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During this public briefing in Guatemala City (conducted in both English and Spanish), the Co-Directors of the Migration Policy Institute-convened Regional Migration Study Group, MPI President Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Senior Fellow Doris Meissner, presented the Study Group's final report, Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally: Leveraging Migration and Human Capital in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
This panel discussion focuses on the circulation of skilled immigrant professionals and the recognition of foreign qualifications in the United States and Europe.
This report analyzes mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) between countries, which allow professionals to transfer their skills and experiences across borders more effectively. The report, part of a series on the recognition of foreign credentials, evaluates existing MRAs and discusses the prospects for cooperation between the United States and the European Union.
This Migration Policy Institute Europe event, organized with the Bertelsmann Stiftung, entitled Effective Labour Migration Management: Creating Checks and Balances while Searching for Talent brought together experts, policymakers, and social partners involved in the management of labor migration to discuss the various options available to policymakers.
This policy brief reviews the challenges that face the EU-wide social security coordination system. It argues that while improving the fairness, clarity, and public support for this system are difficult, even small concessions from the European Commission could provide an opportunity to showcase the elements that do work.
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Memo: Offensive Halloween Costumes Are Not Funny
Written on October 31, 2013 at 3:13 pm , by Paula Chin
This morning I put the finishing touches on a set of wings for my 12-year-old, who will be trick-or-treating as an angel alongside her BFF, the devil. [Note: The wings were made out of cardboard covered with folded flat-bottomed coffee filters, which look amazingly featherlike.] I'm lucky that she's a good kid—sweet, smart and so far immune to the usual tween-teen problems. She's no mean girl, nor is she bullied. Her good friends include boys as well as girls. She doesn't obsess over clothes, hair or having a thigh gap. She thinks Miley Cyrus is silly and kind of dumb.
Which brings me to the latest Halloween costume outrages of 2013. That is, Julianne Hough partying in blackface as Crazy Eyes from Orange Is the New Black and Florida dudes Greg Cimeno and William Filene, who decided it would be "f—ing hilarious" to dress up as George Zimmerman and a murdered Trayvon Martin, then posted pics of themselves on Facebook. Julianne was needlessly insensitive and racist—and she's since apologized. The other two went way beyond that, making a mockery out of a profound tragedy, and they still don't get it.
I don't know whether I'm going to talk about this with my daughter tonight as we plow through her chocolate stash. She doesn't need the ethics lesson, and it all seems so obvious. Blackface, or yellow or brown, is never okay. Making fun of someone's death, not to mention one so fraught and controversial as Trayvon's, is never okay. But clearly there are folks who haven't gotten the memo, and I'll probably drive home the point to her anyway. Are you in with me?
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Yay! No more boring featureless BIOSes!
Phoronix: AMD To Support Coreboot On All Future CPUs
Here's one non-UDS announcement hitting the web right now that's also very significant for open-source and Linux: Advanced Micro Devices has announced today they will support Coreboot on all future processors...
Yay! No more boring featureless BIOSes!
can someone outline potential benefits to this????
i've read the wiki and the coreboot page and fail to see any benefits as a "typical" user
While great in general, I still doubt there will be support for consumer boards. Would love to be wrong on this.
Much faster boot, as said above
Also in terms of consumers how is this better than uefi? After all is coreboot still a BIOS with all the inherent limitations like long hardware initialisation times and antiquated hardware support?
So in the not-so-distant future I might have a truly open system on my computer.
Thanks AMD, I'll be sticking with your products!
Saying this with hopes to have this support for consumer parts as well.
EFI is in practise nothing more than a layer on top of the BIOS. Even Apple still uses a BIOS with some soft of EFI hooks. Ask MacOSx86 project if you don't believe me.
The problem with this BIOS crap is not that it is a BIOS but that it is encrypted (DRM) and it takes hella long before a modern mainboard even reaches the post screen >.<
that's awesome, best news i've read so far this month.
i tried to get change to coreboot but a: it's tricky business and b: my board has 1 bios chip and it's non-swap-able. a couple of guys on the coreboot IRC were really helpful but now it's not the $time$ to go frying a motherboard willy-nilly.


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An elite Green Beret, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Kelly A. Stewart admitted in court to having a one-night stand with a 28-year-old German woman. His accuser did, too. But that's where the similarities end in their accounts of what transpired inside his Stuttgart hotel room.
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In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
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"An extraordinary book. It deals with a stupendous theme. It leads us through a succession of strange and astonishing episodes, some of them magnificent." (The Observer)
"Among the greatest works of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century." (Sunday Telegraph)
"A joyous listen"
This review is pretty much the same as my review of Book 1 of this series since, to my mind, they are one book.
The reader has done a marvelous job. I had struggled through the book many years ago and had eventually, after persevering for several years (!) reached the end, but this book tripped through my headphones like sweet music.
In fact that is one of the aspects of the book that I most enjoyed. The reader does a marvelous job of singing the many songs that are recounted in the book and, instead of simply seeming a way to pad out the story, they become an intrinsic part of the narration. For this aspect of the audiobook alone I would highly recommend this title!
"Part 2 of Inglis' measured reading"
Audible have divided LOTR into six separate audiobooks. They aren't really separate books, but sections of the same book, so you need to read them in order, they won't make sense otherwise.
