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The results of this study indicate that banning the provision of both non-audit and audit services by a single firm likely increased perceptions of auditor independence, but did not significantly effect overall judgments of reliability or the extent to which financial statement users incorporate financial statement information into their decision process. Additionally, results of this study indicate that companies who have audits performed by auditors who are perceived to possess greater integrity, expertise and independence likely enjoy reduced costs of borrowing.
For more information on this study, please contact F. Todd DeZoort.
DeZoort, F.T., T. Holt, and M.H. Taylor. 2012. A test of the auditor reliability framework using lenders' judgments. Accounting, Organizations and Society 37 (8): 519-533.
The findings of this study shed light on the perceived benefits and detriments of the five versus seven year partner rotation requirements. The results highlight the potential unintended consequences of implementing the accelerated rotation including a reduction in partner quality of life and auditor independence and audit quality.
For more information on this study, please contact Brian Daugherty.
Daugherty, B., D. Dickins, R. Hatfield, and J. Higgs. 2012. An Examination of Partner Perceptions of Partner Rotation: Direct and Indirect Consequences to Audit Quality. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 31 (1): 97-114.
Given that auditor concentration is an important topic that has seen relatively little empirical research, this study contributes to the literature by providing more complete evidence on the relation between auditor concentration and audit quality. Concentration reduced the opportunity for Big 4 clients to switch auditors particularly given the new auditor independence requirements following the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Reduced choice is seen as increasing auditor entrenchment and complacency, and potentially contributing to a more lenient and less skeptical audit for clients.
Boone, J. P., I. K. Khurana, and K.K. Raman. 2012. Audit Market Concentration and Auditor Tolerance for Earnings Management* Audit Market Concentration and Auditor Tolerance for Earnings Management. Contemporary Accounting Research 29 (4): 1171-1203.
This paper added to the discussion on what types of services audit firms should and should not provide to their audit clients. The evidence in this paper supports the view that investors do not view tax services provided to audit clients in the same light as audit-related services. The findings of this study are relevant to managers and boards of directors who purchase non-audit services (audit-related, tax or other) from the external auditor. This study is also useful to practicing auditors to address audit committee concerns on non-audit services.
Mishra, S., K. Raghunandan, and D.V. Rama. 2005. Do Investors' Perceptions Vary with Types of Nonaudit Fees? Evidence from Auditor Ratification Voting. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 24 (2): 9-25.
This paper documents that management still have significant influence over auditor selection in the post-SOX Act period. The quality of audit committee seems not to reduce management influence in auditor selection. The findings call into question the effectiveness of Section 301 of SOX Act that requires the audit committee be directly responsible for choosing auditors. The study also shows the assumption that hiring auditors affiliated with the management would harm auditor independence is unwarranted. The findings of this paper are primarily informative to the standard setters and regulators.
Dhaliwal, D. S., P. T. Lamoreaux, C. S. Lennox, and L. M. Mauler. 2015. Management influence on auditor selection and subsequent impairments of auditor independence during the post‐SOX period. Contemporary Accounting Research 32 (2): 575–607.
The results of this study are important to policy makers, academics, and audit committees in evaluating the implications of independence rules for public companies. The evidence gathered indicates several areas where policy makers could evaluate the effectiveness of the existing independence requirements, or even modify the requirements without sacrificing audit quality or auditor independence – either in fact or in appearance. Both academics and policy makers could also benefit from additional research in certain areas of auditor independence to more clearly determine the impact of established policies or potential effects of future policies. Audit committees can also utilize the study to understand the results of prior research performed on the expanded role of the audit committee and the impact of that role on auditor independence.
For more information on this study, please contact any of the authors.
Gramling, A., J. G. Jenkins, and M. H. Taylor. 2010. Policy and research implications of evolving independence rules for public company auditors. Accounting Horizons 24 (4): 547-566.
This study shows that in practice the independent regulatory bodies implemented after the scandal of Enron and the collapse of Arthur Anderson are influenced by the accounting profession, despite their claim of independence. The Big Four firms are exerting a great influence on them, while the interest of the public only takes a small place in the discussion. Regulatory regimes thus face the challenge to ensure that the institutions they created fulfill the role they were given.
For more information on this study, please contact Bertrand Malsch.
Malsch, B. and Y. Gendron. 2011. Reining in auditors: On the dynamics of power surrounding an "innovation" in the regulatory space. Accounting, Organizations and Society 36 (7): 456-476.
The primary contribution of this study is finding that status-related concerns can prevent firms from appointing AFEs to their boards. This result has clear implications for regulators, as firms without AFEs are more likely to encounter accounting reporting problems. Specifically, recent regulation changes by the SEC to introduce a more broad definition of "financial expert" may damage the improvement of financial reporting that was intended by SOX. This research is consistent with previous findings that directors' concerns for firm status and their own welfare can negatively affect accounting reporting quality.
Erkens, D. H., and S. E. Bonner. 2013. The Role of Firm Status in Appointments of Accounting Financial Experts to Audit Committees. The Accounting Review 88 (1): 107–136.
While there are ex ante societal benefits to SOX-type reforms, in terms of reduced fraud, better financial reporting, and the resulting reduction of negative externalities, the regulator must consider the total societal costs of SOX-type reforms, including real costs to society resulting from smaller private firms opting to be acquired rather than going public. The authors leave a consideration of the costs and benefits of SOX-type regulations up to the global regulatory community, with the hope that the stylized facts presented in this study inform the ongoing debate about the socially optimal level of mandatory investment in internal and external monitoring.
Bova, F., M. Minutti-Meza, G. Richardson, and D. Vyas. 2014. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Exit Strategies of Private Firms. Contemporary Accounting Research 31 (3): 818-850.
