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United States: SEC Proxy Access Rule Overturned
by Loeb & Loeb'S Financial Reform Task Force (Los Angeles)
Loeb & Loeb LLP
A federal circuit court has overturned an SEC rule, adopted in August 2010, that would have required public companies to include in their proxy materials stockholder nominees for election as director. The SEC had stayed effectiveness of the rule pending the outcome of this litigation.
Subject to limitations, the rule would have required a company to name in its proxy materials, as a candidate for election by stockholders, an individual nominated by persons holding, for at least three years, at least 3% of a company's voting stock. Any individual so elected would displace a nominee proposed by the board.
The court invalidated the rule because it held the SEC's cost-benefit analysis, required by the statute under which the rule was promulgated, inadequate. Among other things, the court believed that the SEC analyzed costs and benefits of the rule inconsistently, underestimated the costs of board opposition to stockholder nominees, and failed to consider sufficiently prospects that particular types of stockholders might use the rule to further their own interests at the expense of stockholders generally.
The SEC has not yet determined whether it will appeal or acquiesce in the decision.
Loeb & Loeb'S Financial Reform Task Force
United States Corporate/Commercial Law Directors and Officers
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Benefits of Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) to be restricted, says HMRC Benefits of Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) to be restricted, says HMRC
Benefits of Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) to be restricted, says HMRC
Out-Law News | 15 Aug 2014 | 12:58 pm | 3 min. read
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced changes to the terms of the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF), restricting the most favourable treatment to new tax irregularities with a "significant" offshore connection.
Reg Day, a tax expert at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-law.com said, that although the changes would make the LDF less beneficial to some of those seeking to settle outstanding tax liabilities, immunity from prosecution would still be available in most cases, meaning the LDF would remain "an attractive way to resolve past tax irregularities".
The LDF allows those with UK tax irregularities to make a disclosure to HMRC on a voluntary basis in return for a reduced penalty in most years. In addition the disclosures only need to go back to April 1999 rather than the normal 20 year period. The LDF also offers immunity from prosecution and a single point of contact with HMRC.
Subject to conditions, anyone without an existing bank account, investment or structure in Liechtenstein, can bring themselves within the LDF by acquiring a Liechtenstein bank account, before formally registering for the process.
The full favourable terms of the LDF will now only be available to the extent that the disclosures are "substantially linked" to an offshore asset held at 1 September 2009. The full benefit of the LDF will also only apply to irregularities of which HMRC was not previously aware and where the liability is linked to a significant enquiry by HMRC, that enquiry must be less than three months old.
If the full favourable terms are not available, the limited favourable terms of assurance of immunity from prosecution and a single point of contact with HMRC will continue to be available to users of the LDF.
Reg Day said that it was previously possible to make a disclosure under the LDF and obtain all of the favourable terms "even if the disclosures were not connected to assets in Liechtenstein, or indeed to any other offshore location".
The change in the terms of the LDF means that the offshore asset must now be "substantially" linked to the disclosure being made. HMRC's definition of substantially is 20%. Where the disclosure is not substantially linked to the offshore asset, then only the assurance about criminal prosecution and the single point of contact for disclosures will be available.
HMRC said "access to the favourable terms has been restricted to ensure that the criteria reflect the purpose of the LDF". HMRC said "In some cases, the disclosure has been related to wholly onshore matters. Such disclosures, whilst encouraged, are not within the spirit of the LDF".
HMRC said it is restricting the most favourable terms of the LDF to "new" disclosures because "people have entered the LDF to settle liabilities that HMRC is already aware of. HMRC wants to encourage settlement of these liabilities, but does not believe it is within the spirit of the LDF for the shorter limitation period, fixed penalty or the composite rate option to apply."
HMRC confirms that where the use of a Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) scheme by a taxpayer has or should have been disclosed to HMRC by the taxpayer on a tax return this will be regarded as a disclosure of something HMRC already knows about and will not qualify for the full benefits of the LDF .
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Eucalantica is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae. Species in the genus are superficially similar to Thecobathra species, which also have a silvery white body and forewings, but differ from the latter in having a dark brown costal streak in forewing.

When resting, Eucalantica moths lay their body parallel to the substrate with their forelegs extended forward.

Species
Eucalantica costaricae - Sohn & Nishida, 2011
Eucalantica ehecatlella - Sohn & Nishida, 2011
Eucalantica icarusella - Sohn & Nishida, 2011
Eucalantica polita - (Walsingham, 1881)
Eucalantica powelli - Sohn, 2011
Eucalantica pumila - Sohn, 2011
Eucalantica vaquero - Sohn, 2011

