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GoPago to Compete with Square to Kill the Cash Register
Posted by Carter Dotson on August 8th, 2012
iPhone App - Designed for iPhone, compatible with iPad
GoPago is a startup with a goal that's rather modest: they want to kill the cash register. They're going to do this with an offer for any interested merchants: they'll send along a 4G-enabled tablet with GoPago software, card reader, cash box, and receipt printer for free. They'll only be making money off of a 2.85% fee on credit card transactions. JPMorgan Chase is backing GoPago, so this isn't just a fly-by-night company.
In particular, GoPago is competing with Square, which has been distributing their own free card readers and has been pushing the Square Register iPad app. Square card swipes are a bit cheaper at 2.75% per swipe compared to GoPago's 2.85% per swipe, but GoPago is giving away the tablet and other physical materials for free as well. For businesses looking to easily accept credit cards and to make their business more flexible, GoPago could be an interesting option, though with Square's recent deal to start processing payments for Starbucks, this may be a tricky field to penetrate.
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by Myles McMorrow, August 19, 2009
Pool pumps are at the forefront when it comes to the operating costs associated with swimming pools.
Pumps can cost anywhere from $60 and up each month in electricity costs depending on how much you run your pump and the size of your pool (and how much you are being charged per KWH). Many pool builders in the 80's and 90's thought bigger is better and would oversize pool pumps costing the home owners more money to run them.
When it comes to pump sizing - as a rule of thumb, you want to turn over or "move" every gallon of water in an 8 hour period of time. If you get a pump that will do this, and your filter is sized properly, you may only have to run the pump 8 hours. That will save you a lot if you run your pump 24 hours a day, cutting your bill to 1/3 of what it was.
If you want to reduce the pump operation time even more, use a better filter and proper water chemistry and sanitation. Monitoring and optimizing your circulation, in a circular pattern ~ so that there are no dead spots, can also help reduce pump operation time.
Many power companies have peak and off peak rates. It is always cheaper to run it in the off peak hours. This is where a good pool timer comes in handy. There are many timers on the market and if you want to save you should invest in one for your pump and your pool cleaner pump. I recommend the Intermatic digital timers. One will operate 3 "loads" or pool equipment items, and can have as many on and off settings as you want. That way you can run for 4 hours during peak times and 4 off peak times and save even more money without compromising your pool water clearity. Timers also should increase the life of your motor, as it is put under load for fewer hours per day.
Many power companies and states are offering rebates for the next generation variable speed pool pumps that have hit the market in the past few years. Let me tell you they are amazing on how much they will save you. What if I told you these new pumps, although the initial cost is much higher than a standard pool pump, would pay for itself in two and a half years in power savings? Sound like it would be worth it? You bet, the life of a pump is about 10 years and with energy savings of up to 90% per month it will save you a lot. These pumps have a built in computer that will optimize the pump for your pool size using one or many of their 30,000 speeds (yes 30,000 not a typo). Variable speed pumps are getting the biggest rebates at this time from the power companies. They want you to use them to relieve stress on their power grids.
If you want to know how much you are spending on your pump and how much you will save , just grab your current power bill and click here for the Pool Pump Cost Savings Calculator
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Permanent magnet motors assure a 30% base savings compared to induction motors. Then, savings build up to 90% with the ability to custom program the optimum pump speed or water flow for different functions—filtering, heating, cleaning, spa jets, and water features.
These are the best money saving pumps out there. To find out your local rebates, check with your power company or your state department of energy.
Here are the current pumps in this field of new power saving motors
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The Sioux Falls Storm continue to dominate the Indoor Football League, winning United Bowl 43-30 over Nebraska last month at the Sioux Falls Arena.
That victory secured back-to-back-to-back IFL titles for the Storm, the second time in franchise history the team has won at least three straight crowns (the Storm won four-in-a-row from 2005-2008).
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Synthesizing theory and databases to advance a general framework for
how warming affects trophic interactions
Ecosystems include many types of creatures, and each responds to a change in environmental temperature through changes in physiological and metabolic rates. Though the number of species in most ecosystems makes predicting the consequences of environmental change seem hopelessly complex, in fact some responses to warming may be predictable based on fundamental metabolic processes, the thermal history of that species, or its body size.
Using mathematical models and data on how temperature affects the performance of species of different sizes and histories, we will model how warming affects species linked to other species through their feeding relationships. This information will provide a basic framework for predicting how environmental warming will affect ecosystems, which is critical for national and global efforts to understand how atmospheric changes affect biodiversity and ecosystem function.
UPDATE: September 2013
Although increasing evidence suggests species and communities are responding to climate change, ecological theory remains insufficient to produce models that hold across species or can be used to derive quantitative predictions for how change in the physical environment affects the structure and function of communities.
Our working group brought together empirical ecologists, ecological modellers and biomathematicians to advance the links between temperature, metabolic rates and the outcome of species interactions into a general framework relating temperature and food web structure. An explicit goal of our program was the integration of theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding the temperature-dependence of species' interactions and food web structure. Such an integrated framework of theory and measurable parameters will allow projections of community responses to climate change based on general principles, rather than extrapolations of historical patterns or idiosyncratic aspects of particular taxa that often ignore key processes such as species interactions.
We hope that the developments arising from this group will provide a springboard for a new generation of climate change experiments that focus on testing and developing theoretically-grounded hypotheses, resulting in a more conceptual approach to climate change ecology. Key areas of our work group efforts include:
- Building physiological responses to temperature into theoretical predictions for the sensitivity of individuals to warming
- The development of general bioenergetic theory that relates the effects of warming on individual performance to the strength and outcome of trophic interactions
- Synthesizing theoretical predictions and empirical observations for how warming effects food webs
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Vasseur, D.A., J.P. DeLong, B. Gilbert, H.S. Greig, C.D.G. Harley, K.S. McCann, V. Savage, T.D. Tunney, & M.I. O'Connor. Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming. Procedings of the Royal Society Biology 2014 281: 20132612
Gilbert B., T.D. Tunney, K.S. McCann, J.P. DeLong, D.A. Vasseur, V. Savage, J. B. Shurin, A.I. Dell, B.T. Barton, C.D.G. Harley, H.M. Kharouba, P.Kratina, J.L. Blanchard, C. Clements, M. Winder, H.S. Greig, & M.I. O'Connor. A bioenergetic framework for the temperature dependence of trophic interaction strength. Submitted.
Symposium, 2013 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minnesota. Warming consumers and their prey: general principles and applications for how temperature affects trophic interactions. Individual talks listed below. Further information and abstracts:
SYMP 18-1 Scaling relationships for the temperature-dependence of species performance. V. M. Savage
SYMP 18-2 Predicting responses to temperature variation: Ecology and evolution in trophic systems. D. A. Vasseur
SYMP 18-3 Trophic interactions and temperature change: Using interaction strength to predict stability and productivity. B, Gilbert.
SYMP 18-4 Linking theory and experiments: A meta-analysis of multi-trophic warming experiments. M. I. O'Connor et al.
SYMP 18-5 Warming up food webs: Implications for trophic energy transfer. M. Winder et al.
SYMP 18-6 Tipping points in temperature-dependent food webs. K. S. McCann
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This work is supported by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, a Center funded by NSF (Grant #EF-0553768), the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the State of California. This NCEAS project built on developments from a previous Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution (CIEE)-funded working group "Thermal scaling and body size: the next frontier in climate change".


