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- 1 Notes
- 2 French Derivation of Franchise?
- 3 Franchises can be small businesses, too!
- 4 About the origin of 'Franchise'
- 5 External linkspam
- 6 Inaccurate information?
- 7 external link spam?
- 8 Question
- 9 Copyvio
- 10 User talk:126.96.36.199
- 11 Advantages ---Less Chance of Failure
- 12 International Coverage
- 13 Difference between franchising and licensing
Contrary to what might be expected, there is no federal registry of franchising or any federal filing requirements for information. Instead, states primarily collect data on franchising companies and enforce laws and regulations regarding their spread.
- I'm not sure I understand why this would be contrary to expectations. --Brion 05:51 9 Jun 2003 (UTC)
-- I dont know what the original writer of this article had in mind by "contrary to what might be expected", but I personally would expect the overseeing of franchises to be at the national level rather than the state level. Almost all franchises are national. To oversee them at the state level would entail incredible duplication of effort, inefficiencies, and wastefulness. user:mydogategodshat
"Contrary to what might be expected" may be a WARNING that the Federal Rule governing franchising wherein the FTC advises the new buyer in the front of the mandated disclosure circular that they are requiring the franchisor to give you the information "TO PROTECT YOU" is less than accurate. The FTC Rule on Franchising acts to protect the franchisors more than the franchisees because there is a serious flaw in the FTC Rule. See and read "Franchising Fraud: the continuing need for reform" published by the American Business Law Journal, 01 Jan 2003, available on a Google Search, for a dissertation on "Inducement" problems in franchising. CJKC 29 June 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 16:38, 29 June 2009 (UTC) -- Franchising is most certainly regulated at the state level. The only real involvement that the FTC has is to regulate the disclosure documents. But even then, those documents are not reviewed by the FTC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.8.131.52 (talk) 02:02, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
How about a list of Franchises?
French Derivation of Franchise?[edit]
Last time I checked, the french work for "free" was "libre"... Anybody care to explain? --MK
Bold text--18.104.22.168 09:08, 26 September 2006 (UTC) libre is spanish term for free...dont yah know it?! or u dont get it?!!
- Franchise comes from Old French franchise, from franche, feminine of franc, meaning "free" or "exempt" -- Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. CZmarlin 18:57, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Franchises can be small businesses, too![edit]
As an employee of a family-owned and -operated franchise, I disagree with people denigrating franchised businesses on the grounds that it's putting "independent" and/or "locally-owned" establishments out of business. Our franchised business puts more money directly into our community than any so-called independently-owned local competitor. (My establishment works in the tourism industry, so we're actually capturing several million dollars of revenue from out-of-town tourists and funneling it directly into the local market with the exception of our 3% franchise fee and the goods we must purchase from out of state.) In fact, most of our direct, franchised competitors are owned by local businessmen. Only one of our competitors is corporately owned, and none of the franchises is owned by out-of-town corporations.
Same goes for several other franchises in our town, like restaurants. I think McDonald's has three separate franchise agreements in town (with 15 restaurants), and all three are owned by local families. Our Taco Bell franchisee is a local businessman, and so is Subway. Chili's (with the exception of the one in the airport terminal) is locally owned, as are the three new Carl's Jrs. These local franchise owners contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars to our local economy and provide large gifts to local non-profit organizations. Yes, the cost of the supplies and franchise fees goes out of state (such as the Taco Bell condiments, which I know are trucked in from out of state), but the profits and employee's wages stay right here in town.
So, perhaps in other areas, franchises are owned by conglomerate corporations that funnel money to well-to-dos in high rises on the opposite coast, but franchises can just as easily be locally-owned, huge supporters of the community.
This article doesn't denigrate franchising but tells the truth. Franchising of retail businesses to the extent we see today is a somewhat new business model that does provide cheap labor and cheap venture capital for franchisors, who can maximize their profits because they avoid the expense and risk of building and managing the physical units that bear their brand names. The franchisor minimizes his risk and maximizes his profits because he takes his profits off of the gross sales of the franchisee whether or not the franchisee is operating in the red or in the black, and whether or not there are ever any profits over and beyond overhead for the franchisee.
It is true that the local owners of franchisees DO contribute to the local economies but the point is that retail franchisors, under current Regulation and Rule, do not have to provide historical UNIT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE statistics to new buyers of their franchises and they don't. Therefore, franchisors CAN sell new franchises without disclosing the risk factors of unit profitability and success/failure to new buyers. If the concept is going down hill or if the saturation of the concept is great, or if the profitability on a unit basis is low, the franchisor can still remain viable as long as he can sell new franchises out the front door and abet the fire sale of discounted failed or failing units out of the back door. This process is called "Churning" and is abetted by ineffective government regulation of the franchisor. The result is that many prospective franchisees unknowingly buy very high risk and low profitability franchises and build new units for the franchisor. When the franchisee fails to thrive within the estimated startup costs and, when the franchisee loses the entire investment and has to give their franchised business away or close it down, or declare bankruptcy, whatever, they have no recourse in the Courts against the franchisor because he has made sure that he didn't promise them anything to begin with in writing within the franchise agreement and, apparently, under law, the franchisor doesn't have to disclose the risk, as known to him, to the new franchisee. Really "dirty pool" and very hard on Mom and Pop franchisees who lose their shirts. CJKC 1 May 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 17:48, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
I was going to recommend rewording this in this article, but when I reread the article to suggest a rewording, I realized I misread it the first time. Still, there's a slight sound of anti-franchise bias in this statement: "Many retail sectors, particularly in the United States, are now dominated by franchising to the point where independently-run operations are the exception rather than the rule." So, ignore everything I just said...? :-)
cluth 08:27, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
About the origin of 'Franchise'[edit]
The origin of Franchise does seem to be old French. This page http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=franchise&searchmode=none gives the following etymology: "c.1290, from O.Fr. franchise "freedom," from variant stem of franc "free" (see frank). Sense narrowed 18c. to "particular legal privilege," then "right to vote" (1790). Meaning "authorization by a company to sell its products or services" is from 1959". Another page http://www.franinfo.com/history.html provides a longer history of the evolution of the concept. There too, it mentions the original meaning to be 'privilege or freedom'. Priyatu 07:38, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- That's pretty much it, though franc still exists with the same meaning in Modern French, notably in the term franc-maçon, 'freemason'. -- Blisco 09:07, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I removed the following from the entry: "from the [[French language|French]] ''franchir'': '''vt''' to clear an obstacle or difficulty)<ref>"Harrap's shorter French and English dictionary" ISBN 0-245-55046-1</ref>". The origin of the word is very clearly "franchise" in the sense of freedom and this is not reflected in the paragraph I removed. Rdavout (talk) 03:17, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
- I've yet to see any strong reference from a WP:RS for the etymology that could distinguish which stem-word's meaning was behind the application of the word to the modern commercial concept. Certainly there are lots of unreliable websites with a POV to push, usually ones (like the franinfo above) trying to sell franchises or consulting services. Not good enough.LeadSongDog (talk) 13:36, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
External linkspam[edit]
Let me explain why I deleted the Blue MauMau "Franchipedia" link before. It appears to be run in the manner of a blog. WP:EL notes that blogs are to be avoided unless the subject of the article is a blog or the blog has been carefully reviewed. I'm not familiar with bluemaumau or Franchipedia--is the wiki itself not part of the blog? The style is confusing, so it's hard to determine what's the blog and what's not. The articles seem to be less of a wiki and more of a blog from what I've read (no citations of information, articles include blog-like "trackback" feature, comments section, member-rating of article system--all the signs of a blog). Before I pass judgement again and remove the link, I'd like to hear anyone else's thoughts on this external link, since it's a little more murky than, say, any of the other external links I've removed. Thanks! Rkitko 06:13, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
- Edit: Some of the articles on the site are also copies with slight modifications on the wikipedia articles with the same name. For example, see Howard Johnson's and Blue MauMau's Howard Johnson's article. An external link that doesn't add much new content besides what's already on Wikipedia isn't of much value, in my humble opinion (Wikipedia policy prefers internal wiki links over external links). Any thoughts? Rkitko 06:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
- After looking through some of the site, I agree it's somewhere in the gray area between "obvious spam" and "authoritative resource". It looks like a combination of a blogging system and a wiki. Since the site has other relevant information in addition to blogs, Wikipedia's general guideline to avoid links to blogs doesn't necessarily apply. It looks like there's a small amount of original material (e.g. [2]) in addition to that copied from Wikipedia.