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Yponomeutidae

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new DVD releases in Region 2, July 13
by MaryAnn Johanson
Thu, Jul 16, 2009
green light (definitely check it out):
Religulous: Bill Maher might be kind of an asshole, but he's right: religion is poison. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.]
Torchwood: Children of Earth: What this Doctor Who spinoff was always meant to be: dark, harsh, and intense. [Amazon U.K.] [preorder at Amazon U.S.]
Mad Men: Series 2: Who knew the ad industry could be so dramatic? [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.]
Mad Men: Series 1-2: Get the whole show to date in one package. [Amazon U.K.]
MacGyver: Series 5: This includes what might be my favorite episode of the whole series, "Black Rhino." There's also the dream episode "Serenity," which would sorta anticipate Richard Dean Anderson's next series, Legend. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.]
yellow light (worth a look on DVD)
Hotel for Dogs: Puppies! No, really: it's catnip for dog lovers. So to speak. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.]
Little Ashes: Robert Pattinson, almost naked. But his costar Javier Beltran is the one to watch. [Amazon U.K.]
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November 6, 2017 November 6, 2017 Community, Connection, Dance, Facilitation, improvisation, Isolation, music, Music Improvisation, Music improvisation workshop, Safe Space, Sonic Sandbox, Therapy, Trust, workshop Leave a comment CreativityFreedomfunHistorylisteningmeditationmental healthmusicplayrecoverysoloSupportworkworkshop
Sonic Sandbox topics I want to think and write about
There are a number of topics I want to write about related to Sonic Sandbox. Some of what I want to write about is about how Sonic Sandbox works. Some pieces will be about the theory behind the exercises/games I use. Some will cover my long terms plans. Some will lament (maybe even whinge) about my struggles in building Sonic Sandbox. Some will describe and reflect on my personal experiences. I'm using this post to provide an outline for topics I want to write about in the future within each of these subject headings. I will return to this post from time to time to update it as I think of new ideas or as I write some of the pieces, so I can add links.
How Sonic Sandbox works
The exercises
Making sounds together without judging (toning)
Sustained sound with change through copying
Laughter "meditation"
Moving with our music
Sound mirroring
Sound infection
Sound conversation
Life opera
Theoretical issues
What happens in our brains: the different ways we think
Characteristics of the sensate and conscious minds (feeling self and thinking self)
How sound creates connection
Consequences of connection
Authenticity or "speaking" from one's feeling self
Eyes closed or open
The role of movement
Interaction types: group, dyad, solo
Rhythm, harmony, melody
How to teach listening
How to teach people to support each other
How to create safety
How the experience can be used in psychological recovery
How the experience can be used as a model for relationships in other areas of life
Supporting people to be safely transparent in as many aspects of life as possible — eliminating self-destructive shame/reducing the need for secrets/increasing tolerance for variation in human behavior
The survival value of cooperation, the need to appear to be someone others can cooperate with, and the consequences of diverging too far from your true self in order to appear to be someone others can cooperate with (homo-cooperability vs hetero-cooperability)
How Sonic Sandbox widens the range of hetero-cooperability through example and experience and how to create a wider range of hetero-cooperability in other aspects of life
Building a sustainable workshop
Expanding workshops to other areas
Using the workshop for team building in formal organizations
Teaching youngsters alternative ways to relate to each other
Giving music therapists additional tools
Rituals for community building
Aiding community problem solving
A mechanism useful for changing habits of thought and creating psychological wellness
The Sonic Sandbox Institute
Integration into life in many kinds of institutions and across cultures
Marketing, oh marketing
I HATE Facebook (and don't get me started about Twitter)
Doubting my business skills and my energy and focus
Finding allies and helpers
My musical experiences
Peak moments
Reflections on the last workshop (what it was like; what I learned)
Sonic Sandbox at conferences
The original testing ground Sonic Sandbox "Band" experiences
Me and my trumpet
Improvisation in the wild (typewriter story)
Music, mental dysfunction, and recovery
March 29, 2016 August 2, 2016 Community, Connection, improvisation, mental health, Music Improvisation, Music improvisation workshop, Performance, Sonic Sandbox, Spirituality, workshop Leave a comment acceptancebandcoping techniquesimprovisationjudgmentmental healthmusicplayrecoveryvocalsworkshop
How I will use this Blog
From time to time, I will post my thoughts about playing in the Sonic Sandbox. The charter membership is made up of three or four of us. We all met in the "recovery rooms," which is jargon for the rooms where people meet at twelve step meetings. Because we met that way, we may or may not actually know each other's names. The key to twelve step recovery is anonymity. Most of us only feel safe enough to talk about what is really going on inside when we have some measure of protection about our deepest shames becoming public knowledge.
For that reason, I only know the first names of the people I play with in the Sonic Sandbox. I will also not be able to provide any more details about what kind of twelve step group it is, nor what troubles we are dealing with that brought us together. I hope that won't matter. What is important is that playing in the Sonic Sandbox has become a part of our recoveries. It is a coping technique that helps us learn to change our habits from ones that are destructive to both us and the people we love to ones that, we hope, will be a lot healthier.
The idea of making music together, I believe, was first discussed by Bob and Kurt. Bob plays electric violin and Kurt plays electric guitar. Bob also told me that Kurt was a singer. When I heard they were going to do some music together, I decided that I wanted to crash that party. I wanted to play with other people, because I had stopped playing for over a year, as a punishment to myself for harming people I loved. This was an opportunity to get together in a way that wouldn't contribute to my problems. In the past, music had opened the door for me to get into trouble.
I knew I needed music because of what it does to my brain. I helps me access my sense of connection to others. As such, it directly counteracts the feeling of loneliness and isolation I was living in. It gave me respite from despair and hopelessness. It provided a few moments of relief from what felt like a black hole in the pit of my stomach, that was slowing down light as well as weighing me down. My life, for a time, felt slow and miserable and impossible — except for those moments when I was connected to others, primarily through music.
Then, I decided I was such a bad person, that I didn't even deserve any relief at all. I stopped playing music. I stopped dancing. I stopped socializing. I stopped talking to friends and family members. I stopped working. I stopped using the phone. I simply couldn't.
Finding people I felt safe to be with and to make music with was a miracle for me. It started at my house. Kurt and Bob and Ralph started coming over on Tuesday evenings to play together. Not all of them every single time. Sometimes it was only two of us.
I used my background in improvisational music to come up with games that would help us develop a practice. At first, we didn't know what we wanted to do. We thought about writing music or songs. We thought about being a rock band. We're still open to any ideas that anyone wants to bring to our practice, but mostly we started playing together using these improvisational games I either borrowed from others I have learned from, or that I made up myself.
I started recording our sessions, and then listening to the recordings, and after a while, I started thinking that maybe we had something that other people would enjoy. Maybe we were developing a process that could help others gain the benefits we were gaining. Maybe we could play for others and with others in more public situations.
To date, we've played for others in a formal way three times. We've given the workshop once in a formal setting (a twelve step group retreat). We enjoyed ourselves on each occasion, and we also got some positive feedback, which felt good. The workshop went over very well, and our last performance generated an amazing amount of energy. It got a group to get up out of their audience roles, and some played music with us, while others danced. It was a regular party!
I am beginning to see a future for this play for us. We can do the workshop at parties, or for people interested in learning how to make music together (no experience required). The workshop is also good for people in recovery, both from addictions and from mental illnesses. It provides a coping technique that gives people relief from the pain these things can bring.
Performing also brings people together, both as audience members and participants. It provides another way to connect with others, and, I hope, it helps to break down judgmental barriers that often come between us. It is great fun for us to be the spark plugs that generate the energy of connection within groups of people we do not yet know.
So, from time to time, I will post my descriptions and reactions to these events — our practices and our outreach to others. This may primarily be my thoughts, but I hope that other members of Sonic Sandbox will also want to post their thoughts, too. Until next time… I hope we can play in the sonic sandbox together one day soon.
March 25, 2016 August 2, 2016 Community, Connection, Dance, Facilitation, Music Improvisation, Performance, Spirituality Leave a comment acceptancebandcoping techniquesDanceFacilitationHistoryimprovisationmental healthmind trainingmusicplayrecoveryworkshop
Roots of the Sonic Sandbox
The Sonic Sandbox has roots extending to many sources of inspiration. Some roots grow out of the improvisational music and dance community. Other roots reach into spiritual traditions meditation, yoga, and mindfulness, as well as into the support group and recovery movement.
Dance Improvisation
In 1986, I moved to an apartment in West Philadelphia with my then girlfriend. We were invited to a party by our upstairs neighbors — mostly, I think, out of self defense. They wanted to avoid us complaining about the loud music. It worked.
I liked the party, although my girlfriend didn't seem to enjoy them so much. I think she made an appearance and then went back downstairs to study. I stayed, up in the attic where the party was being held, to witness a form of dance that was both new to me, but it felt like I'd known it for a long time. I asked the party-goers where they learned to dance like that.
"The Friday Night Workshop at Group Motion," I was told.
I started going to the workshop, almost religiously. I met my wife there. I took the workshop facilitator training in Bermuda. I danced. I played music. I learned about rituals, tribes, and getting out of your head and into your body. Eventually, I figured out that this was my form of meditation, and later on, when I got sick, dancing at Group Motion was the only relief I got from my despair and hopelessness.
Music Improvisation
One of the dancers at Group Motion introduced me to his passions: drumming and a special form of music improvisation that he learned from the cell
David Darling and Chungliang Al Huang
o player, David Darling at Music for People workshops. Ron Kravitz, creator of Music in the Moment, introduced me to Baba
tunde Olatungi's drumming style as well as Music for People. I had the privilege of studying with Olatunji himself, at a weekend workshop in Philadelphia. I also worked with David Darling together with Taiji master improviser, Chungliang Al Huang at a workshop at Esalen Institute.
I played music. I improvised. I danced Taiji to the shapes of the giant pines and played my recorder to the sounds of the birds and the ocean at Big Sur.
I learned about the hero's journey and story telling and five minutes before the group performance on the last night, David Darling told me he wanted me to do a solo.
In 2008, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and I started attending both a bipolar support group to learn how to manage depression and a twelve step group to learn how to cope with compulsive behavior. I learned about the power of listening to other people's stories. I learned how rules can create a safe environment for people to tell their deepest shames openly in an effort to learn how to stop punishing themselves for the imagined and real hurts they have inflicted on others and themselves. I learned that giving back is a very good way to help heal myself.
The Warp and Weft of Root Weaving
Many roots. Many influences. Coming together to inform my life and my true work. It's all a mass of knotted roots, now. I doubt if I could ever unentangle it, even if I wanted to. There's much more, of course. Stuff from my family and my childhood. My struggle to feel lovable and loved. My efforts to punish myself for all the hurts I caused others.
These are also my spiritual roots. For me, spirituality is about feeling connections between me and others and our environment in a way that feels as if there is no separation. The magical paradox of being a separate being while being a part of everything. I am weaving all these things together; mostly making it up as I go along; and trying to pass on the things I have learned so they can help themselves recover from whatever it is that haunts them, and to find more joy and fun and love in their lives.