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Pop singer Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" perfectly captures the optimism of embracing one's future, which is why East Stroudsburg High School South seniors picked it as their class song, and why the entire school came together en masse to create a "lip dub."
"... Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten ..."
Pop singer Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten" perfectly captures the optimism of embracing one's future, which is why East Stroudsburg High School South seniors picked it as their class song, and why the entire school came together en masse to create a "lip dub."
A first for the district, a lip dub is a modern, tech-savvy lip-synced music video production.
South's was created as one fluid movie with just one cut — between a long trip through the hallways, replete with students, and the start of the second segment taken by the pool.
The movie starts in the green room of the school's broadcast studio, where a news anchor greets the South audience, then smoothly segues into the pop singer she's always wanted to be, walking backward into the hallway, where fans shower her with confetti and mug it up for the traveling camera.
With each new stanza, a new lip dubber takes over, moving through a steady stream of student groupies.
Biggest pep rally
Dozens of fun visuals, costumes and special effects, including a bubble-blowing machine, are effortlessly fused in the creating. Each student group had its own five-second cameo: Swimmers are casually pushed off diving blocks, sports teams are tossing balls, speech and debate team members are animated in deliberation. Just before arriving at the gymnasium, the pop music halts during a brief trip up the elevator, where two chess clubbers are playing chess in the elevator to, well, elevator music.
The doors open and the final lip dubber, greeted by an enthusiastic marching band, is welcomed into the gym's biggest pep rally ever.
All involved
"This was to promote school unity and pride," said Principal Michael Catrillo, who appears in the footage with his guitar. "It started out as my crazy idea, but quickly became a student project with about 75 core students involved (in the planning)."
A core committee of 30 students, along with another 42 students leading more than 40 student activity groups — sports teams, marching band, Key Club, among others — have been planning and choreographing the event since December.
The final production included the entire school's staff and 1,500 students.
Timing was critical
Luke Booth, Liam Tiernan and Patrick Leggieri, all juniors, led the tech aspects of the entire production and steered the organization of the dozens of student groups participating. In neon yellow T-shirts, they followed each lip dubber through the hallways on a steady-cam.
The 11 lip dubbers were all volunteers from the core committee: Alisa Poster, Melanie Meilinger, Colette Gress, Diamonte Logan, Kayla Fish, Danielle Catrillo, Khairi Allah, Tayler Sebring, Kevin Carson, Nick Rodriguez and Darien Cortez.
"(The student groups) had to plan what they were gonna do, including props and signs," Leggieri said. "We had to plan where they were going to be, what part of the song they had, and how long it would take to walk to their part."
"The timing was challenging," said Tiernan. "It took a lot of practices to get the timing down."
Showcase for school spirit
"Once it's done, Mr. Catrillo will have a schoolwide showing of it, then it will be put on the (school) website," said Ann Catrillo, broadcast journalism teacher, who oversaw the production along with technology instructor Craig Long. "The ultimate goal is to get it on YouTube."
The video is not posted yet; administrators are in process of getting rights to use the song and any disclaimers they have to file. As soon as it is edited and ready, a link to the video will be posted on the district website (esasd.net).
"It's not to raise money for any cause," Ann Catrillo said. "It's to focus on Cavalier pride and showcase the activities and how great our school is. Any group that wanted to be part of it could be. You had the gamut with every type of student and that's what's really nice."


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The fundraising initiative to raise £35,000 to build a Memorial Garden at Chesterfield FC's Proact Stadium has begun.
Designed to provide an area to remember former Spireites players and officials killed in the two World Wars as well as commemorating the lives of family and friends of supporters, the garden will be adjacent to the Community Stand on the East side of the ground.
A well-attended meeting heard from Club Chaplain Jim McGlade, the Chairman of the Derbyshire Royal British Legion Bernard Page MBE, Chesterfield FC Community Trust Director John Croot, Club Historian Stuart Basson, Landscaper John Pople, garden designer James Needham and former player Bob Newton, whose father and grandfather fought in the two wars.
The garden which, when complete, is expected to be the finest such area at any Football League club, will also provide a link back to Chesterfield FC's former Saltergate home as it will feature a turnstile and crowd barrier from the now demolished stadium.
Fundraiser Phil Tooley said: "We had a terrific turnout at the meeting to kick-off what's a mammoth fundraising task. The audience included descendants of former player Gerald Graham who was killed in action in 1918; they were previously unaware their great-great-grandfather played for Chesterfield before the war.
"We had members of the Staveley Armed Forces Veterans' Association as well as many interested supporters.
"The speakers addressed the audience with passion about the project and listening to the response we had from those attending, the overriding view was what a fantastic and worthwhile task we're undertaking."
Individuals who wish to contribute can text 70070 and send a message GARD02 £1, GARD02 £5 or GARD02 £10 depending on the amount they want to donate.
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Quattro Panini
Source: Recipe fropm Chef Jason Denton
A delightful sampler of four different deli type fillings on one plate in this unusual presentation of a delicious grilled sandwich.
8 slices ciabatta bread
1 1⁄2 oz. semi-soft Italian cheese
3 oz. prosciutto
1 oz. sweet onion, sliced
Salt & pepper, as needed
6 slices sweet coppa
1 cherry pepper with seeds, sliced
8 arugula leaves
1 1⁄2 oz. basil pesto
3 slices mozzarella
2 tbsp. pepperonata (cubed red peppers, roasted with thyme and hot chili)
10 thin slices soppressatta
2 oz. fontina
8 leaves arugula
Olive oil, as needed
Balsamic vinegar, as needed
Cured olives, if desired, for garnish
1. For the first sandwich, layer 1 slice of bread with cheese and top with prosciutto and sweet onion. Season with salt and pepper; reserve.
2. For the second sandwich, layer 1 slice of bread with sweet coppa, sliced cherry pepper and arugula. Season with salt and pepper; reserve.
3. For the third sandwich, spread 1 slice of bread with basil pesto and layer with mozzarella and pepperonata. Season with salt and pepper; reserve.
4. For the fourth sandwich, layer 1 slice of bread with soppressatta and fontina and top with arugula. Season with salt and pepper; reserve.
5. Just prior to grilling, drizzle sandwiches with olive oil. Drizzle a tiny amount of vinegar on sandwich #2, to taste. Then, top all sandwiches with remaining bread and grill in panini press.
6. Cut each sandwich in quarters, and serve one quarter of each sandwich for each serving. Garnish with cured olives, if desired.


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The Novotel Bangkok Bangna is a 4 star hotel ideally located for business trips, only 19 km from Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Close to the BITEC Exhibition Centre, the Novotel Bangkok Bangna offers high standards of comfort in the fastest growing commercial district in Bangkok and is perfect for conferences and banquets. An ideal location with industrial parks, shopping malls, recreation centres and 15 international golf courses close by.
At the Novotel Bangkok Bangna, guests can enjoy drinks in the two bars or sample tasty dishes at the three restaurants, namely The Square, Shui Xin Chinese Restaurant and Hiiragi Japanese Restaurant. Other facilities include an outdoor pool, fitness centre, squash court, Jacuzzi, sauna and traditional Thai massage. The hotel is also close to the expressway (Motorway) that leads to popular coast towns, Pattaya and Chonburi.


