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Ticket #2311 (new enhancement)
Opened 4 years ago
bq27000 driver should expose CI (capacity inaccurate) flag
Reported by: | PaulFertser | Owned by: | PaulFertser |
Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
Component: | kernel | Version: | unspecified |
Severity: | normal | Keywords: | bq27k |
Cc: | Blocked By: | ||
Blocking: | Estimated Completion (week): | ||
HasPatchForReview: | no | PatchReviewResult: | |
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bq27k can not always give a good estimate of battery capacity, in this case it raises CI flag to notify user he must perform a learning cycle.
The driver should expose enough information to make handling this situation by the userspace easy, that most probably includes CI and VDQ (valid discharge suitable for learning is ongoing).
While at it also fix a minor bug of exposing NAC (nominal available capacity) instead of CACT (temperature and discharge rate compensated capacity).
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Name | Martin Scovell |
Job Title | Director |
Organization | MatsSoft Ltd |
Subscription Level | Small Business |
Registered Since | 6 Mar 2002 |
Areas of Expertise | B2B Marketing, Email Marketing, Mobile, Online Customer Service, Strategy & Operations |
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About Me
Following my business degree (Management Science - Marketing at Lancaster University) and time as a graduate trainee with Marley plc, I held various marketing roles in engineering, print and travel businesses before forming a marketing services agency in the late 1980's.
As 5 Communication Ltd, this agency grew successfully through the 1990's to a team c.30.
I exited in 1999, founding an award-winning digital agency with others - Evolving Media Ltd (www.evolvingagency.com), which in turn I exited in late 2012 after serving as chairman for 3 years.
Today my primary business focus is MatsSoft Ltd, a managed services software business that provides innovative solutions that join together workflow, reporting and customer communications.
I also retain interests in a number of technology and internet businesses.
My experience in business management extends to building businesses and business strategies, working with external investors, M&A activity, marketing and commercial.
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Navy Hero Who Lost His Limbs Dances With His Girlfriend -- Get Ready to Weep (VIDEO)
Here is, hands down, the most touching, wonderful, amazing thing you will see all day (probably all week): A video of a quadruple amputee, who lost all of his limbs while serving our country in Afghanistan, dancing with his girlfriend at a friend's wedding.
Seriously, if this doesn't make your heart swell with pride and your eyes fill with tears, nothing will.
Before I get to the video, a little background information on this adorable couple. Taylor Morris, 23, is a Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal tech from Iowa who was severely injured after he stepped on an IED. He lost both of his legs, his left arm from the bicep down, and his right hand. He's currently still recovering at Walter Reed, but he and his girlfriend Danielle Kelly returned to Iowa a few weeks ago -- coincidentally on the five-month anniversary of his accident -- to attend the wedding of their close friends. And there they danced.
More from The Stir: Massive Marine Homecoming Is One of the Most Touching Yet (VIDEO)
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Wow. I've watched this video three times now, and each time is just as profound as the last. Morris truly is a hero to our country -- and a pretty great dancer to boot.
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September 18, 2012 at 5:06 PMI have nothing but admiration for anyone in the service. I have had multiple family members that have served active duty, thankfully they came home uninjured. God bless him and his family for their incredible sacrifice to our country. I didn't even need to watch the video before I started tearing up! This is such a beautiful moment for this young man and his girlfriend, something that most of us would take for granted. - -- Nonmember comment from
September 18, 2012 at 5:07 PMNavy "Hero"? - This is truly amazing.
Yep, this brought tears to my eyes. What a beautiful couple. So glad to see her happy and accepting of her man as the hero he is. I salute them both!
- Nicole, my gratitude and admiration for you and your husband have no limits. Thank you for your love and support for your husband. While I have no idea how heavy you burden can be, I know that it is women like you who make what our men do possible.
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Pakistani leaders will meet next week to discuss ending a nearly six-month blockade on NATO supplies into Afghanistan, officials said.
The meeting will also include discussions on how to repair relations with the United States in time to attend a key NATO summit later this month, the officials added.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is understood to have confirmed the date for Tuesday's meeting of the defence committee of the cabinet from London, where he is on an official visit to Britain, the second-largest contributor to the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
Pakistan shut its Afghan border crossings to NATO supplies after US air strikes inadvertently killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on November 26, provoking a major crisis in Pakistani-US relations still reeling from the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden the previous May.
US officials expressed regret, but stopped short of apologising for the deaths that an American and NATO investigation said stemmed from mistakes made on both sides.
"A meeting of the defence committee of the cabinet has been convened on May 15. It will be followed by cabinet meeting on May 16," said one senior government official.
Diplomats have been keen to resolve the impasse between Islamabad and Washington before the NATO summit on Afghanistan in Chicago on May 21-22, to which Islamabad has been invited.
"The meetings will discuss whether Pakistan should re-open the NATO supply route or not, and if Islamabad should attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago," another official told AFP.
"These are very critical issues, which need a serious discussion," he added.