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What is bisphenol A?
What foods can be contaminated?
How does it affect human health?
Is it stable in foods?
How can it be controlled?
Are there rules and regulations?
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a phenolic compound (C15H16O2, CAS No. 80-05-7), also referred to as 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane. It was first synthesized over a hundred years ago and is an important industrial chemical used in manufacturing processes. BPA is a major component of rigid polycarbonate plastics and epoxy-resin coatings.
Polycarbonate is commonly used in the food industry for water and soft-drink bottles, and epoxy resins are used as protective linings for metal food cans, wine storage vats and other liquid containers, and as coatings on metal lids used for glass bottles and jars. In addition, polycarbonate plastic containers and tableware are widely used by consumers and the material is also used to manufacture infant feeding bottles.
Although materials containing BPA have been used in packaging and storage vessels for food and beverages for over 50 years, some scientific studies have shown that under certain conditions BPA can migrate into food products. This is of concern because BPA is known to cause adverse health effects in animals at high levels. Canada has recently placed bisphenol A on its list of toxic substances and the US Environmental Protection Agency has identified BPA as a chemical of concern.
Detection of BPA has been reported in various canned food and drink products including canned fruit, vegetables, coffee, tea, infant formula concentrate and sake.
A survey of 62 canned food and drink products by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) published in 2001 found detectable levels of BPA in fruits and vegetable products, stout, fish, soups, dairy products, meat products and pasta in tomato sauce. However, the Independent Committee on Toxicology of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) concluded that the levels of BPA found during the FSA survey were unlikely to be a concern for human health.
More recently Canadian surveys published between 2009 – 2010 detected low levels of BPA in bottled and canned beer and soft drinks, canned tuna, soups, vegetables, and pasta products, baby foods in glass jars with metal lids and canned liquid infant formula products.
Estimates of dietary exposure to BPA vary widely and can be based on different methods of calculation.
Using migration figures from food contact materials, levels of BPA found in foods and the amount of food consumed, a recent conservative estimate published in 2006 by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Scientific Panel of Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, gives values ranging from 0.2µg/kg bodyweight (bw)/day for a breast-fed 3 month infant to 13µg/kg bw/day for a 6 month infant fed formula from a polycarbonate bottle and consuming commercial foods and beverages. This highest value falls to 1.5µg/kg bw/day for an adult consuming commercial foods and beverages.
Based on studies in mice and rats, it is widely accepted that exposure to BPA (from the environment as well as from food) at high levels is potentially detrimental to human health. It is an endocrine disruptor and may have an effect on fertility. It has weak oestrogenic activity and has been shown to reduce sperm count and sperm activity. Studies indicate that it could affect development, and there are concerns that BPA can affect the brain, prostate gland and behaviour in foetuses, infants, and young children. Some research suggests that BPA may be carcinogenic, possibly leading to the precursors of breast cancer. Other reports also indicate that it has liver toxicity and may even be linked to obesity by triggering fat-cell activity.
The effect of low level exposure to BPA on human health is far less clear. Some researchers believe that there is evidence in the literature demonstrating that animals exposed to very low doses of BPA suffer adverse affects. However, expert panels asked to review the data generally consider that there is not enough evidence from animal studies to suggest that low levels of BPA adversely affect humans.
It is generally agreed that the overall no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) for BPA is 5 mg/kg bw/day. Government agencies add in an uncertainly factor to calculations to arrive at what is known as either a tolerable daily intake (TDI), or the maximum acceptable or oral reference dose (RfD). Currently the European Food Safety Authority's TDI (established November 2006), and the Japanese TDI, as well as the US Environmental Protection Agency's RfD (established in 1993) for BPA is 0.05 mg/kg bw/day. This value is considerably greater than the highest estimates of dietary intake.
BPA can be present in foods as a result of migration from the epoxy-resin coatings used to line metallic food cans and on metal closures for glass jars and bottles. The other main source is the polycarbonate plastic bottles and containers used to package a wide range of products, such as water, soft drinks and milk. BPA in food may also originate from epoxy coatings and polycarbonate plastic used in tanks and containers in the processing environment
Another potential source of BPA in food is polycarbonate tableware used to store foods in the domestic environment. BPA may migrate from tableware to foodstuffs, either from residual BPA in the material, or because various extreme conditions, including repeated cleaning, exposure to heat and contact with acid foods, results in the polycarbonate breaking down to produce BPA, which subsequently migrates into the food.
BPA is also found in a wide variety of non-food sources, such as drinking water storage tanks and water pipes, electrical equipment and various household appliances.
BPA appears to be readily biodegradable and after a short period of adaptation (3-8 days), levels in natural water environments rapidly decrease (100 % removal in 2 – 17 days). Levels of BPA are also reduced rapidly during wastewater treatment.
BPA is very heat stable. It has a melting point of 155 – 157 °C and polycarbonate plastics can be used up to temperatures of around 145 °C.
It is generally agreed that the levels of ingested BPA should be as low as possible because of the uncertainties that exist about its potential adverse effects on human health. Health Canada has recommended that a general principle of ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) be applied to limiting exposure of newborns and infants to BPA.
For food processors
The food industry is being encouraged to implement techniques and procedures to reduce the migration of BPA into foodstuffs and to source can and container coatings that contain lower levels of BPA, or are BPA-free. In the USA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working with manufacturers to develop safe alternatives to BPA for the linings of infant formula cans, and ensuring that these reach the market as soon as possible.
It is important to note that for canned food products, alternatives should not permit bacterial or metallic contamination of the contents, and should not give rise to other safety concerns. The use of alternatives may also reduce the final shelf life of a canned product, if the resistance of the alternative is lower than that of an epoxy-resin-based lining.
Alternatives to BPA-containing plastics can be used for feeding infants and for storing and serving food. The US FDA and Health Canada are actively supporting reasonable efforts to reduce levels of BPA in the food supply, especially for infants and young children.
The FDA is encouraging industry to stop producing new BPA-containing baby bottles and infant feeding cups destined for the US market, and elsewhere some countries have introduced legislation banning the use of BPA in the manufacture of infant feeding bottles.
There are no restrictions, at present, on the amount of BPA that can be present in most final plastic products, but the tendency of BPA to migrate from food contact materials has been acknowledged in European Union food law. In 2002, EU legislation was introduced setting a Specific Migration Limit (SML) of 3 mg BPA per kg food. This was amended in 2004 to set a SML(T) of 0.6 mg BPA per kg food. The migration limit in Japan allows a maximum of 2.5 ppm. There is no SML in the USA at present.
Some countries have recently considered banning, or have banned, the use of BPA in plastics used for baby feeding bottles. Following national bans in Denmark and France, the EU banned the manufacture, marketing or importation of BPA-containing polycarbonate infant feeding bottles in 2011 and the Canadian Government is reported to be considering similar restrictions.


