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The 2006-present logo | |
Wholly owned subsidiary | |
Industry | Fast food |
Founded | 1941 |
Headquarters | Carpinteria, California, U.S. |
Number of locations | 1,369 (January 2013)[1] |
Key people | Carl Karcher, Margaret Karcher, Founders |
Products | Fast food |
Parent | CKE Restaurants |
Slogan | "Eat like you mean it" |
Website | CarlsJr.com |
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The 2006-present logo | |
Wholly owned subsidiary | |
Industry | Fast food |
Founded | 1941 |
Headquarters | Carpinteria, California, U.S. |
Number of locations | 1,369 (January 2013)[1] |
Key people | Carl Karcher, Margaret Karcher, Founders |
Products | Fast food |
Parent | CKE Restaurants |
Slogan | "Eat like you mean it" |
Website | CarlsJr.com |
Carl's Jr., an American-based fast-food restaurant chain, predominantly operates in the Western and Southwestern states. As of 2013[update] it has started expanding or is already in Canada, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Malaysia, Denmark, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Singapore, Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Panama, Ecuador, Turkey, Indonesia, United Kingdom,[2] China, The Bahamas, and Mexico. CKE Restaurants, Inc owns the chain.
Carl Karcher founded the predecessor of Carl's Jr. in 1941; he jump-started his operations with the opening of his first restaurant, a sit-down full-service location called Carl's Drive-In Barbeque. As this grew wildly successful, he decided to open up a chain of smaller restaurants called Carl's, with more limited menus. In 1954, the chain was renamed Carl's Jr. and the fast-food chain took off.[citation needed] In combination with its sibling restaurant-chain Hardee's, Carl's Jr. is in the top ten fast-food chains in the United States after Subway (33,000+ locations), McDonald's (32,000+ locations),[3][4] KFC (17,000 locations), Burger King (11,500+ locations),[5] Wendy's (6,700+ locations),[6] Taco Bell (6000+ locations), Popeyes (1900 locations), Chick-fil-A (1700 locations) and Church's Chicken (1600+ locations).
In 1941 Carl Karcher and his wife, Margaret Karcher (née. Heinz), borrowed $311 on their Plymouth automobile and purchased a hot dog cart which they operated at 1108 North Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, California. One cart grew to four, including a location at Florence and Central in South L.A. In less than five years, they owned a restaurant with hamburgers on the menu in Anaheim, California called Carl's Drive-In Barbeque.[7] In 1956, Karcher opened the first two Carl's Jr. restaurants — so named because they were a smaller version of his drive-in restaurant — in Anaheim and Brea. The restaurant chain was characterized by its fast service, table service as a standard feature, and its logo, the bright yellow five-pointed Happy Star. CKE's other chain, Hardee's, now shares this logo, after a post-merge rebranding.
In 1981, with 300 restaurants in operation, Carl Karcher Enterprises became a publicly held company. In 1988, Carl and his family were accused of insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission. They had sold large quantities of stock before the price dropped. Carl agreed to a settlement with the SEC and paid more than half a million dollars in fines.[8]
The late 1980s and 1990s brought trouble early on and success later. Carl's Jr. chains had struggled to gain success in Arizona and Texas, perhaps diminishing hopes of expansion to other states, though later states like Nevada, Oregon and Washington proved successful. During the 1990s Karcher and the Board of Directors began clashing over marketing and business practices, including the chain's attempt at dual branding with such chains as The Green Burrito, which led to Karcher's ouster as Chief Executive Officer in 1993. Soon after, the Board of Directors took a new approach by cutting the menu, lowering prices, and introducing a new marketing campaign which targeted younger urban and suburban males. During this time, commercials for Carl's Jr. featured an animated caricature of Carl Karcher and the chain's mascot, Happy Star.
During the mid-1990s, Carl's Jr. unveiled its "If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face" campaign which featured younger people eating Carl's Jr.'s burgers with ketchup and juice dripping from the burger and onto clothes and other areas.[citation needed]
Carl's Jr. expanded, and currently has more than 1,000 locations in 13 U.S. states, as well as in Mexico, Costa Rica, Singapore and Russia. In 2007, five new branches were opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, located at 1-Utama Shopping Complex, Midvalley Megamall, Sunway Pyramid, Mines Shopping Fair and the new Pavilion KL Shopping Complex is the first branch they opened for their comeback. In total, there have been seven branches in Malaysia. The Masjid Jamek branch, Ampang Park branch and the Lake Gardens branch were closed in 1998.[citation needed]
Featured food items include the Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger and the Six Dollar Burger, so called because it is claimed to be of the same quality of a burger one would pay six dollars for in a sit-down restaurant. In May 2005, Carl's Jr. introduced "The Spicy BBQ Six Dollar Burger" in a controversial advertising campaign (see below).[9]
In 1997, CKE Restaurants acquired Hardee's, a restaurant chain with 2,500 locations in the Midwest, South and East Coast regions. Hardee's restaurants are gradually being converted to be more like Carl's Jr. with some of the same menu items and even adopting the same star logo. In turn, Carl's Jr. restaurants started to sell Hardee's breakfast items. The chain opened at least one restaurant in a former Rally's location in Hollywood with a drive-thru lane, walk-up window and no interior seating. This location carried the unique branding Carl's Jr. Jr. This restaurant operated for over 10 years, but as of 2011 has been replaced by a Chick-Fil-A.[citation needed]
In 2002, CKE Restaurants, Inc. acquired Santa Barbara Restaurant Group (the parent company of the Green Burrito brand). Some Carl's Jr. and Hardee's stores are now co-branded as Green Burrito locations. Three Carl's Jr. locations in downtown Los Angeles serve beer: Macy's Plaza on 7th & Flower, California Mart at Main & Olympic, and Citigroup Plaza at 5th & Flower.[10]
In October 2006, Carl's Jr. and sister-company Hardee's introduced a promotion with The Palms Casino Hotel to sell a $6,000 Combo Meal exclusively at The Palms. This meal includes the signature Six Dollar Burger, fries, and a $6,000 bottle of French Bordeaux. This meal is available on the Palms room service menu.[citation needed]
In 2008, Carl's Jr. expanded into American Samoa, alongside fellow competitors McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut and Checkers.[citation needed]
On January 11, 2008, Carl Karcher, the founder of hamburger chain Carl's Jr., died at the age of 90. A spokeswoman for CKE Restaurants said Mr. Karcher suffered from Parkinson's disease and was being treated for Parkinson's-related pneumonia when he died at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, California. Many Carl's Jr. restaurants flew their flags at half-staff in memory of Karcher.[citation needed]
In February 2009, CKE Restaurants announced that Texas would be their top growth market for the next five years. Franchisee deals were made with two companies to open Carl's Jr. locations in the Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston markets. The franchisees plan to open 193 new restaurants in Texas over the next 10 years.[11] Carl's Jr. had initially expanded into Texas in 1984, but due to the poor state economy most locations never met sales expectations. By 1987, Carl's Jr. had temporarily pulled out of Texas entirely closing approximately 36 locations.[12] Another attempt to bring the chain to Texas occurred in the 1990s.
