Village hired illegal aliens, newspaper reports
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 07-18-2007, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — Day laborers who reportedly said they were illegal immigrants were hired Tuesday by a suburban village for a construction project.
Mayor George Darden said the men were not asked about their immigration status and deserved the jobs "as much as anybody else."
The Journal News reported on its Internet site that a Department of Public Works employee picked up two day laborers on Route 59 — a common gathering place — and drove them to a Main Street project, where they were put to work cleaning out a building before demolition.
The workers "said they were in the country illegally," the report said.
Darden said the village did not know if the men were illegal and added, "These people live in Spring Valley and I am the mayor of all the people of Spring Valley. They have families like anyone else. I am not going to stick my head in the sand and pretend they're not here."
In an apparent reference to congressional inaction on immigration legislation, Darden said, "The federal government has to make up their mind and they shouldn't expect Spring Valley to make up their mind for them."
It is against the law to knowingly hire illegal immigrants, a statute that is widely flouted, although not by government agencies.
Keywords: IMMIGRATION, EMPLOYMENT
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CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2003
Callaway Golf Company (NYSE:ELY) announced today that it will release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2002 results on Thursday afternoon, February 6, 2003. The Company will subsequently hold a conference call with financial analysts and investors to review the results at 2:00 p.m. PST that same day. The call will be hosted by Ron Drapeau, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Brad Holiday, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
The call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed at www.callawaygolf.com. To listen to the call, go to the web site at least 15 minutes before the call to register and for instructions on how to access the broadcast.
A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the conference call. The replay may be accessed through the Internet at www.callawaygolf.com or by telephone by calling (800) 642-1687 for calls originating within the United States or (706) 645-9291 for international calls. The password is 7742353 and the replay will be available through 5:00 p.m. PST, on Thursday, February 13, 2003.
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Today on RadioWallStreet.com, Bob Weissman, Co-Founder of Bedrock Asset Management, LLC, and Portfolio Manager for Bedrock Asset Management's Capital Asset Fund, LLC, will "talk telecom" with his guests, including comment on MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR) and Inktomi Corporation (Nasdaq: INKT).
Specifically, Bob Weissman speaks with Michael Saylor, Chairman, CEO & President of MicroStrategy about the company, its positioning and its future. Next, Bob talks to David Hilal, Managing Director for Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., about MicroStrategy following their stock slide in the Spring, and also about Inktomi announcing a buyout deal earlier today.
This event will be available for on demand listening beginning Wednesday, September 13, 2000 at 2:30 PM ET. To listen visit http://www.radiowallstreet.com. If you are viewing this release after the day of the event, go to http://www.radiowallstreet.com/NASApp/RWS/EventPage?ID=39361.
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-- $7.99 Each for Streaming and DVDs
-- Is Netflix Turning into an Ugly Duckling?
Netflix has in effect almost doubled its monthly rates for most subscribers by splitting its streaming and DVD rental plans:
Service Monthly Rate in $Streaming only but no DVDs 7.99, the same as now1 DVD at a time, no streaming 7.992 DVDs at a time, no streaming 11.99Streaming and 1 DVD at a time 15.98
Netflix no longer offers a plan that includes both unlimited streaming and DVDs. The prior combination plan for both streaming and DVDs was $9.99 a month.
The changes are effective immediately for new subscribers and September 1 for existing subscribers. It's the fifth rate change in Netflix' history.
Netflix said it made the change because it realized that that "there is still a very large continuing demand for DVDs both from our existing members as well as non-members." It could have anticipated that by its inability to offer much of its content by streaming. Netflix has too many DVD-only videos to make the streaming only service worthwhile for many members.
It said the $2 add-on for DVDs "neither makes great financial sense nor satisfies people who just want DVDs." The DVD business is a "long-term business," it said, perhaps realizing how reluctant many content owners are to having their content streamed as part of a fixedfee subscription. They may want to charge more for streaming than Netflix can justify.
Reflecting the reality that DVDs are a long-term business, it set up a separate management team solely focused on DVDs by mail. Andy Rendich, chief service and operations officer at Netflix, will head up the operation. It did not say whether Rendich will spend full time on the DVD operations or would continue some of his prior duties.
In the end, the price increase reflects the realities of the market place and that many content owners are reluctant to make their goodies available on a subscription streaming service--unless their cut was increased. If Netflix could get all the DVD content that it has on streaming, it would not have been making the change.