Gilani will chair the meeting, to be attended by all Pakistan's service chiefs, including head of the army General Ashfaq Kayani and ISI intelligence head, Zaheer ul Islam; as well as Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, the defence, interior and finance ministers.
Officials declined to say publicly when the NATO supply route could reopen despite local press reports that Pakistan and the United States are on the verge of a breakthrough.


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Graduation and Commencement Ceremony
Graduation Application Deadline
Graduation Application form
Fall 2013 - deadline extended through Friday, September 13, 2013
Spring 2014 - January 24, 2014
Need to change your program before you apply to graduate? Program Change Form
Winter 2013 Commencement
Students who applied to graduate by the Fall 2013 deadline (September 13) and are approved and Summer 2013 graduates will be listed in the commencement program. These students are invited to march provided they submit the online attendance form by Friday, November 7, 2013, to be eligible for the six (6) guest tickets.
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Guests, including all children must have a ticket.
Click on the Commencement Information link on the left-hand side of this page for details, including guest tickets.
Outstanding Graduate Award
The Outstanding Graduate Award was developed to recognize a graduating SCF student who has shown superior leadership, academic achievement and community service while attending SCF. Competitive applicants will have demonstrated success in the classroom and have shown a commitment to improve the College and the community at-large.
After Graduation What's Next?
The official degree/certificate is awarded when all graduation requirements are completed including:
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All financial obligations to SCF have been fulfilled.
- Transcripts may be requested by the graduate online .
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- Final transcripts include degree(s) awarded and the date.
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If you have received federal student loans during your tenure at SCF, you must complete exit loan counseling at: www.studentloans.gov. The website http://www.nslds.ed.gov provides important information about the Federal Family Educational and Direct Loan Student Loan Programs, including estimated payments under various repayment options. Please review the NSLDS website referenced above carefully. Once you have reviewed the information, please complete the exit counseling at www.studentloans.gov. If you have any other questions please contact the financial aid office.
If you are continuing your education toward another degree at SCF you must change your program for the next semester. Since you are graduating in your current program the college will change you to a non-degree seeking status unless you request a program change. Be aware this may effect your financial aid eligiblity.
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Spring 2014 - January 17, 2014 Program Change Form
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Learning about this rule was very exciting because it means a game could conceivably end with a 1-0 score. Look out, Vegas. I'm coming for ALL of your money.
Here's Fiesta Bowl referee Ron Cherry breaking down the bizarre play and explaining it to us like we're a bunch of four-year-olds.
Shortly after this happened, ESPN announcer Brad Nessler mentioned that he'd seen a similar situation in his travels.
Internet sleuths sniffed out that instance, which took place in a 2004 Texas-Texas A&M game.
Nessler, you sly dog. That's like winning the lottery twice. Some guys have all the luck.
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The combination of an increasingly complex world, the vast proliferation of data and the pressing need to stay one step ahead of the competition has sharpened focus on using analytics within organizations. To understand better how organizations are applying analytics today, prioritizing their future investments and transforming insights into action, MIT Sloan Management Review in collaboration with the IBM Institute for Business Value surveyed a global sample of nearly 3,000 executives, managers and analysts. Based on our analysis of survey results, combined with interviews with academic and subject matter experts, this study offers recommendations on how organizations can bolster their analytics capabilities to achieve long-term advantage.
At organizations in every industry, in every part of the world, senior leaders wonder whether they are getting full value from the massive amounts of information they already have within their organizations. New technologies are collecting more data than ever before, yet many organizations are still looking for better ways to obtain value from their data and compete in the marketplace. Their questions about how best to achieve value persist.


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176 Newspapers to Form a Partnership With Yahoo — John Marshall Mantel for The New York Times, left; George Frey for The New York Times — Terry S. Semel, left, chief of Yahoo, which is trying to regain its luster. Dean Singleton, the chief of MediaNews, said the deal would help newspapers earn money online.
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Scripps, newspaper publishers strike deal with Yahoo — E.W. Scripps is among a group of more than 150 newspapers from seven companies that have struck a wide-reaching alliance with Internet giant Yahoo. — The first step in the partnership, announced this morning, is designed …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Can Yahoo! and Local Papers Save Each Other? — Yahoo! announced this morning a partnership with a number of large newspaper chains, controlling a total of 176 publications, to share content and functionality. Both Yahoo! and local papers around the US are in a state of crisis …
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Beneath the Metadata - a reply — Elaine Peterson, associate professor and information resources specialist at Montana State University, has published an article called "Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with Folksonomy" in D-Lib Magazine (doi:10.1045/november2006-peterson).
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Yes, there is an Office 2007 'kill switch' — Buried in a Knowledge Base article that Microsoft published to the Web on November 14 are details of Microsoft's plans to combat Office 2007 piracy via new Office Genuine Advantage lockdowns. — When asked last month whether Microsoft was planning …
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Microsoft Windows Comes Of Age - Happy 21st Birthday! — Believe it or not Windows is 21 years old on Monday. When it was launched in 1985 the PC market was barely out of it's infancy, and whatever you may think of Microsoft it is amazing what they Bill Gates & Co have built in such a relatively short time.
