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Dwindling time--A silent force with a tremendous impact on cemetery/funeral service
Last week I spent a very nice day doing some training. What a wonderful, professional group of individuals in the group – no grumpy, fussing complaining people – no, not one. It was fun, energizing, focused, and above all dedicated to discussions and knowledge about one major subject – serving families better. It was refreshing, and did this old undertaker's soul a world of good.
During the time that I had to teach I posed a question that I always ask any group I am working with: "What do you think is the greatest threat and challenge facing funeral service today?" I believe it is a good question to ask because the question basically cuts to the chase of what I believe seminars should be all about and eliminates any potential "Pollyanna" stuff which one often encounters in what is called group thinking. I mean, really, anybody can deal with the good times, when things are going really well, that takes little talent. But are these times in funeral service/cemetery work good times and going really well???????
Here are some of the responses I received to my question: casket stores, WalMart (of course nobody liked WalMart), cremation increase, lost casket sales, government regulations, poor recruitment efforts, changed people, changed demographics, changed value systems, funeral director wannabes butting in, aggressive sales techniques, and general malaise and apathy concerning detailed funeral service. One courageous funeral professional even remarked that they thought one of the major problems funeral service was experiencing was preachers who did not know how to preach and hence ruined all the good work of the funeral home!
It was a great discussion and all the responses were valid I, thought anyway, to one degree or another.
Privately, and I eventually shared this thought with the group, I have been haunted by an issue which just does not get discussed or explored much in professional circles, the almost silent issue of dwindling time. In other words the erosion of the time that people spend these days in funeral and cemetery activities, in rites rituals and ceremonies, in leave-taking, in saying goodbye, in saying their final farewells. This dwindling of time haunts me, and I believe we are already experiencing the consequences and they are not favorable.
When I was 14, my grandfather died in Southwestern Iowa. He was 90 something, we really never knew how old he actually was, because he was born in Holland and never had a birth certificate. He did not even have a Social Security number, and could not read or write English. He smoked 20 cigars a day and had seven children. I adored him.
Upon his death we called the trusty old Blust Bros. to come out to the farm to get his body. What a nice way to describe an undertaker – trusty and old. Later that day my grandmother and a few select family members, me included, picked out the casket in the showroom in the back of the furniture store. Everything came to $800. My grandfather had kind of prearranged his funeral without the help of the Blust Bros. by putting ten $100 bills in an envelope which was labeled "Funeral."
My grandmother just handed Henry Blust the entire envelope and said "Take out of that what you will need." Mr. Blust counted out eight $100 bills and handed the rest back to my grandmother. What a transaction – win/win in 1964! Until the day she died my grandmother thought that Henry Blust was a saint from heaven because she received a "refund" on her husband's funeral – two hundred dollars! Trusty old undertaker Mr. Henry Blust did not take all her money – now there is a refreshing idea.
The first day at the viewing our horribly dysfunctional family gathered in the large room at the Blust Bros. Some of these people basically hated each other and had not talked to each other for years even though they only lived maybe seven miles apart. The Van Becks weren't and are not today the Waltons. No one ever said "Good night, Todd Boy" to me.
That first day, seeing my grandfather, we all cried for six hours.
The next day new people started showing up. There were some tears for some, but basically we were all standing around getting all the most recent updates on the gossip concerning our family. You know the drill – who is back drinking too much, who is cheating on their spouse, who got kicked out of high school, who just lost their driver's license, who is still borrowing money. You know, gossip – our family seems to thrive on it.
The third day at the funeral home the place looked like we were having a party. Food was everywhere, people were laughing, some still crying, but most were just talking about what a long and useful life my grandfather had lived, and it was concluded by everybody that this fact was a comfort and blessing.
On the fourth day we had a funeral for him at 2 p.m. (that is when Protestants went to heaven in our little community) and buried him in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Hancock, Iowa. After the funeral we all returned to the basement of the church, where the church ladies as usual had prepared a funeral feast. Trust me, folks, Iowa church ladies know how to put on a funeral feast – nothing better not even at the Tavern on the Green in New York City.
Here are a few more particulars. The casket was a cloth covered wood, and looked real nice. The outer box at the cemetery was made of wood which was an old railroad shipping case. There were some nice flowers. The preacher did a nice job. It was a nice funeral, a nice experience, and in three days our entire family had moved from crying and weeping to celebrating. BUT IT TOOK THREE DAYS – IT TOOK TIME.
From a funeral service perspective, here are some particulars. First off the Blust Bros. building was used for three full days. The lights were on, the air conditioners were running full blast, the taped music was playing, the register book was out, the public was showing up by the tens of hundreds, the Blust Bros. were on the floor of the funeral home and not sitting in a coffee lounge watching a soap opera or Bob Barker giving away a new car. They had embalmed my grandfather and he looked great. They had dressed him and he looked really spiffy. They had NOT put on too much cosmetics. The funeral coach was not new, but it was shiny and clean, and the Blust Bros. were dressed impeccably.
Here is a private thought. I pangs me to drive by a funeral home at night and see that the entire place is dark – nothing is happening – nobody is going in or out, and I know that inside the building there are five deceased persons. That bothers me.
Looking back at my grandfather's funeral, it was full of meaning, it was full of memories, it was full of emotion, and it was full of life. It was definitely worth $800.
I have told this experience to thousands of funeral and cemetery professionals across North America and when I tell this story everyone gets a peaceful smile and pensive look on their faces. I ask them "Do you think this was a valuable experience?" They all nod in the affirmative – yes, indeed.
Last week when I was doing my seminar I flew into my old hometown Cincinnati, "The Queen City." I miss Cincinnati terribly. I was getting my rental car and looked at the morning issue of the local newspaper and started reading the obituaries. Here is one that caught my attention and sent chills down my spine. "Calling hours at the mortuary starting at 11:00 a.m.; funeral will begin at Noon."
One hour! One hour! One hour! Now in these times, add to this immediate cremation, immediate burials, private graveside services, private services, services at the convenience of family. Well, here is a question: If we have gone from memorializing our dead for three days of time say 35 years ago, down to 3 – 5 hours of time today, what will be the time that people use for funerals in the year 2020? Three days down to three hours! Dwindling ...
Dwindling, dwindling, and dwindling! Fewer people attending funerals, less time being spent memorializing our dead – dwindling.
I personally believe that dwindling time is the greatest threat to the future of the funeral. Without time or without our making the precious little time we have to serve a family absolutely the most meaningful that it can be I believe we will continue to see the natural erosion of the funeral experience. Funerals need time they always have and always will.
To this end I believe that just simple awareness on our parts of this silent issue is tantamount to our improving this situation. Our awareness of this silent issue of dwindling time will stimulate professionals in funeral service and cemetery work to adapt, and adopt the new and improved methods which are being promoted everyplace and everyday to serve families to the best of our abilities within the time constraints that modern life and times are imposing upon us.
We can and do have an influence on the decisions that our families make.
Anyway that is one old undertaker's opinion. TVB
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As usual, you nailed it , good friend...it is amazing and disheartening as to how things have evolved. Not too long ago, I was advised by a son whose mother had died the night before, that we needed to set the arrangement conference around a golf tee time he had scheduled with friends. What would Harold Whitmire have said to him?
Trusty & Old in Aiken, SC


