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|December 14, 2012 03:30 AM EST
Since the very beginnings of trade and commerce, it has been a commonality that most information exchange between buyer and seller, customer and business, was treated as a discrete, confidential, and almost intimate affair. Trust was earned, not given.
Consider the not so distant history of the local American bank. Banks have been collecting personal information about their customers for decades, harkening back to consultations over a notepad, paper deposit slips, and hand-written applications. The reputations of applicant and banker, buyer and seller, were local reputations, with personal and professional references limited to the confines of the community and the reality of proximity.
Banks large and small managed piecemeal, disconnected snapshots of personal information in random, unstructured, and ultimately inefficient processes that took place without fanfare over the lifetime relationship between client and local banker. "Data collection" was nowhere to be found in the strategic plan, yet banks were the recipients of valuable information regarding their clients: income, investments, payment history, business and family relationships that involved money. Most customers relied only on their local bankers to know them personally and therefore to be capable of making recommendations and offering personalized financial advice. Customer-to-computer interactions, later known as "self-service," were still a fantasy in the minds of fiction writers like George Orwell.
For over a hundred years banks stored their data locally, first in secured filing cabinets, then safes, and as time progressed, on local computers backed up centrally, just as a precaution. By and large the customer relationship and treatment of privacy was based on local proximity and personal discretion. If a breach of confidentiality occurred, it was entirely local in nature, usually involving only a handful of individuals, with minimal impact to the wider community and certainly little impact on the overall banking institution. The relationship was personal, much like the one embodied by George Bailey, the beleaguered banker in the Christmas classic film It's a Wonderful Life. But the landscape of customer information was unique also for cultural reasons and societal norms. Individuals owned their personal information, not banks. This distinction is significant given the incredibly electronic world that now surrounds us.
Today, this data scenario and concept of "confidentiality" is as outdated as the black-and-white movie. Client confidentiality is no longer parsed out in handfuls among consenting and trusting individuals with personal and community ties. Few bank customers today live in the world of George Bailey and his town full of customers he knew by their first names. In fact, it is just the opposite. This is not merely the emerging era of data exchange; it is the beginning of the largest personal data explosion the world has ever seen.
What explosion? Consider this: the average company doubles its amount of data every year, adding more data to our cyber economy than pennies in the Treasury. Data is not the newest asset, it is the pivotal one. And cloud computing is making that data aggregation cheaper and easier than ever, with APIs creating new capture nets across a multitude of mobile devices.
The explosion of data is also going international and isn't anywhere near over. Personal data aggregation is only expanding as more health, financial, and social information elements find their way from individuals and businesses into the "clouds" of networked computers, handheld devices, and massive data warehouses. Not only does the business and professional world know how to collect more data, it is also capable of storing it at lower and lower costs. The old days when confidentiality and personal privacy were held in trusted cocoons of discrete individual relationships are over. Data, the lubricant of automating modern commerce, is essentially loose in the digital ecosystem. It is flowing without interruption across physical and legal borders, feeding the data-hungry environment we have created.
Company reputation, personal privacy, and business risk have new meaning and unprecedented exposures. Knowing how to succeed, or fail, in such a cyber world gives cause for a better understanding of the technology blind spots, for individuals and businesses alike. But how did we get here so quickly, and have we fully evaluated the unintended consequences of our technology addiction and Internet openness?
Given that we now have the benefit of looking backward, we can see a convergence of three key forces that accelerated the data explosion: information economics, information technology, and information culture. All three factors have occurred so quickly and in such a parallel fashion that it is difficult to determine which came first or which caused the other. Each of these factors will be discussed in sequential articles from the published book, Unseen Liability, the Irreversible Collision of Technology and Business Risk.
