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With the work overload, it's no wonder the ATO is not meeting its service standards.
The recent experience of an employer has shown how inflexible the super guarantee system is, and how the Australian Taxation Office applies a double standard to deadlines. Employers that miss super payment deadlines face heavy penalties, yet the ATO can exceed its own deadlines by more than a year with impunity.
Employers must pay quarterly super contributions for employees by no later than the 28th day of the month after each quarter. Employers who miss this deadline pay a non-tax-deductible superannuation guarantee charge (SGC) equal to the superannuation contribution, an interest penalty of 10 per cent a year, an administration fee of $50 plus $20 for each employee affected.
At present the superannuation contribution required is 9 per cent of salaries and wages. Overtime paid is not included in this wages figure but bonuses and commissions are. There is, however, a maximum level placed on the earnings of an employee for the super guarantee. The maximum salary that SGC is charged on is $32,180 a quarter for the 2004-05 year.
In addition to the penalties, employers are drawn into a bureaucratic nightmare of completing a superannuation guarantee statement that must be sent to the ATO, with the payment for the SGC and any charges and interest, by the 14th day of the second month following the end of the relevant quarter. Once the tax office receives the payment, it is deposited directly into the employee's super fund account.
When you combine the increased workload of the ATO dealing with the SGC statements, the implementation and control of the new super choice system, and the audit of self-managed super funds, it is no wonder that it is not meeting its own service standards and deadlines.
The ATO officer asked for more information, blaming the delay on computer problems."
Under those standards, the ATO states it aims to fix administrative errors that it makes within 14 days, and give a decision on an objection lodged against an ATO determination within 56 days of receiving all of the information. Not only do administrative errors not get fixed within the deadline but many tax professionals complain that it takes up to three phone calls to fix them.
A case in point is an employer that had a SGC charge imposed for the 2001-02 year in December 2003. The employer's accountant lodged an objection against the assessment with the ATO in January 2004.
On March 23, 2005, more than 400 days after the objection was lodged, the ATO contacted the accountant. Commencing with an apology for the delay, the ATO officer asked for more information, blaming the delay on computer problems.
Where a computer problem delayed an employer's super guarantee contribution, the legislation does not allow for any latitude, and penalties are imposed no matter what caused the delay.
The ATO is also not meeting its service standards with regard to the audit of self-managed super funds. The job of ensuring that self-managed funds comply with all of the regulations has imposed a workload on the ATO that is stretching its resources to beyond breaking point.
I know of one case in which the trustees were advised that their fund was being audited in September 2003. As part of the audit, the trustees had to provide extensive documentation to the ATO. The tax agent for the fund supplied this documentation in October 2003.
The next stage of the process is for the documentation to be reviewed, then an interview is arranged at the premises of the super fund or its tax agent, and further tests are conducted.
In the case of this super fund, an appointment to conduct the interview was not made until November 2004. After the interview, the auditors did not issue the letter stating that the fund was a complying fund until February 2005.
Despite the trustees of the fund being confident that they had been operating their fund correctly, they still had to endure 17 months of waiting for the final letter that stated they were complying.
The ATO is not solely to blame for failing to meet its service standards and deadlines. Successive federal governments that introduced and failed to simplify the incredibly bureaucratic and punitive super guarantee system must bear responsibility for such failings.
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This is the reverse bulb from my 2012 srt. All websites say this should be a 3157 bulb but it obviously isn't.
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Not sure of the specific bulb size of that one but its got the same type of end as a 3157 (normally plastic insert) but will connect right up to your reverse just fine with the 3157.
Other google results with that model (from the writing on the bulb) just returned somethings that its a "wedge" bulb. Just put in a 3157 and forget about it no difference I don't think.
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It's a 47530 narva part number
W920 in some other brands
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Or 12065 in Phillips
Thanks guys. I'm gonna search them both now to see if they make then in LED
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I bought all the bulbs, but haven't had the time to take the rear Liftgate apart. I put the reverse light in, in the meantime, cuz they were easy to install
Also installed the rear fog lights, which look awesome too
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New Facebook Features On the Way: Privacy Controls, ChatRob Hof
Tonight or early Wednesday morning, Facebook's 67 million active members will have new ways to control their privacy on the social network. They're welcome additions for many people on Facebook who want more control over which friends (and others) see what kind of material and information on their Facebook profiles. The changes follow a number of privacy concerns that have flared up on the site since it opened up its membership to anyone, not just college students whose social life generally wasn't quite so complicated.
For one, there's a new privacy interface, which allows you anywhere on the site to control which pieces of information you want to share with whom: everyone on Facebook, all your friends, only some friends, friends of friends, customized groups of friends, or networks—or nobody but yourself if you want. Most useful, you will be able for the first time to exclude specific people from seeing the information. The photo here shows how it will work.
Also, when you choose which people you want to see, say, a new photo set—perhaps your immediate family or close friends—you can in the process create a specific group out of those contacts for use in future sharing. That's part of a "friend list" launched quietly in December, but it helps make the new privacy settings more useful. And when you get a new friend request, you can click a drop-down menu and choose the particular friend list you want them on, or choose more than one for that person.
You can't yet look at your list of friends and from there choose which of them can see what. Matt Cohler, Facebook's VP of product management, said that might make things too complex at the outset, which could be true. But I suspect that people eventually will want an easy way to change what various friends can see, if only to correct mistakes in visibility you might make initially, or if, say, one of my friends who was a colleague starts working for a competitor and I no longer want to share quite so much with him.
Facebook also said it will offer online chat as a standard feature in a couple of weeks. At the outset, it won't have all the features of AIM and other chat programs, and you won't be able to use it with Meebo yet. But assuming it works as billed, it's certainly likely to keep people on Facebook even longer than they already are. And not incidentally, it may well make some chat application providers a little unhappy. Shades of Microsoft.
