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Stock market quoted companies are valued according to widely accepted formulas, however there are no 'standard' ways to value small or micro businesses. This can cause real difficulties when it comes to buying and selling a small business, as the buyer and seller often have very different opinions on what the business is worth.
With this in mind, we look at some of the valuation issues that may arise if you are planning to sell your business, and how you can overcome them.
In reality, small businesses are rarely valued according to a rigid formula. So many other considerations come into play, especially when a small business is in a niche or unusual market.
Small business owners almost always attach a higher value to their assets than they are worth. It is not hard to see why; businesses built up from scratch are sources of pride for their owners, and the emotional ties you may have to your business are bound to view your enterprise through rose tinted glasses.
Valuing your business – issues to consider
Business owners often fail to take into account the extra costs a potential buyer will have to bear if they take over your business, such as:
1. Staff costs
You may well have been providing your own services 'for free', working longer hours than standard employees may have been willing to commit to. A buyer may have to pay for several new employees to replace you.
2. Tax rates
When working out future post-tax earnings for your business, if the buyer is a standard rate Corporation Tax payer, your company profits will be subjected to a higher tax rate than the small profits' rate of 20% which applies to profits of up to £300,000. The net returns to the buyer will therefore be lower and this may be reflected in the business valuation.
However, with the main rate of corporation tax being cut to just 21% by 2014, this issue is rapidly being erased.
3. Economic climate
Your options will always be wider when the economy is on a sound footing. During a downturn, buyers will be more cautious, and it will also be more difficult for potential purchasers to finance the deal. These factors will obviously affect the valuation you could expect to achieve during such a climate.
4. Risk
Buying a small or micro business involves a higher risk than investing in a larger established company.
Rather like investing in some of the more juicy AIM stocks compared to FTSE 250 companies, buyers will be aware that many small businesses are far more vulnerable to external shocks or industry changes. This is another reason why you cannot value a small business using the valuation methods used to value more established companies.
For many small companies, the sale price will simply reflect how much a buyer is willing to pay for it, especially in industries where there are no common valuation methods, or precedents to take on board.
More help on ByteStart
For more tips and guidance on the various aspects of selling a business, read our other guides;
- What's my business worth? How to value a small business
- How to get your business ready to sell – 10 things to do before you put up the for sale sign
It goes without saying that you should always seek professional advice before selling your business, or a share in it.


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- 1453 14th Street, Suite E
- Santa Monica, CA 90404-2790 United States
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by Vera Sanon on Friday, Jun 24 2011 at 02:48PM CDT
I had been meaning to visit this store and am glad that I did. The store has an amazing selection of Madelinetosh yarns. Parking is difficult because there is only on-street parking in an area where parking enforcement is "trying to close the budget deficit". So be careful not to get a ticket.
by freni on Sunday, Jan 03 2010 at 10:05PM CST
By far the best selection I've encountered in SoCal.
by jeanne on Monday, Dec 14 2009 at 01:40PM CST
Do you have crochet classes and, if so, what are the class times? Thank you, JD
by diane mink on Sunday, Apr 26 2009 at 11:32AM CDT
do you have crochet classes?
by lovimoment on Sunday, Jan 18 2009 at 04:12PM CST
My mom and I visited Wildfiber when we were on vacation, and we are so glad we did! It was like yarn heaven! I'm going to make sure to visit every time I'm in the area.
by Anonymous on Tuesday, Jul 29 2008 at 10:11PM CDT
I've wanted to visit Wildfiber forever and got the opportunity last week. I was not disappointed. They have a vast selection of yarn and were having a huge sale. The staff was friendly but didn't hover; in other words, they were perfect. Parking was a little annoying, but that's not their fault.
by RachelRo on Sunday, Jul 27 2008 at 10:16AM CDT
Be sure to park on Broadway or on the SAME side of 14th St. as the store (and feed the meter). Parking on the other side of the street is residential/permit only. I thought I was lucky when I got a spot across the street without a meter. I came out after my hour of happiness to find that I owed the entire amount of my purchase to the Santa Monica PD. Ouch!
by RachelRo on Sunday, Jul 27 2008 at 10:01AM CDT
Great staff! They hang back when I just want to browse and be in my own world. When I have a question, someone is always available and nearby. Amazing... they must have a mind-reading machine behind that big desk.