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Trilliant Exploration Announces Assays Average 5.7% Copper at Copper Island Project
February 11, 2013 (Source: Marketwire) New York, NY — Tilliant Exploration (OTCQB: TTXP) has received assay results from the Pomeroy 2 North Zone at its Copper Island Project. Ten selective rock samples from the Pomeroy 2 North Zone, assayed at Acme Analytical Labs (Vancouver, BC), have averaged 5.7% copper and 24 g/t silver, up to 16.4% copper and 44 g/t silver. The samples were taken across an open cut area of mined and exposed bedrock 50m. in length. The Pomeroy 2 North Zone is a known area of copper mineralization, with past production by the Valdez Mining Co. and drilling by Dodge Copper.
Jared Lazerson, CEO of Copper Island Mines Ltd, said, "This is a positive step in confirming previous work and is consistent with reports of chalcocite mineralization in both grade by percentage of copper and direct correlation with silver. With 3.5m tonnes grading 2%, an equivalent In Situ value at today's prices of approximately $500 million based on historical estimates. At 5.7% copper on a per ton basis at today's copper prices, we are looking at approximately $440 per ton processed which has the potential of being very profitable," he added.
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Copper Island Mines Ltd. is in the process of working with the necessary personnel for the NT43-101 which will independently verify the mineralization of high grade copper. The Project and its rights and claims are located 15km NW of Campbell River, British Columbia. Copper Island Mines Ltd. is the operator of a 3000 hectare property which is known for high grade chalcocite mineralization. The area has been under regular development and small scale production since 1915. The area contains one of the highest densities of copper prospects in British Columbia and is rated high for mineralization by the BCGS (British Columbia Geographic System). Initial exploration on the Property was conducted by Dodge Copper in 1954 when 145 percussion holes were drilled outlining the Pomeroy areas. Exploration in the 1970s by Prince Stewart Mines and Quadra Mining resulted in a historic reserve estimate of 3.5 metric tons grading 2% copper. Exploration in the 1990s resulted in a historical resource estimate from all occurrences of 5.3Mt grading 1.98% copper, and is used for historical reference purposes only.
The Company has accepted the resignation of William Lieberman as President and appointed Eric Radtke as President effective immediately to helm the next phase of Trilliant Exploration on the road to 43101 and copper production. Mr. Radtke has had an extensive career in international business and has worked throughout Asia in countries such as China, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. He has overseen sales, manufacturing and operations and project management for Fortune 500 companies. Mr. William Lieberman will continue his efforts in sourcing mineral and rare earth projects globally for the benefit of the Company and for other exploration endeavors.
Trilliant Exploration is focused on a variety of strategic mineral acquisitions including Copper and well positioned to capture the next wave in mineral exploration, Lithium and Rare Earth metals. Trilliant Exploration is a US based, high growth mining company focused on adding value through successful exploration, project development, efficient operations, and opportunistic acquisitions. Maintaining a low risk profile through project diversification, astute financial management and operating in secure jurisdictions are key priorities for Trilliant Exploration's Management team.
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Study Shows English Cocker Spaniel to be Worlds Meanest Dog
World's Meanest Dog May Not Be the Breed You Think It Is!
When we think about stereotypically "mean dogs," I'm pretty sure we can all name those most maligned. But statistically, the world's meanest breed isn't a Pit Bull, Bulldog, or even a Doberman — it's an English Cocker Spaniel!
A recent study by the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Barcelona shows more reported cases of aggression by the English Cocker Spaniel than any other breed, followed by Rottweilers, Boxers, Yorkshire Terriers, and German Shepherds. Yes, the Yorkie is tiny, but can apparently pack quite a punch! With over 1,040 acts of aggression studied, the report shows that the Cocker Spaniel is more likely than other breeds to show aggression towards their owners and unfamiliar people.
But not all is lost for the breed. With proper training and discipline, the Cocker Spaniel (and any other breed for that matter) can be well behaved and friendly to other dogs and people. I'm a firm believer that there are no "bad breeds," so here's to hoping that owners can take the time to train their pups to be civil four-legged members of society! Check out some of my favorite training tips and tricks when you
- Training classes aren't just for puppies — you can always enroll your pup in an obedience class, no matter how old they are!
- Have your pup's next playtime include strangers to get used to unfamiliar faces, er, scents!
- Pick up a training book for 24/7 advice. Here are some of your favorites!
- Know the difference between training methods, then pick the one that is right for you and your pet.
- Help your pooch learn proper dog park etiquette as early as possible.
- Take an online class led by Cesar Milan, and learn at your (and your dog's) own pace.
- Use the hand touch to get your pup under control.


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BBH is a full service global creative agency network for the digital age rooted in difference, well we call it 'zagging'. We provide strategic brand ideas, integrated communications, pure play digital solutions and much more for some of the world's best loved brands.
Founded in 1982, we now have offices in London, Singapore, New York, Shanghai, India, Los Angeles and Sweden. In 2012 we joined the Publicis Groupe. Our vision is simply 'To be the most creative company in the world'.
BBH was founded on a belief in the power of creativity. A belief that ideas create the space for brands to grow.
That founding principle still holds true, but our creativity is now expressed in far more than advertising.
BBH today offers Connected Specialism: market leading, specialist practices, united by a shared culture and ways of working.
Enabling brands to create new language and conversations through design.
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ZAG provides clients with innovative strategies to kick-start commercial growth. From brand experience to visual identity/UX through to commercial partnerships and venturing.
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A research paper forthcoming in the Journal of Accounting Education examined North American scholars who contributed to the top 14 accounting education journals between 1966 and 2011. The paper's authors found that among scholars who actively teach, Tim Fogarty, PhD, professor of accountancy, was the most prolific contributor between 1992 and 2011. Fogarty's interests encompass accounting education and much more; his research applies to human organizations of every kind, shape and size.
W: You've published papers with coauthors and also on your own. Which do you prefer?
TF: I have experienced the joys of both. Some of these articles were written with doctoral students or junior colleagues, others were with people who have complementary skills to mine.
W: Is your work on accounting education part of your main research stream?
TF: No, as a matter of fact. As I have gotten older, I've done more accounting education research, but I'm still very interested in several, perhaps too many, other things.
There are two general themes in my work on accounting education. The first is student-related and has to do with the teaching and learning process and the great mystery of how people learn things. There are some very fundamental questions that we don't know the answer to. For example, what is the relationship between the amount of effort a student puts in and what they learn? If you make feedback available, but students have to ask for it, will they demand it? It's taken for granted that feedback is important, but if students receive it, will it help them learn? These are things that people outside the accounting field want to know, also.
W: What have you found out through this research that surprised you?
TF: Learning is a lot more complicated than it seems, and it has to do with being self-aware. Good students know when they've done well, but bad students don't. There's a psychological dimension here. Perhaps it's related to viewing the world as a random place rather than a place where you're master of your own destiny.
The second theme of my work on accounting education is a social and political critique of education and mostly has to do with accounting faculty and institutions. I study power dynamics, in other words, elite control and management of the rest of us.
W: Does that mean the power dynamics at play in an accountancy department, or within a university?
TF: I have not studied intra-faculty relations, but tend to focus instead on the organization of academic disciplines and business schools in the U.S. at large. For example, I look at the way prestigious schools dominate. They work their way into maintaining control by determining the criteria by which schools are judged. The characteristics that are considered to be good just so happen to be the ones that they have.
W: That makes so much sense!
TF: All research should make sense! If it does not have the ring of truth, it probably isn't.
Otherwise, I basically do sociological investigation of accounting organizations. It's in keeping with the second educational theme I mentioned. I study public accounting and accounting regulation, and I do some tax work. For example, I have looked at how U.S. companies keep their money "permanently reinvested" abroad, but suddenly, when there's a tax holiday, it turns out it's not so permanent, and all the money floods back.