Our study evaluates a provision of Dodd-Frank which provided permanent exemption from Section 404b compliance to non-accelerated filers. Our results show that these small firms did not improve their reporting quality to the same extent as large firms implying that the Dodd-Frank exemption will probably serve to keep the reporting quality of the exempted firms at lower than achievable levels.
We also note that as part of the Dodd-Frank legislation, the SEC was given a mandate to investigate raising the Section 404b exemption requirements from $75 million to $250 million in market capitalization (Dodd Frank 2010). While the SEC eventually decided to leave the exemption criterion at $75 million, this matter is still considered to be an open topic (SEC 2011). Our study informs this ongoing debate.
For more information on this study, please contact
Anthony D. Holder, PhD, CPA
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University of Toledo
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Covering: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; Baker & McKenzie; DLA Piper USA
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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited was the largest competitor with 0.55% of the Legal Services market, followed by Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; Baker & McKenzie; and DLA Piper USA.
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Markets Covered: B2B Legal Services; B2C Legal Services; Criminal Law Practices; Hybrid Legal Services
Companies Mentioned: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Latham & Watkins LLP; Baker & McKenzie; DLA Piper USA
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Seeing as more and more phones these days (including high profile devices like the Apple iPhone 5s and Samsung Galaxy S5) are being built with the CDMA radios that Sprint and Verizon need in addition to the GSM radios that everybody else uses, the only thing holding them back are restrictions like these carrier locks. Even T-Mobile, the self-proclaimed Uncarrier — still locks phones sold in their stores to their network. By making the phones that they sell capable of a domestic carrier unlock, Sprint customers will be able to take their phones to other networks if they leave.
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Think about it. People are more concerned about having their first name written on a coffee cup than they are about who has access to their medical records.
This same survey found that a vast majority of people are concerned about the security of Social Security numbers and banking information (both over 80 percent of the 2405 people surveyed) and of general contact information (56 percent) – the same information that is found in most medical records.
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- More than a third of Americans (38 percent) feel they are not at all familiar with medical data privacy regulations currently in place in the U.S.
I have a lot of follow-up questions I'd like to see answered: Do people want to know about the security surrounding their medical information? And if they do, how best to explain it to them? Should those who store medical records provide that information to all patients somehow? Who should patients talk to about the security of their medical records? Seriously, I'd like to know how my doctor's office handles security, but I have no idea who to approach to ask. If I want to know about the security and privacy measures of the online store I'm shopping in, I can find that information somewhere (albeit often buried) on the company's website. That's not a possibility with the doctor's office.
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We Try Del Taco's New Summer Menu
Carnitas are back at Del Taco for a limited time. You can get your shredded pork in nachos, taco, or burrito form, including the new Primo Carnitas Burrito. We tried the four carnitas variants, plus a new breakfast burrito.
The Carnitas Macho Nachos ($4.49) looked the most promising. A layer of crunchy corn chips gets topped with a generous scoop of shredded pork, pickled jalapeños, tomatoes, and gobs of nacho cheese. Still, it fell short of (already lowered) expectations. The chips lacked flavor, the jalapeños didn't have any bite, the tomatoes were the standard issue fast food variety (bland, a bit mushy) and the nacho cheese tasted flat and artificial...and not even in a "so bad it's good" kind of way.
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The Primo burrito has too many competing ingredients. Spicy jack cheese is a tasty addition to the carnitas, but the rice detracts from the pork and the chipotle sauce overwhelms the whole mess with an artificial, processed flavor. The sauce exemplifies the failure of fast food: it should be delicious, but because it is complicated with so many ingredients and fillers like tomato paste and "corn sweeteners", it ends up tasting terrible and tainting everything in its path.
Flavors on the more straightforward combo burrito also didn't mesh. The carnitas are tasty with the shredded cheese, but the pinto beans are so overwhelming that they mute the flavor of the pork. This might work with the beef and bean burrito, since the beef is pretty atrocious, but the carnitas are worth tasting, so it's a bust.
(There's also another option that I didn't try: the Carnitas Macho Burrito, with red and green sauces, sour cream, and veggies.)
Here's where things got good: the smallest item of the bunch, a simple carnitas taco al carbon ($1.59). Whether it's truly al carbon (cooked over open flames), I strongly doubt... but it was definitely the most/only tasty carnitas item available. Instead of confusing the flavor of the meat with freaky sauces or covering it with fake plastic cheese or watery bean goo, carnitas are placed in a double corn tortilla, topped with "California grill sauce" (tomato and chile), onions, and cilantro, and left the eff alone.
This is how carnitas were intended to be consumed, and for a fast-food version, they're not bad. The pork is moist and rich, with a flavor that approximates actual carnitas. It's nowhere near as good as a legit taco shop, but it's worth trying out of curiosity, especially for $1.59. (Freebie alert: if you "like" Del Taco on Facebook, you can try one for free with purchase of beverage.)
New cheddar potato poppers ($2.49) aren't technically a breakfast item, but they taste like they should be. The fingerling potato-sized pieces have a crisp, salty coating and a molten interior of cheese, potato, and the odd piece of diced jalapeño—kind of like a spicy hashbrown.
The small order comes with four pieces, which seemed measly at the time, but is actually the perfect amount. The first popper was surprisingly tasty, but by the time I finished the second, the salt hit and I couldn't imagine going beyond one more. In small doses, they can be tasty, and I imagine they'd make a great burger topping if you wanted to attempt a mash-up.
Breakfast burritos are usually dependably decent, but Del Taco's newest version, the Grande Scrambler ($3.49), with scrambled eggs, bacon (or sausage), cheese, hash brown "sticks", salsa, and red sauce was horrendous. The eggs tasted like they were made from a liquid mix, the hashbrown sticks (which were small patties) quickly became flaccid from the steam inside the tortilla, and the red sauce smelled of ketchup and vinegar.
