANO party maintains that there is no
money left in next year's draft budget for wage hikes for public sector
The minister says that the proposed 15 percent wage hike for teachers and 10 percent increase for other public sector employees would require an additional 33 billion crowns and would increase next year's budget deficit to close to 100 billion crowns.
The minister also dismissed the prime minister's proposal that the money could come from the finances saved by individual ministries, saying the idea is unrealistic and the money is simply not there.
The coalition parties are to meet on Monday to debate the issue.
Labour market experts are expecting a further drop in unemployment, with
the figure likely to dip under 4 percent in September, the ctk news agency
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The expectations are that unemployment will reach 3.7 percent in November before seeing a slight growth due to the end of seasonal work.
Around one third of Czechs have overdrawn their bank accounts over the past
year, according to a survey carried out by CSOB bank. Roughly a half of
households had problems with unexpected expenditures that exceeded 10,000
crowns, the survey suggests.
According to CSOB's Petr Hutla, most families' financial reserves would only last for three months in case they lost their main source of income. One quarter of Czech households would survive for less than a month on their savings.
Financial Administration officials have carried out over 55,000 checks
since the introduction of electronic cash registers, a measure introduced
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tax fraud.
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Wholesale prices paid by chain supermarkets for by Czech bakery rolls have long been too low, the chairman of the Association of Bakers and Pastry Chefs Jaromír Dřízal has said. According to Czech Radio, some bakeries sell a single roll for 70 hellers wholesale; according to the head of the association, the price should be 20 hellers more, or just ten short of one Czech crown.


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In Luck Be a Lady by Gemma Halliday and T. Sue Versteeg, Tessie King is attending the funeral of her father, the chairman of a major Lake Tahoe casino, when she finds out that he has left everything to her, and she now actually owns a very large majority share of the casino, which she doesn't want. She must remain in Tahoe at least until they can call a new board meeting in ten days and elect a new chair to replace her. She gets involved in the case of some thefts that can only have been committed by staff. Then, she learns that he has been under investigation by the FBI for mob ties and that they suspect his death was not natural.
Clearly not welcomed by the security staff of the casino, Tessie sets off to do her own sleuthing, which takes her throughout the casino, to a men's stripping event, and to the ski slopes. She teams up with her step-mother, Britain, whom she comes to know as a real individual and not just the gold digger Tessie's mother assumes her to be. She also gets support from her gay local best friend, Tate, who takes her to the beefcake event. On the other hand, she does not get along with Alfie, the head of security, who keeps telling her just to go to the spa instead of poking het noise into his business.
This book has its high points, such as the very satisfying conclusion. But there are other places that I didn't enjoy. The character of Tate seemed to fit the stereotype of the effeminate gay man to such an extent that the character did not cone across as very believable. I will, however, point out how rare it is to find gay characters in cozy mysteries that the mere presence of any gay man is a nice addition to the book. I did get annoyed at the frequency of references to sexual imaginings of Tessie and things like the beefcake event.
The narrator, Lyssa Browne, does a strong performance of the audio narration of this book. A couple times I felt she got overly emotive, but those were the exceptions, not the rule. The character of Tate got overly dramatized at times in his gay persona, but I think that is a response more to the wiring style than to the narrator's interpretation.
In general, I enjoyed Luck Be a Lady, but it is not among my favorites in my audio bookshelf. I think the series has potential to build on what this book has begun. So I'll have to examine reviews of the next book to see if other readers feel it improved over this first book in the series. I give the book three stars.
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In many cases, finding a "laptop-friendly" cafe in order to a bit of work involves little more than locating the nearest Starbucks, but it may not always be the best option. Whether you do not know where to find a place with quality WiFi, the cafes that you find are too crowded, or whatever the reason, finding the perfect place to set up shop can sometimes prove challenging and startup Work Hard Anywhere hopes to come to the rescue.
Work Hard Anywhere uses Foursquare's API to provide users with the locations of nearby cafes, libraries, and co-working spaces. From there, they rely on users to visit those places and then rate them on aspects like WiFi speed, the number of available power outlets, prices, food quality, parking, noise and crowd levels, and more. Once a user checks out and rates a spot, said location can become "verified". In addition to receiving information about the locations, Work Hard Anywhere allows users to see which other users have recently visited that particular spot.