Because so much Netflix content is available on DVD only, the move almost doubles the monthly rental for most subscribers and makes it harder to justify using Netflix instead of a premium pay-TV service like Showtime, Starz or HBO. Many users, if they don't cancel completely, may cancel the streaming service and get the DVD-only service because that gives them everything Netflix offers.
Netflix has become a modern phenomenon. The Internet is now "the Netflix channel" in North America. It accounts for 22% of all North American Internet traffic, 30% at peak viewing times. YouTube only accounts for 8% and traditional Web pages account for 17%.
Netflix' Rising Content Costs
Perhaps explaining Netflix' increase in rates is a report from CNN that Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, says Netflix faces some substantial content cost increases in the next two years.
Pachter said Netflix' content costs could inflate from $180 million in 2010 to $1.98 billion in 2012. "Netflix has another year or two on most of these contracts, and then the game completely changes," Pachter said. "The content owners realize they can't give Netflix all the leverage. Netflix had the power when they were the only bidder. But you don't have as much leverage when you suddenly have competition."
The big one facing Netflix is the renewal of its deal with Starz.
The price increase will work for Netflix if it allows it to obtain more streaming content.
Subscriber Revolt
Within 24 hours of announcing the price increase, some 40,000 purported subscribers had protested on Facebook. It's a small number in comparison to the 23 million Netflix subscribers but the fever may presage a revolt. We won't know until Netflix announces its current subscriber numbers. The price change does not impact the streaming only subscribers, which includes all of Canada.
What choice do Netflix subscribers have other than picking one or the other service or anteing up for both? No one else offers a comparable service. The Hulu Plus service is on far fewer devices and has far fewer movies. iTunes, CinemaNow and Walmart's Vudu, are purchase or short-term rental only.
Amazon Prime is a possibility with its 6,000 or so movies and TV shows but it too is on far fewer devices. Amazon showed 1,998 movies and documentaries as being available this week.
The service costs $79 per year compared to $96 for Netflix and Hulu Plus. DVDs are not included, of course. It includes free two-day shipping on all Amazon orders.
In addition to being on PCs and Macs it's available, according to Amazon, on 200 models of Internet-connected and smart devices including Roku and Google TV. But not Apple TV, of course.
Still, the Netflix price increases may prompt some of its subscribers to seriously consider Amazon.
Another Looming Price Increase for Netflix Subscribers
Netflix price increases may actually prompt more subscribers to opt for the streaming only option, increasing the amount of bandwidth they consume.
The Wall Street Journal warns about a potentially bigger threat to Netflix in terms of increasing its or its subscribers' costs: the very real possibility that the broadband service providers will start charging by usage as the cellcos are doing. It's inevitable. Netflix' best chance might be to buy large blocks of broadband from the service providers so its customers don't have to pay higher monthly fees. Instead their Netflix usage would be excluded from the monthly computation.
Netflix isn't the only one benefitting from low-cost broadband--in effect unlimited free usage. So are Hulu, Amazon, Google, Apple, Pandora, and Microsoft with its Skype video phone service and other online media services.
Time Warner Cable chairman Glenn Britt is quoted by the Journal as saying "it's inevitable that there will be a consumption dimension" to broadband pricing. He's of course currently in a lose-lose situation, as are all the cablecos and telcos, because they lose eyeballs when consumers are watching Netflix and they lose data capacity to the OTT video streams.
AT&T was the first to stick its foot into the usage waters. Its U-Verse broadband subscribers get 250GBs per month included in the monthly rate. Over that amount they pay $10 per 50GBs.
The Journal calls the broadband usage factor a sleeper that Netflix, its subscribers and investors can't overlook. The broadband service providers have to be careful they don't drive Netflix subscribers back to DVDs. There's a Redbox with lots of them seemingly on every corner. And instead of two separate Netflix subscriptions, a Netflix and a Hulu Plus subscription might make more sense at about the same monthly price.
The internet is taking the news industry back to the conversational culture of the era before mass media
THREE hundred years ago news travelled by word of mouth or letter, and circulated in taverns and coffee houses in the form of pamphlets, newsletters and broadsides. "The Coffee houses particularly are very commodious for a free Conversation, and for reading at an easie Rate all manner of printed News," noted one observer. Everything changed in 1833 when the first mass-audience newspaper, the New York Sun, pioneered the use of advertising to reduce the cost of news, thus giving advertisers access to a wider audience. At the time of the launch America's bestselling paper sold just 4,500 copies a day; the Sun, with its steam press, soon reached 15,000. The penny press, followed by radio and television, turned news from a two-way conversation into a one-way broadcast, with a relatively small number of firms controlling the media.