If this looks good to you, the good news is breakfast is available from 11 p.m. to 11 a.m., and the portion size is gigantic, especially for the price.
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Though phone systems have been around for decades, the need has doubled in the past decade. Consumers are not as patient as they used to be, nor do they wish to wait endlessly for the company to fix their mistakes. So, companies' reputations are always at risk if they do not meet the demands of their valued customers. PBX Phone systems are vital for companies to work efficiently and quickly, make critical decisions and solve problems.
Located in Vaughan, Canada, DCS Telecom Ltd., has been a Samsung Partner for over 18 years. They provide small, medium, and large enterprises with training, support, sales, installation, and data and voice communications solutions. DCS Telecom provides scalable and flexible communications infrastructure for several industries, including education, healthcare, finance, government, hospitality, retail, transportation and legal.
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2012 Photo of the Year - Week Three: Madrid
By Erin Greene on 18/11/12 at 5:00 pm
In the third week of the Photo of the Year competition, we head over to Europe for the ITU World Triathlon Madrid. This year's race, known for its tough bike course, either realised or dashed Olympic dreams as the final qualifier for London.
Nicola Spirig (SUI), who had already secured her position at the Games, displayed the same dazzling sprint skills in Madrid that months later would win her an Olympic gold medal. Spirig quickly joined the leaders on the bike after a solid swim, riding in the sizeable lead group that was followed by a smaller pack. A last-ditch effort on the bik by Anne Haug (GER) bridged the two groups, creating a congested transition. Spirig, Haug, Barbara Riveros Diaz (CHI) and Aileen Morrison (IRL) ran ahead, each charging for the podium. But it was Spirig who blasted through the last 400 metres to repeat as the Madrid winner. Morrison took second, while Riveros Diaz was third. Review the full race here.
Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) extended his winning streak from San Diego to Madrid. Similar to the previous ITU World Triathlon Series race, Jonathan was part of a breakaway on the bike that stuck for a two-minute advantage heading into T2. True to the Brownlee tradition, Jonathan wasted no time destroying the run just as his brother did the year before. Jonathan stormed to the title 38 seconds ahead of Russia's Alexander Bryukhankov and Dmitry Polyanskiy. Read all the details here.
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Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger, call no. FC-4503, definitely ranks high on at our list of all time greatest album covers. Diddley looks fast and dangerous, and the music fits the bill. Did you know Bo Diddley is a gunslinger? Just listen to the title track and there will be no doubt.
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For more Bo Diddley, we thought readers might enjoy a brief interview conducted by Eddie Weiss, a lifelong East coast radio announcer, perhaps best known for his programming of Beach music under the DJ handle "Charlie Brown." Throughout the 1950s, Weiss and fellow DJ Ronny King interviewed recording stars for their Tidewater, Virginia radio programs "WAVY's Your Show," and "Tidewater Teen Time" any chance they could get–-from Bobby Darin, Clyde McPhatter, and Ahmad Jamal, to Carl Perkins, Marty Robbins and Frankie Lymon. Luckily, one afternoon Bo Diddley stopped by and explained the spiritual roots of his music. Not sanctified necessarily, but spiritual. We hear you Bo.


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Our project coinciding with the Day of Archaeology 2012 was to build up an "excavation" for children to dig at the Cheshire Children's Museum in Keene, NH, USA. The excavation activity will be in the Egypt themed area. At first I fretted over how we could possibly replicate an Egyptian excavation within our 2 m x 1 m box (that just wasn't going to happen!). I decided to focus on simply portraying a few main ideas–the measured square units that archaeologists dig; the idea of layers– so that this excavation activity would look more like archaeology and a little less like a sandbox.
I am very lucky that my husband Randall, an architect, designer, and person who knows how to make anything with fiberglass, agreed to help with this project. First we stacked sheets of foam into an excavation grid with several different "layers." After a messy first attempt that caused some of our materials to self-destruct, Randall worked with sticky resin and fiberglass fabric to mold the excavation units and places for artifacts, while I made some "ancient" ceramic sherds out of pots from Agway. (As I mentioned in my preliminary post, it proved to be rather difficult to find suitable artifact replicas to purchase for the exhibit.) Later, we applied more sloppy glue and a bucket of sand to the fiberglass surface, and glued the artifacts into their layers (based on rather loose relative dating).
What a relief when we delivered this mold to the museum and it fit right into its designated crate! To this will be added some loose sand, so that children can dig and discover the artifacts. Setting the scene further will be excavation tools (or, children's shovels, etc.) and grid indicators/measurements, and an Egyptian desert mural behind the excavation. In addition to digging, we plan to provide clipboards so that children can choose to draw or record their finds. Based on my 7-year-old's suggestion, we'll also provide an "artifact report"/ "fun facts" sheet for each of the artifacts. She and her sister are really excited to learn more about these mysterious items, so I'm hoping that will be true for all the local children who visit the museum!
If time, space, and budgets permit, I'd love to add additional activities or games, perhaps some puzzle activities for the younger children. But this is only one small part of a museum with many different topics and activities. So for now, if a few children share in the fun of discovery, and leave with some idea that real archaeological excavation involves those neat square holes in the ground,* or if a few children are inspired to learn about ancient cultures, we'll be thrilled!
*My subliminal anti-looting message for the youngsters!
In addition to thanking Randall Walter, who did all the dirty work here, I'd also like to thank the Cheshire Children's Museum for the opportunity to work on this fun project, and Rita Elliott, a fellow archaeologist who, although I have never met her, took time out to discuss with me ideas for "mock excavation" activities. Thank you!