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Classical music: Presidential debates should include questions about funding and supporting the arts and humanities | October 27, 2015
Well, well.
Tomorrow night — from 7 to 9 p.m. CDT on CNBC — there will be another presidential debate.
The always astonishing and amazing Republicans, led by the always astonishing and amazing Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson, will debate in Boulder, Colorado.
The Ear has watched three presidential debates so far — two Republican and one Democratic.
But he still has no idea of where the various candidates on both sides stand when it comes to government support of the arts –- including music — and the humanities.
Please tell us, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, what you think?
And you too, Donald Trump and Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina and Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum and Chris Christie and Jeb Bush and Rand Paul and John Kasich and ….
Do you want to defund PBS?
Or defund NPR?
Or will you support these important and historic cultural commitments? Why or why not?
Along the same lines, do you want to defund, sustain or enhance the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities?
Some funny reasoning is going on here. Some of the candidates want to eliminate all subsidies to the arts, which are a form of economic development after all – at a time when a lot of conservatives don't mind funding big rich corporations in the same name of economic development.
The arts create a lot of jobs and spark a lot of spending and stimulus. Or don't the culture-challenged charlatans realize that?
Stop and think a minute about the local situation. The Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Opera, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Wisconsin Union Theater, the Overture Center (below), public schools, the University of Wisconsin and its School of Music — all rely in part on public funding. They employ a lot of people and generate a lot of value.
Don't these issues deserve a public airing? Doesn't the arts consuming public have a right to know where the various candidates stand on these issues? Shouldn't voters know what they might be getting in those areas?
As The Ear understand its, one flank of the attack has to do with the so called left-leaning liberal or progressive bias and politics of PBS and NPR.
Plus, there is the view that the art that public taxpayer money is helping to create doesn't defend the so-called family values that the most radically conservative Republicans and Christian fundamentalists and Evangelicals want defended.
The other flank of the attack has to do with the stance that government should be smaller and that therefore should be funding less in general.
Makes you wonder just how the radical "freedom coalition" and Tea Party people in South Carolina, Texas and California feel about having a smaller government when it comes to providing aid for victims of torrential floods and devastating wildfires. And how is that kind of help for those in need different from funding education or health care?
AUSTIN, TX – MAY 25, 2015
Extreme flooding takes place in Austin, Texas May 25, 2015.
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Anyway, wouldn't it be appropriate for some of the panelists to question the candidates on the issues pertaining to the arts and humanities?
The Ear is reminded of Sir Winston Churchill's comment during World War II. Some members of the British Parliament asked him if funding for the arts shouldn't be cut and used instead to fight Hitler and the Nazis. He said no and added, "Then what would we be fighting for?"
Tell the Ear what you think. Leave a COMMENT.
Maybe, just maybe, someone else will read it and pass it along and we will finally get a substantive discussion from the candidates about where they stand on arts and humanities funding by the federal government.
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The argument for defunding PBS and NPR isn't because they have arts programming. (Although generally it's mediocre — my local NPR station's classical content is "mostly Mozart," almost nothing unusual or challenging.) The argument is that they are taking public funds and using them to spread cultural Marxist propaganda. Why should taxpayers be forced to subsidize left-wing biased programming?
I know, I know — you are living in your academic bubble and it doesn't seem to you that it's leftist because that's all you hear every day. Sorry to burst your bubble (probably can't be done, but I try when I can), but the one-sided "education" you are getting is part of a totalitarian regime of globalism and population replacement.
If public broadcasting were honest and stuck to culture, I'd be all for funding it as a public good. But it isn't.
Comment by Rick Darby — February 4, 2016 @ 8:19 am
Thanks for reading and responding.
Sorry about the mostly mediocre mostly Mozart programming. Ours here is much better.
But Marxist? Totalitarian?
You're kidding but you'r not I know.
Sorry, that's just not the PBS or NPR, let alone the NEA and NEH, that I know.
Talk about propaganda, your insulting invective against me is full of it.
What you say cites no facts and wreaks of Bill O'Reilly and his "fair and balanced" colleagues at FOX or Rush Limbaugh.
But I know that I won't convince you and you won't convince me.
Guess we have to agree to disagree.
No PBS and NPR for you; no public corporate welfare and dumb wars for me.
Be well and thanks for reading.
The Ear
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Great column, Jake! Winston's WWII comment is the one we need to remember and use when talking with those who think the arts are peripheral. He carries an authority that few of us do.
Comment by marti phillips — October 27, 2015 @ 7:08 pm
I don't know that I would trust any of the candidates to know the difference between art and entertainment. Most Americans don't; they suffer from the Dunning-Kruger Effect. I have little hope that the treasures of the imagination are going to survive another hundred years no matter who is in office.
Comment by Susan Fiore — October 27, 2015 @ 7:44 am
Thanks, Ear, for sticking up for the arts, NPR, PBS… and for making other connections that few others will.
Comment by John Pass — October 27, 2015 @ 7:19 am
A five star column. And courageous. Kudos to the blogger/writer.
But I'm afraid it goes far beyond just a question of funding to the arts. One party has been taken over by a reactionary, extremist minority that: denies climate change and global warming; denies the science behind it; denies Darwinian evolution (because that is contrary to their religious beliefs of a God revealed in the Bible who created the world in 7 days and just a few thousand years ago); denies the science behind geology (for the same reasons); and attacks public education.
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, is not being attacked by these people because it is a failure. On the contrary, it is being attacked because it has been a success for over 150 years.
According to the philosophy of Ronald Reagan and his demented modern day supporters, anything related to government must be bad. So how could a state run university be any good? Anything that provides proof to the contrary must be destroyed and that really is what is behind the attacks on the university today by Gov. Walker and his allies.
Even though the evidence to the contrary is all around them: in medicine; in music and the arts; in agriculture (look at where Wisconsin's milk industry and the Babcock test came from); in the climate; they are attacking the university, and public education in general, because it does not fit in with their "world view". Public is bad, private is good. And if a small group of people with these ideas has the support of a few billionaires to spend on campaigns and television, they can win elections, as we have seen.
Nor does it help that the other major political party, the Democratic party, appears often to be the the other arm of the Republican party, to paraphrase Gore Vidal (who knew a thing or two about history, politics, and the arts), a second branch of the corporate party. They have not stood up strongly enough to defend public education, public funding for the arts and so on, probably because they to do not believe in them. And neither one of the major candidates running for the presidency on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders (graduate of the University of Chicago) or Hillary Clinton (Yale U. grad) has spent a day in public education themselves. That is also true of Barack Obama (who attended the ultra exclusive and expensive Punahou prep school in Hawaii before he went to Columbia and then Harvard Law School), virtually every judge on the Supreme Court, and virtually every Cabinet member chosen by President Obama.
As for the Republican candidates, Trump went to business school at the Ivy League, U. of Pennsylvania; Dr. Carson went to the private Johns Hopkins; Carly Fiorina went to Stanford; and so on. And, of course, before dropping out of his presidential race, Scott Walker had dropped out of the private Marquette University.
We need to have more people who have actually benefited from public education running for politics. We need more people who are in the arts to put down their instruments and batons and start speaking out as well. And we must realize, that issues like funding to the arts, are tied to other issues like attitudes toward government, public education, climate change and global warming.
Comment by fflambeau — October 27, 2015 @ 3:06 am
"We need more people who are in the arts to put down their instruments and batons and start speaking out as well. And we must realize, that issues like funding to the arts, are tied to other issues like attitudes toward government, public education, climate change and global warming."
Yes! 100% spot on.
I would like to share your comments on my Facebook page but don't seem to be able to do that. Any advice?
Comment by Wini — October 27, 2015 @ 1:43 am
Wini: highlight, copy and paste to the "what's on your mind" section of Facebook. Hope that helped 🙂
Hi Wini,
There is now a link to the column on my Facebook page.
I usually do it most mornings.
So you should go there and share it with FB friends or the general public with a single click.
Best wishes to you and Glenn.
Comment by welltemperedear — October 27, 2015 @ 7:49 am
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Which Liquids Boil at a Lower Gas Temperature Than Water?
Some liquids mix readily like perfect partners. Alcoholic beverages like whiskey, wine and beer, for example, are all mixtures of water and alcohol. Other liquids don't mix at all. If you shake a bottle full of oil and water, for instance, you can get them to mix but as soon as you return the bottle to the shelf, the two will separate. Liquids that don't mix and stay mixed are said to be immiscible.
Like dissolves like is a simple rule of thumb chemists use when evaluating how soluble a compound will probably be in a given solvent, and the same rule holds true for determining whether two liquids are miscible. The rule has to do with how atoms share electrons. Oxygen and nitrogen are much more selfish than carbon or hydrogen, so molecules that contain oxygen or nitrogen bonded to carbon or hydrogen feature regions where electrons are shared unevenly; this part of the molecule is said to be polar. Regions made predominantly of carbon and hydrogen, by contrast, are nonpolar because electrons here are shared more equally. A nitrogen or oxygen atom with a hydrogen atom attached to it is so polar it can form weak bonds called hydrogen bonds with oxygen or nitrogen atoms on other molecules.
Like dissolves like says that liquids will probably mix well if they have similar polarity and hydrogen-bonding ability. The more similar they are in terms of these two characteristics, the more likely it is they will mix well. Liquids that differ significantly in terms of these characteristics, by contrast, are likely to be immiscible.
Just as you'd expect from the like-dissolves-like principle, water and hydrocarbon-based solvents tend to be completely immiscible. Common examples include hexane (C6H14), toluene (C7H8) and cyclohexane (C6H12). Gasoline is a mixture of hydrocarbon solvents like hexane, which is why gasoline and water don't mix. Toluene is a common solvent in paint thinners and other industrial chemicals, and these typically mix poorly with water as well.
Perhaps the most common example of immiscible liquids is oil and water. Vegetable oils are made from fats; these do contain oxygen atoms as part of a so-called ester group, but the oxygen atoms do not have hydrogens attached to them; so while these oxygen atoms can accept hydrogen bonds, they do not have a hydrogen they can use to form a hydrogen bond with another molecule. Also the vast majority of the fat molecule is hydrocarbon, so most of the molecule is nonpolar. That's why fat molecules tend to mix very poorly with water.
Just like water, other highly polar solvents tend to be immiscible with pure hydrocarbon solvents. Hexane, for example, will not mix with highly polar methanol (CH3OH) or glacial acetic acid (C2H4O2) because it has no ability to form hydrogen bonds with these molecules and is too nonpolar. Dimethyl sulfoxide is another polar solvent that mixes well with water but will not mix with hexane or cyclohexane and other common hydrocarbon solvents.
What Is a Hydrocarbon Chain?
Does Bonding Exist in Substances That Consist of Discrete Molecules?
Brennan, John. "Examples of Immiscible Liquids." Sciencing, https://sciencing.com/examples-immiscible-liquids-15329.html. 27 April 2018.