This service just officially launched on iOS (with desktop and Android versions on the way), but they gained a good bit of traction during the 10-month beta period, picking up more than 1,000 users, who checked out over 2,400 spots in 53 countries. The app appears to have been warmly received by the public, with quite a few people on Product Hunt and iTunes indicating that they have found the service to be useful for finding an ideal spot to get some work done.
Work Hard Anywhere has made their app available for free, but CEO Benson Chou tells me that they may roll out paid features for power users, offer the ability to book services directly from the app, or offer branded profiles for workspaces.
The startup, based in northern California, is bootstrapping at this point.


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An eye to privatisation
Solomon Hughes
BRITAIN: More details about a private contract for National Health Service (NHS) eye operations which left patients in pain and with poor sight are slowly appearing. A report of an investigation has slipped out. Getting the facts about NHS privatisation isn't easy. So I want to add some facts of my own.
The firm behind the "painful" and "rushed" eye operations is backed by a leading Tory donor who hangs out with Iain Duncan Smith. And thanks to its financial set-up, it takes money out of the NHS but doesn't pay any of the corporation tax that could be used to fund the NHS.
Back in May doctors were alarmed when nearly half of the 62 NHS patients given cataract surgery by a private contractor at Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton, Somerset, reported blurred vision and other complications. Vanguard Healthcare, a private firm which sells eye ops to the NHS under government privatisation rules, was supposed to carry out 400 operations in its mobile surgery – basically an operating theatre in the back of a truck – but was suspended after a week's work.
Musgrove Park hospital was reluctant to release its report into the event in case it was sued for libel. But last month the BBC got a copy under freedom of information rules. The report found that only 25 of the 62 patients had "normal" recoveries.
Operations were suspended after NHS staff said that complications were "10-fold" the normal rate. Three patients needed further surgery because of retention of lens matter, two suffered eye burns, while six patients were found with microscopic metallic fragments in their eyes.
Patients found the surgery "rushed" and "painful." The report says: "The pressures of operating on 20 patients each day may have contributed to the possible deterioration of surgical quality and reduction in patient experience." Investigators found that because Vanguard subcontracted a lot of work, surgical staff were working with "new equipment" which was "unfamiliar."
Time was short and "patients were arriving at the Vanguard facility while training was going on, creating pressure to start the lists promptly and shorten training." Also arrangements for patient follow-up were not in place when operations started.
These are all indications that the privatisation, with its subcontracting, haste and disruption, was at fault. The report's main recommendation was to try to use the NHS hospital's own in-house eye surgery more.
Some of the patients are suing for damages – represented by Laurence Vick, an experienced medical negligence lawyer from Michelmores solicitors. But as Vick pointed out, it isn't clear who will pay any final settlement – Vanguard or the NHS.
So that's a whole heap of arguments against NHS privatisation – possible commercial pressures for over-fast work, unclear responsibility and inadequate use of the NHS's own resources – so why does it go ahead?
Unfortunately too many people around the government have an interest in it.
Vanguard Healthcare is part of the "current portfolio" of the investment company of a top Tory donor. Rory Brooks has given the Tories £276,000 since 2008. He founded and leads the venture capital company MML Capital.
Under his leadership, MML has invested more than £18 million in Vanguard Healthcare. Brooks set up MML in 2008 and is one of its partners, with special responsibility for European investments.
Another MML director, Ian Scott Wallis, sits on the Vanguard board thanks to its investment in the health company. Vanguard Healthcare's chief executive Ian Gillespie appears on the MML website, where he is quoted saying that "MML have been ambitious for us" and have "been fantastic for our business."
Brooks, 60, is a member of the Tories' "leaders' group" whose members dine with David Cameron and his ministers.
He made his most recent donation, £50,000, this February. So he has funded the Tories, then his business profited directly from their NHS privatisation – while patients have suffered. According to the Conservative Party's own registers, Brooks has attended at least one leaders' group dinner.
He is also a director of the Centre for Social Justice, a think tank founded by Duncan Smith. Vanguard's annual reports show how much its business depends on NHS policy.
In 2009, before the election, the firm complained about "NHS uncertainty about the future direction of emphasis and priorities." In 2011, its annual report said the company was concerned about "uncertainty" over then health secretary Andrew Lansley's pro-privatisation health Bill, which faced fierce protests.