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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was an American hip hop duo from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rapper Will Smith (The Fresh Prince) met DJ Jazzy Jeff while trying to make a name for himself in West Philadelphia's local hip hop scene. After joining forces with Clarence Holmes (Ready Rock C) the team members became local celebrities. Holmes left the group in 1990, and later sued it in 1999.[1]
The group received the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989 for "Parents Just Don't Understand", though their most successful single was "Summertime" which earned the group their second Grammy and peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Will Smith and Jeff Townes are still friends and claim that they never split up, having made songs under Smith's solo performer credit.[2] DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince have sold over 5.5 million albums in the US.
Jeff Townes and Will Smith were introduced to each other by chance in 1985. One night, Townes was performing at a house party only a few doors down from Smith's residence, and he was missing his hype man. Smith decided to fill in and both felt strong chemistry: so much that Townes was upset when his hype man finally made it to the party.[3]
Soon after, the two decided to join forces. Smith enlisted a friend to join as the beatboxer of the group, Clarence Holmes (Ready Rock C), making them a trio. Philadelphia-based Word Up Records released their first single in late 1985 to 1986 when A&R man Paul Oakenfold[4] introduced them to Word Up with their single "Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble," a tale of funny misadventures that landed Smith and his former DJ and rap partner Mark Forrest (Lord Supreme) [5] The song sampled the theme song of "I Dream of Jeannie." Smith became known for light-hearted story-telling raps and capable, though profanity-free, "battle" rhymes. The single became a hit a month before Smith graduated from high school.[6] Townes was known for his turntable acrobatics, and he is credited by many as inventing a style of scratching called transforming.
Based on this success, the duo were brought to the attention of Jive Records and Russell Simmons. The duo's first album, Rock the House, which was first released on Word Up in 1986 debuted on Jive in March of 1987. The album sold about 300,000 units. That same year, the band found themselves on their first major tour with Run DMC, Public Enemy, and others.
Their 1988 follow-up album, He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper, made them multi-platinum stars. Mostly recorded in the United Kingdom, the album was rap music's first double-vinyl LP release; it was also issued as a single cassette and CD. "Parents Just Don't Understand", the lead-off single, made them MTV household names and also gained the honor of the first Grammy for a hip hop/rap song, which was met to mixed feelings. Nevertheless, the single was a success, launching the group into even more mainstream stardom.
The video showed Prince's misadventures of trying to get around his parents' strict rules in a very comical way, very much like their first single "Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble". It gained much airplay on TV channels such as MTV, giving the group much attention. The song was played in an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ("Someday Your Prince Will Be In Effect (Part 1)"), and referenced in two other episodes of the same series ("The Fresh Prince Project" and "Not With My Pig, You Don't").
Another single, "Nightmare on My Street", showcased a fictional confrontation with movie villain Freddy Krueger. Coinciding with the release of the fourth Nightmare on Elm Street film (1988's The Dream Master); New Line Cinema was not pleased. A video allegedly shot for the single was buried, and a disclaimer was hastily included on pressings of the album indicating that the record was not officially affiliated with any of the Nightmare films. (Ironically, Jive Records ended up releasing the soundtrack to the next film in the series, The Dream Child.) After this success, in 1988 the lead singles from Rock the House, including "Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble", were re-released and changed a bit from their original 1985 release, with the outro referencing singles "Nightmare on My Street" and "Parents Just Don't Understand":
Jeff: Man, first your parents just don't understand.
Will: Word, I know, man.
Jeff: Then you have these crazy nightmares.
Will: Why me? Why me?
Jeff reveals on track 19 of Skillz's Infamous Quotes mixtape that New Line Cinema approached Will & Jeff for a movie role which they ended up turning down. The film was House Party.
The last single from He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper was "Brand New Funk" sampled a James Brown song and quotes; however it is Ready Rock C saying get down in the song. In the song, Prince explains how Jeff has brought in a tape that contains a very cool song that he cannot help but rap over, and how fans react to it. The song was well received by many hip hop fans, due because of its funk sound and lyrical spins and the fact that it showed off more of the skills of Jazzy Jeff. The video was shot in black and white, showed live performance clips from a concert, and featured 2 Damn Hype Dancing. This is the only music video to feature the third member of the group, Ready Rock C (it is possible he was in the "Nightmare on My Street" video, but it was allegedly axed).
1989 saw the release of And in This Corner…, the group's third LP. While the sales were a success, reaching gold, the duo's popularity was slipping. The crossover curse of various rap acts had come to pass, as their initial audience felt they had become too accessible; non-crossover rap acts like Big Daddy Kane and Boogie Down Productions had bigger street followings; meanwhile, pop radio had latched on to new faces like Tone Loc and Young MC, while non-radio followers became more enamored with hardcore acts like Ice-T and 2 Live Crew.
The lead single, "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" was in the same vein as their other lead singles; with this one having Will say he could literally beat Mike Tyson in a boxing match. Jazzy Jeff is shown training Prince to perform this task, and after Prince loses, Jeff then claims that he might be able to do it himself. James Avery and Alfonso Ribeiro (co-stars of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) show up as Don King and member of the fighting crew's posse, respectively.
The next single was "Jazzy's Groove", sampling "Nautilus" in the chorus and bridge. The song features much more of Jazzy Jeff, like in "Brand New Funk"; Jazzy Jeff gives a 'math lesson' by making the sound clips add 1+1, 2+1, and 2+2.