- However, there are a few reasons why the link should arguably be removed. Within the article,
- Blue MauMau's Franchipedia Project has an audio interview with Kentucky Fried Chicken's first franchisee, Harman's Cafe of 1952 that gives an insight....
- sounds like a classic example of an attempt to promote a website. And as you say, there's just not much there that Wikipedia doesn't already provide. Furthermore, it's not a good idea to include a link based on promises of future improvement ("currently documenting franchise history one company at a time"), since Wikipedia is not a vehicle for promoting new websites. Thus I think we should remove the link for now, but revisit the decision as the site matures. Wmahan. 05:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
- However, there are a few reasons why the link should arguably be removed. Within the article,
RESPONSE: The audio file of an interview with one of the first modern franchises is incredibly interesting from a historical business perspective. I wish there were podcasts about the A&W business model of 1919 but there isn't. (I understand Blue MauMau is working on it.) Harman's KFC Cafe is one of the earliest recorded franchise models that we have on the Net. It explains how the franchise was organized and different dynamics in the give and take of owners and corporate staff in the early days. The name "Kentucky Fried Chicken" comes from that original franchise owner in Utah, who felt it sounded more exotic and friendlier than Utah Fried Chicken. My vote is to link to the article. But again, this is more of the business of franchising and not so much the consumer perspective of what store and what product came when. Wikipedia should try to link to trade wikipedias because the emphasis will be different. In other words, if a trade group such as doctors want to create a trade wikipedia, it is in wikia's interest to link with such articles and insights. Harry Maeda 05:22, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Inaccurate information?[edit]
(moved from User talk:Harry Maeda)
There is information on this page that is not entirely correct. I have attempted to change some of the mistakes in franchise early history. It did not start with Howard Johnson's in the 1930s. That is much too late. A&W was considerably earlier, starting in Lodi, CA in 1919. Their owners, Alfred and Walter, stated that they copied the older franchise model of tire companies.
- What about Martha Matilda Harper who started a beauty parlor franchise in 1891? (See Wikipedia's own entry on her) 18.104.22.168 (talk) 18:09, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
In regards to hotel franchises in Wales between hotels and bars in the 1850s, this is possible but documents and links would be greatly appreciated to collaborate the claim.
You can find an ongoing project of early franchise history at [the Franchipedia], an online franchise wikipedia project. Your comments there would be much welcome.
This statement is also debatable. "Many retail sectors, particularly in the United States, are now dominated by franchising to the point where independently-run businesses are the exception rather than the rule." An example should be used to substantiate it.
I do not want to declare this page in dispute but would prefer discussing the issues first. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harry Maeda (talk • contribs) 06:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
- And my reply to Harry, left on his talk page:
- Greetings, Harry. I'm going to move your statements over to Talk:Franchising as that's where I think you meant to place them. Also, don't forget to sign your name on talk pages with four tildas (~~~~). I'd also appreciate your thoughts on what I wrote at Talk:Franchising#External linkspam. Please also remember that you must have sources for your contributions that claim certain facts. Such as your claim that "Franchising dates back to at least the 1850s" -- here above you admit you don't have a source for that claim (print or online). I'm going to also put in the standard wiki welcome, which will give you general links to wikipedia policies and guidelines. Hope all of this helps! If you have any questions, leave a message on my talk page or at Talk:Franchising if it's related to that topic. Thanks! Rkitko 06:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the welcome and the link to the Wikipedia guidelines. I will respond shortly. Good to be here. Harry Maeda 13:06, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
- We're glad to have you and look forward to a full future of productive edits! I hope you find all of those links helpful. Being a new wikipedian is kind of overwhelming--I haven't even sifted through all of the policies yet. Again, let me know if there's any question I can help answer or direct you to where you might find the answer. Best, --Rkitko 17:39, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Hope this works. Just to be clear, I did not say that "Franchising dates back to at least the 1850s." That statement already existed in the article. I asked that references be provided. I've not heard that and have several leaders in the Australian franchise scene that have not heard that. It may be true but providing references would be safest. --Harry Maeda 05:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, I apologize for saying you put that statement in! To be honest, I haven't read the whole article. As explained below, I just watch the page because of heavy linkspam activity. More comments below, I just wanted to apologize up here for that. Best, Rkitko 20:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
I've read the Wiki rules. (There's quite a few of them!)I'm waiting for anyone else to respond to your comments.
Point 1. Blue MauMau is a social media or community, much like Wikipedia. However, these are not college kids that are copying news materials that already exists on the Net. It isn't MySpace or Blogger. First, it is a vertical community that has tremendous originality. (See the article on Hospitality Experts Say Market Fine.) On Blue MauMau franchise CEOs (see Editors Note to CEO), well-known franchise consultants and experts contribute articles. The comments such franchise insiders make is highly news worthy and informative. The confusion may occur because Blue MauMau has a blog section, where experts write columns.