The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
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I was 17 weeks.
|Sat, 01-22-2011 - 12:48pm
No, not me, we made sure I wouldnt be pregnant, cause if I was, I would be 5 months pregnant
|Mon, 07-11-2011 - 9:49pm
I wasent i was we got married tho both of my sisters were pregnant when they got married. i was 18 when we got married we waited tell we were married we dated for 4 years throught high school. Took us
|Sun, 08-07-2011 - 8:47am
I was pregnant but barely. Just about 6 weeks. We were engaged when I started trying to get pregnant because I always heard it could take up to a year so I figured we'd get started LOL :) It happened after 3 months of trying. Ironically, when we started trying to concieve our second child when my daughter was 2, we had (and are still having) a very hard time. Lots of infertility treatments and two m/c later, I think we are about to hang it up. Boy, that was way more info than you asked for wasn't it? LOL
|Thu, 08-11-2011 - 4:49pm
I was 8 months pregnant.. sooo i was huge!!!.. lol i got married on valentines day and my baby girl was born on march 20.. i love it cuz i look back at my pics and see my belly and i can show my baby she was there too on our special day!

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WelcomeWelcome to the official band page for the band INSITES, an all American rock band based in South Florida. We had our start in 2008 releasing a full LP under the name FRONTLINE. Several original members changed musical directions and the band was reborn in 2010 with a new name INSITES. We released our second full length LP in late 2011 and are currently working on our third. We have been the supporting act for emmy winning Phil Naro and his band DDRIVE featuring Don Mancuso, and also for renowned Christian glam rockers Stryper. Other projects and live performances are in the works, we will post updates as they become available. In 2013, INSITES joined the Melodic Revolution Records family, an independent label based out of Orlando Florida.
We recently released the second single from our current project "Etched in Stone", a powerful tribute to law enforcement and the men and women who selflessly put themselves on the line daily to provide us with safety, protect us, our towns, cities, and our homeland. Most importantly, to those who paid the ultimate price answering this call of honor to duty. We hope this song has the same meaning and heartfelt effect for all of you, as it did for us when we composed it, recorded it, and now proudly bring it to you.
We'd like to give special thanks to Jeff Hermelin of Sleepy Hollow Studios in Herndon, VA! As engineer/producer on this last project, kudos on your outstanding work, contributions and talented ear ;) Also to Neal the owner, awesome sound and comfy digs!
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Our deepest gratitude to all of you!
We are extremely proud of the latest release, our new single "Etched in Stone", a tribute to law enforcement everywhere. We hope it has as much meaning and worth to all of you who serve and protect us everyday, thank you.
Don't forget to visit and LIKE our band page "Insites" on Facebook! See you at the next show ;)
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Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood Reminisce Over CMA Awards Past in Adorable Commercial [Watch]
With the 2014 CMA Awards just around the corner, six-time hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are feeling nostalgic.
With the 2014 CMA Awards just around the corner, six-time hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood are feeling nostalgic.
Country music's most important night brings excitement, energy and decades of history. From changes in how the show is broadcast to changes in the actual CMA Awards trophy, only the categories themselves have remained consistent ... mostly. Click to learn everything you need to know about the Country Music Association Awards!
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If you've been thinking of switching to electronic cigarettes, also called e-cigarettes, you're joining a large number of people who are doing the exact same thing. While smoking electronic cigarettes may not be as cut and dry as smoking traditional tobacco cigarettes, most smokers are finding that when they do switch, the little bit of extra effort they had to put into finding electronic cigarette supplies like e-liquid or starter e cigarette kits was entirely worth it, as they benefit from smoking e-cigarettes from a health standpoint, a quality of life standpoint, and also find others pleased with their decisions.
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A lot of smokers have been a slave to the smoking habit for 10, 20, 30 years or more and have a hard time breaking the cycle. There are those who just can't get past the desire to hold that cigarette in their hand. Other methods of cutting down or quitting just are not the same as holding and puffing on a cigarette. Yes they work for a great number of people, and that's fantastic; but what about those who really don't want to quit or are having a hard time quitting? They can now buy electronic cigarettes, as well as the E-Liquid used with them for a smokeless cigarette. They are a safer, less expensive alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes.
