Can a Company Survive Without a CEO?
Interesting article in Associations Now today. The article asks the question, 'Can a company or organization survive without a CEO'?
I was confident I knew the answer without reading the article – "NO"!
But I read the article anyway. I guess I was curious more than anything else.
Turns out my instincts were right. It seems a few organizations have tried to be run without a leader (where the buck stops) but it doesn't appear they have been resounding successes. In fact, my impression from the article is that companies that have tried such a model have increased their middle management numbers, decreased their efficiency and created cultures where accountability is questionable.
That's not to say that new models for leading businesses cannot be found. In fact, one of the hallmarks of great leaders, in my opinion, is they are constantly thinking about ways to adjust or change their business model to make it better. Great leaders are always thinking about the culture of their organization and how to make it better; the efficiency of their organization and how to make it even more efficient; the value their organization is delivering to its customers and how to become even more valuable.
Can a company survive without a CEO – probably on the short-term but for the long-haul organizations need a leader who is developing their culture, refining their vision and LEADING the employees to deliver value to their customers.


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VLT captures first direct spectrum of an exoplanet
by ESO
This montage shows the image and the spectrum of the star and the planet as seen with the NACO adaptive optics instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. As the host star is several thousand times brighter than the planet, this is a remarkable achievement at the border of what is technically possible. Credit: ESO/M. Janson
(PhysOrg.com) -- By studying a triple planetary system that resembles a scaled-up version of our own Sun's family of planets, astronomers have been able to obtain the first direct spectrum -- the "chemical fingerprint" -- of a planet orbiting a distant star, thus bringing new insights into the planet's formation and composition. The result represents a milestone in the search for life elsewhere in the Universe.
"The spectrum of a planet is like a fingerprint. It provides key information about the chemical elements in the planet's atmosphere," says Markus Janson, lead author of a paper reporting the new findings. "With this information, we can better understand how the planet formed and, in the future, we might even be able to find tell-tale signs of the presence of life."
The researchers obtained the spectrum of a giant exoplanet that orbits the bright, very young star HR 8799. The system is at about 130 light-years from Earth. The star has 1.5 times the mass of the Sun, and hosts a planetary system that resembles a scaled-up model of our own Solar System. Three giant companion planets were detected in 2008 by another team of researchers, with masses between 7 and 10 times that of Jupiter. They are between 20 and 70 times as far from their host star as the Earth is from the Sun; the system also features two belts of smaller objects, similar to our Solar System's asteroid and Kuiper belts.
"Our target was the middle planet of the three, which is roughly ten times more massive than Jupiter and has a temperature of about 800 degrees Celsius," says team member Carolina Bergfors. "After more than five hours of exposure time, we were able to tease out the planet's spectrum from the host star's much brighter light."
This is the first time the spectrum of an exoplanet orbiting a normal, almost Sun-like star has been obtained directly. Previously, the only spectra to be obtained required a space telescope to watch an exoplanet pass directly behind its host star in an "exoplanetary eclipse", and then the spectrum could be extracted by comparing the light of the star before and after. However, this method can only be applied if the orientation of the exoplanet's orbit is exactly right, which is true for only a small fraction of all exoplanetary systems. The present spectrum, on the other hand, was obtained from the ground, using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), in direct observations that do not depend on the orbit's orientation.
As the host star is several thousand times brighter than the planet, this is a remarkable achievement. "It's like trying to see what a candle is made of, by observing it from a distance of two kilometres when it's next to a blindingly bright 300 Watt lamp," says Janson.
The discovery was made possible by the infrared instrument NACO, mounted on the VLT, and relied heavily on the extraordinary capabilities of the instrument's adaptive optics system. Even more precise images and spectra of giant exoplanets are expected both from the next generation instrument SPHERE, to be installed on the VLT in 2011, and from the European Extremely Large Telescope.
The newly collected data show that the atmosphere enclosing the planet is still poorly understood. "The features observed in the spectrum are not compatible with current theoretical models," explains co-author Wolfgang Brandner. "We need to take into account a more detailed description of the atmospheric dust clouds, or accept that the atmosphere has a different chemical composition from that previously assumed."
The astronomers hope to soon get their hands on the fingerprints of the other two giant planets so they can compare, for the first time, the spectra of three planets belonging to the same system. "This will surely shed new light on the processes that lead to the formation of planetary systems like our own," concludes Janson.
More information: This research was presented in a paper in press as a Letter to the Astrophysical Journal ("Spatially resolved spectroscopy of the exoplanet HR 8799 c", by M. Janson et al.). Science paper: www.eso.org/public/archives/re … /eso1002/eso1002.pdf
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From the lows of the 2008 crash, the U.S. markets have rallied and fallen and the markets now seem to be pushing down to retest their lows for the year. It may be that the worst is nearly over and the markets will begin to turn up.
Even if the selling continues, the good news is that hedging with options is a terrific way to fight back. The simplest ways to hedge a stock portfolio are buying puts or selling calls. I prefer buying puts, because if the next selling wave carries the market deep, I want my puts working harder for me the farther the selloff goes. This happens automatically because as the puts get driven into the money, their delta naturally increases. In contrast, short calls would be going out of the money at that time, their delta dropping, and their protection growing weaker.
You can either buy puts on each of your individual stock holdings, or buy an appropriate number of index puts. I prefer the later because it's so much simpler to get in and out of my puts at various stages of the bear market. Ideally, you should pick an index that is indicative of your portfolio, and has a liquid options market. For instance, the SPY is best for a diversified portfolio of larger cap stocks. Those who own mostly small cap stocks might consider using the IWM, while the QQQQ would match up well with a portfolio made up mostly of tech stocks. All three of these ETFs are heavily traded and have very liquid options markets.
To figure an appropriate number of index options to buy, you need to calculate the "portfolio delta" of your portfolio in term of the ETF that is the best match. The OptionVue 6 software tells you which index is the best match and calculates this portfolio delta automatically.
You can also do a rough calculation for portfolio delta on your own. First, start with the dollar value of your stock portfolio, divide by the price of the index, and then apply a "fudge factor" for your beta. For example, if you think your stocks are 15% more volatile than the S&P 500 (SPY), multiply by 1.15. The result is the number of equivalent deltas of the index or ETF your portfolio represents.
For example, let's say you have $150,000 worth of high tech stocks. Divide by the price of the SPY (currently $90) and you get 1,667. Multiply by your beta fudge factor of 1.15, and you have ~1,917 SPY deltas. In other words, it's as though you have approximately 1,917 shares of SPY.
To hedge this fully, you would need to buy enough puts (and/or sell enough calls) to bring your net delta down to zero. Using at-the-money (ATM) puts – which typically have a delta around 50 each – this would require 38.3 puts (1,917 divided by 50) which I would round down to 38.
To partially hedge, you could buy fewer than 38 ATM put contracts. To over-hedge (something I like to do when I feel sure the market is going down), you could buy more than 38 put contracts.
Since options are so expensive these days, it is important to buy and sell them in rhythm with the market. To hedge this $150,000 portfolio you could currently purchase the ATM June 90 Quarterly SPY puts (expiring June 30, 2009 with 57 days of life remaining) at the current ask price of $4.75. That means it would cost you $18,050 to fully insure that $150,000 portfolio, or almost 12% of its value.