January 12, 2010 CKE announced deal to expand into the Houston metropolitan area, with the first two locations opening along Highway 6 on the west side.[13]
In several Western U.S. locations, Carl's Jr. parent CKE has begun operating co-branded restaurants with its Green Burrito group. This is a similar strategy used by Yum! Brands with its KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, A&W Restaurants, and Long John Silver's concepts to help expand brands without the additional expense of new buildings and land.[14]
Taco de Carlos was a fast-food Mexican restaurant chain that spun off from Carl's Jr. In 1972 Carl Karcher Enterprises decided to get in on the Mexican fast-food business because it was a new phenomenon that was proving successful with Taco Bell going public just a few years earlier. Taco de Carlos offered menu items not found on Taco Bell, like the California Burrito, with the green chili, and the Machaca Burrito. It also served up the standard Carl's Jr. burgers. Some of the Taco de Carlos locations opened next door to a Carl's Jr. By the end of the 1970s Taco de Carlos had 17 locations. Carl Karcher Enterprises could never muster up enough business attention for Taco de Carlos, and the taco chain found itself in financial distress. Meanwhile, the bigger names like Taco Bell, Del Taco, Naugles, and Pup-n-Taco were enjoying success. In the early 1980s Carl Karcher Enterprises sold off most of its Taco de Carlos locations to Del Taco, and the rest to other buyers. In 1988, after strengthening the Carl's Jr. brand, they decided to try their luck again with fast-food Mexican fare, Italian fare, and even some locations began a trial run of more gourmet products including but not limited to restaurants in the local areas. Most restaurants broke off of Carl's Jr and struck up a co-branding deal with Green Burrito.[15][16]
When Carl's Jr. first started rebranding Hardee's locations to the Carl's Jr. livery in 1999, the two chains mostly kept separate ads. This changed with the now-infamous Paris Hilton ad (see below), which aired as either for Carl's Jr. or Hardee's, depending on where the ads aired. This would continue with other ads for the next several years.
With the two chains now selling many common menu items by 2013, Carl's Jr. began to advertise nationally in conjunction with Hardee's for products that both chains sell, with much of that coming during WWE programming. Carl's Jr. takes precedence in the ads for lunch & dinner menu items, while Hardee's takes precedence for breakfast items. Some of the items sold by both chains are branded as Thickburgers, even though they are different burgers.
In May 2005, Carl's Jr. introduced its "Spicy BBQ Six Dollar Burger" in a television advertisement created by Mendelsohn Zien Advertising, which features Paris Hilton in a provocative swimsuit soaping up a Bentley automobile and crawling all over it before taking a big bite out of her burger and giving her signature phrase, "That's hot."[9]
Carl's Jr. paid nine popular YouTube users to promote their Portobello Mushroom $6 Burger.[17] Users who promoted their product include iJustine, Smosh[18] and Nigahiga.[19]
In December 2013, Carl's Jr. used flamboyant former NFL player, Terrell Owens, to promote its Philly Cheesesteak Burger.
In June 2011, the restaurant chain open its first Canadian location in Kelowna, British Columbia.[20] Since then, locations in Metro Vancouver have been opened; 25 are intended for that region.[21] In 2014, a location in Edmonton opened in a former Taco Bell. In September 2014 the first location in the province of Ontario opened up in Waterloo, Ontario and the second Ontario location opened up in Guelph in December 2014. Up to 30 restaurants will be opened in Ontario within five years with many of them expected to be in the Greater Toronto Area. New restaurants are coming soon to Guelph, Regina, Mississauga, downtown Toronto, Vancouver International Airport and Lloydminster.[22]
Due to a trademark dispute with the Canadian fast food chain Harvey's, CKE Restaurants cannot use the Hardee's name, but instead is permitted to open Carl's Jr. stores throughout the rest of Canada.
As of December 2012, Carl's Jr. has 9 locations in 6 cities of Ecuador. The franchise is managed by Grupo El Rosado.[23]
Carl's Jr. opened its first store in Brazil on November 29, 2012 at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, and in 7 years plans to open 25 more stores next to the traditional Brazilian restaurant, the Frango Assado, "Roast Chicken," which has 25 stores located in two states, on highways, airports and shopping center, which belongs to the group MIC.
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Carl's Jr re-entered the Thailand market after withdrawing a decade earlier. Carl's Jr's first Thailand loation opened in June 2012 at the Central Festival Pattaya mall located between Pattaya Second and Beach Roads. The second location opened on September 28, 2012 on Sukhumvit Soi 24 in the 24th Avenue Mall, part The Davis Hotel complex, not far from Rama 4 Road in the Khlong Toei district of Bangkok. The third location will open at Thaniya Plaza on Silom Road, near the infamous Patpong Road. Carl's Jr Thailand is making a comeback with an aggressive business plan aimed at having 25 restaurants in five years.
The R&R Restaurant Group holds the rights to operate Carl's Jr in Thailand and plans to operate five Carl's Jr stores by year-end and nine more next year. On September 29, 2012 the Sukhumvit Soi 24 location had a promotion where the first 50 people in line when the restaurant opened at 11 a.m. would eat free for a year. People lined up as early as 4 a.m. and many more people showed up than the company expected. The lucky first 50 guests were given a coupon book which gives them a free Carl's Jr. hamburger each week for one year (each coupon features a different sandwich). Each also received a t-shirt declaring them one of the first 50 who eat free for a year (photos on Carl's Jr Thailand's Facebook page). The opening weekend of the first Bangkok location was a roaring success with lines streaming out the door of the mall and waits up to 30 minutes to order. On Sunday of that weekend, the restaurant ran out of beef for a short while and the following Monday both coke machines broke down due to heavy use. Carl's Jr. Thailand apologized for these hiccups on their Facebook page.[citation needed]
Around 2009, Carls Jr. signed a deal with Tuan V. Do and Luu Tuyet Mai, CEO of MESA Company owned by them; to open the very first 25 restaurants in Vietnam. The Grand Opening in Ho Chi Minh City was in April 2010.[citation needed] Their first restaurant opened in the Vincom Centre, Ho Chi Minh City. A further restaurant located in Phu My Hung, District 7. Yet another is located at Pico plaza on Cong Hoa street.
Since opening their first Russian restaurant in 2006, Carl's Jr. has launched and continues to operate at least 28 locations in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Saratov and Nizhnevartovsk, with plans to further expand in the Russian market.[24]
Carl's Jr. will also be opening a restaurant in Panama City, Panama and San José, Costa Rica in Central America In 2011.[25][26]
Carl's Jr. opened its first restaurant in New Zealand in October 2011, in Takanini. Its first television advertisement was banned for being "exploitative and degrading".[27] In February 2013 the chief executive of Carl's Jr's parent company CKE Restaurants said he would like to thank whoever it was that banned them, as it brought the chain exposure it could not otherwise have afforded.
