text:
Electric Blues (English) CD-Album-Series by Bear Family
Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up!: Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (english) Art-Nr.: BCD16921
Electric Blues CD-Album-Series with Blues Music on CDs by Bear Family
Bear Family's Electric Blues series "Plug It In! Turn It Up!" wins prestigeous Blues Music Award 2013
Electric guitar and amplified harmonica have been integral components of the blues for so many decades that sometimes it seems they've been around as long as the genre itself. Rest assured that's not the case. The first generation of 1920s blues guitar pioneers—Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Tampa Red—strictly played acoustic instruments on their first historic recordings. Ditto Son House, Blind Boy Fuller, Lead Belly, and the immortal Robert Johnson over the course of the next decade.
Guitarists in every musical setting longed to be on equal terms with pianists, drummers, and horn players when it came time to step up and solo, to have enough volume on their flights of fancy to ring out clearly and decisively over the din of their respective bands. Some tried to solve the vexing dilemma by plucking a banjo. Others opted for resonator guitars, also known as Dobros, that were manufactured with a large round metal cone built into the guitar body that increased the volume level and overall resonance of the acoustic instrument.
By the early 1930s, pickups were being invented and perfected that could be slipped beneath the strings of a guitar and then plugged into primitive amplifiers or p.a. systems, a development that would slowly but steadily render the volume problem moot. Hawaiian steel players were among the earliest to experiment with amplifying their axes in 1933, their dreamy sliding chords capturing the mellow mood of the exotic islands.
Bob Dunn startled Western Swing devotees with his jazz-tinged electrified steel guitar on the early '35 Decca waxings of Milton Brown & His Brownies, while Eddie Durham, an arranger and guitarist for orchestra leader Jimmie Lunceford, usually gets credit for the first recorded amplified jazz guitar solo on Lunceford's 1935 waxing Hittin' The Bottle. Gibson was manufacturing its electric ES-150 model in 1936, the model favored by jazz virtuoso Charlie Christian, and teenaged prodigy George Barnes was also playing an electrified Spanish model on wax during the late '30s (notably on a 1938 Big Bill Broonzy session that's said to be the earliest electric guitar appearance on a blues recording).
By contrast, the blues field was a little bit late getting into the electric ballgame. Most history books cite the opening selection on this compilation, Floyd's Guitar Blues, by Andy Kirk's Twelve Clouds Of Joy with Floyd Smith on steel guitar, as containing the first electric blues guitar solo on record, though Kirk's orchestra was actually jazz and swing-oriented rather than a blues outfit.
Bear Family's "Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues 1939-2005" beat out four other nominees to win the Historical Album category at the 2013 Blues Music Awards, held May 9, 2013 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis.
Bill Dahl, reissue producer of the comprehensive 12-CD series for Bear Family, was in attendance to accept the coveted award at the gala ceremonies, attended by 1300 blues artists, musicians, various movers and shakers, and devoted fans of the genre.
The annual Blues Music Awards are regarded the most important and prestigeous blues music industry awards, worldwide!
Please, note: English liner notes! ---
Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939-54 (english) BCD 16921
3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 160-page booklet, 77 tracks. Total playing time approx. 218 mns.
3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 172-page booklet, 70 tracks. Total playing time approx. 221 mns
Vol.4 Electric Blues 1970-2005 (english) BCD 16924
Electric Blues CD-Album-Series with Blues Music on CDs by Bear Family Bear Family's Electric Blues series "Plug It In! Turn It Up!" wins prestigeous Blues Music Award 2013 Electric... read more »
3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 160-page booklet, 77 tracks. Total playing time approx. 218 mns. Please, note: English liner notes! Bitte, beachten: englischsprachige Begleitbücher! Part one of the most comprehensive history EVER of...
3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 172-page booklet, 79 tracks. Total playing time approx. 221 mns. Please, note: English liner notes! Bitte, beachten: englischsprachige Begleitbücher! Part two of the most comprehensive history EVER of...
3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 172-page booklet, 70 tracks. Total playing time approx. 221 mns. Please, note: English liner notes! Bitte, beachten: englischsprachige Begleitbücher! Part three of the most comprehensive history EVER of...
3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 156-page booklet, 65 tracks. Total playing time approx. 263 mns. Please, note: English liner notes! Bitte, beachten: englischsprachige Begleitbücher! Part four of the most comprehensive history EVER of...