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The twelfth season of the talent show The Voice of Germany premiered on 18 August 2022. The show was broadcast by two local TV stations, ProSieben and Sat.1, during the Blind Auditions and the Battles. The rest episodes of the season were broadcast by Sat.1 only.

Mark Forster returned for his sixth season. Rea Garvey and Stefanie Kloß, who last appeared on season 10, returned as coaches for their seventh and fourth seasons respectively, replacing Johannes Oerding and Sarah Connor. Peter Maffay joined the show as a new coach this season, replacing Nico Santos. Meanwhile, Thore Schölermann returned for his eleventh season as host, with Melissa Khalaj replacing Lena Gercke as the new host.

Anny Ogrezeanu was named The Voice of Germany on November 4, 2022. This marked Mark Forster's first win on the main show after being a coach for six seasons, and his third in the entire series (twice on the Kids' version).

Panelists

Coaches

On 13 April 2022, ProSieben and Sat.1 announced Mark Forster would be the only coach returning, meaning that Nico Santos, Johannes Oerding and Sarah Connor would not be returning as coaches for season 12. On 12 May 2022, it was announced that Rea Garvey and Stefanie Kloss would be returning as solo coaches after a one-year hiatus, along with new coach Peter Maffay. After three seasons, the Comeback Stage by SEAT was not reinstated this season, leading to the departure of last season's Comeback Stage coach Elif Demirezer. Hence, the number of finalists on the show would be down to four once again.

Hosts
On 30 March 2022, Lena Gercke announced on her Instagram account that after seven seasons she would not be returning to the show. On 21 April 2022, it was announced that Thore Schölermann would return as host and Melissa Khalaj would be the new host.

Teams

Blind Auditions
The Blind Auditions were recorded from 19 May 2022 to 24 May 2022 at Studio Adlershof in Berlin and began broadcasting 18 August 2022, being broadcast every Thursday on ProSieben and every Friday on Sat.1.

In this round, the four coaches can press their buttons and select however number of artists they want to join their teams. A total of 119 artists auditioned and 75 of them got at least one coach turned for their performance. In addition, 26 artists got a four-chair-turn in this round.

Battles
The Battles were recorded from July 4, 2022 to July 6, 2022 in Berlin, being broadcast like the Blind Auditions every Thursday on ProSieben and every Friday on Sat.1.

In this round, the four coaches pair two or three of their artists, depending on the total number of artists on their teams, in a singing match and then select one of them to advance to the next round. Each coach has only one 'Steal' which can be used to select an artist on another team and lost the battle to advance to the Sing-offs.

Sing-offs
The Sing-offs were recorded in Berlin from July 19, 2022 to July 20, 2022 and were broadcast only by Sat.1 on Friday nights.

In this round, each coach divides their ten candidates into three groups, in which each participant performs a song in turn. The coach then chooses one participant from each group to move on to the Semi-final, where all four coaches each have three candidates left on their team.