Point 2. It has an online franchise encyclopedia, the Franchipedia project, where it is trying to jump start from a business perspective the history of franchising in this country. The Franchipedia project in some cases has copied articles from Wikipedia such as the McDonald's entry so that readers can contribute something from something rather than from nothing.
But there are stark differences. The few franchise entries in wikipedia about franchising tend to be consumer oriented, e.g. "Shamrock shake started in 1970". The Franchipedia project wants to comment more on the development of the franchise business model. As more writers contribute, the few articles in Wikipedia and also in Blue MauMau will diverge because perspectives and aim is different. Most importantly, the Franchipedia Project is a trade wikipedia that is open to all. It doesn't just allow one company to gather, edit and publish information like FranData, Franchise Business Review or NewRules.org?? You do not even have to be a member of the Franchipedia community to contribute so it is true to Wiki principles of being open to all.
Blue MauMau is trying to work with Wikipedia. These two communities can help each other with relevent articles. For these reasons and more, my suggestion is that an external link to the Franchipedia project be listed to encourage people to contribute to its body of business knowledge.
Franchising Errors and Gaps: Whoever is contributing to the Wikipedia entry, there are big pieces of franchising that are not quite right or that are missing. There is little mention about the beginnings of modern business format franchising. Until I came last week, you actually wrote the first modern franchise was Howard Johnsons in the 30s. There's no mention of such basic franchise concepts as "churning", "retrofranchising", and much more. An open franchise wikipedia can help Wikipedia get its own facts straight through franchise consultants, experts and CEOs.
Harry Maeda 05:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
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I'm gone through this article one more time to find many errors. (1) It describes only business format franchising as "franchising" hence, overview, advantages and disadvantages sections are misleading. (2) Many minor areas that mislead, such as the origins of the word,"Franchising (from the French for free)". That's technically correct but misleading. Reader needs a better understanding of the French word "Frank" from which franchise has been derived. (3) Legal aspect such as major cases impacting business format franchising are missing. Dates and explanations are not correct.
Harry Maeda 17:32, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- Harry, this is excellent that you're locating errors and wish to make this article better! I'm glad someone is finally taking an interest in this topic. I admit I know next to nothing in this realm--I just keep this page and Corporate social responsibility on my watchlist because both tend to have high linkspam (see also: Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided) activity.
- I agree that wikipedia should pay attention to other wikis, and it does (for example, the Star Trek page has a link to the Star Trek wiki). But, like Wmahan said above, it appears that BlueMauMau is somewhere in the grey area between a blog and an authoritative source. In my surfing on that site, I haven't noticed many articles that are using citations of where the information came from. Usually, I try to obtain the original source and cite it instead of a secondary source (like a website citing an academic article). Other guidelines that might be helpful here that you may not have stumbled upon:
- Specifically, as you add new information or verify old information, try to use the new "ref" tags, which are explained here. And if you're like me and need to see these tags in action in a real article, I have implemented them in the Triggerplant article--so check that out to see how the wikitext/html works and produces the references. I'll certainly help you with the technical kinks, but since I don't know much about the subject here, I won't be of much help with the text. Hope all of this helps. Let me know if I can answer any questions you have. Cheers, Rkitko 20:01, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
You guys are way, way off on this. The entries to the history of franchising and external sources are not from a spambot. They link back to a site that seems to be largely a guild of franchise CEOs, Presidents, VPs and experts yet you call their articles and columns to the industry a personal blog that doesn't meet Wiki standards. (T'aint so, not according to the standards that you cite). The site isn't a single blogger or person trying to promote themselves. It has almost no advertising and it is not a corporation trying to promote itself. The Franchipedia section on the cite is obviously an open, growing, free encyclopedia specializing in a trade. It links to primary sources, which includes original participants in the growth and history of 20th Century franchising who share original stories (such as the KFC first franchisee story), and yet you say that it lacks originality and that it does not cite enough secondary evidence.
This is crazy thinking for building the knowledge of the history of companies and an industry. I guess it has to be done by future students of the next generation who have the time and the technical Internet skills (or whatever it will be then). Apparently if these CEO / authors write it on the Franchipedia now, it doesn't count as far as Wikipedia is concerned. Good luck getting experts. You've turned me off.
Cliff Landon 20:40, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- Sir, I never said the external links were generated by a spambot. Linkspam can be generated by a real person (internally: excess intrawiki linking or externally: linking to a site specifically to promote it). Notice above the ambiguity over the intent for placing the link on this article.
- As for verifiability, how can we verify that the content of BlueMauMau is indeed written by these CEOs, VPs, and Presidents? Personally, when I'm citing sources of information, I trust print sources or official websites (most likely official annual reports and the like). I looked again through the site and the only articles I ran through that cited any source at all were the ones copied from Wikipedia. I never said the entries on the Franchipedia lack originality. And from what I've seen, they don't cite any primary, secondary, or even tertiary literature. I admire what they're trying to do over at BlueMauMau, but we can't use them as a verifiable source of information just yet.
- One more thing: Wikipedia, mostly, does not rely on "experts," though we have quite a few. A well-researched article can be written by anyone on any topic. For example, I know little about AI and computer technology or fractals, yet I wrote the entry on TechnoSphere, citing primary sources (published personal accounts of the people involved, newspaper articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, etc.). I do wish that, instead of disagreeing with Wikipedia policy and my opinions on this matter, we could move forward and expand this article with accurate information. And please do remember that I am but one Wikipedian--do not judge the entire site by one person's actions or opinions. You can certainly ask an admin to review the situation for you, if you wish. Just place {{helpme}} on your talk page with an explanation and link and they will help out. Best, --Rkitko 01:34, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Rkitko. Yes. I see the article and the nomenclature to reference a work. I'm not much of a programmer. I'm a busy business guy. I'll look at how to do the referencing and Wiki nomenclature a little more though to see if I can grasp it. I might have to leave this to younger folks than me.
Harry 01:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- I can certainly help you with the reference "tags". As you add information, just place the reference in parenthesis (at the end of a paragraph or particular statement that came from a specific source) and then I'll run through the article after your contributions and apply the ref tags. Unless, of course, you want the practice at it. Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help :-) Rkitko 01:34, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
The section that lists the various components of the Franchise Agreement confuses the Franchise Agreement with the UFOC. For example, items 2 through 5 are elements of disclosure, not contract.--220.127.116.11 16:59, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
The Legal Aspects section contains inaccurate information about the Franchise Agreement. Specifically, it confuses aspects of franchise disclosure with franchise contract (Sections 4 and 5, "Litigation history" and "Bankruptcy history" are elements of disclosure, and have no place a Franchise Agreement, which is a contact). I do not know how to solve this problem without removing the offending section or retitling it, so I wanted to post my concern first.--188.8.131.52 15:36, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- Go ahead and remove those items from the list which are not normally a part of the franchise contract. If you want, add a paragraph about franchise disclosure, with the normal elements listed separately. Argyriou (talk) 16:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
- I added a paragraph clarifying the issue as well as a list of common Franchise Agreement points. I also properly retitled the original list as clauses found in a UFOC, not Franchise Agreement. I have researched many franchises for my job, and have read many UFOC's, Franchise Agreements, and other literature pertaining to the topic. As a result, however, I could not think of any authoritative source besides the documents themselves, which isn't practical. Therefore, the new information is still in need of proper sourcing.--188.8.131.52 17:43, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
external link spam?[edit]
The following was recently removed for being external link spam, but the information provided in the posting is accurate as provided and the link to the FRANdata website is just a sitation of reference for the information. FRANdata is an information company which provides plenty of franchising facts to major publications within the franchising world and publishes free newsletters which are full of similar information. I do not see the reason the following information was removed.