Also a really nice selection of funky buttons, bag handles, palmwood crochet hooks (comfy, good price, so hard to find!), and not-old-lady knitting bags.
by Liz G. on Monday, Jul 14 2008 at 11:43AM CDT
Great selection - don't miss that wall of Koigu! I had to sit down and just breathe the fumes! ;)
by Anonymous on Thursday, May 22 2008 at 11:24AM CDT
Great selection, nice people. I still miss the original Wild Fiber that had dyeing, spinning, weaving, etc. Don't miss the sale room in the back.
by PassionKNITly on Tuesday, Apr 15 2008 at 07:54PM CDT
They had a great selection when I went to visit. A decent amount of lace weight yarn as well as bulky yarn.
by Anonymous on Saturday, Mar 15 2008 at 05:18PM CDT
Fabulous yarn shop. Not only do they have the best selection of yarn, they offer great classes. When I decided to take a knitting class, I researched classes throughout Los Angeles, Wildfiber offered the most in-depth classes and experienced help. It continues to be a terrific resource whenever I need a little help or encouragement. I enjoy stopping by to knit, relax and gossip about Project Runway.
by f1fan on Friday, Sep 28 2007 at 11:51AM CDT
I have shopped at every knitting store on the west side of LA, and I am completely smitted with this one. The new owner (six months) is lovely -- friendly and helpful and creative and the kind of person you'd show up to have tea with whether you were a knitter or not. The same goes for the other people who staff the shop. It's a beautiful space, with natural light and high ceilings. And the selection is unsurpassed, partly, I'm sure, because they have the space to get in lots. I haven't needed help with my projects, but I'm sure that for beginners they would be as helpful as possible.
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Spring cleaning tips for the less motivated
Category: Spring Cleaning
Finding the motivation for spring cleaning can therefore be very difficult. Yet it doesn't have to be the gargantuan task you envisage and there are some shortcuts you can take to make things easier.
The more stuff you have around your home the more you have to dust, vacuum and polish, so either have a clear-out or put your things away in drawers or storage boxes so it is out of sight.
Not only will rooms be easier to clean if there is less clutter around - which means you'll be more motivated to actually do the housework - but they will automatically look tidier and more ordered.
Clean while you shower
Cleaning the bathroom is one of those jobs we love to hate. We want a sparkling shower, toilet and basin, yet we can't seem to find the time or the enthusiasm to get scrubbing.
So why not kill two birds with one stone and clean the shower while you're in it? Or if you're running a bath, see to the toilet and the basin while you wait for your water to run.
Steam clean your microwave
The inside of your microwave is one of those places that tends to be forgotten. Each time you open it, you remind yourself you must get around to cleaning it. And then another week goes by.
There's no need to scrub, however. Just place a bowl with a 50/50 mixture of water and vinegar inside the appliance, switch it on until the mixture steams, then wipe clean.
Hire professional cleaners
Quite possibly the best shortcut yet. If you really can't face spring cleaning, you can call in the experts and have it done in a matter of hours, leaving you free to do whatever you like.
Whether you go for a complete top to bottom clean, or just get the cleaners to do the tedious tasks while you concentrate on the easier ones, is totally up to you.
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Beneath a shredded blue tarp, 58-year-old Claudia Baker takes a swig from a can of A&W root beer. "Imagine your faucet dripping at night. That's what life is like for us — except instead of just hearing the drip, we feel it," she says.
After serving nine years in prison for child pornography, Baker now lives at an encampment of sex offenders next to train tracks near Hialeah. There, residents sleep on wet cots, endure massive storm floods, and openly defecate behind a storage container. Nearby business owners say the offenders have scared away customers. "My dog in Texas lives better than I do," Baker says.
Because of a 2005 county law, sex offenders in Miami-Dade are prohibited from living within 2,500 feet of any school, daycare center, or park — a restriction that essentially banishes them into homelessness. After New Times chronicled their conditions in August, Homeless Trust Chairman Ron Book declared the site a "health crisis" and announced the county would shut it down as soon as possible.
However, two months later — even after Hurricane Irma tore through and flooded the site — the camp is larger than ever. Why? Book says he's working on closing it but needs more time.
"It'll be sooner rather than later," Book says of when the sex offenders will be relocated.
The County has struggled to find a permanent home for sex offenders since passing its restrictive laws in 2005. For years, dozens lived under the Julia Tuttle Causeway until a national outcry erupted over the situation; they were shuffled around the county and by 2014 ended up next to the railroad tracks near Hialeah. As of August, 233 sex offenders are registered to the area of NW 71st Street and NW 36th Court. Eighty-eight are on probation with ankle monitors tracing their movement.
Despite Book's promises in August to close the camp, dozens of sex offenders still lived there a month later when Hurricane Irma struck Miami-Dade. Police forced the offenders to evacuate, Baker says, and many fled to shelters, including Baker, who hunkered down with 2,000 other people in the gym of Miami Central Senior High School on NW 95th Street.
Upon returning to the encampment, Baker found that her cot, tent, and rubber pallets had become wet and mosquito-infested. So she slept in her moist, molding tent while rats scurried beneath the rubber pallets. "The rats... they're big suckers," says 72-year-old Eladio Morales, who began living at the encampment only two days after Irma hit the area. "That's why I don't sleep on pallets. I'd rather sleep on the ground."
Since the hurricane, residents say persistent storms and showers have flooded the premises, ripping tents from the ground. "One tent ended up on the other end of the railroad track," Morales says, resting his arthritic legs.
A few former camp residents have been relocated since August. Baker says three offenders have been moved to real housing. Among them is 49-year-old Brett Borges, who once solicited nude photos and sex from an undercover cop posing as a 15-year-old on Grindr. He says he's found an apartment near 81st Street and Biscayne Boulevard.