CKE Restaurants has signed a development agreement with Australia's BKG Group to develop, open, and operate 10 Carl's Jr. restaurants in central, mid, and northern New South Wales. The first store is expected to open by the end of the year on the Central Coast. Franchises are currently being sought for capital cities, with an inner city location, most likely in Sydney, to open within the next 18 months.
On April 5, 2013 Carl's Jr. announced a partnership with Danish Supermarket and their chain Bilka. As a result of the partnership Carl's Jr. will open stores inside some of the Bilka supermarkets located across Denmark. The first restaurants opened in the autumn of 2013 [28] First on October 10, 2013 in Næstved. [29] The second Carl's Jr opened in Vejle on November 17, 2013 [30]
Summer 2014 openings are planned for Aalborg and Kolding, and there are plans to expand to all of Denmark, after great initial success.[31]
In Indonesia, Carl's Jr. is operated by Mahadya Group, a lifestyle consumer retail group under Mahadasha, a subsidiary of Tiara Marga Trakindo. The group currently operates 9 Carl's Jr. restaurants in the country, 7 in Jakarta and 2 in Surabaya.
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Operated in Singapore and Malaysia by Aspac F&B Pte Ltd.[32]
Operated in Singapore and Malaysia by Aspac F&B Pte Ltd.[33]
Carl's Jr. plans on opening up in Japan during the year 2015.[34]
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Spirits and Seeds FundraiserTickets are on sale for the Spirits and Seeds Fundraiser, to be held from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 1 in the barn at 28 Pinnacle Road, Harvard. All proceeds from the event will support the Harvard Farmers Market, Harvard Seed Library and Music・Art・Seeds, a mission-driven music label that promotes emerging artists, seed preservation and food awareness. A fun barn party, the Spirits and Seeds fundraiser |
2014 Season InformationThe Harvard Farmers' Market is now accepting applications for our 2014 season. The season will run from Saturday, August 16, to Saturday, October 25. Season information can be found in the vendor invitation, and the 2014 application and vendor guidelines can both be downloaded and completed to become a vendor for the coming season. Vendors can find all by clicking on the 2014 Information link above. |

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So here we go again. Three demos of pure CSS checkboxes and radio buttons. I generally keep my demos raster free and bereft of extra styling. The reason is so you can add your own styles and not have to override the demo styles.
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Woff was specifically created for using custom fonts via the @font-face rule. Every single modern browser has adopted it. So why not skip the other formats and use it exclusively?
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Once you reach the summit of the aged Mohamedi Manzil building, you spend a few moments trying to make sense of this big, fat terrace farm in the middle of this big, fat street.
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I was ruminating on Sass' lighten and darken functions today morning and wondered whether there was a way to do this via native CSS. I also remembered that I haven't ever used HSL to define colors in my stylesheets and wondered whether this was the solution.
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Most grids and front-end frameworks I've seen insist on floats for all layouting. But sometimes, you don't want floats... You may occasionally be better off with inline-block, rarely display-table, and if your browser support is ideal, flexbox. Let's look at some advantages and disadvantages of popular layouting methods for responsive sites.
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A few days ago, an eureka moment occurred: why not take Ryan Fait's solution (which is quite elegant, by the way), and add a teeny weeny bit of JS, to get a footer that works for a responsive layout?
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Calc makes CSS very, very pretty. It does the heavy lifting for you. You can mix percentages with pixels or ems, and add, subtract, multiply and divide. So why is calc an at-risk feature? Let's take a look at some real-world use cases for calc.
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I've been playing with flexbox for a while. I love it. It's going to save so many kittens. This is going to be the first of a series of demos of what flexbox is capable of.
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This articles covers 3 use cases where inline-block layouting forms a good solution. Fluid image grids, horizontally centered menus and borders on elements are discussed.
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The Equal Height Problem never ends! It gets even worse with responsive layouts. After witnessing and attempting the mindboggling solutions out there, I was convinced that Javascript was the saviour... until I revisited the situation recently. Here's a pure CSS solution.
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When a client calls up and asks to increase the icon size by 20% or tweak colour values and shadows, it's a breeze to make changes in the stylesheet directly. I've made a demo with 16 different ways you can creatively use font icons in your next project.
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It's somewhere in-between inline and block. And it's often precisely what you need.
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This is about a situation where you need to insert a linebreak between successive inline elements. A bit of white-space manipulation and generated content saves the day via pure CSS.
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Multiple views are a useful UI feature to allow users to choose how they wish to browse content on a web application. The most common views are thumbnail, detail and list views. The icons for the same are pretty straightforward. Of course, in the spirit of resolution independence, I was dead against using raster graphics, so PNG and JPG file formats went out of the window.
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City farming can greatly reduce the burden of kitchen waste through compost. Greater Mumbai generates about 6000 tonnes of garbage per day, of which only 3-4% is composted. As our landfills choke with filth, one wonders, "Why not compost biodegradable garbage at a local level, rather than burdening the civic system?"
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Salute to Service Award
The Salute to Service Award presented by USAA was created to acknowledge the exceptional efforts by members of the NFL community to honor and support U.S. service members and veterans. Click below to view all nominees and then send your support by tweeting out to your favorite nominee's team with #SaluteToService.
NFL and the Armed Forces
Supporting the military is part of the fabric of the NFL. This support takes place both at home and abroad, with NFL players and coaches traveling overseas to salute the troops, as well as with team recognition of our servicemen and women through the Salute to Service campaign.
Through its long standing partnerships and support from our 32 teams, the NFL takes pride in supporting military personnel and remains committed to raising awareness for the sacrifices they make on our behalf. All proceeds from the NFL's Salute to Service campaign are donated to the NFL's three military appreciation nonprofit partners: USO, Pat Tillman Foundation, and Wounded Warrior Project.
P&G has specially marked holiday packs at retail promoting the Salute to Service initiative and has made a $100,000 donation in support of the military appreciation campaign. Chicago Bears defensive end, Jared Allen, is featured in P&G's national TV spot. Allen surprises a military veteran's family with the P&G holiday packs.
USAA Supports Salute to Service
Since 2011, USAA has served as the Official Military Appreciation Sponsor of the NFL. Together, USAA and the NFL seek to elevate military appreciation across the league among players, teams, and fans through the NFL Salute to Service initiative. USAA annually works with several NFL teams during the NFL Salute to Service campaign to honor the men and women who have served and currently serve in the U.S. military by conducting base visits, hosting military at training camps, hosting thousands of military at Salute to Service games, conducting in-stadium card stunts, and enlisting NFL fans to demonstrate their appreciation by participating in the Salute to Service conversation. You can share your military appreciation by posting a "thank you" message to someone who has served by including #SaluteToService in your social post. Visit SaluteToService.com to see how USAA honors the military.