FRANdata[1] estimates that on average, 100 documents are distributed per franchisor per year. This represents 200,000 UFOCs distributed each year in the US alone. FRANdata also estimates the cost of each UFOC to be near $100.[2]
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Frandata (talk • contribs) 15:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC).
Off the top of my head, I'm recalling a significant change to Franchise Law in the US that occurred in 1938, but I can't find anything in Google searches citing that Law. Anybody have a clue as to what the name of that Act is? If I recall properly, the Senate debate was quite high profile, with all the Mom and Pop's in America claiming Franchising would kill Main Street America. Have Gun, Will Travel 17:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to dispute this fact:
"Due to the disadvantages such as those listed above, the average success rate of franchisee in the United States in the early 2000's is only around 25%, and the average income of these survivors is only around $30,000.[citation needed]"
Where is this data from? The success rate for franchises is much higher (vs. non-franchise independent businesses), according to this site [3]
According to Franchise World Magazine, a franchise business has a 92% success rate after 5 years compared to a 23% success rate of an independent business after the same period of time.
Note that Schooley Mitchell is trying to sell franchises, and Franchise World is published by the IFA, which has repudiated the success rate claims (normally given as 95%, but in this example as 92%). Notwithstanding the hostility on this site to BlueMauMau's site, BMM does have some articles discussing why it is difficult to give a "success" rate for a franchised location in the first place. Readers who think that franchising somehow reduces inherent business risk are fooling themselves, and should look at the studies by Shane, Bates, and Purvin which demonstrated to the contrary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 03:27, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
There is only one Franchise bankruptcy to every 40 independent business bankruptcies in North America (5,000 vs. 200,000 annually, respectively).
Although only 3% of businesses in North America are Franchises, 40% of retail and service business is conducted by those franchises every year.
There are now over 600,000 Franchises with over $600 billion in sales in North America.
Rfein1 21:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Much of this content is also on ths site. Please addressLeadSongDog (talk) 19:02, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- Do you have specific examples? I couldn't find any.--agr (talk) 20:08, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- Try this search, this search or this search for starters. LeadSongDog (talk) 20:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- The site your first search bring up, youshouldfranchise.com, has a copyright date of 2007; the sentence that matches was added to our article on 18 March 2005 by a long term editor. The second search brings up a site that explicitly credits Wikipedia. The third search site has the matching text in a sidebar. Also the fact that the 3 searches bring up different sites strongly suggests to me that it is Wikipedia that is being copied here. I suspect this will be an increasing problem with the type of search you are using. --agr (talk) 21:08, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- I believe that is the case here. I am extremely careful to draft from scratch (see my work at Lawyer and Roger Traynor) and I add far more citations to reliable sources than the vast majority of Wikipedia editors. I have seen a lot of private sites copying Wikipedia content because they figure that they are so small that Wikipedia will not waste its own funds trying to sue them. --Coolcaesar (talk) 03:10, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
- For new content, I believe the absence of a CorenSearchBot hit would be reasonable grounds to assume the content isn't on the web. I'm not sure when CSB started up. In this case the absence of citations still leaves the WP:NOR issue.LeadSongDog (talk) 17:15, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
- I believe that is the case here. I am extremely careful to draft from scratch (see my work at Lawyer and Roger Traynor) and I add far more citations to reliable sources than the vast majority of Wikipedia editors. I have seen a lot of private sites copying Wikipedia content because they figure that they are so small that Wikipedia will not waste its own funds trying to sue them. --Coolcaesar (talk) 03:10, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
- The site your first search bring up, youshouldfranchise.com, has a copyright date of 2007; the sentence that matches was added to our article on 18 March 2005 by a long term editor. The second search brings up a site that explicitly credits Wikipedia. The third search site has the matching text in a sidebar. Also the fact that the 3 searches bring up different sites strongly suggests to me that it is Wikipedia that is being copied here. I suspect this will be an increasing problem with the type of search you are using. --agr (talk) 21:08, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
- Try this search, this search or this search for starters. LeadSongDog (talk) 20:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
User talk:22.214.171.124[edit]
This anonymous IP editor from Kansas City, Missouri has been assiduously grinding out new and modified prose content in the article, but not providing citations or referencing of any form, despite the need having been clearly explained in the user talk page (no reply seen there). While loathe to do so, I've reverted the changes made. If the edits continue, it appears that there will be no option but to assume it is original research. If this is you, please understand that your contribution of high quality prose would be most welcome, but that verifiability is a core policy for wikipedia that must be maintained. LeadSongDog (talk) 18:08, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Advantages ---Less Chance of Failure[edit]
This "heading" is misleading in itself. As per the quoted source in this section, even the Internation Franchise Association has disclaimed that franchising is less risky than independent businesses. This is not "neutral" and just misleading. Perhaps, Chances of Failure would be a more accurate heading since there has been no consensus one way or the other on the matter of whether or not franchising is less risky than starting you own business. This subject in itself is a red herring to divert the attention of the buyers of franchises as to the risk of failure, as demonstrated by the performance of the ex-franchisees and the current franchisees of franchise systems.