Rob Inglis has a very traditional english voice and reads in a very measured way. I am a fan of Tolkien, and enjoy this reading, but if you have only seen the films, you may find it a bit slow.
"Rivendell and beyond"
Lord of the Rings is one of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to, easily in the top five.
The Council of Elrond. Great way to catch readers up on what's been happening elsewhere in Middle Earth without clumsy exposition attempts, and gives a good idea of the cultures (and therefore hypocrisies etc) of the different races.
The reunion of Gandalf and Frodo.
One of the few failings of this book is that it doesn't provoke really strong emotions. The movie was much better at demonstrating the fearful situation in Moria and the tragic loss of Gandalf.
I enjoy reading fantasy, crime and mystery thrillers, as well as historical novels.
"The Ring goes forth."
Definitely not better than the print version. Rob Ingliss does a good job with the narration, bar the singing. No narrator could do The Lord of the Rings the justice it deserves.
The fantasy, the action and the sheer scope of the work that Tolkien created. No wonder this is one of the greatest books ever written.
The character I liked most was Samwise Gamgee. He is loyal to Frodo the whole way through and he nearly gets drownded at the breaking of the fellowship, but Frodo pulls him up by the hair.
Overall Rob Ingliss gives a brilliant performance especially with the different languages that are spoken such as the elvin dialect created by Tolkien.
"Very well narrated and a pleasure to listen to"
Inglis does an excellent job at narrating the story. Plus the idea of really singing the songs decribed in the book is a change to the usual format which you can find otherwise.
I always loved the entire Lord of the Rings series, there is no particular section which I prefer to others.
It is a pity that Audible broke this book into 2 pieces, at least for the purchase.
L O T R is a Wonderful escape
Gandalf for his wisdom Frodo for his bravery Sam for his loyalty
Rob gets into character very well and then can take you to the shire and beyond
no it was in 2parts
Its Fantastic L O T R is a wonderful escape for me I listen to it in the car ,when working out
Thanks Audible Rob Inglis gets in to character very well Beautifully Read
"LOTR - Beautifully read"
I won't comment on the books themselves as that would be superfluous. Suffice to say I've always loved them. I find this reading by Rob Inglis highly entertaining. His wonderful treacly voice is a real treat to hear. It may not be to everyone's taste, but Tolkien himself sounded very similar, as of course does Sir Ian McKellan in his role as Gandalf, so to me it sounds very appropriate. His vocal characterisation of the Hobbits of the Shire at the beginning is particularly entertaining and his Gandalf is positively seething with gravitas. I am looking forward to listening to the whole trilogy.
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Amazing, a beginning, a saga that has been with me since I was 7 and will stay fresh for me for a long time to come.
It was brilliant to rediscover one of my favourite books through audio.
The performance of the songs is a little cringeworthy in my opinion, but there is always the skip button. He did use a number of different voices to distinguish between the characters but they weren't always consistent.
The songs made me want to use the skip button...
I love this book, Inglis is an interesting narrator, and I enjoyed the overall experience.
"Brilliant reading. A model audio book"
Rob Inglis' voice is perfect for this book and he manages to strike the balance between reading the text and injecting a level of dramatisation. I was gripped despite having read the book a couple of times and having heard the radio dramatisation and seen the films. Hearing it again allows your mind to wander and take in the depth of Tolkein's writing. It's so much richer than I remember and I looked forward to hearing each chapter and seeing what Mr Inglis would do with each character.
Love it! Now onto the Two Towers so much better then the films and so much more detail! 10/10 all the way!!
"An enjoyable story yet long winded"
An enjoyable story yet long winded, made longer by a droll, drawn out narration. Would recommend the read but not the audiobook
"One of my all time favourite books."
I just love this book, it translates well into audio book. Great story, great performance. Definitely recommend, a fantasy classic.
I really enjoyed the story so far...I can't wait for the next book! I would definitely recommend.
quite amusing singing by the narrator but excellent overall. A clear recital of the story.
"Beyond The Great River"
The second audiobook covers Book II of "The Fellowship of the Ring". We have, therefore, arrived at Rivendell.
I am most fond of Book II, where neither the endless-seeming journey of Frodo and Sam nor the full-scale war take precedence. Instead, we have enough time to wander the wilderness with the fellowship, and do like toe fellowship itself does journeying down the river, unwilling to hasten, since everyone knows what's coming. There is enough time to build and deepen the characters, which in Tolkien's world equals to either building friendships or wrecking them.
I'm utterly fascinated by "The Council of Elrond", too. It's a remarkable piece of writing, since there we have a group of people sitting in council, giving and getting more information about the events, giving their reasons as to what to do with the ring, voice their agreements and disagreements, and ultimately come to a conclusion, with some poetry thrown into the mix. Nothing much happens, per se, but despite its length, it's among the most spellbinding moments in the whole work.
This has much to do with Tolkien's successful unfolding of the power of the ring. It starts as a mere prop in a prank pulled off at a party, becomes an heirloom, is then recognized as a dangerous object with the potential to destroy the world, and then, when it leaves the Shire, and starts mingling in the lives of more characters, its terrible powers truly begin to unfold. In short, it is first spoken of in the conditional aspect, with the grand "if", but it slowly moves to the present tense, and everything starts to fall not only internally as the characters succumb to its lure, but externally, as whole kingdoms start vanquishing under the dark power of its creator. In other words: at first, the adventure is in the small, as Frodo and his hobbit friends boggle their way from the Shire to Bree; the interlude with Strider to Rivendell; the formation of the fellowship and their journey to Lothlórien through Moria; and finally, down the Great River all the way to Mordor and in the violent battles of Rohan and Gondor.