The NFL does not profit from the sale or auction of Salute to Service - identified merchandise. In 2013, the NFL donated more than $1.5 million for the NFL's three military appreciation nonprofit partners: Pat Tillman Foundation (PTF), USO and the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). This year, funds will be raised through two primary channels: NFL Auction and the sale of Salute to Service- identified merchandise at retail.
NFL Auction: 100% of proceeds from Salute to Service products auctioned on NFL Auction go directly to the three non-profit organizations listed above.
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Year: 2014
Make: Tacoma
Model: DCSB TRD-Off road
Engine size:V6
Transmission: Auto
The truck is brand new with no mods. When i test drove it it had 7 miles on it. When accelerating from a stop there is a distinct vibration/shudder as the truck passes up thought about 15-30 mph. I have been really babying it as to try and break it in according to the owners manual guide lines. So if you accelerate really slow it's not as bad but with what I would call normal acceleration it's very noticeable. in higher gears, going up slight inclines at low RPM is seems to vibrate a little or feel strange. I am not a mechanic but i can tell when something doesn't feel right.
Anyone else experience something like this? i have read other stories of the techs not being able to duplicate a customers issues when there is definitely something going on.
Suggestions? The dealer i purchased from is a good distance away but i have some close to me. should i take it to the dealer i bought it from or the one closest? I feel the one i bought it from may have more of a vested interest in addressing my issue.


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Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates KONA GRILL INC as a Buy with a ratings score of B. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate KONA GRILL INC (KONA) a BUY. This is driven by a few notable strengths, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat weak growth in earnings per share."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 6.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 17.5%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
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The ordinance will expire after eighteen months, on July 1, 1997, unless county commissioners vote to extend it. Burke predicts an extension -- and perhaps an expansion.
"I'm looking at eight or nine o'clock on weekdays, and keeping it midnight or so on weekends," says Burke. "I think that with the [pro-curfew] position President Clinton has taken and the success stories we're hearing, the curfew is a good tool if used with discretion. I believe it will be extended until we have a real drop in our juveniles being hurt."
Curfew opponents cite the fact that most violent crimes committed by youths occur in the daytime, before the curfew takes effect. Rather than a curfew, they say, a commitment should be made to build stronger families, better schools, and nurture community programs. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has contested the constitutionality of the Dade ordinance; the case is on appeal in the Florida Supreme Court.
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October 12, 2012
For years, the US Government said jobs would return. Billions of dollars spent. Deficit reaches 18 Trillion. But the jobs never came. Insolvency looming. The US begged sovereign nations like China for loans but were rebuked. The Democrats and Republicans fought fiercely to destroy each other to gain leverage for the 2012 elections. But all to no avail.
The US unemployment rate rose to 46%. US Corporations loved the new model of cutting expenses by cutting jobs even more.
On October 12, 2012, the US government and economy collapsed into a severe depression. Nobody would buy US bonds. The Stock Market that had been manipulated to a 15,000 DOW due to FED money printing policy fell suddenly to 2,000. Wild panic in the streets of America ensued.
The US Spin, Hype, Market Manipulation and U.S. Corporations seeking profits in exporting to sovereign nations and job outsourcing had finally destroyed America.
The enemies of the US convened strategies to carve up America into colonies.
Could it happen?
In my view, the perfect storm of destruction of the US could take place.
Bad and Corrupt Government (whether Democrat and Republican), Bad FED Policy, Greedy US Corporations. It's not only possible but likely.
I hope all responsible for our Country's decline stop and think.
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Governments have to cope with increasing levels of soveriegn debt....how did this happen?? Large portion of this is a result of Governments bailing out bad/failed businesses. Ultimately, many governments socialised private business debts.
All this article does is to encourage middle class well educated people to try and gain employment in the public sector, where their jobs will be secure and can afford a good standard of living without being at the whims of the private sector who will probably outsource your job in a few years to a cheaper economic base such as India....
The Australian case is different in that the public sector staff generally earn less than their counterparts in the private sector. However private sector workers work longer hours and do more work when actually on the job. Unlike in many countries, the Australian public sector is not necessarily a prestigious job, in fact the best and brightest usually go to the private sector. In the pact the public sector hired people who had left school aged 15, from working class families, or those from disadvantaged groups e.g. people with disabilities or mental illness. The image of the private sector is changing though, as many of the Gen Y "best and brightest" value work/life balance, and the idealistic desire to do meaningful work e.g. serve the public. The security and stability is also attractive, so more and more people who have the choice are choosing government jobs, which is how I think it should be.
It is more and more obvious that the Economist is a zealous advocate of the worldwide plutocracy that governs us. You are criticizing public-sector workers and their unions for "unfair" advantages over private sector ones. The real problem is not whether the public sector works 10.67% less than the private sector or whether they make 12.89% more or retire after 30 years instead of 40 years. No, the real problem is the super-rich making 10,000% more than the average person and employing vast numbers of underpaid no-benefits workers that they can get rid of at will. THAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM.
What you and your masters want is to destroy the only category of people who earn decent middle-class wages with decent benefits, align them with the private sector, lower their pay, get rid of their benefits and have them compete to the lowest denominator against workers from India and China. This is what you aim to achieve. This is what your plutocrat masters want because that is how they can maximise their profits and indulge ever more in the luxury that they so much crave for: yachts, private jets etc...
But, guess what, that strategy will ultimately fail: as Ford knew, if you pay your workers peanuts, who will buy the cars that your company produces?
There has been a lot of talk about teacher's unions, but the unions alone aren't to blame for poor public school performance. The system has never worked.
Ignoring the logisitics of implementation, consider this in theory: What if all schools were private. Cities, states, and the federal government already spend a lot of money on each student. This money could be given directly to the schools as a voucher. Poor performing schools would see enrollment drop, leading to teachers being laid off. Vouchers could also be tied in some way to student performance. Of course there would have to rules in place to prevent voucher-accepting schools from cherry-picking the top students, and ways to fairly deal with problem students and special needs students.
The wealthy will still be able to send their children to elite private schools with miniscule class sizes and gaudy facilities, as the public vouchers would not be enough to cover this. If you have money, your children will get a better education. This fact of life will not change. But for the majority of students, many options would open up.
Any thoughts on this? Are there too many holes, problems..?
As far as I recall, the main reason for the budget deficit is Wall Street speculation and subsequent bailouts for these so called "productive" members of society. In showing their gratitude, these "productive" members continue to decry any form of regulation that could prevent a recurrence of the same events. However, it seems the Economist, following close to it's neo-liberal ideology, would like to indulge in it's greatest pastime of playing one group of workers against another. In the meantime, Corporate executive pay, espeically at the largest banks who owe their existence to government handouts, is surpassing pre-crisis levels. And the workers are the ones footing the bill.