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Pumpkin S'mores Bars
Now that October is in full swing, I feel like I can make and post all the pumpkin and apple recipes my heart desires without having to make excuses for the early autumn recipes. The thing is, I love seasonal cooking, but fall is my absolute favorite and I tend to want to start making autumn recipes in the middle of July.
For the sake my family's sanity, I try to hold off until at least September. This is the time of year when their eyes tend to glaze over if I mention 'butternut squash' too many times in one week. You see, there isn't a fall food that I dislike; comfort foods, pumpkin breads and apple desserts are all I crave when the calendar flips to September. Throw a bag of mellow creme pumpkins into the mix and I'm a happy camper.
Speaking of campers, we threw my son a camping themed party for his 6th birthday last month and for some reason I went completely overboard buying s'mores ingredients. I have bags of mini marshmallows, jumbo marshmallows, chocolate bars and about 3 different types of graham crackers shoved into various cabinets in my kitchen. It was if I had become some weird sort of s'mores hoarder stock piling for the apocalypse and it starting to encroach on some much needed kitchen storage space. I figured I needed to put some of these s'mores makings to good use.
I decided to merge my favorite summer treat (s'mores) with one of my favorite fall flavors (pumpkin) to make some sweet and slightly spiced Pumpkin S'mores Bars. These are thick, cake-like pumpkin blondies topped with all of the toasted, melty s'mores toppings you could ask for. I'm not quite sure why I had never thought to put these two desserts together before, but based on how fast they disappeared from my kitchen, I think they would be welcome again anytime.
Happy Baking!
Pumpkin S'mores Recipe
Yield: 24 bars
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoom baking soda
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 cup pure pumpkin puree
2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 chocolate bars - 1.45 oz each, chopped
2 graham crackers, broken into chunky crumbs
1 3/4 cup mini marshmallows
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom and sides of a 9 x13 inch baking pan with foil. Leave a bit of foil over the edges to help with removal of bars after baking. Lightly spray foil with non-stick spray. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice and salt; set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars on medium-high speed until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Beat in pumpkin puree (mixture may appear curdled). Reduce speed to low and gently add dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
4. Spread mixture in prepared baking dish and top with crushed graham crackers, chocolate bars and mini marshmallows. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out with moist crumbs. Cool completely before removing from pan.
5. Use foil flaps to gently lift bars from baking dish. Cut bars and serve.
Jelly Toast adapted from Martha Stewart
17 Responses to "Pumpkin S'mores Bars"
I'm with you on the love of fall flavors. I can't go a day without eating butternut squash, pumpkin, apples or all of the above!
I love all things s'mores and all things pumpkin so I know I would love these! What a great idea to combine these flavors!
Pumpkin + Smore's … two of my favorite things brought together in one place…. *tear
They look delicious, I love the addition of the pumpkin.
Sounds decadant… :D Do you really use 1 TABLESPOON of pumpkin pie spice?
These sound truly lovely!! Yum!
I thought of smores and pumpkin some how some way.
Excellent idea.
You get 5 creativity stars on your chart! LOL
Sharing these on the friday link roundup!
I'm exactly the same – fall is my favorite and even in the sweltering heat of July I crave something warm with cinnamon or apples or pumpkins … now I can do so to my hearts content! These look gorgeous! :)
The only thing better than s'mores are pumpkin s'mores bars! These things look amazing, girly! Love that pumpkin season's here and I'm so down to puree it up and smash it together with chocolate, marshmallow and graham! Yum!
Yes please! I'm gonna make these this weekend! Perfect to take to the pumpkin patch with us!
I going to have to try and make these. You might like our Halloween pumpkin pinata party cake!
I want to be with you and your s'mores hoard when the apocalypse comes. I'll bring my year-round stash of canned pumpkin puree!
Fantastic recipe, Emily! I don't know why some people seem to hate pumpkin spice- it's so perfect for the season! And this is a great combo of everything I love in Fall!
I made these and brought them into work and everyone loved them! I can't tell you how many people came up to me or e-mailed me about how amazing they were :)
I am going to make these today for this weekend (annual pheasant hunting opener)! I'm pretty nervous. I got put in charge of bringing bars and last year 3 of us brought brownies! Hah! So I am going to go out of my comfort zone a bit and try something I've never even heard of. I'll have to post an update on Monday! :)
I made these last weekend and everyone liked them, but didn't love them. They either need less base or more topping. With the amount of base they are a wee bit dry to eat. I think next time I will substitute a ganache for the broken chocolate pieces and ramp up the marshmallows a bit. Definitely a recipe worth tweaking!


