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Fremont is located in the southeast section of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a merger of five smaller communities including Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Warm Springs and Mission San Jose. With its own BART station serving as the southernmost terminus for the BART system, it makes connecting to anywhere in the Bay Area an easy and enjoyable undertaking. Home to Ohlone College, The California School for the Deaf, University of Phoenix, DeVry University, and Northwestern Polytechnic University, Fremont is an anchor for academic achievement. An entertainment haven as well, visitors can swim to their hearts content at the Aqua Adventure Water Park, visit the Depot Museum which displays the rich history of the Fremont area, or even watch silent movies at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum with live piano accompaniment and $1 refreshments. There is also the annual Fremont Festival of the Arts, which is the largest free street festival west of the Mississippi. It is a two-day event with over 650 artisans and almost 400,000 attendees. Surrounded by hills, missions and history, Fremont is a perfect choice for good living.
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Deciding what you expect or want to be paid for a given position and discussing compensation with potential employers are important parts of a successful job search. During such discussions, both parties share the common objective of determining the fair market value for an individual's contributions to an organization. Each party also hopes to meet personal goals as well. Primary in the employer's mind is the desire to preserve equity among employees of similar backgrounds and responsibility levels. A company's internal salary structure developed over time dictates the boundaries within which the manager negotiates, balancing needs and expectations of new recruits with those of current employees. It is a delicate juggling act, particularly in light of the fact that salaries paid to graduating students are often high relative to salaries paid to individuals who have worked for a company for some time.
The student also brings personal agendas to the bargaining table. These typically include such factors as desire for pay-back on one's investment in an MBA, expectation that one's future salary will exceed prior compensation by a particular percentage (subjectively defined), and desire to fare well in competition with one's peers.
Learning to determine and negotiate one's fair market value takes time and practice. We offer the following material to help you prepare to approach salary discussions with comfort and confidence. The key thought to keep in mind is that information is power. Thinking through what information you require to make a decision and then gathering that information is the best way to guarantee that you will be fairly compensated in future positions.
1. Be prepared to discuss salary at any point in the interview process. Salary typically comes up during a second interview but may be discussed right away. Do your homework so you will be ready for the situation whenever it arises and not be caught off guard. If questions about salary come up before you know what a job entails, feel free to say you would like to understand the position responsibilities before discussing compensation.
2. Appropriate compensation is based on many factors relating to you, the company involved, and the position to be filled. Firms typically consider:
3. Most employers conduct careful research before setting salaries. Be equally well prepared with the facts. Start with offer data and information from other MBA programs (see the "Placement Reports" section of the CDO web site for Sloan data plus links to placement reports from other schools). But don't stop there. Ask fellow students, alumni or friends familiar with an industry, firm or geographic region what to expect. Review business journal articles on the subject. Consult information in Dewey Library, or publications available from relevant professional associations. In short, dig. This will allow you to present your needs and expectations clearly and confidently.
4. Don't assume all offers are negotiable or that the "sky is the limit". Although many managers expect to negotiate, some do not. They have already determined the "fair market value" for a particular position. In this case, their first offer is their best offer. You may damage your relationship with them if you ask for more. Here again, know your audience.
5. When considering compensation, look at the total package being offered. Compensation may take many forms, including salary, bonuses, equity, stock options, health and dental insurance, life insurance, pension plans, housing, moving expenses, family leave, child care benefits, paid vacation, extra leave without pay, a car, a personal computer, professional development (tuition assistance, professional meetings, etc.), loan repayment, interest-free or low-interest loans, a one-shot offer of $2-5K for miscellaneous expenses. Look at the big picture, not just salary. Expand your thinking about the ways an employer might reward you. Develop a list of your interests (i.e., what you want).
6. Be aware that issues of wage compression challenge many organizations today. Salaries of experienced personnel often fall, on both relative and absolute scales, behind salaries of new graduates. Firms struggle regularly with this problem in their efforts to retain long-term employees while simultaneously bringing new blood into the organization. This does not mean that you should automatically lower your expectations. Just be sensitive to the constraints employers may face when discussing your compensation.
Several years ago, Dr. Heather Hazard, a former Sloan faculty member, offered a seminar on "Negotiating Compensation with Employers". She shared the following useful insights at that time.
Negotiation is the process of arriving at agreement between two or more parties about one or more issues. The process is successful when:
You also need to determine six figures in advance of any negotiation:
Few negotiations involve only a single issue. When negotiating compensation, discuss all forms of compensation you value. In sum, expand the pie before you divide it between yourselves.
You can influence the success of your negotiation as follows:
If you have trouble negotiating for yourself, pretend you are doing it for someone else whom you respect and value. Try to depersonalize the discussion, and develop a sense that you are entitled to your request. Finally, recognize that practice improves your chance of success. Role play the discussion several times to anticipate what issues might surface and decide how you will handle them.
For more information on negotiation, we recommend visiting MIT's web site, "Negotiating Your Future", which we helped to develop.
This article was reprinted from the Sloan School of Management web site.