I work a lot with institutional theory. In a nutshell, all organizations have to create the impression that they're doing the right thing, that what they do is aligned with the values we all have. But what they actually do is a different matter. I look at how organizations manage this tension.
W: Like greenwashing, when a company says it's "sustainable," but maybe its operations haven't changed at all?
TF: That would be one example. Every grad student should confront an "aha" moment where they come across an idea that seems to explain everything. This was mine. I always say, follow the money, not the words. When it's in somebody's best interests to do something other than what they profess to believe in, they will often do it.
W: This sounds very controversial!
TF: It's not worth doing research if it's not controversial. Research should be about finding the truth, and the truth should make somebody important uncomfortable.
W: Your research seems like it applies all over, not just in accounting.
TF: That's probably because I'm not much of an accountant! I never really drank that Kool-Aid. I have a stronger background in sociology, economics and law, so it's easy to find ideas from that world to apply to the utterly fascinating accounting world.
W: Do you teach straight-up accounting classes?
TF: I try to do everything that exists on the fringes of debits and credits. I teach business law, tax--these are on the side of accounting. I do teach accounting but only when my colleagues are unavailable. Right now, I'm doing a seminar on fraud. If you're interested in duplicity--and who isn't?--that's where it's at.
W: What do you think of the Cleveland Browns' owner, Jimmy Haslam, and his company, which the FBI says committed fraud?
TF: I only know what I read in the papers, but I think there are two dimensions involved in cases like this. First, there is usually one special thing that makes it ridiculously easy for a company to commit the fraud. Here, Jimmy Haslam's company was contracting with companies often founded by self-made guys who were not conventionally educated, truckers who had built their own trucking empires. Unless they were smart enough to employ first-rate legal and accounting talent, nipping rebates could have been like taking candy from a baby.
But the second thing is, he made one mistake: becoming owner of the Browns. That put him under the microscope. He could have continued doing what he did for a zillion years and died very rich if he had not become owner of the team. When your money is suspect, you can either have it or fame--not both.
W: It sounds like hubris may have been his fatal flaw.
TF: Sometimes, the mighty must fall. It's vainglorious and almost a pathology that makes people this way. When enough is not enough, it goes beyond Machiavellian. Good theater for the rest of us.
Find more information on Tim Fogarty's recent publications, including a prize-winning paper on student course evaluations coauthored with Gregory Jonas, assistant professor of accountancy; and Larry Parker, professor of accountancy.
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This is the first time Fadnavis has come under attack from NCP which has supported his minority government.
NCP spokesman Nawab Malik said for the last six years since the attacks Fadnavis had taken the lead in targeting the then state government over the issue and had derived political mileage."But after coming to power, he has conveniently forgotten the martyrs and stayed away from paying homage at the memorial in Mumbai. The excuse being given is he is with the President of India who is on tour of the state. But previous chief ministers, on such occasions, would send ministers in charge of protocol to the President's function," Malik said.
Malik alleged that Fadnavis had no sympathy for for the martyrs.
Meanwhile, state unit NCP president Sunil Tatkare visited the memorial of 26/11 martyrs here and paid homage.
Similarly, the state Congress also organised a function to mark the sixth anniversary of the terror attacks and observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect for the martyrs.
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is established by Article V of the Broome County Charter by Local Law 9 of 2010. The previous Department of Finance and Budget function were combined into this office in 2011. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is Chief Fiscal Officer of the County. Accurate and complete accounting and reporting of County financial operations in conformance with current governmental Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is a core departmental function. The Director of Office of Management and Budget is also the CountyTreasurer, receives County funds and invests idle cash to maximize return. The department prepares and controls the County's operating, capital, and grant budgets, and coordinates the biweekly employee payroll process and prepares necessary state and federal tax and employment information filings. Tax receivable account maintenance is a notable core responsibility.
There are two deputies who serve under the Director of Office of Management and Budget: Deputy Director-Accounting & Finance and Deputy Director-Budget.
The Deputy Director- Accounting & Finance oversees the following:
The Town and County real property tax warrants and bills prepared annually. Information needed for their preparation is gathered from various sources. Legislative resolutions are drafted and submitted for approval to the Broome County Legislature.
Certain agreements between local businesses and the Broome County Industrial Development Agency require Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) by the businesses. The County also bills for and collects city payments in lieu of taxes. The Office of Management and Budget computes the charge based on these agreements and prepares billings.
Town tax collectors' warrants expire in April and school and village warrants expire in November. Upon expiration of the warrants, the County becomes the receiver of taxes. Amounts of unpaid school and village taxes are returned annually to the County. These amounts are remitted to the school districts and villages the following April.
OMB also receives and records state and federal reimbursement for grant-in-aid and capital programs, departmental income transmittals, sales tax transmittals, mortgage tax transmittals, and proceeds from the issuance of debt.
Sales tax is received from New YorkState and distributed to local municipalities quarterly. Mortgage tax is received from the Office of the CountyClerk and distributed to local municipalities semi-annually. Mortgage tax reports are completed and filed with New YorkState.
OMB maintains County bank accounts using a pooled cash approach to cash management. Certain accounts are legally required to be segregated. The amount of cash which is not invested is minimized. Earnings are maximized within legally restricted investment alternatives.
OMB maintains the County ledger and prepares the County's financial reports. The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and the Annual Update Document (AUD) required by the State Comptroller are prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The department works extensively with external auditors and prepares revised reports as necessary.
Occupancy tax forms are mailed quarterly pursuant to Local Occupancy Tax Law. Receipts are made and delinquencies are pursued with the assistance of the CountyAttorney's Office.
Sales tax forms are prepared monthly and uploaded via New York State Department of Taxation and Finance website.
The department coordinates the County's payroll function. This coordination includes various reconciliations and computer system software maintenance.
The Director is also the Secretary/Treasurer of the Broome Tobacco Asset Corporation, maintaining the financial records and preparing the Corporation's financial reports.
The Deputy Director-Budget oversees the following:
In conjunction with the Director of OMB, this individual prepares and controls the County's operating, capital, and grant budgets. Enforcement of strict spending guidelines for all County departments, and close monitoring of all capital projects ensuring completion and quality is a further responsibility of this position.
The Deputy Director works with the Director of OMB to recommend and assist the CountyExecutive with the preparation and control of the County budgets for operations, grants, and capital programs as well as the community college.
A property tax receivable database is maintained and reconciled to the County's general ledger. The annual tax sale, foreclosure and auction are recorded by this department.
Debt is issued by OMB based on cash needs for County capital programs. An Offering Statement is prepared and distributed in order to obtain the best interest rate. Computations to determine arbitrage earnings are performed and mandatory filings are completed and submitted to the federal government.
While many revenue accounts presented in the department's budget require various levels of administrative activities, only administrative fees and finance fees directly underwrite the department's activities.
The following publications relate to Broome County Government's operating budgets:


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Before & After: Melissa's Country-Meets-City Kitchen Makeover
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- My kitchen makeover focused on improving the cosmetics and functionality of the kitchen without requiring a complete overhaul (my budget was a tight $3000). When I purchased my condo, the kitchen screamed of stone-age-meets-1990s. I updated the look by ripping out the stone tile floors and installing a plywood plank floor, which I painted white (my favorite mistake since it looks great but requires vigilant and constant cleaning). I removed all the concrete countertops (which were porous, stained, and mucked with bits of food from who knows when) and replaced them with Ikea butcher block that I stained and sealed with Waterlox. I also painted the existing cabinetry, replaced the cabinetry hardware, added a subway tile backsplash, and painted the entire kitchen a bright white. I absolutely love the modern country-meets-city look of my new kitchen!