Due to a self-admitted spendthrift attitude,[6] Smith felt he had nothing to lose when a producer from NBC and Quincy Jones approached him with an idea for a sitcom, with Townes appearing as a recurring character, named "Jazz". The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air boosted his profile and his pocketbook. Smith blew through almost 2.8 million dollars, while giving none to the IRS for taxes. Soon after And in This Corner... was released, Smith was sentenced by the IRS to pay this all back. For the first three seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Smith had 25% of his paycheck garnished by the IRS.[6]
Ready Rock C left the group in 1990 due to creative differences. Smith claimed that beatboxing at this time of hip hop was "played out". Holmes later sued the duo in 1999.[1]
Still having a bit of extra money from starring in the successful sitcom, the duo decided to stage a comeback album in 1991, Homebase. The platinum album featured a more mature sound from the group, with Smith rapping in a deeper, consistent voice and changed their sound to fit the era's trend of hip-hop. Homebase featured the lead-off single "Summertime", which added rap lyrics to the music of the Kool & the Gang instrumental "Summer Madness" and has become one of their most enduring hits. The video features clips from a family reunion in Philly, and shows the duo being driven around while sitting atop a car. Summertime earned the duo its second Grammy win.
The next singles were "Ring My Bell" and "Things That U Do". Both featured the typical sound of the early 90s. Both videos for the songs featured a different version from the original found on the LP.
The final single for the release was "You Saw My Blinker", a song about an old lady that crashed into Prince's new car and his anger at the events that happened thereafter. This is the first (and one of the only) songs where Smith curses, saying the word 'bitch' (To the left lane I tried to switch, then, you saw my blinker, bitch). Prince's voice is a bit deeper than usual, to make it sound like he's agitated, similar to "Then She Bit Me" from And in This Corner... This song reached #20 Billboard Hot 100 and #22 Hot R&B/Hip Hop singles. In 1992 for the Barcelona Olympic Games the duo released the song "Higher Baby" as part of the compilation album Barcelona Gold.
Code Red, their last studio LP as a duo was released in 1993, reaching gold sales. This LP featured a self-admitted harder sound than their other songs, with Jazzy Jeff saying "We wanted to take a new direction. It wasn't that we were concentrating on harder, it was just different",[7] featuring more jazz and soul samples than previous releases. The lead single "Boom! Shake the Room" reached #1 in UK and Australia, and featured a harder sound than any of their other songs. Other singles were "I'm Looking For the One (To Be With Me)", which is similar to "Summertime", and "I Wanna Rock", which showed off more of Jazzy Jeff's DJ skills.
Shortly afterward, Smith began to pursue acting full-time. He played his first lead film role in 1993's Six Degrees of Separation. The 1996 blockbuster Independence Day cemented him as a major draw, and he left the Fresh Prince sitcom that same year. He and Townes ended up being sued by Jive, who alleged that the duo was still under contract to create more albums. In an interview, Smith has stated that while shooting Men in Black he approached Jive with the "Men in Black" single; they turned him down, saying that it couldn't be a hit. In the aftermath of the movie and soundtrack's success, the duo settled the lawsuit out of court. Hence, their greatest hits compilation includes two cuts from the M.I.B. soundtrack.
Since then, Smith has released three solo CDs on Columbia/Sony records. The duo collaborated in Smith's successful album, Willennium. After being dropped by Columbia he released one CD in 2005 on Interscope. Townes released two albums on the famous UK DJ label BBE. He has also become an R&B producer of note, overseeing releases by Jill Scott, Rhymefest and many others.
Will Smith appeared on the May 24, 2013 edition of the BBC talk show The Graham Norton Show with his son Jaden Smith to promote the film After Earth. After performing a brief freestyle rap with his son, Will Smith brought on Townes as Jazzy Jeff and the two performed the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (with Jaden contributing backing vocals) before Smith's co-star from the sitcom, Alfonso Ribeiro, was brought on to complete the reunion.[8]
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The 2013 Earth & Sky Photo Contest Winners
Selected from submissions by photographers in about 45 countries, the winners of 2013 Earth and Sky Photo Contest display the beauties of night sky and its battle with light pollution.
Contest video: the winners and the notable photos. Enjoy the video in full screen with the sounds on.
The contest was open to anyone of any age, anywhere in the world. With a significant increase to the last year contest over 710 entries were received which only two dozens of them were rejected of not being relevant to the contest. David Malin, a prominent member of the judging panel and a world-known pioneer in scientific astrophotography explained that "The 685 entries the judges examined (twice the 2012 judged images) represent some of the best TAWN-style photographs ever gathered together in one place. Judging them was a significant challenge, considering the high standard and variety of the entries. Given the number of judges and their individual tastes and preferences and their different ways of working, there was a surprising small spread in the final selections. The winners are to be congratulated on being outstanding in a very competitive field, and the entrants commended for presenting us with such a wonderful variety of inspiring images. I feel privileged to have seen so many beautiful images in such a short time!" Babak Tafreshi, TWAN director and one of the contest founders, said, "The entries and the winners are all "fresh" images of Earth & sky, taken in the past one year. Some documented the latest major celestial events such as the November 2012 total solar eclipse in Australia or bright appearance of comet PanStarrs this March and April."
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The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly, killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control. No one believes they exist. No one but you.
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Then, the ever vigilant CNBS reporter introduces her two guests to discuss why the demonstrations are occurring . She hypothesizes that it's not just bankers that are drawing the people's ire, but it's also CEO's in general. And who do they invite to discuss the protests? Why, an analyst with Moody's Economy.com, a subdivision of Moody's rating agency, of course, who else would they invite, someone with no conflicts of interest? In his favor, he did admit that the banksters deserve the attention, but he certainly doesn't illuminate the role his own parent company had/has in the current fiscal debacle:
Bank protesters descend on downtown Chicago
Thousands of people shut down streets in downtown Chicago for about an hour today as they protested the American Bankers Association convention.
"We are at a crossroads in this country," said Thomas Balanoff, president of the Service Employees International Union Illinois Council. "There shouldn't just be recovery at the top, there should be a recovery for everyone. The people are angry and they want the banks to be held accountable."