That is much more expensive than the 3% most money managers use as a rule of thumb for the cost of hedging a portfolio. This is indicative of the high premiums in equity indices these days.
As for getting a feel for the rhythm of the market, I really don't know any way other than through experience. But I will say that the market is way more predictable during a selloff. For example, following a sharp break and a 50% rebound, it's a pretty safe bet to go short. If you can catch the market in a climatic selloff day that's a beautiful opportunity to sell the puts and let your stocks go back up unhedged – maybe even buy a few calls for a 24-hour play – as there most certainly will be a smart rebound. When the rebound is finished, you can think about shopping for puts again. And so it goes.
I would not just buy puts and let them sit. This might work for some people, but I prefer to time the market. I browse through a lot of stock charts every day. If I see a lot of stocks ready for another "break", then I figure the market is about to "break". That's when I buy puts. I sell my puts in 3 – 6 days when it looks like the current selloff has run its course.


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The number one way to give back to the community is to stay on top of my game--my profession. By being someone that everyone can look up to. It's not just about the money and the finances. I'm just part of the lineage in my 'hood. In Detroit there was Dave Bing, Magic Johnson, Derrick Coleman, that I looked up to and now the young guys look up to me. I want to show them that money isn't everything. You need to know the difference between having money and making money.
BSN: We would like to see you in a New York Knicks uniform; have you talked to Isaiah Thomas?
JRose: Me and Isaiah are cool. I know Isaiah from back in Detroit. He played there while I was growing up. But right now I'm under contract with the Toronto raptors.
BSN: Talk about your legacy of being part of the Fab Five bringing Hip Hop to basketball at Michigan.
JRose: We did the thing that all young brothers from the Inner Cities were doing. We were the trend setters. Just five bad boys; brothers out there on the court representing solidarity and being real to who we are. We brought that to Michigan.
BSN: Did you ever think of going to Syracuse?
JRose: I knew some cats on the team. Dave Bing [Syracuse legend and now famous business executive] was an influence on me as well. But if I went to SU there would have been no Fab Five.
BSN: How do you see your NBA career progressing to this point?
JRose: I'm steadily progressing forward on and off the court. Still looking to win the title is of course a goal. Just have to move forward--taking the good with the bad.
BSN: In your opinion what was missing from the last U.S. Olympic team. What would you have brought to the team?
JRose: The USA squad needed a combo player--a small forward and power forward type who can move the ball. I would have brought versatility to the team with my all around game. My timing is making the jump shots. The reasons for not winning are just excuses. They just have to execute. The USA should dominate because we have the best players. The brothers who can ball--not that we are missing the white boy who can shoot. The brothers just have to go out there and dominate.
BSN: What's your most satisfying moment in your NBA career?
JRose: Number one, being drafted from college after three years at Michigan. Second would be taking the Lakers to six games in the NBA Finals.
BSN: As a young Black man from the inner city who had made it in your profession how do you see yourself giving back to the community.
JRose: The number one way to give back to the community is to stay on top of my game--my profession. By being someone that everyone can look up to. It's not just about the money and the finances. I'm just part of the lineage in my 'hood. In Detroit there was Dave Bing, Magic Johnson, Derrick Coleman, that I looked up to and now the young guys look up to me. I want to show them that money isn't everything. You need to know the difference between having money and making money. Know the difference between being rich and being wealthy. Shaq is rich. Dr. Buss [Laker's owner, Jerry Buss, who signed Shaq's check while he was a Laker] is wealthy. I know the difference. We have to show the young people the difference between being rich and wealthy. [Rose has a diversified portfolio and his investments include professional office buildings and he is also familiar with the tax laws of various States].
BSN: What's your take on your old school Michigan erasing all the accomplishments of the Fab Five era?
JRose: That's funny because what they are doing is making us even more famous. It's just going to add to our legacy. People aren't just going to remember me for being part of the Fab Five. I have started the Jalen Rose scholarship Endowment [which is a fund with $240,000 for students to attend college].
BSN: Knowing that you're a big fan of Hip Hop, who is your pick? Biggie versus Tupac.
JRose: Tupac. Tupac was more than just a rapper. He had the all round thing going on -- he was an actor, a philanthropist, an activist, a poet, everything. Biggie was hype but Tupac; now they have university classes on Tupac, that's deep.
BSN: How do you see the connection between Hip Hop and basketball?
JRose: It's just a natural progression. Hip Hop is about the music, fun, cranking, dance and about just being true to yourself.
BSN: Off the court do you see yourself as a businessman?
JRose: Definitely--into the entrepreneurship thing. I've got a building in Las Vegas and I'm just trying to manage my assets.
BSN: What do you see for yourself individually and for your team collectively this season?
JRose: My best season yet is coming up. Toronto is up-and-coming. The East is up-and-coming.
BSN: How do you like playing in Madison Square Garden?
JRose: I love it. I'm feeling it. The crowd, the music, the people, oh man, it's the best.
BSN: You would look good in a Number 5 white uniform at MSG.
JRose: Hey, that's on Isaiah. You have to talk to him on that. I'm under contract for the Toronto Raptors.
BSN: What message do you have to the Black youth--particularly young Black males?
JRose: Understand who you are. Make sure your dreams come true. Don't get caught up in the superficial. Know who you are first. Be a leader. It's easy to be a follower; learn how to be a leader. Know your own path. Be your own man and have faith and respect.
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Wesley Draper came to the Medical Society of the County of Kings Library in 1929 as a library assistant and advanced to the position of librarian in 1947. He would be the last person in that position as the library was transferred to Downstate Medical Center by 1963. Wesley's contributions to the Medical Library Association ranged from committee member (Exchange, Finance, Gifts and Grants) to the Council on National Library Associations representative to President in 1955-56.
Wesley was one of a class of thirty at Taylor University. He studied music, languages, English, and psychology and worked in the college library for two years. His library education consisted of a course of summer study at the University of Iowa, on-the-job training with Dr. Frankenburger, his predecessor at the Medical Society, and courses at Columbia and Rutgers.
The Medical Society of the County of Kings Library was built in 1900 and opened two years later. In the early years, the library actively acquired books but did not bother to catalog them. When Wesley arrived in 1929, Dr. Frankenburger told him to tackle the basement. "...when I came down to the stairs, books were piled up as far as you could get, right to the ceiling. There were props on this side to keep them falling over the steps... After I got to the bottom of the stairs, there was an aisle like this that went to the boiler room...there was just stuff everywhere...That was where the elevator was and it had some books in it...I started at the front and worked down...In the process, I found three incunabula nobody knew we had and one of them was worth at least $500 or $600."
The library was open to the public and Wesley believed this was to protect its tax-exempt status. He recounted a story about providing information to a layman. "Somebody came in there one time and wanted something about cancer. He found out for the first time that it was incurable. He left the front of the building to go out and commit suicide. He was going to jump in front of the trains that came out from under the tracks. We had a Dr. Thompson on the first floor at the time who was working on the milk commission. He saw the man and recognized by the expression on his face what the trouble was and he talked him out of that."
Wesley defended the transfer of the library to Downstate as the only solution which guaranteed continued access to the collection for area physicians. The alternative would have been to sell it all off. As it was, the rare books were sold because the environmental conditions at Downstate were not suitable to house them. The sale netted over $500,000. The rest was integrated with the Downstate collection but technically still belonged to the Medical Society, which continued to support and develop the collection under this new cooperative arrangement.