Finally, in response to a question about the controversial Beacon program announced last fall, which published what people did on Facebook partner sites to their Facebook news feed, Cohler was frank about its shortcomings and about the privacy furor it created before it backed off a bit. (As was CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week.) "We just screwed it up," he admitted. "It was just poor execution. We rushed it out the door—that was a mistake. (And) we framed it in the wrong way"—as an ad product, which he says it's not. I'm not sure I buy that argument, but OK. At the same time, it seems clear that Facebook isn't giving up on it.
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Why does my cat get hyper everytime he poos in his litter box?
Now this is just a behavior question. My cat will Poo (never when he pees) in his litter box he will run from one end of the room to the other Meowing at the top of his lungs seeming very pleased with himself (he is a VERY vocal cat to begin with). It doesn't bother me. Its funny to see. I've just been wondering if other cats do that too or this is just one of my kitty's quirks?
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Actually I would be concerned that there is something going on with your kitty's bottom. He may have impacted anal glands and his bowel movement may be painful - this is usually the reason my kitty goes darting out of the box after a poop. It could be nothing but a quirk but if it were my kitty a visit to the vet would be in order just to rule it out. Good luck.
Joey (In Memory) answered on 9/8/10. Helpful? / 1
I don't know what could be causing it but one of my own cats has always run like a nut away from the box the minute he has a poo, like he is scared of it or running from his own stink lol
You'd see him come running and just know what he'd been up to, he didn't run that fast even when he was naughty and about to get into trouble.
Tobias Cupid Alexander answered on 9/8/10. Helpful? / 0
My boy kitty does the same thing, I think it is very funny to see him race down the stairs after he poops its a guy thing...he is as healthy as a horse.
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Yep my boy does exactly the same as though it were a proud achievement, not in anyway distressed.
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Johannesburg - The Titans have sent their condolences to their coach and former England cricketer, Matthew Maynard, after the death of his son on Monday morning.
Tom Maynard, 23, a cricketer for Surrey in the English county circuit, was pronounced dead by London Ambulance Service medics following an incident at an underground station in Wimbledon, England.
The cause of his death had not yet been disclosed.
"It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the passing of Matthew and Sue's son Tom," said the Pretoria franchise's chief executive, Elize Lombard, in a statement on Monday.
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"Our deepest condolences to the Maynard family - may all the prayers bring some comfort to them during this very sad time.
Northerns president Vincent Sinovich said he was "shocked" by the tragic news having recently discussed Tom's progress with his father.
The younger Maynard had promising career, and had moved counties from Glamorgan to Surrey last season.
"I was shocked to receive the tragic news of the accidental death of Tom, Matthew and Sue's son," Sinovich said.
"At the recent Cricket SA awards dinner, Matthew and I were discussing Tom coming out to South Africa this year and possibly playing some cricket in Pretoria.
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"This excellent two part documentary tells their story in their own words-a compelling , rollercoaster recounted with intelligence, plenty of humour and painful honesty, against a backdrop of brilliant music, stunning live performances and previously unseen footage'
"This fantastic and moving two-parter tells the story of the finest live band in the history of rock , with unseen footage, candid interviews and plenty of fun."
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This two-parter tells the story of the hugely successful band, Queen, in the band members' own words, with a wealth of archive footage.
Showing on consecutive nights, this terrific two-part documentary celebrates the unique partnership of four students who became one of the biggest bands of all time. Archive footage enables the late, great Freddie Mercury (and the reclusive John Deacon) to help Queen band mates Brian May and Roger Taylor to tell their story. (4-star review)
Queen: Days Of Our Lives is on BBC2 at 10pm on Sunday, 29 May, with the second part showing at the same time the following evening. Worldwide transmission dates to be announced shortly.
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Crude humor in this film contains frequent references to male anatomy, sexual sparring and mild innuendo between the animals that includes comments about breeding, cross dressing and interspecies relationships. Hunters kidnap a young cub and shoot at his father. Animals who are involved in a plane crash find themselves in unfamiliar territory. Some characters are hit by human beings, shot at, outcast from the herd and roasted over a fire. One character falls into hot lava while others are attacked by birds, kicked in the groin and threatened with weapons. An elderly woman is hit with a car and thrown through the window. Penguins steal automobiles. A monkey mimics smoking.
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is available on DVD in a single or 2-disc version. Either choice is presented in wide or full screen, with audio tracks in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (English French and Spanish) and Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Sound (English). Subtitles are provided in English, French and Spanish.
The Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Single disc comes with the DWA Jukebox, a filmmaker commentary, featurettes (It's A Family Affair, The Making of, Crash Landing, African Adventure and Jambo Jambo: Swahili Speak). Other bonus materials include aTest Flight of Air Penguin Game, an Activision game trailer and four MAD Music Videos (The Traveling Song, Big and Chunky, She Loves Me and Move It, Move It).
The two-disc version of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa offers all the extras found on the single disc plus: The Bronx Zoo: Madagascar, Alex's Dance Off, The Heart of a Lion and The Penguins of Madagascar (Popcorn Panic and Gone in a Flash). There is also a Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa PC Flash Mini-Game, a Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa game demo (with cheat code), printables and weblinks.
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Shamrocks Peanuts Grind Out Victory Over West Babylon
The BCAC Shamrock Peanuts increased their record to 4-1 when they battled the West Babylon Eagles last Sunday morning.
The Eagles won the toss, but the Shamrocks fielded a tough defensive line anchored by Matt Steiner, Dylan Grosseto, Brendan Armour, James Enz and Jack Tephly. Strong tackles and great blocking kept the Eagles from achieving a first down.
When the Shamrocks got possession, they quickly showed us how it's done. Behind an offensive line fortified by Center Mike Verni, and Guards Frank Sinigalli, and Phillip Stewart, QB Bobby Sacco handed the ball to John Kelly who broke a long run for a touchdown. Broad Channel had made it a quick 6-0.