Hundreds of other offenders remain at the camp. "Ron Book keeps telling us he's shutting [the camp] down, but he won't give us a date," Baker says. "When this is happening [and] where we're going, we don't know."
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Book says, "It will happen, but we haven't set a date."
Where exactly will the offenders be relocated? "No comment," he says. "But they've had ample time and opportunities to seek housing alternatives."
Baker says that in the meantime, residents have tried to make the camp more livable. They've acquired heavy-duty generators, a portable shower, a microwave, a speaker system, and a wide-screen TV and have used waterproof camping tarps, sheets of industrial-grade plastic, and even large event-style canopies to reinforce the tents. The additions, however, have only pushed the encampment's boundaries farther into the street, where tractor-trailers and pickups regularly drive.
"That's what we're afraid of," says Mary Grafton, whose family owns a custom-furniture factory two blocks down the street. "The county said they'd clear out the camp, but it's only getting bigger. Now there's more tents and more tarps, but still no one's picking up the garbage."


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Pocket Maxi - Off-White Leather
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- 3 patched pockets to hold credit cards or business cards
- 2 compartments for Id papers, banknotes or travel tickets
- 1 small insert for sim card
- 1 zipped pocket for coins
- 2 patched pockets for banknotes
- 1 loop for pen
- 1 D ring to be hooked
- with RFID lining
Organize it with: your credit cards, pen, change and money, business cards, sim cards & travel tickets. You can slip into our Card or Travel holders.
Wear it with: the Cuff (to hold it around your wrist), the Cross long (to keep it across your chest) or the Cross adjustable.
Loop accessory to hold your mobile and combine it with another Pocket or Zip style.
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Everyone knows that the best place to be at a concert is on the floor, right in front of the stage. This area is commonly referred to as "the pit," and there usually isn't a better spot to see all the action that happens on stage. You've probably heard of "mosh pits" before, but don't worry: Unless you're at a hard rock show, you likely won't see one of those in your pit. Pits are usually PACKED, and since you're going to be around so many other people, here's some concert etiquette that you can follow in the pit to ensure you and your fellow concert-goers have a good time.
Tip #1 – Move your feet, lost your seat
If you plan on being anywhere in the pit (especially the front,) you need to know that if you leave your spot, you're not getting it back. Before you head to the pit, make sure you've had your bathroom break, you've got an extra drink or two if they're available (more on that in a moment), and that you're good to stay in that spot for awhile. Don't be that person who is angrily/forcefully trying to make their way back through the crowd in the pit. Once you're out, it's time to find a new spot to enjoy the concert.
Tip #2 – Know the Words
Concerts are always more fun when you can sing along, but please, please, please know the words to the songs if you're going to be singing along down in the pit! You don't want to be the one in the pit singing "Hold me closer, Tony Danza." Make sure you do your research before you go to a show and at least know the words to a few of the songs that are going to be performed.
*PRO TIP: If you know you're going to a show well ahead of time, you can check out SetList.fm. Here, you can search for the artist/band you're seeing perform, and find out what songs were on their last set list. Artists/bands usually stick to roughly the same set list when they go on tours, so you can find out EXACTLY what's going to be played!
Tip #3 – Stay Hydrated
It gets REALLY hot down in the pit, because there are so many people moving around at once in such close proximity. Make sure you drink plenty of water both before and after the concert, but more importantly, stay hydrated during the concert as well. Grab a bottle (or even multiple if you can) to take with you in the pit to sip on throughout the concert.
Tip #4 – Wear Deodorant
I don't care who you are: You don't want anybody else's sweaty, stinky, smelly armpits all up in your face when you're trying to enjoy your favorite band/artist. Unless you're at a Nirvana concert, it does not need to Smell Like Teen Spirit. Make sure you take care of your own pits, before you head to the pit.
Tip #5 – Keep Your Cool
Let's face it — As much as we wish everyone was nice, not everyone who is attending a concert in the pit is going to be courteous. There will be people who don't heed any of the advice we've given above, but that's no reason to flip your lid and make the situation worse. When the pushing and shoving starts, just try to keep your cool and remember that you're all there for the same reason — to have a good time!
Hopefully these concert etiquette tips will make your next "pit" experience that much cooler!
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Sharon is a Centurion Producing Agent and a Broker at Century 21 Erishar Properties.
Her Background includes extensive careers in Accounting, trust management and sales before deciding to spend her time helping people find the properties that suit their desires. She considers her deliverer as she simply "makes dreams come true".
So whether you are looking for your dream home, vacation home or starter home. she will listen and give you the care and attention you desire and deserve.
Mrs. Seymour's experience includes telemarketing and retail sales while attending College in the United States and has worked in sales and customer service in the TCI and was the top sales agent for Caribbean Publishing and the TCI Yellow Pages.
Her other experiences include working as a Junior accountant for the country?s third largest accounting firm and as a Trust Associate in the second largest law firm in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
She is now a Broker of one of the largest real estate companies in the world.