Directions: Please complete the following problems using the "US Legal" tab on LexisNexis Academic. For more instruction on how to get to LexisNexis, please see the next page. Type your answers to the following questions into a separate document. You will need to submit your answers on Oncourse prior to class on February 16.
Goal: This assignment is designed to help you become more comfortable navigating and researching on LexisNexis. By the end of the assignment, you should be prepared to search for case law and law review articles, which will help you prepare for class discussions/activities.
1. Please locate the case with the following abbreviated citation: 491 U.S. 397. Answer the following questions with regard to this case.
Who wrote the majority opinion?
Did anyone write a dissenting opinion? If so, who?
2. What is the abbreviated citation to the U.S. Supreme Court decision Morse v. Frederick? Which Justice delivered the opinion of the Court in this case?
3. Please find a Supreme Court case that explores the meaning of the Second Amendment. Provide the case name, citation, and a short summary.
4. Please find a Law Review Article that relates to Terri Schiavo. Provide the title of the article and the author(s).
6. You can restrict the results of your search to a particular jurisdiction by using the "COURT" option in your search.


Peter Bethlenfalvy is clearly an optimist. The Treasury Board president and cabinet minister responsible for keeping Ontario public sector costs under control says upcoming contract negotiations with the province's unions are a matter of working together to help make Ontario's budget sustainable.
Judging by the full-page newspaper ads they are taking out, some of the people on the other side of the negotiating table see things differently. In a rambling screed that reads like it was composed by a couple of lads who'd had too many pints, Ontario Public Service Employees Union president Smokey Thomas describes "a storm ahead," and argues that the province is not short of money. The real problem, you see, is the cozy links between the provincial government and the millionaires and billionaires who own corporations. Accusations of corruption are thrown around with casual abandon.
Ontario's teaching unions take a more subtle approach in their full-page ad. It praises Ontario's education system, but states that the government's plan for change "puts all the advancements we have made at risk." It stresses the idea that education is an investment. Presumably we are to conclude that the greater the spending, the larger the return.
Given that the unions are preparing for war, it's clear that Bethlenfalvy has his work cut out if hopes to achieve what he calls "modest and reasonable" wage settlements.
What Bethlenfalvy and the provincial government are shooting for is not a wage freeze or a wage rollback. One could deduce that their happy spot would be in the two per cent per year range, given that the unions would consider one per cent austerity and the government would consider three per cent unaffordable profligacy.
That sounds reasonable — which is no doubt one of the reasons unions want people to focus on reductions to public services, which are always guaranteed to evoke an emotional response.
And yet the government does have a money problem, and controlling broader public sector wages has to be part of the solution. Total wage costs are on an unaffordable trajectory. The province's non-partisan Financial Accountability Office says public sector compensation grew an average of 6.7 per cent between 2001 and 2009. Then the former Liberal government hit the brakes, reducing the annual increase to a more realistic 2.2 per cent between 2010 and 2016. In each of the last two years, the cost jumped again, to 4.4 per cent.
The federal Parliamentary Budget Officer reported last year that the finances of every province except Quebec are unsustainable in the long term. Slower economic grow will depress the increase in tax revenues while an aging population drives up the cost of health care.
The increasing demands of health care are one of the reasons why the Ford government is pushing so hard to get Ontario's spending back in balance. Future health care costs will be higher, but the government won't be able to afford them if the rest of its spending is not under control.
Controlling public sector wage costs means more than just restraining pay increases. It also means changing program delivery. Bethlenfalvy has a wide-ranging plan to reduce administrative expenses across the public sector by $1 billion. It will take five years to fully implement. Even that is not nearly enough to deal with a deficit that the government pegs at $13.5 billion.
Employee pay is one lever to reduce costs. Total employment is the other. That's why the provincial government is increasing class sizes. Larger classes will reduce teaching numbers and lower the education spending bill by about $851 million when fully in effect.
Bethlenfalvy and Finance Minister Vic Fedeli like to talk about financial "sustainability," and it's not just a buzzword. It's the key concept that will drive this week's provincial budget and government labour negotiations.
Sustainability means breaking out of the pattern of one government boosting services without increasing taxes to pay for them, and the next government cutting services to bring the budget back into balance. That's what leads to the kind of chaos we see in Ontario now.
Sustainable finances would seem to be a self-evident good, but the government's problem is that people who didn't get this straightforward point in the past, or chose to ignore it, won't be easily persuaded. It's so much easier to decry every change in spending as a "cut" without ever having to offer an alternative.
Peter Bethlenfalvy is a calm, unflappable guy with a long track record in finance. He's the sort of person any government would want at the negotiating table. But it's not just the unions he needs to convince — this year's labour negotiations will be a battle for public opinion. It's not a battle the Ford government can afford to lose.