But West Babylon was going to give the Shamrocks a tough game. On their next possession they were able to fight off a Gang Green defense led by a swift Jack Tephly, and tie the score at 6-6. The back and forth continued, with Matt Steiner running for yardage and Brendan Jones finishing it off with the Shamrock's second TD, and a score of 12-6.
The Eagles' hopes for another swift reply were immediately dashed by terrific Shamrock defense, including a couple of strong takedowns by Matt Boyland and Brendan Armour.
West Babylon would advance no further in the first half. The Eagles brought on a solid defense to start the half, and kept the Shamrocks from a first down. Insult was added to injury as the Eagles took possession of the ball, and ran it in for a touchdown and a tied score.
Now the going got tough. Coach Mike fielded an awesome offensive line that moved the ball rapidly downfield, but a couple of hard hits took out Sacco and Steiner. Now the Shamrocks were really fired up. Boyland took the handoff from John Kelly, and slipped a few short steps up the middle to cement the lead with a third TD. The game soon ended as it began: a confident Shamrock defense holding the Eagles to a fourth do as BCAC defeated West Babylon, 18-12. This was the Peanuts' final home game for the season. They will take on Levittown on the 24th, and Farmingdale on the 31st. They encourage you to join them on the road.


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This is part eight of an eight part series. The report was written by Henry Jenkins, Xiaochang Li, Ana Domb Krauskopf With Joshua Green. Our research was funded by the members of the Convergence Culture Consortium, including GSDM Advertising, MTV Networks, and Turner Broadcasting.
Conclusion: The Value of Spreadable Media
So far this white paper has:
- criticized the vagueness of existing models of "viral media" or "memes"
- outlined the differences between sticky and spreadable media.
- identified those factors which have led to the rise of spreadable media
- shown why spreadable media involves a collaboration between the gift economy and commodity culture.
- discussed a range of different kinds of communities that are shaping the spread of media
- pointed towards some properties shared by the most spreadable media content.
In this concluding section, we will return to the core question from the perspective of our clients: Is it a good idea to allow or enable my consumers to spread my brand message or my copyrighted content? We enter this discussion with some modesty. The situation we have described here is in flux. New examples of spreadable content, new business plans, and new policies regarding intellectual property are announced each day and so far, the verdict is still out. There's a lot we do not yet know about spreadable media's benefits and risks from a corporate perspective. In this transitional moment, we advise companies to proceed with caution but fear that those who remain totally outside this space may be running greater risks than those who make at least some modest steps towards embracing spreadability.
Certainly, one can point to some great success stories from companies who have been early to embrace this spreadable model. One such case is the Dove Evolution campaign that was released online with a 75 second clip showing an "ordinary" woman's painful transformation into an "object of desire". The ad boosted sales, received over 5 million views and cost nothing to distribute online. Dove also released another version of the spot on television during the Super bowl. Placing the ad cost the company $2.5 million and it received 2.5 million views. Granted, broadcast television provided them with an opportunity to reach a large number of viewers in a very short period of time, but the online version reached almost twice as many people at a fraction of the cost. One take-away here is that television may remain a stronger venue for "just in time" information, while the slower circulation of information online may ultimately result in much deeper saturation within the culture.
Or consider the success of the Cadbury Gorilla advertisement which we've cited several times already. In 8 weeks the ad received 5 million views, positioning Cadbury to grow 30% above the industry average that same year, increase it's sales by 7% and most importantly, detach itself from the chocolate recall-salmonella scandal that had greatly impacted the company's image in the UK.
Such success stories have inspired other companies to develop so-called "viral" marketing strategies, some of which have succeeded, many of which have not. The decentralized nature of the process, the lack of control over the flow of content means that there are no guarantees that such content will reach their desired market segments or for that matter, that they will circulate anywhere. If you want to guarantee the number of eyeballs which consume your message, nothing is going to replace traditional broadcasting methods anytime soon. Lowering the transaction costs, however, make it possible for companies to minimize their risks in trying out such strategies as an add-on to existing marketing approaches.
So what is spreadable media good for?
- To generate active commitment from the audience,
- To empower them and make them an integral part of your product's success,
- To benefit from online word-of-mouth
- To reach niche, highly interconnected audiences,
- but most of all, to communicate with audiences where they already are, and in a way that they value.
Each of these factors suggest that such an approach may yield longer term rather than shorter term benefits:
- Spreadability may help to expand and intensify consumer awareness of a new and emerging brand or transform their perceptions of an existing brand, re-affirming its central place in their lives.
- Spreadability may expand the range of potential markets for a brand by introducing it, at low costs and low risks, to niches that previously were not part of its market.
- Spreadability may intensify consumer loyalty by increasing emotional attachment to the brand or media franchise.
- Spreadability may expand the shelf life of existing media content by creating new ways of interacting with it (as occurs, say, around the modding of games or the archiving of classic television content on YouTube) and it may even rebuild or reshape the market for a dormant brand, as suggested by Robert Kozinets writing on "retro-brands."
All told, those companies which have the most to gain from this approach are those who have the least to lose from abandoning traditional broadcasting models, those which have:
- lower promotional budgets
- who want to reach niche markets
- who want to distribute so-called "Long Tail" content
- who want to build strong emotional connections with their consumers.
Those who have the most to lose are those companies which:
- have well established brand messages
- have messages that are predictably delivered through broadcast channels
- who are concerned about a loss of control over their intellectual property
- who have reason to fear backlash from their consumers.
Even here, remaining outside of the spreadable model altogether may cut them off from younger and more digitally connected consumers who spend less time consuming traditional broadcast content or who are increasingly suspicious of top-down advertising campaigns.
