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- 2014 Second 100: Appendix
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This is part of Nation's Restaurant News' annual Second 100 report, a proprietary census ranking restaurant brands Nos. 101-200 by U.S. systemwide sales and other data. This special report focuses on a smaller, more growth-oriented universe than the Top 100 report.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why wasn't my chain or company included?
If a chain did not generate at least $140.9 million in domestic systemwide sales in its Latest Year — the result attributed to the No. 200 chain in this year's study — it will not appear in any of the Second 100 chain listings. Similarly, a company had to generate at least $106 million in U.S. foodservice revenue to appear in this year's Second 100 company rankings.
How do systemwide sales differ from revenue?
Systemwide sales are a total for every domestic company-owned, franchised and licensed outlet within a chain or multiunit operation. Revenue is a company's top-line income from food and beverage sales, generally from company-owned and -managed units and from foodservice-related fees and percentage-of-sales royalties collected from franchisees.
How is estimated sales per unit calculated?
Sales-per-unit figures result from mathematical equations of systemwide sales growth and year-end change in number of units, and are done according to Nation's Restaurant News' proprietary formula. For consistency and comparability, NRN estimates partial-year sales contributions from units opened and closed during the respective years. Units with atypical sizes or sales capacities may be included.
What is meant by Second 100's market-share figures?
Within the context of Second 100, the "market" is the aggregate sales or units of only those chains ranked in the study within a specified segment or category. Market share is an individual chain's proportional share of that total only during each of the three years compared.
Why do some Preceding-Year and Prior-Year rankings and data differ from corresponding data and rankings in last year's published study?
The statistical universe is unique each year, largely because growing entities qualify for first-time inclusion and supplant other entities. Moreover, each year's research may yield more precise information, particularly with respect to privately held entities, necessitating revisions of previously reported data. Additionally, data may be restated from year to year to reflect continuing operations following newly completed mergers, acquisitions or divestitures.
With respect to the separate rankings of the Top 100 and Second 100 entities in the June 30 issue and July 28 issue, respectively, it should be noted that consecutive ranks of No. 1 through No. 200 are assigned only in the primary rankings of systemwide sales and corporate revenue. After the Top 100 and Second 100 groups are divided, subsequent rankings on the basis of growth, number of units, sales per unit and market share are assigned in two exclusive 1-through-100 ranges within the respective Top 100 and Second 100 statistical sets.
My chain appears on other industry sales rankings but not yours. Why?
Varying studies employ different criteria. We believe NRN market data offers the industry's most meaningful survey of domestic volume, growth and market trends because it compares leading organizations only on the basis of their consumer foodservice results in the United States.
But my chain has more units or higher sales per unit than do some of the chains included in those rankings. Why wasn't it included?
Only the Top 100 and Second 100 chains, as determined by systemwide sales, are ranked by such other criteria as number of units, sales per unit and rates of growth. In other words, the universe for those rankings is limited to chains that appear in the tables titled "Chain U.S. systemwide foodservice sales" in the Top 100 and Second 100 reports.
My company's revenue far exceeds the figure shown for many of the corporations ranked, and yet you omitted my company. Why?
Companies were included in the Top 100 or Second 100 because of their foodservice revenue, not their total revenue. The Second 100 study attempts to exclude proceeds from all other business activities, such as manufacturing, distribution, general retail, nonfood contract services, property rental and amusements.
Some tables' ranking numbers are duplicated and some numbers are not assigned. Why?
Ties. Alphabetical order is not used to assign a lower ranking to chains or companies whose results exactly match those of other entities.
Why did NRN stop including hotel brands and theme parks in the chain study?
Much like our decision to eliminate contract chains from the study in 2012, we found that these categories were less relevant to the majority of our audience than the emerging restaurant chains that could replace them. The move better focuses our study on businesses centered on foodservice. The estimated foodservice revenue of the parents to some of the hotel and theme park chains we tracked in the past can still be found in the Top 100 and Second 100 company census.
Moreover, in the case of hotels, none of the large chains report publicly nor offer guidance on their food and beverage sales.
With regard to theme parks, we found that there simply was too great a difference among concepts in the theme-park groups. At the same time, there also was too great a disparity between theme parks and the other chains in the study, which typically comprise hundreds to thousands of small- to medium-size boxes offering only one style of food, not a handful to dozens of multiuse sites offering everything from cotton-candy carts to room service.


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The Library has been successful in applying for a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) award from the AHRC. This award covers six doctoral studentships each year for three years, from 2013-2016. Each studentship will be jointly supervised by a member of the British Library curatorial team and an academic from a UK Higher Education Institution, as with the existing CDA scheme. The HEI will administer the studentship, receiving funds from the AHRC for fees and to cover the student's maintenance. The British Library will provide additional financial support to cover travel and related costs in carrying out research of up to £1,000 a year.
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1 Continuation of Introduction
2 What is Aid Climbing?
3 Why Aid Climb?
4 Aid Gear
5 Aid Technique
6 Hooks
7 Screamer
8 Daisy Chain
9 Piton
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You're strung out a good 30 feet above your last good piece of
on pitch 7. Thinking back on the micro
you plugged into the last remnants of that solid crack, you wonder how awesome that placement actually was. It seemed fine an hour ago when you placed it, but now you are separated by several hook moves, some rotting copperheads, and some fixed mank from who knows when. As you sit on your talon hook and look up at the next available piece you curse under your breath. Staring at some expanding and rotting flakes, you wish that someone would have placed a chicken bolt so you could clip it.