In its latest report, Vanguard says: "The 'hospital reform' agenda is growing and Vanguard will benefit from the new thinking around healthcare delivery as we look forward across the UK and Europe."
The involvement of a private equity firm like MML in the NHS has another effect – MML takes money from Vanguard in the form of interest and debt repayment, which is taken out off the firm's overall profits, and so reduces the amount of corporation tax paid by the NHS supplier.
In its current annual report Vanguard Healthcare boasts of a good "operating profit" of £1.6 million. This "operating profit" is one of the firm's "key performance indicators."
However, thanks to debt repayments to MML and other lenders, Vanguard makes no overall profit. Consequently Vanguard has paid no corporation tax since 2009. On its website, MML says investors should "watch Vanguard make history." The firm is backed by investment from a Tory donor's firm. Thanks to Tory-backed privatisation, Vanguard is doing NHS operations from the back of a van. Patients have been left in pain and their eyesight impaired. Vanguard's hurried, subcontracted work seems to be at fault.
Thanks to its financial organisation, the firm doesn't pay any of the corporation tax which is used to fund the NHS. So I think it is making history – but unfortunately it is a horrible history which we need to make a thing of the past.
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Everyone has a story, they say…let me tell you Shepherd's.
On July 30th, I needed my Jeep towed to my mechanic's shop to be ready to get into the queue first thing Monday morning, so I called a local towing company I had used before.
The driver had introduced himself to me on the phone before he came to my house.
"My name is Shepherd."
When he arrived, I noticed his truck was not affiliated with the company I called. I asked why the name on the truck did not match.
"I catch all of their weekend calls. Their driver doesn't like to work weekends," he explained. (I think that also explains why tow rates are higher on weekends, but that is another story for another day.)
We made small talk about the Jeep as he hitched it up and put her on the lift.
Turns out, Shepherd has a Jeep of his own that he is working on. He said he wanted an older one like mine because the box-shaped bodies look like real Jeeps…not like what they are selling today.
[When he said that, I KNEW I had the right man for the job!]
Once the Jeep was dropped off, I asked him where he got his south Alabama accent from.
"Zimbabwe," he said. "I was a safari tour guide in Zimbabwe before coming to America."
That made me hyper-curious as to how a man from Zimbabwe would end up driving tow trucks in Mobile, Alabama.
"Americans kept talking to me on my safari tours and telling me how much opportunity was in their country. The American Dream. That is why I am here."
So, that totally explained the name Leopard Towing Service, as it is Shepherd's truck and his personal business. He was a very pleasant gentleman to deal with and that is why I am telling you his story.
He did not have any business cards left, so I promised him that I would go one better than that!
PS: He promised me that once he got his Jeep up and running again, he would drop by my house and show it to me so that we could compare notes.
He's my kind of guy.


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GM Exec Comments On Tesla Market Value
History was made when Tesla's market value shot past General Motors a couple weeks back. What does General Motors have to say?
Just two weeks ago, Tesla's market value zipped past General Motors, making Tesla the most valuable American automaker.
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Initially, General Motors didn't comment on the situation, but now, via Detroit News, we've got some statements on the matter from Mark Reuss, General Motors' executive vice president.
According to Reuss, the balance sheets and bottom lines don't seem to matter out in Silicon Valley where market cap is driven largely by future expectations. However, at GM, those figures, as well as delivery numbers, are key. Quoting Reuss:
"What we look at here is delivering. I'm a big, big proponent of that. And doing or saying or explaining things that may or may not come true, we don't have the luxury of doing that in General Motors. I think other people may have that luxury. We do not."
"When we come out and talk about what we're going to do, we're going to do it. And that is the single-mindedly focused belief and culture in the company. And so anything that doesn't fit into that category, we just don't have the luxury of doing."
"We don't manage our company on day-to-day stock. We're just going to stay laser-focused… I'm confident that over time, we're going to create value for our shareholders."
Reuss never once mentioned Tesla by name during the interview.
Reuss even commented on autonomous vehicles, stating:
"We're going to be the best at semi-autonomous, or Super Cruise-like, execution. We will be the only true hands-free driving experience safely in the market here very shortly."