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I had the same problem. Chances are you are filling it and dripping the fluid into the cartomizer. Getting it out ofnthe cartomizer is a problem. Try swabbing it with a paper towel or q tip. I switched to a tank model that allows a refill without the cartomizer even being in the tank for that reason. The vape is smoother and more and more potent. I bought just the tank and it fit on my own battery. The new tank was like ten bucks and made a world of difference
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With so many places in the world becoming smoke free environments, smokers all over began thinking about how awesome it would be to be able to smoke without, well, smoking. Although it took a few years for the craze to hit, electronic cigarettes, also appropriately called smokeless cigarettes, began to take the world by storm. Now smokers really could light up anywhere and everywhere that they wanted without having to worry about bothering someone else or even ruining the smell of their clothing or possessions with the smell of cigarette smoke.
Smokeless cigarettes work quite simply with an advanced technology: e-liquid, a liquid infused with nicotine, is sucked in through an atomizer when a smoker takes a drag, and that e-liquid is turned into a smokeless vapor that the smoker inhales like they would with a real cigarette. The vapor from e-liquid is safer than tobacco smoke, free of additives and carcinogens, so smokeless cigarettes are not only healthier for the smoker, but also for those around the smoker. A smoke free vapor also comes off the end of the cigarette when a drag is taken.
Instead of having to buy a new pack of smokeless cigarettes every time they get low on e-liquid, the smoker just has to buy refills for electronic cigarettes. Refills for electronic cigarettes come in the form of either disposable cartridges or refillable cartridges, but both kinds of refills for electronic cigarettes work the same and just as well as the other. The only difference is that with disposable cartridges, the smoker just throws away the cartridges whenever they're out of e-liquid, but with refillable cartridges, the smoker can fill the cartridges back up on their own, so the smoker just has to keep a bottle of e-liquid handy along with a tool they can use for the refills for electronic cigarettes. Most smokers choose to use a medicine dropper or a syringe, drawing up the liquid and simply dropping it into the cartridges or injecting it evenly into the fabric located inside the cartridges which soaks up the e-liquid.
No matter which way the smoker chooses to refill their smokeless cigarettes, they will get the same results. However, if smokers choose to refill the cartridges themselves, they should exercise caution and have patience, because since e-liquid is full of nicotine, it shouldn't be absorbed by the skin in large quantities.
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SEH named three new company Principals – Rick Coldsnow, PE; Patti Craddock, PE; and George Robinson, LS.
News and Awards
On August 14, Scott Sannes was elected to a three year term on the SEH Design|Build Board of Directors. Scott fills the Director's seat of Mike Kraemer.
The theme of this year's APWA Congress and Expo, Breaking Boundaries, is particularly relevant to today's public works professionals.
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SEH recently added Senior Wastewater Engineer Alan Bush, PE, BCEE to its Sheboygan, Wisconsin office. Alan brings more than 35 years of experience managing and coordinating complex public works projects.
SEH of Indiana continues to grow in the Indiana engineering consulting market and is proud to announce that Jay H. Niec, PE, BCEE joined the Company.
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SEH named Mark Broses, PE, as the company's Vice President and Regional Leader responsible for growth and operations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. This position is part of the company's executive team responsible for the delivery of quality services to clients and the success of the 700 employee-owners who make up the company.
SEH civil engineer Paul J. Pasko III, PE, was recently named 2014 Engineer of the Year by the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers (MnSPE). Awarded each year at the MnSPE's Annual Meeting, the Engineer of the Year Award is given to a nominated Minnesota engineer for engineering achievement, civic and humanitarian activity, and contribution to the welfare of society.


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Wildfire Flares up, Jumps Break in Ga. County
Aug. 29--Firefighters, foresters and nearby families are keeping watch over a smoldering field of logging debris in west Bibb County.
About 3:15 p.m. Thursday, flames jumped fire breaks and a second round of helicopter drops were ordered.
Macon-Bibb fire crews got out brooms and other tools to try to keep ground cover away from the flames.
The Georgia State Patrol dumped huge buckets of water on the blaze Wednesday, too.
The fire at the dirt end of Tucker Valley Drive likely spontaneously combusted and grew for a while before it was reported just after midnight Tuesday, said those who are trained to detect the cause.
"Our crews are still out there, strengthening and reinforcing the containment lines around it," Georgia Forestry Commission spokeswoman Wendy Burnett said earlier Thursday afternoon when she reported the blaze was holding to the 5 acres she originally reported.