Now, as our special report explains, the news industry is returning to something closer to the coffee house. The internet is making news more participatory, social, diverse and partisan, reviving the discursive ethos of the era before mass media. That will have profound effects on society and politics.
Going West
In much of the world, the mass media are flourishing. Newspaper circulation rose globally by 6% between 2005 and 2009, helped by particularly strong demand in places like India, where 110m papers are now sold daily. But those global figures mask a sharp decline in readership in rich countries.
Over the past decade, throughout the Western world, people have been giving up newspapers and TV news and keeping up with events in profoundly different ways. Most strikingly, ordinary people are increasingly involved in compiling, sharing, filtering, discussing and distributing news. Twitter lets people anywhere report what they are seeing. Classified documents are published in their thousands online. Mobile-phone footage of Arab uprisings and American tornadoes is posted on social-networking sites and shown on television newscasts. An amateur video taken during the Japanese earthquake has been watched 15m times on YouTube. "Crowdsourcing" projects bring readers and journalists together to sift through troves of documents, from the expense claims of British politicians to Sarah Palin's e-mails. Social-networking sites help people find, discuss and share news with their friends.
And it is not just readers who are challenging the media elite. Technology firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter have become important (some say too important) conduits of news. Celebrities and world leaders, including Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez, publish updates directly via social networks; many countries now make raw data available through "open government" initiatives. The internet lets people read newspapers or watch television channels from around the world: the Guardian, a British newspaper, now has more online readers abroad than at home. The web has allowed new providers of news, from individual bloggers to sites such as the Huffington Post, to rise to prominence in a very short space of time. And it has made possible entirely new approaches to journalism, such as that practised by WikiLeaks, which provides an anonymous way for whistleblowers to publish documents. The news agenda is no longer controlled by a few press barons and state outlets, like the BBC.
We contort, you deride
In principle, every liberal should celebrate this. A more participatory and social news environment, with a remarkable diversity and range of news sources, is a good thing. A Texan who once had to rely on the Houston Chronicle to interpret the world can now collect information from myriad different sources. Authoritarian rulers everywhere have more to fear. So what, many will say, if journalists have less stable careers? All the same, two areas of concern stand out.
The first worry is the loss of "accountability journalism", which holds the powerful to account. Shrinking revenues have reduced the amount and quality of investigative and local political reporting in the print press.
But old-style journalism was never quite as morally upstanding as journalists like to think. Indeed, the News of the World, a British newspaper which has been caught hacking into people's mobile phones, is a very traditional sort of scandal sheet (see accompanying leader). Meantime, the internet is spawning new forms of accountability. A growing band of non-profit outfits such as ProPublica, the Sunlight Foundation and WikiLeaks are helping to fill the gap left by the decline of watchdog media. This is still a work in progress, but the degree of activity and experimentation provides cause for optimism.
The second concern has to do with partisanship. In the mass-media era local monopolies often had to be relatively impartial to maximise their appeal to readers and advertisers. In a more competitive world the money seems to be in creating an echo chamber for people's prejudices: thus Fox News, a conservative American cable-news channel, makes more profits than its less strident rivals, CNN and MSNBC, combined.
In one way the increasing availability of partisan news is to be welcomed. In the past many people--especially right-wing Americans, since most American television was left-leaning--had nothing to watch that reflected their views. But as news is becoming more opinionated, both politics and the facts are suffering: witness some American conservatives' insistence that Barack Obama was born outside America, and others' refusal to accept that taxes must rise (see
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What is to be done? At a societal level, not much. The transformation of the news business is unstoppable, and attempts to reverse it are doomed to failure. But there are steps individuals can take to mitigate these worries. As producers of new journalism, they can be scrupulous with facts and transparent with their sources. As consumers, they can be catholic in their tastes and demanding in their standards. And although this transformation does raise concerns, there is much to celebrate in the noisy, diverse, vociferous, argumentative and stridently alive environment of the news business in the age of the internet. The coffee house is back. Enjoy it.
Most people in the auto industry have a favorite car commercial, whether it's Chrysler's "Imported From Detroit," featuring Eminem, or Volkswagen's "The Force," the one with the little kid in the Darth Vader get-up. The men's magazine Complex has its faves, too, and recently listed "the 50 best car commercials of all time" on its Web site.
The top spot went to an Audi 2008 Super Bowl ad that spoofs the severed horse head scene in The Godfather. In the commercial, a man wakes up to find the cut-off front end of his Mercedes sitting in a pool of grease in his bed. With the tag line, "Old luxury just got put on notice," Audi aimed to promote itself as a new power in the prestige-car market.
No. 2 was "The Cog," a two-minute ad for the Honda Accord sport wagon that was broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2003. In the ad, a transmission bearing rolling down a board sets in motion a chain reaction that ultimately involves walking windshield wipers, rotating panes of glass and a tumbling muffler.
The Complex list ignited an Internet debate. A common complaint was that the magazine's "all-time" list focused mostly on recent commercials -- 33 out of the 50 are from 2000 or later.
Among those left off the list was Volkswagen's "Think Small" campaign from the early 1960s. That campaign, which meant to differentiate the Beetle from the bulky Detroit-made cars of the era, was named the best advertising campaign of the 20th century by Advertising Age, a sister publication of Automotive News.
To see the full list and videos of the commercials visit autonews.com/top100.
Copyright 2011 Crain Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Sri Lanka, May 28 -- "The expansion of mobile phones and telecom networks enabled people to access the internet without much difficulty. It is very encouraging to see more and more people using telephones, both fixed and mobile, to transact business and to improve quality of their life. For the last three and a half to four years, not because I am Secretary to the President, but as a normal citizen, I haven't had to go to any service provider to pay my bills. I have done that from home.
That's the power of internet. In Sri Lanka of the 20 million people, you would be glad to hear that 18 million people own some kind of telephone which is a great thing that I see as a progress in development.
"Extensive use of telephones has encouraged Telcos to innovate and offer many applications, such as m-learning. Many of these the ICT Agency plans to do in the next few months. Many platforms and applications are being designed by developers to put on the mobile phones.
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In the news release, From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Dazed and Confused & Fast Times at Ridgemont High, issued 10-May-2011 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the release date should be August 9, 2011, rather than July 26, 2011 as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows:
From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Dazed and Confused & Fast Times at Ridgemont High
TWO OF THE MOST HILARIOUS DECADE-DEFINING COMEDIES IN HISTORY AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY(TM) HI-DEF
AVAILABLE ON August 9, 2011
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
OVERVIEW: Universal Studios Home Entertainment presents two decade-defining high school comedies, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Dazed and Confused, both debuting August 9, 2011 on Blu-ray(TM) for the first time ever. Laugh out loud this summer with some of today's biggest stars including Sean Penn, Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey as they suffer through the highs and humiliations of high school. Fans can revisit both hilariously irreverent comedies on Blu-ray(TM), featuring perfect picture and the purest digital sound.
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH:
Academy Award winner Sean Penn (Milk) stars as the unforgettable Jeff Spicoli in the film that defined the outrageous and bold teen comedy genre, Fast Times at Ridgemont High . Follow a group of Southern California high school students as they explore sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Directed by Amy Heckerling (Clueless) and written by Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous), this rollicking portrait of 1980s American teen life features film debuts of future stars and Academy Award winners Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), plus decade-defining music from The Go-Gos, Oingo Boingo, and The Cars. Jennifer Jason Leigh (Margot at the Wedding), Phoebe Cates (Gremlins) and Judge Reinhold (Beverly Hills Cop) also star.
DAZED AND CONFUSED:
Complete with bongs and bell bottoms, macrame and mood rings, Dazed and Confused follows a group of high school students on the last day of school and one wild night they'd never forget ... if only they could remember. Featuring a superb ensemble cast including Academy Award winner Ben Affleck (The Town), Matthew McConaughey (The Lincoln Lawyer), Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) and Parker Posey (Superman Returns), Richard Linklater's (School of Rock) critically acclaimed cult favorite that features classic rock music by Aerosmith, Black Sabbath and KISS delivers an enduring film that Rolling Stone calls "spectacularly funny!"
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH BLU-RAY(TM) BONUS FEATURES:
Unleash the power of your HDTV with perfect picture and the purest digital sound available. BD-LIVE(TM): Access the BD-Live(TM) Center through your Internet-connected player to watch the latest trailers and more!
* U-Control(TM): Universal's exclusive feature that lets the viewer access bonus materials without leaving the movie!
** Scene Companion: Watch behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, bios and more during key scenes with this picture-in-pictures companion.
** The Music of Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Instantly identify the songs heard while watching the film, create a custom playlist of your favorites and even purchase them from iTunes!
* pocket BLU(TM): The groundbreaking pocket BLU(TM) app uses iPhone, iPod touch, Android(TM), PC and Macintosh to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray(TM) player. Also available on the iPad(TM), owners can enjoy a new, enhanced edition of pocket BLU(TM) made especially to take advantage of the tablet's larger screen and high resolution display. Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray(TM) content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that's bigger and better than ever before. pocket BLU(TM) offers advanced features such as:
** Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray(TM) player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live(TM) functions with ease.
** Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
** Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray(TM) discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
** Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU(TM)-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
** Keyboard: Entering data is fast and easy with your device's intuitive keyboard.
* uHEAR(TM): Never miss another line of dialogue with this innovative feature that instantly skips back a few seconds on your Blu-ray(TM) disc and turns on the subtitles to highlight what you missed.
* RELIVING OUR FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH: Hilarious documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew including Sean Penn and director Amy Heckerling
* FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR AMY HECKERLING AND SCREENWRITER CAMERON CROWE
* THEATRICAL TRAILER
DAZED AND CONFUSED BLU-RAY(TM) BONUS FEATURES:
Unleash the power of your HDTV with perfect picture and the purest digital sound available.
* U-Control(TM): Universal's exclusive feature that lets the viewer access bonus materials without leaving the movie!
** The Music of Dazed and Confused: Instantly identify the songs heard while watching the film, create a custom playlist of your favorites and even purchase them from iTunes!
* BD-LIVE(TM): Access the BD-Live(TM) Center through your Internet-connected player to watch the latest trailers and more!
* pocket BLU(TM): The groundbreaking pocket BLU(TM) app uses iPhone, iPod touch, Android(TM), PC and Macintosh to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray(TM) player. Also available on the iPad(TM), owners can enjoy a new, enhanced edition of pocket BLU(TM) made especially to take advantage of the tablet's larger screen and high resolution display. Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray(TM) content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that's bigger and better than ever before. pocket BLU(TM) offers advanced features such as:
** Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray(TM) player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live(TM) functions with ease.
** Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
** Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray(TM) discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
** Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU(TM)-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
** Keyboard: Entering data is fast and easy with your device's intuitive keyboard.
* uHEAR(TM): Never miss another line of dialogue with this innovative feature that instantly skips back a few seconds on your Blu-ray(TM) disc and turns on the subtitles to highlight what you missed.
* DELETED SCENES
* THE BLUNT TRUTH: Side-splitting institutional filmstrip on the dangers of partying
* RETRO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH - TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Street Date: August 9, 2011 Copyright: 2011 Universal Studios Home Entertainment Selection Number: 61106282 Running Time: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes Layers: BD-50 Picture Format: Widescreen Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Rating: R Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Dolby Digital 2.0 and DTS 2.0 (Bonus Content only)
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH - CAST AND FILMMAKERS: Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston Directed By: Amy Heckerling Written By: Cameron Crowe Executive Produced By: C.O. Erickson Produced By: Irving Azoff, Art Linson Director of Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti Art Direction By: Dan Lomino Film Editing By: Eric Jenkins Costume Design By: Marilyn Vance Casting By: Don Phillips
DAZED AND CONFUSED - TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Street Date: August 9, 2011 Copyright: 2011 Universal Studios Home Entertainment Selection Number: 62106311 Running Time: 1 Hours, 43 Minutes Layers: BD-50 Picture Format: Widescreen Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Rating: Rated R for pervasive, continuous teen drug and alcohol use and very strong language Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French (European) DTS 2.0 Stereo, English Dolby Digital 2.0/DTS-Express 2.0 (Bonus Content Only)
DAZED AND CONFUSED - CAST AND FILMMAKERS: Cast: Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jensen, Michelle Burke, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Matthew McConaughey, Milla Jovovich, Ben Affleck Produced, Written and Directed By: Richard Linklater Produced By: Sean Daniel, James Jacks Co-Produced By: Anne Walker-McBay Director of Photography: Lee Daniel Production Designer: John Frick Film Editing By: Sandra Adair Costume Design By: Katherine Dover Casting By: Don Phillips
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Skechers USA, Inc., a provider of lifestyle footwear, announced that the Company's conference call to review its fiscal 2011 first quarter financial results will be broadcast live over the internet on Wednesday, April 27, at 1:30 pm Pacific Time/4:30 pm Eastern Time.
Participating on the call will be David Weinberg, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company noted in a release.
The call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at skx.com. The call will be archived for two weeks. For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay will be available beginning April 27, at 7:30 p.m. ET, through May 11, at 11:59 p.m. ET. To access the replay, dial 877-870-5176 (U.S.) or 858-384-5517 (International) and use passcode: 4435599.
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GoSolarUSA Inc. announced that the PREE Corp. has launched a new website which has been designed to further inform the public about the PREE company, technology and products in development.
PREE owns a technology that uses wireless internet signals and solar energy to keep Smartphones constantly charged without having to be plugged in. On July 20, GSLO and the principles of PREE signed Definitive Agreements for the development, delivery and marketing of the new PREE product line. GSLO Management is anticipating significant market demand for the PREE technology and its associated products. GSLO has encountered a wave of public interest in the PREE technology since announcing a potential deal with PREE on June 9.
PREE stands for "Providing Reliable Energy Everywhere". The new website can be seen at preecorp.com.
More Information:
www.GoSolarUSA.com/technology.html
www.GoSolarUSA.com
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Information technology (IT) media company TechTarget, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTGT) released a video discussion with Strategic Oxygen's CEO, Michael Gale, and TechTarget's SVP of Client Consulting, Marilou Barsam, explaining which types of vendor content are important to technology professionals at each stage of the IT purchase process, and proving the necessity for enterprise technology marketers to develop better, more relevant marketing content.
Enterprise technology professionals require substantial amounts of information to learn about the technology solutions available, understand the technical capabilities, and evaluate which will best solve their organization's technology challenges. The technology vendor must meet these needs for specific and detailed information to be discovered and considered in all phases of the IT buyer's purchase process.
"This video provides the blueprint for technology vendors to gain a competitive advantage by offering the right marketing content at the right time based on where the technology professionals are in their buying process," said Marilou Barsam, SVP of Client and Corporate Marketing of TechTarget.
"The reality in this climate is that investments in marketing communications of any variety will be severely blunted by a lack of focus on content needs. The customers' needs must be the center of any campaign. It is an excellent sign that a leading marketing partner is architecting their customer programs this way," said Michael Gale, CEO of Strategic Oxygen.
The video webcast "An Intelligent Content Strategy for Enterprise Technology Marketers" with Michael Gale, CEO of Strategic Oxygen, and Marilou Barsam, SVP of Client Consulting of TechTarget, is designed to educate technology marketing departments on how they can improve their market exposure through strategically designed content and media integration.
The data is based on insights gained from the Strategic Oxygen Information Network Engram® (INE®) tool, and continuous research available in TechTarget media consumption reports along with analysis of thousands of active campaigns. The video explains the three rules of content management, how to match content, media type, and topic to appropriate decision-making stage, and then presents examples of the most popular editorial content and the most requested advertiser content. About TechTarget TechTarget, a leading online technology media company, gives technology providers ROI-focused marketing programs to generate leads, shorten sales cycles, and grow revenues. With its network of more than 60 technology-specific websites and more than 7.5 million registered members, TechTarget is a primary Web destination for technology professionals researching products to purchase. The company is also a leading provider of independent, peer and vendor content, a leading distributor of white papers, and a leading producer of webcasts, podcasts, videos and virtual trade shows for the technology market. Its websites are complemented by numerous invitation-only events. TechTarget provides proven lead generation and branding programs to top advertisers including Cisco, Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, SAP and Symantec. (C) 2009 TechTarget, Inc. All rights reserved. TechTarget and the TechTarget logo are registered trademarks of TechTarget, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Keywords: Technology, Consumer Electronics, Data Management, Internet, Networks, Nanotechnology, Other Technology, , Advertise, Advertising, Content Management, Data Management, Information Technologies, Information Technology, Marketing, Technology, TechTarget Inc.
This article was prepared by Marketing Business Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Marketing Business Weekly via VerticalNews.com.
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bfbdf3/us_soho_business_i) has announced the addition of the "US SOHO Business IP Expenditures by Category, 2007-2012" report to their offering.
This Excel-based Data-rich Deliverable (DRD) that is part of the Business IP subscription includes market intelligence on business expenditures on the Internet Protocol market by 9 distinct IP categories and by size of business. Compass Intelligence defines IP as services used to carry and/or connect to the Internet. This category includes Full and Fractional T1 and T3 connections, broadband services, dial-up Internet access, OC-X services and both TDM and VoIP-based Integrated Access. Size of business includes SOHO (1-4 employees). The Expert Guide for this deliverable is Kneko Burney. Forecasts are from 2007 through 2012 and include annual growth rate, as well as percentage of total market.
Sources: Our segment and market forecasts, which include business expenditures, market demographics, and usage and adoption statistics, are built using multiple sources, including our proprietary research. These sources include, but are not limited to:
* Secondary research
* Government data and statistics (e.g. department of commerce, federal communication commission, bureau of labour statistics and us census bureau
* Primary research
* Vendor-based research
* In-depth interviews with key decision-makers (where relevant)
We select data sources to provide greatest degree of perspective on each market or segment, in addition to the highest level of data accuracy, stability, and consistency over time.