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We're sure someone, somewhere in the world has failed to follow "the steps" to take after they've had the misfortune to have their car stolen. But seriously, do we need a list? Well, apparently so.
In 2010, auto thefts cost U.S. drivers about $4.5 billion. Although, in 2012 there has been a 3.3 percent reduction in the number of auto thefts, but that DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T EXIST ANYMORE. People get their cars stolen every day!
Now have you ever had one of those sleep-deprived days … or gotten lazy? Or maybe you parked in an unsafe area or didn't lock your car one time and you come back to the spot to find it empty? Here is what you do.
According to this recent list from Jalopnik:
1: Make sure your car's actually gone! (We did say if you were having one of those sleep-deprived days, didn't we??)
2: Now that you pinched yourself and realized you AREN'T just having a nightmare, you move on to the next step. Ask yourself if it might have been towed.
3: You should probably notify the police, right?
4: Call your vehicle security provider (if you're lucky you have information from a Viper SmartStartGPS unit that you can relay to them).
5: Ask people nearby if they saw anything.
6: FREAK OUT. This would be a perfectly appropriate moment to let your emotions flow out. Don't get too crazy now; you will soon be surrounded by the police!
7: Call your insurance company.
8: Look for your car online. It's not too unlikely the thief had alternative motives, other than ruining your life, for stealing your car! Money perhaps? Maybe you can re-purchase your car vehicle and bag the crook!
9: *Sniff Sniff … Start looking for a replacement! *Sniff
10: Lastly, but CERTAINLY NOT LEAST. Learn from your mistakes!
We like this last nugget of advice the best: "Learn from it"! As in, don't skimp on car security. And then maybe you won't have to read the other recommendations.
Be smart, and make a vow to never have to follow these steps. EVER. Get your car protected! Choose Viper!
To read the full Jalopnik article, click here.


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- Hat of gray felt. The hemispherical crown has a three-quarter brim of the same felt, curving back to the crown, and forming a roll at edge. The hat is designed to sit back on the head, allowing the front brim to extend vertically. Along the line where crown and brim join is affixed a veil of gray netting, with small "fuzzy" pieces attached at some intersections. Attached to the front of the brim, on the outside of the veil, is an artificial bird made of real brown and green feathers, with a ring of simulated pearls around its neck. The eyes of the bird are simulated pearls. The hat is unlined, with an inner hatband of black grosgrain ribbon along base of crown. Designer's label sewn to inner hatband: "Hattie Carnegie / Inc / Custom Made". Supplier's mark stamped inside crown, consisting of a shield containing a coat of arms and the word "Ruth", with "Made in Czechoslovakia" below the shield.
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- Bonnet. High domed cylindrical crown is made of artificial material simulating straw or horsehair in a lose weave forming concentric rings. The crown has applied standing bands of the woven material and has applique of flowers and leaves in various colors of velvet. Tied around base of crown is a pink silk band. The wide oval brim is of the same material as the crown, set so that it is wider side-to-side and narrower from front-to-back. The outer edge of the underside of the brim has a lining of pleated blue silk(?) ribbon. The crown of the hat is lined in pink fabric. No labels.
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- Hat of gray velvet. The domed crown is made from six segments of gray velvet, sewn in bands extending from front to back. The brim, of matching felt, is set off-center to the crown, giving more brim in front than back. The front of the brim turns up somewhat, and has an embellishment of long dark brown feathers extending along the brim from a dark brown velvet bow set on the underside of the brim. The hat is lined in a bronze brown crepe, and has an inner hatband of brown grosgrain ribbon along the inside lower edge of the crown. A small contrasting stitch on the inner hatband indicates the front of the hat. Designer's/Retailer's label sewn to inner hatband: "Made to order hat / Bergdorf / Goodman / Fifth Ave at 58th"


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a) If you are using Sports Tracker, these terms constitute an agreement between you and Amer Sports Digital Services Oy (hereinafter Sports Tracker or Amer Sports Digital Services).
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Based on the above, in these Terms the term "Company" shall therefore mean the respective contracting company (Suunto or Amer Sports Digital Services) who's Service you are using, including its affiliates. These Terms define the rights and responsibilities of you and the respective Company.
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You may terminate your registration if you no longer wish to use the Service. After termination, you will no longer have access to the Service. Company may terminate your registration or restrict your access to certain parts of the Service or take any other action of whatsoever nature, as it may deem at its exclusive discretion appropriate, if there is an indication that you have breached the Terms or with a prior notice if you have not signed into the Service with your username in the past six (6) months.
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The Company does not and cannot review the Material posted by users on its Service and is not responsible for such Material. The Company may but has no obligation to: Monitor or moderate the Material; and Remove Material from the Service and restrict access to any part of the Service at any time in its sole discretion. Specifically, the Company has the right to terminate your right to use the Service without notice at any time for any reason at the Company's sole discretion and in particular, if you breach these Terms or use the Service unlawfully or in a way that the Company deems inappropriate, for example for commercial purposes or in case the Company notices exceptionally high traffic to the site from a particular IP address(es).