Belden Tri-State Building Materials' manufactured stone products look and feel like the real thing! Use them on your building exterior in unison with our brick and block or spruce up your interior with the warm feel of stone wall cladding.
For over 50 years Coronado Stone has manufactured stone veneer, thin brick and manufactured stone floor tile with manufacturing facilities across the United States. Choose from the abundant palette of colors and wide ranging textures and styles for any project.
CerraStone is a structural clay brick with an ultra matte textured finish. The CerraStone products offer the durability of fired brick and present the classic appeal of natural stone. Available in a variety of sizes and colors, CerraStone offers a unique alternative to natural stone for beautiful wall designs that will last a lifetime.


No airports, no overpriced baggage allowance, no kennels for the family pet; take the stress out of your holiday by choosing one of New Forest Cottages' wonderful, self catering cottages. We've handpicked the holiday cottages that we believe are best suited to the needs of a family holiday; be it you, your partner, sextuplets and the labrador or just the two of you and a child.
With the ease of getting here, the capacity to pack as much as you can cram into your car and the absence of falling exchange rates, holidaying in England has never been so popular and the New Forest offers a wonderful destination for all types of family getaway.


text:
import { TypeOperatorType } from "../../../models";

import { TypeSerializerComponent } from "../../components";
import type { TypeOperatorType as JSONTypeOperatorType } from "../../schema";

export class TypeOperatorTypeSerializer extends TypeSerializerComponent<TypeOperatorType> {
    supports(t: unknown) {
        return t instanceof TypeOperatorType;
    }

