chick fil a
May 24, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Relevance and continuity are two keys to Chick-fil-A’s past and future success, according to three generations of the chain’s founding Cathy family, who spoke to students Saturday at the annual Michael E. Hurst Educational Forum, sponsored by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.
Dan Cathy, the 1,500-unit chain’s president and chief operating officer, was joined by his father, Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy, and son, Andrew, human resources consultant, to discuss the importance of values in life and in business, and how the Cathy family is making sure those values stay intact with the changing times.
Dan Cathy noted that unlike public companies, where chief executives can turn over every five to seven years, privately held Chick-fil-A is able to perpetuate its core values to the benefit of the business.
“Continuity of principles and skill knowledge is important,” Dan Cathy said. “We get smarter with each generation.”
The traditional family unit is how we teach our values, he said, noting that his parents had three children, who in turn had 12 children. Andrew, 31, is the oldest of the third generation.
Aware that only 30 percent of businesses make it through the second generation, Andrew Cathy said that the family is currently establishing rules for successfully transitioning to future generations. Among one of the primary edicts: Family members must have at least two years of experience working somewhere else before joining the Atlanta-based company.
Truett Cathy, who at 89 years old is still working, said his most important guidelines for his progeny include no fighting about money, a continued promise to close the chain restaurants on Sundays and to never take the company public. He noted that Warren Buffett “camped on his doorstep for 10 years” hoping to acquire the company and finally gave up.
In terms of staying relevant, as consumers change and adapt to new technologies and social media functions, Dan Cathy pointed to the Spicy Chicken Sandwich the chain will roll out on June 7 and the marketing surrounding the item
jimmy kimmel lost q and a
May 24, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
I was just watching the Jimmy Kimmel Live! Q&A With the Cast of LOST online HERE (or below embedded after the break) and at the almost very end (the 10 minute, 30 second mark), Kimmel himself tells fans that the Blu-ray Disc release will include explanations such as why the young boy character “Walt” had magical powers and possibly such stuff as why the polar bears were on the island. That’s really all I can tell you right now but when Jimmy dropped the word Blu-ray with info regarding the secrets Okay, here’s the deal. Everybody died… eventually. They didn’t all die on the island. They didn’t all die at the age we see them at the end. Those that lived, like Kate and Sawyer, went on to have lives – who knows how long – and probably spent every day missing the ones they loved and lost to the island.
Others, like Jack, Sun, Jin, and Charlie died on/around/under the island.
The “flash sideways” timeline (as the writers called it) was a sort of purgatory for all their tormented dead souls. None of them could pass on into the light/heaven until they all found each other and remembered their experiences. They needed to come to terms with what happened on the island so their souls could attain the peace they needed to let go.
Jimmy Kimmel on Jay Leno Show updates
Jimmy Kimmel decided to air his antipathy for Jay Leno live, on Leno’s own show. Kimmel joins a string of comedians who are guilt-tripping Leno for trying to muscle his way back on to the Tonight Show. In a hilarious and painfully awkward segment called “10@10,” Kimmel lays it on thick.
And according to a report at wsj.com, for nearly every question that Jay Leno asked Kimmel, he would revert the subject back to the drama that’s recently unfolded between Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and the NBC network.
Leno asked Jimmy Kimmel if there was anyone he wanted to interview, to which Kimmel replied “You and Conan together.” Another question was what show he’d like to host, which Kimmel asked “This is a trick right?”
Another question Leno asked, was what the best prank was he’d ever pulled. Kimmel said it was when he told a guy 5 years ago that he’d give him his show and he did 5 years later, only to take it back off him immediately.
Jimmy Kimmel on Jay Leno Show updates was first posted on January 15, 2010 at 9:33 pm.
Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina, Learns Where Babies Come From
November 17, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under Entertainment
Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina, Learns Where Babies Come From :-
The good news? She has a sense of humor about herself. At the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Upton performed a parody of her infamous pageant answer, and now the beauty queen turned model is learning where babies come from for the benefit of the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” audience. After doing her due diligence on natural child birth, Caitlin sits down with Octomom in the second video to talk about IVF. It’s a pretty weird combo.
Jimmy Kimmel Live – Former Miss South Carolina Teen USA Learns Where Babies Come From PART 1
Jimmy Kimmel Live – Former Miss South Carolina Teen USA Learns Where Babies Come From PART 2
Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina, Learns Where Babies Come From was first posted on November 18, 2009 at 6:41 am.
Garry Shandling Plastic Surgery
October 13, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Garry Shandling Plastic Surgery, Mr. Pellicano’s version of theater of the absurd — his relentless and pointless cross-examination of his former employee, Tarita Virtue — was mercifully interrupted this morning for some star-studded testimony by comedian Garry Shandling. Mr. Shandling, dressed in a dark suit and crisp white shirt and looking quite dapper, gave the jury an up close glimpse at one of Mr. Pellicano’s alleged wiretapping victims. During his testimony, he seemed genuinely distressed that during his lawsuit with former manager, Brad Grey, his phones had been wiretapped, his character publicly assassinated and his reputation in town tarnished.
When Mr. Shandling was asked to state his occupation by prosecutor Kevin Lally, Mr. Shandling joked wryly, “That’s a bad sign. I’m a comedian.” The Judge then admonished him that he wasn’t a comedian today and Mr. Shandling responded by articulately, calmly and movingly telling the jury about how he’d been allegedly victimized by Mr. Pellicano and by his clients, Mr. Grey and Mr. Grey’s lawyer, Bertram Fields. He claimed then when he dared to accuse his long-time manager, Brad Grey, of stealing from him, Mr. Grey reacted by breaking off their eighteen-year relationship, hiring attorney Bert Fields and telling him that all further communication should be conducted through Mr. Fields. It was clear from his testimony that Mr. Shandling was devastated by the revelation that his longtime friend and manager, Grey, who’d he’d hired when Mr. Grey was just 21, had been stealing from him, making side deals and basically, screwing him over.
Mr. Shandling testified that even before he filed his lawsuit, he got a late night call from Mr. Grey in which the former manager, now head of Paramount Studios, “threatened me that if I kept looking into my own business, he’d make my life miserable.” Eventually, Mr. Shandling said that he hired counsel out of Washington and filed suit against Mr. Grey for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. Mr. Shandling told the court that he’d found out that Mr. Grey had been being paid as a producer of their show The Larry Sanders Show, and also taking commissions from Mr. Shandling’s fees for his writing and acting services. Mr. Shandling referred to Mr. Grey’s behavior as “illegal triple dipping” — being paid three times for the same services.
Garry Shandling Plastic Surgery was first posted on October 13, 2009 at 12:50 pm.