In order to be able to use the Sports Tracker application, your device may have to be equipped with a GPS module for workout tracking.
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Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Reproduction, transfer, distribution or storage of part or all of the contents in any form without the prior written permission of the Company is prohibited except in accordance with the following terms.
The Company consents to your use of the Service on your computer or mobile terminal, smart watch or other similar devices, as applicable, downloading the outcomes of the Service and printing copies of extracts from these pages for your personal use only and not for redistribution, unless consented to in writing by Company.
The Service and the content thereof may be used solely for private, non-commercial purposes, subject to these Terms and any applicable laws.
Please note that individual applications, documents and/or services provided on the site as part of the Service may be subject to additional terms, such as end-user software agreements indicated in connection with the applications, documents and/or services.
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7. Feedback and Other Submissions by You
Your submission of Material to the Service does not transfer ownership rights in the Material to the Company.
By submitting any Material to any of the Company's servers, for example, by e-mail or via the site, you agree that:
(a) the Material will not contain any item that is unlawful, invasive of another person's right of privacy or right of publicity or otherwise inappropriate due to, without limitation, its libelous, slanderous or defamatory nature and recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Materials;
(b) you will use reasonable efforts to scan and remove any viruses or other contaminating or destructive features before submitting any Material; and
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(d) your use of the site will not compromise the security or integrity of the Company's computer systems, networks or web site(s) or servers, whether by allowing intruders into the same, introducing viruses or other threats, imposing a disproportionate or unreasonably large load on this site or its infrastructure, or using any computer programming routine, file or device to damage or interfere with the operation of the Service;
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You may incur additional fees from the use of mobile and/or Internet services of your network or other telecommunications operator/carrier and/or other service provider, including without limitation SMS, MMS and WAP browsing, data transfer fees and other services that require the use of airtime and mobile data services. The Company or its suppliers assumes no responsibility for the payment of such fees. Your operator/carrier is in every respect solely responsible for the services it provides to you.
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The Terms shall be governed by the laws of New York without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. Any dispute relating to these Terms or the Service shall be submitted to binding arbitration in Manhattan, New York within eighteen (18) months of the date the facts giving rise to the suit were known, or should have been known, by the complainant, except that the Company may seek injunctive or other relief if you have violated or threatened to violate any intellectual property rights. All matters relating to arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §1 et. seq.). Arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator under the then prevailing Wireless Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), Each party must submit any claim which would constitute a compulsory counterclaim in litigation or such claim shall be barred. No award of exemplary, special, consequential or punitive damages shall be permitted. The losing party, as determined by the arbitrator, shall pay the arbitration fees. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction. Arbitration shall be conducted on an individual, not class-wide basis, and no arbitration shall be joined with an arbitration involving any other person or entity.
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The Terms shall neither exclude nor limit any of your mandatory rights in your country of residence. If a provision of the Terms is found to be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected and the invalid provision shall be replaced with a valid provision that comes closest to the result and purpose of the Terms. If there is any conflict between these Terms and the Privacy Policy, the provisions of these Terms shall prevail. The provisions of the Terms that are intended to survive termination shall remain valid after any termination.
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You are responsible for regularly reviewing the Terms. Your continued use of the Service shall constitute your consent to any changes and modifications.
You agree to that in the event that the Company is acquired by or merged with a third-party entity, or we transfer the Service to a third party, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the agreement with the user and transfer all data, including but not limited to personal information, as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, transfer or other change of control.
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You agree that the Company has no control over the content of third-party sites and cannot assume any responsibility for services provided or material created or published by such sites. A link to a third-party site does not imply that the Company endorses the site or the products or services referenced in the site.
In addition, users may create links within the Service to content that has not otherwise been submitted to the Service. You agree that the Company is neither responsible for nor liable for any such links.
15. Intellectual Property
The Service and related software are protected under international copyright laws and you are hereby notified that copyrights are claimed by the Company. Subject to the Terms, the Company retains all right, title and interest in the Service and in all of the Company's products, software and other properties provided to you or used by you through the Service.
The Company's product and service names are either trademarks or registered trade names of the Company. Other product and company names mentioned at the site may be trademarks or trade names of their respective owners. Your access to this site or Service should not be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any marks appearing on the site or in the Service without the prior written consent of the Company or the third party owner thereof.
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These websites and their contents are proprietary to the respective Company and are intended solely for the use of their clients to obtain knowledge and information regarding the respective Company's products and services. The contents of these sites shall not be used or distributed or otherwise communicated, disclosed or reproduced for any other purpose without the prior written consent of the respective Company.
Sports Tracker is a registered trademark of Amer Sports Digital Services Oy. Sports Tracker product and feature and content names are registered or unregistered trademarks of Amer Sports Digital Services Oy. Other product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners. Primary trademark is SPORTS TRACKER. Product names and slogans may also be registered. All trademarks, registered or unregistered, are owned by Amer Sports Digital Services Oy. Ownership or registration by divisions, subsidiaries or third parties is strictly forbidden.
