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A JOINT VENTURE WITH BDC Insight: Continuous improvement
In a competitive world, excellence is more than an buzzword. It is essential for any business today, says Dwayne Dulmage, vice-president of financing and consulting for the Business Development Bank of Canada.
"Every company wants to innovate and find ways to become more productive" he says. "Peak operational efficiency occurs when the right combination of people, processes and technology come together to optimize business performance."
In the case of the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company, hiring a master brewer from Japan resulted in the creation of a higher-quality product.
"Producing better when you are involved in the food and beverage industry may, in part, involve the intellectual property of someone who is very experienced," Dulmage says, "and this is an interesting example of internalizing expertise as a means to pursuing operational excellence."
He notes that for any business, the primary goals of any improvements are to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the business, grow the company and boost its market value.
Achieving excellence comes with a number of challenges. The first is to recognize the need for change.
"Many entrepreneurs, particularly those who are very creative, are somewhat proprietary about what they do and have done successfully for a number of years. They have trouble stepping back and recognizing what they don't know and accepting that they may need help."
But if they are open to change, the possibility of continuous improvement can make a huge difference both to business practices and to everyone involved in the company.
"Operational excellence is an inclusive culture that can feed on itself, a vision for the company that empowers everybody in it," Dulmage says. "The improvements become self-fulfilling. They come from within and people will constantly look at operations from an innovative mindset. When you have a healthy culture of continuous improvement, employers are constantly getting advice from employees."
In general, small steps may be more effective than attempts at sudden transformation, he says, although "a big bang" approach can work for companies that have neglected the need to change or for those faced with rapidly changing market conditions.
"The incremental approach to continuous improvement works best in most cases," says Dulmage. For example, small changes in the production line or updating management information systems can make a major difference to the efficiency of a company's operations.
"You don't have to do everything at once but you do have to improve continuously. Operational excellence is no longer a concept to consider abstractly. It is a necessity and businesses that delay embracing it do so at their own peril."
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Pre-1966 Ho'wood (aka Hollywood) was full of such moguls. For all the racism, sexism, jingoism, and general dizziness that marks Hollywood history, it must be said that the businessmen who ran the show early on were at least in touch with audiences and filmmakers, not just baiting them with barrels of cash and empty promises of "awesomeness." (We live in the Awesome Age, where every scrap of popular entertainment is calculated to knock you down on your ass at every instance. The general effect, though, is similar to watching a hyper kid's melodramatic "death" during a round of cops-and-robbers. "There is nothing so boring in life, let alone in cinema, as the boredom of being excited all the time"--Anthony Lane.)
I, S.C. Boone, am of the old mogul tradition. And, for whichever studio chooses to hire me, I will happily work for the going rate of a McDonald's franchise manager. I will labor as hard as any executive being paid seven figures, but with far more passion and personal conviction.
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Stick with the original plan of shooting the film in Africa, and give us some kind of African/ghosts-of-colonialism/Third World uprising plot. No, Max doesn't Save the Children this time. Let him get swept up in and overwhelmed by some kind of neo-tribal conflict. Let these Africans have a real, functioning, teeming civilization built upon the post-apocalyptic ashes of the one that once persistently sabotaged their progress. Let Max by turns be foe, wise, crazed counsel, and, finally, awed observer of the intrigues that unfold in this world unlike anything he knew in the Australian wasteland. All-new outrageous eye candy.
Now, anyone who thinks Mel Gibson's psychotic telephone rants earlier this year would harm the film's chances and Warner Bros.'s reputation is being knee-jerk naive. Let Gibson do a few weeks' penance with a press conference and some kind of rehabilitative reality series. Then get on with an action epic that ponders the clash of not only civilization versus barbarism but also of generations, in the brute-poetic manner of Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects," only far more balletic, as Miller's action stylings have always been grace personified. The world needs this. No one needs yet another youth-pandering franchise reboot that destroys all sense of continuity while exalting only rapid, juvenile, solipsistic consumption. Steven Boone is a film critic, filmmaker and video artist based in New York City. He champions big ideas and small budgets at Big Media Vandalism. He writes about essential films at Keyframe.
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A long-distance Eddie Stobart trucker who hated his job set fire to 14 of his employer's lorries over a two-and-a-half year period.
Ronald Day, 53, from Liverpool, of no fixed address, was jailed for seven years after admitting 14 charges of arson. Chester Crown Court heard how his arson campaign in various parts of the country sparked panic among other drivers.