Another superbly written moment is the moment of Boromir's madness as he tries to take the ring from Frodo. Everything we've seen and heard of him since the council has been building up to this moment, and one not only feels Frodo's horror and the melancholy realization following Boromir's fall concerning the fellowship lasting much longer. The ending itself is worth writing about, but I'm going to reserve that for "The Two Towers", since it's interesting to compare the endings and beginnings of the books and movies.
Considering that I'm writing on each six parts of the audiobook, it might seem at first that my praise for Rob Inglis is either veiled or explicitly thin. I wouldn't want it to be neither, but it's merely interspersed among all the six parts. In this context I'd like to comment on his singing. I already mentioned earlier on that he not only reads the songs, and not only chants them in a kind of Sprechgesang, but actually sings them. Especially memorable is what I think is Galadriel's song in "Farewell to Lórien". For some reason Audible isn't willing to offer a PDF of the booklet or recording information, so I have no idea whether this melody is Tolkien's, Inglis', or someone else's, and for that I'm sorry – I'd like to give credit where credit's due. Inglis delivers it flawlessly, and for a moment there I forgot I was listening to an audiobook of a literary work, and would have thought I was listening a musical album. I don't think I'm too wide off the mark if I argue that this is exactly the kind of magical function Tolkien wished the songs to have in the narrative. That is, who wouldn't want songs and poetry within prose to be more than curiosities or stuff for footnotes? Inglis helps elevate the poetry and songs, another sign of a masterful reader that he really is.
I watched the movies at the cinema when they came out, but never read the book. I wanted to read the book to see the differences and decided that the audible audiobook copy would be a great way to do that. I'm glad that I did. The narrator was good and the story was interesting. It was a good listen and one that I would recommend and wouldn't hesitate to listen to again.
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Any chance Biedrins could ever be effective again?
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I know he was accused of tax evasion. But I was wondering if Biedrins wasn't motivated because the team hasn't been competitive for a few years. Do you think with a more competitive team this year, Biedrins will be more motivated? Or do you think he already made his money and doesn't care? I would love to see the old Beans back. I don't know why he's such a disappointment every year.
He's done.
7-footers have feigned fiery competitiveness en route to laughable contracts since as far back as I can remember. Jim McIlvaine's deal destroyed the Sonics by driving Shawn Kemp to insane jealousy. Eric Dampier drove the wedge between Cuban (who wanted him) and Nellie (who wanted to spend the money on Steve Nash). Simply put, the Warriors got taken. Andris Biedrins was the make-shift center on a playoff team and had monster outings against key opponents, like Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and A'Mare Stoudamire. He fooled us all, but I believe he'll be back in Latvia, putting a mad kama sutra on his wife after his deal expires. Dude just doesn't want to compete. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS DIE HARD |
Best we can hope for is that Biedrens is jailed for five years and his contract gets voided.
He'd be as affective as his jelled and moosed up hair style will be in prison
LOL, I have to agree with Blackfoot, that is definitely the best scenario.
32 is right, he's done. I don't think there is much passion there to begin with, and I think the horrid FT shooting has turned him into a mess mentally. If he didn't perform last year with a new coach and clean slate, it's never going to happen. |
Only way that he can be effective on the offensive end of the floor if the Warriors had a point guard who can run the pick and roll with him where the ball is delivered perfectly and softly at 'above-the-head' level so that he can either dunk or lay it softly in (Baron Davis could do this) and only if Biedrens commits himself to making 75% of his free throws.
No chance he hasn't prove he can do it consistently enough. He got some talent, but mentally he check out already and he not going to contribute on this team anymore. Maybe another team with alot of things going right for AB.
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People on this team is quite frankly too nice to him. He needs someone to literally call him (I remember Baron) doing that on the court. Its unfortunate, because he was an active player and a center that didn't need touches to score and be effective. He is at this point, our BARRY ZITO...
Nah, worse because Barry Zito came from another team and was said to be by some scouts to be in decline(His velocity that is). Everyone thought Biedrens wasn't done peaking yet and was going to anchor us.
I think there might be a slim chance he gets better..I really think it's all mental. If he gets any sort of confidence back I think that's when his game will improve. Until then it's just a huge mental block that'll be hard to overcome.
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He has been done for the last 3-4 years, or how ever long. He has been done for a minute. Sorry to say useless.
I'm hoping that by having another 7' white dude, who is bigger and better than Biedrins, come in and push him around at training that it will somehow light a fire in Biedrins. It is easy to be comfortable when you have no competition.
I believe he is done. The questions that bother me though is this.