You'd never place the chicken bolt yourself, but if it was already there it would be OK to clip it, wouldn't it? You're sweating and have just realized you haven't done anything for the last five minutes and you're getting achy from hanging in your stirrups. Let's check out that flake. Let's just give it a little tap with our hammer to see how crappy it is...
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GGOOONNNNGGG!!!! Well that doesn't inspire confidence. Maybe a micro
will plug in. Sand and little rocks pour out of the flake into your eyes. Nope, the
is way too big. Let's try a pin. The flake starts expanding as you start driving. Hmm, better hold up on this for a second. Thinking…… Well, let's try a slightly bigger pin and higher now that the flake is partially expanded. Hopefully it's not going to break off. Now it's been 20 minutes and you're still hanging on that talon. "CRAP, I'M FALLING!" Wait, no, the talon just shifted and now you believe you may have just soiled your
to add to this picnic.
No time to dwell on that. You've got to be getting at least close to the end of this pitch. Just breathe for a second, then let's go. Watching the birds soar below you is therapeutic and you watch them for what seems like an eternity. Better clip in short to the high pin as you finish placing it. Don't want that hook to ping off while banging up above it. Pins in. No bounce testing for this bad boy, that flake doesn't need even a mosquito to light on it once you weight it.
Clip the
to it. Clip the daisy to that. Now slowly shift your weight onto the pin. Stand up. Clip in short. Exhale a sigh of relief and congratulate yourself. Wait. Crap. Now you gotta do all that again? At least you're four feet closer to that bomber bolted anchor up there. You can finally see them. Let's just not think that now you're 34 feet above that micro
*Introduction written by Jordan Ramey.
What is Aid Climbing?
Aid climbers use gear to help climb a difficult section of rock. Aid climbing is not a form of free climbing. Gear is intentionally weighted by the climber and
(ladders made of
are used. Aid climbing is commonly used to climb sections of rock that are extremely difficult and it even has its own grading system.
Clean aid climbing is a division of aid climbing where no gear is permanently placed in the rock. Gear that is permanently placed in the rock (i.e. pitons) are known as 'fixed gear'.
Aid Climbing Grades
The common presumption that aid climbing is easy because you are weighting gear is almost always incorrect. Aid climbing can be terrifying (hanging off of a 1 mm ledge with no
below you for 30 ft, inviting a 60 ft fall, is what an A3 can be like).
Aid climbers typically climb difficult fifth class to sixth class terrain. Aid climbing uses a grading scale from A0 to A4. Higher grades are awarded to climbs that involve smaller features, more hook moves (less
and more technical sequences.
Why Aid Climb?
As far as first aid climbs go, everyone feels differently about them. Some take astounding comfort in their gear and the hanging sensation. Others trust nothing but their own hands and strength. Aid climbing is an engineer's art; a series of problems to be solved through the application of technique and hardware. The best aid climbers aren't good because they've memorized a series of moves or read it in some book; they're great because they can overcome varied problems in an array of inventive and ingenious fashions. Having nerves of steel doesn't hurt either. Aid climbing
be easy and straightforward once practiced. It is only as hard as the route you've chosen. Unlike free climbing, aid climbing is slow and monotonous. Either you love it or hate it.
Aid Gear
If you have a standard free trad rack, then you can easily jump into the aiding game and see if it tickles your fancy. To start, we will only discuss "clean" aid, which is no pitons or hammers. Unless absolutely necessary, hammer aid is not encouraged or even tolerated in many areas. The equipment necessary to begin is probably already in your closet or can be obtained fairly inexpensively. (Equipment with an * means it can be homemade safely.)
stirrups)* (2-4)
Daisy Chains (2)
Fifi hook (optional)
(lockers and ovals)
Trad gear
With this basic list you're ready to start aiding up that perfect crack at your local crag. I've even seen people set up practice aid climbs in trees by slinging
around branches as the placements. I recommend trying it out on top
first before jumping into aid leads. To do this simply set up a top
exactly as you normally would to climb safely, except now use your
trad gear
to make upward progress instead of your hands and feet. You can also attach a short piece of
to your
to act as your practice lead line. Make sure your top
and tie in are setup correctly. It's easy to get confused at first with all the jumble of gear attached to the front of your
but it will all come together once practiced.
Aid Technique
To get started aiding get that
on, girth hitch two daisy chains to the
tie in point of your
and clip all your gear on to your
gear loops.
You're going to place gear and clip your lead line almost identically to how you would when you trad climb a route. Now all you have to do is follow the 9 steps of aiding:
1. Set a placement.
2. Clip aider(s) to it.
3. Clip daisy to
4. Test the top placement – bounce on it a bit.
5. Step into the new
and weight it.
6. Clip lead line into bottom placement (the one you just unweighted).
7. Retrieve aider(s) and daisy from bottom piece.
8. Climb up
to top second step or sub second step.
9. Repeat.
It can be very beneficial (especially on anything >80°) to utilize a fifi hook. This is a curved metallic hook that girth hitches to your
and allows you to rest (hang) on your daisy chains. When you are high enough in your
you will simply hook the fifi to your daisy chain and weight it to add stability. Also, utilizing three or four
can make aiding much easier and enjoyable. A set of
connected to each daisy (a total of four) means you can stand both feet at equal level while ascending. Using only one
per daisy chain (a total of two) can be substantially harder on steep routes, but quicker on slabby routes.
Some tips:
can be made of 1" climbing
* A fifi hook can be made by putting a short
on an oval
and duct taping it open.
Fifi Hooks
Fifi Hooks are used to temporarily connect to
or other gear.
Grappling Hook
Cam Hook
Cliff Hanger
Function: Shock absorbing
designed to reduce peak loads in any climbing system.