CJ KC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 21:17, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for starting this discussion. I haven't looked at the article in a while, but it seems like the advantages and disadvantages sections are not sourced at all, and the "LCoF" subsection has a source that's not easily checked. If we can't find sources that meet WP:RS, i.e. not associations, Entreprenuer advertorials, company/consulting websites, etc., then I say we should remove the sections completely. Flowanda | Talk 21:52, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! One of the greatest disadvantages of franchising that isn't indicated under the Disadvantages is that franchisees are not promised profits and can stand and must often remain standing at breakeven status the entire duration of the contract with NO profits because under the terms of all franchise agreements, they will lose their investments if they don't pay their royalties and if they don't service their debt, and if they terminate early. Unlike independent businesses, an owner of a franchise can't just negotiate with his Landlord and close up an unprofitable business. Break-even franchises that operate with cheap labor do feed the profits of the franchisors who earn their royalties on gross sales of the business of the franchisee when the franchisee is operating at a LOSS, a PROFIT, or BREAKEVEN. This is a great disadvantage to franchisees who can be indentured in low paying jobs in breakeven businesses for the entire term of the contrac. This is the great advantage for the franchisors who can grow their profits and reduce their risk because it is the franchisee whno puts everything at risk when they build and finance the physical unit that wears the brand name. CJ KC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 00:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Why does this article contain an "external link" only to the IFA and not to the AFA or the AAFD? CJKC —Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk)
- In most cases the answer to questions like that is that nobody's done it yet. Do you have links?LeadSongDog (talk) 19:20, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I think that some of the advantages of franchising that have been removed should be put back in, but perhaps by clarifying that they are "perceived" advantages of franchising. Whether or not a franchise is verifiably less risky than an independent business is to some extent irrelevant if there is a perception that this is true and this perception influences potential franchisees to buy franchises. There is certainly merit in the article explaining why people by franchises, even if their reasoning if not necessarily correct. For a source for advantages (and disadvantages) of franchising (whether perceived or real), see the Franchise Council of Australia(http://www.franchise.org.au/content/?id=185) or the International Franchise Association's fact sheet (http://www.franchise.org/uploadedFiles/Franchise_Industry/Resources/Education_Foundation/Intro%20to%20Franchising%20Student%20Guide.pdf). These may not be completely independent sources, but they are an authority for what perceptions exist in the franchise industry. Incidentally, the Franchise Council of Australia's annual survey reports, among other things, that only 2% of franchises ceased to operate in 2005 (as opposed to being transferred and that franchisees remained in the system for an average of 7 years (http://www.franchise.org.au/content/?action=getfile&id=450). Jubm (talk) 23:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Can you make a case for using them as a Reliable Source? I can't see how they could be.LeadSongDog (talk) 01:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
- I have changed LeadSongDog's comment to link to WP:RS instead of to transclude the document. (That is, from curly braces to square brackets.) This may improve the legibility of the page. WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
The first line that "Franchising is the practice of using another firm's successful business model" has no citation, and is a conclusory beginning which is simply not true to the extent that "success" is required in all countries. For example, in the United States there is no requirement that a business model be "successful" and there are instances of concept franchises, instances of franchises where 70% of franchisees were losing money, et cetera.
For many of the same reasons, the statement that "The franchisor's success depends on the success of the franchisees" is also presented without any supporting authority, and is also false. In most franchises, the franchisor's success depends on (1) the ability to sell new franchises and/or (2) the gross sales of the franchisees. It is not uncommon to have the franchisor do well financially despite franchisees not doing well.
Over the course of time, this article has dropped citations to sources which disagree with the industry groups (IFA/FCA). The resultant bias is unfortunate, though this problem is one which Wikipedia in general has never developed a mechanism to deal with. 126.96.36.199 (talk) 04:04, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
International Coverage[edit]
This article be now girdles the globe and says what franchising can mean and what it cannot. I am no expert. The original article had certain insights and they remain. I have read through all the comments but mine is not the last word on the origin of franchise. There should be somewhere else where the origins of franchise are dealt with. I am rewriting this article with a view to compare it to joint-ventures and strategic alliances (SAs) in Technology Alliances. Most of my adult life has been in teaching technlogy at UNIDO. Most notings here are incorporated in the article except the area of inter-Wiki-ing. Franchising and other ventures are international and people everywhere look at Wikipedia articles as a starting base.We must service them. The Edit Comment of accuracy should be revisedIpsofacto (talk) 10:22, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
- While your goal may be admirable, your approach has ignored WP:CITE. If you don't say where you got something you add to a WP article, it will wind up being deleted sooner or later. While I don't doubt that what you've said is correct, that is not remotely good enough. WP:V is a core policy for WP and will be enforced. I'd hate to see all your work to date go to waste, but if you don't provide sources, that is bound to happen.User:LeadSongDog come howl 20:11, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
Difference between franchising and licensing[edit]
This article should be expanded to include a chapter about the difference between franchising and licensing. Perhaps even a separate article about business licensing would be needed. Starbucks, for instance, say that they do not offer franchising but do "sometimes" offer licensing, while their daughter company, Seattl'es Best Coffee, offer franchsing. This "sometimes" licensing actually turns out to be 48% of all Starbucks stores in the world, according to their annual report (pages 2-5).
This is very confusing to anyone not very familiar with business jargon and different business models. After much searching I found this article (Franchise Versus Licensed Business Opportunities) which attempts to explain the difference between franchising and one type of licensing, claiming that licensing is a "light" version of franchising, where you're not as controlled by the brand owner. However, when reading more about the Starbucks model, it seems that their licensing doesn't fit at all with that explanation, as Starbucks maintains a very strict control over its image, probably even stricter than the control McDonald's maintain over its franchisees.
Unfortunately, I don't have the necessary knowledge to write something about this myself, but hopefully someone else has. Thomas Blomberg (talk) 19:13, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
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|Albino Corn Snake
Like all corn snakes, the albino corn snake makes an excellent pet for the advanced beginner.
Latest Animal Stories
Redwitch - 2009-06-03
I've had my albino cornsnake for about 12 years. His name is Cayenne (his?). I was raised in a family that included lots of animals. Snakes were just apart of our menagerie... This included 2 king snakes, gopher snakes, alligator, blue belly lizards, garter snakes...etc. At least a dozen of reptiles alone. I acquired Cayenne on the last day of a closing pet store, that I just happened to enter... not wanting to give my money to a big box store. There was hardly anything left in the place but 3 terrariums. Cayenne was one. I felt for these animals and wondered about their fate. I had 40 dollars in my pocket...the lady gave me the whole set up. I had 2 young boys at home, I kind of wanted to raise them the same way. So my kids are gone, the snake is still here... he's been a great pet... but isn't he growing old? How long will he live... if he is getting old (like me!) I want to know how I can best care for him as a senior snake.
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Hi, I have 3 snakes in total. I have 1 creamcicle albino corn snake. His name is Crush. He's about 3 years old and I rescued him from a bad home a couple months ago. He is a great snake, very friendly and fun cuz he is so curious, LOL. I also have an albino/motley cornsnake, which was a great find for 20$. Her name is Sunkist cuz her orange marking are so bright. And last but not least, my ball python, Baller. He is about a year old. I think they get a bad rep because some ppl just don't know how to handle them and get in over their heads. But anyways, I love my snakes, specially my corns cuz I always get a reaction from ppl cuz of their beautiful colors. They are so fun and I wouldn't change them for the world...