Such considerations intensify when we move from brand messages, which one wants to circulate freely, towards content, which is expected to generate revenue. Right now, spreadability has proven more effective at generating buzz and awareness than as a revenue generator, though this may be changing. Consider, for example, the mobile sector. As many as 20 percent of mobile subscribers are listening to music on their mobile devices (Minney, 2008) with similar increases occurring with other media such as games and video. There is also a strong rise in mobile media sharing, either directly phone-to-phone or pc-to-phone, in either case mobile consumers are already embracing spreadable media by default and companies are discovering that there is money to be made by facilitating their activities.
So far, only a few companies are taking advantage of a potential Mobile Web 2.0, according to Sumit Agarwal, a product manager in Google's mobile division:
We're really at mobile Web 0.5, to be completely honest, the real thing about Web 2.0 is people introducing applications to each other. True viral applications, something sent from one person to another, will absolutely be a big part of mobile. (Salz, 2007)
One such company, MoConDi Ltd. announced in September of 2007 that its Italian based service, MeYou, had reached more than 800,000 registered users. By January 2008, that number had doubled. MeYou is a mobile phone application which supports distribution of a mobile content to end users. These users can then recommend content to additional users and receive credits for doing so. Users receive MMS recommendations which contain a message and download link for the content and a link to install the MeYou application. In this case, they are using the same marketing strategy that launched Hotmail in the 90s.
MeYou has implemented a hybrid model between the sticky and spreadable models, between content distribution and marketing. As such, users will receive certain content directly from MeYou or from their friends for free, but other content requires for direct payment. Users can still share such by sending the application for which the receiver has to then purchase the activation code. This model is particularly successful with games where after the applications are activated, users can play against each other, creating strong social incentives to expand its reach. MeYou works mostly with ringtones, images, videos, animations and games. Through its parent company, MoConDi generate mobile branded content and distribution strategies for other businesses. According to MeYou's public information 60% of users purchase content and 64% of users send recommendations with 24% of recommendations resulting in purchases.
We might contrast the relative success which MoConDi has enjoyed through enfranchising its consumers to spread content with the backlash which has come as a result of the tendency of major media companies to brand grassroots circulation as "piracy." For quite some time, Sony-BMG and all other music majors have opted for issuing take-down notices when content to which they hold rights to is posted on YouTube. It now seems that Sony-BMG is finding a way to move away from that prohibitionist model and is embracing a profit sharing, win-win philosophy based on building stronger collaborations with their fans. They have opted for inserting a link to the content's original site on the video post and eliminating its capacity to be embedded. So, on one end they've limited the spread of their content in favor of increasing the stickiness of their own site. But they also are allowing fans to share music and YouTube to make a profit. In the process, Sony-BMG is increasing the traffic to and visibility of its official sites, but most importantly, the company is no longer treating fans and potential consumers as criminals.
Such an approach is spreading across other industries and throughout other mediums. Peer-to-peer technologies have dealt with a bad reputation for years — since the days of the Napster trials, P2P's original idea, to enable user share big files, has been demonized. The entertainment industry has pegged it as a tool for piracy. And recently, ISPs have blamed it for clogging their networks. Nevertheless P2P is the perfect example to illustrate some of the models of resource-lite, user-led, pull distribution that benefit from a spreadable mentality. Here company and user/distributors are building a completely new relationship where the company trusts the user with the safekeeping of its content. In spite of the bad reputation and lack of control, the same entertainment industry that one day attacked it, has now found, both in the bit torrent technology and in P2P, a powerful ally. NBC is working with Pando Networks, a P2P content-delivery-technology company, to revamp its NBC Direct service (Weprin, 2008). BBC and Showtime, amongst others, are now working with the bit torrent distribution platform Vuze. And Fox, Lions Gate and MTV are all working with the original BitTorrent company.
Media scholar Mark Pesce (2005) argues that many mainstream British and American television series are enjoying commercial success in international markets because — and not in spite of — their massive online circulations. Pesce argues that illegal downloads helped to promote the content, closing the temporal gap between domestic and foreign distribution, and increasing consumer interest. Pesce argues that what he calls Hyperdistribution is here to stay.
The clock can't be turned back, BitTorrent can't be un-invented. We have to deal with the world as it is, not as we'd like it to be. In the new, "flat world," where any programme produced anywhere in the world is immediately available everywhere in the world, the only sustainable edge comes from entrepreneurship and innovation.
Pesce's plea for innovation is made that more urgent by the fact that, according to a study performed in 17 countries, 29% of active technology users regularly write comments and blogs, 27% share free music and 28% access social networking sites.
Clearly, a significant portion of the public is embracing those technologies and cultural practices which support spreadable media. They want to play active roles in helping to shape the flow of media within their own social communities. This is part of what Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff are calling the "groundswell", which is being fueled by the combined force of "people's desires to connect, new interactive technologies and online economics". They describe the groundswell as a movement that can't be stopped but must be joined in order to retain currency. It has changed the power relation between companies and consumers, and, in embracing the groundswell and the spreadable media model, companies are also redefining their relationships and their sense of self. This is might be a painful process, but at the end there will be more to be gained than lost. By ceding this power to its consumers companies are loosing much of the control over their distribution, but they are gaining the value of each user's personal ties.
We may not yet have reached the point where "If it doesn't spread, it's dead," but that time is coming and companies need to be rethinking their business models now in anticipation of these shifts which will even more fundamentally alter the media landscape.
Minney, Jaimee (2008). "M:Metrics Reports Growth in Mobile Music Adoption" m:metrics
Pesce, Mark. (2005). "Piracy is Good? How Battlestar Galactica killed Broadcast TV", Mindjack, May 13.
Salz, Peggy Anne (2006). "Mobile Web 2.0 May Be Too Ambitious, Let's Call It Mobile 0.5" MocoNews
Weprin, Alex (2008) "NBC Revamping Fledgling NBC Direct with Pando Networks Deal", Broadcasting &
Cable, February 27.