People chanted, held signs and cheered on speakers that included local workers, clergy and union activists. It was organized by union organizers, human rights groups and advocacy groups.
At about the 10:30 a.m., the northbound lanes of Michigan Avenue were closed as the protesters marched across the bridge and gathered near Pioneer Court. The streets were reopened by 11:30 a.m.
The demonstrators had arrived in buses on Upper Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue just south of the Chicago River.
Of course us peons wouldn't recognize a moral hazard if one bit us in the ass, right? Or would we? I think I do, and I think the media is a huge part of the problem. I know that I don't even need to point out the moral and ethical conundrum created by the ratings agencies like Moody's and the role they played in creating the very crisis that now leads to protests. Needless to say, CNBC did not point out Moody's conflicts of interests in rating the banks (via their pay for ratings model) that are the very subject of the protests, nor did she mention what a colossal failure their ratings were and still are . Oh, and Moody's, by the way, is paid by GE to rate GE, the parent of CNBC.
Somehow I doubt that any real solutions are going to come from bankers, the media, politicians, or the ratings agencies. Keep up the fine protests, it's a target rich environment, how 'bout CNBC's offices or Moody's headquarters?
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The cost of long-term care can be devastating to your clients if they are not prepared. Unfortunately, the long-term care insurance (LTCI) business has not been financially rewarding for major insurance carriers—they are abandoning the business in record numbers. As a result, advising your clients to purchase this insurance is not going to provide a solution to the modern long-term care dilemma. The need to plan for the costs of long-term care is not going away with the insurance plans. So, what do you tell your clients?
Several options exist, but a smartly crafted annuity strategy may provide the solution and simultaneously offer your clients a substantial tax break.
What is the problem with LTCI?
The cost of long-term care has skyrocketed recently—it may cost as much as $4,000 to $8,000 a month to cover the cost of in-home care or nursing home expenses. The costs increase exponentially when today's longer lifespans are taken into account.
To prepare for these costs, insurers have relied on the fact that policyholders will generally make payments over an extended period of time before making a claim and have invested these payments to build adequate reserves. Lower-than-expected investment returns coupled with increasing claims have left many insurance carriers inadequately prepared for the rate at which long-term care costs have risen.
As a result, 10 of the 20 largest insurance companies have stopped offering long-term care insurance in the past five years, with Prudential and MetLife exiting the business most recently. Consequently, it has become much more difficult for your clients to purchase adequate long-term care coverage.
Though insurers who have policies outstanding cannot cancel the policies, they can petition state insurance commissioners to allow premium increases. Some insurers have chosen to take this route to manage the costs of the policies currently in effect, in some cases doubling premium costs to existing customers in the process.
What is the new plan?
The plight of insurance carriers that offer long-term care policies highlights the importance of preparing for this expense. If your clients already have a long-term care policy in effect but are facing significantly increased premiums, they may be able to maintain current premium levels by reducing inflation protection benefits on the policy. This is exactly the reason many of your clients purchased the policy in the first place—to protect against the rapidly rising costs of care.
However, a type of deferred annuity product known as a long-term care annuity may provide a more appropriate solution. These hybrid annuities contain long-term care riders that allow the client to choose the amount of long-term care coverage desired. Some products offer the choice to include inflation protection benefits.
The value of the annuity grows in the same manner as a traditional annuity product, but when the funds are withdrawn to cover the cost of long-term care, they are taken tax-free. There is a downside, as these annuities require a relatively substantial initial investment, usually $50,000 to $100,000. Nevertheless, the peace of mind your client is able to purchase for this price may make the investment worthwhile to many.
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CHICAGO -- Paul Konerko returned to U.S. Cellular Field on Sunday morning after completing his three-game Minor League rehab assignment with a three-hit effort for Double-A Birmingham on Saturday night, and the White Sox officially announced his activation from the disabled list on Monday.
The White Sox captain finished 4-for-10 while with the Barons and is expected to return to the big league lineup for the start of a four-game home set with the Tigers on Monday. Konerko had been on the disabled list since July 3 with a lower back strain.
"[Saturday] night he was swinging it pretty good. Health-wise, he's looking good," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of Konerko. "Any time you get Paulie back, it's important for a lot of different reasons."
Konerko played 34 games at first base and 33 at designated hitter before the injury. Ventura wants to use a continued split for Konerko between those two responsibilities.
"He likes being on the field and you want to take care of him in a way that you know you're taking care of his back," Ventura said. "Him and Adam [Dunn] both like being on the field, so you try and mix it up a bit."


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Reports of the drastic decline of e-readers amidst an explosion in multi-use tablets re-ignited a passionate debate in technology: Is a single-purpose device better and worth the cost, compared to a multi-function device?
"I love my [Amazon] Kindle...I would never use a tablet to read," wrote Charles Burt in a comment to Computerworld. He reacted to a story on a 36% decline in e-reader shipments globally in 2012 reported by an IHS iSuppli analyst.
"I love the e-ink. I love that it works in the bright sun." Burt said. "The battery lasts forever. It works perfectly the way it is. I don't have a tablet."
Burt said he previously owned an iPad tablet which was "beautiful," but he found he could do more things with a desktop or laptop.
Burt hit a common theme expressed by many other e-reader lovers using e-ink technology: the ability to read for long periods in the sun by a pool or in a park without much glare, which is a problem with most tablets. As for claims of days or weeks of battery life with an e-reader, many defenders of tablets say they get plenty of hours or days of reading life from new-generation tablets with better battery efficiency.
But there is also a sense of pride from some e-reader users who find the devices ideal for serious, concentrated periods of reading, uninterrupted by the browsing temptations of tablets. "I hate reading on the tablet because it's far too easy to waste time surfing than productive reading," wrote one Kindle fan named "Vegdaze" in another comment to Computerworld.