The market economies of the West figured out over 100 years ago that monopoly corporations were not in the public interest and could not be allowed. Why do we think that monopoly labour in public institutions is o.k.?
In Canada we have a terrible, oversized and politicized public sector which does not bite the hand that feeds it so much as devour that hand. The teacher's unions are among the worst, constantly braying about "quality education" while churning out generations of idiots. The education system is run by teaching professionals for the teachers ( don't think so? See the argument over whole language vs. phonetics, or the arguments over discipline or mathematics). Parents snd students must get by on lip service. Work out the hours of teachers. 9-3:30 with an hour for lunch for 190 teaching days per year. Less than 900 hours per year. Half of what most jobs require. I can hear the refrain already, " we work lots of hours at home". Baloney! If that is the case, I have a simple idea. Do that extra work at school and use a punch clock.
When I went to school the lazy, stupid asses who made up most of the teaching staff assigned us work in class so they could do their marking before they went home. That is the norm. If I'm wrong, why would they care if they have to do that work at school. If I'm right ( and I know I am ) then we are paying a ridiculous amount of money for very poor and limited work. The rest of the public sector is much the same and in many cases worse.
Privatize, privatize, privatize.
Who wants to bet that Trvor44 has one of those cushy government jobs?
I applaud this article. I worked in the public sector union for 15 years, then moved to management for 6 years before leaving for the private sector. I struggled with the idea of losing the security, pension, and other benefits, but just couldn't stand the environment any longer. My personal, general observations. Public sector union employees:
-Have a sense of entitlement that I don't see in the private sector
-Have an adversarial relationship with management that I don't see in the private sector
-Don't feel any responsibility for systemic problems in the business and blame it all on management, which I don't see in the private sector
-Tend to be extremely resistant to change
-In spite of all the security and benefits, are some of the most unhappy people I know and most simply count the days to retirement
In my opinion, public sector unions are now doing more harm than good for both the US and its members, most of whom work in quiet desperation shackled by their golden handcuffs.
Big government is a big problem around the world -- inefficiency, bureaucracy, unlimited spending, incapability, low quality of service.
That is also why many government face the risk of bankruptcy. If people who work harder and contribute more can't retire at earlier 50s with full pay in private sector, I don't know why people in public sector could enjoy such privilege?
We don't need to complain, but looking at today's reality, something in current system has to be changed to build a sustainable model
for both public and private sectors. Or else, we will face rising
taxes, rising risk of government bankruptcy, rising riots in society. Nobody will benefit from this in the end.
There are a lot of truisms in this but on the whole this is a very lazy article. This talks about introducing PRP to the public sector - sorry but this has been tried with limited success in the UK for the last 20 years. It always comes back to the same old question of what criteria do you apply? Ultimately attempts to implant a private sector culture on public sector organisations are not successful. This has been shown time and time again as in the NHS in the UK.
Plus you don't say that much about pay differentials between the public and private sectors or the increasing tendency to employ part-time staff in the public sector - and then you wonder why there is so much job insecurity.
It would be nice to see the Economist going after the bankers with as much energy as it does public sector unions, but we know where it's bread is buttered.
I will tell you about Spain, and one of it´s biggest regions, Andalusia, with aprox 8 million citizens:
In the general admin, we have around 25.000 "unsacable" workers. Say 4.000 are politically designated. All of them have entered through public procedures.
Another 25.000 are semi-sacable. Their procedure to get the job is known, but dubious.
Another 25.000 are privately hired. Their procedure to access to the job is unknown.
An also unknown number of "private" companies and charities, relys completely or almost completely on the public budget. Their selection criteria is sometimes apparently open, but a fraud in reality. Although the most frequent is the direct and uncontrolled asignation.
Almost none of them has, at least on my experience, real objectives-driven procedures. Some looks like having them but, it´s only because the files can bear anything. Big private consulting firms backs all the mess.
And the solution given for our politicians is "to ease the red tape". And, for that, to cut the number of "almost-unsacable-workers" (called "funcionarios" -Already a 33% vs 66% Non funcionarios).
This has been backed by the Unions, although denied in public. The problem for the unions is that is has been passed as a Law the last July, and we are still able to read...
This way politicians will do their free will, and that will produce better public services. They say...
That is what you are backing when yuo call for "flexibility" in Spain´s public sector.
Are you happy? Are you proud?
Please, have it clear, the problem is that Public Sector and big companies can´t work as small firms because both have managers that spend other people´s money.
Both Behemoths needs transparency and control. But Public one needs more control than private. Because otherwise people´s freedom is compromised.
In Spain we do not have a "Free of Informatio Act".
We do not have!
We do not know and we can´t know what happens in the public sector!
If really, If) you wanna help, help with this.
Is a shame.
As a union member (private sector trade union)I must admit that this article does make some valid points.
Public sector unions, as well as the public would greatly benefit if they were operated much more like the public trade unions.The idea that one basically can not be removed from ones job for poor performance or incompetence is ludacris. It only makes the unions weaker when they choose to protect such people. The union to which I belong has no such thing as seniority when it comes time to reduce the work force those with the best skills will remain while those whose skills are lacking will be terminated regardless of how long they have been there. Our members take great pride in their skills and would not have it any other way.
The comparison made to wage increases between public and private sector employees should be qualified by the fact that private sector wages have not been rising nearly as fast as productivity for the past ten years. A sad fact often lamented in the press, as well as by this news paper.
The fact that many public sector employee pension funds are dangerously underfunded has received much attention recently as governments struggle with budget shortfalls. While politicians and the press have been quick to demonise public sector employees for this problem they are simply ignoring the truthful explanation for this problem. Governments have repeatedly over the years failed to make the required contributions to pension funds, choosing instead to kick the problem down the road, figuring that they will be long gone by the time that their misdeeds come to light. This is no different than someone who decides to quit paying their household bills for years and when finally confronted with the total owed claims that the figure is just too enormous to pay, therefore they should be relieved of the consequences of their past actions, or lack thereof. There certainly are cases in which retirement packages may be excessive but to cherry pick those that support your argument against defined benefit retirement plans does not represent journalism. It is an editorial disguised as journalism, something this news paper should be above.
When the subject of pay and benefits is brought up I always find it interesting that everyone seems to feel that somebody else, or another group is over compensated but I never encounter anyone that feels that way about themselves. I am sure that there are many employees of this news paper that receive pay and benefits well in excess of employees at other publications, yet I have yet to see an article that laments this fact.
The past forty years have seen a great decline in the number of private sector union employees which seems to coincide with the growing disparity in pay between management and labor. Many in the anti-labor movement feeling that they have won, or at the very least have done significant damage in the private sector are now turning their sights on the public sector continuing their tactics of turning one group against the other in the hopes that they will bring about a mutual destruction.
The working class people should take a moment to step back from this orchestrated labor war, cast their glance to the sidelines and see who is cheering them on in this race to the bottom.