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Q: How to get Synergy working on Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7? I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit and Windows 7 64-bit, however, Synergy
only works when a window (application or folder) is open and touching
the edge of the screen where the mouse should "jump".
In other words, if a window is open and maximized, Synergy works
normally.  Without any windows, the mouse does not jump to the other
screen.
My steps:

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*(Ubuntu) apt-get install -y quicksynergy

*(Windows) Install Synergy (I've tried both 1.3.8 and 1.4.8 and both
32 and 64-bit)

On Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit (Synergy Server config):
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On Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit:
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   ...
   2012-04-25T14:04:12 NOTE: client "mywin7" has connected
       /build/buildd/synergy-1.3.6/lib/server/CServer.cpp,287
   (output hangs here)

On Windows 7 64-bit:
   Synergy 1.3.8 Client on Microsoft Windows 7 x86 (WOW64)
   started client
   connecting to 'myubuntu': ###.###.###.###:24800
   connected to server
   (output hangs here)

At this point, things should work, but my mouse still can't change screens unless a window is maximized on my Ubuntu machine.
Everything is running on port 24800.
No firewall on Ubuntu.  Firewall port 24800 open on Windows 7.
This was previously working on Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7 (so only
Ubuntu has been upgraded).
I'm open to using either 32 or 64-bit on either server or client side, but I just want to get it working on Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7!
I'm also using Ubuntu Classic (no effects), and not Unity.

A: I installed the appropriate version 1.4.8 of Synergy and everything works perfectly.
I'm amazed that you found that trick about an app window on the edge of the screen!

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Okay then.
I wrote up my thoughts about Avengers: Age of Ultron immediately after having seen the film last Sunday while I was in Reno. Originally, I was going to post everything Monday, but ultimately decided I'd "sit on it" for a couple days in case I had new thoughts upon further reflection. "Days" turned into a "week" because new information kept leaking out about the film. Information that had direct bearing on my comments.
And so now there are a couple comments on my comments.
Which makes me wish I had just posted everything last Monday as originally planned, because that would have been a lot less work.
But anyway...
I am a huge, huge, huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
A Marvel movie has topped my list of favorite films every year since I started making lists... Iron Man 2 in 2010, Captain America and Thor in 2011, The Avengers in 2012, Iron Man 3 in 2013, and Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014. My guess is that Iron Man would have topped my list in 2008 (if I had one back then), and it seems inevitable that Avengers 2: Age of Ultron (or possibly Ant Man) will top it this year. These films are a dream come true for a long-time comic book geek like me, and Marvel seems incapable of making a misstep with their various franchises.
At least from the "big-picture" perspective. But I'll get to that in a minute.
Avengers: Age of Ultron is a mind-bogglingly huge film that defies a quick description, so I'm not even going to try. Instead, I'll just reprint the official description thusly: "When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's Mightiest Heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans."
(UPDATE COMMENT: And the result is going to end up being one of the most successful movies of all time)...
And, for the most part, I loved it.
It's a highly entertaining effort that has some of the most ambitious and mid-blowing action sequences ever put to film.
But it's not without its problems.
Which I get into in an extended entry. Needless to say, spoilers will ensue...
Before I begin, I feel compelled to mention that the title of the film is taken from a comic book maxi-series by Brian Michael Bendis from 2013. And yet it's an entirely different story that bears no resemblance to the source material. This is probably a good thing, because I found the comic book a bit uneven. In some places it felt rushed and oddly incomplete... in others it was plodding, bordering on tedious with an ending you could see from miles away. As if that weren't reason enough to go in a different direction, many of the key characters (like Wolverine) aren't available to Marvel Studios, having been licensed away to other companies.
And off we go...
As the movie begins, Earth's Mightiest Heroes are hell-bent on retrieving Loki's magical scepter (from the first Avengers film) and track it down to a HYDRA base in the fictional Eastern European country of Sokovia. It's much too powerful and dangerous to be left in the hands of mere mortals, so Thor is quite serious about getting it off the earth.
Unfortunately for the Avengers, their efforts are hampered by the evil Baron Strucker, who has been infusing people with energy from the scepter to give them super-powers. His only(?) success story is with "The Twins"... Pietro and Wanda Maximoff... who volunteered for experimentation after their parents were killed by Stark weaponry. Pietro (AKA Quicksilver) has super-speed and Wanda (AKA Scarlet Witch) has the ability to manipulate energy in the form of physical blasts or telekinesis. She also has limited telepathy and the ability to manipulate minds by clouding them with a person's darkest fears.
AN ASIDE: I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this depiction of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch is quite different than what you get in the comic books. In the source material, Pietro and Wanda are mutants... the next evolution of humanity, and developed their powers naturally (UPDATE COMMENT: Except not any more, as it turns out). But since 20th Century Fox owns all rights to the X-Men and, by extension, mutants, writer/director Joss Whedon had to take a different approach. He chose to tie their origin to previous Marvel Cinematic Universe events, and I think his solution was a very good one. Though I sure wish Wanda's powers weren't so deus ex machina to the plot, the whole "mental manipulation" stuff conveniently coming from nowhere because Joss needed a story beat.
Despite Scarlet Witch using her powers to enchant Black Widow, Iron Man, and Thor, The Avengers prevail and recover the scepter... only because Wanda determines that Tony (whom she hates for making the weapons that orphaned her) will destroy himself with it. Sure enough, Stark then convinces Thor to let him run some test on the artifact, which results in him finding out that the gemstone powering the scepter contains a highly advanced artificial intelligence. Thinking this might be the key to powering his plans for a global "Ultron" defense network, he convinces Bruce Banner to help him download the AI. Chaos ensues when Ultron overtakes Tony's J.A.R.V.I.S. AI (which has been much loved since he first appeared way back in the first Iron Man) and decides (rightly) he needs to inhabit one of Stark's robots and eliminate all of humanity to save the planet. To do so, he steals the scepter and takes over Iron Man's "Iron Legion" manufacturing equipment so he can create scores of Ultron Drones to do his bidding.
So far as plots go, so far so good. Whedon got James Spader to voice Ultron, which is about all he needed to do. Spader can read the frickin' phone book and make it sound compelling, so the hard part of defining the movie's "villain" was done. The only thing that rubs me the wrong way is the utter stupidity of, once again, having totally alien technology somehow being compatible with earth-based computers (shades of Independence Day, Batman!). It's a plot point that never works well because it makes so little sense.
And then things kind of went off the rails for me.
Ultron ends up convincing Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch to work with him to destroy The Avengers. Which seems utterly bizarre. Even given the context of a sci-fi/fantasy epic like Age of Ultron, who in their right mind thinks that teaming up with a giant evil robot ends well? I guess an argument could be made that their lives in Sokovia kept them sheltered from every evil robot book/movie ever made, but it still seems a huge stretch that Pietro and Wanda would ignore something as obvious as "never trust an evil robot," even as a tool for revenge.
But trust him they do, so off they go to Africa so they can purchase a ship-load of vibranium from arms dealer Ulysses Klaue to make an invulnerable body from which Ultron can rule the planet. Vibranium also being the metal from which Captain America's indestructible shield is made.