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not sure if it's a sale, but the razr/razrmaxx/galaxynexus are all $50 off on vzw's site right now. just checked a sec ago.
EDIT: i noticed they're all back to $299 when i'm not logged in. must be my corporate discount.
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Correct. I told the CS rep (*611) I just wanted the 100 dollar discount like other Verizon customers were getting. It took an hour of me arguing with him, but he finally agreed to give me 30 dollars of my bill for the next 12 months and I still got my NE2. A far better deal than what I was asking for.
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I said that I read there was a 3G to 4G upgrade promotion. He asked what phone I had. I told him D1 and that I wanted the Nexus. He said I qualified. He added the promo code to my account, tried to ring me out and told me it wasn't working. He put me on hold. Asked where I lived. Told him Georgia. He told me it was only a Midwest promotion. I argued as to why different regions get better deals from the same company. I continued arguing about the unfairness. He put me on hold. Told me he could not discount the phone more than my NE2, but said he'd take 30 off my bill for the next year. He's been true to his word.
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I'm call too when I get off work cuz that's fubar, I could just change my address to midwest state order phone and then change address back and they would never know?! U think tenn is midwest lol
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I promised a craft project earlier today, but I won't have it up until tomorrow. It's way too dark to take photos of the finished product, so in the meantime, here are some fun links from this week:
All Things Garden: A DIY Guide at the How to Gal: She has some great links to really fun-looking repurposed planters, including a hanging shoe organizer.
Cinnamon Sugar Twists at The Idea Room: These look delicious! I can't wait to make them.
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Well stated Laurie; the left likes to feign outrage when they become aware of any small political effort on the right, but they are so full of themselves they forget about all the free support they get from the mainstream media, which is literally 99 percent of the broadcast and print media. And true to form they howl like banshees because FOX News (the one lone voice in the liberal wilderness!) offers fair and balanced reporting. Is it just me or are there an awful lot of self-righteous hypocrites on the left?
Not at all just you. Some on the left just can't see the hypocrisy due to an ever growing nose.
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Now, I realize this is super petty. But the woman said she was returning all of the clothes. She made it abundantly clear that this $150,000 wardrobe was not her property and that she would be donating anything she could still find to charity. So...what's up? I mean, I understand. I would want to keep the nice clothes too. I would think it's dumb that they have to go to charity and I might even hold onto them even after I said I'd give them away. But keeping clothes that aren't yours and not getting caught requires skill. It's like when I stole a sweater from my sister and made sure I never wore it when we were going to see each other. But, then, one time, I forgot that it was her sweater and she saw it and got completely pissed and I had to give it back. It's like that, except with $150,000 worth of clothes, fame, lots of cameras, and a public lie.
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It did happen under W. Bush - 11 TIMES!!!!
That's right. 11 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities after the 9/11 attack under W. 60 Americans died in those 11 attacks. Where was Fox News and the outcry from the republican congress then???????? Hypocrites one and all from the fools on the right.
It's just like OBIWAN and I tried to explain earlier:
CHIT happens under EVERY administration.
The problem with conservatives is that they get stuck in the past. They don't know when to LET GO and MOVE ON.
Hanging on to the Benghazi Incident will not help to get a Republican in the White House in 2016.
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EARLY HISTORY On the western edge of the Everglades and deep in the heart of the 10,000 Islands, Chokoloskee Island has been called one of Florida's last frontiers. Here at Historic Smallwood Store you will learn the story of the pioneers and settlers who tamed this vast wilderness. NATIVE AMERICANS OLD FLORIDA TED SMALLWOOD Settlement brought a need for goods and mail and that need was met by the Smallwood Store. Established in 1906, this Trading Post served a remote area, buying hides, furs and farm produce and providing the goods required. Ted Smallwood's store was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It remained open and active until 1982. When the doors were shut, 90% of the original goods remained in the store. In the last few years Ted's granddaughter has reopened the store as a museum, and today it serves as a time capsule of Florida pioneer history. The center section of the building remains as Ted would have known it. The hide room has been turned into exhibit space, telling the history of the pioneers of southwest Florida. Come take a walk back in time. Experience the unique history of the 10,000 Islands |