The Economist needs to link the trends in public employee benefits with trends in executive pay. For in the U.S. over the pay 30 years, two kinds of people have been getting richer.
The executives who sit on each other's boards and vote each other a higher share of private sector resources, somehow expecting everyone else to keep buying their products and services by going deeper into debt;
And today's seniors, particularly retired public employees who already had the richest retirement benefits and increased them further by deals with the state and local politicians they control (as other Americans can't be bothered to pay attention to state and local government). To avoid opposition, the cost of all this has been deferred.
If you knew the numbers, you would see that younger generations of public employees, in terms of what they are paid for actually working on the job, have not done very well. And New York State has five Tiers of pension benefits after repeated cycles of enriched pensions for those casing in and moving out and diminshed wages and benefits for new workers. At one point, to pay for part of the 2000 pension enrichment (which was described as free), the starting pay of NYC police and firefighters was cut by 40%. The NYPD found it was scraping the bottom with new recruits, some of whom committed crimes themselves.
Everyone else except those mentioned above has been getting poorer, for some time. This was at first papered over by more household members in the labor force. Then by the loss of retirement benefits by younger generations of private sector workers, who will not realize how poor they are until they face destitution in old age. Then by soaring debts. All the while, it was asserted that this impoverishment was not happening because more stuff was being bought. Ignoring the fact that people couldn't really afford the stuff.
So now we have a war over public employee pensions, and it is well deserved. They have made themselves the enemies of the serfs. But I believe that much of the war is being directed by the other enemies of the serfs -- those who have enriched themselves (sorry) by something other than free choice in the marketplace. And somehow the market has not corrected to bring down executive pay, because it is not a real market.
Understand that the negotiations on pay and benefits between public employee unions and the state and local politicians they fund -- is identical to the negotations between top executives and the corporate directors they appoint. Understand that our private and public and non-profit institutions are being pillaged, and have been pillaged for some time. Understand that the generation controlling these institutions can best be described as "Generation Greed." The implications for corporate bonds and stocks and municipal bonds are obvious. At some point we face and institutional collapse.
As far as teachers in Poland go, they have already lost twice in the last year:
-Lost the right to retire early (so at 55) now it is 65 like everyone else.
-Increase in teaching hours to 22, not 18, as mentioned. To be fair, 22 hours of teachins is actually much more work, as you have parents conference, class work to check and so on.
I work in the office in financial sector and I can not say I am really productive 100% of my time. I do not think anybody can....
Anyway I feel this is rather a biased article. It is more complex than unions bad, market good.
The article correctly identifies the weakness of public sector management in negotiations as critical. However, it was only after many private companies went bust (or even entire industries in the UK) that unions learned restraint in private sector negotiations. That cannot happen in the public sector (is the UK going to let the National Health Service go bust?) and it is wishful thinking that without such examples, public sector managagement will succeed in winning against the unions.
The solution lies in breaking up the monopoly state of public services so that competition can really happen. Private companies competing for government contracts to, for example, provide healthcare for a city or manage benefit payments would quickly learn the discipline of the markets. The only areas where continued state monopoly provision should exist are those areas such as the armed forces - and like the armed forces, there must be no right to strike in such areas.
Why is it that the general worker is always expected to fall in line with e lowest common denominator whereas the highest paid workers expects to attain parity with the highest common denominator (with the usual accompanying argument; 'it's necessary to attract good talent").
Trevor44: I'm amazed that some people seem to think freedom is a bad word. If you prefer to be unfree, go commit the crime of your choice and get put in prison. There you can be unfree for as long as you like. I prefer freedom, myself, but there's no accounting for tastes.
If you think the best health care, education, etc., is provided by government-run services, there seem to be a lot of people who disagree with you and are willing to pay for an alternative.
I was just wondering if anyone is truly aware of how public workers rip of the society across the globe!
thanks to The Economist...
Public Sector:
- incompetent (fro civilization)
- irresponsible
- has corrupt deals with corrupt politicians through the organizations called unions to rip of the society.
(well at least I can talk about Turkey.
But it is the bloody same mess all over the globe)
What gives them right to work 25% less than private sector and have secure, stable salaries and increase above inflation?
Public Sector worker is the joke of the century.
After communism.
Public sectors flying carpet (at a cost of society)
Hopefully the Great De-leveraging will bring governments to their senses and start the loss of gold plated pensions in the public sector. If the public sector goes to defined contribution instead of defined benefit (and often indexed) it will be a good start to leveling the playing field and lessening the huge burden on taxpayers.
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As much as I love the revolutionary potential of technology in education, I understand why some of those who care about public education and public universities worry about privatization and plunder.
From vibrant communities on social media to inventive lessons using video conferencing, Joe Dale explores how language teachers have embraced technology in the classroom.
Thanks to technology, we're watching a revolution happen in education right now. From the explosion in popularity of language learning apps like Mindsnacks to the media furor about the rise of massive open online courses, companies are being built around the idea that technology can radically reshape our relationship with education.
Autrey Mill Middle School in suburban Atlanta is part of a pilot project launched this spring by Amplify, News Corp.'s education technology company. Tablets have been placed in the hands of about 2,500 students at 12 schools across the country.
With constantly evolving technology, most school districts in Glenview, Northbrook, and other communities are in some stage of implementing a one-to-one initiative to provide each student with a technological device.
Jane Porath, a mathematics teacher and site leader at Traverse City East Middle School, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).
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Recognizing that American K12 students have fallen behind foreign students in their grasp of scientific principles, educators have devised a new set of teaching guidelines that will radically change the way science is taught in classrooms across the United States—including recommendations that climate change and evolution be taught as core elements of scientific knowledge.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans.


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Check out the 3rd annual list of the best places to eat and drink in the Kootenays!
Kootenay Business is pleased to bring you this new list of award winners that recognizes readers' favourites when it comes to eating and drinking establishments in the Kootenays. This list was compiled from nominations submitted by our readers who completed the reader survey printed with an earlier issue this year.
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You and Francis had been together for as long as anyone could remember. He was an artist but lately funding for his supplies had been rather low. You were already working two jobs, one just for him.
"Francis, I'm heading home now, goodnight," You called, waiting for him to kiss you goodbye.
"Oui, Oui goodnight ____." You closed the door and returned back into the arts room, arms folded
"Francis, I said goodnight," you growled irritatedly. Whenever Francis was painting he completely forgot of your existence.
He looked up from what he was doing and set the painting on the ground. He quickly paced over, kissed your cheek and returned back to what he was doing.
"That's it Francis!" You yelled and in one quick motion grabbed the Canva from him and put your knee threw it.
You couldn't believe you'd just put your knee threw Francis' pride and joy so simply.
"We're over!" you screamed at her before marching out the door.
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Things hadn't always been like that. Only upon a time you and Francis had almost been married, in fact you'd gotten engaged only a few months previous.