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The official domain name of Sports Tracker is www.sports-tracker.com. Amer Sports Digital Services Oy reserves the rights to all domain names containing its trademark SPORTS TRACKER. The official domain names of Movescount and Suunto are www.suunto.com and www.movescount.com, app.suunto.com. Suunto Oy reserves the rights to all domain names containing its trademark SUUNTO.
If an importer feels that a local version(s) of the sports-tracker.xx domain name is needed, and the version is deemed relevant by Amer Sports Digital Services Oy, Amer Sports Digital Services Oy will register these versions. Similarly, if an importer feels that the local version(s) of the suunto.xx, app.suunto.xx or movescount.xx domain names are needed, and the version is deemed relevant by Suunto Oy, Suunto Oy will register these versions.
All sports-tracker.xx domains forward to sports-tracker.com, all suunto.xx domains forward to suunto.com, all movescount.xx domains forward to movescount.com and all app.suunto.xx forwards to Suunto App. Under no circumstances shall subsidiaries or third parties independently register versions of these domain names.
Sports Tracker distributors, importers and dealers may host their own web sites to promote and sell Sports Tracker products. However, the domain names may not contain the name Sports Tracker or the names of its other trademarks. Sports Tracker may, upon request and review, place links from sports-tracker.com to these sites and links will be located in the importer or dealer lists. Correspondingly, Suunto distributors, importers and dealers may host their own web sites to promote and sell Suunto products. However, the domain names may not contain the name Suunto or the names of its other trademarks. Suunto may, upon request and review, place links from suunto.com to these sites and links will be located in the importer or dealer lists.


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A comedy troupe with a tie that binds
With dog poop left by a roommate's pet finally cleaned off the living room floor (and soiled socks replaced), the four men got back to what they like most: cracking each other up.
The puns, wordplay, absurd comments, and inside allusions bounced around a room that once may have hosted teas for Jamaica Plain society ladies.
The four resemble any other group of buddies except that their comedy has more purpose. They are, as they like to brag, the first comedy troupe composed entirely of people with Asperger's, a condition on the autism spectrum characterized by social awkwardness and repetitive behaviors or obsessions.
"Our goal is to be funny and do shows for more and more people," said Noah Britton, the group's oldest member and unofficial spokesman. "And if people give us the opportunity to fix problems they're having relating to autism, we're happy to do that, too."
For the last two years, Asperger's Are Us has slowly gained a following and played in larger venues. The group got a standing ovation at the Somerville Theatre in 2011 and a Manhattan debut earlier this year.
They have two performances this weekend: Friday at 8 p.m. at the Cambridge YMCA and Saturday at 1 p.m. at Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport. After that, they'll take a nine-month hiatus because one member, Jack Hanke, departs soon for a year at Oxford University.
The new shows include many of their old sketches — including one about razor blade testers who have to cut themselves for a living — and a live adaptation of a TV show pilot they wrote called "Superhero Palace," in which superheroes without special powers share a castle with their evil counterparts.
Their audiences usually include people on the spectrum and their family members, along with others who don't care if the four have Asperger's as long as they're funny.
"Parents come out to shows expecting it to explain autism," Britton said at a recent rehearsal. "It doesn't in a direct way."
"It does in a modeled way," Hanke piped in.
"We're very good at modeling," added New Michael Ingemi, in typical Asperger's Are Us banter.
"We model how to be a successful Aspie," Britton continued, using a colloquial term for someone with Asperger's. "They can't. They will never start the first autistic comedy troupe, no matter what they do."
The group members met when the three younger ones, now all 20, attended a summer camp for kids with social difficulties. Britton, a decade older, was their counselor, and they were the first kids like him he'd ever met.
"It's like you're Israeli and go back to Israel after spending 20 years living in a culture that doesn't suit you," he said.
They all knew they had started something good.
Their Asperger's makes it much harder — and a little easier — for them to pull off comedy shows. On the plus side, Ethan Finlan's obsession with train schedules means they always know where they're going and what time the next train leaves.
They also seem less self-conscious than most people — or at least so used to being considered odd that it doesn't bother them. At points during sketches, one of them might pretend to be pregnant, a giant wad of bubble wrap, Elton John, a Shakespearian actor, or a camp counselor job candidate told he has to take care of crocodiles.
But it's always a challenge for the four to gather in the same place at the same time, all in a productive mood.
Britton was trying to explain these challenges during a recent rehearsal when the group got lost for a few minutes in jokes about people named Chelsea. "This is why it's difficult," Britton noted, mid-banter. "But it's also fun."
The four get distracted easily in part because of their sensitivities — common among people on the autism spectrum — to smells, sounds, and visual stimulation. One day it was the traffic that threw them off. While rehearsing in Britton's Jamaica Plain rental, the smell of dog poop derailed the group for a while, leading to more than a few jokes about excrement.