After crews battled to cut fire breaks all night, the fire jumped them in some spots Wednesday afternoon. A brick building that stored old tires was devoured.
By Thursday morning, it had calmed significantly with only a few patches of visible flames where towering infernos lit the night sky the day before.
Macon-Bibb Fire Sgt. Ben Gleaton said they were told logs had been piled back there for 20 to 30 years.
"It's not uncommon for that to decompose and catch fire, especially with it being hot and dry," Gleaton said.
A man whose family owns adjoining property said he had not noticed the log trucks going in and out lately, so it is unlikely a hot engine could have ignited dry brush.
Gleaton confirmed the trucks that burned in the fire had been parked for a while.
The property was still too hot for crews to get in to have a look, he said.
Macon-Bibb County firefighters walked in a pair to survey the perimeter.
And the Georgia State Patrol was planning a monitoring flight Thursday, when they were told to bring the bucket back for the new flare-ups.
Forest rangers got the tractors back out to keep it from spreading.
"We're basically waiting for it to burn out, or waiting for us to have a "significant amount of rain, and by that I mean 2 inches to get it out enough to look around," Burnett said.
Until a dousing rain, smoke will continue to hang over west Bibb County along Interstate 475 near Mercer University Drive.
Motorists are urged to use caution especially in the cooler hours.
"Smoke might wind up settling on the roadways," Burnett said. "The evening hours and early morning hours will be the worst."
The weather is expected to stay hot and dry Friday, but Saturday promises likely showers and thunderstorms with a 30 percent chance of precipitation. Sunday's forecast calls for a 40 percent chance.
The ground remains unusually dry and smokers should use care when disposing of cigarettes.
Firefighters have been called to multiple grass fires along the highway.
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I drafted the perfect gardening dress today using the Sorbetto pattern as my starting block. I deleted the centre front pleat and lengthened the top by about 14 inches, taking into account my hip measurements and adding width to the pattern accordingly. I also lowered the front neckline about an inch. I made a wearable muslin first using a brightly coloured floral fabric. I discovered the wearable muslin had a few mistakes. I had not removed enough of the pleat section so my darts did not reach the right position on my bust. Also, I added three pin tucks to the centre front neck line which did not look that great. The first dress will be kept for sleepwear in the summer months, because it is cute, but a little shabby and not something I would be confident to wear out in public.
For the second pattern draft I removed more from the front pleat, added half an inch to either side hips, shortened the length to sit above my knees and decided not sew the pin tucks. I sewed this draft up in the blue mock Liberty and it turned out so much nicer.
I drafted the hem line slightly curved, which I think is a nice touch. The bias binding works well with Lawn fabrics because it gives the soft fabric some structure and shape. This dress took be no more than one hour to make!
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Aug 13, 2012, 12.07 AMby tinyskids
very nice!
Aug 13, 2012, 01.02 AMby BuckinghamRoad
Thanks :-)
Aug 12, 2012, 11.02 AMby Mary Athey
Cute dress. the bias bindings a lovely touch x
Aug 13, 2012, 01.03 AMby BuckinghamRoad
The bias binding detail is my favourite part of this pattern :-)
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(MGM Studios, 1950) Original production key master background set-up of the title card for Jerry and the Lion. The cel is placed on a matching airbrushed production background. Jerry's image measures 2 x 2 and the Lion measures 5 x 6, with overall dimensions of 12.5 x 10.5. In fine condition, with an insignificant chip to paint in the extreme lower left corner of the 'ground' and small loss of paint to a portion of Jerry's whip. RR Auction COA.
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'Sheed reaping what he's sown
As much as I love conspiracies, I'm not saying it's a conspiracy. What I am saying, however, is that human nature often appears to be somewhat conspiratorial.
And so when Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace is on the bench for almost all of the first halves of the first two games of the NBA Finals, I am not suggesting that the league's referees gathered in a room somewhere and collectively agreed, "Let's Get Rasheed."
It's only natural for men to be vengeful in such an instance. While officials are supposed to be impartial and unbiased, it would be considered abnormal if they did not hold some sort of grudge against a player who publicly admitted his strong dislike for them.