- My best tip for a successful kitchen makeover::
- There are a few big tips that I learned in the process: 1) If you plan to renovate on your own (like I did), be sure you don't bite off more than you can chew; 2) If you see black mastic after pulling up your existing tile floor, get it checked for asbestos before doing anything to it as you will be saved from freaking out, running to your friends for shelter, and constantly worrying that you will die in 20 years from mesothelioma (note: after doing all these things, I learned that the mastic present in my kitchen did not contain asbestos--yay!), and 3) Measure, measure, measure before tiling.
- My favorite meal to cook in my kitchen::
- I love cooking just about anything in my new kitchen, especially Thomas Keller's recipes for roast chicken (which is simply the best) and sausage with green lentils.


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Gracie Gold bounced back from a shaky short program with a flawless free skate to win her second title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Gold trailed Polina Edmunds by 7.69 points coming into Saturday's long program, but she landed seven triple jumps cleanly and earned high artistic marks to overtake the teenager.
Gold scored 147.96 points for a total of 210.46. The 17-year-old Edmunds had 137.32 points in her free skate for 207.51 total.
Meanwhile. Coral Springs 18-year-old Franchesca Chiera finished 12th at 140.38 after a 16th-ranked showing in the free skate.
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Sometime in the early part of 2001, Paul joined as lead guitarist. After a few decent jam sessions, it finally dawned on them that a drummer was pretty imperative at this point. Dan took a trip down to Cambridge's Drum and Guitar Centre to place an ad and met a guy next to him in the queue looking for a band. Kismet. A practice was organised. And it worked.
The band's name at this point was 'Spadeface', after a small disagreement in the pub that summer on how Emma Bunton inherited her looks. Paul had suggested that it was something to do with being struck by a garden implement. Spadeface's first gig took place on 4th January 2002, a 21st birthday party at the Pitt Club, Cambridge. It went well. And they were very drunk.
Spadeface's first public appearance was at The Boatrace, Cambridge on 23rd January 2002, as headlining act (purely on a promise of bringing a large audience) at one of The Band Agency nights. The sound was great, the audience were great, and so too, luckily, were the band.
The October before, Dan had turned 30 years of age, and during the summer, his mum had suggested a band name of 'Logan', after the 1976 film Logan's Run. It was greeted with open arms.


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"The Mono open-source project will create a Linux version of Silverlight by the end of year, said Miguel de Icaza, a Novell vice president and head of Mono. At the Mix '07 conference on Monday, Microsoft touted the ability to write Silverlight Web applications that run on Internet Explorer, Firefox and the Safari browser on Mac OS. Next up for Silverlight is an edition for mobile devices, including Windows Mobile. Asked about plans for Linux, Microsoft executives have been non-committal, saying that it will depend on demand. But de Icaza, who is attending Mix, was able to commit without hesitating."


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Hypervitaminosis D is a condition that occurs after takingvery highdoses of
Alternative Names
Vitamin D toxicity
The cause is excess intake of Vitamin D. The doses need to be very high, far above what a medical provider would normally prescribe.
There has been a lot of confusion caused by internet articles about Vitamin D supplementation. It is extremely unusual for anybody to need more than 2000 IU of Vitamin D a day.
For most people, Vitamin D toxicity only occurs with Vitamin D doses above 10,000 IU per day.
An excess of vitamin D causes abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia). This can severely damage the kidneys, soft tissues, and bones over time.
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- Excess calcium in the blood (
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polydipsia) High blood pressure
- Passing large amounts of urine (
Tests to confirm the diagnosis:
- 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D levels
25-hydroxy vitamin D levels Serum calcium Serum phosphorus X-ray of the bone
Stop takingvitamin D. Talk to your health care provider. In severe cases, other treatment may be needed.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Recovery is expected.
Possible Complications
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Call your health care provider if:
- You or your child shows symptoms of hypervitaminosis D and has been taking more vitamin D than the recommended daily allowance
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CFCA serves more than 20,000 sponsored children and elderly in Colombia. Our staff members there sent us this refreshing recipe for a champú drink!
This recipe makes about 25 medium-size glasses and takes several days to make. It uses the lulo fruit, which tastes like tangy pineapple or a combination of lime and rhubarb. Concentrate from the fruit juice may be purchased online.
- About 1.3 gallons (5 liters) of purified water
- 1 pound of ground corn (to be added to water; known as "pinole")
- 1.5 pounds of panela candy, or candy made out of sugar cane syrup
- 12 large lulo fruit
- 1 small pineapple cut in tiny squares
- 1 cup of bitter orange juice (a normal orange is OK, but the more bitter, the better)
- 10 leaves from the bitter orange tree
- 5 small sticks of cinnamon
- 5 cloves
Soak the ground corn in water for three days, changing the water every day. Don't touch the corn with your hands while changing the water as it could become bitter.
After three days, wash the corn and cook it for one hour. Take one cup of corn and liquefy it with a little water.
Mix the panela candy with a little water. Add cinnamon, cloves and bitter orange leaves.
Cut the lulos in half and smash them by hand. Add corn and mix. Then add orange juice and pineapple. Mix well in a blender and let it rest.
Serve the beverage cold; you can also add some ice.
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In 1999, representatives from some of the world's largest and most powerful economic forces met in Seattle, WA, for the World Trade Organization summit. They were met by a diverse group of activists, ranging from youthful peace-punks to veteran trade union members, who intended to publicly air their concerns about issues of economic justice, Third World labor policies, and environmental safety that were being ignored by many of the WTO's affiliates. Police soon clashed with the protesters, the vast majority of which were gathered peacefully and had obtained permits for their gatherings. While Seattle authorities attempted to portray the protesters as a violent rabble in statements to the media, a number of activists armed with film and video cameras were on hand to document the protests, who then used the Internet and independent media outlets to bring their side of the story to the public. This Is What Democracy Looks Like was compiled by directors Jill Friedberg and Rick Rowley from material shot by more than a hundred "media activists" who captured a side of the WTO protests largely ignored by the mainstream news media. This Is What Democracy Looks Like is narrated by actress Susan Sarandon and Michael Franti, leader of the leftist hip-hop group Spearhead; radical rock band Rage Against the Machine also appears in the film.
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My name is Tomás and I'm about to finish my Industrial Desinger studies.
I'm starting to look for universities with a Master in product design both in Europe and the US. So far I came up with a few personal favorites like:
Elisava - Barcelona
IED Barcelona
Politecnico di Milano
Aalto - Finland
Art Center College of Design - California
RMIT University - Australia (I liked their program)
Umea Institute of Design - Sweden
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Royal College of Arts - London
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Miami Connection (US - BD RA)
Hey, Gabe got a letter! He found his father! He found his father! Oh my God!