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Emily - 2010-03-08
I have had my albino corn snake for about 2 years, he was pink and white, now over the past couple of terms he is more pale and has begun to show an orange-ish tinge starting along his neck from the beginnings of where the vertical belly scales and the diamond top scales on the side of his body meet and on the dots that were pink gently spreading lower onto the rest of his body. I have done research, its not the blister disease his cage is completely dry except for his water dish...... and there are no lesions even after the 6 mos. the pet store said sometimes they just change colors? If you have heard of this let me know Thanks!
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steve - 2010-09-03
Hi, I have been looking at pictures of cornsnakes and have read a few discriptions but none of them sound like mine. Its colour is pale pink almost white and it has yellow from its head to about 6" down its body. What I was wondering is, is there any others like it?
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anne - 2010-03-30
I have just saved an albino corn it had been missing for 6 months not eaten anything yet but drink loads. Could any one help me with what to do with him ?
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Denisse - 2010-07-09
Hello, I have an albino corn snake I got him when he was four he is now six. Since I've had him I've only held him three times! He gets real stiff when I grad so it freaks me out therefore I don't do it often. HELP! How can I start over, what can I do?
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Elizabeth - 2010-07-21
My albino corn snake (Sammy) is about 4years old and 3ft long. I'm moving from the desert heat of phoenix Az to the cold and snowy Flagstaff Az, should I change the wattage of my heat lamp? I am currently using a 14w fluorescent bulb.
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cara - 2010-03-08
hi, i bought a albino corn snake around 3 days ago, and he doesnt seem to want to come out of his hiding place? we gave him a pinkie the 2nd day of having him, and he was very shy and not as curious as my other one. any ideas?
Galen Greene - 2009-09-15
To help with your question about the corn snake eating habits, sometimes there are a few precautions that have to be taken. First of all, you should (as obvious as it may seem) try making sure that you prepared the mouse the same way. Secondly, snakes eat their prey at room temperature, so make sure that it isn't hotter than that, or colder. The last thing that I can say is that sometimes, the snake simply won't eat. They should be fed once every week, and should not be held for at least two days after feeding. I have had my hypo bright orange corn snake for about 8 years, and there have been times where he simply didn't eat. I wouldn't stress over it, as long as you try to feed him/her, they will eat whenever they are comfortable. If this persists, try talking to an actual herpetologist (I am only 16, though I have done my homework) about sickness. Lastly, make sure the snake has a heating pad. If the snake gets too cold, it WILL die. Im sure you already knew this, but I have to suggest it because some people don't know. If you have any further questions email me at email@example.com.
Scottwax - 2009-05-22
I have had my Albino Corn Snake "Pullo" for little more than 2 years. He was about 18" when I got him and is now nearly 4' long. He really seems to enjoy being held, in fact, he typically doesn't want to go back in his cage after I hold him.

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Pool 3 of KDFW opens Friday
Updated: March 29, 2012, 12:57 AM ETBy Marty McGee | Daily Racing Form
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The results of several key prep races in recent weeks have led to seven new names for the third and final pool of the 2012 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens its three-day run Friday at noon Eastern and will be kept open long enough Sunday evening to accommodate the running of the Louisiana Derby.Churchill Downs officials announced Wednesday that Pool 3 will stay open Sunday until 6:30 p.m. Eastern, about a half-hour after the Louisiana Derby will be run at Fair ...
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Posts by Andrew Moore
1240 posts • joined 2 Mar 2007
Dad sues Apple for pushing cash-draining 'free' games at kids
Re: Kids own iPad
Same as my 10 year old. Everytime she wants to add a new app to her iPod, she has to ask me to type in my iTunes password. This also allows me to see if the app is suitable for her age, and in one case stopped her from getting scammed on an in-app purchase.
Austrian village considers a F**king name change
Re: Meet the Fuckers?
I've always liked Gobblers Knob in PA- Home of Punxatawny Phil of Groundhog Day fame.
Global chocolate crisis looms
Re: Don't panic Mr Mainwaring!
I remember trying Hersheys for the first time when I was in the states. I bought it back to the shop and told them it was stale. When they told me it supposed to taste like that, I said 'Really??? And people eat this???"
Re: NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
not a fan of swiss chocolate (it's always over-creamed). Belgium and French chocolate is the best.
Moody's downgrades Nokia to near-junk status
I'm reminded of Psion getting into bed with Motorola- That relationship effectively killed Psion.
Re: Nokia will come good
I think Nokia started making a mess of things (read Symbian) before they acquired it.
Re: wow in other news the sky is blue
but who rates the rating agencies?
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? applies...
Google fined for stalling Street View cars' Wi-Fi slurp probe
Re: No wonder
Exactly what I was thinking- 'Oooh $25,000. That will put a huge dent in the dividend payout this year. Google will think twice about doing that again in the future.'
HP Labs chief Prith Banerjee departs
[Dalek enters room]
Wife: How's Mr Banerjee?
Dalek: HE'S NOT FEELING TOO WELL.
Wife: Oh why?
Dalek: BECAUSE I EXTERMINATED HIM.
Google shows off Project Glass augmented reality specs
Exactly what I was waiting for too. Also when the subway service was suspended the HUD should have displayed 'WALK YOU LAZY BASTARD".
Finally, at the end when he says 'want to see something cool?', I was really hoping that he was going to throw himself off of the roof of the building and the last shot would be the rapidly approaching ground.
Shareholder flings class action lawsuit at Groupon
Re: hahahahaah!
Money parted from fool. Now fool wants money back.
I'm guessing he's heard about some Facebook stock coming up for options...
Re: Didn't they read the bit about...
>only speculate money that you can afford to loose
as opposed to "only speculate money that you can afford to tighten"???
iPad app that lets mute kids speak menaced by patent lawsuit
Re: Toys out of the pram...
No, I understand the concept very well. However, being a developer myself I can price the cost of development for an App. If someone spent months writing that App they are either not a good programmer or are very new to Objective C. I doubt the requirement catalog for the App even ran to one page.
And for what it's worth, there are similar apps in the store for $10-$30.
Toys out of the pram...
Looks like the first party has been selling at over inflated prices for years and wants to continue doing so for many years to come.
However, $299 for a point and speech interface is taking the mickey too...
Home Sec: Web snoop law will snare PAEDOS, TERRORISTS
'you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide'...
I challenged the last person who said this to me to hand over their ATM PIN, CVV2 code and passwords to their social media accounts.
Re: This is insane.
More importantly, what's to stop the paedophiles working in the government and GCHQ from accessing the emails and web traffic of innocent children???
"Only suspected terrorists, paedophiles or serious criminals will be investigated," said the Home Secretary.
So their out is, everyone will be a suspected terrorist, paedophile or serious criminal. Until proven otherwise.
Busted in the US? 'Drop your trousers, sir'
Re: What /is/ it with the US and nudity ?
and yet the US is the biggest consumer of hentai and shißer porn outside of their respective countries (Japan and Germany).