The Detroit News reached out to Tesla for comment. Tesla declined requests.
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"we're going to create value for our shareholders"
How about creating value for your customers instead? shareholders value should inevitably follow…
A company's legal, fiduciary responsibility is to the shareholders. You can do tons of things to make the customer happy instead that could result in class action lawsuits for violating that responsibility.
In other words, the actions of EVERY publicly traded company must be intended to keep the owners' best interests in mind.
Right the responsible GM: Yes, like not telling your shareholders/bondholders you were going to going bankrupt.
What a crock!
That and Or admitting and fixing cars that Burnt Up & Killed People . Instead of denying it for years as they GM took people's Lives…
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EV's Create New* Clean* Jobs as We Clean Up the Planet*. But NO , Lets Drive ICE Kill so that we can KILL 0ff the The Planet and all Living Things On it , Including the people on it , That Way .,THERE WILL M0RE JOBS FOR NOBODY !
Such a common cop out.
Amazon has shown that taking care of customers == taking care of shareholders.
They say we don't care about stock price and don't seek short term investors.
Benefit corporations are another option.
"In other words, the actions of EVERY publicly traded company must be intended to keep the owners' best interests in mind."
Well, that's the ideal. But having participated in TheEEStory forum for many years, I know as a matter of fact that often that's not what actually happens. Executives of companies can and quite often do hide or at least strongly downplay materially important facts from stockholders. "Spin" isn't aimed at only customers; it's often aimed at stockholders too.
Lensman, are you keeping up with EEStor these days? Did you know that EEStor is NOW making good on their original mission?
It didn't used to be that way. Before the 80's, the order of priority was 1) Customers; 2) Employees; 3) The Company itself; and 4) The shareholders. And it worked well. Companies before the 80's did way better than they are doing now. Customers were more satisfied with the goods or services they received and workers felt more fulfillment.
Then the law changed in the 80's with the erroneous belief that you please the shareholders, the rest will follow. Except, reality didn't follow that flawed bass ackwards logic. The continuing demise of manufacturing is proof. And before you hit me with the usual "globalization," "automation," "offshoring" arguments, I would remind you that Germany and France both faced the same trifecta, yet their manufacturing sector is quite strong.
Hear hear.
Yep, I bet it was Greenspan (with Reagan, but mostly GS).
How new is that whole "Fiduciary Responsibility" crap I mean law? Is that something that the feral cat I mean Greenspan ushered in? Way back, didn't corporations have to apply for and receive a *revocable* charter from the government that was only granted and renewed if the business served the public in some positive way? Or am I just imagining this? I wonder when the government last revoked a corporate charter. And we worry about other *countries* invading or reducing our sovereignty. Multinationals are doing it every day!
They just don't get it. Tesla is the only producer not having to carry the burden of phasing out their ICE lines: The problem and its HUGE cost will become visible maybe 5 years down the road. It might even mean Chapter 11 or worse for GM et al. That's why their valuation is depressed as compared to Tesla.
That makes no sense. They phase out models (and re-tool factories) all the time. The ICE lines actually become cash cows with very little investment. GM is very good at milking $$$ out of models they plan to drop.
The cost of entering a new market is real, one GM is well on the way to completing.
e.g. They will have to keep spare parts for a dozen years after stopping ICE car production and dealerships will dilute and disappear, so how to maintain quality service and reasonably priced spare parts? They need to keep their customers loyal, after all they want them to later switch to one of their BEV brands, so they can't just increase spare part prices according to cost or ignore the service needs. Then there is the problem of 'reverse economy' of scale when ICE car numbers throughout all brands and lines become smaller. Also, production of EVs needs less workforce, so the traditional car makers will face problems with the Unions and have problems when closing sites or adjusting wages. Today's cash cows will turn into cash eaters.
There is no meaningful difference between Nissan in 2022 carrying parts for a 2011 Cube or a completely obsolete 2011 Leaf. Spare parts for deprecated models are what they are.
Isn't Tesla still required to stock parts for the Roadster?
"Isn't Tesla still required to stock parts for the Roadster?"
Perhaps not. Mr. Google says the meme that Auto makers are required by federal law to stock parts for automobiles for 10 years after manufacturing ends… is a myth.