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Lindsay Lohan is the fake lesbian that lays the golden eggs
Samantha Ronson used to bring in $1500 a gig for her DJing skills, but now that she frequents the Fiery V, she's been pulling in $25 grand a pop netting her almost $3 million this year. NY Daily News reports:
"While Sam never contractually agrees that Lindsay will show up to her shows, promoters, owners and publicists all know that if you book Sam, there's a high likelihood Lindsay will also show," an insider close to the couple told us. "Sam's now asking for a lot more money to spin, and she's getting it easily."
Of course, part of the appeal is watching the two fight with each other which seems to be a guarantee lately considering Sam is looking to cut a record and wants Lindsay to keep her career-killing hands off of it:
At a Miami club last week, Lohan sulked in the corner alone, remarking "Sam is hired to host tonight, not me," when asked if she was okay.
"They fight every day," said a friend. "It's just jealousy and childish bickering over the fact that neither feels the other pays enough attention. While they really do love each other, this relationship will be over by March."
So, basically, Sam has consistent access to Lindsay's giant breasts and gets paid $3 million for that luxury? Jesus, I want to be a lesbian. And don't tell me I can't because I have a penis when we just spent the past five minutes talking about Sam "Danglely Dong" Ronson. On that note, I want my lesbo handle to be "SharkBalls Cunningham." That's Ellen's name? Forgive me, Godfather!


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Devious Maids
Sunday, June 23, at 9 p.m., Lifetime
Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry and former DH cast member Eva Longoria are partnered as executive producers on this steamy new drama, in which the ladies who clean the dirt are also the ones who dish it. Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty, above) and Judy Reyes (Scrubs) lead the cast, with soap legend Susan Lucci making an appearance as one of the maids' snooty employers.
Under the Dome
Monday, June 24, at 9 p.m., CBS and Global
Frightmeister Stephen King (with help from co-executive producer Steven Spielberg and producer/screenwriter Brian K. Vaughn) brings another of his novels to the small screen. In this summer series, the residents of the tiny town of Chester's Mill suddenly find themselves sealed off from the outside world by an invisible and indestructible dome.
Nerve Center
Wednesday, June 26, at 7 p.m., Discovery
Discovery's fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary series returns for a third season, taking viewers deep inside some of the most fascinating and complex operations in modern-day business, public service and sports/entertainment enterprises. The back-to-back season premi®re examines the opening of Toronto's new Four Seasons Hotel and TSN's extremely challenging live broadcast of the 100th Grey Cup last November.


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Angela Miller and Kree Harrison deliver impressive performances on Wednesday night, as ten girls are competing for the first five spots in the Top 20.
The "American Idol" season 12 contestants sang in front of live audience for the first time starting this week. In the first part of the Las Vegas round, ten girls would perform one by one. At the end of the night, five of them would be sent home.
Following her much talked-about performance last week, Angela Miller once again wowed the judge plus the crowd with a cover of Jessie J's "Nobody's Perfect". Randy Jackson gushed, "I think America is witnessing the building of a superstar."
Kree Harrison was also a standout that night, singing a compelling performance of "Up to the Mountain" by Patty Griffin. "I would be very afraid if I were any of these other girls tonight," Nicki Minaj commented. "Every time you sing a song, you make love to the song."
Jenny Beth Willis, who showed up first that night, delivered a rendition of Trisha Yearwood's "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love". Randy said, "You never got in sync rhythmically with the band," but Keith Urban thought it's "a great way to start off the show."
Tenna Torres covered Natasha Bedingfield's "Soulmate," and Randy declared it's "the start of the night." Nicki also liked it as saying,"You had control of the whole song."
Adriana Latonio sang Aretha Franklin's "Ain't No Way" and Keith declared, "Now that started the night," after the performance. Brandy Hotard didn't get love from Nicki for her slow performance of Travis Tritt's "Anonymous", but Mariah Carey advised her to "do an album of classics."
Nicki called Shubha Vedula's version of Lady GaGa's "Born This Way" "almost...like a mashup of Christina Aguilera and that 'Gangnam Style' guy." Kamaria Ousley went with Kelly Clarkson's "Mr. Know It All", but Keith said it's "not a great song" for her.
Isabelle covered "God Bless the Child" and Randy called it "old-fashioned." However, Mariah liked her emotion in the performance. Last but not least, Amber Holcomb chose "My Funny Valentine" which Randy said "amazing."
The judges then announced the fate of each performers that night. Tenna, Kree, Angela, Amber and Adriana scored five of the spots in the Top 20. The other five girls, meanwhile, were sent packing.
On Thursday, ten guys will get through a similar round. Audience will be able to vote once there are 20 singers left.