The year is 1987. Motorcycle ninjas tighten their grip on Florida's narcotics trade, viciously annihilating anyone who dares move in on their turf. Multi-national martial arts rock band Dragon Sound have had enough and embark on a roundhouse wreck-wave of crime-crushing justice. When not chasing beach bunnies or performing their hit song 'Against the Ninja,' Mark (Tae Kwon Do master/inspirational speaker Y.K. Kim) and the boys are kicking and chopping at the drug world's smelliest underbelly. It'll take every ounce of their blood and courage, but Dragon Sound can't stop until they've completely destroyed the dealers, the drunk bikers, the kill-crazy ninjas, the middle-aged thugs, the 'stupid cocaine'...and the entire MIAMI CONNECTION!!! (From Drafthouse Films' official synopsis)
The fine folks at Drafthouse Films are relatively new to the home video game, but have already made a real name for themselves with eclectic releases, including brand new, homegrown cult hopefuls ( The FP) and foreign arthouse releases ( Four Lions, Bullhead). It's possible, however, that their greatest work will be found releasing previously 'lost' exploitation and B-flicks, like George Willoughby's Wake in Fright and this goofy little number – Miami Connection. Cult discoveries/re-discoveries come in two flavours. The first flavour is that of an already popular film with an established following. When these films are re-released to the public, there's already a decent word-of-mouth built and sales are assured. The geeks that care about such things buy and re-buy these titles ad nauseum as they are released and re-released on the latest home video formats (how many times have you purchased Evil Dead?). The second flavour is a movie so obscure that only the most insanely obsessive genre fans have any idea what to expect. These movies are time machines back to drive-ins and grindhouses, where audiences would pay for a night of entertainment based entirely on the title and poster art. Word-of-mouth must be earned in cases like these and, if the movie truly sucks, it will disappear again into the ether, where only the weirdos that collect Andy Milligan movies will bother to ever see it again.
Miami Connection belongs in that second category and may be the most bizarre and singular discovery of its type since Criterion released Nobuhiko Obayashi's Hausu on an unsuspecting public (before that, Synapse's Horrors of Malformed Men was definitely a 'find') – minus most the artistry, of course. But, like all the best artless, amateurish monstrosities, Miami Connection has heart and a charming back-story. According to legend, low-budget action director Richard Park (aka: Park Woo-sang) discovered Y.K. Kim on a Korean talk show in 1987 and convinced the 9th degree black belt, philosopher, author, and inspirational speaker to make a movie. Kim and Park collaborated as directors, then somehow managed to gain enough financial backing to actual shoot their little film. Not surprisingly, every distribution company in town turned them down and Miami Connection premiered in only a handful of theaters. There are rare VHS versions on the market (apparently the UK and Swedish releases made the bootleg rounds for some time), but, otherwise, the film was all but entirely forgotten and Kim went on to gain fame on public speaking tours. Then, one fateful day in 2009, Alamo Drafthouse programmer Zack Carlson blindly bought a print on eBay for $50. The rest, as they say, is history.
Miami Connection is such a singularity of a film doesn't feel like a 'real movie' and, if I didn't find concrete proof of it's existence prior to this release, I would've assumed it was another in a long line of faux-bad movies – somewhere between The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra and Hobo with a Shotgun. Every ounce of the period's most ridiculous imagery is squeezed into every frame and the screenplay is crammed with every crime and martial arts genre cliché imaginable – all without an iota of irony. The astonishingly quotable dialogue is woodenly spouted as if Park (who has a cameo as an ass-kicking restaurant owner) filmed the rehearsal footage without telling anyone the cameras were running. I hope and pray that there were dozens of takes and that these were truly the best performances. But here's the thing: Park and Kim aren't inept filmmakers – they're just amateur writers (co-star Joseph Diamand also co-wrote) with questionable aesthetic taste and issues with continuity. This non-inept filmmaking is ultimately what makes Miami Connection a worthy viewing opportunity for a much wider audience than an average B-roll discovery. It's an entertaining film, it moves quickly, it's colourfully shot, and the action sequences are, well, kind of good. The burly white dudes don't brawl with a whole lot of enthusiasm, but Kim, pseudo-lead Vincent Hirsch, and their ninja buddies clearly know what they're doing. More importantly, Park captures the fisticuffs without obscuring these talents and even throws in an occasionally stylistic flourish for good measure. The climax is so well put together that it threatens to transcend the rest of the film's ludicrousness.
As a self-appointed connoisseur of terrible movies (mostly from the '70s and '80s) I know, more so than most people, how little good intentions and a handful of amusing scenes mean if the terrible movie in question is otherwise overwhelmed with filler (see: almost every Jess Franco and Al Adamson movie, ever). Miami Connection does feature plenty of filler between action beats and loony concert sequences, but this filler is almost always unintentionally hilarious and arguably the best part of the whole film. There is some 'intended humour,' but Miami Connection is funny because it takes itself so very seriously and isn't content to be just an action movie. Characters overreact in grandiose fashion to the slightest thing and every single minor altercation results in a fistfight. When people aren't busy physically pummeling each other and we aren't witnessing the glory of Dragon Sound, things veer into lumbering melodrama (Dragon Sound is made up of orphans, except Jim, the black guy, who delivers a deliciously pathetic speech about his missing dad) and heavy-handed morals, mostly about racial equality and the nature of violence (Dragon Sound intends on doing a world tour to all of their members' ancestral countries). The film ends on a card reading 'Only through the elimination of violence can we achieve world peace.'
Speaking of violence, the violence here (though often unbelievably executed) is quite graphic, more so than the average for '80s STV action, most of which usually featured bloody squib hits and arterial spray, but not a whole lot of prosthetic effects or true gore. There isn't an excess of this kind of violence, but what we get is choice, including a whole lot of deep lacerations and a particularly gruesome beheading. Oh, and it wouldn't be an '80s action movie without oodles of not so subtle homoeroticism. Dragon Sound lives together in a run-down rambler, rarely wear shirts (never wear sleeves), and sometimes just walk about the house with their skinny jeans unbuttoned and unzipped. Because that's what bros do. Kim also threatens to shove his fist down a dude's throat during a practice session and Park's camera lingers on a super-slow-motion shot of the guy's gaping maw as it awaits entry.
I don't think anyone was expecting the best from a film this far forgotten, but Drafthouse has certainly taken pains to make their print look good. I'm not sure if Miami Connection was shot 35mm or blown up from 16mm, but a pre-menu screen tells us that a hurricane almost destroyed the negative back in 2004 (a likely story). This transfer was apparently culled from existing materials and scanned at 2K resolution. The wear and tear certainly shows on this 1.85:1 widescreen print (all other home video releases have been full frame), but mostly in the form of print damage (heavy grain, hair, scratches, minor shrinkage, burns, etc), not CRT scanning noise or obvious compression effects. This inconsistent quality rarely bowls over into unwatchability aside from some rare, brief, night shots that are so covered in white fuzz that it's basically impossible to see anything. In fact, the roughness mostly adds to the experience. Detail levels are sometimes lacking the sharpness and complexity we've come to expect from studios like Blue Underground and Synapse, but there's very little in terms of mushy backgrounds or bleeding edges. It seems that the 2K scanning benefited the vibrant colours more than anything and the effect is genuinely impressive. White levels are overblown and black levels are crushed throughout, but rarely at the expense of vibrant acrylic hues or generally natural skin tones (admittedly, I was hoping for something closer to the neon hues the cover art promised). The whole film has a blueish base hue, which might be intended ( Miami Vice being the ultimate image of cool Miami at the time), but might also be a sign of degradation. Whatever the cause, I like it.