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But I don't see how it harms the child's interests to prioritize infertile couples. Can you explain to me how it does?
To be honest, the idea that some people actively persuing adoption truly cannot *imagine* why anyone would want to adopt a child if they could have a biological child deeply frightens me.
Though maybe I'm reading more into that that I should. Oldbies know my personal background on this one (I was adopted by a couple deeply scarred by their infertility experiece, amonst other things, that was never resolved--and I always felt responsible for not being able to heal their pain as well as very distinctly aware that I was second best at best)
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The mega-bestselling author, Boston Public Library board member, and patron saint of Dorchester should know. Though he's celebrated for such thrillers as Mystic River and Shutter Island, Lehane's last novel, The Given Day, was a work of literary history critics called his big American novel. In September, he'll kick off Dennis Lehane Books — his brand new publishing imprint on HarperCollins — with The Cutting Season, the second novel from screenwriter-turned-novelist Attica Locke. On September 19, Lehane will introduce Locke at Newtonville Books.
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Lehane will continue to choose more books that fall under the broad umbrella of contemporary American fiction, focusing on mysteries and suspense novels that blur the lines between high art and pulp. "I don't really give a shit what genre a book falls into," he says. "But nobody's gonna let me put a science-fiction book on my imprint, nor should they. Or romance."
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I was reading Larry Connors' Queen Rearing Essentials.
"Natural healthy hives produce the best-fed queens during swarming and supersedure. Cell finishers (or builders) attempt to duplicate the high population and abundant food found during swarming, and create an area of reduced queen pheremone in a colony similar to what happens during supersedure." p.46
So is it possible to mess up a cell finisher and cause it to swarm because it seems to me that the finisher is really close to being a swarming hive. Why don't the bees swarm the moment the first cell is capped? I'm curious because if there is a way of messing it up I'd like to know what it is and avoid it.


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This past Tuesday, AOL put in a 6.3 billion kronor (about $900 million) bid for Swedish ad network TradeDoubler. Although TradeDoubler's board voted to accept the bid, one of its largest share holders rejected the bid as undervalued. The take among the investment community is that this is AOL's attempt to expand advertising revenues now that it has moved away from its subscription-based business model. While I think this is certainly true, I find a few other angles of the potential acquisition more interesting:
1) Ad networks are back in a big way. In 2001, I wrote a piece predicting the demise of ad networks. And for the most part, I was dead on: Engage went belly up; DoubleClick ditched its media business. But now, 6 years later, new ad networks are springing up all over the place and veteran networks are offering expanded services. I think improvements in technology have made it possible for ad networks and media sites to help advertisers target ads based on more than demographics -- always the Achilles heel of the impression-based, online network buy. AOL's willingness to shell out some big bucks for TradeDoubler (it paid $435 million in 2004 for advertising.com, one of the largest ad networks in the US) indicates that it thinks ad networks will play a crucial role in the future of online advertising.
2. More and more, media properties are providing marketing services to help differentiate their overall offering from competitors. Yahoo!'s Panama ad management platform and MSN's AdCenter are tools that provide marketers an easy way to buy and manage ads on their sites (and eventually even on other online properties). They, like Google also provide a host of free marketer services (e.g. Keyword selection tools, Web analytics). This interest in TradeDoubler indicates AOL is also quite interested in growing its marketing services capabilities.
3. Why isn't AOL investing in social media? AOL has always served the mainstream consumer over the early adopter. But as a media company competing with other online portals for advertising dollars, I'm surprised that it is so willing to spend so much on more of what it already has. Granted this acquisition would provide a European presence. But I think at the end of the year, the most successful media companies will be the ones that provide advertisers diverse media options. We see MSN preparing for this through its acquisitions of additional marketing channels (Massive Inc), Google by developing advertising in other media (print, radio), and Yahoo! wishing they had done more with del.icio.us. AOL's interest in TradeDoubler seems very focused on staid online formats like display ads and affiliate marketing. A mistake I think, when the rest of the world is looking to alternative ways to create conversations with their customers online.
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The AOL buy is very much in the mainstream of what most folks come to think of as traditional ad networks (unrelated websites collected together to sell audiences based on user interests deduced by which sites in the network they visit.) I thought you might be interested in three trends I see in ad networks:1) Vertical networks - ad networks that focus on single industries (auto - www.jumpstartautomotivemedia.com: travel www.travelad.net; and technology-www.netshelter.net). They are doing exceedingly well and I think we will see more category-specific networks sprout up. Since these networks generally control ALL of the inventory they rep, they can put together multi-unit programs that are very effect, such as roadblocks, video, etc.- not just serve banners.2) Behavioral networks - TACODA (www.tacoda.com) is the world's largest and most advanced behavioral targeting advertising network. Its Audience Networks™ enables brand advertisers to target relevant messages to specific audience segments of up to 130 million monthly unique visitors across 4,500 websites. TACODA's ability to find audiences marketers might not realize are buyers of their products was just enhanced when TACODA announced that it entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with comScore Networks, to integrate comScore data with its existing massive Audience Networks™ database of behavioral insights. The result will be actionable data that will reveal unique insights about online audiences that will allow advertisers to design stronger media plans and produce and place more relevant online marketing messages. TACODA also just signed the Dow Jones Online network of business and financial site and USA TODAY.com3) Performance Based ad networks - By linking together the 500 or so sites that use its private label AdSonar offering, which enables content-targeted, pay-for-performance ads to appear on their sites, such as ESPN.com, CareerBuilder.com, the nation's largest online job site, Fodors.com, and Cox Newspapers, Inc. Quigo emerges as the Among Top 10 Independent Ad Networks (measured by MediaPost). In January, Quigo was selected by AlwaysOn Media as the number one Internet New Media company for 2006 among the nation's Top 100 Private Companies.
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i looked and found this http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f25/e...44/#post558341
problem is, im not sure if its ROTJ or ESB.