Tablets aren't the only alternative to e-readers. Some people prefer reading on a smartphone, including someone named "CoderSeven" who uses various software readers on a smartphone to read entire books. To pay $119 for an e-reader like the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite "is quite a bit of money when I already own a device that meets that need. I would rather pay $500 for something that meets multiple needs than $119 for something that only meets one," CoderSeven said.
The tablet vs. e-reader debate also gets into size and weight. Most e-reader devices are smaller than tablets, such as the Paperwhite with its 6-in. display, the same size as the Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. Both sell for $119.
Another Computerworld reader said owning both an iPad and a Kindle device revealed different usage patterns. "I rarely touched the Kindle for a long while after [buying the iPad], but I started to realize I wasn't reading as much or for as long with the iPad as I had with the Kindle because it was heavier and it was causing more eyestrain," BThorn wrote. "I still have the iPad and use it for work, Web browsing, etc., but when I want to read a book, I get my Kindle again."
Ryan Reith, an analyst at IDC, said the e-reader vs. tablet debate also gets into how much the average consumer can spend on a single-function device alongs with other computing products, such as laptops, smartphones, desktops and tablets.
The decline of e-readers is expected to continue for several years "mostly due to limited functionality found within e-readers, the growing demand for tablets and limited consumer spend," Reith said.
The prognosis for e-readers is indeed poor by 2016, when IHS said 7.1 million will ship, down 66% from the high point of 2011, when 23.2 million sold.
"Certainly e-readers will be supported two years and beyond, but with any low margin business, the number of vendors ... will be limited," Reith added.
Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble sell e-books for their e-readers, but they also sell their own tablets that can be purchased for less than $200, including the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook.
Some analysts believe that the solution is for those digital booksellers to continue to sell e-readers at bargain prices for several more years, or longer, while also enhancing tablets.
Meanwhile, textbook publishers are converting paper textbooks into e-textbooks for use on devices that schools hope will cost even less in two years than they do now. The e-textbook trend could help prolong the life of inexpensive e-readers, but school administrators will still have to decide between e-readers and low-cost tablets, analysts said.
"To be honest, we see more education investment in tablets than we do e-readers," Reith said. A trend in Asia is for schools to buy Android tablets in bulk from Chinese manufacturers for the equivalent of about $95 a device, he said.
Amazon and Barnes & Noble "will continue to go down both paths," of making e-readers and tablets to access their content, said Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates. "I don't see e-readers going away. Content is what both want to sell." Both companies will subsidize the price of content-consumption devices like e-readers to sell books, movies, TV shows and more.
What will be left in two years, and possibly much longer, is a market that still offers choice, with lower-priced e-readers (with far fewer sold than in 2011) as well as a market with a variety tablets that are lighter and feature better glare-reducing screens, analysts said.
Ultimately, users will decide which PC, tablet, or smartphone they want to get content from a vendor like Amazon, or they can get an Amazon- subsidized device at a lower cost for the same purpose," Gold said.
When it comes to ultimate technology visions, some users of tablets and e-readers believe that both devices will eventually be replaced by other technologies to come. E-readers and tablets are both "bridge" technologies connecting past computing platforms with future ones, noted reader Gerard Cerchio.
"Both will be replaced, probably with eye glasses or contacts that use any conveniently designated surface as a display," Cerchio wrote.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Racking up huge sales and taking the ranking of 13th best selling title of 2005, Lego Star Wars, an action platformer that charmed kids, parents, and everyone in between, was one of those feel-good games. The single-player game was tongue-in-cheek cute. The concept was pulled off perfectly from both a game design and visual standpoint, and the co-op capabilities pushed it into the must-have category.
LucasArts has teamed up with Traveller's Tales and Giant (the game's original developer and producer) to create this year's sequel, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, due on PS2, Xbox, GameCube, GBA, PSP, PC and DS this fall. We spoke with David Perkinson, a fairly new hire at LucasArts, though not new to the industry, as he's worked on Gretzky NHL (PSP), Gretzky NHL '05 (PS2), and Gretzky NHL '06 (PSP and PS2). Perkinson explained how LucasArts plans to add new functionality, more Force powers, and a more robust custom character building feature. They're also aiming to tap into the original movie's best scenes and make it work on even more systems.
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Have you played LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy?
IGN: The first LEGO Star Wars was a very surprising success. Why did Eidos publish it in the first place, and why is LucasArts publishing it now?
David Perkinson: I've only been with LucasArts for a short time, but this is what I've learned. Although LucasArts does indeed publish the bulk of Star Wars games released, partnerships are often formed with outside publishers such as Eidos, Ubisoft and THQ for certain titles. The first LEGO Star Wars was one of these, and was successful enough to be the No. 13 game of 2005. However, we realized that a game based on the Original Trilogy can be even bigger if in the hands of the company that does Star Wars best, and -- especially after seeing LucasArts' tremendous success with Star Wars Battlefront II and the Star Wars: Episode III movie game -- they turned back to LucasArts to publish this exciting new sequel.
IGN: In the first game, you could play as approximately 50 characters. How will this sequel be different and better in this respect?
David Perkinson: LEGO Star Wars II will feature more than 50 playable characters from all of the classic Original Trilogy movies, and many of the characters will have distinctive weapons, signature animations and melee attacks.
In addition, players will be able to import their saved game data from LEGO Star Wars I and use all the characters that were unlocked from the first game on many of the platforms. That brings the total number of playable Star Wars characters to over 100!
Most importantly, LEGO Star Wars II offers the new customizable character feature. This new feature will allow the player to use pieces and parts from all unlocked characters to put together their own creations and then use them in Free Play mode. At last count, this system allowed for -- no joking -- millions of different customization options for individual characters!