She is self motivated and eager to assist clients in satisfying their real estate needs, whether its purchasing a dream home, vacation home or your first home, finding the perfect vacation spot, marketing and selling your home or having your rental property managed professionally.
Mrs. Seymour promises to ensure that she and all agents at CENTURY 21 Erishar Properties treat our customers fairly, ethically and in a manner that best serves their needs.


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I am thrilled to see the recent popularity of social media surgeries. While the surgeon/patient language can seem a bit top-down, these informal volunteer events are actually based on a collaborative, community learning model that blurs the lines between the social media "experts" and the practitioners who use or want to use the tools in their campaigns and work. Both are valuable in a social media surgery.
Social media surgeries began in 2008 over in Birmingham, U.K. and have really picked up steam recently, including in the NetSquared community.
According to the folks over at Social Media Surgery Plus:
A social media surgery is an informal gathering of people who want to learn how to use the web to communicate, campaign or collaborate. Surgeries are deliberately relaxed. No presentations, no jargon, no one telling people what they think they should know.
Anyone can participate as an organizer, volunteer (surgeon) or just attend. The Social Media Surgery Plus website has a pretty decent online-to-offline event system that provides the tools and resources to find, host, volunteer or just attend a surgery.
You might ask, what is so special about getting some talented volunteers to answer a bunch of Twitter and Facebook questions? Here is what is different about social media surgeries and why I like them:
- Community Collaboration. Surgeons are volunteers who offer their knowledge to attendees aspiring to learn more about the social web and other web/technology related matters. The attendees are equal participants as they share their campaigns, experiences and lessons learned in actually using the social web and tech tools. Yes, it's about connection and learning from each other. No panels. No presenters. No rule of experts. Brilliant.
- Informal Gathering. OK. It is a surgery, but as you are taking apart the insides of social media strategies, tools and tactics, who is to say you can't have some fun? Our very own Net2 Community Coordinator Elijah certainly did as did the organizers down under at NetSquared Adelaide while they tested the social media surgery waters. More brilliance.
I recently did an audio interview with Steven Flower, a NetSquared local organizer over in Manchester, U.K. He's been doing quite a few social media surgeries, including a series with the BBC. Steven's perspective on community tech organizing is worth a listen if you have a few minutes. He talks about the surgeries and how they are creating the kind of space that builds community.
In fact a social media surgery can specifically help those who are:
- Feeling the "social stress" of being on too many social media channels and not sure how to reach a zen-like social state or at least a halfway decent Return on Investment (ROI)
- Eyeing the social media pie, but not sure how to get a piece of it
- Techies who know how social media technology works, but are missing real human connection
Of course if you are really addicted to social media, you may need more than a surgery. But if you haven't hit rock bottom, you can get started pretty easily.
For organizers, here is a recipe from Nick Booth, one of the original people behind the surgeries. Volunteers and attendees, check the Social Media Surgery Plus website to join an upcoming event near you.
If you don't find a surgery near you, start one or contact your NetSquared Local organizers and see if they can host one.
Good luck and if you have any questions or comments tweet us @netsquared.
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John Wick (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)
I could start and stop my film review section right here with Why So Blu reviewer Aaron Neuwirth's comments on my theatrical review of John Wick where he left the following remarks. "A dude with long hair, a dog, and Mustang beats up Theon Greyjoy. Of course you loved this movie." He also went on to add that "and he listens to Marilyn Manson! You must have been in heaven." Let the record show, Aaron knows me well. I was truly in a nirvana-like state throughout the movie's entire runtime, and I have been salivating ever since for the eventual sequel this February. This is why I'm a reviewer! I already have John Wick on Blu-ray, but now in my grubby hands some weeks before anyone else I have it 4K Ultra HD! I want to shout it from the top of the tallest mountain, I LOVE IT SO!
I feel the need to start this John Wick Blu-ray review off by quickly discussing the plot of the film from a very high level because it's actually the very reason why I initially wanted to see this film. Keanu Reeves plays a former hitman that comes out of retirement to avenge the death of his dog (admittedly there's a little more to the story than that). But yes, I said his dog! Now tell me, how awesome is that? I sound like a little girl here, but I dare to utter the words awesome sauce! I love animals so much, much more than most people in life, so when I learned of the premise of this film I just screamed YES! It's exactly the kind of film I would go pay to see and given the right circumstance I too would totally extract revenge on someone if they purposely harmed one of my dogs. Let that be a warning to everyone. Haha. So what say you? Y'all ready to talk some John Wick? I am!
What impressed me the most about John Wick before even seeing theatrically was not Keanu's marvelous lamb chops, but the fact that there were so many stars attached to this picture. Let's take a quick moment to recap them all. In addition to everyone's favorite time-traveling surfer dude there's also Michael Nyqvist, Willem Dafore, Dean Winters, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane, Alfie Evan Allen (Game of Thrones' Theon Greyjoy) and more. I don't know how you feel about it, but those names are pretty damn impressive to me considering it's the directorial debut film of David Leitch and Chad Stahelski. I hope I can be this fortunate with an all-star studded cast when I direct my first Hollywood feature, but I digress. Perhaps what is most shocking to me is the fact that one of the movie's producers is none other than Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria. How do you like that?!