*runs off to dig more through the forum*
i looked and found this http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f25/e...44/#post558341
problem is, im not sure if its ROTJ or ESB.
*runs off to dig more through the forum*
Okay so i looked around and and put together this one and i am pretty sure that its at least 75% ESB accurate
please give me your comments and critique.
Again i have used the supreme stencils by Rafalfett and color info compiled from snippets around TDH
Rafalfett's decals : http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f25/a...-decals-42537/
Rafalfett's armor stencils : http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f25/b...tencils-42095/
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Gonna try to get a similar chart done for the ROTJ version of the helmet, just gonna try to figure out what mixture of Humbrols i can replace the Floquils with.
Okay so as far as i can figure out the preferred red Humbrol color for the ROTJ mandibles is Wine No .73
Personally the color seems a bit off, does anyone have any suggestions ?
Also found someone using this combination [Humbrol No. 60, mixed with 73 and 82]
but that's on a prepro helmet witch look very similar in my eyes.
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I used 73 on my bucket, and it didn't come out looking quite that purple. Here is my lid http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f22/g...h-501st-48449/
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This....is...cooler than ****! Thanks for putting this up, I'm sure that this is going to help out a TON of people (myself included!)
You can get most of the ROTJ Humbrols from my thread bud, the only issue is the back panel green. I virtually tried every combination of humbrol greens, and could never get the correct hue and vibrancy I was able to achieve with the Floquils. As for the mandible Red, I actually think Floquil Caboose is the colour that was used on the real helmet, and still the best option. But if it has to be Humbrol, the closest colour to the Caboose, is actually Humbrol 100 (Red/Brown). It may not appear so in the image paint chart or tin lid, but when sprayed, it is the closest to caboose you will get in the Humbrol range. Anyone who wants to go this way will still want to colour test it for themselves, but it was an option I thought about going with earlier in the piece, when I was having some trouble locating the caboose..
i wish i could get my hand on the Floquil colors myself and do a comparison test but as Jayvee pointed out they are getting harder to come by and especially for someone in Europe like me
Really looking forward to see a ROTJ version of your visual guide.
As I plan to paint such a helmet and the Humbrol paints are the easiest to get hold of for me that's exactly what I'm going to need!
Thanks a lot for your efforts!
Okay so here is a WORK IN PROGRESS of the ROTJ version.
(Still need to figure out the ears and triangle colors + some of the scratches ect.)
This was compiled using colors from two lists :
Jayvee's ROTJ paintup www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/update-2013-wip-jayvees-lil-chunk-rotj-love-paint-up-45306/
Terminal Fettlers List here http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/r...67/#post460709
As always i have used RafalFett's stencils http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/b...tencils-42184/
Personally i find the ROTJ paint scheme is a lot more challenging than ESB and i would really like if people would leave some feedback on this,
maybe you will notice something i didn't
Last edited by Jigglenomicon; Feb 1, 2014 at 7:50 PM.
Nice work man.
I too am very curious about the mandibles as I believe them to be the same colour as the ROTJ gauntlets. I've been looking for alternatives for Floquils because EvilBay wants a boatload for shipping to Canada.
We may want to look into humbrol 133: brown satin as well as a mix?
I will test Jayvee's red 100 out of the tin and see what happens when it dries.
Just saw this colour. What do you think of Amaranth Red from Vallejo
Too orange?
Word of caution death proof - never go by a colour chart sample - they often vary considerably to the colour in person, and particularly once it is sprayed through an airbrush..
Overall, a nice Humbrol collection. I would Highly recommend going with my Humbrol mix for the Dome and lower cheeks though, and if you don't want to mix anything, then even Humbrol 31 alone is a better representation of the ROTJ than 78. 78 is great for ESB though..
I would also still be careful using black and mists for the upper cheeks. Garrett is extremely talented and colour knowledgeable, so can make it work. But I think this may be tricky for everyone to pull off, and have the cheeks look the way they should. Again, even though its not Humbrol, I still like the tamiya sea blue mix, and found no real great alternative in the Humbrol line alone - and trust me when I say I colour tested extensively for those suckers!
Thats pretty orange, i would properly have mixed some red no 73 in
Try it over silver Deathproof, as white will bring it out at its brightest, and you will be spraying over silver on the lid. Always good to replicate the order of colours that you are going to use. Also, it will look quite different out of the airbrush, rather than just painted straight out of the tin..
Update - actually mate, after just going through my stocks and checking the colour, 100 IS actually too orange in comparison to Caboose, and will need the wine mixed with it to give it the right shade. I was confusing the straight colour with a mix.. Forgive me bud, it was a while ago I was testing that colour, and still think its far easier to use Caboose. Which is essentially a nice way of saying I am getting old, and memory is a little $hitty..
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how would you mix them then ?
1:1 ?
I'm going to take a trip to the hobby shop today for a few maroonish tests. I've seen Wisconsin Central Maroon available from a company called Tru Color. Seems to be a good equivalent so hopefully I can get it. Humbrol also has a railroad line with a EWS Red (rc418) and a Carmine (rc423) that look hopeful.
So while I was scavenging around the threads, I found this:
Seems like it's a good mix!
The whole thread (#207) is quite a good read actually. Everyone works together to go from the mandible red being Wisconsin Central Maroon to Caboose, to people not finding Caboose, to using Humbrols.
I would imagine that this mix be best used for the gauntlets as well.
they seem to be discussing the prepro 2 paint scheme in that thread but
73 and 100 mixed really seems like the right choice to me , at least if you have to go with humbrol.
I will go back to the hobby shop today and trade in my British crimson (too dark, too violet) and go for this mix.
The thread talks about the prepro2 but then transitions to the ROTJ because they are similar.
looks like i got most of the colors down now, i just need to figure out / research the color of the upper cheeks and the red/blue in the arrows on the top.


