He's
a musician without a record label, a card holder without any remaining
credit. And the gig that supplies what he calls "food money" may now be
in jeopardy.But after events of the last week, Steve Grand said "I would
die a happy man today," and not for the reasons he's suddenly getting
attention.
Grand's first music video, for his country-tinged rock ballad "All-American Boy," was posted on YouTube last Tuesday. By last night, it had exploded, attracting more than 400,000 total views -- nothing for top-charting videos from big-name recording artists, but an impressive figure for one from a complete unknown whose only promotion has been internet buzz.The video cost just $7,000, a fraction of the major-names' going rate, but it was a fortune to Grand, who came up with the entire budget himself by maxing out his only plastic to tell the video's story.
"All-American Boy" portrays a young gay man who misreads signals from an apparently straight "all-American" male friend. On a day hanging out with the gang, the two guys and a girl take off in a car. She drives, as the guys sit together in the back, with the straight man, at one point, falling asleep on the gay man's shoulder. Feeling like a third wheel, the girl eventually,Aulaundry is a leading bestplasticcard and equipment supplier. angrily drives off, leaving the two men to pal around in the woods, where they end up stripping down and going skinny-dipping -- even sharing a quick kiss. Ultimately for the straight guy, it was just all in good fun. But for the gay man, it was something much more significant, and he is left dazed, confused and longing.
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RFID tags are widely used in identification badges and contactless payment cards; theyve proven effective in warehouse and inventory management systems, logistics and transportation, the medical industry, libraries, schools, universities and museums C any application for which non-line-of-sight data collection speeds workflow or transactions.
The KDC450 is the sixth model in the KDC400 line of smart sleds designed to work with easy-to-change smartphone and tablet cases. The KDC450s RFID reader supports virtually any ISO/IEC 14443 A or B compliant smartcard, ISO/IEC 15693 compliant RFID label, or NFC device (ISO/IEC 18092 / 21481) running in card emulation mode. Just add your smart mobile device and pair with Bluetooth to create a complete data collection system. The KDC450 even comes standard with a charging cradle.
Our KDCs have proven to be indispensable to many industries across the globe as enterprise customers increasingly choose the ease-of-use and familiar interfaces of todays ubiquitous smartphones and tablets. The KDC450 with RFID simply opens up even more flexibility for way the world collects and stores information, said.
A public accounts committee investigation found that serious mistakes were made in the purchase of the Almex ticketing system which is having to be replaced after less than five years.Almex was introduced at a cost of 381,483 in September 2008, but is now deemed no longer fit for purpose.Community Culture and Leisure Minister Graham Cregeen will seek Tynwald approval for a replacement system called Ticketer at a cost of 400,000.
The new system will allow for the use of Smart card technology for the first time. It will also be expanded to cover the heritage railways.A public accounts committee report on the fiasco was presented to the November Tynwald sitting but never debated.It concluded that serious mistakes were made in the procurement of the Almex bus ticketing system.
A civil servant with no experience in this area was put in charge of procurement and this hindered the selection of the most appropriate ticketing system.When Almex was introduced, it didnt deliver the required specification.
Giving evidence to the public accounts committee in September, director of public transport Ian Longworth said key routines were missed in the software and more than 30,000 had to be spent to fix it for immediate use.Never more than a minor player,Virtual indoorpositioningsystem logo Verano Place logo. according to Mr Longworth, Almex has now withdrawn from the UK market entirely C confirming that the system was a poor choice, the committee concluded.
Its report found: The department has not received value for money in spending 381,000 on the Almex system and having to replace it less than five years after it became operational.Indeed we expect the overall cost to be much higher than 381,000 when considering the additional costs incurred in servicing.