So yeah! This movie really is about a man getting revenge over the death of his dog. But relax. There's much more to it than just that. Without going into any spoiler territory let's just say that this one starts out on a "Debbie Downer" note just like Guardians of the Galaxy, and spins into something so completely awesome that you never want to get out of the action packed joy ride you're on. You know how they say revenge is a dish best served cold and works best without emotions, attachments and masterful planning? Don't buy that for a second! John Wick effectively works best because of the character's emotional attachments and loss of them. It makes him imperfect and not the Michael Myers "Boogeyman" as he's portrayed. His character has inherent and obvious flaws and I love him even more because of them. In other words it's not a Steven Seagal film where he never gets touched. You picking up what I'm dropping?
I had an absolute blast with this one so yeah I'm thinking Keanu Reeves is back as an action star. It really is amazing when you think about how far he has come in the world of action films since Point Break and Speed. He portrays the character of John Wick masterfully here as a empathetic family man, but one that can instantly flip that switch and have a heart made of chrome (masking his pain of course) as he unmercifully and unapologetically takes out his all opponents that stand in his way. Like a Marvel picture of late, John Wick, although rated-R, balances perfectly between charm, wit, humor, charisma and kick a$$ action. However, unlike the PG-13 toned down comic book violence of a Marvel film, John Wick is the kind of hardcore violence and action that makes your bones ache and question what you just saw on screen. Did he just do that? Oh yes he did! Some of the kill scenes, albeit very fast paced in nature, can be sloppy because he's simply reacting to every variable put in front of him (not masterfully planned as discussed in the paragraph up above), but are they all ever oh so awesome. John Wick uses any and everything at his disposal to defeat his opponents. Now the question is, does he achieve his endgame and come out unscathed and victorious? Well, you already know he doesn't come out unscathed at all, in fact he gets his a$$ handed to him several times, but you have to be a GD fool if you ever think I'm going to divulge the ending. You just have to see it! And see it you will. Let me tell you why.
There's a reason why Scott Mendelson of Forbes call this one of the BEST action films of last year. It's because it is! And it's really that simple. If you don't come out of your John Wick Blu-ray viewing pumped up, then there's something wrong with you medically speaking. The film has it all: money, cars (oh the American muscles cars), gangs, guns, girls, violence, Marilyn Manson, puppies and some good old-fashioned hardcore action, something sorely missing from most flicks nowadays because of that watered down PG-13 BS that has saturated our markets to pack in seats for sheer greed only. John Wick really is that breath of fresh air you've been looking for. It's not a perfect film by any means, but it's one of the best times I had at the theater last year and I'm really digging owning this on Blu-ray. So relish in how good it feels to be back with John Wick on Blu-ray by checking out everything this Blu-ray set has to offer you.
The below video score and related critique of things here are based solely upon my viewing of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation of John Wick. The 1080p Blu-ray presentation was previously reviewed here on the website. This UHD package sees its presentation supposedly derived from a 2.8K source and finished via a 4K Digital Intermediate. So that's kind of new and we have that going for us right off the bat.
- Encoding: HEVC / H.265
- Resolution: 4K (2160p)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
- Clarity/Detail: I can't really say this is the crispest and sharpest of the 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray presentations, but I can say elements like textures, hair and pores are rendered very effectively. The wet asphalt that John Wick's muscle cars traverse over still stand out the most to me. Compared to the Blu-ray presentation I would call this UHD one a modest improvement in the resolution department. If I was hard up for money, it wouldn't be something I'd race out and buy Day 1, but it's better than wasting your cash on drugs and alcohol. Ha ha. I think the uptick in resolution benefits the most with closeups and surface details/textures like the asphalt I just mentioned as an example.
- Depth: The onscreen characters all have that three-dimensional pop to them so they stand out well in comparison to the backgrounds like this one scene where we see the city down below past the rail or while walking through the bowels of the Continental Hotel. You won't see me complain here.
- Black Levels: Since most of this movie takes place in darker environments, I guess you can say yes the black levels are really solid and inky throughout. Best of all though with this 4K presentation finer details are now not all lost in the shadows as they were in the former Blu-ray. It's not perfect, but I'll take it.
- Color Reproduction: Ah the colors! This is where John Wick either looks fantastic or tonally dark and muted. On one side of the spectrum there are lots of neons like in the Red Circle nightclub and whatnot that make the presentation really vivacious and jumping from the contrast. While on the other side of the coin, the film is rooted in tonal qualities that include many dark moments and low lit sequences to match the story's elements. To say that the film has been color graded would be an understatement. It has been tweaked a lot and thanks to the HDR I would call some of the colors warmer and more natural looking/appealing. Explosions definitely look more vibrant. That's for sure. Things just look a tad different than the Blu-ray here thanks in part to the UHD's wider color gamut.