I am not defending Rasheed. I am not chastising the officials. But ye reaps what ye sows, and 'Sheed has sown a whole field of antagonism over the years.
At least in the early stages of the NBA Finals, it has cost him dearly.
One of the NBA's most difficult jobs is to make a fair call on a play involving Shaquille O'Neal. His mammoth body makes it virtually impossible to accurately determine whether he is being fouled or whether he is administering a great deal of punishment to the unfortunate player guarding him. Mark Madsen ate Shaq's elbow several times in the conference finals, and yet Madsen was called for fouling the elbow with his now-loose upper tooth, apparently.
Having said that, the early fouls called on Rasheed seem awfully ticky-tack to me. The first two fouls in Game 1 were reach-ins on Shaq, like a gnat grazing against a rhinoceros, and yet the officials sent Rasheed to the bench before he could even break into a frothy sweat and get his best pots of vitriolic soup boiling.
Rasheed stayed around a little longer in Game 2. But when he picked up his second foul, on Karl Malone, with 3:07 left in the first quarter, it meant Wallace had played all of 17 minutes in the first halves of the first two games because Larry Brown chose to sit him the entire second quarter of each game.
It's funny, because we have not heard a great deal about Wallace's volatile personality the past couple years, ever since he seemingly had as many T's in a game as he did points.
But there are two things to point out: First, officials have long memories, and don't think every one of them doesn't remember Wallace threatening an official on the back loading dock of the Rose Garden.
Secondly, while Wallace may have toned down his act some, he certainly has not stopped altogether. He still glares. He still curses. And he still doesn't give the officials much reason to like or respect him.
In the second half of Game 2, after 'Sheed had fouled Malone and Malone had missed the first free throw, Wallace could be heard yelling at an official, "The ball never lies. The ball never lies."
What that means, given Kobe Bryant's incredible shot at the end of regulation, I don't know. But it is just a stupid, playground thing for Wallace to say to an official. If there is one thing refs -- or anybody, for that matter -- don't like, it's to be shown up, particularly on national television during the sport's biggest showcase. Interestingly, when Wallace was asked about the officiating after the loss, he virtually ignored the question.
"I'm just out there playing," he said. "I could care less about how they call it."
Which clearly is not true. He cares very much. Or else he wouldn't go into his I-hate-the-refs schtick every time a call is made against his team during a game.
His coach, however, came to Rasheed's defense.
"I don't understand," Larry Brown said. "We throw the ball inside to Rasheed, and he goes to the line one time and he's out of every game early."
Larry? C'mon now. You don't understand? All you have to do is look at the guy's history to gain a considerable understanding of why he is being relegated to a $17 million cheerleader.
It's called tit for tat. It's as if the refs are saying, "Rasheed, remember that time you told me to go do something physically impossible with myself? Bam, take that foul." Or, "remember that time you called my mother the daughter of an Indonesian sewer rat? Bam, have a taste of your second foul and go take a seat.
"Oh yeah, and leave my mother, and Indonesia, out of it."
I know, I know, Brown is pulling one of the oldest coaching tricks and calling attention to a perceived injustice, hoping that it will partially solve the issue.
The problem is, technically speaking, Rasheed probably is committing fouls, which the officials can always point out to anybody accusing them of inaccurate game-calling.
Of course, technically speaking, a pipe bomb and an atomic bomb are both bombs, though they have drastically different effects.
For Rasheed, though, there is no difference -- and no benefit of the doubt.
Frank Hughes, who covers the NBA for the Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune, is a regular contributor to ESPN.com.
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Friends Who Can't Keep A Secret [VIDEO]
If you have a friend specifically say "Don't tell anybody..." please do yourself a favor and DON'T TELL ANYBODY!
If you have a friend specifically say "Don't tell anybody..." please do yourself a favor and DON'T TELL ANYBODY!
We love a good chicken wing-eating contest. We love when a good chicken wing-eating contest goes wrong even more.
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Now, this is the karate kid.