They refused to sleep in their cabs at night because they feared there may be a fault which caused spontaneous combustion.
His employers, The Stobart Group, lost more than £1million – half a million in the cost of the damage, £300,000 in getting replacement vehicles to keep the business going, and the cost of a detailed investigation into what was going wrong.
It also temporarily harmed the business relationship that Stobarts had with Swedish truck manufacturer Scania. The haulier spent £42m a year with Scania and ran 2,000 of its vehicles.
Scania spent £100,000 on the wholly unnecessary investigation – because all fires were started by Day who held cigarettes under the dashboard causing damage to electrical wiring. The lorries were then gutted or severely damaged.
Martin McRobb, prosecuting, said that in September of last year Stobart found that Day was the only one of its 2,000 employees who was present each time there was a fire. They kept watch as Day went into a cab in Stockport with a cigarette and he was arrested.
Mark LeBroq, defending, said Day grew to hate the job, driving up to eight hours a day and then sleeping in the cab, a lonely life called 'tramping' by those who did it. He was in debt and felt he was not getting anywhere.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Former BYU and NFL player Jason Buck announced he will run for Congress as a Republican in Utah's 2nd District.
"For too long, Utah's representative in the 2nd Congressional District has been a willing participant in the rampant overspending and ever-increasing size of the federal government," Buck said in a statement. "It's time that our representative in the 2nd District believes what Utah voters believe and votes the way Utahns want him to vote."
Buck had voiced his intentions to run last fall, but was not sure if he would run in the 2nd District or the newly formed 4th District. He announced he would run for the 2nd District Thursday, a seat currently held by Democrat Jim Matheson. Matheson, however, is running for the 4th District seat.
"He had been preparing to run against Congressman Matheson for some time," said Dan Hauser, a spokesman from Buck's campaign. "He just felt that (the 2nd District) was a right fit for him."
Buck believes Republican Carl Wimmer will be able to defeat Matheson in the 4th District, Hauser said.
Buck, a Highland resident, played football for BYU and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1987. He played in two Super Bowl games in his career, losing to the San Francisco 49ers in 1989 and beating the Buffalo Bills in 1992 after he had been traded to the Washington Redskins. He became a part owner of the Utah Blaze last year.
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Updated: 05/01/2009 - The city of Bryan announced Friday it is replacing its acting police chief with a former acting police chief.
Updated: 05/01/2009 - The city of Bryan announced Friday it is replacing its acting police chief with a former acting police chief.
Posted: 05/01/2009 - Here is a way to keep your precious cargo safe. Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12p.m., State Farm will be hosting its annual car seat safety check in the College Station Medical Center parking lot.
Posted: 05/01/2009 - Friday afternoon, the swift waters on the Navasota River took two Madison County men by surprise, when their boat capsized and they had to be rescued by game wardens.
Updated: 05/01/2009 - Community Librarian Clara Mounce has announced her retirement after 30 years with the Bryan-College Station Library System.
Updated: 05/01/2009 - Doyce Cooke - Texas A&M class of 1962 - arrived in College Station Friday morning, after riding his bicycle almost 700 miles from Pensacola Florida.
Posted: 05/01/2009 - Games part of seven day event.
Updated: 05/01/2009 - The Navasota I.S.D. became the first Brazos Valley school district to close because of H1N1 concerns. The district made the announcement Thursday evening.
Posted: 04/30/2009 - Carrying guns on campus is not an idea Texas A&M students support.
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Updated: 04/30/2009 - A Madisonville man accused of killing a homeless man in downtown Bryan in February has been indicted.
Updated: 04/30/2009 - A well-known, local car dealership is closing its doors. Saturn of Aggieland is going out of business as part of General Motors' restructuring plan.
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Updated: 04/30/2009 - It's sweeping the nation, shutting down schools and businesses. H1N1, also know as swine flu, hasn't completely shut down the travel industry yet.
Updated: 04/30/2009 - The Bryan and College Station Independent School Districts say there are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu within the districts. Both districts say they are closely monitoring the situation.
Updated: 04/30/2009 - One man is in custody, but another is still wanted in the murder of a Montgomery County man.
Posted: 04/30/2009 - Thursday morning, Judge Steve Smith denied a defense motion for a new trial for the 21-year-old, who now sits on death row.
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By Deepak Vikraman | January 28, 2014 7:56 PM EST
Newcastle United, with reports of one of their best players -- Yohan Cabaye -- swirling, will look to put those issues on the backburner when they travel to Carrow Road to take on Norwich City in the English Premier League.
Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye is on the verge of a move to PSG. Reuters
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The Magpies have won four of their last six games in the Premier League -- the two losses coming against title contenders Manchester City and Arsenal - with that run seeing them in eighth on 36 points, seven behind fourth-placed Liverpool.
"They're doing well. They had a very good run before a poorer run, and then a very good result at West Ham," Norwich manager Chris Hughton said. "What has been very good has been their away form, so that we'll have to be conscious.
"We're up against a good side but we're at home and we're concentrating very much on what we would like to do."
Alan Pardew though has been bombarded by questions over Cabaye's future, with the France international midfielder subject of a bid from PSG, while Manchester United have also reportedly showed an interest.
The manager insisted Cabaye was in the right frame of mind, and would start the game against Norwich, who are unbeaten in their last four home games against Newcastle, despite reports suggesting the midfielder could be headed to France on Tuesday to complete his switch to PSG. "Yohan's been very, very good," Pardew said. "He's preparing for the Norwich game. I expect him to play."
While Newcastle have half an eye on getting near that top-four spot, for Norwich it is all about staying as far away from the relegation zone as possible, with five points currently separating them from the bottom three.
Chris Hughton, a former Newcastle manager, has been under pressure to get results, with the 1-0 win over Hull City ten days ago lifting that pall of gloom a little bit.
"Irrespective of who the opposition were tomorrow, it's an opportunity for us," Hughton said on Monday. "We want to build on our last home performance. I personally didn't feel the scoreline was a true reflection of the Hull game. We had some really good periods and we wish we could have made it more comfortable for ourselves, but it was a game we won.
"There's a good feel at having done that and we want to extend that, and we have a good opportunity to do that tomorrow."
Team news: Norwich: Michael Turner, Elliot Bennett (both knee) and Jonathan Howson (back) are still ruled out, while Jonathan Gutierrez is ineligible to play against his parent club.
Newcastle: Mathieu Debuchy returns from a three-match suspension, but Fabricio Coloccini and Ryan Taylor remain sidelined. Papiss Cisse is also ruled out, and it remains to be seen whether Cabaye will even be involved, despite Pardew's assurances.
Expected lineups: Norwich: Ruddy; Martin, Basssong, Bennett, Olsson; Snodgrass, Fer, Johnson, Pilkington; Van Wolfswinkel, Hooper.
Newcastle: Krul; Debuchy, Williamson, Yanga-Mbiwa, Santon; Tiote, Anita; Sissoko, Cabaye, Gouffran; Remy.
Prediction: 1-0 to Newcastle
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Regional Manager – Leading Leisure/Fitness business
Location: London
Salary: £60,000 plus car and package
Leisure operator with high standards and great brands is looking for a regional manager for a key area of their business. They are looking for an established regional/area manager from the leisure/fitness industry.
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Do you want a flexible job that works for you, either part time or full time?
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At Consensus, we believe everybody can do amazing things. Our job is to help people achieve their full potential and start them on the journey towards greater independence.
This Consensus Service offers accommodation for individuals with learning disabilities, including autism spectrum condition and Angelman syndrome. This Consensus service provides six bedrooms, which are decorated to individual tastes and styles. There is a large lounge, separate dining area, kitchen and a spacious private garden at the rear of the property with a purpose built...
Sales Executive - Novus Leisure - West End
Days, evenings and weekends.
30hrs per week.
Are you a good team player, looking for an exciting and rewarding career in an expanding company?
Are you a driven and motivated individual with the desire to succeed?
The position of Events Sales Executive is a crucial role for the venue to be proactively driving new sales and business.
As a successful Event Sales Executive, you will thrive on the challenge, bringing entrepreneurial flair to the venue and beating targets through market leading sales activity. You will flourish in this quick-paced working environment, tackling all aspects...
Salary: 21-24k+ based on experience (+bonus)
Novus Leisure own a collection of unique bars, restaurants and late night experiences. With 46 venues in a number of locations, the majority of which are in London's most desirable places, they are market leaders in the Bar industry. They also have the Tiger Tiger Brand nationwide, and they are looking for Senior Sales Executives in their sites in the West of London.
The position of Senior Sales Executive is a crucial role for the venue to be proactively driving new sales and business.
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We have a very exciting proposition for a commercial, driven and personable Deputy Manager!