"The affidavit filed in support of the petition, if considered in the light of the documents found in the file produced by the transport secretary and commissioner, shows that all is not well. By accepting this tender, prima facie, the government sustained loss to a tune of Rs 96.21 crore. In case Bon Ton Softwares is permitted to supply smartcards, it would complicate the issue, public interest would suffer and public money would go waste," said Justice K K Sasidharan.Did you know that buymosaic chains can be used for more than just business.
On June 28, 2010, the government called for a tender for issuing smartcard-based driving licences and registration certificates. While Bon Ton quoted Rs 389.8 crore, the lowest bid was Rs 197.5 crore by the Noida-based Smart Chip Limited. Bon Ton was selected for the project after Smart Chip was "disqualified on technical grounds.Parkeasy Electronics are dedicated to provide rtls." However, Bon Ton later agreed to reduce the price, first to Rs 350.1 crore and then to Rs 293.72 crore, after negotiations. The company was given the letter of acceptance on April 30, 2013. Smart Chip approached the court challenging the tender process and sought an independent probe.We offer a wide variety of high-quality standard fridgemagnet and controllers.
Interestingly, it has also come to light that the transport authorities did not pay any heed to pleas from the government-owned Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) requesting them to hand over the project to it, as it had experience and expertise to carry out the scheme. ELCOT, which did not participate in the bidding process, tried twice in vain to convince the authorities saying since it was already handling the driving licence scheme, it could do the smartcard project at a much cheaper rate.
While hearing Smart Chip's petition, the court was dealing with two issues: one, the award of contract for a price which was Rs 96.21 crore higher than the lowest bid; two, the disqualification of Smart Chip and non-communication of the decision to the company.
Justice Sasidharan said the records revealed that in July 2011 (after the AIADMK came to power), the government refused to approve the contract and asked the transport department to refloat the tender. "The government has not approved this contract and it was the decision of the transport department to award the contract to Bon Ton in spite of the views expressed by the principal secretary and the transport commissioner earlier to cancel the contract on account of the exorbitant rate quoted by Bon Ton, which was substantially higher than the rate at which similar contracts were given by the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Puducherry."
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Grand's first music video, for his country-tinged rock ballad "All-American Boy," was posted on YouTube last Tuesday. By last night, it had exploded, attracting more than 400,000 total views -- nothing for top-charting videos from big-name recording artists, but an impressive figure for one from a complete unknown whose only promotion has been internet buzz.The video cost just $7,000, a fraction of the major-names' going rate, but it was a fortune to Grand, who came up with the entire budget himself by maxing out his only plastic to tell the video's story.
"All-American Boy" portrays a young gay man who misreads signals from an apparently straight "all-American" male friend. On a day hanging out with the gang, the two guys and a girl take off in a car. She drives, as the guys sit together in the back, with the straight man, at one point, falling asleep on the gay man's shoulder. Feeling like a third wheel, the girl eventually,Aulaundry is a leading bestplasticcard and equipment supplier. angrily drives off, leaving the two men to pal around in the woods, where they end up stripping down and going skinny-dipping -- even sharing a quick kiss. Ultimately for the straight guy, it was just all in good fun. But for the gay man, it was something much more significant, and he is left dazed, confused and longing.
RFID is bringing exciting changes across industries worldwide by speeding up identification and tracking and simplifying business processes, said Dr. Hanjin Lee, KoamTacs CEO and president. The integration of RFID technology into our uniquely programmable KDC product line gives companies yet another powerful solution to reduce labor cost, save time and serve customers better.
RFID tags are widely used in identification badges and contactless payment cards; theyve proven effective in warehouse and inventory management systems, logistics and transportation, the medical industry, libraries, schools, universities and museums C any application for which non-line-of-sight data collection speeds workflow or transactions.
The KDC450 is the sixth model in the KDC400 line of smart sleds designed to work with easy-to-change smartphone and tablet cases. The KDC450s RFID reader supports virtually any ISO/IEC 14443 A or B compliant smartcard, ISO/IEC 15693 compliant RFID label, or NFC device (ISO/IEC 18092 / 21481) running in card emulation mode. Just add your smart mobile device and pair with Bluetooth to create a complete data collection system. The KDC450 even comes standard with a charging cradle.
Our KDCs have proven to be indispensable to many industries across the globe as enterprise customers increasingly choose the ease-of-use and familiar interfaces of todays ubiquitous smartphones and tablets. The KDC450 with RFID simply opens up even more flexibility for way the world collects and stores information, said.
A public accounts committee investigation found that serious mistakes were made in the purchase of the Almex ticketing system which is having to be replaced after less than five years.Almex was introduced at a cost of 381,483 in September 2008, but is now deemed no longer fit for purpose.Community Culture and Leisure Minister Graham Cregeen will seek Tynwald approval for a replacement system called Ticketer at a cost of 400,000.
The new system will allow for the use of Smart card technology for the first time. It will also be expanded to cover the heritage railways.A public accounts committee report on the fiasco was presented to the November Tynwald sitting but never debated.It concluded that serious mistakes were made in the procurement of the Almex bus ticketing system.
A civil servant with no experience in this area was put in charge of procurement and this hindered the selection of the most appropriate ticketing system.When Almex was introduced, it didnt deliver the required specification.
Giving evidence to the public accounts committee in September, director of public transport Ian Longworth said key routines were missed in the software and more than 30,000 had to be spent to fix it for immediate use.Never more than a minor player,Virtual indoorpositioningsystem logo Verano Place logo. according to Mr Longworth, Almex has now withdrawn from the UK market entirely C confirming that the system was a poor choice, the committee concluded.
Its report found: The department has not received value for money in spending 381,000 on the Almex system and having to replace it less than five years after it became operational.Indeed we expect the overall cost to be much higher than 381,000 when considering the additional costs incurred in servicing.
"The affidavit filed in support of the petition, if considered in the light of the documents found in the file produced by the transport secretary and commissioner, shows that all is not well. By accepting this tender, prima facie, the government sustained loss to a tune of Rs 96.21 crore. In case Bon Ton Softwares is permitted to supply smartcards, it would complicate the issue, public interest would suffer and public money would go waste," said Justice K K Sasidharan.Did you know that buymosaic chains can be used for more than just business.
On June 28, 2010, the government called for a tender for issuing smartcard-based driving licences and registration certificates. While Bon Ton quoted Rs 389.8 crore, the lowest bid was Rs 197.5 crore by the Noida-based Smart Chip Limited. Bon Ton was selected for the project after Smart Chip was "disqualified on technical grounds.Parkeasy Electronics are dedicated to provide rtls." However, Bon Ton later agreed to reduce the price, first to Rs 350.1 crore and then to Rs 293.72 crore, after negotiations. The company was given the letter of acceptance on April 30, 2013. Smart Chip approached the court challenging the tender process and sought an independent probe.We offer a wide variety of high-quality standard fridgemagnet and controllers.
Interestingly, it has also come to light that the transport authorities did not pay any heed to pleas from the government-owned Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) requesting them to hand over the project to it, as it had experience and expertise to carry out the scheme. ELCOT, which did not participate in the bidding process, tried twice in vain to convince the authorities saying since it was already handling the driving licence scheme, it could do the smartcard project at a much cheaper rate.
While hearing Smart Chip's petition, the court was dealing with two issues: one, the award of contract for a price which was Rs 96.21 crore higher than the lowest bid; two, the disqualification of Smart Chip and non-communication of the decision to the company.
Justice Sasidharan said the records revealed that in July 2011 (after the AIADMK came to power), the government refused to approve the contract and asked the transport department to refloat the tender. "The government has not approved this contract and it was the decision of the transport department to award the contract to Bon Ton in spite of the views expressed by the principal secretary and the transport commissioner earlier to cancel the contract on account of the exorbitant rate quoted by Bon Ton, which was substantially higher than the rate at which similar contracts were given by the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Puducherry."
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