AN ASIDE: Here is where Marvel brings Black Panther, super-hero ruler of Wakanda, to the Marvel Cinematic Universe... even if they don't show him directly. It also sets things up for super-villain "Klaw" (as "Klaue") and his sonic-powers to eventually show up. And while Whedon did it with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer, I still think it ultimately worked. Even if it was a tad distracting from the story.
When the Avengers inevitably show up to stop Ultron, Scarlet Witch turns her powers on The Hulk, which causes him to flee and then tear apart Johannesburg. An awesome battle with a Hulk-Buster Iron Man suit ensues. As does one of the best action sequences of the film. An action sequence so destructive that it makes the world turn against The Avengers. Thinking they need to lie low for a while, Hawkeye flies everybody to his safe house (a farm in the countryside)... which comes complete with a wife and kids. This is a really nice turn for Jeremy Renner, whose character spent almost the entirety of the first Avengers movie being a mind-controlled stooge (which Hawkeye acknowledges earlier in a beautiful Whedonesque moment).
And it's at this point that the movie shits the bed.
Though it's probably not Joss Whedon's fault.
In order to set up future Marvel Films... primary of which is the two-part Avengers: Infinity War, the Infinity Gems are finally named by name. Which is not a bad thing except for how they did it: Thor flies off and convinces Erik Selvig to watch him take a bath. Yes, you read that right, a frickin' bath! Granted, it was a bath in magical waters that somehow allow Thor to access the visions he had while enchanted by Scarlet Witch, but come on! A magic bath? Really? This idiocy was shoehorned into the film so badly that one has to wonder if Joss Whedon was forced to do it at gun-point (UPDATE COMMENT: Sure enough, he was).
More copious amounts of bed-shitting were had as we watch Black Widow share a tender moment with Bruce Banner, who's now her boyfriend... I guess (no clue where this leaves Bruce Banner's long-time girlfriend in the comics, Betty Ross). Which has no real purpose for the story except to set-up even more future Marvel films by taking The Hulk out of the picture later on. But no worries... I'm sure he'll be back in Avengers: The Infinity War. Or perhaps a Planet Hulk film, which would be awesome.
Eventually Nick Fury shows up to give a pep-talk and pull the team together. Which is a good thing, because Ultron has now globe-hopped to Seoul so he can use the scepter to compel The Avengers' personal doctor, Helen Cho, to use her tissue-creation technology to make him that dreamy indestructible vibranium body he's always wanted (assumably so he can survive the end of the world?). As if that weren't enough balls in the air, meanwhile-meanwhile we have Tony Stark jetting off to some secret "heart of the internet" access point called "NEXUS" to find out what's preventing Ultron from gaining access to the world's nuclear arsenal and simply blowing up the earth to eliminate all mankind.
SPOILER ALERT: Turns out it's the J.A.R.V.I.S. AI that's keeping Ultron away from the nukes. Which means Ultron is just going to have to find another way to end it all.
But Ultron will have a hard time doing so without his cool new indestructible bio-mechanical body, so The Avengers make plans to steal it before he can upload his consciousness to it. Which is kinda hokey, but it gives Black Widow some awesome screen-time, so I try to be forgiving. Especially since she succeeds in stealing it so beautifully. Alas, she's captured in the process, but them's the breaks.
And now we go from "off the rails" to "off the continent" as Tony Stark decides to put Helen Cho's empty android body to good use... by uploading Jarvis into it. This does not sit well at all with the rest of The Avengers... especially Captain America... who worry that one insane homicidal all-powerful killer robot is enough. They don't need Tony making a second one. But the decision is taken out of their hands when Thor comes back from his magic bath and uses his magic hammer to create magic lightning to magically bring the J.A.R.V.I.S.-infused android shell to life (Shades of Frankenstein, Batman!). Thus we end up with something not-quite Ultron, not-quite-J.A.R.V.I.S., but something all new... Thor's magic bath vision becomes THE VISION! And one of the all-powerful Infinity Stones bonds to his forehead.
AN ASIDE: The Vision is my favorite Avenger in the comic books. His Pinocchio-inspired "I want to be a real-live boy" story arc (long before Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation) when paired with his super-cool density-manipulating properties, his awesome abilities, his relationship with Scarlet Witch, and his amazing design... well, he's the complete super-hero package. He has it all. Over the years many of my favorite Avengers stories center around The Vision or have him as a major factor. He has links to so many pieces of the Avengers puzzle that he could arguably be considered the key component to the entire team from the moment he debuted. Needless to say I was thrilled that he was being added to the Cinematic Avengers. But a little less than thrilled with his cape, which looks like some kind of nebulous CGI blob. It's so distracting that it sabotages this otherwise cool interpretation of the character.
The Vision is so pure of form that he has no problem lifting Thor's hammer... a test of worthiness that conveniently makes him trusted by the team and an instant Avenger...
AN ASIDE: A scene of all the various Avengers attempting to lift Thor's hammer earlier in the film... but being found unworthy thus unable... is a favorite moment of the movie for me. Captain America was slightly able to budge it (much to the horror of Thor!), which had me convinced Steve Rogers would be wielding Mjolnir against Ultron at the climatic end-battle of the film once all else failed (which would been a much better ending than we got, but oh well).
The Black Widow manages to get an S.O.S. to Hawkeye during her captivity, which leads the entire team back to where the movie began: Sokovia. It's then that they discover how Ultron plans to destroy all humanity since he couldn't get ahold of any nukes... he's going to go all "asteroid killed the dinosaurs" and use the vibranium to elevate a massive chunk of Sokovia high above the planet, then let it fall back to earth... causing an extinction-level event.
Kind of a convoluted plan for somebody as smart as Ultron, but it leads to the best line in the movie when Hawkeye says "The city is flying, and all I've got is a bow and arrow"... so why not?
This is the part of the movie where Ultron distracts the team by sending an endless onslaught of drones against them. Which would be pretty cool... except there was so much going on that it was tough to take in everything you were seeing. Maybe subsequent viewings will make it easier to digest, but I feel this was a bit of a problem for the movie. The action felt more abstract than personal. Something Joss must have felt as well, because he decided to do what he always does to up the stakes... kill somebody off. Which, in this case, was Quicksilver. He died in a hail of bullets while saving Hawkeye who was saving a child during a massive evacuation of Flying Sokovia (courtesy of Nick Fury and a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier).
It was a Whedon move that didn't really have any impact at all. Partly because it is just so damn predictable of him... but mostly because nobody gave a shit about Quicksilver. Unlike when he killed off Coulson in the first film, Pietro had so little screen time that the audience barely knew who he was. All we did know was that he's fast... so fast he can grab Ulysses Klaue's pistol, unload all the bullets, and line them up on a table in the blink of an eye. Which makes you think that evading a hail of bullets would be a piece of cake for him, but Whedon wanted him dead, so internal logic goes out the window.
UPDATE COMMENT: Apparently I was wrong in thinking nobody gave a shit about Quicksilver. Some people cared so deeply that Joss Whedon got death threats for offing him. Stay classy, internet!
Eventually The Avengers save all the people on Floating Sokovia and figure out a way of destroying the land mass before it can destroy the world. The Vision then tracks down Ultron's last remaining body and evaporates him. So, yay, I guess. It was all so anticlimactic to me that I had a hard time really caring.