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* "A mobile people in a vast land and all of us are still in motion" - Saturday, Aug. 27 was the final day for the Smithsonian Exhibit 'Journey Stories' in Cynthiana. What a memorable event.
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Earlier this month, the club was surprised with a visit from students who live in the orphanage.
• Sept. 12: Casserole Carrier Workshop, 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., $10 per kit
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I think it depends on what application the heads are used for...my set of 2 stock never rebuilt 4 barrel plain Jane 429 heads are 7/16 shoulder's where the rocker ball is placed, but the threaded area is 3/8's fine thread, for the adjustable valve train...I've seen Cobra Jet heads with the larger 7/16 fine thread...Probably aftermarket rocker studs have also gone to the 7/16 size as well...These heads really like the new roller valve train with the jam nuts...have put quite a few sets on (3) on different engine combo's...Haven't head any problem with the 3/8 fine thread rocker studs...again remember the rocker ball is on the 7/16 shoulder.
I think I remember, that those early '9er's had the heavy cast iron rockers...not good for hi revs...okay for regular old-man driving...too heavy...install guide plates and a good set of aluminum roller rockers...do your homework...it was one of the reasons Ford went to the non adjustable lighter valve train...too many broken and bent pushrods...with the heavy valve rockers...Had a 71 Torino Super Cobra Jet when I was young... I sure loved that car,...my insurance company loved me for the high premiums...lol
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Business Plan Readers No Longer Believe the Hype
As investors and lenders continue to tighten their purse strings, it is more important then ever for small business owners seeking capital to create credible business plans.
What business owners don't realize is that investors and lenders are bombarded with business plans filled with hype. Take a look at your business plan. Does it include tons of superlatives like "amazing," "fastest," and "best," or phrases like "unbeatable management team," "first mover advantage," or "no competition"?
It is acceptable to use these words and phrases, albeit sparingly, but only if you can back them up. If your market size is expanding rapidly, cite third-party market research that proves this. If your management team is "world-class," explain its specific accomplishments it so. If your product is "the best," then provide a side-by-side comparison vs. the competition. Importantly, cite third-party research proving that customers truly care about the features in which your product or service excels.
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Herter Art Gallery is pleased to present "Field Notes 3", the third exhibition of drawings, paintings, collages and sculptures created by architects, Sigrid Miller Pollin and Stephen Schreiber, and landscape architect, Jane Thurber.
March 13—April 10, 2014, weekdays 11:00 am-4:00 pm
March 30—April 6, 2014, Sundays 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
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An installation made possible by the UMass Arts Council.
November 25—April 2, 2014
Studio Arts Building
The exhibition traces the development of American landscape design by analyzing a group of landscapes that were chosen for their significance, state of preservation, and chronological and geographical distribution.
February 4—May 10, 2014
Learning Commons in W.E.B. Du Bois Library
The Marriott Meals is a core course within the HTM program in which students have the opportunity to manage the restaurant with a team of student employees. Students deliver first-class dining experiences to guests for lunches and dinners. All of the menu items are made fresh-to-order.
February 11—April 30, 2014, Tue/Wed/Thu
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February 18—May 9, 2014
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February 19, 2014 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
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February 25—April 22, 2014, Tuesdays 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
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March 16—March 23, 2014 9:00 am-5:00 pm
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March 17—July 10, 2014
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March 23, 2014
12:00 pm
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March 24—March 25, 2014
Campus Center Auditorium
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March 24, 2014
6:00 pm
New Africa House
The U.S. Army's 19-piece jazz ensemble returns!
March 24, 2014
8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
This gae has been postponed due to field conditions.
March 25, 2014
Earl Lorden Field
This exhibition integrates the dichotomies of data collection and apathy.
March 25—April 11, 2014 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Student Union Art Gallery
Alice Cheung, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: "The Birds and the Bees: How Do Plants Produce Seeds?"
March 25, 2014
4:00 pm
Mullins Center, Massachusetts Room
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March 25, 2014
4:00 pm
Sortino Field Softball Complex
Esther Sperber will speak on "Studio ST at 10: Design and Collaboration." Esther Sperber is the principal of Studio ST Architects, a full-service, woman-owned, architectural firm located in Manhattan that is dedicated to exploring the embedded logic of materials and structures to generate new spatial experiences.
March 25, 2014
5:30 pm
Fine Arts Center, 463
Do you see yourself represented in shows and movies? Join us for an honest discussion on body image representations in the media and what actions we can take to change unhealthy representations and promote a positive self image.
March 25, 2014
6:30 pm-8:30 pm
Mary Lyon Hall, classroom
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March 25, 2014
7:00 pm
McGuirk Alumni Stadium
The Law Lecturers of the Isenberg School of Management and Sustainable UMass Present a Panel Featuring Sustainable Businesses, Benefit Corporations and B Corps.
March 25, 2014
7:00 pm
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Music for solo flute, solo contrabass, and flute with contrabass by Hans Werner Henze: S. Biagio 9 Agosto ore 1207, Betsy Jolas: Episode Huitieme, Shulamit Ran: East Wind, Peter Child: Dialogue, Theodore Antoniou: On the Top of a Mountain or Deserted Island, Hayg Boyadjian: Lumiere Noir.
March 25, 2014
8:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
Fractured: The Modern Nude explores the nuances of the fragmented body in modern photography and drawings from the collection of University Museum of Contemporary Art.
March 27—May 2, 2014, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
March 29—May 4, 2014, Sun/Mon/Sat 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
University Museum of Contemporary Art
Mini grant applications due at noon today!
March 26, 2014
12:00 pm-12:00 pm
Curry Hicks, 10
Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa, will give a public lecture on his new project entitled, "Rewriting the Spanish Civil War."