Please Note: Due to the brevity and/or nature of the content posted, there is no table of contents available for this report.
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High-Res Entertainment Platform's Game-Changing Move Allows Flexible, Monetized Content Distribution to Its Global Installed Base
CANNES, France & PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Vuze, a fast-growing online entertainment platform with an established audience of 10 million viewers, has opened its publishing platform to anyone who creates high-quality digital content, including global television networks, premier and mid-size production studios, and maverick content creators. Enabling high-quality content to be distributed easily and monetized instantly, the Vuze Open Entertainment Platform will serve the large and growing Vuze installed base by providing more compelling, high-quality content for free.
New Business Model
The Vuze Open Entertainment Platform creates a new business model for online distribution, and presents opportunities for everyone interested in consuming and distributing online entertainment. With Vuze, publishers now have an impressive set of options for how they can monetize their content online. Publishers can offer their video, audio, and gaming content to viewers for free, for free with ad support, or at the price they choose.
"We're excited about our new features and capabilities," said Gilles BianRosa, CEO of Azureus, the company behind Vuze. "We're offering content providers and advertisers an immersive way to reach the 18-34 male demographic that has left traditional networks and cable channels in favor of new forms of entertainment."
According to an April 2007 online video survey published by Bear Stearns, approximately 67 percent of men (18-34) prefer to watch free, ad supported online video rather than paying to view the same content. BianRosa added, "The Bear Stearns report underscores the relevance of Vuze and the huge market opportunity at hand."
Rapid Growth, New Options
Vuze has experienced accelerating growth since its debut in January 2007, and added 2 million new viewers in September 2007 alone. The company is finding new ways to serve its audience by now offering a high-resolution streaming experience in addition to the downloading of content.
To date, Vuze has signed 90 content partners, including A&E, BBC, CBC, G4 TV, Geneon, The History Channel, Ministry of Sound TV, National Geographic, PBS, Showtime, Starz Media, The Poker Channel, TV Guide Channel, and many more.
To experience Vuze content, please visit www.vuze.com.
To learn more about the Vuze publishing platform please visit http://www.vuze.com/Publish.html.
About Vuze
Vuze is the world's most popular entertainment platform for high-res digital content: video, music, and games. With an installed base of 10 million unique client downloads in its first eight months, more than 500,000 new viewers joining per week and 90 content partners to date, Vuze is experiencing unprecedented organic growth. Vuze attracts and features high quality content from a growing roster of global television networks, premier production studios and thousands of maverick content creators, on the most advanced, most open entertainment platform ever created. Vuze is developed by Azureus Inc., with offices in Palo Alto, Paris, and New York.
Byline: Ryan Schuster
Apr. 20--A potential scam appears to be targeting people who place classified ads in The Bakersfield Californian and other publications.
In at least two instances, Californian classified advertisers were contacted by purportedly interested buyers from out of the area using an operator-assisted phone service for the hearing impaired. The supposed shoppers asked for the sellers' e-mail and mailing addresses to confirm the purchase and set up payment arrangements.
Sally Ellis, classified/interactive advertising manager at The Californian, said the newspaper soon will begin publishing warnings about the scam.
Ellis said The Californian takes steps to screen out fraudulent classified ads submitted for publication in the newspaper and posted on the Internet at www.bakersfield.com.
"We try to protect our readers and protect the people who are placing ads with us," Ellis said. "I guess the message is, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."' Det. Greg Terry of the Bakersfield Police Department said it is common to see fraud in which criminals victimize people trying to sell goods through classified ads or online auction sites.
"We get reports of people being victims of these scams frequently," Terry said. "There's just nothing we can do because the people are usually making contact from out of the country."
Californian sports writer Jeff Evans said initially he didn't think anything of it when he received an operator-assisted call recently from a man who identified himself as Kelvin John inquiring about an advertisement Evans had placed to sell an antique desk for $175.
After giving the man his e-mail and mailing address and confirming the purchase through an e-mail exchange, Evans was surprised a week later when he received a check for $3,000 delivered by FedEx. It appeared to have been sent by a company he did not recognize, one with a San Francisco address.
"It looked like a legitimate check," Evans said.
