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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Second Cup International Sales & Growth Continues

The Second Cup Coffee Company Inc., the privately owned franchisor of the Second Cup caf? concept outside Canada, announced that it has achieved same caf? sales increase of 4.7% across its international regions in the six months ending June 30, 2012.

Mississauga, ON (PRWEB) August 28, 2012

The Second Cup Coffee Company Inc. (?Second Cup International?) the privately owned franchisor of the Second Cup caf? concept outside Canada, announced that it has achieved same caf? sales increase of 4.7% across its international regions in the six months ending June 30, 2012. This compares to an increase of 4.6% for the same period in the prior year as reported by its Franchise Partners.

Jim Ragas, president of Second Cup International stated that ?our franchise partners reported that our same caf? sales growth came from increases in transactions and guest counts in most of our international regions. Additionally, our ongoing menu innovation and a solid promotional calendar contributed to our strong growth. We are excited about the successful implementation of our frozen yogurt program that has met with an enthusiastic response by our franchise partners and guests. I am pleased to report this positive same caf? sales growth, building on the same caf? sales increase of 7.2% for the recently completed 2011 calendar year. As we move into the second half of 2012, we are focused, along with our franchise partners, on sustaining and growing caf? sales as well as caf? expansion.?

?We also made significant progress in accelerating the rate of our global expansion in the first half of the year, with the opening of 10 new caf?s by our franchise partners. This is a result of the enthusiasm of our franchise partners in growing Second Cup in their regions. Additionally we have signed three new regional franchise agreements, for caf? openings later this year,? Ragas reported.

About Second Cup International

The Second Cup coffee caf? concept originated over 37 years ago in Toronto, Canada. Second Cup International?s expansion started in 2003 and has opened caf?s in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Cyprus, Dubai, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Taiwan and U.S.A. Second Cup caf? operators are committed to serving the best coffees in the world in an inviting ambience with uncompromising standards of customer service, product quality and freshness.

About Second Cup

The Second Cup Coffee Company Inc., a privately owned Canadian company, of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, is the owner of the international trademarks and rights for Second Cup outside Canada. Second Cup International?s 78 caf?s are located in 18 regions internationally. Second Cup caf?s offer a variety of innovative and exclusive blends, espresso-based beverages and iced drinks, frozen yogurt smoothies & parfaits, signature foods, indulgent treats and premium beverages in a warm and comfortable setting. Second Cup is actively seeking new regional franchise partners for additional countries.

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For more information, please contact Jim Ragas, President International, The Second Cup Coffee Company Inc., at (phone) +1.905.234.0315 or e-mail jragas(at)mysecondcup(dot)com. Learn more at http://www.mysecondcup.com.

Jim Ragas

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/second-cup-international-sales-growth-continues-071221031.html

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Tomas Sedlacek, Czech general, dies at 94

PRAGUE (AP) ? A Czech general who fought with the Allies in France, Britain and the Soviet Union during World War II and who later resisted the communist regimes in his own country has died.

Gen. Tomas Sedlacek, aged 94, died Monday at Prague's Motol hospital, the Defense Ministry said.

President Vaclav Klaus praised him as "a true soldier."

Sedlacek, who graduated from a military academy, fled to France in 1940 when his nation was occupied by Nazi troops. After France was defeated, he joined the British army before moving to the Soviet Union in 1944 and helping liberate Czechoslovakia.

After the Communists took power there, he was arrested in 1951, convicted of anti-communist activities and jailed for life. He was released in 1960 and exonerated by the Czech Velvet Revolution in 1989.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tomas-sedlacek-czech-general-dies-94-165002686.html

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How to Get Visible Online So People Will Say ?I See You Everywhere!?

Article by Celene Harrelson

How would you like to get visible online so people are telling you that they see you everywhere they go? That should be your goal. You should be leaving your virtual footprint everywhere you go! So just how do you go about doing that? There are lots of ways.

First, are you crystal clear about your niche? Do you know who your ideal customer is, what their problems are and how you can help them? If not, you had better find out. If you don?t know your audience, how will you know how to serve them?