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Kankakee County Fair
Let's spend a day at the fair. Go to the time-honored livestock shows, play some games, enter contests, enjoy the exciting live entertainment, be brave and ride on the carnival rides, or feast on the fair food; but don't forget to see the demolition derby or rodeo.
CITY: Kankakee
24 - 28
Bourbonnais Friendship Festival
During the five days of fun, rides, games, shows, beer garden, parades, teen Idol, baby contest and more. You are bound to see astronauts, Martians, the Jetsons, Buzz Lightyear, Luke Skywalker and more as you orbit the festival grounds.
CITY: Bourbonnais
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BBQ Festival
This is a 3 day extravaganza of wild entertainment such as Local H, Puddle of MUDD on Thursday, Salt-n-Pepa and Vanilla Ice on Friday. As well as RaeLynn, Josh Thompson and Aaron Tippin on Saturday. But lets not forget, included in this event will be a carnival car, truck & motorcycle show, BBQ competition, bean bag competition and much more!
CITY: Kankakee
Jul 5
Kankakee River Fishing Derby
Come out for the Annual Kankakee River Valley Fishing Derby! The Kankakee is a clean river that is a popular destination for recreational canoeing and fishing for warm-water species such as smallmouth bass, channel catfish, walleye and northern pike. Our fishing derby is a ten-day event providing exciting fun for the whole family and cash prizes are awarded for tagged fish.
CITY: Kankakee
24 - 25
Merchant Street Music Festival
Merchant Street MusicFest brings together an eclectic range of music, artists, food and people to celebrate diversity throughout the community. Merchant Street MusicFest is a FREE two-day music and arts festival at the historic downtown train depot located at 199 South East Avenue in Kankakee, IL. The event is a community celebration featuring local, regional, and national musical talent on 3 stages, fine and folk art vendors and great food and drink. Tempt your tastebuds with our local food vendors' best offerings or just sit back with a cold one and let the melodic sounds wash over you.
CITY: Kankakee
Rhubarb Festival
Visit the Museum Campus at Small Memorial Park from 10-4 for grounds filled with vendors, music, contests, pies, and lovely gardens. The one room school house and the memorial home of Dr. A.L. Small, built in 1855 and boyhood home of Lennington Small, Governor of Illinois from 1921-1929, will be open.
CITY: Kankakee
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2015 U.S. Amateur Championship
The U.S. Amateur is the premier amateur golf championship for players from around the world. Past winners include Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods
CITY: Olympia Fields
16th Annual Spring Craft & Vendor Show
A diverse selection of crafters and vendors. Wonderful spring items and Mother's Day gifts!
CITY: Frankfort
Lady - A Women's Expo
This one day event will feature dozens of booths offer health tips and screening, fashion and beauty, food, home decor, shopping and more.
CITY: Tinley Park
Goodenow Grove Fall Fest
An estimated 3,500 guests attended Goodenow Grove Fall Fest in Beecher in 2014. This free, annual event features family-friendly fun including music, entertainment, pumpkin painting, a petting zoo, childrens activities and hayrack rides.
CITY: Beecher
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Momence Gladiolus Festival
On the agenda for the Gladiolus Festival are the Coronation of the Princess and Queen, plus numerous parades, carnival and giant flea, swap, and craft market.
CITY: Momence
KVPD Ultimate Outdoor Show
For the avid hunter and fisherman you'll be pleased to see the great fishing demos, games, vendors, food, live concerts, archery, demos, boat show, RV's and camping.
CITY: Kankakee
Mar 18
Works in varied media by artisits Reginald Baylor, Mary Croteau and Jordan Scott, using obsessive labor in their production. Artists reception Feb 19, 4:30-7pm.
CITY: Chicago Heights
The Mad Hatter's Ball
Tall Grass Arts Association presents The Mad Hatter's Ball, 57th Annual Beaux Arts Ball. Hat contest and a whole lot of dancing makes it the perfect Ball. 6PM.
CITY: Glenwood
Pause for Patriotism
The Mission of the "Pause for Patriotism" Committee is: to instill a Love of our Country, demonstrate an attachment to the land and people, an admiration for our customs and traditions, and a devotion to the welfare of our Country, in our children and their families through the annual "Armed Forces Day" celebration and other activities throughout the year. There will also be great entertainment, food, and beverages for people all ages.
CITY: Kankakee
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Shamrockin St. Pat's Weekend Party
Weekend of St. Pats Festivities- 4 Days of Irish Entertainment, Irish Fare, Raffles, St. Pats Day Gear and South Side Irish Parade bus trip. Family friendly all weekend. Family owned and operated for 27 years. 12PM-close.
CITY: Lansing
Earth Day at the Oaks
Celebrate the Earth with activities, presenters, games, lunch, and more!
CITY: Olympia Fields
Manhattan Irish Fest
This annual event includes a parade, 5k run, Irish Breakfast, Irish Mass, craft fair and evening entertainment. Lots of kids activities and of course, kilts! Downtown Manhattan comes alive!
CITY: Manhattan
28 - 29
Kid's Expo
Checkout everything there is to do with kids! Toddlers to teens can enjoy crafts, face painting, costume characters, climbing wall, cover search and much more. Enter to win tons of prizes and giveaways. Over 150 Booths.
CITY: Tinley Park
Pembroke Rodeo
The Pembroke Rodeo features one of the largest traveling rodeos in Illinois. The rodeo features bare back riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, relay races, barrel racing, flag races and bull riding.
CITY: St. Anne
23 - 24
Pembroke Rodeo
The Pembroke Rodeo features one of the largest traveling rodeos in Illinois. The rodeo features bare back riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, relay races, barrel racing, flag races and bull riding.
CITY: St. Anne
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Festival 2015: The Power of Music - Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
The Power of Music is a dynamic, weekend-long exploration of the powers derived from music. The festival opens with the screening of a powerful new film documenting the use of Beethoven's 9th Symphony to affect change in different cultural and social contexts. Day two starts with an afternoon lecture by renowned musicologist, Jason Geary, on the power of music to persuade and its uses in mass media, and finishes with an evening recital by acclaimed Venezuelan pianist, Gabriela Martinez. The festival concludes on day three with a showcase of the power of music to enrich and enhance the lives of young area musicians, with a showcase of local talent. Festival passes are $50, and include admission to all events.
CITY: Frankfort


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Player Of The Week: Britny Edwards
Updated: 03/14/2013 - ECU senior center Britny Edwards averages 9.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for the 21-7 Pirates, but what you may not know is that one of East Carolina's best players is legally deaf.
Updated: 03/14/2013 - ECU senior center Britny Edwards averages 9.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for the 21-7 Pirates, but what you may not know is that one of East Carolina's best players is legally deaf.
Posted: 03/05/2013 - Philip Clark and Chase McDonald each collected a pair of hits and drove in three runs helping East Carolina (7-4) to an 11-9 midweek victory over UNC Greensboro (6-4) Tuesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Updated: 03/06/2013 - In a unanimous vote just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, East Carolina University voted to hire Jeff Compher as the new athletics director.