In 1906, Ted Smallwood opened the Smallwood Store and Trading Post in Chokoloskee to first do business with the Seminoles, and later the new influx of white settlers to the area. The store thrived, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and remained open until 1982. When the doors on the old store finally closed, "90 percent of the original goods remained in the store," as written in the brochure. Smallwood Store now served as a piece of history. Ted's granddaughter reopened the store in 1989, and today it is a pioneer museum open to the public. Standing tall on hurricane stilts above Chokoloskee Bay, you can now walk through and see how things were, and how they changed during the 1900's. The entire Smallwood family lived in the store at one time or another and there were remnants throughout. At the front counter were old cashed checks, payments from the store to the Seminoles for alligator hides. There was a working 1945 Coca-Cola machine, which we bought sodas from. There was also a small gift shop, featuring historical Everglades books and Seminole art and jewelry. The displays were arranged in groups that revolved around the various sections of the store. The area of the store that sold farm implements had several displayed on the walls. The area that was once the kitchen and dining room had an old fashioned barn sink and the original table where Ted and his family ate dinner. My favorite section was the school desk, and the many ancient text books and readers the students used on top of it. Also placed on the desk was a notebook with a young student's writing. The story was about a trip to his grandparent's house and the gators and birds he saw. Throughout the story were blue pen marks from the teacher correcting his mistakes-changing thier to their, and adding the "u" to "beatiful." Not much has changed in these hundred years. The views from the back deck out into the bay were gorgeous and next to the store, just off the deck, were the railroad tracks that went right into the bay where rail cars could unload goods for the store. According to store information, the Seminole Indians would row their canoes up to the back deck to trade furs and hides with Ted. This made him a good friend of the Natives. We didn't stay long, the store was small, but we did enjoy the slice of Americana the museum had to offer. The store/museum was open daily from 10am to 4pm. |
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Chokoloskee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Collier County, Florida, United States. The population was 404 at the 2000 census. Demographics As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 404 people, 183 households, and 139 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,445.0 people per square mile (557.1/km²). There were 589 housing units at an average density of 2,106.7/sq mi (812.2/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.51% White, 0.25% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.23% of the population. There were 183 households out of which 16.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.6% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.53. In the CDP the population was spread out with 16.3% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 32.2% from 45 to 64, and 24.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $36,389. Males had a median income of $26,333 versus $19,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,847. About 2.4% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.7% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. History Before European settlement Chokoloskee Island was inhabited by Indians for more than 1,500 years before European explorers reached the area. By the time Spain transferred Florida to Great Britain in 1763, the area was uninhabited. During the first three-quarters of the 19th Century, Chokoloskee Island may have been occasionally visited by Seminoles, white hunters, "Spanish Indian" fishermen from Cuba and various "refugees from justice."[7] Chokoloskee was briefly occupied by the United States Army during the Third Seminole War. In November 1856 110 men of the Florida Mounted Volunteers reached Chokoloskee Island. From there, an expedition of 75 men went up the Turner River, where they burned a Seminole settlement and a couple of planted fields. After a skirmish with the Seminoles in which a Captain John Parkhill was killed, the expedition returned to Chokoloskee Island to find that their base had been moved to Cape Romano, because of a lack of fresh water on the island.[8] Early settlement The modern settlement of Chokoloskee Island started in 1874. The second family on the island was that of Adolphus Santini, who was soon joined by his brother and his parents. By around 1880 the Santini family held claim to most of the island. In 1882 there were five families living on the island, including those of the two Santini brothers. These early residents farmed, fished and caught turtles, selling any surpluses in Key West. Other residents came and went fairly requently. Due to the efforts of C. G. McKinney, a post office was established in Chokoloskee in 1891, although it was known as "Comfort" for the first few months.[9] In 1897 Ted Smallwood moved to Chokoloskee Island. There were still just five other families on the island, including the Santini brothers. In 1899 The Santinis left and sold their claims to Smallwood, who became the major landholder on the island. Chokoloskee had acquired a post office in 1891, at first called Comfort, but changed to Chokoloskee within a year. At first, mail for Chokoloskee came by boat from Key West, then as the railroads extended down the Florida peninsula, the mail came from Punta Gorda, and later from Fort Myers. After the highway reached Everglades City, it came by boat from there until the causeway to Chokoloskee Island was completed in 1956. Because of the uncertainty of the mail boat schedule, a conch shell would be blown to alert the islanders that the mail had arrived.[10] Chokoloskee Island was quite isolated. At first it was in Monroe County, with the county seat in Key West, 90 miles away. In 1887, Lee County was created out of part of Monroe County, including Chokoloskee, but the county seat was in Fort Myers, almost 90 miles in the opposite direction from Key West. Finally, in 1923, Collier County was created out of Lee County, with the county seat at Everglades City, just a few miles across Chokoloskee Bay from Chokoloskee Island. However, access to the outside world was still by boat to Key West or Fort Myers until the Tamiami Trail was completed and connected to Everglades City in the late 1920s.[11] C. G. McKinney had moved to Chokoloskee in 1886. He had opened a small store soon afterwards and had been instrumental in getting the post office for Chokoloskee,. In 1912 McKinney wrote a complaint about how Chokoloskee was being ignored. He was insulted that two recent letters to him had been addressed to Everglade (Everglades City). He wrote, Now I wish folks could learn that there is another part of this neck of the woods beside Everglade. Everglade is a small place beside Chokoloskee. We have two business houses ... we have ten families living here.