Last season marked the first time that the show did not invite mentors since the sixth season. However, in the Sing-offs this season the advisors were again introduced by the show. Rea Garvey's candidates were supported by Tones and I, Stefanie Kloß' candidates by Lena, Peter Maffay's candidates by Wincent Weiss and Mark Forster's candidates by Calum Scott.

Semi-final
The Semi-final aired on October 28, 2022. Twelve contestants, three per coach, competed in this round and only one from each team advanced to the season Finale. Since there is no Comeback Stage, unlike in the previous three seasons, no fifth finalist was added. Also, the show canceled the quarter-final this season.

In this round, the coaches are not the ones to decide who moves on to the next round. Instead, it is the audiences who vote determine which contestants from the teams advance to the Finale. Tammo Förster, Julian Pförtner, Basti Schmidt, and Anny Ogrezeanu are the four finalists. Anny is also the only finalist that didn't get a four-chair-turn in the Blind Auditions.

Sophie Frei was initially announced to move onto the finale for Team Rea, before it was revealed that a technical error mixed Frei's and Tammo Förster's percentages on the on-screen graphic. This was verified minutes later when a notary came on stage to confirm the results. The voting results of Jan Bleeker were not affected by the glitch.

The coaches kicked off the Semi-final with "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz. The show also invited Michael Schulte and Max Giesinger, who ended up in third and fourth place on the first season of The Voice of Germany and both started a career since then, as guests to perform their latest single "More to This Life".

Finale
The Finale aired on November 4, 2022. Due to the cancellation of the Comeback Stage, only four finalists competed in the Finale. In the Finale, each artist first performed a duet with their own coach and then another with a guest artist.

The show invited famous singer-songwriters including Brit-nominated Calum Scott, former coach Nico Santos, Eurovision Song Contest 2014 winner Conchita Wurst, and a band Alphaville. Last season's winner Sebastien Krenz joined the finalists (Tammo Förster, Julian Pförtner, Basti Schmidt, and Anny Ogrezeanu) to perform his latest single and Zoe Wees who was a contestant on the fifth season of The Voice Kids also joined the show as a guest.

Particularly, right before the announcement of the final result, Iranian-American singer Rana Mansour performed the English version of "Baraye" by Shervin Hajipour. This song serves as the anthem of the ongoing 2021-2022 Iranian Protests, which escalated again a few days before the broadcasting day of the Finale. It calls for peace and women's rights in Iran.

Anny Ogrezeanu is crowned the winner of this season, marking Mark Forster's first win after being a coach on the show for six seasons and the third in the series (twice on the Kids' version). This also means that Anny Ogrezeanu, as the only finalist who has not received a 'four-chair-turn' in the Blind Auditions this season, is also the only non-'four-chair-turn' winner since season 8, where a two-chair-turn contestant Samuel Rösch won the show representing coach Michael Patrick Kelly.

Elimination Chart
Coaches color key

Results color key

Episode Summary & Ratings

References

External links
 Official website
 The Voice of Germany on fernsehserien.de

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Florida Gators hire design firm, release sneak peak at standalone football facility
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September 27, 2016 | By Adam Silverstein
The Florida Gators announced Scott Stricklin as the program's new athletic director on Tuesday. Stricklin, who spent the last six years leading Mississippi State, finalized his deal Monday, completing a Florida search...
Florida Gators plan for $100M facility upgrade, including standalone football complex
So you know all that money the Florida Gators have recently thrown at improving athletic facilities and centers across the University of Florida campus? The Gators will be doubling that figure. In...
McElwain, White, Foley make few waves as Florida Gators reps at 2015 SEC spring meetings
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A tumultuous offseason for Florida Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley, one in which he had to hire new head coaches in his two top revenue-producing sports of football and basketball, did not...
Florida Gators postpone $60 million renovation to Stephen C. O'Connell Center for one year
The Florida Gators announced Wednesday that a planned $60 million renovation to the Stephen C. O'Connell Center has been postponed one year. Citing an "aggressive schedule, escalating costs associated with the...
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The University of Florida's University Athletic Association on Friday announced receipt of $12.5 million from an anonymous donor, which is being billed as the largest-ever donation to the program. The $12.5 million...
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While the Florida Gators were in the midst of hiring a new head football coach, the University of Florida continued to progress in its plans to potentially build an indoor practice facility...
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package org.shipkit.gradle.notes;

import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile;
import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
import org.shipkit.internal.gradle.notes.tasks.FetchContributors;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Fetches data about all project contributors and stores it in file.
 * The data feeds release notes generation and pom.xml content.
 * It uses GitHub repos/contributors endpoint: https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/#list-contributors
 * This endpoint is cached by GitHub and may return information a few hours old.
 * Therefore, we also fetch recent contributors from GitHub using the "commit" end point:
 * https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/commits/
 * This way, we can also fetch the most recent contributors, necessary for correct release notes information.
 */
public class FetchGitHubContributorsTask extends DefaultTask {

    @Input private String apiUrl;
    @Input private String repository;
    @Input private String readOnlyAuthToken;
    @OutputFile private File outputFile;
    @Input private Collection<String> ignoredContributors;

    @TaskAction
    public void fetchContributors() {
        new FetchContributors().fetchContributors(this);
    }

    /**
     * See {@link org.shipkit.gradle.configuration.ShipkitConfiguration.GitHub#getApiUrl()}
     */
    public String getApiUrl() {
        return apiUrl;
    }

    /**
     * See {@link #getApiUrl()}
     */
    public void setApiUrl(String apiUrl) {
        this.apiUrl = apiUrl;
    }

    /**
     * See {@link org.shipkit.gradle.configuration.ShipkitConfiguration.GitHub#getRepository()}
     */
    public String getRepository() {
        return repository;
    }

    /**
     * See {@link #getRepository()}
     */
    public void setRepository(String repository) {
        this.repository = repository;
    }

    /**
     * See {@link org.shipkit.gradle.configuration.ShipkitConfiguration.GitHub#getReadOnlyAuthToken()}
     */
    public String getReadOnlyAuthToken() {
        return readOnlyAuthToken;
    }

    /**
     * See {@link #getReadOnlyAuthToken()}
     */
    public void setReadOnlyAuthToken(String readOnlyAuthToken) {
        this.readOnlyAuthToken = readOnlyAuthToken;
    }

    /**
     * Where serialized information about contributors will be stored.
     */
    public File getOutputFile() {
        return outputFile;
    }

    /**
     * See {@link #getOutputFile()}
     */
    public void setOutputFile(File outputFile) {
        this.outputFile = outputFile;
    }

    /**
     * See {@link org.shipkit.gradle.configuration.ShipkitConfiguration.Team#getIgnoredContributors()}
     */
    public Collection<String> getIgnoredContributors() {
        return ignoredContributors;
    }

    /**
     * See {@link #getIgnoredContributors()}
     */
    public void setIgnoredContributors(Collection<String> ignoredContributors) {
        this.ignoredContributors = ignoredContributors;
    }
}

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The previous function of the skip to hash button (that is, jumping to the next "hash" mark on the playback progress bar at the bottom of the screen) can still be accessed by first pressing fast forward or reverse. Press the fast forward button and then press skip-to-hash and the playback will advance to the next hashmark (or the end of the program if you're close to the end of playback.) Press the rewind button and then the skip-to-hash and you jump back to the previous hash mark, or the beginning of the program depending on your place in the playback. Skipping past the end of the program takes you back to the start of playback.
I know it won't skip to the next hash, normally goes to the end, but i can't seem to get it to do that.
Do you get the 3 bings after the last select?
It has to be entered reasonably quickly. Also you don't state where you are are you using a UK TiVo?
Sorry yes UK Tivo and I got the 3 bongs.
That website is wrong. With 30 second skip active, pressing it whil FFing just drops you out of FF.
My understanding was that in software versions 3 and alter (i.e. what the US have) the "skip to next tick" feature still works when using ffwd and 30 second skip enabled. I also never get the bongs when I turn it on, but then I have turned the sound effects off totally.
6023, 2x120gb, TurboNet, TivoWeb etc.
Just tried it again and it worked this time (including bongs!).
Either Tivo or I must have been having a "Senior Moment" and I guess it's probably that it was me!