    toObject(
        type: TypeOperatorType,
        obj: Pick<JSONTypeOperatorType, "type">
    ): JSONTypeOperatorType {
        return {
            ...obj,
            operator: type.operator,
            target: this.owner.toObject(type.target),
        };
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Automated maintenance contracts system and method
A program tracks all aspects of reoccurring maintenance contracts and automatically creates the monthly invoice for the customer. The program tracks Customer Information, the contract type, the work location, what equipment to service, what work to perform, the beginning and end of the contract period, the days to perform work, how often the service is performed, the personnel and/or a vehicle required to perform the work, and the materials and labor expended.
Holton, Corey L. (Portland, OR, US)
20090327073 INTELLIGENT ADVERTISING DISPLAY December, 2009 LI et al.
20080052133 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING LONGEVITY INSURANCE WITH OR WITHOUT AN ASSET BASED PREMIUM February, 2008 Kravirtz et al.
20100023419 SERVICE REQUEST SYSTEM January, 2010 Tyler
20060031080 Method and system for IMPS-based transient objects February, 2006 Mallya et al.
20090132383 PURCHASING A GIFT USING A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK May, 2009 Piepenbrink et al.
20070255590 Method and system for adjudicating claims in a health service environment November, 2007 Green et al.
20090157510 Method of Tracking and Redeeming Consumer Carbon Emission Credits June, 2009 Pridmore et al.
20030036997 System and method for fraud prevention in automated electronic payment processing February, 2003 Dunne
20050015321 System and method for listing offerings of commercial paper and other interests January, 2005 Vindekilde
20020077893 Real estate rebate system and method June, 2002 Wolf et al.
20050097027 Computer-implemented method and electronic system for trading May, 2005 Kavanaugh
SCARITO, JOHN D
Jablonski Law PLLC (Redmond, WA, US)
1. A method of tracking aspects of reoccurring maintenance contracts, comprising: defining contract parameters including, customer information, contract type, work location, equipment to be serviced, work to be performed, duration of the maintenance contract, days to perform work, frequency of service to be performed, personnel and/or vehicle required to perform the work, and materials and labor required to perform the work; and tracking work performed over a given period of time; and from the above parameters and the operation of tracking, generating a corresponding invoice for a customer.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the invoice is generated monthly.
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/718,177, filed Sep. 15, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates generally to computer programs, and more specifically to business computer programs for performing various tasks associated with running a business.
A business that maintains equipment for a customer according to an agreement has a need to record details about the agreement or contract for future reference so they can fulfill their responsibilities. A business may have hundreds of such contracts. The effort required to perform the business functions of inventory management, resource planning, and order entry for each contract can be very involved, repetitive, and time consuming. A business must maintain a detailed record of each contract including information such as, Customer Information, the contract type, the work location, what equipment to service, what work to perform, the beginning and end of the contract period, the days to perform work, how often the service is performed, the personnel and/or a vehicle required to perform the work, and the materials and labor expended on a recurring basis. Maintaining this information on multiple contracts can be very difficult and time consuming. Once a company details the contracts, they then need to invoice the customer daily, weekly, monthly or per task by creating a work order for services rendered.
There is a need for a tracking system that manages all aspects of a maintenance contact and automatically creates corresponding customer invoices. Automating this process can save a business a substantial amount of time and help ensure that services are rendered promptly and correctly.
According to one aspect of the present invention, a program tracks all aspects of reoccurring maintenance contracts and automatically creates the monthly invoice for the customer. The program tracks Customer Information, the contract type, the work location, what equipment to service, what work to perform, the beginning and end of the contract period, the days to perform work, how often the service is performed, the personnel and/or a vehicle required to perform the work, and the materials and labor expended.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a computer system including processing circuitry for executing a business management computer program including a maintenance contracts component according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 describes a process executed by the maintenance contracts component of FIG. 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 3-13 are screens rendered by the maintenance contracts component of the business management computer program during execution of the program according to one embodiment of the present invention
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a computer system 100 including processing circuitry 102 for executing a business management computer program 104 including a maintenance contracts component 105 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The computer system 100 includes one or more input devices 106, such as a keyboard or a mouse, coupled to the processing circuitry 102 to allow an operator to interface with the computer system. Typically, the computer system 100 also includes one or more output devices 108 coupled to the processing circuitry 102, such output devices typically including a printer and a video terminal. One or more data storage devices 110 are also typically coupled to the processing circuitry 102 to store data or retrieve data from external storage media (not shown). Examples of typical storage devices 110 include hard and floppy disks, tape cassettes, compact disk read-only (CD-ROMs) and compact disk read-write (CD-RW) memories, and digital video disks (DVDs).
In the present description, certain details are set forth in conjunction with the described embodiments of the present invention to provide a sufficient understanding of the invention. One skilled in the art will appreciate, however, that the invention may be practiced without these particular details. Furthermore, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the example embodiments described below do not limit the scope of the present invention, and will also understand that various modifications, equivalents, and combinations of the disclosed embodiments and components of such embodiments are within the scope of the present invention. Embodiments including fewer than all the components of any of the respective described embodiments may also be within the scope of the present invention although not expressly described in detail below. Finally, the operation of well known components and/or processes has not been shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the present invention.
An integrated system for providing comprehensive functionality for all business processes from the generation of leads via marketing efforts through the preparation of financial statements containing entries for sales of products or services to such leads is set forth in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/185,103 entitled LEAD-TO-INCOME STATEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM, which was filed on Jul. 19, 2005 and which is incorporated herein by reference. The business management computer program 104 and maintenance contracts component 105 are part of the integrated system or program described in this application in one embodiment of the present invention.