Lastly, when the player mixes up the various pieces of the characters in the creation process, the game will automatically generate a new and unique name for the newly created character based on the pieces used. For example, if you mix up the right variety of pieces you could end up with your very own Chew Vader, Stormbacca or Leia Wan Kenobi.
IGN: Will LEGO Star Wars II be online? If not, why not? The two-player co-op online game would be HUGE!
David Perkinson: Certainly, one of the things that we considered adding to the game was online co-op, but our research shows that only a small percentage of gamers would actually utilize such a feature. We'd rather apply the time and money that it takes to ensure a flawless online experience toward making our offline game even better, which benefits more people. Adding one new feature instead of many new features seemed like the wrong step for this game and for the gamer.
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Often times, records are thrown out the window when rivals play.
Each team is eager to knock the other off. Teams feed off the crowd energy.
The Montezuma-Cortez High School volleyball team fed off its home crowd against Durango.
Coach Barbara Chappells Lady Panthers had the Demons on the ropes, fighting tooth-and-nail.
But league leader Durango dug deep and found a way to win in the fifth and final set Tuesday night.
M-CHS and Durango battled to the bitter end. But the Lady Panthers were edged, 3-2 (22-25, 25-20, 24-26, 25-21, 5-15), in front of a raucous pink-shirt crowd on Breast Cancer Awareness night.
They played amazing tonight. I feel like those girls came off that Fruita game and said We know we have to get stronger mentally. Thats what they did, said M-CHS coach Barbara Chappell about the teams improved play Tuesday night compared to a 3-1 home loss last Saturday to Fruita Monument.
Each squad sported pink uniforms and certainly played very tough in their color. The visiting Demons (8-4, 3-0 4A Southwestern League) received a fight that tested them physically, mentally and emotionally.
Oh my gosh, said a relieved Demons coach Robin Oliger. I know I say this every year, but one of our toughest matches the entire season, is every time we play Cortez. They played incredible tonight.
M-CHS (8-8, 1-2 4A SWL) did not back down.
I had a lot of adrenaline. Ive watched this game since I was in fourth-grade, so it was really cool to finally get to play in it, said freshman setter Laurel Chappell. Our crowd was amazing.
Danielle Waltman and Nickelle Oliver came out swinging in the first set, as the Lady Panthers built an early 8-4 lead. M-CHS maintained a 4- to 5-point edge and possessed its biggest margin at 17-11.
The Lady Panthers were ahead 22-17 when Oliger called timeout.
Durango (No. 8; Denver Post, Coloradopreps.com) started chipping away. A net error and an assisted block by Natalie Bulen and Berkeley Davis cut the M-CHS lead to 22-19. That lead shrank to 22-20 after a Bulen kill that forced Barb Chappell to call timeout. But self-inflicted wounds and the powerful play of Bulen were too much. The Demons closed the first set on a 8-0 run to win and shock the home fans.
However, there was no quit in M-CHS.
The Lady Panthers punched back in the second set and each team played to an 11-11 tie before a 5-0 M-CHS spurt. Up 16-11, the Lady Panthers had to hold back the Demons. Waltman and Laurel Chappell made huge plays and the biggest play came at match point. M-CHS led 24-20 and a furious rally ensued. But the smallest player on the floor in senior libero Abby Engel perfectly hit the ball to the left corner of the court right on the end line for point 25.
It was 1-1 at the break between two seemingly matched teams.
Behind Bulen and McKenna Franzen, Durango built a 21-14 lead in set 3 and appeared to have control. Until Waltman spiked a devastating kill to turn the momentum. Oliver scored back-to-back kills and a 4-hit penalty on the Demons cut the score to 21-18. M-CHS kept its run going and tied the match at 23. The crowd erupted when Waltmans serving ace put the Lady Panthers on top 24-23. But the senior gave it back to Durango with a serving error and it was knotted at 24. A Sarah Waller serving ace and Devon Bierys final hit out of bounds gave the Demons a 26-24 win and 2-1 match lead.
Again, M-CHS bounced back.
The Lady Panthers built a 13-5 lead and never trailed, winning set 4 and forcing a deciding fifth set. It was the first time Durango had been pushed five sets this season. Good teams ultimately find ways to win and Durango did that in the final frame.
Franzen and Bella Bernazzani quickly set the tone with enormous spikes to build an early Demons lead. The visitors pulled away for a 10-point set victory to clinch a hard fought match.
Franzen paced Durango with 13 kills, Jessie Brammer had 12, Hannah Quick tallied 10 and Bernazzani scored nine. Bulen totaled 42 assists for the Demons.
We couldnt put the ball down on them. They seemed to have all the answers to everything we were doing. This is not an easy place to play, Oliger said. I just tell them to try and be patient, dont rush things, dont rush their hits, be patient in their blocking. We were a little over-reactive at times.
Durango definitely pulled things together in the fifth set. But the Lady Panthers had a lot of positives come from the match despite another heartbreaking loss.
That fifth set sucked. It was bad, but they fought so hard and they gave to each other, Barb Chappell said. When they got frustrated, they didnt get down inside themselves. They tried to stay positive. Its that part of the game. They have all the physical ability in the world. Its the mental part of the game they showed tonight.
M-CHS will continue its league home stand on Friday and Saturday versus Montrose and Grand Junction Central at 7 p.m. and 11:30 a.m.
I think we have a lot more confidence now and going into our league games, were just going to take that confidence with us, Laurel Chappell said. We know, hopefully, we can beat every team in this league. We took Durango to five and thats a big feat. We need to go into these games knowing that were good and that we can take theses teams.
The Lady Panthers will be on the road for the rest of the season starting Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Durango.
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