[12] Ted SmallwoodStarting in 1896 Ted Smallwood carried the mail by sailboat between Chokoloskee and Marco via Everglades [City]. In 1897 he married and settled down on Chokoloskee Island. He hunted alligators, cut buttonwood (for charcoal), fished and raised tomatoes. In 1906 he became postmaster for Chokoloskee and opened a general store which housed the post office. He remained postmaster until he retired in 1941. His daughter succeeded him as postmaster.[13] Ted Smallwood died in 1951,[14] but his daughters kept the store open until 1982. Ted Smallwood's store was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. His granddaughter has opened the store as a museum. Edgar WatsonThe Ten Thousand Islands country, including Chokoloskee, had a reputation as being a refuge for outlaws.[15] The Ed Watson story, as related by Ted Smallwood, is the best known example of that. Ed Watson first showed up in the Chokoloskee Bay country in the early 1880s. He had supposedly gotten into trouble in his native Columbia County, in northern Florida, and then gone out to the Oklahoma Territory where he allegedly was involved with the female outlaw Belle Starr. He then returned to Florida, and killed a man in Arcadia, apparently in self-defense. After that Ed Watson moved to the Ten Thousand Islands, where he bought a claim on the Chatham Bend River and began raising vegetables.[16] On a trip to Key West, Watson got into an argument with Adolphus Santini and tried to cut his throat. Santini survived, but the incident cost Watson $900. After that Watson bought a claim on Lostman's River. A man named Tucker soon squatted on the claim and would not leave. Eventually Tucker and his nephew were found murdered, and suspicion fell on Watson. After that Watson went back to Columbia County. While there he again became involved with bad company, and came under suspicion in the deaths of two men.[17] Watson returned to the Chatham Bend area and began making syrup (from sugar cane). Soon Watson had several people living at his place, including a man named Duchy Melvin, who is said to have killed a policeman and burned a factory or two. While Watson and Melvin were in Chokoloskee, a man named Cox and someone identified only as the Nigger killed an old woman named Hannah Smith and a man named Walker at the Watson place. When Watson and Melvin returned, Cox and the Nigger killed Melvin as well. Hannah Smith's body was found in the Chatham Bend River by some settlers and given a burial.[18] At this time, on October 17, 1910, a major hurricane struck the area. Ed Watson went to Fort Myers during the hurricane, and tried to bring the sheriff back afterwards to arrest Cox, but the sheriff would not go past Marco. Watson then bought some shells at Ted Smallwood's store and said he was going back to his place to kill Cox. When Watson returned to Chokoloskee a few days later a crowd met him at the landing and killed him. The sheriff did come down to Chokoloskee after that, and took a number of Chokoloskee residents back to Fort Myers for a court session, but nothing came of it.[19] Peter Matthiessen retold this story in his novel Killing Mister Watson.[20] Education, religion and medical careAs a small, isolated community, Chokoloskee did not support a continuously operating school or church. A small school building was erected, and teachers were sent on occasion, but the teachers were not generally prepared for the life at Chokoloskee, and most did not stay very long. The children of Chokoloskee Island did not attend school past the eighth grade until the late 1930s, when some began attending high school in Everglades City and Naples.[21] Religious services were also sporadic. A priest would come up from Key West on occasion to provide for the Catholics on the island. Protestant preachers also visited the island, and a small mission church was built. One week in 1915 there were two preachers on the island, with competing revival meetings every night.[22] Except for a "Doctor" S.L. Greene who lived there for a few months, Chokoloskee Island never had a resident doctor. C. G. McKinney provided most of the medical care on the island for 50 years. He was registered with the State Board of Health as a midwife, treated injuries and illnesses, and extracted teeth. His dental care was supplemented by the occasional visit of an itinerant dentist.[23] External links |
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If you like to cook, you will flip for the well equipped kitchen with granite countertops offering plenty of workspace, an under mount double bowl stainless steel sink with Moen faucet, maple French provincial cabinets, and a new, large, stainless steel Samsung French door refrigerator with a wine cooler drawer and bottom drawer freezer compartment and new stainless steel range. This is truly a "cook's kitchen" with not just all the standard cookware, tableware and small appliances, but also a Kitchen Aid stand mixer, a Cuisinart 14 cup food processor, a stainless steel fish poacher, cookbooks, pots and pans of all sizes and types, a restaurant style stainless steel four slice toaster, DeLonghi toaster oven, Cuisinart coffee maker, Oster 16 speed blender, Wusthof knives and sharpener, and beautiful, unique dishes and serving pieces. Oh, and did we mention the view? You can stand at the kitchen sink and look straight through the living/dining area and screened porch to the dunes and ocean beyond! Two bar stools on the dining table side of the kitchen pass-through make that a great spot for a casual meal or sipping a glass of your favorite beverage while chatting with the cook. There also is a laundry room with a full sized washing machine and dryer on this floor.
Conveniently located on this main level is the master bedroom suite. With a queen sleigh bed, charming vintage furnishings, and a 32" flat screen Internet (Roku) television, the master is on the ocean side of the home with beautiful ocean views, and opens directly to the screened porch. What a great way to wake up in the morning! A fully renovated en suite bath featuring custom river rock flooring, new vanity, countertop, and fixtures, completes the master suite.