Next you need to know your expertise within that niche. For example, I am in the beginner internet marketing niche. I teach new internet marketers who want to build an internet business how to get started online and how to do marketing to get free traffic to their blogs and websites. Frankly, I?m very good at it, but my expertise is teaching you how to get comfortable with WordPress so growing your business is easier and your marketing efforts get results!

Now you will want to start working on that virtual foot print so you will get visible online. So just how do you do that? There are a gazillion ways. The most important trick is to do something every single day to leave your mark.

Are you on Facebook and Twitter? Do you post and tweet something valuable to your friends and followers several times every day? You don?t have to live on social media to accomplish this, that?s what social media management tools like HootSuite are all about. You?ve told me that you don?t know what to say on social media, so here?s an idea that will help you to get conversations started.

First you need to make sure you are writing relevant and useful content on your blog. Then you?ll want be sure to tell your social media audience about it. Tweet little bits of your blog posts with a link back to the post and put excerpts of it on Facebook.

After you?ve published your blog post, then turn it into an article on the article directories. My personal favorite directory that has given me the greatest exposure is Submit Your Articles.

You can also record yourself reading your article on a mini-podcast with Cinch.fm. When you go there, follow me and let me know in a comment and I?ll follow you back!

Then there are teleseminars, webinars, videos, free reports, guest blogging, and even live events to help you to get visible online and leave your virtual footprint. That?s just a few of the marketing strategies to build online visibility and drive traffic back to your blog where you then can sell your products and create income. Of course most of these strategies are much easier to do with WordPress!

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Source: http://savaspublishing.com/how-to-get-visible-online-so-people-will-say-i-see-you-everywhere%C2%A0%C2%A0/

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River Dubh to spark in Changeyourworld Memorial Sprint at Coventry

Despite the presence of many giants, River Dubh should not be ignored in the Changeyourworld Memorial Sprint at Coventry on Sunday, August 26, 2012.

The black dog is making a huge step up in the class, and will be under some pressure. Yet, it is hard to take anything away from him, as he is in superb form at the moment.

A couple of fantastic victories have boosted up his confidence significantly, and the dashing hound is looking good to complete his hat-trick in a tremendous fashion.

After making a few unlucky rides, the son of Razldazl Billy finally succeeded in putting his journey on the right track. He crushed Lady Jaro by one and a quarter lengths, before sealing another emphatic victory at Swindon.

Leading the proceedings all the way through, C. Stringer?s charge bagged the victory by half a dozen lengths. After two brilliant wins, River Dubh?s confidence is at a high, and there is no reason why he should not come up with a solid show today.

A pack of five dangerous hounds will try to stop him from making his moves today. Their names are: Slick Shane, Bowtime Honcho, Shreyas Trojan, Up For Sam and Westmead Lolo.

The 263 metres flat race will be started off at 19:09 GMT. It carries a handsome prize worth ?500, which will be given to the champion runner.

Bowtime Honcho is a star hound, and has the advantage of starting the affair from the red box. Nevertheless, one needs not to trust him blindly especially after a couple of embarrassing defeats he suffered lately.

Slick Shane is running well in defeat. So, a huge slice of luck is required to produce a positive result this time. Up For Sam is coming off a bitter loss, and his confidence would have been shaken badly.

Shreyas Trojan is yet to settle down at this level. Similarly, Westmead Lolo is unlikely to do something special on his promotion to this class.

River Dubh should be preferred, because he looks to be the only one in good form. The rest of the crew needs luck to turn things around. Good luck to all the hounds.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and do not reflect Bettor.Com?s editorial policy.

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/River-Dubh-to-spark-in-Changeyourworld-Memorial-Sprint-at-Coventry-a182525

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320 found in Syrian mass grave; rebels blame Assad

ALEPPO, Syria?? Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army on Sunday of massacring hundreds of people in a town close to the capital that government forces recaptured from rebels.

In the town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, some 320 bodies, including women and children, were found in houses and basements, according to activists who said most had been killed "execution-style" by troops in house-to-house raids.

Activists uploaded several videos to the Internet showing rows of bloodied bodies wrapped in sheets. Most of the dead appeared to be young men of fighting age, but at least one video showed several children who appeared to have been shot in the head. The body of one toddler was soaked in blood.