"Internet commenters and forum aficionados… point to some parts law that supposedly forces manufacturers to provide parts for 10 or 20 years after they kill a model, but no such law exists. While there are laws like the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act that provide some protection in certain situations, it's nowhere near the 10-year mark."
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I've done that same research before, and I came to the same conclusion.
The only thing I found was a requirement for companies to honor emissions warranties. That would require parts be available through the end of any federal or state mandated warranty period. But that wouldn't be every part for the whole vehicle, just emissions parts:
Very insightful post, I would add costs of maintaining vacant facilities, property taxes, security etc…ICE manufacturers will probably need another bailout to complete EV transition.
F150…GM is very good at begging for government cheese lol…GM will be begging for more government cheese to transition from ICE to EV production, unless Tesla or Rivian buy GM.
What in the heck are you talking about???
Yep! Massive legacy infrastructure which is not needed for EVs but needs to be wound down. Lots of liability.
Same reason the old companies often don't move with the times, and go out of business.
Super cruise will be the only semi-autonomous system to buzz you if the car's cameras believe your eyes are not focused on the road.
I will withhold final judgement until driving it myself but that seems more annoying that having to touch the steering wheel every now and again.
And apparently GM feels free to abandon Europe,Russia,Indonesia, sell one of two plants in India, and is not done "pruning." By which they mean they might leave Mercosur Brazil,Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
You won't have to touch the steering wheel. GM's system looks at the drivers eyes to make sure that they are paying attention. Though I agree it will be interesting to see what the system considers "paying attention" based on your eyes.
I wonder if you could fool the system by wearing glasses with painted eye's on them. Not that I would ever try that.
Can you even "supercruise" with sunglasses on?
Yes, you can. Supercruise will look through eyewear.
"Super Cruise will use visual and audible alerts along with the eye-tracking tech to ensure safe keeping; if you continue to ignore the alerts, an OnStar representative will chime in and speak with you over the intercom."
""We have lights on the steering wheel that will flash and illuminate and get your attention." He added the system will also prompt periodic check-ins to ensure the driver is alert and conscious. If the driver does not respond, "the vehicle does have the ability to come to a stop safely," Vivan assured."
GM should be exploiting Voltec across their entire product line. It would crush most of the competition today, especially in larger vehicles. But after 10 years, it's still only available in one compact car model. Shameful.
GM has some brilliant engineers but their genius mostly languishes under a mostly visionless management team.
10/4 on that open mind. Great engineering, visionless management.
They could have had a knockout with both the Voltec power train and the Bolt EV power train….but they purposely put those power trains in vehicles they knew would have limited sales….which is what they want: limited sales.
We can help them with limiting their sales. Just buy from the one company that wants to sell EV's-Tesla.
georgeS said:
"They could have had a knockout with both the Voltec power train and the Bolt EV power train….but they purposely put those power trains in vehicles they knew would have limited sales….which is what they want: limited sales.
Sadly, I must agree. It does look very much like this was and is a deliberate strategy on the part of GM. 🙁
OK thx PMPU I appreciate that. I had my Volt for 3 years and loved the car.
I was as supportive as one could be and, despite what GM did with the EV1 I thought that was a great engineering accomplishment as well.
But the latest behavior by their management in trying to kill the EPA standards really dis appointed me. If they had any guts they would have stood up and said:
GM is well positioned to easily handle the new standards"….which is totally true.
but as we all know they didn't.
I guess that means it'll be a cold day in hell when we finally see a Voltec powered SUV like the MPV 5 eh? That bites because after a year with my Volt, I really love the Voltec powertrain.
I really, really want a Voltec in a small-to-mid sized SUV. Or in a compact pickup. Make that and TAKE MY MONEY!
Or they realize the cost structure just isn't there to support adding $15k of parts in a car/truck. They would sell of well in the green community, but there is 98% of the market that just isn't willing to pay more for quieter rides, skipping gas stations and smoothness of an EV. We'll get there just not as fast as EV enthusiast think or would like. GM is building expertise and experience waiting for the shift.
It's not that much – and seeing the ridiculous prices people are willing to pay for pickups and SUVs…GM would have NO PROBLEM selling every Voltec vehicle they would make.