Re: He didn't do drugs
I love the word SCOTUS, it's just one letter off of SCROTUS. Which is how I always read it.
Re: Dear Land Of Liberty...
Likewise- I haven't set foot in the US since March 2000. But since then I've had some fantastic holidays in BC. Good food, good beer, great people.
Groupon bungles figures, slides $65m into the red
Better still...
Microsoft/Nokia are currently trumpeting its App Store on TV. And what's the only App shown on the advert? The Groupon one.
Re: Massively dodgy.
I make a note of any restaurant that pop-up on Groupon, it's usually a sign that the eatery is on its last legs and should be avoided at all costs.
The best April 1 gags … or were they?
I liked...
AdBlock turning all the blocked frames into cat pictures.
Apple drops 'thermonuclear' patent bombshell
Re: Nice try...
No, that one's true.
Yes, Prime Minister to return after 24 years
Re: Que?
yep, one of the deadbeat channels. Didn't Red Dwarf go there to die too???
Vote now for the WORST movie EVER
Re: Late entry ... Just saw it three days ago: Spielberg's "War Horse".
It's better to think of it as 'The Curse Of The War Horse'. Anyone (other than the original owner) who spent any amount of time with the horse died.
Re: so bad this one is BRILLIANT
I loved Black Sheep, it's hilarious (sometimes intentionally so).
Re: Zoolander?
Agreed, I should hate this film but I find myself watching it every time it's on.
A Thousand Words...
Looks like this poll could be a bit premature. Critics are saying that Eddie Murphy's latest shitfest 'A Thousand Words' is the worst film ever made and looks set to sweep the Razzies this Sunday.
Quitting your job? Here's how not to do it
Re: Bah!
I think he meant "bone us"- You know, the usual way IT is treated when there's pots of cash being doled out to all the wrong people.
With this ring, I thee frag
No, that's a perfectly valid use of the word 'repair' . Perhaps a little archaic.
Chinese to burn iPads in upcoming celebrations
That is really one screwed up origin story.
Angry Birds Space flings 10 MILLION downloads in 3 days
Re: I don't like it much
I found it quite easy. I downloaded it last Thursday and a day later I'd finished all levels at 3 stars each. Now the app's asking for another 99c to load in another stage.
BOFH: Dawn raid on Fort BOFH
and a 56k modem (sans power supply). And an original iPaq.
So, what IS the worst film ever made?
Napoleon Dynamite
God, what a turgid piece of crap.
Pair of double-As give you cheap, quick charge
Re: Progress :-(
The Bluetooth Revo ran for a decent amount of time on a full charge. However, the colour 5MX ran for just under an hour on a pair of AAs (both prototype units though).
LOHAN's fantastical flying truss menaces kiddies
Your favourite car...
Was the village idiot called Dave??? Because I think he's working in our company now.
Lawyers of Mordor retreat from The Hobbit
Re: $100?
But that would bind them...
...Gollum's Precious (a small boutique jewellery shop) in Dun Laoghaire (a suburb of Dublin) went out of business last year.
Groupon monstered in OFT complaints probe
They also need to add...
"when someone unsubscribes from you service- stop sending them further emails"
Eddie Murphy heading for worst movie ever glory
Re: Pearl Harbor Sucked...
I think the song in Team America nailed just how much it sucked.
Re: Oh, if we're looking for worst films ever
I watched The Crappening on TV a couple of weeks ago. I wish I hadn't. I put M Shyte Nyalaman in the same box of one-hit wonders which includes George Lucas and the Wackovski Brothers.
UPDATE: GAGA team hunts down grass-smoking ROBOT
Re: A laser eye???
it's cheaper than getting an IMU, which would be the logical solution ;)
I just checked with the OS, they have a GNSS station in Inverness so you should be able to get a feed from there. However you need something a little beefier than DGPS (like MAX).
A laser eye???
Put a rotating laser on the top of the lawnmower and (at least) 3 prisms in strategic places and then triangulate of them.
Otherwise, stick a total station in 'track' mode, whack a 360 degree prism on the top of the lawnmower and have the local station continually relay the position back to the lawnmower.
Of course, neither of these solutions are any use on undulating terrain.
Just like a real computer: Android gets Android IDE
"your correspondent developed commercial software on a ... Psion MC400"
You have my sympathies. The OPL on the MC400 was a cut down version that didn't do justive to its former glory.
Facebook's viral activism is really good... for admen
Old news...
When the whole 'Kony' thing started I was thinking 'hang on- wasn't this news 10 years ago?"
World's Raspberry Pi supply jammed in factory blunder
Re: Scandal
ah, one of Barker and Milligan's finest moments
Stolen iPad leads to 780lb crystal meth seizure
Re: theerty feeve meellion
I remember the old Not The Nine A Clock News sketch- 'Police today seized 10lbs of heroin estimated at £250,000. Which shows that the police pay 10 times more for drugs than the rest of us"
I like apples.
Indeed, a good Cox's Orange Pippin or a Braeburn for me.
Global warming COULD SHRINK THE HUMAN RACE
Short humans? I'm reminded of the Itorloo in Raymond Z. Gallun's Seeds of the Dusk
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014
I'll have a little stall selling screen prints and cards this Saturday at the Corn Exchange in Leeds,
If you're in Leeds call in and say hello!
Would be really lovely to see you!
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Sunday, 31 August 2014
Bonjour mon petite pois
Ahhhh mon cheries, je taime France! Cest formidabla!
I'll stop now, don't want to be a holiday bore, but I love looking at all the photo's.
As the saying goes, " don't be sad it's over, be happy that it happened "
Which I keep saying to myself to power me through the holiday blues.
We're now busy getting ready for back to work and school whilst fighting with endless piles of washing and doing a croissant, baguette, crepe and vin blanc de-tox!
Bon Vacance
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Tuesday, 12 August 2014
it's time....
.... for a
Life has been a little hectic the last 2 months, lots of ups and downs,
so now it's time to pack our shorts, towels, toothbrushes and undercrackers and go on an adventure!
We're heading to France for two and a half weeks of quality time, chocolate du pain and laughs.
Hope you're having a fabulous summer,
can't wait to start a new creative journey with a refreshed mind and a full heart in September.
Aurevoir mon petite pois, safe travels and Happy days to all xxx
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Friday, 4 July 2014
Tour De France...
Holmfirth is looking rather fabulous,
all ready for the Tour De France riding through on Sunday.
I took a few snaps on the school run on Wednesday...
Lily and some friends are going to have a stall up on Holme Moss on the tour route, selling drinks and cakes, fund raising for their Malawi trip next year, so on Wednesday I screen printed some souvenirs for them to sell...