Finlan, of Rockport, spent the last hour of the rehearsal slumped in a large armchair, not participating. Earlier, Britton had made an offhand comment suggesting it was impractical for Finlan to pursue a philosophy degree at Salem State University, as he is considering. The young man then fell into in a vortex of anxieties about his future.
Britton apologized for throwing him off track.
"We love each other a lot, of course," Britton noted a minute later. "We piss each other off, and then an hour later it's fine. I know this, and I know to keep it in perspective."
That perspective is clearly hard-won, after years of learning each other's strengths and shortcomings.
Britton is the most articulate and experienced; good at keeping the others focused — though his take-charge attitude sometimes annoys the three younger men. His humor is also the darkest of the four. He favors their sketch about the boy whose parents give him up for adoption and then show up at his foster care home looking for another kid they'll like better.
Hanke, of Newburyport, is best at working an audience, and coming up with absurdist humor. He lies easily, but only about irrelevant things. He often tells people he's named Todd.
Finlan has strong on-the-spot sketch ideas and improv skills. He comes alive before the audience and saves the group when their jokes are falling flat.
Ingemi, of Beverly, who calls himself New Michael to distinguish himself from his father, is incisive and the funniest of all, according to Britton. He's a natural at convincingly slipping into characters, and won't put up with seriousness for long.
They'll all probably spend a few days obsessing over these descriptions and then crack jokes about them forever.
The comedy of Asperger's Are Us is both mainstream and distinctive. Onstage, they make constant fun of themselves but won't mock others.
"Autistic people have been victimized so much they don't have that instinct" to make fun of others, said Britton, a member of an advisory group called the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.
"That's what makes me so much of a post-modernist, my approach to issues and art and stuff," Ingemi responded.
"What?!" Britton demanded, whirling toward him. "Were you just making fun of me for being pretentious, or did you have a different point?"
The four are convinced that some of the greatest comedians of all time — including the late Andy Kaufman, Steven Wright, and maybe certain members of Monty Python — are fellow Aspies.
Perhaps their condition gives them a slightly different perspective on the world — which is what makes them so funny — or perhaps it's their willingness to revel in the absurd.
"This is one of the hallmarks of our comedy: We think that things that don't make sense are very funny," Britton said. "Most neurotypicals think that things that don't make sense are confusing."
Filmmaker Alex Lehmann spent the latter part of the summer documenting the four as they prepared for their two upcoming shows. It was his socks that needed replacing after he accidentally discovered the dog's present in a corner of the living room.
He had noticed caricatures of people with Asperger's traits popping up in more of the movies and TV shows he had shot — and that most of those characters were there for comedic value. He got to wondering what people with Asperger's were really like. Googling "comedy" and "Asperger's" led him to the troupe. A quick conversation convinced him they would be the subject of his next film, and a few days later he flew in from Los Angeles to watch the men rehearse.
Lehmann — who has operated a camera in the films "Piranha 3DD" and "Project X" and the TV shows "The League" and "Whodunnit," among others — definitely appreciates the group's comedy. "Some is the kind of humor my wife gives me a hard time for," he said, though he often finds it deeply insightful as well as funny. Their absurdism loses him sometimes. Still, he's willing to cut them some slack because other jokes do amuse him, and because he finds them so easy to relate to, regardless of their Asperger's.
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Jurors wiped their eyes as the recording played.
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Russian homemade DJ cassette decks
Artyom is a new MT hero - he's done what I always dreamed of doing when I was little and couldn't afford a pair of Technics. He's built a pair varispeed tape decks, complete with 'jog wheel', EQ and motor off switches. He also has a nice minimal studio setup (he
uses Max/MSP). DJ Aptem, we salute you!
is the Flickr photoset, and
is DJ Artyom's own website, with mix MP3s getting very heavy traffic. (Thanks,
Posted by Tom Whitwell.
I love this! See, house party DJ's need something that's cheap in case drunk people crash into their equipemnt, or spill a cup full of cheap beer all over it. Why ruin your Technic's or your SUPER expensive Dennon or Pioneer CD decks. If only somebody would hack an ipod to have pitch control. That's the real ticket.
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Joshua Eli
: 8:08 pm
That's beautiful!
posted by
: 8:13 pm
Are a pair of technics 1200s really that expensive? I got mine for $500 But its still pretty cool with tapes...I wonder if you can scratch with it?
posted by
: 11:01 pm
looks likt something you'd find at Firmfm.. lol
posted by
: 11:41 pm
First of all, shouldn't he be a TJ.
Anyways I would like to point out that his DJ name should be translated as DJ ARTYOM ( the e has a double dot thing over it, and p is actually an R) Artyom is a Russian name.
Second I think that the comment about the $500 Technics is weak. First off you can't make your own vinyl, tapes are easy to make. Second of all $500 is alot of money. I live in America and I can't afford that.
Besides Turntable DJs are dime a dosen, Tape DJs are rare. Especially the ones that have the grey matter to make something like this.
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Circuit Master
: 11:59 pm
dj aptem sounds better to these Irish ears anyway...
snappier, easier to say - easy to write.