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Well what if we told you that we could offer you a company that has all of this?
We are searching for a Deputy Manager or an Assistant Manager with a BIG PERSONALITY, someone who can grow!
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Exciting opportunity to join an established FM service provider situated in West London. My client is currently looking for a Mobile Maintenance Supervisorwho will ensure the day to day running of a number of Leisure Centres in West London & Home counties. The successful candidate will be electrically biased with a proven track record in commercial building maintenance. The role will also involved hands on work so you must be prepared to carry out as and when required both hands on / supervisory Duties.
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Exciting Sales Manager position, 30-35K+Bonus,Central London , Expanding Branded Late Night Venue/Restaurant Group!!
Our client is looking for a dedicated and driven Sales Manager to join their unique and well known leisure operation. With multiple sites around the country and a large presence in London they have a well known and respected name in the industry.
The role of the Sales Manager is business critical to maximise sales revenue and manage the sales teams to deliver on their targets. As sales manager you will have an entrepreneurial approach to new business and will be able to inspire your team. The successful Sales Manager...
We have a very exciting proposition for a commercial, driven and personable Deputy Manager!
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A global leader providing excellent service within a family orientated restaurant brand. With over 700 restaurants they truly are experts in their field. With a huge emphasis on training and developing it really is an enjoyable and rewarding place to work....
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A privately owned main contractor is hiring a Quantity Surveyor to work on a £70million Mixed Use scheme in Woolwich.
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This main contractor now in the top ten most successful within the UK. They do new build and cut and carve works on projects valued up to £200million and cover multiple sectors, which means you get something different on every job you do. Due...
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We are currently looking for Reception Supervisor for our superb 4 star hotel client near Stratford upon Avon. It's a fantastic opportunity to join their busy FOH team.
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COREcruitment specialises in management recruitment for the catering and Leisure industries across the UK and internationally. We represent a fresh approach to careers!
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Urgent need for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join an established multi-disciplinary consultancy in Central London. Our client is a well reputed consultancy with offices across the UK and who have exciting growth plans for the immediate future.
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Floods fear as more rain forecast in 'wettest April'
Monday 30 April 2012
Parts of England and Wales were braced for more heavy rain and
potential flooding after a weekend of storms left one person dead.
A man and a dog died when the car they were travelling in became completely submerged in "5ft of fast-flowing water" as it drove across a flooded ford in Hampshire.
And with up to 20mm to 30mm (0.8in to 1.2in) of rain forecast for southern England tonight, the Environment Agency is on "high alert" for flooding amid fears already-saturated river catchments will struggle to cope with more downpours.
This month is already the wettest April across the UK in records dating back a century to 1910, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.
The figures up to April 29 showed an average of 121.8 mm had fallen (4.8 inches) so far this month, almost double the long term average for April of 69.6mm (2.7 inches) and beating the previous record of 120.3mm (4.7 inches) set in 2000.
There are 36 flood warnings in place, including 20 in the South West and a handful each in the Midlands, North East and East Anglia. There were also more than 150 less serious flood alerts.
An Environment Agency spokeswoman said they remained on high alert for flooding into Tuesday across southern England but particularly in Somerset, Dorset and Devon.
"After a very wet weekend conditions have generally improved today, but further rain forecast for tonight means that there is still a risk of flooding across many parts of England and Wales.
"River flows are high after this weekend's rainfall and we are keeping a close watch on river levels as well as checking defences and clearing any potential blockages to reduce the risk of flooding," she said.
Over the weekend downpours and winds of up to 70mph in south-west England and Wales brought down trees, left thousands of homes without power and disrupted rail services, while low-lying fields and some roads were submerged.
The Environment Agency said only 20 properties had been flooded across the country, while thousands were protected by flood defences, including 600 homes in Taunton and 25,000 properties along the River Don through Doncaster and Bentley.
Unfinished flood defences in Upton upon Severn which were shored up over the weekend kept water out of the town and Tewkesbury suffered some localised flooding, but nothing unusual for the area.
However, the bad weather claimed its first casualty today when a man from the Middlesex area died in his car in Compton Wood, Hampshire, after the vehicle became "completely submerged".
His 54-year-old wife was able to escape from the car, but the man had to be recovered from it and was pronounced dead at the scene. The dog also died in the incident, according to fire crews who attended.
Inspector Jon Snook, from Hampshire police's roads policing unit, said: "We believe the car drove into the ford from the Hampshire side where it appears as though it was swept downstream and became submerged.