Then the team kind of breaks up. The Hulk didn't want to make Black Widow be a fugitive, so he flies off in a Quinjet. Thor's visions have him needing to return to Asgard. Tony Stark leaves to focus on bigger things. Hawkeye goes home to his family.
Which means it's time for a new team of Avengers to assemble... Captain America and Black Widow join The Vision, Scarlet Witch, War Machine, and The Falcon to form Avengers 2.0 (with the help of Erik Selvig, Helen Cho, and (of course) Nick Fury (and probably Maria Hill as well). Roll credits.
Not that Avengers: Infinity War needed any more setting up, but a mid-credits sequence has Thanos putting on The Infinity Gauntlet so he can (finally) "do it himself." Which I'm guessing means collect all the Infinity Gems and destroy the universe so he can impress Death, whom he has a major crush on.
Like I said, in the "big picture" sense, I loved the film... despite its many problems. It just hit so many geeky buttons in me that I couldn't help but love it.
Though three overreaching problems I haven't addressed yet made it more difficult for me than it should have been...
1) Ultron is not scary or very threatening.
In the comics, Ultron is a terrifying presence. He's whacked out of his artificial mind, and the death and destruction that comes from his insanity-driven rage is a horrifying part of his character. The movie version was positively tame by comparison. Sure he wanted to destroy all humanity, but it never felt as though the Avengers were in much danger stopping him. James Spader was flawless casting, but his Ultron needed more heinous things to do to live up to his legacy.
2) The movie was all over the place.
And I mean that literally. It hops all over the globe at such a breakneck pace that you're left wondering if The Avengers and Ultron have access to some kind of secret teleportation technology we don't see. Even with Tony Stark's advanced transportation, it would take many hours to get from place to place... yet it always seems instantaneous. I like the idea of Earth's Mightiest Heroes actually spanning the entire earth, but it got a bit ridiculous.
3) Too little time for too much stuff.
In the first film, everybody had a role to play, and that's what made it such genius. For the sequel, I have a hard time recollecting exactly what Thor and Captain America had to contribute other than non-stop fighting. The Vision, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver were all introduced, but had so little screen time that they were pretty much reduced to cameos. And speaking of cameos... was anybody not in this movie? Oh yeah... Jane Foster and Pepper Potts... except they got screen time without actually appearing. Couple the massive cast with the abundance of time wasted setting up future films and there was barely time enough for this film. Had things been stripped down a bit and more screen time was devoted to the task at hand instead of what's coming next, it would have been a much better movie.
Next up, Captain America: Civil War, which is already promising to have a cast that equals or exceeds The Avengers: Age of Ultron. In addition to The Avengers 2.0 team (Cap, Widow, Falcon, Vision, Scarlet Witch, and War Machine), we're also getting Iron Man, Black Panther, Ant Man, Winter Soldier, Agent Thirteen, General Thunderbolt Ross(!), Crossbones, Baron Zemo, and... wait for it... the Marvel Cinematic Universe debut of Spider-Man. PLUS Martin Freeman just signed on for some unspecified role as well. I can only guess Agent Carter, Maria Hill, and Nick Fury will be shoehorned in as well. How are they going to fit an actual story in there?
I honestly dunno. But I can't wait to find out.
Time to update my "Y2K Super-Hero Comic Book Renaissance" scorecard...
The Avengers... A+
Avengers: Age of Ultron... A
Batman Begins... A
Batman Dark Knight... A+
Batman Dark Knight Rises... A
Big Hero Six... A+
Blade... B
Blade 2... B
Blade Trinity... B-
Captain America... A+
Captain America: The Winter Soldier... A+
Catwoman... F
Daredevil... B-
Daredevil (Director's Cut)... B+
Elektra... D
Fantastic Four... C
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer... D
Guardians of the Galaxy... A+
Ghost Rider... C
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance... D
Green Hornet... D
Green Lantern... C+
Hellboy... A
Hellboy 2: Golden Army... A
Hulk... C-
Incredible Hulk... B
The Incredibles... A+
Iron Man... A+
Iron Man 2... A-
Iron Man 3... A+
Jonah Hex... F
Kick-Ass... B+
Kick-Ass 2... B-
Man of Steel... F-
Punisher... C+
Punisher War Zone... C
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World... C
Spider-Man... B+
Spider-Man 2... A
Spider-Man 3... D-
Amazing Spider-Man... D
Amazing Spider-Man 2... D-
Superman Returns... C+
Thor... B+
Thor: The Dark World... B
Watchmen... B
The Wolverine... B
X-Men... C
X-Men 2: United... D
X-Men 3: Last Stand... F-
X-Men Origins: Wolverine... D
X-Men: Days of Future Past... B-
X-Men: First Class... B
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kyle says:
a) ya got a spelling typo in bIg hero six, just an fyi
b) great read. i struggle with this movie on a lot of levels, yet it was quite watchable and enjoyable after all. thanks for writing this – i always love your superhero reviews.
c) it was pretty bombastic. you nailed that point. i'd even go on to say the opening fight sequence made me very nervous for the whole film. the cgi was executed well enough and at one point it looked like one massive animated film. albeit, awesomely animated
d) i kinda feel like joss phoned this one in. it missed a lot of the hallmarks of the joss whedon universe – true character connection and interaction for one.
e) i would be interested in your take on the twitter-verse explosions and anti-feminist haranguing that's going on
Daver says:
a) There were actually three spelling mistakes (that I caught, anyway). If you refresh it should be corrected. I write entries in HTML code, so I can't easily proof them until I publish. You loaded as I was reading through. 🙂
b) I was bored in my hotel room and needed something to do!
c) Exactly, though I thought the CGI was pretty darn good most everywhere (considering how much was required for those shots!). The only place it fell short for me was Vision's cape, which was awful.
d) To me it felt as though Whedon was recycling plot points and story beats from his other efforts in many places… so, in a way, "phoning it in" seems an apt description.
e) While there was definitely room for improvement in such a male-dominated movie, I think some of the feminist backlash was manufactured by people looking to have something to complain about. And that's more than a little unfair to Joss Whedon, whose work has a historical abundance of strong, realized female characters. Black Widow is a kick-ass hero and she was absolutely kicking serious ass in this film. Much of what I've read in criticism towards her character seems as though it's based on assumptions I'm not making. To me, Black Widow has been consistently presented as a smart, strong, capable, competent, independent, and bad-ass character. And she's done it in films so packed with testosterone that she could easily drown in it. That's a credit to both Scarlett Johansson AND Black Widow. I consider myself a feminist but, since I'm a guy, I guess my opinions are debatable. Except to say that the lack of Black Widow in Avengers advertising and merchandising is short-sighted. And the lack of a Black Widow film at this point in the game is inexcusable. And we need more awesome Marvel female super-heroes brought to the film franchise. Heaven only knows there are enough to choose from.
Uh huh.
Remember the scene where Black Widow drops out of the jet on the motorcycle? Well fuck you the toy is Captain America pic.twitter.com/juefiCqlX8
— Zac Shipley (@zacshipley) May 8, 2015
you make me want to see it again.
ok, i already wanted to see it again, but not i want to see it again and pay attention to some of the things you mentioned.