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: 1:09 am
I bought a double tape deck with varispeed in the early 90's (Denon, I think from memory) it seemed like a good idea at the time, before I realised what a massive pain in the arse cueing and indeed recording stuff onto tape was - cheaper than vinyl, I grant you.
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Beige records, the same people responsible for the amazing 8 bit construction set record (http://www.beigerecords.com/products/beg-004.html) hold a yearly 'cassette-J' or CJ championships yearly! I wonder if this guys going to compete. . .
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: 7:11 am
Speaking of pitch control for ipods
posted by
: 7:48 am
What the hell? You guys got the concept aaaaaaaall wrong! Talkaing bout cheap decks... wtf shame on you... this is just about the coolest thing ive ever seen, and then one fool comes up with a comment about an ipod with pitch or whatever. U really think this thing would be cheap if it went into production... jesus!
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: 12:11 pm
Anyone have links to diy casette hardware projects?
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herr prof
: 12:50 pm
I thought about making this kind of casette player once, but i never really got to it. This is a major source of inspiration!
posted by
: 2:39 pm
i Love these sort of projects !!
And if it was mine i wouldn't be happy if people spilled beer over it either....it's not always about $$$$$$$$
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The post-data.com link is great. Thanks for posting it. Went to the FAQ:
Q&A #12 on what past contestants have done is esp. fun.
FWIW: Quick & dirty cassette player fun is using any portable with a remote jack for playback. With a mic that has remote plug and on/off switch, you can turn the cassette playback on and off. For older players esp. you'll get a quick ramping up to pitch at the start of playback and a ramping down at the stop.
May be too coarse an effect for CJ apps, but could comprise a poor man's Mellotron of sorts--multiple cass. portables each with its own source tape to play and yoked a "keyboard" of on/off switches. No, I haven't gone that far yet (complex implementations make my head hurt), but if anyone has . . .
posted by
: 3:04 pm
do you kiddies even know what a cassette is???
posted by
: 5:25 pm
Imagine the possibilities too... like, if he built in a mic to each tape deck and hit record on a blank and recorded his voice while scratching, thereby layering his voice going forwards and backwards in real-time... wow, the effects that would have.
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: 5:35 pm
looks likt something you'd find at Firmfm.. lol
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luv the guy a saw who used two cassette decks and a dj mixer, cross-fade, duck and dive
you can pinch the rollers for cool effects and get nasty.
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Very cool, I'll give you that. But it's riduculous to compare these to technics as an alternative.
Here's a question for you, one DJ is rocking these in one room full of girls, another is rocking some technics and vestax in another room full of girls. Who's gonna get laid? :)
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Great invention, wish I was that clever.
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ipods are for art fags, this is the real deal!
posted by
okay dokey
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Somebody would hack an ipod ot have pitch control.
posted by
: 8:51 am
ok..let's all maintain focus on the analog goodness here.. no ipods please! I own one, but hell, it ha its place in the media thanks..
Any video clips of these tape decks in action?
i want to see this thing working real time, and no mix that was possibly 'refined' via digital edits.
Is he using a belt driven motor here? Technics, among other companies made Direct drive servo based motors in the 80's which are very good.. but probably harder to work with ?
Has anyone seen a space echo made out of old decks and such? that would be sweet to have and it'svery possible to do. Too bad they don't teach basic electroinics in schools.. we could all collaborate more and understand each other and people could understand what a capacitor does, or what a transformer is good for (no not one those little robots ! :D )) Great post thanks
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December 17, 2003
Jonathan G. Katz - Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Proposed Rule Change Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.19b-4
Dear Mr. Katz,
Rhodes Securities, Inc. (RSI) is a fully disclosed introducing retail broker-dealer registered to conduct business in all domestic jurisdictions except Puerto Rico, with 24 Registered Representatives offering securities services throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth, North Texas area.
As Executive Vice President and compliance officer of RSI, I appreciate the opportunity to submit comments on the issues raised in the above captioned proposed rule change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Efforts to enhance supervision should be commended. Effective supervision is a cornerstone of investor confidence and efficient markets. Indeed, the issue is of such import that further member consideration should be afforded the issues presented in this proposal. In that regard I respectfully request that further time be allotted to the comment period so that all member firms may more diligently and intelligently review the proposal and its effect on their business. In the alternative we would request that the proposal be sent back to the NASD with specific direction to seek input from all NASD members prior to Commission approval. Bypassing traditional channels to afford member comment and input ignores the benefits of self-regulation.
This proposed rule would have a dramatic impact on many small firms and all firms that are organized on an independent contractor basis. The NASD membership includes hundreds of members that are structured differently than the large wire houses and regional firms and would be substantially damaged by the proposed rule. For the most part these firms are not part of the "inner circle" that are informed on a timely basis about the need to comment on proposed Rules. They depend on the NASD to notify them of proposals and ask for their input. That process was completely skirted in this instance and many of those firms are completely unaware of the impact this proposed rule will have on their business and cost structures. It would be very unfair to implement the rule without adequate opportunities for those firms to learn about it, thoroughly review it, and comment on it. Full review and thorough analysis of all ramifications of the rule on NASD members would also assist the Commission in creating a fair, balanced and meaningful final rule. Please extend the comment period to at least ninety (90) days.