"On arrival, we co-ordinated a rescue operation with the fire service to try and free the man. Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
"We know that the ford was flooded and we are now conducting an investigation to establish the exact circumstances of this incident and will be preparing a file for the coroner."
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said it had attended seven separate incidents across Devon and Somerset in the past two days in which vehicles had become stuck in floodwater.
The fire service warned of the possibility of heavy, localised downpours as people were driving to work tomorrow morning, and urged drivers to be aware of possible flooding and not to risk their lives by driving through any flood water.
Elsewhere, Badminton horse trials were cancelled as the ground was "totally waterlogged and partially flooded" and with more rain coming, organisers said there was no chance of the course drying out before the event began on Thursday.
In Somerset, Taunton Deane Cricket Club was submerged under water, in Wiltshire fallen trees caused dozens of incidents and two roads had to be closed due to flooding, and in Devon, the Torquay-based attraction Living Coasts was closed because of the weather.
Despite the heavy rain, swathes of England are still in a state of drought, with warnings that the downpours were not enough to counteract the effects of two unusually dry winters.
A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said: "Following two dry winters and record low levels of rainfall, water reserves are still under pressure in many parts of the UK.
"While we welcome the rain we have received recently, we cannot be complacent and still need everyone to save water where they can."
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There will be no complacency at Sporting Kansas City
Feb 19, 2014, 8:46 PM EDT
Sporting Kansas City has big ambition this year, hoping to get back into U.S. Open Cup championship territory and making some noise about becoming the first MLS club to conquer CONCACAF Champions League.
Oh, and there's that MLS Cup title defense thing, too!
Either way, manager Peter Vermes promises there will be no complacency this year. You can already see it at work.
Sporting Kansas City chiseled out a 1-0 win today over the New York Red Bulls in preseason contest that featured something very close to both clubs' first-choice lineup. But Vermes wasn't exactly thrilled with his starters, and he wasn't afraid to say so.
What he told the club's website:
To me, the first group didn't work hard enough and part of that is smart enough, as well. They just didn't combine the two things: intelligence and work ethic. Because of that, we had to run a lot more. We didn't do the things that we normally do. It's good because I can use it against them all here the next couple days and I will.
Hmmm. Anyone else wonder if Vermes is looking for opportunities like this one, chances to push his players and periodically remind them that no amount of "fat and happy" will be tolerated?
Of course, there's another way to motivate players, and that's with the threat of more players (read: "potentially better" talent) coming in. Here, too, Vermes could have just been goosing his guys, grinding the gears and looking for more out of his charges. Or …
There's a good possibility that there's going to be a few more players that will join the team. We're still working on those. The roster is like a living, breathing entity. It never is fixed. It's never done. You're constantly looking to improve and things change within the group. I always say, players don't stay the same. You're either getting better or you're getting left behind.
With two front line men (Matt Besler and Graham Zusi) sure to miss a major chunk of May and June for World Cup duty, perhaps Vermes just wants some roster reinforcement. Benny Feilhaber remains on the U.S. roster bubble, too, so that would be a threesome of lost starters.
Or, maybe the manager is looking for cover behind DP striker Claudio Bieler, who fell out of favor late last year.
Or, maybe he wants a player who is comfortable playing way out wide. It's the one thing SKC's roster seems to lack, a pure winger, one who could provide some diversity in the way Vermes' men can attack the opposition – although lack of one certainly didn't hurt too badly in 2013, did it?
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June 17, 2009
The Zahra Factor
Maybe what caused Khamenei and the clerics to derail the Iranian election, as much as anything, was their disaffection with Mousavi's intense and outspoken confidant and wife.
Ahmadinejad signaled as much when, in a startling move, he went out of his way to attack her directly in the last presidential debate (and she responded by threatening to sue). Although she rejects outright comparison, Zahra Rahnavard (sporting what is sometimes referred to by conservatives as the "bad hijab" for its floral pattern) is openly admiring of Michele Obama, describes she and Mousavi as equal partners in most things, and has already modeled herself, through her active involvement the the campaign, in the historic role of Iran's first "first lady."
Considering that Ahmadinejad's wife has hardly been seen in public, and the photos that do exist offer her set back and almost completely obscured by the hajib, images like the one above must be profoundly difficult for fundamentalists to swallow, casting Zahra — in the name of her husband — as a feminist reformer and an iconic figure in her own right.