Upstairs are two large, carpeted, bedrooms each with a reading nook, and a third full bath that is ideally located off of the landing that separates the two bedrooms. This bath was updated in 2013 with new river rock flooring, new lighting and a new vanity and countertop. Spacious guest bedroom1 boasts a beautiful king sized sleigh bed, 32" Internet television (Roku), and in the dormer alcove a comfy arm chair and ottoman provide a nice private spot for reading or relaxing. There is a lovely marsh view from the alcove window, and a wide blade ceiling fan keeps the breeze circulating for restful sleep. Guest bedroom2 is a perfect children's room with a 32" cable television and two twin beds. A dormer sitting area with a stunning ocean view offers a snuggly overstuffed chair with ottoman, and shelves of books at arms length. This bedroom also offers a wide blade ceiling fan for sleeping comfort. On the landing between the bedrooms is a bookcase filled with games and books, and a loveseat offering yet another great quiet spot for reading.
The Pelican Point duplex homes are the southern-most homes on Harbor Island....a single row of elevated duplex houses facing the ocean to the east and an expansive tidal marsh to the west. Private boardwalks, for Pelican Point owners and guests, are scattered among the homes and one is just steps away from your back deck. A 5 minute walk on the boardwalk will take you to the beach. Harbor Island offers abundant natural beauty with over two miles of private beach with gentle surf, dolphins and seabirds, and rolling sand dunes covered with sea oats and myrtle. If you are lucky and the time is right you may even see protected sea turtle hatchlings headed for the ocean one night. All guests have access to the Harbor Island Beach & Racquet Club facilities: an Olympic sized pool overlooking the marshes of the Harbor River with fabulous sunset views, a kiddie pool, sand volleyball court, 1/2 court basketball, children's playground, fitness center, tennis courts and sundries shop. A perfect place for a family vacation or relaxing romantic retreat, Puffin Place is waiting to welcome you to beautiful, private, Harbor Island.
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Andrew Coleman
Date Released: November 2004
Label: Tripel Records
Format: CD album
Track Listing:
- demons
- way to go
- fight or flight
- down pour
- forgotten you
When I was young I lived very close to the Greenham Common American airbase. While I was at primary school I remember it as an exciting place where once a year, during the summer, there would be a large airshow. Exotic Aircraft would come in low over the schools playing fields to land at the base and we'd run out to greet them- The Vulcan, the galaxy, jets and propeller planes in many shapes, colours and sizes.
Then, in 1980, it was announced that Greenham Common was one of bases which was to host cruise missiles. The airshows finished, the fences around the base became larger and the peace women moved in. Everyday, my journey to school would involve driving past the common in my mums' car, past the gates with the concrete blocks and guards, past the protesting women's tents, the missile silos ominously lurking in the distance. I lived in fear of the nukes. Radiation, fallout, mushroom clouds were a constant threat, or so I thought. The world could end at any time. But it didn't.
Demons isn't specifically about my childhood or the scenario at greenham common but it does try and reflect upon faded memories of fear, innocence and the way our anxieties and feelings shift as we grow older and gain experience and knowledge. Back in the 80′s, during that time living near the base, I was unaware of the levels of propaganda and bluff being used by governments on both sides of the cold war. I'm sure there really was a threat during episodes like the Cuban crisis but not a constant threat like I felt. I'm sure there are young people now, growing up in the 'war on terror' whom(?) have similar fears to those I had. Maybe it's just part of a loss of innocence we all go through to become adults.
Andrew Coleman, 2005
"Coleman alternates between genre-bending escapades into pure abstraction and leisurely strolls into more defined musical forms, giving Demons a curiously balanced identity, and making it a truly fascinating record "
The Milk Factory
"A victory of subtle sound-scaping over both neanderthal musicianship and sterile, laboratory-made beat-making, Demons is a record that relishes what can be done when the digital deconstructs the natural, offering a refreshing third way to all those working at the extremes."
Drowned in Sound
""Fight or Flight†begins with percussion sounds, but grounds itself in a rhythmic motif EQ'd to have almost no attack at all; instead, found-sound clunks, guitars and piano serve to create a 3D audio environment. Demons is so quiet that it could easily slip by in the background, but rewards close listening."


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Brad Dickson's humor column, "Breaking Brad" appears daily on Omaha.com and in The World-Herald. To read more from Brad, check out his past columns at omaha.com/dickson and follow him on Twitter.
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Brad's morning edition
Check back with Omaha.com this afternoon for more jokes from Brad.
* Michael Phelps turned 27 on Saturday. Talk about amazing lung capacity. You know those birthday candles that can't be blown out? He blew 'em out.
* Friday night, 70,000 people showed up at Memorial Park for a free concert by Huey Lewis and the News and a 10-minute fireworks show. I think it went to someone's head. Today the News announced they don't need Huey and are going out on their own.
* That's a big turnout. I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, but this is Omaha; the Rolling Stones could perform and half the crowd would be there just for the postconcert 10-minute fireworks show.