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DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command urged Egyptians to reject U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit, seen as a charm offensive toward Muslims angered by his predecessor's policies, and called him a "criminal."
"Obama ... is not welcome in Egypt," Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian al Qaeda leader, said in a recording posted on an al Qaeda-linked Islamist website on Tuesday.
"Does (a group of) people in Egypt, who are raging flames and fuel, hear my cry," Zawahri said reciting a poem composed during the British occupation of the Arab country.
Obama is trying to improve the United States image in Arab and Muslim countries after former president George W. Bush outraged millions of Arabs and Muslims with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as support for Israel.
Obama's "bloody messages have been received and are still being received and they will not be covered by public relations campaigns or theatrical visits or polished words," Zawahri said.
"O' Egypt's free, righteous and honorable people and mujahideen; stand united in the face of this criminal."
Obama "came seeking, through ploy, to win what he had failed to acquire in the battlefield. After the mujahideen foiled America's crusader projects in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia."
Listing famous Egyptian Islamic and national figures and militants, Zawahri included one of the 19 al Qaeda suicide bombers who carried out the 2001 attacks on U.S. cities and the assassin who killed Anwar al-Sadat, the Egyptian President who signed Cairo's peace deal with Israel.
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Derbyshire have appointed Graeme Welch as their Elite Cricket Performance Director on a three-year deal.
The 41-year-old moves to the County Ground after serving as bowling coach and assistant coach at Warwickshire, having begun his coaching career overseeing the bowling at Essex in 2008.
Welch also spent six years as a player at Derbyshire, taking over as captain when Luke Sutton left for Lancashire in 2006.
"My experiences with Essex and Warwickshire have been a fantastic grounding, allowing me to learn my trade as a coach," he said.
"I'm thankful for those opportunities which have fuelled my ambition to work at the top of the coaching tree.
"The opportunity to do that back at Derbyshire, where I had my best years as a player, is perfect for me.
"The new Elite Cricket Performance structure shows the Club's ambition and I completely buy into their vision and share the desire for success."


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Just 24 hours after Smithfield Foods – the world's largest pork producer – launched its new corporate responsibility website, the Humane Society of the United States filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. HSUS is alleging that Smithfield is making false and misleading claims to shareholders and consumers about its corporate responsibility practices in violation of federal securities law.
According to HSUS' complaint, the claims made in a video series titled Taking the Mystery out of Pork Production falsely convey that Smithfield has higher animal welfare and environmental standards than it actually does. The complaint further alleges that the videos are deceptive in their depiction of Smithfield's use of antibiotics in animal feed.
Federal securities law prohibits "the making of any false statement of a material fact or the omission of a material fact that would prevent a statement from being misleading."
"Smithfield's attempt to mislead its shareholders about animal welfare adds insult to the injuries inflicted daily on the animals confined in its facilities," says Jonathan Lovvorn, HSUS senior vice president and chief counsel for animal protection litigation. "Smithfield cannot shirk its responsibility to stakeholders and animals by simply offering false claims about providing 'ideal' living conditions."
HSUS points specifically to Smithfield comments in the video that it provides animals with "ideal" living conditions and that the company's animals' "every need is met." HSUS argues that because "the vast majority of its breeding sows are confined in gestation crates — metal cages that virtually immobilize animals for nearly their entire lives," that Smithfield could not be meeting the animals' needs.
The animal rights' group also takes issue with Smithfield because it "routinely castrates animals and cuts portions of their tails and teeth off without painkiller."
You can review HSUS' complete legal complaint here.
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Cape Town - Loquacious motorists who insist on driving and talking had their cellphones confiscated on Thursday morning in an operation by traffic officials.
Mayoral committee member for safety and security, JP Smith, accompanied officers in an unmarked ghost squad vehicle who stopped three motorists and impounded their devices.
"We had a head-on collision with attitude from the southern suburbs," Smith said.
"We started in the CBD and moved up into the residential areas, off the main routes - I've had complaints that we only tackle the freeways.
"Every morning when I leave my home I also see loads of talkers."
"But, as Murphy's Law would have it, we saw no talkers in the suburbs. So we went up Nelson Mandela Boulevard and pulled three cars off just below the University of Cape Town.
"The first guy claimed ignorance - he was holding his phone against his steering wheel.
"The next two, both women, were highly belligerent. One said she had only taken a photograph, not phoned or texted, but the officer explained to her that one is forbidden from operating a phone in any way, by hand."
The trio were fined R500 each.
Their handsets were sealed in boxes; they would be able to collect their phones on Friday morning, 24 hours later, once they'd paid a R1000 release fee.
"I think we're seeing an improvement," Smith reported, "but we still saw three people talking in 60 seconds, while we were fining one driver.
"It'll be like alcohol and roadblocks - people will only start changing their behaviour when everybody knows somebody who's had a phone confiscated."
Cellphone use was "one of the four big killers - speed, alcohol, safety belts and distracted driving".
All traffic units are now able to confiscate cellphones - initially it was only the ghost squad.
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Buffett Rule Would Harm Small Business Owners in Franchising
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WASHINGTON, April 10,2012 – The International Franchise Association said franchise business owners could be significantly challenged to grow and create new jobs as a result of the "Buffett Rule," a tax increase on individuals and small business owners with more than $1 million in revenue proposed by President Obama on Tuesday. The Senate is expected to hold a vote on the Buffett rule on April 16.
"Taxing job creators will seriously impede the ability of franchise businesses to expand their operations and create new jobs, particularly multi-unit franchise operators and the majority of franchise businesses who file their business income on their personal tax return," said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira. "What franchise business owners need is comprehensive tax reform that lowers the overall rate for both corporations and individuals and eliminates the complexities of existing credits and deductions."
According to an Oct. 2011 survey by IFA, more than 80 percent of franchise business owners are pass-through entities such as S corporations, LLCs, and partnerships and would be significantly impacted by the proposed tax increases. A permanent 5.6 percent income tax increase on households earning more than $1 million annually, as proposed by President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), would negatively impact 72 percent of franchisors and 43 percent of franchisees, with 28 percent and 17 percent expecting the impact to be significantly negative, respectively.
Asked about the possibility of current tax rates expiring and the income tax for households earning more than $250,000 per year increasing by 3.5 percent at the end of 2012, 88 percent of franchisors and 73 percent of franchisees say this will negatively impact their business. More than 40 percent and 25 percent of them say the impact will be significantly negative, respectively.
The survey results show franchise businesses are willing to trade tax deductions for a lower rate. 81 percent of franchisors and 70 percent of franchisees would be willing to trade tax deductions for a lower corporate tax rate.
"IFA looks forward to educating members of the House Ways & Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee and others involved in crafting comprehensive tax reform about the deductions and credits most important to the franchise community," said IFA Senior Vice President of Government Relations & Public Policy Judith Thorman.
The survey, conducted in Oct. 2011, included 336 responses from franchisors and single and multi-unit franchisees nationwide across the 10 major business lines represented within franchising, including quick and full service restaurants, lodging, business services, residential and commercial services, personal services, automotive, real estate and retail products/services.
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Kwik Sak, Speedway Owner Files for Bankruptcy
Purvi Petroleum III may sell some stores to pay debt.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The owner of 32 Kwik Sak and Speedway convenience stores and gas stations across Tennessee has filed for protection from its creditors in local bankruptcy court and may sell some of its stores to pay its debt, reported the Nashville Business Journal.
Purvi Petroleum III, which bought the stores from Speedway SuperAmerica in early 2002, listed assets of less than $50,000 and liabilities of $16.5 million in its initial Nov. 30 court filing. That debt figure includes $3.3 million in unsecured liabilities to Speedway SuperAmerica, the wholly owned retail subsidiary of Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, and $561,000 to Presto Food Stores Inc.
A Chapter 11 filing protects Purvi from its creditors, giving the La Vergne, Tenn.-based unit of Florida's Purvi Petroleum time to reorganize.
Purvi disclosed in a motion to use cash collateral that Speedway and Presto Food Stores were holding about $200,000 in credit card sale monies. Purvi also said it had been placed on a cash basis with its suppliers and without that $200,000, it would have difficulty reorganizing.
Purvi "has no alternative borrowing source and to remain in business must utilize the proceeds from accounts receivables to pay normal and necessary operating expenses to operate the business," Steven Lefkovitz, an attorney at Lefkovitz & Lefkovitz representing Purvi, disclosed in a court filing.
The stores were originally owned by Marathon Ashland Petroleum, a Findlay, Ohio-based joint venture of Marathon Oil and Ashland Inc. The venture had announced it would sell off 284 unprofitable stations in the Southeast and Midwest.
Purvi bought the stores in 2002 with financing from Miami's Bayview Financial Trading Group. Its related entities also operate a dozen stores in Florida and South Carolina, giving parent Purvi Petroleum an estimated 44 stores overall.
A meeting of creditors in the case is scheduled for Jan. 7 at U.S. Bankruptcy Court.