This second image is very typical, showing Zahra side-by-side with Mousavi (in a characteristic two-handed gesture), very engaged with the crowd and almost always more intense.
(image: Atta Kenare/A.P. Tehran. May 30, 2009)
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Walt Disney Records' AUSTIN & ALLY: TURN IT UP Out 12/17, Feat. Ross Lynch and Laura Marano
With the holidays coming, "Austin & Ally" fans have something tuneful to be thankful for. Walt Disney Records is set to release Austin & Ally: Turn It Up, a new collection of songs heard on the hit Disney Channel series. Featuring 12 tracks performed by series' stars Ross Lynch and Laura Marano, plus a bonus track from sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey (Season Five winners of Radio Disney's "Next Big Thing"), the album arrives at stores and online retailers Dec. 17, 2013.
Now in the midst of Season Three, "Austin & Ally" continues to dominate the Disney Channel airwaves, ranking as year to date, the #1 series among Kids ages 6-14. The series follows the adventures of budding pop star Austin Moon (Ross Lynch), songwriter and Austin's secret weapon Ally Dawson (Laura Marano), along with their two best friends, as they pursue their dreams of stardom and success.
Featuring one of the most talented casts on TV, "Austin & Ally" highlights music in each episode. Last year, Walt Disney Records' debut collection of songs from the show hit #1 on iTunes Top Soundtracks chart, while the video for "Heard it on the Radio" posted nearly 16 million views on VEVO. That album featured lead vocals by Ross alone. Now Laura joins the party on "Austin & Ally: Turn It Up," which is akin to a musical conversation between the stars.
Songs included on the new album are:
"Upside Down" - This instant pop classic captures that crazy feeling of love at the moment of inception, as well highlightingRoss's maturing vocal skills.
"Me & You" -Laura eases into the comfort zone of a perfect relationship in this joyously upbeat track.
"Who U R" Ross comes back on this harder rocking song about revealing the truth behind the surface. As he sings, "Don't be scared to show me something real."
"Superhero" On this up-tempo rocker, Ross shows that you don't need a cape and a mask to play the hero for that special someone.
"Parachute" This heartrending ballad shows off Laura's emotionally rich vocals, as she sings about finding someone who will never let you fall.
"What We're About" Ross belts out this super-upbeat celebration of life, in which coming in first isn't as important as just being in the race.
"Chasin' the Beat of My Heart"Behind an old-school disco beat, Ross sings about time ticking down before he gets with his girl.
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Published: 03/30/2011 01:41am
TV Tokyo and NAS, who jointly own the rights to the various Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series, have sued 4Kids Entertainment in U.S. District Court over money they say 4Kids owes them. They have also terminated their licensing agreement for Yu-Gi-Oh! with 4Kids.
The lawsuit alleges that 4Kids conspired with Funimation and Majesco to hide revenues that 4Kids received for rights to the anime, and that as a result 4Kids underpaid the rightsholders. The mechanism was "service fees" which the companies paid 4Kids for what the suit alleges were minimal efforts, which the plaintiffs characterize as money "kicked back" to 4Kids. 4Kids didn't pay the rightsholders any percentage of the service fees. The service fee agreements were concealed by rigorous non-disclosure agreements beyond those that applied to the conventional licensing agreements between the companies, according to the complaint.
The suite also alleges that 4Kids deducted expenses from the revenues on which it paid royalties which it was not entitled to deduct.
The suit asks for a minimum of $4,792,460 from 4Kids to the Japanese plaintiffs.
A number of meetings were held to try to resolve the issue. On March 17th, 4Kids wired $1 million to the plaintiffs as a payment in "good faith" toward resolution. On March 18th the plaintiffs representatives met with 4Kids, which "abruptly terminated" the meeting without resolution, according to the complaint.
According to the complaint, Yu-Gi-Oh! generated over $152 million in income between 2001 and 2009. The deal provided that 4Kids keep 50% of the adjusted gross income from the property and pay the plaintiffs the other half. Around $5.9 million of that revenue to 4Kids was from domestic home video revenue, based on FUNimation paying 20% of its gross revenues for home video sales to 4Kids.
The dispute puts TV exposure for Yu-Gi-Oh! in jeopardy in the U.S., as the primary venue for the series has been on 4Kids' Toonzai block on Saturday mornings on the Kids CW.
4Kids has been losing large amounts of money over the last few years; CEO Al Kahn resigned earlier this year (see "4Kids' Al Kahn Retires").
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