It's very exciting, there's such a buzz in the town and I'm expecting the atmosphere on Sunday will be amazing.
180,000 people are supposed to be arriving in Holmfirth and the figure keeps rising with each person I talk to like a fisherman's tale!
One lady said to me two million! and followed with, " and there's only 10 toilets up on Holme Moss!"
That's a lot of people crossing their legs!
Have a happy Yorkshire Tour DE France weekend!
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Sunday, 22 June 2014
Bee eater in Malawi
, 'ello,
where's the time flying, it's the back end of June!
I'm soooo very busy at the mo with work and family that I'm meeting myself coming backwards most days and don't know whether to scratch my watch or wind my 'arse' as Dolly P would say!
The kids are so busy with trips, school performances, sports clubs and Lily is busy fund raising for her expedition to Malawi next year. Today she's walking the 3 peaks with friends, Chris and my little ( or not so little anymore!) Sonny!
He desperately wanted to do it and just after 10 this morning I got a text saying " first peak done!!"
but not heard anything since!
I hope they're all OK, I packed them emergency mars bars for the last peak, but it's so warm today the mars bars have probably melted along with them!
( I do worry, it's in the Mum rule book to worry, and I'm a stickler for rules and out of my comfort zone rule breaking... I still drive ten to two with my nose touching the windscreen... but that might have something to with the fact I have a big nose...... I digress )
to help Lily fund raise for Malawi I have screen printed this little Bee eater which can be spotted in the tree's in Malawi.
1st colour....
2nd colour...
3rd colour...
4th colour...
5th colour...
last colour...
then I hand finished the prints with a little water colour and a dash of acrylic ( sounds like a recipe! I've been watching too much Jamie O )
and voila, Lil's Bee eater...
It's going to be so exciting for Lily in Malawi,
Lil will be helping a small community to establish a school and will be involved in making mud bricks, working with the children, painting educational resources on walls and helping in a local orphanage.
Wow! when I was Lily's age the school trips consisted of a geography Field trip to Cliff House Huddersfield, and a 48 hour dash to Bologna to buy a baguette or chocolate de pain!
trips these days are much more exciting and life changing! What an amazing experience for a 15 year old!
Bee Eater in Malawi is a limited Edition print of 37, printed on 23 x 27cm quality fabriano paper, with an image size of 18 x 16cm and is numbered and signed.
So far it's in my
shop, and I plan to put it in my Folksy shop too.
Hopefully this little birdy will help boost Lily's fund raising,
next Saturday I'm bag packing with Lil in Sainsburys and the week after she's got a little stall up on Holme Moss where the tour de France is passing through... it's all go!
but happy days!
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Sunflowers have always been my favourite flower,
I love their size and brilliance and how they shine out summer days and positivity and seem to me to be natures symbol of happy days.
Everyone close to me knows how much I love them,
when I was having treatment for breast cancer a couple of years ago I received a total of 27 bouquets over the 8 months! which really boosted my spirits, and when I had to go back into hospital for a second op, the nurse said she knew it was me that had come in because of the bunches of sunflowers on the window cill!
All this inspired Sonny's Mother's day card to me this year...
Ah, I treasure it, it's beautiful, down to the little cup of green tea on the table.
I thought it was time I did my own screen print of a sunflower,
and I spent a day experimenting in the print room with sunflower shapes and textures to crate a third piece of work for Holmfirth
There's a fab quote about sunflowers from the wonderful film 'Calendar Girls',
"I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a
in life."
I'm listing a few smaller prints in my Etsy & Folksy shops,
larger variations and single stems will be on sale at Holmfirth
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John And Sharon Mc Intosh says: over 1 year
We had a lovely time at this hotel and wouldn't hesitate to re-visit. Would recommend this hotel to family and friends.
"Lovely hotel with excellent facilities. Food in the restaurant is plentiful, with lots of choice and is served to a high standard. Staff have excellent customer service. Rooms were very spacious and kept very clean - sheets and towels changed on a regular basis. Pool areas are lovely with plenty of sunbeds (only thing we would suggest would be more parasols). Although we didn't travel with children, the hotel has a lovely team to entertain the children with lots for them to do. The hotel has shows every night, which are varied. The hotel is right on the promenade and very handy for a lovely beach. Shops, restaurants are a ten minute walk away and if you want to travel further you can walk right to the other end of Playa Blanca, which is a lovely walk along the promenade. "Rating: 9,0
Patricia says: over 1 year
"lovey time in august with my daughter and 3 grandchildren ,second time this tear at Lanzarote park.Food exceptional ,only downside the rooms needs some kind of air con/ fans as rooms are extremely hot and stuffy especially on ground floor as you cannot have the patio door open at night or when you are not in the room"Rating: 9,0
Lindsey says: over 1 year
Great family holiday hotel
"Great family friendly hotel, we had a great holiday at the Lanzarote Park. The staff are a real asset to the hotel and so helpful and friendly. We stayed in a family room on the ground floor which was great for sitting on the verandah while the children were in the pool. We couldn't fault the food, there was something for everyone, we certainly came home having put a little weight on! The pool areas are clean but the water in the pools is freezing, even in August when we stayed but that didn't stop us going in. There are plenty of sun loungers providing you aim to sit round the pool in the morning, people do put towels on them early. However I did see the life guards going and getting loungers for people who couldn't find one to use later in the day, I guess it's always worth asking. "Rating: 9,0
Ms Inge Castelain says: over 1 year
"we had a excellent time at the Iberostar hotel in Lanzarote Park! All personel was really great and friendly. The rooms were always verry clean and fresh. The food was good, a large offer and good taste. I can't say anything nagative. Our next holliday will also be in a Iberostar Hotel!"Rating: 10,0


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China prepares to host 'Red Olympics'
China is making final preparations to stage a "Red Olympics" to mark the 90th anniversary since the founding of the ruling Communist Party and boost the nation's "revolutionary spirit" at a time or rising social tensions.
Youth teams from all over China will compete in events such as 'Storming the blockhouse', 'rescuing the dying man', and the '40m grenade toss' designed to rekindle the memories of the heroic exploits of their Revolutionary forefathers in bringing the Communists to power in 1949.
The event, which will be staged outside the city of Qingyang in the central North province of Gansu next month, is a symbol of the growing revival of Mao-era nostalgia in China as the government seeks to provide social cohesion to a society riven by wealth inequalities and social pressures.
In 2010 the inaugural Red Games was held outside the city of Linyi in the eastern province of Shandong, with an opening ceremony at which Mao's portly grandson, Mao Xinyu, a major-general in the People's Liberation Army, was guest of honour.
This year, organisers said they expected some 50 teams – up from 38 last year – to attend the event which has been backed by the provincial-level government of Gansu, up from a county-level endorsement last year, in a sign of the event's growing stature....
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