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1878. This file covers 12 cases on minors arrested along with adults and subjected to the same system as adults, as denounced to the CIDH during its on-site investigation conducted in Chile. Classification of this file was handled in accordance with the criterion agreed upon at the 33rd session.
In a note of October 11, 1974, the Commission requested the Government cf Chile to provide the appropriate information. A copy of this note and its appendices was sent to the Delegation of Chile to the OAS on October 30, 1974.
In a note of March 3, 1975 (No. 3841) the Government of Chile replied by rejecting one part of the denunciation as unfounded stating that there was no concrete evidence to that effect. It also provided the following information:
a) two of the individuals referred to in the denunciation were free; b) three of those minors were under conditional freedom, c) 11 minors were still being held, and d) it offered to send information on the 7 remaining individuals named in the request for information filed by the CIDH.
The Commission examined case 1878 together with the information provided by the Government of Chile during the course of its thirty-fifth session (May 1975). It decided the following: a) to request the Government of Chile to provide more information with regard to the minors still being held by virtue of the state of siege, as to whether the Government intends to release them in the near future bring them to trial, and b) to request that it kindly provide as soon as possible, the remaining data on the 7 minors with regard to whom the appropriate inquiries are being made.
Pursuant to the foregoing, a note was sent to the Government of Chile on August 5, 1975.
At its thirty-sixth session, the Commission looked into the status of this case and since the request for further information filed with the Government of Chile on August 5 was still in course, it decided to postpone examination of this case until its next session.