Kevin Spencer says:
I haven't seen the movie yet (for shame) and yet I read everything spoilers be damned. And it was a great read. Actually makes me want to watch it more.
martymankins says:
Believe it or not, in my ultra distracted walk through current life, I barely saw the 2012 Avengers movie last night (my wife saw it before I did). Now I have no excuse to see Avengers 2. I read everything above but the spoilers. I'm hoping to make some time here in the next couple of weeks to go see it.
I skipped past the spoilers in your post to see your score. I agree with your A+ of Avengers.


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A leader laser-focused on filling the pipeline
New AICPA board Chair Bill Pirolli has a passion for attracting talented people to the profession.
By Ken Tysiac
New AICPA board Chair Bill Pirolli, CPA/CFF/PFS, CGMA, who works at DiSanto, Priest & Co., in Warwick, R.I., will focus during his term on how the profession can create a platform for a career of service. (Photos by Scott Eisen/AP Images)
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Motivating & Inspiring
When you learn how Bill Pirolli became enamored with the idea of being a CPA, it's easy to understand why he is laser-focused on the pipeline to the profession as he begins his year as chair of the AICPA board of directors.
Pirolli hopes to motivate CPAs everywhere to inspire young people in the same way that Jack Renza, CPA, his accounting instructor, inspired him when he was a student at Rhode Island Junior College. Pirolli went to college unsure of what career he wanted to pursue, but the affable Renza soon got him hooked on accounting, and not because of a love of debits and credits.
Admittedly, part of what made Renza and accounting attractive was the lifestyle. Renza, a professor of accounting who also ran his own CPA firm, dressed in nice suits and had been spotted in the parking lot by Pirolli's classmate, David DiSanto, driving a Mercedes. But the thing about Renza that really attracted Pirolli to the profession was his ability to connect with people. He made people feel important, and it was easy to see why he succeeded in a profession dedicated to serving clients.
"You could just tell he was a relationship guy," Pirolli said. "This wasn't a spreadsheet guy. Jack cultivated relationships with his clients and cultivated relationships with the students, and we just got drawn into that."
Pirolli followed in Renza's footsteps to become a CPA, earning the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) and Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) credentials and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation. It turns out that Pirolli, who was scheduled to be inaugurated as chair of the AICPA board of directors in May, was just one of many prominent CPAs whom Renza guided into the CPA profession.
DiSanto, the classmate who spotted Renza in the Mercedes, also interned with Renza and Saccoccia CPAs, and would partner with Pirolli more than 30 years later in the firm DiSanto, Priest & Co., in Warwick, R.I. Ernie Almonte, CPA, CGMA, also got his start with Renza and Saccoccia in a career that has included a year as AICPA board chair for 2008—2009.
Now it's Pirolli's turn to handle the leadership role and continue spreading the word that the CPA profession provides a great platform for a career of service to clients, employers, and the public.
"He has such dedication to the profession," said DiSanto, a CPA and CFF credential holder. "He's a real believer in it. He's a great mentor for the younger people. He has always encouraged others to join and provided them mentoring."
BACKING A NEW MODEL
Pirolli's focus is incredibly timely, as leaders of the profession are adopting strategies designed to ensure that the best and brightest young people will continue to be attracted to the CPA credential. Jobs at popular technology companies and startup opportunities are enticing for young people who are highly skilled in the latest tech, yet the accounting profession needs them more than ever.
In recognition of the need to continue to attract talented young people to the CPA profession and to help CPAs continue to develop the skills needed in the business environment, the AICPA and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy unveiled a new model for CPA licensure last year as part of their joint CPA Evolution initiative. The model will restructure the CPA Exam to allow candidates to test in the core areas of accounting, auditing, tax, and technology. Meanwhile, candidates will choose to test deeper knowledge in one of three disciplines (tax compliance and planning, business analysis and reporting, or information systems and controls). There will continue to be just one CPA credential, but the new model allows candidates to specialize in an area that interests them.
The continued development of this model will be a key element of Pirolli's year as chair, and his passion for the pipeline makes him an ideal leader for this time.
"I think it's really what the students want," Pirolli said. "Of course, we have the core, which is vital, and everybody has to go through the core. Then they get that expanded knowledge and expanded thinking, more critical thinking in one of those three disciplines. It will help the employers and certainly help the students zero in on a future path."
ENTREPRENEURIAL FAMILY
Pirolli's path to the CPA began in simple surroundings. He grew up in a family that he said was as Italian as pasta and sauce, with an entrepreneurial streak that clearly is among the qualities he inherited. His father, Carlo, ran a floor-covering business that was later passed down to Bill's brother, Mike, who runs it to this day. Bill's mother, Elena, was the head waitress at her family's business, a well-known restaurant and nightclub called the El Marocco. The club was the Copacabana of Rhode Island, with entertainers making stops there between stints in Las Vegas. While Pirolli's uncles ran the front of the restaurant as well as the kitchen, his aunts led a chorus of waitresses. Bill developed a love for cooking while watching cooks in tall white hats prepare stuffed lobsters in the kitchen.
He met his wife, Joanne, when they were seniors in high school as she played the lead in Gilbert and Sullivan productions and he sang in the choir, enchanted by the soprano who was the star of the show. Following Renza's advice, Pirolli enrolled in Bryant College (now Bryant University) after getting his two-year degree from Rhode Island Junior College, which now is known as the Community College of Rhode Island. During his junior year at Bryant, he began interning at a small firm run by Richard Delfino. After Renza inspired a love of the profession in Pirolli, Delfino taught him how to be a trusted business adviser. Delfino's clients were an incredible cast of characters from a collection of family businesses that each had their own unique quirks. With his ability to make connections and build relationships, Pirolli was quickly drawn into their world and helped steer them toward success.
Although he could have made more money in a larger firm, he never left and eventually bought out Delfino upon his retirement (see the sidebar "A Career Built on Client Service"). Pirolli left the technical accounting to others at the firm and focused himself deeply on developing relationships with the clients, some of whom grew to be close, dear friends.
"Through it all, we've been there," Pirolli said. "We're the first call. I tell everyone when they come up and when I mentor people to be partners, you're going to know you got there when you get the first call for everything and you become that trusted business adviser."
CPAs have found this to be true during the coronavirus pandemic as businesses and clients turned to them to help survive an economic shock. CPAs played a huge role in helping hold the economy together. They advised clients on the intricacies of obtaining Paycheck Protection Program funds and other government assistance. They used new forecasting and scenario-planning strategies to help businesses plan effectively during an economic event with no precedent. They assisted businesses and clients in finding new ways to operate when the traditional ways suddenly put people's health and safety at risk.
Many, many clients have expressed gratitude for the work by their CPAs that allowed them to keep their businesses from going under during this crisis. Pirolli said he has never been prouder of the profession.
"This was just the time when our skill set rose to the top," he said. "All the training, all the classes, all the things we've been through as a profession set us up for this moment to help keep the economy strong."
New AICPA board Chair Bill Pirolli, CPA/CFF/PFS, CGMA, at right, spends time with his wife, Joanne, and son, Kyle.
LEARNING TO SMILE AGAIN
Pirolli has found that when you spend your life being there for people, they will return your kindness. Tragedy struck the Pirollis in 2016 when the older of their two sons, Patrick, died at the age of 31. It was February, at the height of busy season, but Bill's staff and clients rallied around him. Lori Conaty, CPA/PFS, CGMA, his protégé at the firm, stepped in to divide Pirolli's client responsibilities among the rest of the staff. After Bill and Joanne decided to continue with his plans to attend the AICPA board meeting that spring, his fellow board members greeted him with an outpouring of sympathy.