Effective enforcement of existing rules will promote investor protection more effectively than additional rules and regulations.
With respect to the proposal, RSI is concerned that the rule changes submitted by the NASD are an overreaction to isolated failures by a small number of member firms. The Gruttaduaria case was not so much a failure of the current regulatory system as it was a single individual intent on defrauding customers. The firms affiliated with the Gruttaduaria case failed to comply with existing supervision rules. Had they done so it is likely that the violations in question would not have occurred. In any event the magnitude of customer loss would have been significantly less had regulations been adhered to. The key point is that the existing rules were and are sufficient to prevent unlawful conduct. Certainly no set of rules can protect against every circumstance, and to expect that they should is unreasonable. To be clear, current regulations are reasonable and sufficient when effectively implemented and enforced. Thus, enforcement of existing rules will better serve the interests of investors. New rules simply add complexity and cost without additional guarantees against unlawful conduct.
If additional rules are required the proposed rule change requires significant changes.
In the event that the membership is committed to additional rule making, the proposal requires refinement. As written the rules are too vague, are needlessly burdensome, will have a negative impact on RSI's ability to supervise the sales activity of its registered representatives, will delay implementation of recently proposed and adopted rules responding to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, and will substantially increase the costs of a significant percentage of member firms without providing a meaningful improvement in investor protection.
The proposal lacks definition of key operative terms.
Key words in various provisions of the proposed rules lack sufficient clarity. First, the heart of proposed Rule 3012 and the revisions to Rule 3010(c) is "independence". Rule 3012 contemplates independence of those persons charged with verifying compliance with firm supervisory procedures. Likewise, Rule 3010(c) requires independence from those charged with conducting branch office inspections. Unfortunately, there is no definition or explanation of "independent" as it is used in either rule. To the extent that the term "independent" is the touchstone of these new rules it follows that defining this term is critical to a common and complete understanding of this rule. Failing to define such a key term leaves the rule open to inconsistent application within member firms and among the various NASD District Offices responsible for its enforcement. Similarly, changes to rule 3110 require record keeping with respect to the "essential facts" supporting an account name change. Again, no guidance is offered in the rule that illuminates the meaning of "essential facts." Such inarticulate rule making unnecessarily requires supervisors to make uninformed judgments about incomplete rules. In response, you should expect these supervisors to subject themselves and the customers of their firms to unduly rigid procedures that don't account for the specific needs of individual investors. Accordingly, the proposed amendments will not result in enhanced supervision of sales practices.
The proposed rules are unduly burdensome.
By requiring independence in the supervisory system the NASD has with a broad brush prohibited numerous supervisory systems and structures that function well. As a result, effective systems will be scuttled for a regulatory system that may not fit the geography, structure or function for a given firm. Worse, the system suggested in the rule is sure to require additional human resources without any evidence that investors will be better served. First, Rule 3012 requires an independent review of supervision. To what extent should that independent review be subject to review as well? The rationale of the rule results in an endless chain of supervisors supervising supervisors. In contrast, the existing regulatory scheme requires that firms adopt policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect violations. That standard provides firms the necessary guidance in establishing a supervision system with specific goals in mind. If independent testing facilitates that standard and achieves goals then that independent testing process may be employed by member firms. However, such procedures should not be the burden of those firms that have already demonstrated the ability to create supervisory policies and procedures that are effective. The NASD in its 19(b)(2) filing assured the SEC that this rule will have no impact on competition, and as you can see this is clearly not the case as costs of application of the rule will depend on existing policies and procedures and the internal structures of each firm.
Also of concern is the apparent incongruity within rule 3010. The existing rule 3010(g) establishes Offices of Supervisory Jurisdiction as those locations in which supervisory functions are performed. Obviously the rule presumes that those OSJ branches are to be staffed with managers and other registered persons with the responsibility and the expertise to effect supervision. Proposed rule 3010(c) turns that presumption on its head stating that supervision through the examination process is only effective if done using independent parties.
Aside from the erroneous logic in 3010(c), this requirement severely reduces the number of principals eligible to conduct branch exams. Members can respond to this burden in one of two ways, hire additional staff or stretch reduced auditing resources over a larger sample of branches (don't forget that the proposed branch definition rule will increase the number of registered branch locations). While some firms may make the difficult choice to increase staff other firms simply won't have the economic capacity to do so. If those firms are faced with sending compliance employees to audit hundreds of additional locations, then the duration and the quality of the audits may decline. Furthermore, the audit cycle will lengthen, increasing the period of time between inspections. Accordingly, the proposal may have the unintended consequence of forcing firms into economic dilemmas that erode supervisory resources without any evidence that examiner independence will improve supervision outcomes.