George — At least when it comes to the original Volt, I have to disagree. The Volt was supposed to leap-frog the Toyota Prius at a point when GM and Toyota were fighting over who would be the #1 company in global sales. This was after Toyota had stuck their nose into the Full Size Truck market, and GM wanted to cut into Toyota's Prius market as a counter-move.
GM definitely thought the Volt had the potential to cut deeply into the 100,000 to 200,000 unit per year Prius sales numbers.
I don't think they were intentionally trying to limit sales.
read my reply to PMPU upstream. I loved my volt and was totally supportive of their effort.
But if they were really serious about Voltec they would have put it into a bigger SUV like vehicle where it belongs.
Yes, but the one mistake GM made with the Volt is keeping it as a compact rather than upscaling to a mid-size like Toyota did with the Prius. Toyota even hybridized one of their SUVs (Highlander) not long after 2nd Gen Prius. If GM was serious about wanting to undercut Toyota, they should have mid-size the Volt and introduced a Voltec SUV. The fact is, they have no interest in this because they won't make as much profit as they do selling their trucks/SUVs.
"If GM was serious about wanting to undercut Toyota, they should have mid-size the Volt and introduced a Voltec SUV."
Brilliant and prophetic quote – thanks.
I believe GM went into developing the Volt 1.0 fully expecting success.
Things certainly did change after a global economic crash, a bankruptcy, being put under conservatorship, a bailout, massive political backlash, having their EU sales killed by the Outlander PHEV, and failing to come anywhere near their 60,000 unit per year target.
Yes, GM has become more pragmatic about their EV/PHEV's than they were when developing the original Volt. But they ain't no Fiat who is being drug into the EV revolution kicking and screaming.
Maybe the Voltec drivetrain design is really not that scale able at all.
The only two products are the Volt and Caddy CT6 that it can handle.
Small cars.
CT6 is an EPA large car with 125 cf of interior space compared to 120 cf Model S.
while large I read an article that noted the extreme lengths they went to to keep weight down.
You also have the Malibu hybrid yet that always uses gas…
We all know they should have Volteced the AWD Equinox…
"We all know they should have Volteced the AWD Equinox…"
The CT6 is a small car? I suppose a BMW 7 series is also small then? What would you consider a mid-sized car? A semi Truck?
"Maybe the Voltec drivetrain design is really not that scale able at all."
Well, that's what GM has claimed; that the Voltec drivetrain can't be scaled up.
Why not? Is there anything special about the gears, clutches, electric motors, etc. used in Voltec which can't be beefed up or replaced with more powerful motors? I'm not an engineer, but I find it difficult to believe that's true.
Now, it may be that scaling the drivetrain makes it rapidly more expensive, so that larger heavier cars using Voltec would be less economically competitive against gasmobiles of comparable size. Not that I believe that to be the case, but it seems reasonable to think that is at least not impossible.
"I'm not an engineer, but I find it difficult to believe that's true."
Well, if you scale them up by using different parts, then doesn't that defeat the entire purpose of leveraging the parts?
In addition, dropping them in existing ICE vehicles will actually get a very poor mileage and EV range as the CT6 has shown. It would have to be designed with the powertrain in mind to start with.
Using those Voltec in a relatively smaller vehicles or lighter vehicles is actually easier than "beefing" them up for a much larger vehicle and application.
CT6's efficiency is significantly lower than the Volt mostly due to the vehicle size/weight and performance.
MMF said:
"Well, if you scale them up by using different parts, then doesn't that defeat the entire purpose of leveraging the parts?"
Certainly scaling up Voltec would require making new parts, but that's not the question under discussion. GM said Voltec can't be scaled up; GM didn't say "Well, we could scale up Voltec, but then we'd have to design and build new parts."
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MMF continued:
"In addition, dropping them in existing ICE vehicles will actually get a very poor mileage and EV range as the CT6 has shown. It would have to be designed with the powertrain in mind to start with."
Absolutely. All compelling PEVs (Plug-in EVs) are designed from the ground up. Again, that's not the question under discussion here. The Volt 1.0 and the Volt 2.0 were designed from the ground up (despite the Volt 1.0 sharing the front end of its body with the Cruz).
Why not also design larger PHEVs from the ground up? Sooner or later, that's got to happen. Unfortunately, it seems to be later.