A screamer is a piece of folded
stitched together along the folds. A
is attached to either end (so it looks much like a quickdraw), and as a big shock load is applied to the screamer, the stitching is torn and the folds start to unravel. This increases the amount of time your anchor system has to absorb the load. The ideal situation for a screamers is to use it on the last piece of gear before a long runout.
Daisy Chain
Daisy chains are similar to a
but they allow the user to regulate the length by
into any section of the daisy chain. Daisy chains are made of
or spectra. They are especially helpful when you have set up a hanging
during a multipitch climb.
into two loops of a daisy chain (with one
is dangerous (read the manual that came with your daisy chain), as you can pull out the stitching and your
can become unclipped from the chain.
Most daisy chains are only full strength on the end loops, and the other loops are usually meant to support body weight only. Daisy chains are most often used in aid climbing, but are also commonly used to attach yourself to an anchor.
External daisy chains are sewn outside or inside of a
to allow you to attach gear to your
in an organized manner.
A piton is a piece of steel that is placed in a crack in the rock (often using a hammer). Pitons come in various sizes (for different sized cracks). Pitons normally include a hole to clip a
too. Pitons are often used as a form of fixed
A large piton is often called a Bong.
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According to US Weekly's (hopefully truthful!) sources, the rest of Kings of Leon think front man Caleb Followill will need rehab following the band's abrupt cancellation of their U.S. tour. Source #1: "They are trying to get Caleb to go to rehab. It is mostly for alcohol. [That's why] they ended up canceling the whole tour ... he drinks like a fish." Source #2: "It's true. Caleb's drinking is out of control and they are trying to get him into rehab. It's a dark demon he has been fighting for awhile." The official statement said the cancellation came about because Caleb was suffering from "exhaustion," which Vulture thought meant drugs. Still! After a long history of activities not befitting their rock-star swag, the boys from Tennessee are finally acting like some throwback seventies rock-n'-rollers. Hoisting a cold one in your honor, Caleb! [US Weekly via RS]


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Installation of large format media varies by application. While printing, color management, and finishing are similar, when it comes to installation methods may differ. A number of factors affect install, including surface, location, media type, ink type, and experience level of the installer. This spotlight focuses on the unique install processes of a wallcovering and vehicle wrap.
Bringing Nature Indoors
Edward C. Robison III, owner, Sacred Earth Gallery, opened his Eureka Springs, AR based company in April 2008. An accomplished and professional nature photographer, Robison also shoots commercial and architectural work. The gallery is not only home to a 180 square foot studio and Robison�s photographs, but to his wife Janalee�s and son Ethan�s work as well.
After producing mainly large-scale canvases and 4x8-foot Photo Tex Group, Inc. prints for approximately six years, Robison installed his first wall mural in December 2012, which led to an increase in this application�s demand. Robison�s long-standing photographic relationship with Bass Pro Shops paved the way for a much larger project.
The company approached the photographer to perform his first print and install project, a 16x31-foot wall mural installed in Bass Pro Shops� newly remodeled women�s health facility at its Base Camp corporate headquarters in Springfield, MO.
First, an in-house design team selected the images and created a mock up of the artwork in the space, which originally sized the wall mural at only 6x16 feet. The addition of eight 5x12-foot and larger mounted canvas pieces were also incorporated. Concept design and other discussions took about a month and a half.
Forest imagery was shot with a Widelux camera and enlarged from a double wide 35 millimeter scan. Several interesting techniques were used to adjust the image.
�I applied an oil painting effect to the entire image so it could be enlarged without looking grainy. Because of the effect, up close the panels looked very abstract. So, I printed small registration marks on each about two feet down from the top and up from the bottom. These were used to register each panel with one already adhered to the wall,� says Robison.
The image was printed across seven 60-inch by 16.5-foot panels using an 64-inch Epson Stylus Pro 11880 with Epson UltraChrome K3 inks onto 60-inch Photo Tex media. The aqueous, adhesive-backed solution is removable, reusable, and repositionable, adhering to any non-porous flat service and removing easily without leaving behind residue.
�Because the mural is a permanent install in an exercise facility and I used an aqueous printer, I laminated the entire mural before the installation. This required a fair amount of extra work and time, but allowed me to use my existing equipment,� explains Robison. He worked with a high-density foam roller and two coats of LexJet Corporation�s Sunset Stain Coating to varnish and encapsulate the mural.
Robison enlisted his son, a friend, and a lift for the install portion. Additional tools included a long straight edge, chalk line and plumb bob, razor, wallpaper spreaders, and plastic five-way tool for drywall, plaster, and wallcoverings.
When the installation began, Robison and his assistants created a vertical chalk line for the right side of the far left panel. They peeled back approximately a foot of the backing paper from the top of the panel and trimmed it off before aligning the top left of the image to the chalk line.
After the top one-foot of the panel was firmly adhered to the wall, they rolled up the rest of the mural panel in a scroll shape and set it on the lift. The group then pulled away the backing paper while using the wallpaper spreader to smooth the graphic to the wall, working from the center and top outwards to the panel�s edges, ensuring all air bubbles were removed. This process was repeated for each panel, while also taking a few moments to cut around obstacles.
Following the installation of the wall mural, Robison sought out any small bubbles under the media, puncturing them with the tip of the razor and smoothing the area with the wallpaper spreader. A vinyl company was hired after the installation to overlay text from an Eleanor Roosevelt quote. The wall mural took an estimated 12 to 15 hours to install. Bass Pro Shops is pleased with the outcome.