A. Is he done with the basketball, the NBA or the Warriors? Gut feeling, the third seams more likely. I believe he needs a change in scenery. B. It's all his fault or we misused him? Big conversation there. I am afraid that we are a team that has completely forgot how to use a center. Maybe he had the curse to be coached by the most center hating coach in the history of any sport that has a center. Maybe he played for a team addicted to a run and gun style of play and don't now how to play a center. I truly hope this is not the case and with Bogut we will see about that. The only person that knew how to play him was Baron because he was the best PG we had since Hardaway. So AB condition may indicate also that we don't really have a PG. Curry maybe has no idea how to play him because clearly AB is not the center to drop the ball on him down low and let him play his game you need to now how to play the pick and roll with him and give him the ball the right moment. Mullin is the Ultimate Warrior |
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I put it this way, when his contract is over, he will be out of this league. I am so confidence I would put my car on it.
Sorry, Tron, but us only having shitty centers does not mean we "forgot" how to use them or just don't. The third isn't likely. He is afraid and his footwork is terrible.
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Ice hockey teams will be going for glory this August, but they won't be targeting the Stanley Cup…
Instead it will be shooting for goals at the 2013 World Police and Fire Games (WPFG), which are being held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the sport looks to be one of the biggest events in the line up.
Ice hockey is massively popular in Northern Ireland thanks to its only professional home team, the Belfast Giants. And now the NI Tridents – the first ever all-Ireland joint emergency services sporting team on the Island – will be doing their best for the home crowd at the WPFG. But they're going to be up against some stiff competition. As Team coach of the NI Tridents, Beni McCallister says, the 2013 WPFG "is more about the taking part," and the games are a great chance to see some top class players in action.
Ice hockey fanatic and frequent Ireland visitor, Gerry Britt from the US, was curious about this growing hockey phenomenon: "I remember being very surprised the first time I heard about the Belfast Giants. The Irish play hockey? Really?" He has no doubt about the Tridents' chances, though: "the island is geographically well placed to compete against many of the ice-bearing countries. Big, strong, stubborn, athletic, smart, and aggressive all come in handy for ice hockey. It's a sport tailor-made for the Irish."
Irish hockey players have been around for years, notes Gerry. "Boston and New York especially have a fine tradition of popular Irish-American players and the sport has always been popular among the Irish city kids there."
The New York Rangers' roster, for instance, has McDonagh, Callahan and Boyle, while the NHL (National Hockey League) has even listed out the top 10 NHL players of Irish descent. In fact, a Belfast man, Owen Nolan, has played for the NHL for 18 seasons and looks set to complete another.
The sport isn't for the faint hearted, either. Gerry sums it up as: "Hockey is basically hurling on ice: everyone chasing the puck on razor-sharp skates, hitting each other as hard as they can, and taking shots that can reach 108mph."
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Due to its popularity, the World Police and Fire Games will begin the ice hockey tournament before the official opening of the 2013 Games. The event will run from 25 July to 9 August at the home of the Belfast Giants in the Odyssey Arena and at the Dundonald International Ice Bowl. Around 96 teams are expected to compete in six categories – Open 1, Open 2, Over 35s, Over 45s, Women's and Novices. Each team will play at least four matches, followed by their category's semi-finals and final.
The NI Tridents could be facing some stiff competition from New York City, however. Gerry says: "The NYPD and NYFD play some of roughest amateur hockey in the USA and each takes great, great pride in beating the other."
Hopefully our Northern Ireland newcomers will have the luck of the Irish behind them! Whether Beni's team comes out on top, we'll have to wait and see. Either way, it's going to be some spectacle, so will you be there?
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7/3/13 Robert Pattinson's New Flame
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It's a fact that when you get in the habit of eating healthy food, your body loses its tolerance for CRAP. JENNIFER ANISTON found that out when she and fiancé JUSTIN THEROUX hit McDonald's recently. She says, quote, "Justin and I were on a road trip and we were so hungry. The only thing around was McDonald's. I think I ordered a Big Mac. Wow, my body did not react well to that! It was like putting gasoline in a purified system. I am always trying to eat organic and natural foods, so that just made my stomach turn and made me feel terrible. And I think what you put in your body, as well as stress, is reflected in the quality of your skin."
MATTHEW PERRY opens up about his struggles with addiction in the new issue of "People" magazine. He says, quote, "I was on 'Friends' from age 24 to 34. I was in the white-hot flame of fame . . . From an outsider's perspective, it would seem like I had it all. It was actually a very lonely time for me because I was suffering from alcoholism." He adds, quote, "I was never high at work. I was painfully hung over. Then eventually things got so bad I couldn't hide it and everybody knew."
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Three years passed. More specs were released. Developers worked very hard on them. Thank you all, developers.
But the open driver still does not break the 30fps wall.
"with Gallium everything will boost to the stars!" we are told. Maybe. But Gallium has been around for a while, and... (i'm keeping my ears shut...)
No sonic boom?
Look, I don't blame developers, really. They did everything they could. But the lack of good gaming and video streaming on linux has been a serious issue to its spreading in the world as a desktop system which could fully replace MS-Windows. And ten years of improving step-by-step-almost-there-but-not-yet, didn't get us to the goal.
I wonder if it still has a point to continue developing drivers which will never catch up the (older) proprietary (but what's wrong? what's still missing, beside perhaps time and money?), or would be better to forget all the "free as in freedom" ideal for a while and set a fundraiser to pay AMD programmers for improved linux support to all chipsets from R100-R800 to the future?