The box art lists a DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track, but this is a compressed Dolby Digital 2.0 track. Normally, such an oversight would be worth raising hell about, but, really, Miami Connection isn't going to sound amazing no matter what audio codec it is presented in. Fortunately, this track doesn't really show any signs of major compression, likely due to its stereo simplicity. Volume levels are set nice and high without a whole lot of noticeable distortion on the highest ends. Sometimes, the dialogue tracks, most of which appear to have been recorded in post (sometimes badly, sometimes less badly), feature a bit of buzz,and the sound floor is a bit fuzzy, but really, we're talking about minor issues here. There's actually some thought put into the film's sound design, especially in terms of ambient noise and, fortunately for us, the producers over-crank everything in the stereo channels. The sound of a computer class is flooded with clacking keys, the college campus features the loudest birds on record, and the gym equipment clanks like industrial machinery. But things like dialogue and effects are secondary to the awesome synth-rock of Dragon Sound and Jon McCallum's original synth score. Honestly, the music isn't bad. I mean, it's bad, but like the rest of the film, it exists on that rare plan where entertainment and stupefaction collide. I'm going to guess that the Drafthouse people had access to some of the original stereo music tracks separated from the film's soundtrack, because the crisp and bright sound quality of the music is notably better than the other tracks. The best sounding examples are the concert sequences (watching Kim pretend to play his guitar during these scenes is just the best), which really do sound like PCM-worthy re-mastered audio.
The extras begin with a commentary featuring producer/co-director/star Y.K. Kim and co-writer/actor Joe Diamand, moderated by Drafthouse programmer Zack Carlson. Carlson is well-prepared for the track and keeps things moving by asking the filmmakers some of our most burning questions. Sometimes, the questions are met with a brief and unsatisfying blurb, but, more often than not, Diamand and Kim (usually Diamand) have an amusing little anecdote to share (the best pertaining to the day jobs of some of the supporting cast). Unfortunately, it is difficult to understand Kim at times (though his English has improved a lot since the film was made), but it rarely becomes an issue. The bigger issue is that Diamand is kind of a boring dude who speaks in a droning monotone and doesn't seem too interested in making light of the movie. On occasion, he surprises with a deadpan joke that seems to catch Carlson off-guard. There's also something amusing about hearing him treat Miami Connection so seriously, especially his praise of the unintentionally funny dramatic sequences. I was expecting a little more fun from the track and it feels like Carlson is holding back out of respect, but I'm not entirely disappointed, either.
Friends for Eternity: The Making of Miami Connection (19:20, HD) features Kim, Diamand, actors Maurice Smith, Angelo Janotti, and Vincent Hirsch, discussing the making of the film without a hint of irony (though everyone knows its okay to laugh at the film). The DIY, unprofessional history of the production (complete with behind the scenes photographs) is very charming and Kim's world philosophy is delightfully genuine. There's overlap with the commentary here, but not too much. Up next is an alternate sad ending (2:20, HD) and 15 deleted/extended scenes (11:50, HD). These include a random excuses to show off Angelo Janotti's guitar skills. The extras also feature a Dragon Sound reunion concert from Fantastic Fest 2012 (if you look real closely, you can see friends of DVDActive Phil Nobile Jr. and Evan Saathoff in the audience, 10:00, HD), a Who is Y.K. Kim (1:50, SD) vintage pre-motivational speech type thing, The New American Dream (22:00, SD) motivational infomercial-type thing featuring Kim hocking his goods, and trailers for Drafthouse Films releases.
Believe the hype – Miami Connection is a genuinely amusing, real deal, good-bad movie and a great find for the people at Drafthouse Films. It doesn't require the same patience most amateur productions need to make it between the crowd-pleasing 'money' moments. There's very little downtime and the high points are toweringly silly. This Blu-ray is culled from less-than-perfect materials, but generally looks very nice and especially colourful. The soundtrack is not the DTS-HD MA promised by the back cover specs, but there's really no reason to complain about the sound quality, especially not the wonderfully dated synth-rock score. The extras are occasionally more charming than informative or entertaining, but it's certainly a worthy chronicle of the film's history.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 4th December 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: None
Extras: Co-director/Co-writer/Star and Co-writer/Star Commentary, Friends for Eternity: The Making of Miami Connection, Alternate Ending, Deleted Scenes, Dragon Sound 25th Anniversary Reuinion Concert, Who is Y.K. Kim, The New American Dream Promo Video, Trailers, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Richard Park, Y.K. Kim
Cast: Y.K. Kim, Maurice Smith, Joe Diamand, Angelo Janotti, Vincent Hirsch
Genre: Action, Comedy and Drama
Length: 83 minutes
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Hertz HTZ, -3.10% is forecast to report fourth-quarter earnings of 32 cents a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet. Some analysts expect the rental car company to announce a possible spin off of Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. "While much would depend upon the ultimate form and valuation surrounding a possible transaction of this sort, our strong sense is that a spin-off of HERC would be well-received by investors," said analysts at Deutsche Bank.
Oracle ORCL, -1.33% is expected to report earnings of 70 cents a share in the fiscal third quarter. "We remain buyers of Oracle and recommend investors add to positions on expectations for a solid quarter when it reports on [Tuesday]," said Israel Hernandez, an analyst at MKM Research, in a note.
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More than a year after his "Battleship" was torpedoed at the box office, filmmaker Pete Berg is set to unveil his new movie in the heart of Hollywood.
"Lone Survivor," the director's Navy SEAL drama, will have its red carpet debut at AFI Fest, the eight-day-long film gathering that kicks off Nov. 7. Berg's film, which Universal Pictures will open in limited release in late December before its nationwide launch two weeks later, is one of three additional gala screenings announced by festival programmers on Thursday. The others include John Wells' adaptation of the successful Broadway production "August: Osage County" and a 3-D version of Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 film "The Last Emperor."
After premiering to an enthusiastic response at the New York Film Festival this month, Spike Jonze's "Her" will now play for Angelenos as one of AFI Fest's special screenings. The movie, about a divorcé (Joaquin Phoenix) who falls in love with a computerized companion (Scarlett Johansson), is one of a handful of festival circuit favorites that will screen at the event. Another newly added picture is "Jodorowsky's Dune," a documentary about director Alejandro Jodorowsky's efforts to turn the popular science fiction novel "Dune" into a film in the 1970s.


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Success Of Mixtapes Finally Making Major Labels Realize That 'Free' Can Be Useful Marketing
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"The game favors people that can produce quality music and then turn right around and produce more quality music-which is not a given," Atlantic Records VP of A&R Zvi Edelman says. His signee, Wiz Khalifa, leveraged free, original mixtapes like 2010's "Kush & OJ" and 2011's "Cabin Fever" into the building of a dedicated fan base that helped, along with an intensive touring strategy, make his Atlantic/Rostrum Records debut, "Rolling Papers," one of the few hip-hop debuts to sell more than 500,000 copies (it's now at 570,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan) in 2011.This might be about as close as you can come to big record labels officially admitting that free music actually has value that is monetized elsewhere. But, still, apparently, we need special new laws to shut down the very same marketing that they now want to use to build a stronger fan base.
A batch of newcomers -- such as J. Cole, Big Sean, Dom Kennedy, Mac Miller and Smoke DZA -- has adapted to the consumer demand for free, original rap music. The philosophy is often described this way: As a reward for artists remaining loyal to them (by giving away original music), fans return the favor by buying concert tickets, merchandise and "real" albums from record labels. The result is a give-and-take relationship that keeps rappers in control of their brand and marketing, and iTunes playlists full of free albums disguised as "mixtapes." The payoff is an active fan base, which labels and management hope stimulates retail purchases.