"Why not also design larger PHEVs from the ground up? Sooner or later, that's got to happen. Unfortunately, it seems to be later."
Because ground up design would lower the profit further.
A product can't sustain itself without profit. There might be buyers for a $100K Tesla, there certainly won't be a buyer for a $100K Chevy in the same quantity.
GM can't even find 40K/year buyer on the Volt regardless how "good" the car is. (you can stop the whining about the marketing or lack of, the demand is just not there), why would you think GM would dump more money into it and lose even more money?
Sure, people will make the claim that there are 400K buyers waiting for a $35K Tesla, until Tesla can show that Model 3 is profitable and there are sustained demand for that, most other business owners will ditch their current business to jump in.
Tesla has nothing to ditch but have no choice in that it is only way for it to succeed.
You do realize the two mode hybrid of the Volt started in their SUV's? It's very scalable, but they have to remain cost competitive with their competitors as well.
Yes, but that SUV was really a compact/midsize crossover with no more towing capabilities and relatively light in weight.
I would doubt it would work in something like a Tahoe or Traverse. Equinox should work but it would probably add at least $10K to the cost directly.
The Two mode hybrid was put in the Tahoe/Yukon/Escalate/Silverado and Sierra
And even had a decent tow rating. The two mode was actually scaled down from busses.
But it didn't have a plug and EV mode operation was basically an assist rather than stand alone EV mode..
And it was pricey so nobody bought it.
And a plug-in two-mode Tahoe with 40 mile range would be much pricier…
AT $60k+ price, nobody would buy it either.
"Not scalable"
It is totally scalable. GM has the perfect Voltec power train to put in a Silverado pick up truck right now. It is already developed. It operates the same way as a Volt transmission. It is the CT6 EREV power train.
I agree it's scalable but the CT6 hybrid is not an EREV. Can't remotely get to its top speed or accelerate as fast as possible without engaging the engine.
Yes, but is that because there is something inherently limited with a Voltec-type design; something which limits its performance as a full-fledged "switch hitter" to small vehicles such as the Volt? Or is it merely that GM didn't make a serious effort to make the CT6 a true switch-hitting PHEV as they did with the Volt?
I have been assuming the latter; have been assuming that GM simply wasn't interested in making the CT6 a robust PHEV in the way that the Volt is.
I could be wrong. But if there is some inherent limitation with a Voltec type design, then I don't think GM has ever explained what that limitation is. Or at least I've never seen any explanation for GM's claim that Voltec can't be scaled up.
CT6 PHEV is RWD, no?
So, it did scale into RWD.
For AWD, it can't be scaled "mechanically". But what it can do is to add a second motor for the other axle and a separate controller like what Toyota does with its Hybrid system.
Of course it will cost more for sure.
It actually is very scalable. Most of the tech is in the drivetrain which can easily swap out the gearing and other mechanical systems and scale up the battery as needed. I suspect LG Chem is more than capable of providing a battery that can be designed and sized for something larger like a truck or SUV. Hell, if they can do it for Chrysler, they can do it for GM.
I don't think they're convinced that scalability will apply to the more expensive electrification components (read: battery). Mind you, this is not excusing GM. It's just an explanation of their mentality. One that I don't buy at all. And frankly, I don't think it matters. If they doubled down on Voltec and Bolt tech, then they would be in great position to be one of the dominate players in the auto world (like they used to be and like Tesla may be).
But, right now, they're so afraid of failure that they don't want to succeed.
That is my opinion, also: That when GM says "We can't scale up Voltec", what they actually mean is that scaling it up for a larger vehicle would require a significantly larger battery pack (the economy of scale unfortunately works in reverse here), which would make the vehicle considerably more expensive, and possibly price it out of the market. Of course, that situation will go away over time as the price of batteries continues to come down. In fact, possibly it has already gone away, since the price of batteries has dropped significantly since the Volt was new.
The idea that the Voltec gears, clutches, electric motors, etc. would somehow not work properly if they were scaled up… that just doesn't make any sense to me.
"The idea that the Voltec gears, clutches, electric motors, etc. would somehow not work properly if they were scaled up… that just doesn't make any sense to me."
They don't.
gears need to be beefed up. That requires new part and redesign combined with more testing.