They told him that in time, he would be able to smile again, and that was OK. They told him that he would learn to enjoy life again, and that was OK. He says that his friends in the accounting profession may have saved his life.
"I don't know where we would have been without them," he said.
Some time after Patrick Pirolli's death, one of Pirolli's clients, Larry Riggs, supported the family by making time during a trip to San Francisco to visit the Fairmont Hotel bar, where Patrick worked. He met Patrick's friends and asked them to join in a toast to Patrick. And each day, Pirolli wears a small pin that depicts a heart with angel wings around it in memory of his son.
"I wear it to keep him with me on this journey," Pirolli said.
From left: David DiSanto, CPA/CFF, of DiSanto Priest & Co.; former AICPA board Chair Ernie Almonte, CPA, CGMA; new AICPA board Chair Bill Pirolli, CPA/CFF/PFS, CGMA; and Jack Renza, CPA, Pirolli's accounting instructor at then-Rhode Island Junior College.
FEEDING THE PIPELINE
How does a CPA do justice to the journey? Pirolli believes it's done by helping others embark on and succeed in their own careers in the accounting profession (see the sidebar "Making a Difference Through Mentoring"). He believes just about everybody in the profession has a teacher, family member, or friend who inspired them to become a CPA. He is urging professionals to reach out to students early, even when they're in high school, to identify and motivate young people to understand, appreciate, and ultimately join the profession.
"Who are you inspiring, and what positive steps are you taking to help feed the pipeline?" Pirolli said. "We can't just sit back and let state societies and the AICPA take the burden. We have a huge role in it."
Conaty said Pirolli's greatest strength may be his ability to communicate, both with individuals and in front of an audience where he can have each person in attendance hanging on his every word. Pirolli motivates a crowd the same way that Jack Renza always has motivated a classroom full of 19- and 20-year-olds.
A little over a year ago, Renza watched proudly as Pirolli addressed a group of students in Renza's class. Renza saw Pirolli's gift for connecting with people on their level on full display. The circle was complete. The student had become the teacher.
"He's just such a warm person," Renza said. "Young people particularly take to him."
Renza clearly treasures the triumphs of every student he teaches, of every young person he reaches. And that satisfaction is the whole point of Pirolli's focus for his year in leadership of the AICPA. There are always more young people to motivate, educate, and inspire, and the rewards are great. And there's no better time to do it than right now.
Making a difference through mentoring
Promoting young people is a way to give back to the profession.
Bill Pirolli's capacity to mentor younger CPAs has always amazed his partner and friend David DiSanto, CPA/CFF.
"Bill has always got somebody in his office," DiSanto said. "He's always trying to teach them, always trying to help them out."
Pirolli frequently encourages other CPAs to help younger members of the profession through mentoring. Lori Conaty, CPA/PFS, CGMA, who worked for many years with Pirolli and now is a principal at Gilligan & Bianco, said his mentoring is 90% responsible for where she is today. Among the reasons she cited for Pirolli's success in supporting younger people are:
Including younger CPAs in important meetings: "Even as a young staff person, I really was included in client meetings and decision-making matters with the client," Conaty said. "I did the work, reviewed the work with him. [He] really taught not just the number piece and the technical piece but really how to work with clients."
Providing flexibility: When Conaty had her first child 22 years ago, Pirolli provided her with the ability to work from home when she wanted or needed to. "That made all the difference in the world," Conaty said. "He's so far ahead of the curve in a lot of ways."
Understanding: A few years after her first child was born, Conaty was scheduled to become a partner on Jan. 1. The previous October she found out she was pregnant with twins. When she told him she was due to give birth in May, she said she would understand if he didn't want her to become a partner effective the first of the year. "Of course you're going to be a partner," she said he replied.
Explaining the joys of the profession: Pirolli is an excellent communicator, and he particularly does a good job describing the satisfaction a CPA gets out of successfully serving clients. "He has an ability to communicate the pleasures about what we do, and there are so many," Conaty said.
Serving: It's well established that Millennials and younger professionals are eager to serve their communities. With his service to the AICPA, the Rhode Island Society of CPAs, and the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce (both of which he served as president), he has demonstrated the opportunities to serve that exist in the profession. "His whole career he has given back to the profession in the form of volunteering," Conaty said.
A career built on client service
Strong relationships and good advice provide the foundation for CPAs' success.
Each month, Ted Eckstein would bring a shopping bag to his CPA's office.
It was filled with the bank statements, check stubs, and receipts for paid bills associated with his fledgling automotive supply company. The young CPA he met there, Bill Pirolli, would dump the contents onto his desk and enter the information in the general ledger.
"It's been an amazing journey," Pirolli said.
Pirolli's work with people such as Eckstein testifies to the success CPAs can lead their clients to achieve. With Pirolli's help, Eckstein laid the foundation for Rebuilders Automotive Supply to grow into a company with 160 employees as it approaches its 50th anniversary.
Pirolli helped the company grow, succeed after Eckstein retired in 1996, and navigate additional ownership changes. Steve King, the company vice president and co-owner, said Pirolli helped the business build infrastructure and human resources capabilities as its growth continued.
"Bill was the perfect person to talk to," King said. "He was able to talk about what he had dealt with, with other clients."
Pirolli has served another client, Pare Corporation, since it was a small engineering firm under founder Robert Pare. The firm now has more than 110 staff members, including 49 professional engineers, and serves the entire East Coast.
About four years ago, Pirolli advised the firm to hire internal IT staff to replace an outside vendor and fully integrate its systems. A few years later, when the coronavirus pandemic hit, the IT staff was the backbone as the firm moved to remote work within a week and maintained its efficiency.
"It allowed us to be able to weather this COVID problem pretty seamlessly," said Larry Riggs, the firm's president and CEO.
Pirolli's tactics for client service success include:
Building relationships: "Because we spoke so often and he advised me on so much and seemed to understand where I was going, he became easy to talk to, a friend to talk to," King said.
Becoming comfortable with uncertainty: For example, regulations surrounding the Paycheck Protection Program changed often, and CPAs earned clients' trust by helping them navigate that uncertainty. "That's our stock in trade, making sense of complex situations," Pirolli said. "No one does that better than a CPA does."
Listening: "You've got two ears and one mouth for a reason. You should listen twice as much as you speak," said Jack Renza, CPA, who taught Pirolli at Rhode Island Junior College. "He really follows that."
William R. Pirolli, CPA/CFF/PFS, CGMA
Professional: Partner, DiSanto, Priest & Co., Warwick, R.I.
Education: B.A. in business with a concentration in accounting from Bryant College (now Bryant University); associate's degree from Rhode Island Junior College (now Community College of Rhode Island).
Favorite movies: The James Bond series.
Hobbies: Golfing, cooking, gardening, bicycling, traveling.
Ken Tysiac is the JofA's editorial director. To comment on this article or to suggest an idea for another article, contact him at Kenneth.Tysiac@aicpa-cima.com.
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After an historic Champions League comeback, the bookmaker have settled all outstanding bets on the 46-year-old remaining in charge next season
Bookmaker William Hill have settled all outstanding bets on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to remain in charge of Manchester United next season.