Robison notes that the height of the wall as well as the doorways and other physical obstacles in the room were the most difficult areas the crew encountered during install. He admits to learning a great deal about installations during the process, especially the importance of a wallpaper spreader and how much a small tool may affect success.
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Casey Weaver, owner, Just Install LLC, began his business in May 2007 after spending approximately 17 years in digital print. Weaver was inspired to create his business after noticing the influx of designers, but not necessarily applicators.
�We found that between the now affordable printers and a large number of young designers with incredible software skills coming into the industry there was a missing link, installers,� he admits.
Weaver and his crew of five travel nationwide to perform onsite installations on a variety of surfaces. These include Indy cars, top fuel funny cars, commercial vehicles, an 80-foot glass crosswalk, and a 30-foot tall beer can. �Practically any surface is a canvas now,� claims Weaver.
While the business presents unique projects, close to 40 percent of Just Install�s work involves wraps or large coverage on vehicles. With vehicle wraps accounting for nearly half of the business� work, its installers recognize crucial components to this particular installation process.
The quality of the wrap�s material and the environment in which it is applied is important. �You have to identify the material�s characteristics and if it was prepared properly before starting any project. The environment has a big affect on how the material reacts and how it should be prepared for install. If it is too cold the material may be brittle and want to crack, especially off the roll colors. If it�s too warm or humid the material has a higher stretch rate and more initial tack. This adds to the complexity when precise placement is needed,� explains Weaver.
To combat the influence of weather and temperature, the team adds a pre-mask to strengthen brittle vinyl or prevent stretching on vinyl that is too warm. When vinyl is too warm, long clean cuts on the material are difficult as the blade is likely to hop and leave a jagged cut. The addition of the pre-mask is also precautionary against jagged cuts, allowing the blade to cut through the material without stretching out of line.
In addition to the quality of material, the type of ink used also affects the quality of a wrap�s installation. �We apply prints that are water- and solvent-based inks. Each has its benefits. We prefer solvent ink if it is gassed out properly. Characteristics are more consistent with the solvent ink, but could add tact aggression when used on materials that already have high initial tack,� explains Weaver.
Before installing a wrap Just Install�s production team prepares the material with guidelines. For instance, they may mark the print with a grease pencil or tape to designate where important elements are�such as the vehicle�s door handles, gas cap, or wheel wells. These marks assist the install team in swiftly and accurately aligning the design onto the vehicle.
Recently Weaver installed a wrap on his personal vehicle, a 1967 Cadillac Deville. He updated the once gray car with a sleek new finish using Oracal, an Orafol Company�s 60-inch 970RA Wrapping Cast Film with RapidAir Technology in matte black.
�Here we have a car that would have been a sin to wrap five years ago, but now with the incredible selection of media to choose from, sometimes paint just can�t compete. Between the 60-inch wide material to avoid seams and all the new sheens and textures, we can compete with paint. To the vehicle enthusiasts it�s always been just vinyl, but with all there is to offer we can show them that in a lot of ways vinyl is better than paint,� shares Weaver.
Weaver installed the wrap onto the Deville in seven hours. The car was prepped with a urethane primer finish and the wrap applied directly to the finish using a heat gun to avoid any hot spots. Ordinarily the crew would use a propane torch as their heat tool, but the matte material required special handling.
The material was inspected after unpacking to ensure it remained on the core holders, which prevents the media from touching the sides of the box. If the material touches the sides during shipping it may be marked up and scarred several layers deep, which is subtle to first glance, but becomes more noticeable once the material is in the sun.
The seven hour installation cost Weaver only $1,900, where a similar paint job cost an estimated $3,500 and takes three to five days to apply. The finished product exceeded everyone�s expectations.
New materials present a consistent learning curve to the install process. Just Install�s goal is to make a wrap appear as close to a paint finish as possible while relying on quality standards. To guarantee this, the crew requires a sterile environment, proper material handling, and surface preparation.
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Wall height, doorways, electrical outlets, and windows are obstacles one might encounter and should keep in mind when installing a wallcovering. Useful tools and equipment are essential. For vehicle wraps the right media and ideal weather conditions are necessary to ensure that it adheres to the vehicle shape correctly. Knowledgeable installation in all scenarios leads to a smooth and successful experience.


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Thoughts from the pre-season opener in Kansas City
So having sat and watched the game over breakfast this morning (sorry but staying up all night for pre-season games is too much even for me), some random thoughts and jottings from the seventh shutout the Buccaneers have inflicted in pre-season franchise history.
Talk about making a first impression - Michael Koenen boots the opening kickoff through the endzone for a touchback and the defense forces a three and out.
For Josh Freeman, a Kansas City homecoming having grown up and played college ball in state. And how much time did he have in the backfield before running for the opening touchdown? He looked ready for opening day and his interview with the overly-made-up Laura Okran (is there any other kind of sideline reporter?) showed the maturity we all know he has.
The Buc backfield still worries me. LeGarrette Blount still has the same stutter step in the backfield and no real moves although he does look like he can catch the ball now. Rookie Allen Bradford showed me nothing at all. Anyone still got Cadillac's number on speed dial in case it doesn't work out in St.Louis? Thank heavens for Earnest Graham.
Nice initial impact by the defense with Mason Foster making a splash in the middle and Quincy Black causing a fumble. Geno Hayes still has the ability to over-pursue most plays but did anyone really miss Barrett Ruud making a tackle eight yards downfield? And all the tackles weren't eight yards downfield so the line was doing a better job too.
Having the Fox commentary crew of Thom Brennanman and Brian Billick was the icing on the cake. Long may Billick never get another coaching job because he is so far and away the best colour analyst in the game. And how good is former NFL official Mike Pereira?