Electric motors need upgrade in power and tuning which means a redesign for the higher power application. At the end it is a "leveraged" redesign which is somewhat cheaper than completely new design but still cost significantly more than "reuse or leverage".
Agreed 100%, O-M!
GM is definitely the one that is delivering today. But the market seems to wonder who will be delivering tomorrow…
+1 It's discouraging what great guts a company can put into a car, and then be ignored because of other baggage. I sold the Volt today. Sad.
There's something to be said for being first with so much of what is putting PHEV on the map. Voltec could be in more cars, but at least the ones where you find it aren't two-toned, don't have crazy doors, "87 miles" or bicycle tires. It makes up for a lot of things. Even to some extent, their hostility toward direct sales.
GM has no credibility whatsoever.
Love it, not mentioning "Tesla" by name says more than had Reuss said it…
Seems like a reasonable response, that avoided being bombastic.
Yup. I see a lot of GM bashing in comments here. And while GM certainly is due some harsh criticism from EV advocates, I don't see anything in that PR statement from GM that seems inappropriate or unfair.
All you need is to mention the word "GM" here on inside EV, there will be a flock of GM haters posting their hate here for whatever reasons..
That is "business as usual".
It's not entirely undeserved. This is the company that crushed hundreds of EV1s. Cars that people loved and wanted to keep. Even if the leadership is different today, I can see how some people would still be sore with GM. It's the kind of huge cluster***k that would permanently turn someone off to a company.
From a Company view I would rather crush all than have a lawsuit because of a old prototype not behaving correctly.
Especially not a lawsuit in the US.
The demise of the EV1's affected only the EV enthusiasts. However, the bankruptcy and subsequent bailout affected every American… and Canadian to a lessor extent.
Intel mission statement 2013. "Delight our customers, employees, and shareholders by relentlessly delivering the platform and technology advancements that become essential to the way we work and live."Sep 14, 2013. Customers come first, then employees, then Shareholders
"we don't have the luxury of doing that in General Motors. I think other people may have that luxury. We do not.""
That basically sums up how Tesla can "get away" with it.
But that is basically how Wall Street treats all high growth tech company in Si valley anyway.
"When we come out and talk about what we're going to do, we're going to do it."
We're declaring bankruptcy and you are going to pay for it… and they did it.
Government Motors wants government cheese lol
Beanie Babies, Chia Pets, Pet Rocks, etc. were all quite valuable at one time. Without underlying fundamentals, you are just betting on the hype. If you play the cards right, you could make a lot of money. Otherwise, you are financing the house.
"What we look at here is delivering. I'm a big, big proponent of that … I'm confident that over time, we're going to create value for our shareholders."
Ah, never ceases to amaze me how similar corporate speak and politispeak sound alike.
Government Motors will be with hand out begging for government cheese lol
Mmmmmm…64 slices of American cheese…mmmmm…
I think when Tesla releases the quarterly report in May. Analyst will see not only will the Model 3 begin on schedule that it will achieve it's 500,000 mark on schedule.
Plus I. think they will realize the number of orders they have for there solar roofs and batteries that will be much higher than anyone is currently projecting
Tesla is an energy and technology company that heavily leverages it's tech and equity toward compelling and autonomous EVs. Quarterly sales may be a majority of Tesla's valuation, but it's only a slight majority.
Numbers are one thing. Sustainability is going to be the future, we won't have a choice at a certain point
GM so Focused on getting things that when GM got focused on a Government Bail out , they got that done too ,


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MIAMI (AP) — No evidence has surfaced of links to foreign extremists in an alleged plot by a Honduran man to bomb a Florida mall despite his claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, an FBI agent testified Thursday.
Agent David Clancy said at a bail hearing that Vicente Adolfo Solano appears to have come up with the idea on his own before sharing the plan with an acquaintance who turned out to be an FBI informant. Under close surveillance, the two of them then began plotting to bomb the busy food court at the Miami-area Dolphin Mall.
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Brave diners can eat the pizza burger with their hands but have a napkin (or a few) ready. A fork might be the best option for this jumbo sandwich and the easiest way to eat the monstrosity.
There will only be about 50 Return of Pizza Face burgers available each day for the six days it's out. But when the burgers are gone, they're gone.


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