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Motorola Touchless Control now lets you unlock your PIN with your voice
The Motorola lineup keeps getting better, and the flagship feature - Touchless Control - is the focus of today's update. Yesterday, we saw the Motorola camera updated with a couple of new-ish features; but today, Motorola updated Touchless Control to work better if you have a PIN lock set on your device.
Now, if you have a numerical PIN set on your device, you'll still be able to perform various searches or voice commands without unlocking your phone first. And, if you want to do something more in-depth that requires you unlock your device, you can simply speak your PIN number. Obviously, both of these options pose certain security risks, so the feature isn't completely active after you update the app. You will be able to place calls without unlocking your device, but other functions like Google searches and setting reminders, will need to be enabled in order to work without unlocking. As far as the security risk of speaking your PIN number aloud... we hope you would know how to sort out that risk.
The change log also states that the update is "Compatible only with Android 4.4 KitKat." We assume that this means the new PIN control features require Android 4.4, not that the entire app has been updated to only support Android 4.4. It would be very odd if Motorola would suddenly break compatibility with its new DROID lineup, which has yet to see the KitKat update.
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1. superduper (Posts: 151; Member since: 20 Oct 2013)
"ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR....oops!"
posted on 13 Dec 2013, 17:49 3
2. Jommick (Posts: 221; Member since: 10 Sep 2013)
The pin of champions.
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4. kozza3 (Posts: 715; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
you sir are mistaken!
0000 is the master of masters, lord of lords!!!
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I'm flattered, but you may call me Scott.
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5. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
I better change my "6969" code. Won't sound right in the mens bathroom.
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7. LordCaedus (Posts: 85; Member since: 01 Nov 2013)
One of the new features is the ability to have a sound play if you have miss placed your phone. Worth it right there.
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We're blogging again ;)
Dearest friends!
Please forgive our prolonged silence..it's been high season on Koh Tao, and what a season! However silent we've been though it does not mean we haven't been active with regards to our Project AWARE duties.
So here's a little update on what we've been up to these past few months.
As always we've been very actively promoting Project AWARE and raising awareness and funds for our Oceans with every single one of our students and divers and there have been many, 3085 certs up to date and counting!!
This is actually a good opportunity to thank all of them for their interest, concern and generosity!
We've done a few 'one hour beach clean-ups' on Sairee Beach, the latest one, on August 10th, 2013 allowed us to collect - again with the help or our awesome students and customers - about 35 kgs of debris (cf. attached picture).
We spent a whole morning cleaning up the area around our resort so as to avoid all of that debris to be flushed down towards the sea by the rain during wet season.
And finally we proceeded to remove fishing nets from various dive sites. The latest was a big fishing net on the Secret Pinnacle of Southwest Pinnacle on June 9th, 2013 (cf. attached Image Gallery).
Of course we plan to continue and increase our efforts to preserve our Oceans and we promise to keep you informed more regularly ;)
PS: a big thanks to Daniel Swain for his lovely pictures of the Southwest net removal expedition!


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But as we continue to praise Rory McIlroy for what he did those four days at Congressional, we sometimes forget that he is still 22.
That's why the above picture cracked me up. The kid may have a golf swing other pros are envious of, and the maturity that trumps most politicians, but he still wears Abercrombie. A young kid, but a kid nonetheless.


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Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, legal name Le Sony'r Ra; May 22, 1914 - May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental music, "cosmic philosophy," prolific output, and theatrical performances. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979. Born in Alabama in 1914, Blount would eventually become involved in the 1940s Chicago jazz scene. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking the name Sun Ra (Ra being the Egyptian God of the Sun) and developing a complex persona and mythology that would make him a pioneer of Afrofuturism: he claimed he was an alien from Saturn, and throughout his life, he consistently denied any ties to his prior identity. His compositions ranged from keyboard solos to big bands of over 30 musicians, and his widely experimental and eclectic music would eventually touch on virtually the entire history of jazz, from ragtime to swing music, from bebop to free jazz....
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I know the obvious answer is "Set the width attribute for the content".
Well, I reckon a more obvious answer should be <FRAME SCROLLING="VERTICAL">
It appears that we have only 3 options: No, Yes or Auto.
Is this right? I don't want auto horizontal bars popping up by accident! But I do want auto vertical bars.
If you don't mind me asking (I'm just curious), why are you using frames for this project?
(And before the anti-frames mafia shows up and says "don't use frames, use includes instead" keep in mind that a lot of free hosting providers don't allow people to use server side includes, ASP or PHP code in their pages.)
Studio Junkies, what you're suggesting is that your content may be wider than 100% of the page but you don't want your users to be able to scroll to see it?
You are correct with your assessment of the options and if you only want vertical scrolling the setting the scrolling to auto should allow this and aslong as you ensure that your content fits inside the frame then you should only get vertical scrolling.
You could set a width of 100% for your content inside this frame so that it also expands relative to the size of the users window which may be the best bet.
Hope that helps in a round about way?