- Flesh Tones: Since things here are not overly hell crazy bent on vibrant colors and hues, I would say the skin tones all still look pretty natural and authentic throughout.
- Noise/Artifacts: I didn't notice anything wrong with the presentation's print in regards to any blemishes, white specks, noise, excessive grain, etc. There's some noise in the sky, but that's about it.
Like I mentioned up above in the video section, the below audio score and critical comments of such are based solely upon my viewing of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation of John Wick. Like they did with the previous Blu-ray release Lionsgate did not skimp in the audio department here. Both the 4K UHD disc and the regular 1080p Blu-ray share the same Dolby Atmos surround track. The 1080p Blu-ray presentation was previously reviewed here on the website. Now that I have Dolby Atmos in my home life you can see all my additional notes below on the subject.
- Audio Format(s): English Dolby TrueHD Atmos Mix 7.1, English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English 2.0 Dolby Digital Audio Optimized for Late-Night Listening, English Descriptive Audio, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
- Subtitles: English SDH, English, Spanish
- Height: For the first time now I'm able to take in John Wick in all its Dolby Atmos glory. Ha ha. It's no Pacific Rim, but John Wick delivers in the height channel through effective use of atmospherics, falling rain, a helicopter flyover, bullets zinging by and more.
- Dynamics: The dynamics are punchy and filled with aggression as every tump, snap and shot rings out with clarity and ferocity. Even John Wick's onscreen puppy was realistic as my chiweenie was all over the screen barking his little Star-Lord head off at it. I had to yell a few times at him to knock it off. Obviously, when the onscreen puppy's head was snapped mine stopped as well. It's funny how that works, huh? Let's also not forget that killer soundtrack blasting here too like Marilyn Manson's "Killing Strangers," which was featured twice in here. By the way, that song is off his latest album, The Pale Emperor, which dropped the week John Wick was originally released on Blu-ray. And oh yeah! Like John Wick, it's excellent too!
- Low Frequency Extension: Many thanks to the LFE channel for the aggression in the mix here to push the dynamics over-the-top. This makes you feel every blow, explosion, collision and most importantly, every gun shot. And of course with all the muscle cars employed you better believe you hear every V8 rumble too.
- Surround Sound Presentation: Again, like the dynamics category up above, your home theater experience is amped up here with bullets zinging by you, glass shattering behind you and rain that falls all around you. In other words, you're immersed here. But that's not all. there's so much more here and that's what makes John Wick a bonafide champ in the A/V departments.
- Dialogue Reproduction: The dialogue levels are clear and intelligible throughout the presentation.
Here's what I really like about the Extras section on John Wick. Both the Blu-ray and Digital HD bonus materials include six exclusive featurettes that take a detailed look at different aspects of the film including the intense stunts, incredible action sequences, the stylized look and locale of the film, establishing the world of John Wick and a discussion with director Chad Stahelski and producer David Leitch on how they made this action film their way. The Blu-ray also includes an exclusive audio commentary with the filmmakers. And best of all, the redeemable HD Digital Copy code is both UltraViolet and Apple iTunes compliant. Hell to the yeah! So let's take a closer look at all the action you score in the Extras department down below.
- Don't F*#% With John Wick (HD, 15:17) – This one takes us on an in-depth examination of the stunts and fight choreography as we get a behind-the-scenes look at all the major action sequences. We also get introduced to the concepts of "gunfu" and "carfu." LOL. Everyone (the director, stunt guys, actors, etc.) all compliment Keanu Reeves, the animal he is in which he attacks training here going through four rigorous months.
- Calling in the Cavalry (HD, 11:58) – This one focuses on how important the story is and how all parties came to be involved, including the casting process and the table read of the screenplay. You can just tell how spot on the chemistry is here throughout.
- Destiny of a Collective (HD, 6:19) – This one talks about the formation of 8711 in LA, which became the foremost stunt company in the world. It also shows their rise from being stunt people to becoming directors. How awesome is it that John Wick is the director's first feature? I'm jealous. The cast all chime in too about how impressive it was to work with the duo, expressing their enthusiasm for the project.
- Assassin's Code (HD, 5:18) – This one examines everything about the world of John Wick, underneath it all, the characters, violence, sets (the Continental Hotel), rules, currency (the gold coins), etc.
- Red Circle (HD, 6:26) – Here we are at the Red Circle nightclub, which is the filmmakers' homage to classic gunslinging club moments. The actors talked about how hard it was to shoot the hot tub scenes with hot bikini models. I'm just kidding. They loved it! They basically cover all the sequences that happen here in the Red Circle, behind the scenes of course with the long takes as well as all the fight choreography involved too. Very cool!
- NYC Noir (HD, 5:59) – This one examines the urban mythology of John Wick's world through classical storytelling, lighting, architecture, spaces and of course the extrapolation of New York City, as a hyper real world. They talk about New York City as the most important character in John Wick.
- Audio Commentary – This extra, as I mentioned up above already, is a Blu-ray exclusive only and features an audio commentary with filmmakers Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. Watching the enthusiasm of these guys in all the previous mentioned extras makes this commentary track the salivating icing on the cake.