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I have a private method that sets a checkbox value. I want to suspend events on the checkobx so the change event is not fired. I tried to call suspendEvents on the checkbox, but this wasn't effective. Now I'm calling suspendEvents on the eventbus, and this is working for me. Am I doing it right?
Also, looking at the EventBus code... I'm curious why the EventBus class is not a singleton since there's only one eventbus in an application.
I probably don't fully understand the Ext.override feature, but why the Ext.app.EventBus class overrides the Ext.Component.fireEvent class as opposed to using the Ext.Function methods to create an interceptor?
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Dorcas Rogers: Amityville Junior High Music Teacher
Dorcas J. Rogers, a longtime Massapequa resident and music teacher who dedicated herself to her beloved family and students, died August 26, 2007 at New Island Hospital in Bethpage. She was 78 years old.
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Coppola clan has 24 nominations
Roman Coppola, who was nominated with Wes Anderson for their original screenplay for "Moonrise Kingdom," is the sixth member of the Coppola clan to receive a nomination. He joins Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Talia Shire, Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola, bringing the family total to 24 nominations.
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The return of the sun Tuesday after a three-day siege of rain and snow brought out contractors to repair roofs at schools and businesses.
For almost four days, a succession of storms dumped rain and heavy snow on Durango. At higher elevations, such as Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort, the precipitation fell mostly as snow, delivering a much-needed boost to the drought-stricken mountains.
In all, Durango received 1.94 inches of precipitation. The moisture had roof repair workers hustling Tuesday.
Fortunately for Riverview Elementary School, where minor leaking occurred in two classrooms, the roof was under warranty, said Julie Popp, spokeswoman for Durango School District 9-R. The contractor replaced asphalt-based roof tile, she said.
District maintenance people will replace ceiling panels one stained and one bowed in the classrooms, Popp said.
The roofs at Riverview Elementary and Durango High School, which also had a roof leak, were installed in 2005-06.
Roof repair was done Monday at the high school, where a half-dozen ceiling tiles were replaced, Popp said.
Popp didnt know where in the high school the leak occurred, but it wasnt in a classroom.
The 9-R capital budget, which was before district board members Tuesday, earmarks $1 million for safety and security, including roof work, Popp said.
Escalante Middle School and Needham Elementary School are in line for complete new roofs this summer, Popp said.
At St. Columba Catholic School, Principal Kevin Chick said roof work there involved plugging holes in an aging surface.
The school was built in 1954, and the current roof, a replacement, is 14 to 16 years old, Chick said.
A roof walk-over is done in the spring to identify potential problems, Chick said. But come winter, a pinhole may have been missed.
There is never major damage, Chick said. We get a little water on a carpet or on a wall.
Mark Isham at 4 Corners Roofing & Sheet Metal, which was doing the St. Columba work, said he had six crews out.
All of them are doing roof repair, Isham said. Wet, heavy snow finds a place to get in where dry snow doesnt.
The storm didnt spare The Durango Herald building or its building next door housing Buzztown. Late-working employees in the newsroom heard a crash about 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
They found that water entering a defective roof drain had brought down ceiling panels in the accounting department and the adjoining information-technology area.
Accounting supervisor Mike Wise said that when water in a roof drain above his department froze, it allowed water into other areas of the building.
Desks and papers in the accounting department were drenched. A conference room on the east side of the building and Buzztown next door sustained minor damage, Wise said.
Four Durango Mall tenants reported leaks from Friday to Sunday, said mall general manager Jessica Dombrowski. The malls on-site operations team responded, she said.
The mall practices preventive maintenance, but with 5 acres of roof, leaks are occasional issues, she said.
A number of tenants have rooftop air-conditioning units, Dombrowski said. The units can be a point of entry for water, especially in driving wind, she said.
But everything is back to normal today, Dombrowski said Tuesday.


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Break the Language Barrier by Learning Your Customers' Native Tongues
Jun 19, 2014 5:00 PM PT
If you live in the English-speaking world, you've been exposed to the stereotype of the snotty Parisian. One of the characteristics of this stereotype is that Parisians refuse to speak English. They know how -- but they won't -- and they turn up their noses at anyone who won't speak French.
In my experience, that stereotype is largely wrong -- if you make an effort to communicate in any way, most Parisians are perfectly friendly. However, many businesses unwittingly act out the scenario of the snotty Parisian: They speak their own language, and customers who don't understand it find that these businesses simply make no effort to communicate on their terms.
Businesses always have had jargon, but the era of technology -- and, I suspect, formalized advanced business education -- has resulted in an increasing language gap between buyers and sellers.
This is a real hazard.
The Jargon Trap
I recall a CEO at a major trade show speaking about how members of his sales team were talking to potential customers whose problems were a precise match for the solution his company was selling, but whose language was that of the potential customers' specific industry.
The sales team had a hard time adjusting to use the language of the customer and fell back on the jargon they used in-house. As a result, those potential customers became confused. They walked away from a business whose solution was tailor-made to solve their problems.
This is not only an impairment to selling, but also a customer relationship killer. Suppose that somehow you were able to make the initial sale. If you couldn't talk about problems and solutions from your customers' points of view, how could they be sure you understood what they were talking about? Beyond that, what does it say about your grasp of their vertical market -- and your intentions to act as a trusted partner going forward?
This week, I saw an example of just such a linguistic mismatch in the news. YouTube plans to remove videos from musical artists on independent labels until those labels agree to new terms.
This is in advance of a new music subscription service from YouTube -- which they described as something they were doing "to bring our music partners new revenue streams."
That's not going to win over any holdouts among independent musicians -- in part, because no musician has ever described income sources as "revenue streams."
So, how do you avoid this? A lot of people think the answer is to talk to your customers. They're wrong. The secret is to listen to your customers.
Be Prepared
What that means is actively listening to the way they talk about their business and the terms they use.
It's not a bad idea at any point in the relationship, but it's especially important early on to pause in a conversation with a customer and ask for clarification about terms that you don't know. After all, you'd hope they'd do the same when you used a term that was foreign to them.
Even a simple conversation about the different terms you each use to describe similar things is useful. Then, take what you've learned and build it into your corporate knowledge. Inserting notes about the customer's language into the customer record in CRM isn't a bad idea, for instance.
Then, refresh your knowledge. When you visit a foreign country, you probably look up the important words and phrases of that country's language to prepare. Why aren't you doing that before you visit with customers?
The language barrier is a problem that many businesses don't even realize exists. However, as the power in buyer-seller relationships shifts further toward the buyer, you need to speak to your customers in a way that reflects your commitment to their success if you plan to win and keep their business. That extends all the way down to the language you use to communicate with them.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th Apr 2013 14:56 UTC
Ubuntu 13.04 has been released, with the Linux 3.8.8 kernel, a faster and less resource hungry Unity desktop, LibreOffice 4.0, and much more. Ubuntu users will know where to get it, and you're looking for a new installation, have fun. Also fun: UbuntuKylin.


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Ind. bills would allow absences for state fair
Ind. bills would allow absences for state fair
Youths attending the Indiana State Fair to show animals or take part in other learning activities could get excused absences from school under bills advancing in the General Assembly.
The Indiana House Education Committee voted 11-0 on Tuesday in favor of allowing up to five days of excused absences for such events.
Both the Senate and House have this session approved similar bills that come in response to people complaining the earlier starts to school years are making it difficult for some youths to take part in the state fair that begins in early August.
State fair spokesman Andy Klotz tells The Indianapolis Star that many 4-H events have been moved to weekends but numerous students still face problems attending.