BizBuySell.com, the Internet's largest business-for-sale marketplace, reported a record number of businesses changing hands in 2017. Looking into specific industries, the restaurant sector experienced major growth in the second quarter. The number of closed restaurant transactions increased 34 percent year-over-year, and the median sale price jumped from $165,000 to $195,000. Improving financials likely contributed to higher sale prices. The median revenue of restaurants nationwide increased 7 percent year-over-year from $504,500 to $540,000, while cash flows increased 2 percent to $100,000.
Despite higher asking prices, sales are closing at a faster pace. In the second quarter, the median days on market stood at 168, marking a 5.6 percent decline year-over-year from 178 days. Franchises are also increasingly seen as desirable acquisition targets. Established operating franchises for sale comprised 7 percent of active listings and 9 percent of closed deals in the second quarter of 2017. In addition, the median sale price of franchise businesses in the second quarter was $232,500, slightly higher than the median $229,000 for all transactions.
So what do all these numbers and data points mean to you? Whether you currently own an independent or franchised restaurant…or are considering a move into this arena…NOW IS A GREAT TIME! The combination of increasing revenue, increasing cash flow and fewer days on the market all point to a trend that profitable restaurants and franchises are a solid short and long term investment. In the short term a buyer can be confident of sustainable, and likely increasing, revenue and income. In the long term asset values should grow to protect your initial investment.
Buying an existing restaurant, independent or franchised, takes much of the risk and guess work out of the process. With longevity, verifiable financials, and a negotiated lease in place, restaurant buyers/sellers can expect the purchase price to be somewhere between two to three times ODE (Owner Discretionary Earnings). Buying an existing restaurant is safer because you have an existing customer base. By knowing the sales and cash flow, you can determine the cash flow YOU NEED and shop for a restaurant that is currently generating the required earnings. Then you take your experience and motivation to grow it to the next level.
If you currently own a restaurant or are thinking about buying one, The Restaurant Brokers at We Sell Restaurants are here to answer your questions and assist. We are the Nation's largest Restaurant Brokerage Group and pride ourselves on our level of service and results. All conversations as well as our listing strategies are done to protect the confidentiality of our clients. Please contact us at 1-888-814-8226 or click this link to have a Restaurant valuation performed at no cost or obligation. You may be pleasantly surprised to learn what your restaurant is worth.
Looking for great quality of life, lower costs and restaurants for sale to support your family? Read this article to understand why your search may need to focus on small towns.
The majority of profitable restaurants for sale are located in major urban and suburban areas primarily due to their adjacency to multiple residential and business customers. Keep in mind, however, that the more desirable and "populated" the area, the higher the rent, the greater the competition, and the overall cost of living to reside near your business can quickly offset the benefits of being in a prime spot. The Restaurant Brokers at We Sell Restaurants have many successful and highly profitable restaurants for sale in major cities including but not limited to Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Denver, and Austin. We also have equally as profitable restaurants for sale listed in more remote areas, and while they may not be in the center of all the action, they do provide a long list of benefits and advantages.
The first and foremost benefit of restaurants for sale in more remote locations, is the cost of living. Owning a home more than an hour outside of a major city or suburb can cost, in many instances, less than half of what some houses would cost in a more populated area. A lower cost of living translates to a better lifestyle with more disposable income. In the Atlanta market, a 3,000 square foot home can run $700,000 within a 15-mile radius of the city reduce to $500,000 within a 30-mile radius and can cost as little as $250,000-$300,000 in a more remote area.
Well run restaurants for sale in these areas tend to enjoy longevity and repeat business as a result of the local reputation they've built, and the fewer number of establishments serving the area. Rent is another major factor, as it is the single biggest fixed cost on a restaurant profit and loss statement. You can flex how much inventory and supplies you buy and you can manage your staff and wages based on traffic volume, but the rent is the rent. Rents in strong suburban markets such as Gwinnett and Fulton County, Georgia, can range from $25 to $40 per square foot and more. The average rent in these areas for a 2,500 square foot restaurant is around $7,000 per month. However, if you venture out a little further you can find rents as low as $12-$18 per square foot.
Lastly, and equally as important is quality of life. The pace is slower in smaller towns, people tend to be friendlier, and everyone knows your name. Living in a smaller town is not for everyone, but if you are looking to acquire a business in a small town, and the charm and appeal of living away from the fast pace, high cost urban scene, please check out our listings of restaurants for sale with We Sell Restaurants.
One of our restaurants for sale in small towns is listing #5560 in North Georgia's White County. Priced at $249,000, this location has been open for over two decades, is doing over $650,000 in sales, and generating around $100,000 in owner benefit. The space is a very manageable 2,200 square feet with another 1,000 square feet of outside seating. Rent is only $3,400 per month including CAMS.
Another one of the many restaurants for sale outside of cities is listing 5463, located in Thomasville, Georgia. This established and profitable BBQ business has been open for 10 years and generates $730,000 in sales annually. The current owner is completely absentee, and this popular restaurant is still showing a profit. It is priced to sell at $199,900, and there is a great opportunity for an owner operator to come in and make $80,000 to $100,000 annually.
We Sell Restaurants is the nation's premier source for buying and selling restaurants for sale across the county. If you are looking for restaurants for sale in Manhattan, Boston, or Raleigh, we have plenty of listings to choose from. If you're ready for a slower place, we have restaurants for sale for those of you who are looking to uproot from a major city and go somewhere quieter while still maintaining a certain income level. Check out all our listings on wesellrestaurants.com and call one of our certified restaurant brokers today at 404-800-6700.
The Restaurant Brokers at We Sell Restaurants work with hundreds of restaurant owners every year. The number one question we are asked is: "What is my business worth?" This is a math problem and easy enough to solve. What may be less obvious are the other items included in the transaction.
Our advice to anyone who is thinking about selling their Franchised or owner-operated restaurant is to make sure all your information is accurate and up-to-date.
We're not just referring to the obvious…the dreaded Profit and Loss statement. Restaurants are primarily valued based on the sales and cash flow they generate. The better and more verifiable the numbers…the greater your ability to maximize the value of your restaurant. That's only part of the equation however.
Many owners focus exclusively on financials and fail to make sure they are up to date and accurate when it goes beyond the numbers. Case in point: leases and equipment lists. Sometimes the line between assets – also known as the FF&E or Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment and leases are blurred, especially if the landlord owns part of the equipment.
Here are a few stories from the Restaurant Broker's files to give you real life examples of what happens once we bring a buyer to the table. This is AFTER we had a restaurant in contract and past due diligence.
In scenario 1, a restaurant owner listed their business for $59,000. He was new to the business, had been open less than a year, but was starting to show some decent sales figures and turning a small profit.
An offer of $55,000 was received and agreed to. The transaction progressed through due diligence and then the lease assignment process began.
The landlord informed the restaurant broker that he owned all the equipment and was letting the current owner use it. Needless to say the seller should have never included assets he did not own as part of the sale. The Buyer and Seller had to renegotiate the transaction for half of the originally agreed to price. The seller only had goodwill to sell.
In scenario 2, a bar owner listed his business for $250,000. He had a great location at a below-market rent. The seller had informed the broker and buyer he had five years left on his lease which was correct, according to the lease document.
The value of the furniture, fixtures and equipment combined with the great location and lease rate generated an offer north of $200,000. But when the buyer's restaurant broker started the lease assignment process, he was informed by the landlord that the seller had failed to exercise his option to renew so he was effectively on a month to month lease.
While the buyer was ready to overpay for assets, the landlord saw the opportunity to jack up the rates and the new rent would be 50% higher than what the buyer was expecting. What happened??? Needless to say, the deal went south in a hurry.
The take-away here is that when you want to sell your restaurant, get all your ducks in a row. Not just your P&L, which is still the most important part. Go through your lease so you know exactly how much time you have left on it and what the assignment criteria is. Confirm when your option must be exercised if you are anywhere near the end of your initial term. For most landlords, they require that you give written notice anywhere from 90 to 180 days PRIOR to the end of the first term. If you skip this step, your lease is not assignable and there are no rates for the option years.
Lastly, when you provide an asset list, make sure it is current and accurate. Don't list items that are leased (like the dishwasher) or that you don't own (like the Coke and Tea Machine) or items that are owned the landlord that you did not install.
When you get your restaurant under contract, the rubber meets the road. The last thing you want as a seller is for the buyer's offer to be based on inaccurate information. These details will kill your deal and the opportunity to sell your restaurant.
Do you want a review of your lease or equipment list? Contact Certified Restaurant Broker Steve Weinbaum for his expert advice on selling a restaurant or check out our restaurant for sale listings online at the link below.