John Wick is nothing new. It doesn't reinvent the genre. However, what makes it so universally appealing is it's a kick in the nuts with its fresh take on the genre and entertaining stylized action rooted in story. It's like driving in a Mustang GT, the real ones with V8's, a wild thrill ride. Lionsgate Home Entertainment delivers on the goods too with an titillating A/V presnetation and a healthy dose of extras coupled with a redeemable Digital HD file good with UltraViolet or iTunes. So anyway you slice it, John Wicks deserves a coveted place in your growing 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray collection.
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Life in retirement communities is a subject that has become a cliché on screen through the typically condescending or whitewashed approaches of sitcoms, films and reality shows.
The Oscar-nominated documentary short Kings Point, in contrast, achieves its significant power by taking jokiness and saccharine out of the equation. The film's elderly subjects, all longtime residents of a predominantly Jewish retirement community in Delray Beach, Fla., are not caricatures. They're real people, living in a stressful, Darwinian social environment and trying to make the best of the hands they've been dealt — or, more accurately, they've dealt themselves.
Sari Gilman, a veteran documentary editor, decided to make Kings Point her first directorial project after repeated visits to the community to see her late grandmother. Ida Gilman was part of a generation of Northeastern adults inspired to leave their homes for the Southeast by the promise of good weather, companionship, activity and, not coincidentally, the chance to own a home for perhaps the first time in their lives. From 1975 to 1980, according to the Census Bureau, more than half a million people over age 55 moved to Florida. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, new condominiums at Kings Point sold for about $25,000.
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"Many people saw this as an opportunity to buy a little piece of the American dream," Gilman says. "It was pitched as a way to retire to a life of luxury and that's how people felt when they first went down there."
Gilman's grandparents moved to Kings Point in 1978, when she was 9. Her grandfather died there several years later. When she visited them as a girl, Gilman recalls thinking of Kings Point as "summer camp for older people." But over the years, she noticed, the residents slowed down, ambulance sirens became more common and more people in Ida's circle began to disappear. Illness, loneliness and a difficult dating scene became the new facts of retirement life.
"I would hear the conversations my grandmother had with her friends," Gilman says. "I knew there was something else lurking there and I wanted to find out more about it."
Her half-hour film, which incorporates footage shot over almost 10 years, focuses on a group of five retirees who came to Kings Point in its early days and who, 30 years later, face the reality of aging in a closed community far from their families.
Kings Point competed for the Academy Award with documentaries about cancer, heart disease, poverty and homelessness (the eventual winner, Inocente), and yet The New York Times, in its review of the nominees, called Gilman's film "the saddest" of the lot.
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Gilman knows that many see her documentary as a cautionary tale, but she believes its message is more universal. "At the beginning, I saw the subjects in a more anthropological way — they were different than me and older than me. But toward the end, I saw myself in every one of them.
"They were going through the same things I was," Gilman says. Gert, for example, calls her friends on a Saturday night because she has nothing to do; Bea "shamelessly" pursues a man in the community, "trying to get something from some guy, but never getting what she wants"; and Frank, a widower, stays in a relationship "that's not really satisfying to him, because he doesn't want to make a change."
One resident tells Gilman that at Kings Point, "You're alone, but you're not alone" — and the director thinks that message resonates beyond South Florida. "We all struggle with the desire for community and independence and try to strike a balance between those two things."
Moving to communities like Kings Point "is a way not to be alone," she says, "and for a lot of people, it still works that way."
For viewers nearing retirement, though, the sometimes harsh realities of life in the community can give pause. One especially challenging aspect of the film is how some residents appear to abandon friends and neighbors in declining health.
"On a very practical level, you don't want to hang out with friends and neighbors who can't be activity partners," Gilman says, "but it's also scary to see somebody who's a reminder of your own mortality. Looking out for No. 1 is a defense mechanism, a natural response. Even though it doesn't look pretty, it makes a lot of sense."
And yet, seeing others ostracized on a daily basis takes its toll on the residents. "I observed a secret shame that some people felt" when they became less independent, Gilman says. "Our culture places such a strong emphasis on staying independent and self-reliant. These are all things everybody wants."
When Kings Point residents began failing to meet those standards, she says, "I noticed almost a self-hating in people." Her grandmother was a case in point: When she started using a walker, she stopped sitting by the pool out of embarrassment.
While the lifestyle portrayed in the film may be falling somewhat out of favor, Gilman is quick to point out that "most people down there really enjoyed themselves for a long time." Many scenes reflect the continued active social life of the community, including dances, card games, exercise classes and afternoons by the pool.
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Of course, for the residents, it's a life that goes on in the absence of their children and grandchildren, who were left behind when they moved to Florida. "It's really important to remember that all the people who went down to Kings Point chose to go there," Gilman says. "There's a stereotype that if only their children would have welcomed them into their homes, it wouldn't have happened. But many parents don't want to move in with their kids. My grandparents didn't. It was like a badge of middle-class status to say: I don't need to live with my children."