The firm had previously been offering a market on which manager would be in the dugout for the first game of the 2019-20 campaign but now believe it's only a matter of time until Solskjaer is confirmed as staying on at Old Trafford.
The pay-out totals £25,000 so while it's not a ground-breaking decision, it shows the confidence in United sticking with their interim choice on a longer-term basis.
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Initially available in the market at 33/1 (34.0) after Jose Mourinho's departure, the biggest return to single player will be £680, courtesy of a £20 stake at the original quote.
Since then, the 46-year-old had been backed into as short as 1/8 (1.12) to retain the role with the largest bet seeing one punter invest £480 at Evens (2.0).
"Ole has clearly bagged the United job on a permanent basis. It would be impossible for the board to give the job to someone else and so we are paying out early and won't be reopening it any time soon," said William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly.
It's certainly difficult to see the club going in a different direction, even if the original appointment was only intended to be temporary. That's a view shared by many including former player Gary Neville who hinted that the decision could be confirmed during the international break later this month.
Since Solskjaer's arrival, United have won 14 of their 17 games in all competitions. The only defeat of the Norwegian's reign so far came against Paris Saint-Germain at Old Trafford, a result they were subsequently able to turn around in dramatic fashion at the Parc des Princes.
On the day that Mourinho was given his marching orders the Red Devils were as big as 14/1 (15.0) to achieve a top four finish in the Premier League, but their unbeaten domestic run now sees that selection at 11/10 (2.10) with William Hill.
The same firm make United a 10/1 (11.0) chance to win the Champions League having secured their spot in the quarter finals while an FA Cup triumph is available at 10/3 (4.33).
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The Effect of Innovation and Technological Change on Information Flows, Authority and Industry Associations in Japan
CIRJE Discussion Paper No. 2004-CF-301
28 Pages Posted: 10 May 2007
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Patricia A. Nelson
Senior Research Fellow, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics
Date Written: April 2004
How did innovation and technological change affect information flows and the degree of legitimacy afforded authorities such as industry associations? In this paper, six cases from the photography industry are analyzed over time. The findings indicate first that changes in innovation affected information flows and the degree of legitimacy afforded authorities such as industry associations. Second, in response to changes spurred by technological innovation, the legitimacy of authority that was lost could be regained.
Keywords: innovation, technological change, information flows, industry associations, non-governmental organizations, Japan
JEL Classification: L30, L39, L20, L10, H20, F23
Nelson, Patricia A., The Effect of Innovation and Technological Change on Information Flows, Authority and Industry Associations in Japan (April 2004). CIRJE Discussion Paper No. 2004-CF-301, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=985257 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.985257
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Diploma in chemical engineering is a 3 year course offered in various polytechnic colleges of India. The syllabus is split into 6 semester held every November/ December and May/ June. In this course duration students are evaluated on the basis of practical examination as well as theoretical examination and marks are given on basis of Continuous Formative Assessment and End Semester Examination. A Diploma holder can further go opt for advanced diploma, bachelor degree or master degree in the field.
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A curious little Sundance winner from Macon Blair, who has graduated from turns in indie's like Blue Ruin and Green Room, the Netflix released I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a darkly humorous and claret spilling affair that doesn't seem too quite know what to do with the potential at its disposal, whilst culminating its bizarre run in rather unmemorable circumstances.
Recruiting well regarded indie darlings Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood (sporting an early contender for years worst movie haircut), Blair has assembled an able bodied cast too enact out his dark vision of a violent and unloving world, in which Lynskey's Ruth finds her life turned upside down by a home invasion, only to strike up a friendship with fellow neighbourhood weirdo in the form of Wood's Tony, who wants to help her track down those responsible for the invasion of privacy and while early parts in particular of Blair's almost Coen Brothers-ish work strike some hilariously awkward and boundary pushing moments, it's about half-way through this journey that we realise the destination is in trouble of not being worth the journey.
No doubt limited by budget restraints, Anymore starts to wear out its welcome once Ruth and Tony's adventure takes a turn for the more bloodthirsty and while these over the top moments of stabbings, shootings and star throwing provide some fairly cheap laughs, not to mention a scene stealing vicious snake, it can't help mask the fact that Anymore is finding it hard making its voice known as the whole reasoning behind Ruth's plight is muddied amongst all the oddball humour and strange characters.
Making the most of their opportunities however are Lynskey and Wood, who both seem to be having a blast enacting out their socially awkward pairing. Wood in particular hasn't had this much fun in many a moon and the seemingly ageless performer steals most the films best scenes as Tony goes all out in his quest to help Ruth on her way to redemption. Whenever Wood is on screen, Anymore feels like a wholly more accomplished picture, even if Blair's unique vision should be commended for its goal in bringing about something a little left of centre.
Disappointing in that it feels like it could've easily provided us a little more, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a directional outing that suggests Blair has the possibility of living out a neat career behind camera but while his strange journey here has moments of brilliance and a neat double act of impressive lead performances, it shows there is still quite a way to go before his storytelling comes full circle.
No worries Dave, thanks for the kind words mate.
Oh you're welcome my friends anytime keep up the awesome work!!
I really liked this one! I mean the crazy ultraviolence may seem pointless on the surface, but honestly, where else can it go once she loses it? It's actually one of the few times in movies where the violence is actually in line with the plot and point of the movie.
Glad you enjoyed this one Apes.
I wanted to like it a little more than I ended up doing, I think for me as well it was a feeling that I didn't connect with the characters in a way in which I needed to.
Worth it just for the scene where Elijah Wood throws a star at the wall as a scare tactic.
Given how much it made me crack up, it's gotta be up there.


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Thomas Borgen (C), CEO of Denmark's largest lender Danske Bank resigned as a result of money laundering scandals, the bank said in a stock exchange announcement September 19, 2018. (LISELOTTE SABROE/Getty Images)
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How the EU Can Take On Dirty Money, the Darker Side of Globalization
When the European Commission recently attempted to blacklist 23 countries that it accuses of maintaining deficient systems to restrict money laundering and terrorism financing, a technocratic spat quickly escalated into a diplomatic dispute. Though only one element of sweeping reforms intended to strengthen the European Union's own anti-money laundering regime, the list not only had the predictable effect of enraging countries included on it—such as Saudi Arabia and three U.S. territories—but also provoked insurmountable criticism from within the EU itself. The list was ultimately rejected by 27 of 28 member states after a fierce lobbying campaign, forcing the European Commission to withdraw it and come up with a new version later this year.
Beyond reputational damage, inclusion on the EU blacklist carried potentially serious implications for many countries, as it would have subjected their citizens and businesses to stricter background checks by European banks and others covered by its anti-money laundering laws. In the latest twist in an already tense relationship between the U.S. and EU over such policy, the U.S. Treasury issued an irate missive in which it attacked the European Commission's "flawed" methodology and instructed financial institutions to ignore the proposed blacklist altogether. The Treasury Department also accused the commission of undermining established multilateral efforts to develop an existing anti-money laundering blacklist maintained by the Financial Action Task Force, the global anti-money laundering watchdog. The king of Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, expressed his concerns over the effect on trade and investment links with the EU. These misgivings were picked up by member states, led by the United Kingdom, which lobbied against the move internally under pressure from both Washington and Riyadh.
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