March 26, 2014
4:00 pm
Student Union, Cape Cod Lounge
Sally Sutherland, Visiting Fellow, UMass Renaissance Center, will present an informal lecture titled "Hamlet's 'No': The Readiness is All."
March 26, 2014
4:00 pm
Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
Come celebrate an aspect of the diversity at UMass with the third installment in a series of panels addressing queerness and its various intersections.
March 26, 2014
6:00 pm
Campus Center, 168C
Rape culture is a system of beliefs and actions which excuse, tolerate, and condone sexual violence.
March 26, 2014
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Campus Center, 165-169
The 21st annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival presents My Child (Benim Çocuğum), directed by Can Candan with Eight (Sekiz), directed by Tanju Özdemir and Sansara, directed by Bade Uysaler.
March 26, 2014
7:30 pm
Isenberg School of Management, 137
Winner of 19 Grammy Awards, jazz icon Pat Metheny is one of the most influential and creative guitarists on the planet.
March 26, 2014
7:30 pm
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
This exhibition includes a new series of large-scale watercolors, measuring as large as 100" x 60, as well as ceramic and glass sculptures.
March 27—May 2, 2014, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
March 29—May 4, 2014, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
University Museum of Contemporary Art
This is important time scheduled for discussion and exploration regarding IT knowledge, instruction and skills needed within our curriculum.
March 27, 2014
8:30 am-1:00 pm
Campus Center, Auditorium
Imagine the exhilaration of being one of the first people to witness the words of a new great play being spoken.
March 27—March 29, 2014 8:00 pm
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April 3—April 5, 2014 8:00 pm
April 5, 2014 2:00 pm
Curtain Theater
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March 27, 2014
4:30 pm-5:30 pm
Collaborative for Educational Services
Networking with Afro-Am, History, Labor Center, STPEC andWomen, Gender, Sexuality Studies Alumnae/i
March 27, 2014
4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Student Union, Cape Cod Lounge
An opportunity to speak your truth in a creative, diverse, vibrant, and welcoming environment.
March 27, 2014
7:30 pm
New Africa House, 203
John Ashbery and Valerie Martin headline the 50th anniversary of the MFA for Poets and Writers program at UMass Amherst.
March 28—March 29, 2014
Campus Center - Marriott Center
Print by hand! This workshop introduces and explores the process of creating unique prints through gelatin plate monotype printmaking, a low cost technique that participants can recreate after the workshop.
March 28, 2014
11:00 am-4:00 pm
Studio Arts Building, 110
Join us to hear Political Science and Honors alumnus Derek Khanna '11 speak about technology policy.
March 28, 2014
3:00 pm
Commonwealth Honors College Building, Events Hall
We hope you will attend the Fourth Annual BDIC Alumni Networking Event! Join us to learn more about the students currently in the BDIC Program, network with Alumni, and meet the BDIC staff.
March 29, 2014
10:00 am-1:00 pm
Campus Center - Marriott Center
Acclaimed novelist Jodi Picoult, who recently donated her papers to UMass Amherst Special Collections, will be the guest speaker at the Friends of the UMass Amherst Libraries twelfth annual Dinner with Friends.
March 29, 2014
6:30 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois
A protégé of the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Asif Ali Khan and his accompanying musicians offer a distinctive and inspiring experience.
March 29, 2014
8:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
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After months of reports about high salaries and financial questions at Ontario's air ambulance system, the Liberal government has cleaned house at the provincial agency.
ORNGE president and CEO Chris Mazza, who was paid $1.4-million a year, will be replaced with a top bureaucrat on an interim basis, and the entire board of directors at the agency will also be replaced.
However, the government couldn't say how much severance it will have to pay Dr. Mazza, who went on indefinite medical leave days after his salary was made public.
It also couldn't say if he is being paid while on medical leave.
"That will be a concern of the new board as it becomes operational, and these arrangements will be worked out," said Health Minister Deb Matthews.
"He's not my employee. He's an employee of ORNGE."
The NDP called for the immediate release of all documents at ORNGE, including severance payments for Dr. Mazza.
"If we're going to clean house we can't sweep the facts under the rug," said New Democrat Jagmeet Singh.
"Families have a right to know the details of what's been happening at ORNGE, and how many of our health dollars will be spent on severance packages for outgoing CEOs."
The Progressive Conservatives said the government ignored opposition complaints about ORNGE for months, acting the same way it did when a scandal broke at eHealth Ontario over untendered contracts and expense account abuses.
"I don't know if this government is completely ignorant or completely uncaring and in order to clean up whatever mess comes along, we have to be the ones that discover it," said Tory Peter Shurman.
"I see this is yet another incompetent health minister misstepping and doing a job badly."
Ms. Matthews also couldn't say if more executives as ORNGE will be fired, but left the door open to that possibility.
"I can't speak to that right now. There are decisions that will follow," Ms. Matthews said.
"What is important today is that it is a complete change of leadership at ORNGE."
The high salaries paid to Dr. Mazza and at least five other top executives at ORNGE were not on the government's annual list of public-sector employees earning over $100,000 a year, although 119 other workers at the agency did make the so-called sunshine list in 2010.
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The government said all salaries at ORNGE will be subject to public disclosure from now on.
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Deputy minister of government services Ron McKerlie will be the interim president and CEO at ORNGE, which will also have to negotiate a new service contract with the province.
The change in leadership comes after the Auditor-General and the Ministry of Finance both sent audit teams into ORNGE, which receives about $140-million a year in provincial funding to operate the air ambulance service.
"Ministry officials and the Auditor-General 's officials had a number of questions they were asking of ORNGE, but they were not getting the answers they felt they were entitled to," Ms. Matthews said.
The New Democrats said the government has known about troubles at ORNGE for years and did nothing to address the situation.
"The Liberals created the mess at ORNGE, helped cover up the growing controversy, and now they're still hiding the facts from the public," Mr. Singh said.Report Typo/Error
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