One process by which the maintenance contracts component 105 creates and monitors an automated maintenance contract is shown in FIG. 2. Steps 1-8 in the upper portion of FIG. 2 illustrate a process 200 through which the maintenance contracts component 105 generates a new maintenance contract. Steps 1-4 in the lower portion of FIG. 2 illustrates a process 201 through which the maintenance contracts component searches or monitors existing maintenance contracts that have already been created through the process 200.
FIGS. 3-13 are screen shots of screens rendered by the maintenance contracts component 105 during execution of the processes 200 and 201 of FIG. 2 and which will now be described in more detail. Note in these figures that various fields are shown and that when referring to these fields in the following description the term "field" may be omitted for the sake of brevity. First, a customer needs to be identified using a customer search screen 300 as shown in FIG. 3. Through the upper left portion of the screen 300, a user of the program 104 (FIG. 1) can enter a search query to search for a desired customer or lead in a database (not shown) generated by the program. Customers and leads found in the database for a given search query are shown in the lower portion of the search screen 300. Searches of the database can be done using a number of search criteria 302 including Phone Number, Last Name/Company Name, Address, Preferred customer number, Customer ID, Order ID, Serial Number, First Name, Postal Code, Email Address, or by a user defined variable. Once the desired search criteria has been selected, a Click Here to Search Button 301 is used to display the query results in the lower half of the customer search screen 300. To select a customer, a user of the program clicks on the desired customer and then clicks on a Select Customer Button 303.
Once a customer is selected, a New Contract Screen 400 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. Here a new contract type 401 is selected from a user defined list of contract types (Not Shown). A Contract Name 402 defaults to the Contract Type but can be customized. The Contract can be associated to the business entity responsible for performing the work, namely a Store 403. A Primary Employee 404 is selected and listed on all customer invoices associated with this maintenance contract as the primary salesperson. The Employee selected in a Notify Employee 405 will be notified when the end of the contract period is approaching. When a Contract is first created it has a Status of Open and a sub Status of Draft 406. Once all information is entered or selected, a user of the program 104 (FIG. 1) clicks on Save New Contract 407.
The details of the contract need to be defined by using a Contract Scheduling Screen as depicted in FIG. 5. Pertinent information on the maintenance contract such as a start date 501 needs to be entered in the upper left portion of the Contract Scheduling screen 500. Several options 504 are available for termination of the contract such as after a certain number of occurrences, on a specific date, or no end date. Recurrence patterns can be established for daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly by selecting radial buttons 502. Once all information is entered or selected, a user of the program clicks on Next 503.
The maintenance contract component 105 of the program 104 then takes a user to a Contract Scheduling Screen 600 of FIG. 6. Here the services that will be performed on a scheduled basis are defined. The Contract Schedule Tasks can be defined by supplying a Task Type 601, a Time of Day 602, a Stock Site 603, a Service Vehicle involved 604, and an estimated amount 606 of time it will take to perform the work. On the right side of the Contract Scheduling Screen 600, an employee 605 which will be performing the work is selected. Selecting the employee automatically schedules a reoccurring appointment in the employees calendar (Not Shown) for the duration of the contract. When all selections are entered, a user of the program clicks on a Next button 606 to continue.
FIG. 7 is a screen 700 showing an overview of items scheduled for a given maintenance contract. The business owner can review the proposed schedule of maintenance tasks. Here tasks can be added 701 or deleted 702 before being posted to the actual schedule of work. Select "Change the Contract Status" 705 to change the contract status. When all selections are entered, a user of the program clicks on the Next button 703 to continue.
FIG. 8 is a screen 800 showing a list of the Materials used in a recurring way for the maintenance jobs that are associated with the contract. These lists of materials are automatically added to a work order by the program 104. Adding line items to the contract allows an employee to always have all appropriate materials to complete the assigned task created by the maintenance contract. This also ensures that all materials used in performance of the contract are properly billed to the customer. Select "Change the Contract Status" 801 to change the contract status. When all selections are entered, a user of the program clicks on the Next button 802 to continue.
In FIG. 9, through a screen 900 a user of the program 104 can assign the customers equipment that will be serviced for a given maintenance contract. This associates the equipment with the contract. A user of the program clicks on Add 901 to display a list of customer equipment registered in the database (not shown) of the program. Referring to FIG. 10, a user of the program 104 can check through a screen 1000 the equipment to be serviced 1001 and then click on Select 1002. This displays a New Serviced Equipment Screen 1100 as shown in FIG. 11. Here a user of the program 104 may review and modify the equipment details before adding it as Equipment serviced by this maintenance contract. To return to the Equipment to be serviced screen 900 of FIG. 9, a user of the program clicks on the OK button 1101. A user selects "Change the Contract Status" 902 to change the contract status. When all selections are entered, a user of the program 104 clicks on the Next button 903 to continue.
FIG. 12 shows the Maintenance Contract Status Screen 1200. In this screen, a user of the program 104 can change the status of the maintenance contract. The status determines which maintenance contracts appear in lists throughout the program 104 and which contracts are acted upon by a nightly batch job executed by the program. There are four different statuses that a maintenance contract can be in. By selecting the appropriate button, a user of the program 104 can change the status of the maintenance contract. The different statuses are Open-Draft 1202, which is the initial status of a new maintenance contract when it is first created. When a maintenance contract is in this status, no events are automatically scheduled in the program 104. The second status is Open-Active 1203, which is typically the second status given to a contract. Contracts in this status are acted upon by the nightly batch job. The third status is Closed-Cancelled 1204, which is used when a maintenance contract is cancelled by the customer. The nightly batch job no longer acts on contracts in this status. The fourth status is Closed- Completed 1205, and this is the status automatically given to a contract after the end date of the contract has past. The current status of the Maintenance Contract is shown in a current status window 1201.
FIG. 13 shows a maintenance Contract Search Screen 1300 which shows all maintenance contracts currently entered in the program 104. A user of the program 104 can filter their search of the contracts by using search radial buttons 1301.
Even though various embodiments and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, the above disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail and yet remain within the broad principles of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is to be limited only by the appended claims.
Previous Patent: Scalable lazy payment capture in online commerce systems
Next Patent: Charitable donations via ATMs