Due to restrictions on non-state media in Syria, it was impossible to independently verify the accounts.

Clashes are raging across Syria as the 17-month-old rebellion grows increasingly bloody, particularly in the northern city of Aleppo, where the army and rebels appear stuck in a war of attrition.

Fighting in Aleppo on Sunday was the heaviest in the past week, according to Reuters journalists on the ground.

Fighter jets dropped bombs and fired missiles on rebel-held districts in the south of Aleppo, Syria's largest city, as residents fled in panic. Reuters journalists there heard heavy explosions as clouds of black smoke rose a mile into the air.

The uprising, which began as peaceful protests, has become a brutal civil war. United Nations investigators have accused both sides of war crimes but laid more blame on government troops and pro-government militia than on the rebels.

The killings in Daraya, a working class Sunni Muslim town that sustained three days of bombardment before being overrun by the army on Friday, raised the daily death toll to 440 people on Saturday, one of the highest since the uprising began, an activist network called the Local Coordination Committees said.

The official state news agency said: "Our heroic armed forces cleansed Daraya from remnants of armed terrorist groups who committed crimes against the sons of the town."

The death toll for the following day, Sunday, was more than 90, including civilians and fighters, according to another activist network, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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It said at least eight people were killed and dozens wounded on Sunday night when security forces shelled the southern town of Basra al-Sham in Deraa province, with the death toll likely to rise as many of the wounds were severe.

Regional plot
Assad, who met an Iranian parliamentary delegation in Damascus on Sunday, said the crisis was the result of Western and regional states trying to crush Syria's role in the "resistance" against Western and Israeli domination in the region.

"What is happening right now is not just a plot directed against Syria but the region as a whole, of which Syria is a foundational stone," he was cited as saying by state news agency SANA. "The Syrian people will not allow this plan to reach its goals, no matter the cost."

The United Nations estimates that more than 18,000 people have been killed in the conflict that pits a mainly Sunni Muslim opposition against a ruling system dominated by the Assad family - members of the Alawite faith, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.

Reuters reporters in a southern part of Aleppo saw jets swoop over the city as thick pillars of smoke rose into the air. Residents fled in panic as rebel gunmen filled the streets, firing anti-aircraft guns mounted on trucks at a jet and helicopter flying overhead.

Rebels say they control at least half the city of 2.5 million, but their hold is fragile as long as Assad's forces can unleash their air power against fighters who are comparatively lightly armed. Some rebels in Aleppo were firing assault rifles at a helicopter gunship shooting down at them.

Egypt four-way initiative
Diplomatic efforts to stop the violence in Syria are stalled by a stalemate dividing Western countries, Gulf Arab states and Turkey - who all support the opposition - and Iran, Russia and China - who support Assad.

With veto-wielding Russia leading resistance to action against Assad, the U.N. Security Council remains deadlocked.

Egypt is seeking to arrange a four-way meeting with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran, the main regional players in the conflict. Iran, a Shi'ite power, is Assad's main backer, while Saudi Arabia is believed to be supplying weapons to the rebels.

Iran accuses its foes in the West and the Arab world of fuelling the conflict by arming the opposition. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian welcomed Egypt's initiative.

"Iran has its own views about the political process in Syria and will put forth these views upon the formation of this committee," he said. "We see any foreign intervention, terrorist actions and armed movements against the wishes of the people of Syria."

The Iranian parliamentary delegation that met with Assad also visited Vice-President Farouq al-Sharaa. It was Sharaa's first public appearance in weeks, quashing activist rumours that he had defected to the opposition.

Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the delegation, said Tehran had also suffered from "terrorism" and would continue to support the Syrian government.

"Just as Iran suffered from terrorism and overcame that difficult period, Syria will be able to do so as well," state news agency SANA quoted him as saying. "Syria's security is Iran's security."

(Additional reporting by Marwan Makdesi in Damascus, Yeganeh Torbati in Dubai and Tamim Elyan in Cairo; writing by Erika Solomon; editing by Peter Graff.)

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48795606/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

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