* At the present rate of exploding fireworks heard around town, by this time on Wednesday, Omaha will essentially be one huge firecracker.
* More than eighty fireworks stands are open in and around Omaha. Meals on Wheels and the Omaha Children's Museum even operate stands. This is when you know fireworks are popular in a city - our children's museum and Meals on Wheels are hawking 'em.
* On Wednesday we celebrate our independence. Katie Holmes declared her independence a few days early.
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* Brett Favre complimented Aaron Rodgers. So while most of the country is gripped by a heat wave, hell has frozen completely over.


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13.2 Reporting Current Liabilities Such as Gift Cards
Learning Objectives
At the end of this section students should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Define and record accrued liabilities.
- Report the sale and redemption of gift cards.
- Account for gift cards that are not expected to be redeemed.
Recognizing All of a Company's Current Liabilities
Question: Current liabilities often include rent payable, salary payable, insurance payable, and the like. These debts are incurred in connection with day-to-day operations. The amounts are known and payment will be made within a relatively short period of time.
Liabilities that result from physical events such as the purchase of inventory or supplies are often reported under the generic title "accounts payable." Other current debts (interest payable or rent payable, for example) are sometimes grouped together as accrued liabilitiesLiabilities that grow gradually because of the passage of time; common examples include salaries, rent, and interest. because they grow gradually in size over time rather than through a specific transaction. How does an organization determine the amount of current liabilities to be reported on its balance sheet?
Answer: As discussed in a previous chapter, the timing for the recognition of a purchase is guided by the FOB point specified by the seller or negotiated by the parties. If marked "FOB shipping point," the liability is reported by the buyer when the goods leave the seller's place of business. "FOB destination" delays recording until the merchandise is received by the buyer. Unless goods are damaged during transit or a dispute arises over payment for transportation charges, the FOB point is only relevant near the end of the fiscal year as the accountant attempts to separate transactions between one period and the next.
Many other liabilities are not created by a specific event but rather grow gradually day by day. Interest and rent are common examples but salaries, payroll taxes, and utilities also accrue in the same manner. They increase based on the passage of time. Interest on a loan or the amount due to an employee gets larger on a continual basis until paid. Adjusting entries are required at the end of a period to recognize any accrued liabilities that have been omitted from the general ledger.
To illustrate, assume a large group of employees earns total wages of $10,000 per day. They work Monday through Friday with payment made on the final day of each week. If the company's fiscal year ends on a Wednesday, an adjustment is necessary so that both the expense on the income statement and the liability on the balance sheet are presented fairly for the three days that passed without payment. The adjustment shown in Figure 13.3 "Year-End Adjusting Entry to Recognize Debt to Employees for Three Days' Work" is made for $30,000 ($10,000 per day for three days) so that the debt incurred for salaries prior to the end of the year is reported. The expense is recognized in this period to match the cost with the revenues that were earned during these three days by the employees.
Figure 13.3 Year-End Adjusting Entry to Recognize Debt to Employees for Three Days' Work
As a second example, assume a company borrows $100,000 from a bank on December 1 with payment to be made in six months. The bank has to earn a profit and charges a 6 percent annual interest rate. By the end of that year, the company owes interest but only for the one month that has passed. As of December 31, interest expense has grown to $500 ($100,000 principal × 6 percent × 1/12 year). This accrued liability is recognized through the adjusting entry shown in Figure 13.4 "Year-End Adjusting Entry to Recognize Interest for One Month".
Figure 13.4 Year-End Adjusting Entry to Recognize Interest for One Month
Test Yourself
An organization rents a warehouse for $8,000 per week. Cash payments are made to the owner of the building at the end of every six weeks. No payments were made for the last four weeks of Year One but the company accountant forgot to accrue this liability. Which of the following statements is not true concerning the Year One financial statements?
- The current ratio is overstated.
- Total liabilities are understated.
- Net income is understated.
- Rent expense is understated.
The correct answer is choice c: Net income is understated.
Rent expense and rent payable for these four weeks ($32,000) have been omitted. Current liabilities (and, hence, total liabilities) are understated because of the debt was never recorded. If current liabilities are too low, the current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) is too high. Rent for this period has not been recorded so the expense on the income statement is understated, which makes the reported net income too high.
Reporting the Sale of Gift Cards as a Liability
Question: The February 26, 2011, balance sheet for Best Buy Co. Inc. shows several typical current liability accounts such as accounts payable and accrued liabilities. However, a $474 million figure also appears titled "Unredeemed Gift Card LiabilitiesAn obligation arising when a business accepts cash and issues a card that can be redeemed in the future for a specified amount of assets or services.."
Over the last decade or so, the importance of gift cards has escalated dramatically as a source of revenue for many businesses. By purchasing such cards, customers obtain the right to a specified amount of goods or services. From Starbucks to McDonald's to Amazon.com, these cards are sold to serve as gifts or merely as a convenient method for handling future payments. How does a company such as Best Buy account for the thousands of gift cards that it sells each year?