The purported buyer soon contacted Evans by e-mail, confirming that the "certified check" had been sent by a "client" and instructing Evans to quickly cash the check. Evans was instructed to deduct the price of the desk and an extra $70 for his trouble. He was asked to transfer the remainder to a New Jersey address through Western Union to cover "shipping charges" for the desk.
But Evans became suspicious, called FedEx's fraud division and found out the package containing the check had been sent using a stolen credit card. He visited a local branch office of Bank of America, whose name was on the check, and learned the account from which the check was drawn was legitimate -- but that it recently had been compromised.
Evans did not cash the check but continued to be contacted by the potential scammer until he told him on one operator-assisted call that he knew it was a scam and not to bother him anymore. Evans said the man replied, "Does that mean our deal is on or off?" through an operator before finally backing off.
Evans said he still hasn't sold the desk, but that he may put another ad in the paper.
Retired principal and Bakersfield resident Virginia Dallas reported having a similar experience when she purchased a classified ad in order to sell a freezer for $225.
She also received an operator-assisted call asking her to e-mail more information on the freezer, including its price, which was stated in the ad.
But after receiving an e-mail back, she decided the potential buyer "wasn't on the up and up" and decided not to do the deal.
"I just thought, 'Somebody's scamming me,"' Dallas said.
She eventually sold the freezer for $220 to a local buyer who paid cash.
"I think the potential to be victimized is definitely there," Dallas said.
The BPD's Terry suggested that people who receive suspicious checks should have them examined by the bank they were issued by and contact the company listed on the check before depositing them.
Ellis said scams like this one "come along every once in a while."
She said another scam the paper has seen involves ads offering expensive dogs for sale at far less than market value. Those who reply to the ad are asked to wire or mail payments. The would-be buyers never receive a dog in return.
Ellis said it is not normal for a buyer to ask for money to be sent back to them and suggested that sellers deal only face-to-face with local buyers.
Anyone who suspects he or she may have been a victim of such a scam may contact a manager in classified advertising at The Californian at 322-7355, or the BPD's crime prevention unit at 326-3053.
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Forum Systems:
WHAT: Learn how to effectively authorize your Web services as well as anticipate new requirements for cross-enterprise identity management. Attendees will gain insight on the following: -- How to use an integrated SOA Gateway and IdAM solution to insulate your customers and services from having to manage, implement and establish trust -- How to reduce the administrative challenge of managing trust relationships with IdAM solutions -- How standards based federated identity schemes simplify securely sharing identities between partners -- Design and implementation best practices to enforce message-layer security mechanisms for authentication, confidentiality and integrity -- The benefits of XML Acceleration and XML Firewall Appliances to mitigate against Web services vulnerabilities, malicious attacks and ensure cost-effective scalability -- Ray Wagner of Gartner will outline the security requirements for simple through sophisticated Web services and discuss current deployment models and best practices. Ray will also discuss the relationship between Identity Management and Web services in greater detail. "By 2008, at least 30% of enterprise exposing Web services to the Internet will experience successful attacks causing more than four hours of downtime to critical business functions (0.7 probability)," Ray predicts.
HOSTS:
Dana Kaufman
Dana Kaufman is Vice President of Product Management at Forum Systems. Previously, he founded ObjectVenture, an early leader in Pattern-based software development technology. Dana also worked at Borland in their Enterprise consulting practice; and was a founder and CTO of Apogee Information Systems, a successful Enterprise consulting company, which was acquired by Borland. An accomplished speaker, he has lectured at conferences worldwide on topics ranging from Web Services and SOA Security to Java, Internet, and wireless application development.
Ray Wagner
Ray Wagner is a research vice president in Gartner Research, where he is part of the Information Security Strategies group. Dr. Wagner focuses on a wide range of security issues, including identity and access management, Web services security, public key infrastructures, digital rights management, security architectures, the information security organization, and information security issues within emerging technologies. Dr. Wagner has taught information and network security at Vanderbilt University and computer science at Dartmouth College. He is a veteran of information security startups in secure identity management systems, PKI-based information security infrastructures, secure remote access and digital rights management technology for healthcare enterprises and the music and entertainment industries.
Leif Sundeen
Leif Sundeen is a Senior Product Manager for RSA Security's identity and access management solutions group, managing the strategic development of RSA ClearTrust web access management solution. Leif is an industry expert on topics related to identity and access management, including federated identities, and was previously a principal deployment consultant for Securant Technologies prior to its acquisition by RSA Security. Before joining Securant Technologies, Leif was a management consultant at Ernst & Young providing strategic IT consultation to financial services organizations. Leif is a graduate in Computer Science and Economics from Colgate University.
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