Posted: 03/04/2013 - East Carolina's baseball game against UNCG on Tuesday, Mar. 5 has been moved up to a 3 p.m. (EST) start due to potential rain in the area ECU officials announced Monday.
Updated: 03/03/2013 - David Lucroy struck out a career-high nine batters, while Jack Reinheimer and Travis Watkins drove in multiple runs helping East Carolina complete a three-game sweep over St. John's Sunday afternoon, 7-3, at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Updated: 03/03/2013 - Whitny Edwards had 17 points and ECU held Memphis to just 18.5-percent shooting in the first half en route to a 69-52 victory on Sunday.
Posted: 03/02/2013 - Neil Watson scored 26 points and didn't miss all night as Southern Mississippi routed East Carolina 88-69 Saturday.
Posted: 03/02/2013 - The No. 3 Arizona Sun Devils (20-0) scored six runs in the first two innings and six more in the fifth and went on to beat East Carolina (7-11), 13-0, on the second day of the Wilson/DeMarini Invitational on Saturday.
Posted: 03/02/2013 - Ryan Williams worked eight solid innings, while Bryan Bass and Luke Lowery each collected three hits pacing East Carolina to a series win over St. John's, 8-1, Saturday afternoon.
Posted: 03/01/2013 - Jeff Hoffman worked seven strong innings, while Zach Houchins recorded a pair of hits and drove in two runs helping East Carolina (4-4) to a 6-3 win over St. John's (1-8) Friday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
Posted: 03/01/2013 - Junior Alex Fieldhouse homered and drove in three runs, but East Carolina was edged out by North Carolina 5-4.
Posted: 03/01/2013 - Junior Jill Jelnick's infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning scored junior pinch runner Chelsea Kaluhoiokalani-Glackin from third base to give East Carolina a thrilling 3-2 victory over Binghamton
Posted: 02/28/2013 - Celeste Stewart hit a key three-pointer with 1:13 left in the game to break a 48-48 tie and give East Carolina its final lead of the game as the Pirates went on to defeat UAB, 53-52, at Minges Coliseum.
Updated: 02/27/2013 - Ryan Cordell and Trey Wimmer each belted grand slams helping lift Liberty to a 14-4 victory over East Carolina.
Posted: 02/27/2013 - East Carolina's softball team dropped its fifth-straight game in a 6-3 loss to Elon.
Posted: 02/25/2013 - East Carolina junior guard Akeem Richmond has been named the Conference USA Player-of-the-Week.
Posted: 02/25/2013 - Indiana is No. 1 in The Associated Press' Top 25 for the fourth straight week, while Gonzaga moved to No. 2 for the first time in school history.
Posted: 02/24/2013 - ECU's softball team (6-7) dropped games to Notre Dame (8-5) and Liberty (3-6) on the final day of the Pirate Invitational on Sunday.
Posted: 02/24/2013 - Seniors Bryan Bass and Jay Cannon each collected a pair of hits to help East Carolina (3-3) to a 5-1 victory over New Mexico State (3-4) Sunday.
Posted: 02/23/2013 - Akeem Richmond came off the bench to score a career-high 29 points, leading East Carolina to a 72-69 victory over SMU on Saturday.
Posted: 02/23/2013 - Chris Crawford and Shaq Goodwin scored 19 points each and No. 21 Memphis claimed its second straight Conference USA regular season title by beating Southern Mississippi 89-73 on Saturday afternoon.
Updated: 02/23/2013 - East Carolina's softball team (6-5) lost a 9-1 run-shortened game to Notre Dame (5-5) on the second day of the Pirate Invitational Saturday.
Posted: 02/22/2013 - The ECU baseball team improved to 2-0 at the 10th annual Keith LeClair Classic by beating Boston College 2-1 on Friday.
Updated: 02/22/2013 - East Carolina's softball team came out strong and defeated Liberty by a 12-1 score in its first game of the Pirate Invitational, but fell to Fairfield in the second contest by a 14-10 margin on Friday at ECU Softball Stadium.
Posted: 02/21/2013 - Jeff Hoffman struck out nine batters, while Zach Houchins and Travis Watkins each drove in multiple runs helping East Carolina to its first win of the 2013 season.


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"I could go on at what these days were but the truth is I am tired. Would you even believe me if I did or didn't? Could this paper touch your face? I've spent enough years with my face arranged in books. I've read enough to crush my sternum. In each of the books are people talking, saying the same thing, their tongues thin and white and speckled."
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Books that reappear when you destroy them, lampshades made of skin, people named with numbers and who can't recall each other, a Universal Ceiling constructed by an otherwise faceless authority, a stairwell stuffed with birds: the terrain and populace of "Sky Saw" is packed with stroboscopic memory mirage. In dynamic sentences and image, Blake Butler crafts a post-Lynchian nightmare where space and family have deformed, leaving the human persons left in the strange wake to struggle after the shapes of both what they loved and who they were.
Blake Butler is the author of "Ever," "Scorch Atlas," "There Is No Year," and "Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia." He is the editor of the literary blog HTMLGIANT.
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Mt. Rainier: Seminar Trains at Camp Muir
Posted by: JJ Justman, Casey Grom | May 28, 2013
Categories: *Expedition Dispatches *Mount Rainier
Elevation: 10,000'
The Expedition Skills Seminar team awoke at Muir with sunny skies. We spent the day training outside going over basic climbing skills.
Later this afternoon the weather rolled in and we retreated back into the comfort of our bunkhouse. There we continued training where the team safely learned self rescue out of a crevasse.
Tonight we will enjoy dinner, lecture on high altitude medicine and tell some tall tales along the way.
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Hey; hope all is going great…have not heard from your guide for a couple of days; be safe.
Posted by: Jeff on 5/30/2013 at 8:15 pm
I hope you are having a great time. I can't wait to hear all about it!
Love, Renee
Posted by: Renee Kodey on 5/29/2013 at 8:05 pm
Hi Nick- Hope you get to summit!
Love, Heather
Posted by: Heather on 5/29/2013 at 9:51 am
Hey, Shawn & Devin. Hope you're having a fantastic time. Thinking of you!
Love you, Buzz!
Posted by: Chris on 5/29/2013 at 8:50 am
Hey Jeff! Watching for updates and can't wait to hear how it goes. You all are amazing!
Good luck!
Posted by: Jon Pointer on 5/29/2013 at 8:35 am
You should be on your way today. Hope the weather is being agreeable and the climb is great. Have a wonderful experience and I send to all, that you return home safe and full of great stories.
Love you Jeff,
Posted by: Sandra Hurwitz on 5/29/2013 at 8:09 am
Great to see you and know your having a blast. Hope you all summit.
See you Saturday.
Posted by: Jeff Brown on 5/29/2013 at 6:42 am