Answer: As stated previously, a liability represents a probable future sacrifice of an asset or service. By selling a gift card, a company has created an obligation to the customer that must be reported. Businesses such as Best Buy or Barnes & Noble accept cash but then have to be willing to hand over inventory items such as cameras or books whenever the gift card is presented. Or, perhaps, some service is due to the cardholder such as the repair of a computer or a massage. To the seller, a gift card reflects a liability but one that is not normally settled with cash. Undoubtedly, the most common type of gift card in the world is a postal stamp. When bought, the stamp provides a person with the right to receive a particular service, the mailing of a letter or package.
To illustrate, assume that a company sells ten thousand gift cards with a redemption value of $50 each. Revenue cannot be reported at the time of sale; the earning process is not yet substantially complete. No asset or service has been conveyed to the customer. Rather, as shown in Figure 13.5 "Sale of Ten Thousand $50 Gift Cards for Cash", a liability (labeled as "unearned revenue" or "gift card liability") is recognized to indicate that the company has an obligation to the holder of the card.
Figure 13.5 Sale of Ten Thousand $50 Gift Cards for Cash
Over time, customers will present their gift cards for selected merchandise. To complete this illustration, assume that a person uses one of the $50 cards to acquire goods that had originally cost the company $32. Upon redemption, the liability is satisfied and the revenue is recognized. This exchange is reported in Figure 13.6 "Redemption of Gift Card". A perpetual inventory system is used in this example to demonstrate the impact on inventory and cost of goods sold.
Figure 13.6 Redemption of Gift Card
Accounting for Gift Cards That Are Never Redeemed
Question: Some gift cards are never redeemed. They might be lost or just forgotten by their owners. Does the liability for a gift card remain on a company's balance sheet indefinitely if it is unlikely that redemption will ever occur?
Answer: One reason that gift cards have become so popular with businesses is that some percentage will never be redeemed. They will be misplaced, stolen, or the holder will move away or die. Perhaps the person simply does not want the merchandise that is available. In such cases, the seller received money but has never had to fulfill the obligation. The entire amount of cash from the sale of the gift card is profit.
For the accountant, a question arises as to the appropriate timing of revenue recognition from such anticipated defaults. The earning process is never substantially completed by a redemption. In theory, a company recognizes this revenue when reasonable evidence exists that the card will never be used by the customer. Practically, though, determining this precise point is a matter of speculation.
Companies typically report the revenue from unused gift cards at one of three possible times:
- When the cards expire if a time limit is imposed.
- After the passage of a specified period of time such as eighteen months or two years.
- In proportion to the cards that are actually redeemed. To illustrate this final option, assume that a company sells thousands of cards. Based on historical trends, company officials believe that $8,000 of these gift cards will never be turned in by their owners. If 10 percent of the expected gift cards are redeemed this month, the company can also reclassify $800 (10 percent of $8,000) from unearned revenue to revenue to reflect the estimated portion of those cards that will never be presented.
Because of this accounting issue, a note to the financial statements produced by Best Buy explains, "We recognize revenue from gift cards when: (i) the gift card is redeemed by the customer, or (ii) the likelihood of the gift card being redeemed by the customer is remote ('gift card breakage'), and we determine that we do not have a legal obligation to remit the value of unredeemed gift cards to the relevant jurisdictions. We determine our gift card breakage rate based upon historical redemption patterns."
Test Yourself
The Boston Book Company (BBC) sells $700,000 of gift cards during Year One. Of this amount, 60 percent are redeemed before the end of the year and properly recorded. Another 4 percent expired because of time limitations. The others remain outstanding at the end of the year. The accountant for BBC did not realize that the time limitations had been reached so made no entry for the 4 percent. What is the result of the accountant's failure to make an entry?
- Revenues are overstated.
- Net income is overstated.
- Liabilities are overstated.
- There is an impact on liabilities but not on net income.
The correct answer is choice c: Liabilities are overstated.
When the gift cards were sold, the total amount was recorded as a liability to indicate that the company owed a service or an asset to the customer. At the time of redemption or expiration, this liability should have been reclassified as revenue. That adjustment was not made for the cards that had expired. The liability was not properly reduced. It remains too high while revenue (and, hence, net income) is understated because of the failure to recognize this amount.
Key Takeaway
Companies report a wide variety of current liabilities. Accounts payable are normally created by the purchase of inventory or supplies. Accrued liabilities such as rent and interest are those debts that grow gradually over time. All such liabilities must be found and recorded prior to the preparation of financial statements. One common liability is created by the sale of gift cards. In today's retail world, many companies offer these cards in hopes of increasing profits. Because a product or service must be provided when the card is presented, the company has an obligation so that a liability is reported. This liability is later reclassified as revenue when the card is redeemed because the earning process is substantially complete at that point. Revenue should also be recorded for a gift card when it becomes likely that redemption will never occur. Cards can be lost, stolen, or the customer might die or leave the area. The revenue associated with unredeemed gift cards must be reported at an appropriate point in time such as on the date of expiration or in proportion to the redemption of other cards.


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