Perhaps we could install a “Phone
Locator” to help police (or a remotly triggered Taser to make me
feel better)
"Incidents of cellphone
theft have been rising for several years and are fast
becoming an epidemic. IDG News Service collected data on serious
crimes in San Francisco from November to April and recorded
579 thefts of cellphones or tablets, accounting for 41
percent of all serious crime. In just over
half the incidents, victims were punched, kicked or otherwise
physically intimidated for their phones, and in a quarter of
robberies, users were threatened with guns or knives. This isn't
just happening in tech-loving San Francisco, either. The picture is
similar across the United States. A big reason for such thefts,
until recently, is that there had been little to stop someone using a
stolen cellphone. Reacting to pressure from law enforcement and
regulators, the U.S.'s largest cellphone carriers agreed early last
year to establish a database of stolen cellphones."
Don't never mess
with the I.R.S.
'cause we assume you're guilty
hiding offshore is futility
extract from: Keep
your cash under the mattress by Rap Master Bob
"Tax authorities in the U.S.,
Britain, and Australia have announced they
are working with a gigantic cache of leaked data that may be the
beginnings of one of the largest
tax investigations in history.
The secret records are believed to include those obtained by the
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that lay
bare the individuals behind covert companies and private trusts
in the British Virgin Islands, the Cook Islands, Singapore and other
offshore hideaways. The IRS said, 'There is nothing illegal about
holding assets through offshore entities; however, such offshore
arrangements are often used to avoid or evade tax liabilities on
income represented by the principal or on the income generated by the
underlying assets. In addition, advisors may be subject to civil
penalties or criminal prosecution for promoting such arrangements as
a means to avoid or evade tax liability or circumvent information
reporting requirements.'"
Out with the old! Is this going to
seriously impact “Big Music?”
Same
Old Song? Not Exactly.
… It turns out that many oldies
hits have been re-recorded by the original artists in recent years,
and in most cases for a simple reason: royalties.
… Short of renegotiating an
expiring contract, which is rarely an option, Chusid says, “those
artists have every incentive to re-record and try to license” the
new recording with a fairer royalty arrangement.
I keep promising myself that I'll have
my students create their own textbook in most of the “Intro to”
classes. But even if I organize my handouts, tools like this could
be useful.
Getting a book published is not an easy
task. Apart from the enormous task of getting a publisher to agree
to publish your book, there are other details to worry about. These
details are mostly relevant to the visuals of the book. For example,
what the cover of the book is going to be, how its contents are going
to be ordered, and the general structure of the material. Thankfully
in this modern age we can create eBooks that give the book writer
full control over their content.
If you are looking for a competent web
service that helps you create eBooks in various formats, you should
check out the site Papyrus Editor.
Papyrus Editor is a free to use web
service that lets its users create eBooks.
… When you are done writing your
eBook, you can have it published online and downloaded in the PDF,
Mobi, and ePub file formats. All three formats can be downloaded
together, compressed in a ZIP archive. The website works best on
Chrome and Safari.
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