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text: Filed by Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 Subject Company: Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. Registration Statement File No. 333-184685 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD VIOLATE THE LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION This document is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors should not subscribe for or purchase any transferable securities referred to in this document except on the basis of information contained in the prospectus published in connection with the admission of the ordinary shares of Coca-Cola HBC AG to the premium segment of the Official List of the United Kingdom Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities and public offering of its ordinary shares in the UK, Greece and Austria (the "Prospectus"). The Greek offer (as defined below) submitted by Coca-Cola HBC AG for the acquisition of all shares of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. was made solely by the information memorandum published in connection therewith which contain the full terms and conditions of such offer (the "Information Memorandum"). A copy of the Prospectus is available from Coca-Cola HBC AG's website at http://www.coca-colahbcag.com. A Greek translation of the Prospectus is also available from Coca-Cola HBC AG's website at http://www.coca-colahbcag.com and the Athens Exchange's website at http://www.ase.gr. A copy of the approved Information Memorandum in Greek is also available from Coca-Cola HBC AG's website at http://www.coca-colahbcag.com, the Athens Exchange's website at http://www.ase.gr and the website of Coca-Cola HBC AG's financial advisor at http://www.credit-suisse.com/prospectus/cch. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. Announcement of Offer Results Athens, Greece — 22 April 2013 — Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") today announced the results of its offer to acquire all ordinary registered shares of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. ("Coca-Cola Hellenic") in consideration for new ordinary registered shares of Coca-Cola HBC pursuant to a 1:1 exchange ratio. The offer comprised a voluntary tender offer made in accordance with Greek Law 3461/2006 (the "Law") and a separate exchange offer to all holders of Coca-Cola Hellenic shares located in the United States and all holders of American depositary shares representing Coca-Cola Hellenic shares ("Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs") wherever located . The acceptance period started on 19 March 2013 and ended on 19 April 2013 (the "Acceptance Period"). At the close of the Acceptance Period, a total of 355,009,967 ordinary shares of Coca-Cola Hellenic ("Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares"), including Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares represented by Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs, were tendered, representing 96.85% of all issued Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares and of the total voting rights in Coca-Cola Hellenic. On 18 April 2013, the Financial Conduct Authority, acting as the UK Listing Authority (the "UKLA"), and the London Stock Exchange (the "LSE") acknowledged that the application for admission of the Coca-Cola HBC ordinary shares ("Coca-Cola HBC Shares") to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the LSE's main market for listed securities has been approved. This approval is subject to, among other things, receipt of a shareholder statement evidencing satisfaction of the applicable minimum free float requirement (which was met as of the end of the Acceptance Period) and issuance of the Coca-Cola HBC Shares to be issued in the offer. On 19 April 2013, the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") approved the listing of Coca-Cola HBC American depositary shares, each representing one Coca-Cola HBC Share ("Coca-Cola HBC ADSs"), subject to notice of issuance. As a result, the conditions to completion of the offer have been satisfied and the offer will be completed in accordance with its terms . It is expected that trading in Coca-Cola HBC Shares will commence on the LSE (Ticker symbol: CCH) and the Athens Exchange (the "ATHEX") (Ticker symbol: EEE) and that regular way trading in Coca-Cola HBC ADSs will commence on the NYSE as markets open on 29 April 2013. Coca-Cola HBC ADSs will begin trading today on the NYSE on a "when-issued" basis (Ticker symbol: "CCH WI"). Buy-out Right Since Coca-Cola HBC will hold at least 90% of the total issued Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares and of the total voting rights in Coca-Cola Hellenic upon completion of the offer, as previously announced, Coca-Cola HBC will initiate the buy-out procedure to compulsorily acquire all remaining Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares as soon as practicable following completion of the offer in accordance with Articles 27 and 27a of the Law and the relevant implementing decision of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (the "HCMC"). The consideration payable for each Coca-Cola Hellenic Share subject to the buy-out will, at the election of each remaining holder, be either one Coca-Cola HBC Share (in any of the forms offered in the offer) or €13.58 in cash (net of any applicable tax and clearing duties). The initiation of the buy-out procedure will be announced by Coca-Cola Hellenic upon submission by Coca-Cola HBC of its request to the HCMC to approve the exercise of the buy-out, and details of the buy-out procedure will be announced by Coca-Cola HBC upon approval of its request by the HCMC. Right of Sell-out As Coca-Cola HBC will hold at least 90% of the total issued Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares and of the total voting rights in Coca-Cola Hellenic upon completion of the offer, holders of Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares who have not tendered or validly tendered their shares in the offer have sell-out rights exercisable from today (except as noted below) until the closing of trading in the Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares on the ATHEX on 23 July 2013 (the "Sell-Out Period") in accordance with Article 28 of the Law and the decision 1/409/29.12.2006 of the HCMC, as amended and in force from time to time. These holders may either (i) subject to the expected trading suspension in Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares until completion of the offer described below, sell their Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares to Coca-Cola HBC through market transactions executed on the ATHEX at €13.58 per share (net of any applicable tax, brokerage and other fees, expenses and clearing duties) or (ii) elect to receive Coca-Cola HBC shares in the forms offered in the offer. It is expected, however, that such share consideration will not be delivered until approximately eight Greek business days following the expiration of the Sell-Out Period. Coca-Cola HBC expects that the completion of the sell-out process with respect to the share consideration will be pre-empted by the completion of the buy-out process. As previously announced, for purposes of the U.S. offer, the sell-out is being conducted as a subsequent offering period. A subsequent offering period is not an extension of the offer and will not affect the timing of the acceptance and delivery of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares or Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs previously validly tendered and accepted in the offer. Holders participating in the Greek statutory sell-out will not have withdrawal rights either for Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares or Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs tendered in the offer or when exercising their sell-out rights. Suspension of Trading and Delisting Trading in Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares on the ATHEX and, as a result, on the LSE is expected to be suspended at the opening of the market today until completion of the offer. Trading in Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares on the ATHEX is expected to resume on 29 April 2013. Following completion of the buy-out process, Coca-Cola HBC will cause Coca-Cola Hellenic to call a shareholders' meeting to approve the delisting of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares from the ATHEX, subject to the approval of the HCMC. Coca-Cola Hellenic's standard listing on the LSE will terminate effective on 29 April 2013. Trading in the remaining Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs on the NYSE is expected to resume at the opening of market today. The ticker symbol for these remaining Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs is expected to change from "CCH" to "OCCH" beginning at the opening of the market on 30 April 2013. Coca-Cola HBC intends to cause Coca-Cola Hellenic to seek the delisting of the Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs from the NYSE in accordance with applicable rules. Block Listing Application Application has been made to the UKLA and the LSE for a block listing of up to 36,657,351 Coca-Cola HBC Shares to be admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the LSE's main market for listed securities upon issuance. The application has been made in connection with the Coca-Cola HBC Shares that may be issued from time to time pursuant to the exercise of options granted under Coca-Cola HBC's share option plan. Any such shares will, when issued, be issued fully paid and rank pari passu with the existing Coca-Cola HBC Shares. Indicative timetable A summary of the expected principal events for the offer following this announcement is set out below: Event Date Expiration of when-issued trading in Coca-Cola HBC ADSs on NYSE On or about 26 April 2013 Completion and settlement of the offer On or about 26 April 2013 Admission and commencement of unconditional dealings in the Coca-Cola HBC 08.00 a.m., London time Shares on the LSE on or about 29 April 2013 Commencement of trading in the Coca-Cola HBC Shares on the ATHEX 10:30 a.m., Greek time on or about 29 April 2013 Commencement of regular way trading in Coca-Cola HBC 09:30 a.m., New York City time ADSs on NYSE on or about 29 April 2013 Latest date for Coca-Cola HBC to exercise the right of buy-out 19 July 2013 Final date for the exercise of the right of sell-out Closing of trading in Coca-Cola Hellenic Shares on the ATHEX on 23 July 2013 Important Notices General The offer described herein has been addressed to the shareholders of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. ("Coca-Cola Hellenic") and only to persons to whom it may be lawfully addressed. The Greek tender offer was made in the territory of the Hellenic Republic and to the public in the United Kingdom and Austria (the "Greek offer"). A separate U.S. exchange offer (the "U.S. offer") has been made available to holders of ordinary shares of Coca-Cola Hellenic located in the United States and holders of American depositary shares representing ordinary shares of Coca-Cola Hellenic ("Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs"), wherever located, as set out below. Investors located in the United States who participated in the Greek offer or exercise their sell-out rights under Greek law will not be afforded the rights and protections that are provided under the U.S. federal securities laws as they relate to tender offers. The making of the exchange offer to or the exercise of any sell-out rights by persons who are residents in or nationals or citizens of jurisdictions outside the Hellenic Republic, the United Kingdom, Austria or (as set out below) the United States or to custodians, nominees or trustees of such persons may be made only in accordance with the laws of the relevant jurisdiction. The exchange offer has not been made, directly or indirectly, by mail or by any means in or into Australia, Canada, Japan or any jurisdiction within which, under its laws, rules and regulations, the submission, the making or the presentation of the exchange offer or the mailing or distribution of, any of the Information Memorandum, the Prospectus, a declaration of acceptance or any other document or material relevant thereto (each, a "Greek Offer Document" and together, the "Greek Offer Documents") is illegal or contravenes any applicable legislation, rule or regulation (together, the "Excluded Territories") except as set out below for the United States. Accordingly, copies of any such documents and materials will not be, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed, distributed or otherwise sent to anyone or from anyone in or into or from any Excluded Territory. No person receiving a copy of this document or of the Prospectus in any jurisdiction outside the Hellenic Republic, the United Kingdom or Austria or of any of the other Greek Offer Documents in any jurisdiction outside the Hellenic Republic (or any documents relating to the U.S. offer other than in the United States or to holders of Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs) may treat any such document as if it constituted a solicitation or offer to such person and under no circumstances may such person use any Greek Offer Document if, in the relevant jurisdiction, such solicitation or offer may not be lawfully made to such person or if such Greek Offer Document may not be lawfully used without breaching any legal requirements. In those instances, any such Greek Offer Document is sent for information purposes only. United States Separate documentation for the U.S. offer has been made available to holders of ordinary shares of Coca-Cola Hellenic located in the United States and holders of Coca-Cola Hellenic ADSs, wherever located. Coca-Cola HBC AG ("Coca-Cola HBC") has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form F-4, which includes an offer to exchange/prospectus. Coca-Cola Hellenic has filed a related solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC. This document is not a substitute for the registration statement, offer to exchange/prospectus or any other offering materials or other documents that Coca-Cola HBC or Coca-Cola Hellenic have filed or will file with the SEC or have sent or will send to shareholders. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ ANY DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors will be able to obtain a free copy of such filings without charge, at the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov) once such documents are filed with the SEC. Copies of such documents may also be obtained from Coca-Cola HBC and Coca-Cola Hellenic, without charge, once they are filed with the SEC. No offering of securities shall be made in the United States except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This document does not contain, constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or subscribe or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities in any jurisdiction, and neither this document (nor any part of it) nor the fact of its distribution form the basis of, or may be relied upon in connection with, or act as any inducement to enter into, any contract or commitment whatsoever. 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Vanessa Miller does an excellent job with dialogue. It is very similar to how people actually talk; she captures the dialect of people from the projects. Kenisha and Deidre dont start off on the best note. Kenisha has a radiation treatment at the hospital at the time that her oldest son Jamal needs to be picked up from school. She has asked her older sister Aisha to pick up her son, but Aisha becomes too preoccupied with her own life to pick up her nephew. Deidre, as Jamals principal, then has to stay after with Jamal, and eventually takes him back to her house until his mother can pick him up. When Kenisha finally gets to Deidres home, Deidre makes strong assumptions about Kenishas character, wrongly accusing her of neglecting her son, even threatening to call Child Services. Although these two dont start out on the best of terms and continue to be somewhat bitter with one another, they slowly start to warm up to each other and eventually become great friends.
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HRC's Director of Membership, Ann Crowley, recently presented at a three day workshop hosted by Open Society Foundations (OSF) in Prague. She spoke with Eastern European activists on how to build a broad donor base by building an engaged membership, as she has done for nineteen years at HRC.
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