Look at who was missing for the Bucs - Arrelious Benn, Kellen Winslow, Aqib Talib and Gerald McCoy amongst others. This is one seriously talented team.
Great comment from Billick on how the Bucs have progressed - "Raheem Morris even has me drinking the Kool-Aid now". Where are all those people who were slamming Raheem and the front office in the middle of 2009 about him not knowing what he was doing? Think there are around 25 other NFL teams who would rather have him coaching their teams right now?
Foster definitely has enough tattoos to play in the NFL. He and back-up offensive lineman Brandon Carter are definitely trying to compete with Jeff Faine in that category.
Josh Johnson has enough moxie and ability to play in the NFL. And he is only No.2 to Freeman. I will take JJ and his abilities over any other back-up in the league right now. And he is OK with the situation too meaning there is no kind of disharmony that someone like a Jeff Garcia would cause. JJ will get his payday and chance in the NFL soon enough and good luck to him when he does.
Robert Malone will lose his punting job to Koenen but is putting together enough highlight reels to earn a job elsewhere in the NFL. Unlike Devin Holland who flattened a punt returner albeit without a ball. Clear your locker out son, you're toast.
Talking of toast, anyone notice Sabby Piscitelli on the Chiefs' roster. He even had a pass defensed when a Freeman bullet deflected off his helmet whilst chasing a receiver.
Yes that was Jeremy Trueblood sniggering on the sideline when his competition for the right tackle spot, James Lee and Demar Dotson, both spent the second half getting called for penalties. But he needs more tattoos to fit in with the rest of the starting line.
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The 2014 edition will have the second-largest field in the history of the race.
He contends that races are more popular than ever.
American Aaron Braun hopes to stay on top of the Distance Medley leaderboard.
The Boston Marathon is losing a legendary leader.
The Salazar-Beardsley contest celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest unofficial marathon there last year.
A short, but sweet look at the latest running news from around the world.
One school has been staging it since the 19th Century.
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The Executive Office of the President of the United States of America and the U.S. Department of Commerce
May 2014
The United States is an increasingly attractive location for business investment from global companies. In AT Kearney's 2013 FDI Confidence Index, the United States surged past countries like China, Brazil and India to become the country with the top FDI prospects globally, as ranked by 302 companies representing 28 countries and multiple industry sectors.1 This marks the first time that the US occupied the #1 spot in the survey since 2001.2 In a survey of U.S. manufacturers with production abroad late last year, BCG found that the majority (54 percent) are looking at re-shoring to the United States, up from 37 percent in 2012. 3
More and more companies are choosing to locate here after weighing the United States' competitive advantages, including our:
- Skills and productivity: The U.S. workforce is among the most skilled and productive globally – more than 30 percent more productive than Germany's and nearly twice as productive as South Korea's.4
- Innovation: The United States is the global leader in patents, producing nearly 30 percent of all patents worldwide, and has 15 of the top 25 leading research universities.5 Not surprisingly, the United States also has over a third of the world's total R&D investment, more than any other country.6
- Energy: With a century of reserves, natural gas costs one third as much here as it does in Asia and our low energy costs overall are estimated to save U.S. manufacturers nearly $130 billion annually compared to Europe.7
- Access to markets: Locating in the United States provides unparalleled access to the largest consumer market in the world and rapid access to global markets, with the United States having free trade agreements with 20 other countries and the most rapid export clearances of the 185 countries surveyed by the World Bank.8
As the United States becomes increasingly competitive for investment, more global companies, including companies that are foreign-owned, are investing in and creating jobs in America. Business fixed investment from companies choosing to grow and invest in the United States accounts for more than 20 percent of the rebound in real GDP since mid-2009.
For the entire report: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/winning_business_investment_in_the_united_states.pdf
2014 A.T. Kearney FDI Confidence Index:
U.S. Increases its Lead; an Overridingly Positive Outlook Develops for Global Economy
China holds at #2, Canada rises to #3, Europe sees high level of confidence
6/2/14 A.T. Kearney
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/
Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney today released its 2014 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI), an in-depth view of forward-looking investment sentiment. In this year's ranking, the U.S. not only maintains its first place position from last year, but also increases the lead it had in the 2013 study, which was referenced in the recent White House report, Winning Business Investment in the United States. The findings bode well not only for the U.S., but for the global economy: Nearly four out of five respondents are more optimistic about the global economy than they were a year ago. Since its inception, the study has consistently pointed toward top global choices for foreign direct investment, with the top 10 most attractive FDI destinations receiving a majority share of global FDI inflows roughly one year after the survey.
In January 2014, President Barack Obama referred to the prior FDICI findings in his State of the Union address, saying, "For the first time in over a decade, business leaders have declared that China is no longer the world's number one place to invest; America is." With an unprecedented swing in positive outlook by global executives surveyed in the 2014 FDICI, half of the respondents indicated that they have a more positive outlook on the U.S. than two years ago. No country has ever recorded a higher positive outlook from investors in the history of the Index. Driven by overriding factors such as the increasingly strong prospect of U.S. energy independence, leading executives continue to plan increased investments in the U.S.
For more: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/2014-t-kearney-fdi-confidence-130000383.html
Trade Gap in U.S. Shrinks More Than Forecast on Record Exports
Jul 3, 2014 5:30 AM PT By Jeanna Smialek – bloomberg
The trade deficit in the U.S. narrowed more than forecast in May on record exports, signaling a pickup in global growth that will boost American manufacturers.
The gap shrank by 5.6 percent, the biggest drop since November, to $44.4 billion from the prior month's $47 billion, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 69 economists called for a contraction to $45 billion. Sales to foreign customers climbed 1 percent on growing demand for autos and parts, petroleum products and aircraft engines.
Economic expansions abroad that are gaining traction will probably continue to invigorate demand for American goods. A narrowing deficit would mean trade becomes less of a drag on gross domestic product in the second quarter after the world's largest economy contracted in the first three months of 2014.
Other reports today showed payrolls rose by 288,000 in June and the jobless rate fell to 6.1 percent, according to figures from the Labor Department.
Trade estimates in the Bloomberg survey ranged from gaps of $41 billion to $48 billion. The April reading was revised from a previously reported $47.2 billion deficit.
Exports climbed to $195.5 billion from $193.5 billion in April.
Imports decreased 0.3 percent to $239.8 billion as demand for petroleum dropped to the lowest level since November 2010. Excluding petroleum, imports rose to a record as Americans bought more autos and parts, industrial machines and drilling equipment.
For more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-03/trade-gap-in-u-s-shrinks-more-than-forecast-on-record-exports.html
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Fitch Ratings affirms U.S. AAA ratings, outlook stable
MADRID (MarketWatch) — Fitch Ratings affirmed the U.S.'s AAA long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings with a stable outlook on Friday, a move that removed the negative outlook that had been in place since Oct. 15, 2013. "The federal debt limit was suspended in mid-February in a timely manner and in a way that avoided casting uncertainty over the full faith and credit of the US, in contrast to the crises in August 2011 and October 2013," said Fitch in a statement. Fitch said U.S. gross general government debt should peak at 100% of GDP in 2014 before falling slightly for four years. That's below the 110% threshold previously identified as incompatible with a AAA rating. It also sees federal government debt at 72.5% of GDP for 2014. Fitch said the U.S. has greater debt tolerance than its peers, due to the dollar and the country's benchmark fixed-income asset. However, Fitch said after the suspension of the debt limit ends in March 2015 there is a "risk of renewed brinkmanship" that could undermine the dollar, and external liabilities are high.


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If, one day, you decide to electrify a motorcycle, you might begin by seeking the advice of someone who has already tackled this kind of project. Ted Dillard is such a person. Sadly (depending on who you ask), there is only one of him, and he likely lacks the time to talk with absolutely everyone interested in doing a conversion. Luckily, he's written a book that generously dishes out what he's learned during his own walk down the DIY path.
...from Fossils to Flux (A Basic Guide to Building an Electric Motorcycle) is a relatively concise volume with a conversational flow that introduces you to just every aspect of building a battery-powered bike. It's not a step-by-step guide by any means. More of an introductory primer to the parts involved and how they all work together. Batteries, BMS, and controllers? Covered. Motors, chargers, and contactors? All there.
And, if you need motivation, you can always refer to Ted's second build (pictured above) – a 210 lb cafe racer built on an 1971 Yamaha R5 frame which, we're told, has awesome speed and acceleration. Powered by a Motenergy permanent magnet DC motor linked to an Alltrax controller and fed by a small bank of Turnigy LiPo batteries, it only goes about 10 miles (for now) and looks damn fine while doing it. Sweet, yes?
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It's tempting to say I was already there. My body on the streets of Seattle in 1999, moving with 40,000 other bodies, flush with the power of pedestrians en masse. I was surrounded by Turtles. Engulfed by Teamsters. We sang together to Sweet Honey in the Rock and screamed out, "Whose streets?! Our streets!!" as we moved past the low brick buildings of Belltown into the commerciality of Pike Street. We'd banished the cars, made room for hope. I looked up and saw a police officer standing on a rooftop, his fingers extended in a peace sign above his head, raised into the slate Seattle sky. There were people, citizens (that other c-word our countrymen were before they became consumers), as far as the eye could see. Our numbers blocked the World Trade Organization (WTO) delegates from entering the doors of their closed-door meetings.
That night, the news showed repetitive footage of the balaclavae'd Black Bloc in a standoff with the police and failed to show a single image from our massive peaceful march. I sighed. The world knew nothing. I slept in the back of my pickup truck while helicopters flew overhead, sounding like a war zone though I knew we risked only burning eyes from pepper spray or maybe an arrest. There were no firing squads.
But we made a mistake in Seattle.
We went home.
Six hundred people had been arrested, and the WTO held their next meeting in Qatar, a remote Middle Eastern monarchy with no constitution or political parties.
But something radiated out from the hotspot. We'd fought the Free Trade Area of the Americas, an expansion of NAFTA, and in the years that followed, it faltered. Buy local began to mean something, even if just a slightly trendy antidote to globalization. People started talking about the distance their food traveled to get to them, about working conditions in places where brown people lived. Sustainability became a part of the thought process. The Internet gave voice to at least some of the voiceless who inhabited the other hemisphere of our planet. Years later, a federal jury declared that the Fourth Amendment constitutional right of many of those arrested in Seattle had been violated. And then there was a Persian Awakening. An Arab Spring. Los Indignados in Spain. Then Occupy Wall Street.
I have been ocupada, the other meaning, busy. Shifting a home from the heart of American commerce to a place where I dig clams. The pace is different, welcome. A fire beside me licks oxygen from the room and returns heat. I wrestle with guilt for not doing more.
But I have visited. There, outside the tents of Occupy Boston, under the glow of halogen streetlights, was the Beehive Design Collective poster against the FTAA I'd first seen twelve years ago, pinned to a table. A massive swirl of stoner art ink, the Americas caught in a spider's sticky web, birds and buffalo bound in chains as mechanical arachnids spin the world with bombers. At Occupy San Francisco, lights illuminated tents as freezing rain poured down.
They have stayed.
There are accusations that they have no demands, but I find them unfounded. They are asking for bread. And roses.
The fire needs fuel. I break a twig easily between two fingers, but if I bundle them—five sticks or 40,000—they're unbreakable.
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Tuesday 11 September 2012, 16:42
Trevor Dann and his first tape recorder
Do you remember all those warnings about home taping? Did you ignore them and furtively record some of your favourite radio shows anyway? Do you have an attic or a garage or even an old cardboard box under the spare bed full of tapes or cassettes of Pick of the Pops, Saturday Club, Easy Beat, Top Gear or Housewives' Choice?
Well the good news is you got away with it!
Not only that, but the BBC would love to recover some of the great shows it broadcast and didn't archive. And as part of the Corporation's brilliant 90th anniversary celebrations, it's declaring a radio amnesty, and asking you to help.
That's me above with my first tape recorder. My Dad bought it for me as a present for passing the 11 Plus (it was like Year 6 SATs kids!) and it set me on the road to a lifetime in radio including spells as head of music at Radio 1 and chief exec of the Radio Academy.
These days I work as an independent producer and it was while my colleague Heather Davies and I were working on our mammoth 50-part series, Sounds of the 20th Century for Radio 2, that we realised the need for a project like this.
The BBC's sound archive is a terrific resource for wars, elections, strikes and other news events, but it doesn't have many regular programmes which would help us tell the social history of the UK. For instance, from the 1960s, there are acres of material on the assassinations of JFK and MLK, the 1966 World Cup and the moon landing, but where are the shows people were actually listening to in between the news programmes?
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Going further back, where are the voices of Dylan Thomas and George Orwell? Both of them broadcast regularly on the BBC, but none of their talks were saved.
More recently, where's the first Radio 1 Chris Evans Breakfast Show from 1996? Where's Derek Jameson on Radio 2? Has anyone got complete shows from the 60s or 70s presented by Kenny Everett, Alan Freeman or Emperor Rosko?
Please start searching now and see if you can help us plug the gaps. On a day in October you'll be able to bring your tapes, cassettes, DATs, minidiscs or CDs to a BBC centre near you. If we can broadcast all or part of what you bring us, we'll digitise it for you and give you a sparkly new CD. In return you have to tell us the story of the tape, why you pressed 'record', why you kept it and what it means to you.
We'll compile your memories into a special show for Radio 2 in November. And we do want speech, comedy and sports programmes too. The whole of BBC Radio (English local stations, the BBC Nations and the national networks) is keen to hear what you've got and what we thought was lost.
Trevor's 1963 notebook We'll be announcing the details of how you can deliver your recordings to us very soon. In the meantime PLEASE don't send us anything on spec. It may get lost and we can't be held responsible. And there's one thing I do need to add. If, like me, you used to record the music and cut out the DJ (see my notebook here from 1963) then your tape isn't much use. And if you recorded it at a very slow speed through a microphone built into a little plastic cassette player, it's unlikely to be good enough for us to inflict on the listening millions. But you'd be amazed by what the BBC's technical boffins can do with half-decent recordings.
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Gun,Knives, Drugs aren't the dear quaint 'Auntie' BBC telling the children not to smoke while she puffs at a fag ....... Thanks to 'economy' at the BBC many classic programmes radio (and TV) were erased, some entire series were simply wiped by the BBC itself - lost forever thanks to the 'care' of posh speaking chaps who might have gone to Oxbridge but demonstrated a degree in ignorance . These technical boffins of the 40's 50's 60's were so bright as to rob us of hours and hours of comedy, drama etc . Never mind snotily talking of an 'amnesty' for those splendid people with the Grundigs and Robuks who should be praised for their determination to preserve - not destroy , you should be thanking these licence payers not patronising them - after 90 years the BBC has learned nothing of taking care of listeners interests not talking down to them - perhaps it's long overdue the BBC's 'divine right' were removed ........
" In return you have to tell us the story of the tape, why you pressed 'record', why you kept it and what it means to you."
Can we ask you why you *didn't* press record and why you thought it wasn't worth keeping?
Yes I was that geek, who one day in February 1989 recorded snippets of every Radio 1 show that day - from Adrian John to John Peel. I always knew it would come in handy one day. Oh, and waddya know, my geekiness extended back even further when I taped Tony Blackburn's last ever Radio 1 show (Junior Choice). But it's the 3 tapes marked "Radio Odds n' Sods" that's intriguing me the most. Can't remember a darn thing about them. Time to dust down those tapes and resurrect The Geek ......
Just crawled into the bowels of my loft to retrieve 2 Agfa F-DX1 90 minute tapes .....I look like a chimney sweep but am excited to try and play these and to recollect the final weekend of Peter 'Pinky' Powell on Radio 1.....24/25th Sept 1988....I remember feeling so,so sad that he was leaving...Bloody loved that show and his on air, eternal enthusiasm for all things new! Was babysitting for my Auntie that weekend and had to reset her Frequency Modulation....Monday, Tuesday, happy days....Well here goes...am going to see if they still play well enough to send in xxx Here's to more great memories folks xxx
Woo Hoo they are playing now and sounding great....Hope they get to be shared xx
The main thing here is to share with everyone not just the BBC who only want to TAKE and give nothing back.
Like Lynn, I recorded Peter Powell's last two shows (and they are now on CD), I sent them to the man himself a few years ago and he absolutely loved them!
Well done for recording such stuff I never did anything so technical
Lynn what did you use to record them a little reel to reel?
I do hope some Flying Doctor Radio Episodes turn up, there are none anywhere
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Tommy Jarrell born, 1901
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"Colonel" Tom Riggs born, 1936
John Duffey born, 1934 (died 12/9/97) Play "Tribute to John Duffey" by Lorraine Jordan (From her album "Mandolin Rose," Also on Prime Cuts, Volume 55)
Bill Chapman born, 1954
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Scott Stoneman died, 1973 (Play "The Legend of Scott Stoneman" by Jack Tottle)
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Bob Wills born, 1905
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First "Bluegrass Special" with Wayne Rice broadcast on KSON-FM, 1976.
Jack Anglin (Johnny and Jack) died, 1963
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Jimmy Stoneman born, 1937 (died 2002)
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Jethro Burns born, 1920 (died Feb. 4, 1989)
Norman Blake born, 1938
Rickie Simpkins born, 1955
Cia Cherryholmes born
Pete Pyle died, 1995
Marshall Wilborn born, 1952
Charles Bailey (Bailey Brothers) died, 2004
Steve Stevenson died, 2007
Tim White born, 1956
Moondi Klein born, 1963
Benny Martin died, 2001
Jimmy Martin records "Sunny Side of the Mountain", 1964
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Matt Flinner born, 1969
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Jim and Jesse record "Air Mail Special", 1953
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In the spirit of National Novel Writing Month, a spirit in which there is no room for revision, just pure forward progress, I write to remind that November is one of those months with only 30 days. That leaves only five days, counting today. If you haven't started, that's 10,000 words a day.
Oh, but it'll be worth it.
Send the kids away.
Call in sick to work, then un-plug the phone.
And whatever you do, do not think about Christmas, unless you are writing about Christmas.
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A few weeks ago, John Pugh (@boehringer – Driector of External Communications at Boehringer-Ingelheim) and I (@shwen) co-presented a webinar on "Pharma Twitterama: Exlporing the Use of Twitter in Pharma and Healthcare" (organized by ExL). If you missed the webinar or want to review the contents again, the hashtag for the event was #Twitterama — you can also follow the "Twitter trail" via the CoverItLive tweet archive on the event website or you can order a recording (CD-ROM) for a rather hefty premium.
Anyway, here are my slides from the webinar and a brief description of the topics I covered. Your comments and feedback are welcome and greatly appreciated:
Here are the topics I covered, together with some links to references:
- What is Twitter?
- Visualizing the Tipping Point, Social CRM
- Twitter Basics
- Beyond Twitter Basics — "Enter the Twitterverse"
- Gazing into the Twitterverse, Hashtags.org, How to Use Tweetdeck Effectively
- Hootsuite, CoTweet, also see: Twitter Power Tools for Health Activists
- Dispelling Twitter Myths
- Twitter is Not Just for Teens, Twitter Traffic Explodes
- Hospital Social Network List, Pharma Twittersphere
- Stats and Facts About Twitter
- Compete.com: Twitter's Massive 2008, Neilsen: Twitter's Tweet Smell of Success
- Sysomos: An In-Depth Look Inside the Twitter World
- Twitter Objectives
- Groundswell: Twitter is a 5-Tool Player
- Examples of Using Twitter for Corporate Objectives
- @ComcastCares, @WholeFoods, @CDCemergency, @Livestrong, @DowningStreet
- Dell on Twitter,
- Other Examples: Healthcare
- @TrialX, @PolarWisdom, #hcsm (Healthcare Communications & Social Media)
- Pharma Examples: An Analysis of the Pharma Twitterama
- Pharma Twittersphere: To Be Followed or To Follow (by @WhyDotPharma)
- The State of the Pharma Twittersphere (by @WhyDotPharma)
- Conclusions and Final Thwoughts & Twips
Over the next few weeks, I hope to dive deeper into some of these topics (I know I'm severely behind on writing a "proper" blog of late) and I'll aslo ask John, my co-presenter, to post his slides and possibly do a guest blog about it. In the mean time, I hope you find these useful — would love to hear your comments, suggestions, feedback, thoughts, etc.
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Nice job, Shwen!
Very comprehensive overview, much have taken you a while to put that together.
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thanks for your presentation
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Thank you for posting this archive, very resourceful info, especially for educating clients and colleagues. Much appreciated!
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Are people who don't live or vote in Fayette County trying to elect the Fayette State Court Judge with huge donations?
There are two candidates for Fayette State Judge, the appointed incumbent Carla McMillian and Stephen Ott. Although not user friendly, the State Office that records election donations are clear on the following donations as of March 31, 2012.
Total Donations $61,140
Donation from Fayette Citizens $ 500
Donations from people outside of Fayette $60,640
Total Donations $ 7,234
Donations from Fayette Citizens $ 6,934
Donation from people outside Fayette $ 300
What's going on? Why is Judge Carla McMillian receiving almost all of her money from outsiders? Who are these outsiders and why are they trying to buy the Judge's Office?
The records are incomplete. The only outsiders name listed lives in North Carolina donating $1,000. It is common knowledge that Judge Carla McMillian is receiving money from an Atlanta Law Firm, but how much we don't know.
One thing we do know is that money buys elections. And Judge McMillian is spending money every day on the Citizens News ads.
Stephen Ott's donors are clearly listed and he receives 96% of his donations from Fayette citizens while Judge McMillian has received 99% from outsiders, only 1% of Fayette residents support her.
Fayette State Court is not a statewide office. It's only for Fayette County. However, outside lawyers practice in Fayette Courts. Are they or others seeking favors?
Stephen Ott did not approve this blog and knows nothing about it.