Furthermore, with respect to the burdens associated with this rule change, many firms have actively sought to make supervision more timely, more hands on and as close to the point of sale as possible. The theory being that the closer you are to sales practices the more effective you can be at identifying problems quickly and taking prompt remedial action. To support these efforts, RSI has invested substantial resources in training and firm element continuing education materials that instruct managers on "just in time" supervision. This model can be an effective one that serves client interests. Unfortunately this model is under attack from the proposed rule.
Finally, the obligations of these new rules forces my firm to seriously assess the expenses associated with some of our more remote locations. If I and my colleagues choose to withdraw from various rural communities as a result of this rule there can be no guarantee that the void left behind will be filled. Customers in these under served areas will have to travel farther and farther to meet with someone that can help them with financial decisions. Thus, reducing the competitive capabilities of my firm and firms like mine comes at the detriment to our clients and others in their communities.
Attempting to separate supervision and auditing reduces the effectiveness of both functions and results in a waste of compliance resources.
RSI is particularly concerned over the requirement that the office audit function be independent of the supervisory function. Along with the majority of NASD Member Firms, we employ a hierarchical system of supervision. Our Representatives work from non-OSJ Branch offices and unregistered locations ("satellite offices"), assigned to a Branch or OSJ Manager for supervision. The supervising Manager is also responsible for an annual inspection of each office under his/her supervision. In addition, the OSJ is supervised and inspected by the Principals of the firm from the head office in Fort Worth.
To divorce the inspection of Branch and satellite offices from the supervision of the Representatives assigned to those locations is to introduce an artificial distinction between the two activities. We believe that our supervising Managers, who are most familiar with the Representatives and activities associated with those locations, are the most qualified to perform the periodic inspection. The increased understanding gained from the inspections enhances the effectiveness of the Managers' supervision and the supervision activities provide additional information regarding the types of activities that should be more closely monitored in the inspection. In addition, when OSJ Managers audit the Branch and satellite offices, it serves to reinforce the OSJ Managers' accountability for their Representatives' actions. By appointing an outside party (such as the firm's Compliance Department or unrelated contractors as many small firms will be required to do) to audit the Branch and satellite offices, OSJ Managers will have a decreased sense of responsibility with regard to the activities conducted at the offices.
Currently, our supervising Managers understand that in the event of wrongdoing by a Representative, the Manager will be held accountable by the firm and its regulators unless he/she is able to demonstrate effective supervision over the Representative. The NASD's proposal may lead some Managers to feel that their supervision is less important, as they begin to rely on the firm's Compliance Department to detect problems during the periodic office inspections. In essence, the overall level and quality of supervision over the Representatives may decline.
The proposal may result in implementation delays for other key rule changes.
As stated above, these rules changes add significant costs to our Compliance Department, not simply in terms of money, but time, as well. Our firm is awaiting guidance from the Treasury Department on customer identity verification. In addition, the firm continues to work on the implementation of the Commission's revised requirements for the maintenance of books and records. Even with increased funding for supervision, there is a limit to the amount of change that may be implemented to our systems at any one time. Because the office examination process is a core component of our supervisory structure, changes in this area will impact the timeline for completing changes in these other key areas.
Therefore, we strongly suggest that by barring the firm from making appropriate use of its supervising Managers, the proposal will result in decreased supervision of our representatives and a waste of the resources allocated to supervisory and compliance functions.
The proposed requirement regarding supervisory controls is flawed.
At our firm, similar to many of our peers, the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO") is responsible for the design, implementation and oversight of the firm's system of supervisory controls. Restricting the CCO from performing and/or overseeing such a review would compromise the quality and thoroughness of each review. An alternative to fulfill the new independence requirements would be to assign someone from Marketing or Operations to perform the review. We believe that such an alternative would likely result in a supervisory review that is less sensitive to securities compliance issues.
Finally, given the relatively small number of serious cases, as compared to the universe of firms and representatives, it appears that the majority of firms clearly strive to conduct business in a manner that is compliant with industry rules and regulations. Members realize that if the public loses faith in the investment community, then we all lose.
I am confident that the current regulatory environment already provides the necessary tools and resources for firms to properly oversee their Representatives, and I strongly believe that the proposed changes will actually have a negative impact on the effectiveness of our overall supervision as well as place a significant and inefficient financial burden on NASD members.
If strictly construed, the proposals would establish new requirements that could be extremely burdensome for firms, particularly small firms, to implement. The proposed rule changes present a huge burden for independent contractor firms and firms with far-reaching branch networks and that will result in an inappropriate burden on competition. For the reasons cited above, the proposal as it relates to independent inspections of branch offices would have been more appropriate as a recommended guideline for effective supervision rather than a hard and fast rule that applies to firms across the board. RSI urges the Commission to consider the real world ramifications and costs of this proposal and to consider alternatives that would allow firms to meet their obligations with internal resources and minimal disruptions to existing supervisory structures.
Again, we thank the Commission for the opportunity to comment on these important issues.
Rhodes Securities, Inc.
Sandra T. Masek


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