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Understand Video Game Prior To You Remorse.
A game is a collection of guidelines that control a details activity. Its goal is to create a sensation of competition among players. The regulations are what make the video game intriguing and appealing. Games are not just a fun method to kill time, yet they are also helpful as tension reducers. Right here are some of the fundamental principles. 2.1 What is a Video game? 2.2 What Are the Different Sorts Of Gamings? 3.3 What Is a Pure Approach?
First, a video game is an activity in which individuals compete with each other. This type of activity normally includes exercise, such as a physical competitors. Other sorts of games consist of parlor game and also role-playing. Worldwide of video games, the game can be a role-playing game or a participating task. In its many standard definition, words video game comes from the Greek gammon, which implies "game". In its academic kind, a video gaming task entails taking on an additional individual.
A video game can be either a specific or team activity. The object of such activities can be an academic or enjoyment device. Nevertheless, games are various from artwork, which shares visual components. In some cases, nonetheless, a video game can be both an art form as well as an artwork. For instance, a person can play a video game while working in a real life setting. But a video game isn't always implied to be bet amusement.
There are a range of types of video games. Several entail relocating items on a level surface. The item of race-type games is to get to the end of the training course. Other games, such as go, have a various purpose. Various other popular games, such as soccer, are designed with a goal in mind. Ludwig Wittgenstein was the very first scholastic philosopher to take on the question of what a video game is, as well as he showed that games have no defined qualities.
A Game is a sort of activity. Generally, people can interact with a video game through various means. A video game may include human players or machines. It can additionally involve both human and non-human gamers. It can likewise be an easy board game, like chess or Go. If it is, it will be a parlor game. As well as if it is, then it is an on-line game. It is similar to a card video game.
A game is a task that brings people with each other. It might include players from various teams or cultures, and it can happen in the real world or online globe. Depending upon the style, it might be a video game of 2 gamers or one gamer as well as a computer system. The idea is to bring favorable sensations into the real life, which is the objective of a video game. But the trick to a successful game is to make it as realistic as feasible.
A video game is a quest involving guidelines and other variables. These video games are executed by a specific or group of individuals and generally involve a degree of psychological and physical stimulation. A game can include participation, role-playing, or competition, and it can also be a form of art. Words video game comes from the Greek word gamanan, which means "game." It belongs to gammon. In some cases, a person plays a solitary video game.
The term game has been specified by Johan Huizinga, Friedrich Georg Junger, and Manfred Eigen. The meanings of these games differ according to the individuals, yet they all have similar meanings. A game can be defined as a workout or a competition that includes human participants or a computer. It might be affordable or participating, depending upon the scenarios. It can be either a workout or an artistic creation. If it is played competitively, it is called a moedig.
A game may be an art type or a natural sensation. It can be an affordable sport, such as cricket, or it can be a participating activity. Nonetheless, it is likewise an affordable task. It is feasible to play video games that have a certain function, such as training for war or a training workout. It can also be a social task or a leisure activity. When it comes to the previous, the objective is to enhance oneself, as well as a game can help individuals boost their social abilities and also communication.
While a game can be a social activity, it is likewise a type of competition. It can entail a range of different elements, including physical obstacles. Several kids play games to discover and also enhance their abilities. They likewise learn more about team effort and also competitors. A video game can involve any kind of activity, and also any technique can be a part of it. If you are trying to find a method to enhance your game-play abilities, you can constantly sign up with a group as well as play some games with each other.
There are several types of video games. A video game is a competition between individuals. It can be affordable or non-competitive. Some individuals play a game for enjoyable. It can be a parlor game or an action-packed card game. Whatever you select to call it, a true video game is one that entails regulations. Whether you are a newbie or a professional, a video game can be a terrific resource of ideas for a kid. fortnite
Some people think that video games started in primitive cultures. Old individuals played with bones, and currently we have contemporary game items like dice. It is a means to pass time and bond with others. Some games are a lot more intricate than others. But for a child, a video game is more than simply enjoyable if it helps them establish their skills. For instance, an easy parlor game may show them just how to play chess, while a complex board-game can help them understand the game of their option.


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Q: Twitter Bootstrap navbar not working in PLAY framework I have a main.scala.html which has header,navbar and footbar as follows-
    @(title: String)(content: Html)

    <!DOCTYPE html>

@Messages("views.main.apps")

@Messages("views.main.activity")

@Messages("views.main.devices")

@Messages("views.main.account")

@Messages("views.main.logout")

            @content

The page content should be displayed as in the  tags.
However on clicking the tabs the page contents are not getting displayed.
Note the page contents were getting displayed earlier on clicking on the tabs but after adding data-toggle="tab" to the list elements it stopped displaying.

A: Check your html code:
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There is a end head and start div tag missing.

A: Preview source code generated by Play in the browser and use built-in browser inspector for HTML error (also you can just try to validate it with W3C Validator
If your view looks exactly as you showed as - it can not produce valid HTML document

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