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WikiLeaks, the Class
For a lot of professors, this can be a tough part of the semester. Projects loom. Students are sleeping less. Classroom discussions are hard to get going.
WikiLeaks is changing that.
At least that's the case for Shilad Sen, an assistant professor of computer science at Macalester College, whose first-year seminar about the social Web is buzzing over the anti-secrecy site's latest blockbuster disclosure. The Minnesota professor assigned students to write programs that visualize the massive trove of leaked diplomatic cables as a social network, drawing connections between people in the documents (see image above, about Iran). Such social-network analysis was important to the U.S. military in capturing Saddam Hussein, Mr. Sen points out.
The professor has also found WikiLeaks a boon for discussion: both as a vehicle for explaining how the Internet works and for debating the ethical choices made by each player in the story. So has another institution, the University of Washington, which sponsored a town-hall discussion about the controversy on Friday.
So what do students think? Mr. Sen says they seem to agree about individual actors—for example, that the person who leaked the cables did the wrong thing, or that Amazon probably did the right thing for its shareholders by booting WikiLeaks off its computers. But students are more divided on the larger issues behind these events, he says, such as whether we need to change how intelligence information is distributed.
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UF author regales middle schoolers with tale of awkward age
Published: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 4:46 p.m.
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Seventh grade was a pretty bad year for Todd Hasak-Lowy.
He had a bowl haircut and nerdy eyeglasses with Transitions lenses that were stuck in sunglass mode.
His best friend that year was Freckles the dog, a white and brown hound who was "really sweet, fairly stupid and very smelly" — and terrible at video games, since he didn't have thumbs.
So when Hasak-Lowy set out to write a children's book in fall 2010, at age 41, he decided to sum up all the awkwardness and confusion of seventh grade in a novel.
Hasak-Lowy, an assistant professor of Hebrew literature at the University of Florida, spoke Thursday to three seventh-grade classes at Westwood Middle School about his book, "33 Minutes." He'll chat today with fifth-graders at J.J. Finley Elementary School.
"It's helped me kind of appreciate and see the richness of this age," he said.
Hasak-Lowy spent one class period with the group in the Westwood media center, where they discussed plot development, friendship and the funniest thing that can happen at school: students messing with substitute teachers.
As he told the tale of his middle school years, about 60 pairs of eyes focused on him and widened knowingly. Many of them felt the same way.
Catalina Riveros, 12, said the beginning of seventh grade was OK. Then it was really bad, but it's getting a little better now.
She said she could relate to Hasak-Lowy's story, and she's hoping to read his book soon.
"It helps me feel better because I'm not the only one who feels horrible," Catalina said.
"33 Minutes" is the fictional story of seventh-grader Sam Lewis. The plot takes place in one day, April 12, with Sam counting down the minutes until recess, when his former best friend Morgan Sturtz has promised to kick Sam's butt.
Hasak-Lowy has been touring with the novel, his third published work, which hit the shelves on Jan. 1. He will be at the University of Central Florida Book Festival on Saturday and reached out to some local schools to connect with students.
Seeing an opportunity to engage her pupils, Westwood media specialist Peggy Beland got in touch with him.
"It's the kind of book that students don't even know they're learning a lesson," she said. "Any time you can bring in an author, it encourages reading and writing."
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British commercials veteran Chris Palmer has been tapped to helm Warner Bros. Pictures' movie adaptation of Piers Anthony's "A Spell for Chameleon."
Set to come up with another promising fantasy movie apart from its "Harry Potter" franchise titled "A Spell for Chameleon", Warner Bros. Pictures has appointed British commercials veteran Chris Palmer to direct the project, The Hollywood Reporter has reported.
Adapted from the Piers Anthony novel that kicked off his hugely popular and long-running Xanth novel series, the picture will revolve around a young man living in the magical kingdom of Xanth who gets exiled for having no magical powers but later returns to save the kingdom with his true gift.
Confessing that he likes the book's idea of being in contrast with that of "Harry Potter" series, Palmer is said to have an aim to make the movie as an adult-skewing family movie. No words yet on the cast, but it has been confirmed that Wolfgang Petersen will produce through his Radiant Productions alongside David Benioff.


text: Moscovici also insisted that relations with Germany remained strong. There have been reports recently that Germany is concerned about the health of the French economy.But German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble seemed unconcerned about the downgrade. "We have received the news that, overnight, our most important partner got a little admonition from a rating agency," Schaeuble said in the German Parliament. "The rating for France is still very stable, so that we avoid any dramatization." Moody's itself said that the rating remains so high â¿¿ now Aa1, just a notch below triple-A â¿¿because of the size of the French economy and the government's commitment to make structural reforms. It kept the rating's outlook at negative, meaning it could face future downgrades. Moscovici said he expected the country to continue to be able to borrow at those historically low rates because of the seriousness of its reform package. Analysts warned, however, that French banks could next face downgrades, since they are significant holders of French government debt and ultimately backed by the government. ___ Geir Moulson in Berlin and Carlo Piovano in Brussels contributed to this report.