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2010 Annual Franchise Review
Members of the print community may find themselves quoting Queen Elizabeth II when referring to 2009. It was, for the majority of the industry, the "annus horribilis"—the horrible year. Last year marked the peak of the worst recession most of us have ever seen. A great many printing company owners were forced to sell their businesses or simply close their doors.
As the most identifiable microcosm of the print universe, the franchise segment presents us with a snapshot of the troubles that have dogged the larger industry. It also offers a glimpse of the turning tide as financial recovery begins. The observations offered up by the franchise leaders provide insight into their varied strategies for leading their affiliates into a brighter future.
The only franchise that did not report this year was LAZERQUICK. As a general rule, when a system fails to report, we estimate its sales to be on a fairly even par with the latest reported figures we have from them. In this case, however, that method is not supported. We must presume that LAZERQUICK was dealing with the same economy that everyone else endured. Because of that, the system's sales figures have been adjusted downward. Information about shop locations and franchise fees were obtained from various reliable sources on the Internet, including the company's own website.
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At the end of 2009, virtually every metric tracked in QP's Annual Franchise Review was down across the board. System-wide sales were down. Sales per shop dipped sharply. The number of franchise locations decreased—although, admittedly, that has been happening every year for about a decade now. The only category that seemed to be on the rise was the number of shops that left their franchise systems. Most struck out on their own as independents, some were consolidated, and a few went out of business completely.
As the curtain rose on the second decade of the millennium, there were seven U.S. based franchise systems with 2,795 shops worldwide. That is 138 fewer shops than the previous year; down by 4.7%. There were 2,153 shops in North America; a loss of 188 units, or 8.03% on the year.
Minuteman Press, with 942 locations, is still the largest system worldwide. Franchise Services, has a total of 634 locations. It is followed by ICED with 488, Allegra with 350, AlphaGraphics with 267, CPrint International with 95, and LAZERQUICK with 21 locations.
Of those companies, Allegra, CPrint, and LAZERQUICK are strictly North American concerns, meaning that all of their franchisees are in either the U.S. or Canada. Franchise Services has 498 franchisees in North America under the banners of Sir Speedy Printing and Marketing Services, PIP Printing and Marketing Services, and Signal Graphics. The majority of AlphaGraphics' locations—234 of them—are in North America. ICED, on the other hand, maintains only 148 of its locations in the U.S. and Canada under the names of Kwik Kopy Printing, Franklin's Printing, The Ink Well, and Kwik Kopy Business Centers.
If you are adding up the numbers on your own, you will need to subtract two U.S. locations from your total. Affinity franchise CPrint has two franchisees that are also members of other, primary franchises. Therefore, they have been backed out of the total so that they would not be counted twice. That is also the reason that the total number of shops will show a variance in some of the charts that accompany this article. The total numbers are correct.
While it was once quite common for franchisors to maintain locations that were corporately owned and operated, that practice began to fade about 12-15 years ago. LAZERQUICK and ICED are now the only systems that have corporate locations. ICED has a single such location. LAZERQUICK, however, owns 11 of the 21 locations that make up its system. It is also the only franchise that is still a strictly regional interest, with all locations operating on the West Coast.
Neither ICED nor LAZERQUICK opened any new locations in 2009. Minuteman opened 29 shops, AlphaGraphics opened 24, Allegra opened 15, CPrint added 11, and Franchise Services opened four shops. That's a total of 83 new locations.
Those openings were offset, in most cases, by franchisees leaving the systems for various reasons. Minuteman saw 55 shops leave. ICED bid goodbye to 41 stores. Franchise Services lost 35, and Allegra lost 31. AlphaGraphics and CPrint each dropped 16 locations, and LAZERQUICK closed one corporate location and lost one franchised shop. The total number of shops leaving franchise systems was 196. CPrint president Todd Nuckols points out that five of the 16 businesses reported as leaving that system were sold to new owners.
One of the ways that franchisors stay healthy is by reselling franchise locations to new owners when franchisees depart the system. The total number of shops resold in 2009 was 93. Minuteman is at the top of this category, as always, with 64 shops resold. AlphaGraphics and Franchise Services each resold 10 locations, Allegra resold eight, and ICED resold one.
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Overall, system-wide sales were down by 17.13% in 2009, with total sales from the franchise segment of the quick/small commercial printing industry being $1,666,453,846. Average system-wide sales came in at $238,269,549; a 20.6% shortfall from the previous year.
Franchise Services reported the highest system-wide sales with $460 million, an 18.17% drop from the previous year. Minuteman, with total sales of $400 million, was down by 13.98% on the year. AlphaGraphics fell by 16.54% to $241,893,547. The $233 million reported by Allegra reflected a 15% shortfall. ICED, with sales of $222,135,254, was down by 26.38%. CPrint reported the shallowest cut of 5.23% to garner total sales of $96,158,045. And LAZERQUICK's estimated $14.7 million system-wide sales add up to a 13.98% decline.
If there is a bright spot in this year's Franchise Review, it is that average sales per shop (SPS) was not down nearly as much as system-wide sales. The overall average SPS was $596,227, down by 14.9% on the year.
This year, CPrint is the SPS leader with average sales per shop of $1,012,089. It is also the only system to report an increase in SPS, even if it is only 0.74%. AlphaGraphics, which frequently holds the top spot in this category, saw SPS fall by 18.74% to $948,125. Franchise Services, with SPS of $730,000, slid by 15.75%. Allegra's average SPS fell 12.55% to $685,000. Minuteman's franchisees, on average, felt a pinch of 10%, with SPS of $500,000. ICED suffered the greatest SPS loss of 24.05%, with average sales of $486,218.
North American sales for the franchise systems only fared slightly better. Total sales of $1,357,828,486 were off by 17.07%. Allegra, CPrint, and LAZERQUICK have no locations outside the U.S. and Canada, so their system-wide figures are unchanged. Here are the North American sales results for the more global systems. Franchise Services, with total sales of $363 million, was down by 23.73%. Minuteman's 12.5% shortfall accompanied sales of $350 million. AlphaGraphics' sales totaled $205,843,753, with a 15.45% decrease from the previous year. And ICED posted a 23.92% decline, with North American sales of $96,559,688.
Average SPS for all North American franchisees was $630,668—considerably better than the worldwide average. However, that did not carry over to individual systems. For AlphaGraphics' franchisees on this continent, average SPS was $879,674. Franchise Services' average SPS was $728,915. Minuteman posted average SPS of $432,632. And ICED toted up average SPS of $410,892 on this side of the pond.
Pay the Piper
The benefits of belonging to a franchise system are many. They range in scope from pricing agreements with equipment vendors and training programs to assistance with financial planning and designing business plans. There is also the more intangible benefit of having a built in group of business associates who can be called upon for advice and feedback.
Of course, there is a price for gaining access to those advantages. In 2009, the price paid to join most systems went up. Not all franchisors raised the cost of entry or the total investment required, but most did. And, of course, there are royalties to be paid as well.
The initial investment required to become a franchisee held steady for Franchise Services ($150,000), Minuteman ($55,000), and LAZERQUICK ($25,000). ICED raised its entry price 2.03% to $74,000. CPrint's start-up cost jumped 20% to $5,000. And Allegra bumped up its ante by 40% to $150,000. Bucking the trend, AlphaGraphics lowered its start-up investment by 8.97% to $78,000.
The total investment required to be part of Franchise Services or CPrint was unchanged at $288,000 and $12,579, respectively. Please note that CPrint's investment costs are considerably lower than other franchises because it accepts only established printing companies, meaning that no major equipment purchases are required.
Allegra, AlphaGraphics, and ICED raised their total investment requirements. Allegra's 12.22% increase brought the maximum investment amount to $485,000. AlphaGraphics raised it's final cost by 2.21% to $424,000. And ICED's total investment jumped 17.1% to $252,680. LAZERQUICK dropped its total investment by 9.09% to $275,000. Minuteman decreased its total cost by a whopping 44% to $125,000.
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Even for a comparatively disappointing year, more than $1.66 billion is not exactly chump change. It is even more impressive when you take into consideration that the franchise segment makes up less than 10% of the quick/small commercial printing industry.
So how did the franchises bring in that amount of cash? The lion's share came from color digital printing, which brought in 23.9% of sales. For those of you who are counting, that totals $398,282,469. The second largest block of work was multi-color offset, which at 17.8% of sales, brought in $296,644,805. Monochrome digital printing made up 12.6% of sales, or $209,973,185.
Ten percent of sales ($166,645,385) fell into the brokered/other category. Four-color offset and bindery/finishing services each brought in 8.3% of sales, or $138,315,669. Prepress work accounted for $103,320,138, or 6.2% of total sales.
Single-color offset work has been in a slow decline for a number of years. This year it fell to 4% of sales; off from 7.9% last year. Nonetheless, that is still worth $66,658,154. The numbers reported in this year's survey indicate that the work that has fallen out of this category has been shifted to the color digital and multi-color offset categories. That is a positive sign, considering how much more profitable color work is.
Wide-format printing and mailing services have been on the rise in recent years. Both categories increased their percentage of sales in 2009. Mailing services made up 5% of sales, or $83,322,692, up from 4.1%. Wide-format printing accounted for $64,991,700, or 3.9% of overall sales, up from 3.3%.
Curtain Call
The dismal economy of the past 18 months may be as good an argument as any for the value of franchise affiliation. Independent printing business owners may feel a tinge of envy for those who have the option of reaching out for help from a larger organization that has a vested interest in their success. The training and business services offered to franchisees probably saved some from failure and helped others minimize their losses during these tough times.
Comments from the franchise leaders indicate that they are positioning their systems to leverage new capabilities and customer demands to build a stronger future. It's no wonder that many who are new to the industry (and a few who have been around for a while) are opting to take advantage of the various conversion programs.
As the economy begins to improve, the franchisees who take advantage of the tools that are available to them will likely find themselves well equipped to take on the next opportunities the industry offers.
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Commentary from the Franchise Leaders
Allegra Network
Carl Gerhardt, President & CEO
Most in our industry would probably like to forget 2009—the culmination of the most severe recession ever experienced. Although much of this was precipitated by the worldwide recession, it was exacerbated by the industry's continuing structural shift. Most industry pundits predict we may not recover as we have in the past.
Although this may play out somewhat differently in our print and sign divisions, we see this as a golden opportunity to change the very nature of our business model, which will result in an historic opportunity. Thus, we are not depending on economic recovery and have implemented the following key initiatives:
- Transition our franchise members from printing/sign centers to true added value marketing services providers. Last year we welcomed Bob Milroy as our chief marketing officer to oversee execution of the effort. Bob was CEO of a perennial Top 50 B2B marketing services firm, has been an outstanding addition to our executive team, and recently became an investor in the company.
- Accelerate this transition through the Marketing Central certification of our members via Allegra University webinars and on campus training.
- Rebrand our centers. For example, Allegra Print & Imaging will now be branded Allegra Marketing • Print • Mail.
- Establish a Marketing Resource Center to assist our members as they provide their customers with "agency" quality marketing services.
As a franchise committed to the long term success of our members and the company overall, we are able to provide the needed resources to facilitate this transition.
Like much of the industry, our network experienced the closing and consolidation of printing firms as a result of the impact from the recession, but a large number of our lost/closed centers were consolidated with other locations.
We continue with strong emphasis on growth through new locations with three initiatives for both divisions:
- Acquire independent businesses via our successful MatchMaker program. We continue to have many entrepreneurs interested in buying these businesses and converting them to Allegra/Signs Now. Despite financing challenges, we still opened 12 new locations in 2009 and helped our members complete 17 acquisitions.
- Introduce Allegra Advantage, a program whereby independents can join Allegra Network and benefit from our programs such as Marketing Central, Profit Mastery, and ownership transition.
- Rollout the new Allegra Marketing • Print • Mail startup franchise that focuses on providing comprehensive marketing services to small-medium size businesses.
As Andy Paparozzi, chief economist for NAPL, says, we can look upon industry change as either "an historic opportunity or profound threat." We see it as an opportunity of historic proportions and are excited about the new decade.
Kevin Cushing, CEO
News flash for 2009! The AlphaGraphics network grew during 2009! Our network was comprised of 267 locations at the end of 2009, an increase of eight locations over last year. We did it by adding quality new franchisees to our system one at a time and not by acquiring another chain of businesses.
Now in our 40th year, we have provided quality products and services to our customers with great success, whether times were good or bad. We have adapted, grown, and persevered, and together we have built a network of which we are proud. While the recession brought challenges in terms of sales, the momentum we built over the years allowed us to emerge stronger and to deliver industry leading performance numbers. We have prepared ourselves to take advantage of the opportunities presented to us by the recessionary period. Our recent National Sales Blitz resulted in 8,574 calls and more than 500 appointments set. That's the power of a network!
Clients of all sizes are doing more with less; looking to grow revenues and stretch their dollars further. The AlphaGraphics network has become the vital connection needed to boost the effectiveness and efficiency of our clients. With capabilities like our industry leading agOnline e-commerce offering through to direct marketing services backed by agDirect Marketing, we are ensuring that the AlphaGraphics brand builds off of our 40 year legacy of "high tech, high touch" and stays relevant and energized.
How "vital" is the AlphaGraphics brand?
- Our location count is growing in the most trying economic period in many decades
- 10 of the Top 100 Quick Printing companies in the U.S operate under the AlphaGraphics banner
- 100% of our qualified and invited franchisees have re-newed their franchise agreements at term end
- Our monthly Discovery Days bring diverse, qualified prospects from across the country and all walks of life, including independent printers
- Our international operations showed fantastic growth in Brazil as well as solid growth in Saudi Arabia
- This past year, 12 independent printers chose to operate their businesses under our brand. They appreciate our strategic vision, the support and the approach to business development, and marketing that is hard to achieve alone.
Congratulations to those of you who, like AlphaGraphics, have persevered and strengthened your fundamentals during these times. There may be more rough seas ahead of us before this storm calms, but how fast we'll sail with some wind at our back!
CPrint International
Todd Nuckols, President
CPrint International finished its fifth year of exclusively serving printers that are already in the printing industry. Despite the economic news, we are proud to have assisted five printers in selling their businesses and numerous others in their pursuit of prosperity. CPrinters, as a whole, are in a powerful position to thrive as the economy begins to turn.
A major change for our organization is that I took over as president of CPrint International from founder Tom Crouser. This move is one of many to assure that CPrint will live forever to serve its affiliates for years to come. Additionally, we added to our professional staff while many others were downsizing.
As we go forward, it is my job to assure that CPrint evolves as the industry as a whole evolves. At CPrint, we continue to conduct original research to identify industry trends; sometimes years before independent printers realize the necessity. This allows CPrinters everywhere to continue to sell based on differentiating factors other than price.
In our view, the key to ongoing success is education. And in 2009 we added to our CPrint University online training center, which had more than 75 training courses that are available 24/7 to both owners and workers. Additionally, we conducted 100 hours of residential training in 2009 on sales, general management, and production. This further allows our affiliates to be on the leading edge of changing industry trends.
The print shop of tomorrow will not be like the print shop of today and printers must prepare to monetize processes that they never have before. And because we are continually testing new marketing methods ourselves, CPrint is in a great place to help printers through these exciting times. We look forward to continuing our pursuit of helping printers prosper!
Franchise Services
Rich Lowe, COO
2009 was clearly the most challenging year for the printing industry in any of our careers. The combination of the recession and the changing nature of the printing and communication industry made for the "perfect storm." Just about everyone experienced the same thing. Simply put, the printing business model has been challenged and the need for change is here.
Business for our networks has certainly improved in the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. But over the last 18 to 24 months many customers have found alternative ways to communicate internally with their organizations, and they have found alternative ways to market to their customers and prospects.
Our focus is to transition our centers to providing printing and marketing services while we maintain revenue from our traditional printing products. We do not expect this transition to take place overnight. It is going to take conviction and commitment on our part. We have started by training our franchisees and their teams to deliver the expanded products and services our customers are demanding, while continuing aggressive marketing efforts to communicate our new product and services offering and remaining consistent in our consultative sales approach with our customers and prospects.
Many people ask us why we think we can transition to providing printing and marketing services to our customers. My answer is simple. We have been print providers for more than 40 years. Our quality and reputation are well known in the community. We are local and have the ability to understand customers' specific needs and deploy programs quickly. We have spent many years creating direct mail programs that have helped our business customers reach their objectives and we are prepared to continue to do that for small and mid-sized businesses in the future. Our customers need us. We will grow our businesses by providing more value to our customers from new products and services that compliment our traditional printing products.
We know we have to change. Change is not the issue—our owners have adapted to many changes since they first opened their doors. The issue is how fast we can change. We have already started the transition and our franchisees are up to the task of finishing the job.
Bob Metzger, Chairman & CEO
As a weakened economy continued in 2009, the impact was felt by many of our center owners as they experienced some very challenging issues. We are extremely proud of the effort taken by our owners to cope, and in some cases prosper, with the challenges of doing business in a down economy.
While many are still running "mean and lean," they continue to explore new opportunities to expand their portfolios with new applications and services, creating additional revenue streams that compliment their existing business. Some have implemented improvements in their workflow and work process, resulting in a much more streamlined approach, improving efficiencies, and cutting costs.
For most, the ability to control and maintain the business they have by focusing on core competencies remains a priority. The signs for recovery are starting to show a glimmer of encouragement, although there is still a long way to go.
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XD here's mine. It is literally my first ever lickie. Never made one nor have I gotten one in an art shop.
Wow. WOW.
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Slowbro looks great!
Amphy.. could do more work in the arms.. they go small and big XD! Maybe you can copy and paste the first frame throughout the whole thing...
BTW guys, when I have my next free time..idk when its coz Im starting school again next week.. Ima link all the lickies Ive done in here
Apparently Skillet (Skiyomi) says I cant make another thread since I already got about 4 Art threads runnin' XD
So lookie out for that! nya~
Imma try my hand at a Shiny Mew licky ^^ (Any suggestions on putting sparkles into the frames?)
Another thing you could add. If people don't want to shell out $ for gimp, there's always something like paint.net or GIMP (If you've got a lower end computer, I suggest paint.net)
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Changed to Shiny Larvitar. I've got the lineart finished. Kinda bad ToT But whatever.
And by sparklies, I meant in front of the larvitar
Thankies. btw, would a tiny 5 pixel + look alright as a sparkle? maybe a 9 pixel? Anyway, I'll finish it later. Just started a new runthrough of black O.O Time to rumble!
(Also, that pink text is REALLY harsh...)
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Just noticed >.<
BTW, when are you going to post the custom background tut?
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Okay! Ive updated and finished my whole lecture if theres ANYTHING im missing, please do tell!
Enjoy licking.. I mean.. making lickies XD nya~
Tryin' out the image background, with a Munchlax!
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Epic turtle is epic! Except the brows and the tail moved alot while licking Just copy and paste the tail coz looks liek its stretching it xD nya~Meanwhile:
I really like how this one turned out. I realized I haven't used blue much yet. It's my favorite color, even!
Narwhal15, your Amphardos Lickie is really cute!
A tip for everyone, maybe handy to copy this PPL (with credits I did say it) that you must use the speed 1/10 seconds on Iaza and upload the frames, but REPEAT the FIRST ONE aslast. Or in other words about the frames, upload the first frame too as the last frame.
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Xubuntu LTS is easy. The Xfce project does releases only every two years, not even bugfix releases in between. So the Xubuntu only has to package Xfce once and then never touch it again.
Qt 5.0 is just now going under a feature freeze. When (k)ubuntu 12.04 comes out you'll be lucky to see Qt 5.0 in alpha. I think an LTS ought to wait another year till Qt 5.0 and Wayland are both out.
I agree with Lopho here... They should put out an LTS *BEFORE* QT5 is released so that people who want to wait out any painful transition period can. QT4/KDE4 was fairly painful in the beginning (4.0,4.1). A lot of people would rather avoid having to deal with that, and would rather just pick up QT5 after it's been thoroughly tested/debugged. This means waiting until a few point releases have come out.
On my personal systems, I have no problem going with the latest and greatest (Currently running GS on 11.10 on my desktop/laptop and Mythbuntu 11.10 on the HTPC), but on my work machine, I'm a lot more careful about what versions of software I upgrade to. My boss probably wouldn't like it if my upgrading to the latest release of something prevented me from working for a couple days while I backup/reinstall/downgrade.
I dunno i'm sceptical about Kubuntu. The current releases installer has a bug that causes the partitioner to crash when faced with complicated layouts. This type of bug in a stable release tells me they probably don't have the manpower to test the distro properly. Maybe for LTS releases they'll get more help though