At the same time, she adds, "Suburbia is a hard place to grow old. Our suburbs were developed with young families in mind and a lot of them aren't conducive to aging." And so, thousands left.
Today, four decades after the first wave of retirees descended on Florida's gated communities, changes in the way we retire and age may be making that choice more problematic. "This idea of moving thousands of miles away from your family was an experiment that kind of worked for some people and not others and it may be less popular now," Gilman says, in large part because Americans, on average, have longer life spans.
"I asked everyone in the film, 'When you were my age, is this how you imagined life would be?' Across the board, they said, 'We never thought we'd live this long.'"
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With an altitude of 7,000 feet, Park City enjoys a pleasant, dry climate with low humidity. Average temperatures in summer tend to be in the 70s with the warmest months of the year being July and August. Winter temperatures average in the 20s with the coolest month of the year being January. Park City receives an average of 16 inches of rainfall per year, primarily in the summer months, as well as over 60 inches of annual snowfall.
As a world-class skiing destination, Park City is popular during the winter months as travelers hit the slopes. Guests may also be surprised to find that summer is an ideal time to visit, as the weather is mild and they are able to take advantage of the area's natural beauty and more opportunities for outdoor recreation.
Park City, Utah, located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, is one of the best resort venues to hold your next meeting or conference. Despite its intimate atmosphere, Park City hosts 50+ professional meeting and convention properties and can accommodate groups as small as 10 or as large as 700.
Park City, Utah boasts a wide range of lodging and meeting facilities. There are 1146 committable rooms spread between 50 meeting and conference properties, ranging from B&B's, boutique hotels, condominium hotels and full-service hotel accommodations. Within these properties there is over 125,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. Meeting planners also have 60,000 square feet of resort meeting space available at Park City's three year-round resorts; Deer Valley Resort, The Canyons Resort, and Park City Mountain Resort.
The year-round resorts are ideal facilities for meeting planners wishing to incorporate activities and entertainment into their agendas. All three resorts are within five miles of one another and are accessible via Park City's complimentary city-wide transportation system. For the slightly more adventurous there are over 300 miles of trails connecting the resorts and the downtown area which include everything from paved paths to single track.
Experience the spirit of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games at the Utah Olympic Park. Attendees can also games by participating in bobsled rides, watching freestyle aerialists flipping and twisting into a 750,000- gallon splash pool, or touring the 2002 Olympic Museum. The park also offers zip line rides on the Xtreme Zip or Quicksilver rides on the nation's first stainless steel alpine slide.
It's difficult to imagine a better, or more accessible, mountain meeting site than Park City, Utah. With over 25 professional meeting and convention properties and meeting rooms of all sizes, Park City, Utah is a great place to get work done. Meeting planners can choose from over 1146 committable rooms ranging from bed and breakfasts to luxury mountain retreats.
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
Approximate taxi fare: $99 USD
At just 36 miles away and less than one hour's drive, Salt Lake City International Airport conveniently connects Park City to points around the globe. A hub for Delta Airlines, the airport offers non-stop service to over 100 cities in total, including destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Additionally, the airport also offers non-stop flights to Paris and Tokyo.
Salt Lake City International is the nation's 22nd busiest airport with nearly 400,000 flight operations and over 20 million passengers served in 2009. Despite its large volume of air traffic, the airport has led all other U.S. airports in on-time performance. Encompassing terminals and 83 gates, the Rocky Mountain airport's crews are exceptionally adept at snow removal and will keep flights moving in any season and weather condition.
Travelers to Salt Lake City International will find a wealth of shopping and dining options, from the full-service Terrace Restaurant and Lounge and Dick Clark's American Bandstand Grill to stores that sell items unique to the region and travelers' necessities. Salt Lake City International features free wireless Internet access throughout the airport as well as full business services.
Airline carriers serving Salt Lake City International Airport
Park City operates a free transit bus system perfect for accessing all parts of the city and surrounding areas. The system consists of five color-coded lines that move passengers throughout key areas. Additionally, there is a Main Street Trolley to take visitors along the city's shopping and dining district.
The transit bus runs daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 PM. The Main Street Trolley operates from 10 AM to 10 PM daily.
Travel between Park City and Salt Lake City International is both convenient and affordable via shuttle. Shared ride services are available for approximately $60 per person; groups of any size can be accommodated.
Visitors looking to explore the surrounding areas of Park City would benefit from renting a car during their trip. Counters for Advantage, Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Fox, Hertz, National and Thrifty are located on the ground floor of the short-term parking garage at Salt Lake City International Airport.
Salt Lake City International has plenty of taxis, which travelers will find near the baggage claim area. Fares from the airport to Park City are approximately $80. Fees for additional passengers apply.
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After you'veaced your interviewand been offered a position at a school of your choosing, you will move through the following steps to obtain the proper paperwork to teach legally in China.
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A valid passportwith at least 12 months on it from the date of expiration
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YOU visit the nearest Chinese Consulate in your areato apply for a Z visa (work visa) – Don't forget to bring your letter of invite!
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