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Artlanta - Rory McIlroy has unquestionably overshadowed Tiger Woods on the 2012 PGA Tour but the Northern Irish world No 1 laughs at suggestions that he now intimidates the American, a 14-times major winner.
"He's (Tiger's) got a new nickname for me, actually. He calls me 'The Intimidator'," a smiling McIlroy jested as he spoke to reporters on Wednesday while preparing for this week's Tour Championship.
"No. How can I intimidate Tiger Woods? I mean, the guy's got 75 or whatever PGA Tour wins, 14 majors. He's been the biggest thing ever in our sport.
"How could some little 23-year-old from Northern Ireland with a few wins come up and intimidate him. It's just not possible. I don't know where he got that from, but it's not true."
Former world No 1Greg Norman of Australia had sparked the debate earlier this week when he told FoxSports.com that Woods had effectively handed over the baton to McIlroy as the game's leading player.
"What I'm seeing is that Tiger's really intimidated by Rory," Norman said. "When have you ever seen him intimidated by another player? Never.
"But I think he knows his time's up and that's normal; these things tend to go in 15-year cycles. Jack (Nicklaus) took it (the baton) from Arnold (Palmer). I took it from Jack, Tiger from me and now it looks like Rory's taking it from Tiger."
Woods also resorted to humour when asked about Norman's "intimidation" comments.
"It's got to be the hair," the former world No 1 grinned, referring to the mop-haired Northern Irishman.
Asked whether he had ever been intimidated by any other golfer, Woods replied: "No. No one is the size of (American football linebacker) Ray Lewis who is going to hit me coming over the middle.
"This is a different kind of sport. We go out there and we play our own game, and see where it falls at the end of the day. This is about execution and going about your own business. Here no one is affecting any shots."
While Woods has won three times on the 2012 PGA Tour, the 36-year-old American has not won a major since the 2008 US Open. McIlroy, in contract, has triumphed four times this season, including his second major title at last month's PGA Championship.
The Northern Irishman will be seeking a fourth victory in just five starts when he tees off in Thursday's opening round at East Lake Golf Club and says he has never produced a similarly dominant run of form.
"It's been a great stretch," McIlroy said. "To win three of my last four events, a major championship in there and two playoff events with some of the strongest fields of the year, it's been great.
"Hopefully I can keep it going. If not, then hopefully I'll have more stretches like this in my career."
McIlroy underlined his superstar credentials with a stunning victory in the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island where he triumphed by eight shots.
Winning this week's Tour Championship, where he would also clinch FedExCup playoff honours and the bonus of $10 million, would add extra gloss to a superb 2012 campaign.
"It would just cap off a great year," McIlroy said. "It's hard to compare this (the playoffs) to a major championship because it's a year-long thing and it's about being consistent.
"You have to play well at the right time like I have the last couple of weeks. It would be nice to have something to recognise that you have played the best golf the whole way throughout the year."
Only 30 players are competing at East Lake this week in the final event of the PGA Tour's regular season. Though McIlroy could secure FedExCup honours by finishing as low as 29th, he has set his sights on victory.
"If I win (the Tour Championship), I win (the FedExCup)," he said. "That's the mindset I'm coming in with. I feel like I'm playing well enough to win. I know if I do that, everything else takes care of itself."
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At the January city council work session, Oxford residents took a second look at plans for a new two-story city hall building and safety complex that would serve as a cornerstone for a potential town-center area.
About 10 residents showed up for the combined work session and called meeting and asked questions of the council and of architect Ben Carter of Carter Watkins Associates.
"The citizen reaction was really quite enthusiastic to the new city hall," said Mayor Jerry Roseberry.
The building, which is estimated to cost $1.2 million and would be located next to the old Rock Store off Ga. Highway 81, would be financed with an $800,000 loan over 10 years, Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax funds and with cash the city has on hand, explained Roseberry. The city also has an additional $2,300 in monthly revenue coming from an investment with MEAG that would go toward paying the bond. Because of that, and because of the healthy state of the city's finances, residents would not see any cuts in services or increases in fees, said Roseberry.
Resident Claude Sitton questioned the decision to make the new city hall a two-story building, which would cost roughly $230,000 more than a one-story facility.
"My question is one of affordability, especially in today's economy," Sitton said.
Planning Commission Chair David Eady explained that the efficiency of having a two-story building instead of a one-story building with a larger footprint would pay for the cost difference over time.
"We looked at this from a full life-cycle perspective," he said.
Finance Committee Chair George Holt said he had initially been reluctant about the second floor, but after looking at the city's finances, he agreed that this was the best time to build such a project.
"I do not see any particular harm, as long as we continue to do the other things we've been doing," Holt said. "This is the best time to do it."
Planning Commission member Eric Oliver noted the industrial areas that were growing around Oxford.
"There's got to be something we do as a small little place, careful investments, very strategic investments, to make sure the fabric of the community remains strong enough to push back on those kinds of influences," he said. "This is hopefully going to be something that…will give us a center, give us a core and identity. Whenever you have a core, something to rally around, you can build on that."
The city also announced it applied for $2,940,000 in grants for the new city hall and water line replacement. Roseberry said Congressman Jim Marshall had sent out inquiries asking for "shovel ready" projects, or projects that had completed its planning stages and were ready to go, to apply for stimulus funds.
In other city council business:
• A called meeting was convened to approve a new contract with Electric Cities of Georgia to take over some services formerly performed by the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia.
"MEAG is no longer going to be offering certain things they used to do in the past, such as trimming trees and calibrating meters," said Roseberry.
MEAG's original charge was to produce electricity, and over time, it had taken on additional tasks, such as trimming trees and calibrating meters, he said.
• Oxford Police Chief Clark Miller also requested clarification on ordinances on disorderly houses and door-to-door solicitations, which will be provided in February, said Roseberry.


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Another nice moment, courtesy of the Rangers
I've told you guys, and most of you know, that the Rangers may only win one Stanley Cup in our lifetimes, or none, in some cases. But that in terms of doing good deeds, they're perennial champs. Yesterday before the prospects camp scrimmage, they brought out Liam Traynor of Blauvelt,… Read More →


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The Brunswick County Board of Education is considering forming a community media advisory committee. During a policy meeting on Tuesday, the board discussed clarifying current policies on book challenges.
The community committee would advise the board should a book challenge be appealed, and curriculum directors will provide an additional summary of each book on the eleventh and twelfth grade AP English reading list for the year.
If I'm reading that correctly, the proposed committee would only take action if somebody appeals a challenge. If that means what I think it does, that all somebody has to do is challenge a book to get it removed from the reading list, and the only way to stop that is for someone else to come forward in defense of said book, then we have a much deeper problem than previously thought.
There is too much reading going on in Brunswick County!
Someone will take a stand against the problem of TOO MUCH READING happening in Brunswick County schools.
Reading should be made more difficult whenever possible.
If reading gets any easier in Brunswick County, we'll just have to start taking the books off the shelves.
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don't need their minds polluted with facts and a variety of viewpoints. The next thing you know, they'll be thinking critically all on their own, and we certainly can not have that.
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