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Yes, that says DADDAD, and that's how Patty plays it. While I understand that she switches out her G string for another D, your guitar should probably be fine just by tuning down your G string so that it sounds identical to an open 4th string -- especially with the capo at the 3rd fret to help keep the string from flopping around. The chords are ridiculously simple, and there are a couple of ways to do it.


text:
Q: What happens if a reaper reaps a soul, but the person never dies? In "Dead Like Me" reapers take the soul just before the person dies. I found what happens if they don't reap the person, or reap them late.
But what happens if they reap the soul, but the person doesn't die at the allotted time?

A: In season 1, episode 9: Sunday Mornings, Roxy pulls Chuck's soul out of his body for a few moments, and then puts it back. It may not be quite the same as normal reaping, but it's certainly close. Afterward, Chuck is fine (although he does turn his car into a Roxy shrine).
It's also worth noting that there is never a timeframe specified between reaping and death. Reaping after death is undesirable but possible, and the time after the reaping varies by circumstance. There might be no limit at all to the possible duration after reaping, and the reapers could run around tagging everybody to save themselves some trouble down the line – but that's just speculation.

A: Since every "clean" reap occurs before a person's death, it stands to reason that an early (or accidental) reap would simply result in that person's body continuing to function, just without a soul.
Reapers don't seem to attend every single death which would strongly suggests that only a small number of people actually have souls (or souls worth saving, at any rate) in the first place. One extra soulless individual probably won't make much difference.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange