27 Feb 12 Nudyline Music Videos – JapanSugoi – Everything Cool about Japan
NUDYLINE ????????? is a Japanese gal group made up of two members, 25 year old I-RING ???? (left) from Ibaraki prefecture and 26 year old NANA ??(right) from Hokkaido. Their music ranges across many genres, from pop and hip-hop to reggae and dancehall. the sexy gals were just regular party gals going to the clubs in Shibuya before they were spotted and made into a group.
NANA likes Hip-Hop, Reggae and Latin while I-Ring likes R&B, Hip-Ho and Classical music. Nudyline’s music has been created with the collaboration of DJ Tatsuya ?????????.
The gals have released 3 Singles – Sexual Carnival, Scorching Dancer and Real My Place and 1 album LA BAILARINA CALIENTE (2008).
Nudyline Music Videos
Scorching Dancer ?????? PV
Nudyline feat. K-won – Real my place (PV)dailymotion.com/videox8r20c
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20 Feb 12 A Discount on Accounting, if Not on Taxes
An app from H&R Block allows users to file taxes by taking a photograph of their W-2 forms.
If you file the 1040EZ tax form, this is not your year to file for an extension.
That is because H&R Block is offering its mobile tax app and service, which can be used to file a 1040EZ form, free until Feb. 29.
You may wonder, “Who in their right mind would file taxes by phone?” as it turns out, for EZ form users, filing by phone makes sense. that is because all you have to do is take a photo of your W-2 form and all of the information will be entered on the EZ form for you. Right now the app is available only for the iPhone, but H&R Block said an Android version was on the way, due around Feb. 22.
Block isn’t the only company offering an app with these features. the well known D.I.Y. financial program TurboTax also has a free app, SnapTax, but downloading the app is where the free part stops. if you actually want to file using TurboTax, it costs $20.
H&R Block also plans to charge for its service after Feb. 29, although it hasn’t said what the cost will be.
What does H&R Block get out of this? well, TurboTax is well ensconced with lots of satisfied customers, so Block wants to give filers a reason to try its product.
If you use Block’s app, you get the same guarantees as if you use its other electronic-filing products. that includes audit support and audit representation, and Block will pay up to $10,000 in penalties and interest if the app makes an error. (Without digging into the fine print, that looks about the same as the TurboTax guarantee.)
With so little wiggle room on the 1040EZ form, the Block app may not get you a big break from the taxman, but until Feb. 29, it gets you a small break from the tax accountant.
17 Feb 12 Riverside couple ride auction business to TV stardom
As “Storage Wars” wrapped up its second season as A&E’sflagship series last week, Riverside’s Dan and Laura Dotson —-the show’s featured auctioneers —- found themselves enjoying aride they had only dreamed was possible.
In a recent phone interview, the couple said the show was theresult of a series of dreams Laura had.
Dan had learned the craft of calling an auction from hisgrandfather and mother, and founded American Auctioneers in 1983.in 2008, trying to drum up more business selling the unclaimedcontents of abandoned storage units at auction, the couple beganvideotaping some of their auctions.
“We started putting this stuff on YouTube to show our clientsthat ‘Hey, we’re better,’” Dan said.
After KCET in Los Angeles featured them on a segment on how therecession was fueling an increase in thrift shopping, Laura had adream about a production company contacting them to develop a TVshow.
“We had 27 production companies contact us in 18 months,” Dansaid.
They signed their first deal to develop a TV show based on theconcept of their YouTube videos, but it never bore fruit.
Then Laura fell asleep early on new Year’s Eve 2009.
“Laura had another dream that the (demo) tape was put in acabinet,” Dan recounted. “Laura prayed, ‘God, please send us a ThomBeers!’ (Beers is a successful reality series producer.)
“It wasn’t three weeks later that Thom Beers comes up to us atan auction in Van Nuys!”
Beers had already struck gold on TV with “Deadliest Catch,” aswell as “Ice Road Truckers.” and the Dotsons said the format of theshow that Beers sold them on is what they had alwaysenvisioned.
Each week’s 30-minute episode features the Dotsons auctioningoff the contents of several units at a different self-storagefacility, ranging from San Diego to northern California. Buyershave 5 minutes to look into each storage unit (without entering ortouching any of the contents), and then the entire contents areauctioned as a single piece. the show then follows the buyers asthey sort through their winnings, often finding unusual objectsthey then take to experts for appraisal.
“We always thought, even with the first production company, itwould always be about the buyers and the item,” Dan said, withLaura adding, “We’re the glue and the frame of the show.”
Series regulars Dave Hester (Long Beach), Darrell Sheets (aTemecula resident, and a longtime Vista resident before that) andhusband-wife team of Jarrod Shulz and Brandi Passante from OrangeCounty were all introduced to the producers by the Dotsons.
“We actually brought everybody to the table, except Barry(Weiss). We’ve known Dave for 20 years, Darrell about 12 years.Jarrod had just started coming.
The Dotsons brought 25 to 30 people to the producers to choosefrom. “They’re a good cross-section of the buyers we knowthroughout the state.”
Weiss was brought in by Beers, although the Dotsons had met himbefore. “Barry would come around, but he was a kind of an eclectickind of collector,” Laura said.
Dan said he wasn’t keen on Weiss being on the show at first. “Ithought, ‘What do we need Barry for?’ Then I met him, and likedhim. and I saw him on TV, and I got it.
“I’m 49, and Barry just turned 61 and I can’t keep up with him!If it comes in his head, it just comes right out his mouth. He canget away with saying anything.”
While their contract with A&E doesn’t allow them to sharemany details about the show’s production, Dan did confirm a recentnews report that said dozens of auctions are needed to compileenough interesting items for one episode.
“If they just filmed every unit that these guys buy, nobodywould want to watch.”
And despite having what A&E claims is its top-rated show,Laura said that they don’t get makeup or costume specialists forthe taping.
“We get out of bed and do our hair, and we’re on our own!”
While a good portion of their auction business consists ofselling storage units that have not had their rent paid in at leastthree months, the Dotsons said that when a legally abandoned unitis auctioned off and personal effects are found, an effort isusually made to try to reunite personal heirlooms with theirowners.
“We’ll make a phone call. If it’s quick, sometimes we can catchit.”
The flip side of that sometimes sad aspect of the business, Dansaid, is the joy they take in getting affordable items back intothe marketplace where they can be purchased by low-income families(what Laura called “the ultimate recycling”).
“Every time somebody loses a 10-by-10 (locker), it’s broken downand taken to the swap meet, and you end up helping eight to 10families that need stuff.”
What the Dotsons said they hope viewers take away from the showis an appreciation of the regular buyers, who they said used to beportrayed as vultures, preying on those who had lost theirbelongings.
“I like the people who buy these units,” Dan said. “They workhard to feed their families. my idea of these people is a lotdifferent from the old perception.
“I was really excited that we could humanize these buyers.”
While the third season is set to begin filming later this year,the Dotsons said they realize that it won’t last forever andthey’re making sure they take the time to enjoy their celebrity—- and the other benefits of starring on a successful TVshow.
“We have gone from four or five auctioneers to 12 auctioneers,”Dan said. “We’ve got plans on getting a few more accounts inCalifornia, and moving into Arizona. American Auctioneers is justbusier than heck, and we’re working on another spinoff.”
And there are personal advantages, too —- such as having theextra auctioneers so Laura isn’t handling auctions in San Diegowhile Dan’s in Long Beach. now, they assign each other to the sameauctions.
“We get to spend our time together and bicker like an old couple—- we have more family time than we did before the show. If thisends today, we’re good.”
At which point Laura grabbed the phone from Dan: “But I don’tsee any end in sight!”
17 Feb 12 NHS trusts ordered to remove ‘no win, no fee’ adverts
The adverts, which encourage “no win, no fee” compensation claims, have been banned by the Department of Health yet some trusts are continuing to allow them as a means of boosting revenue.
Some hospitals are paid up to £85,000 a year to feature the promotions while others are offered donations of equipment or uniforms. they appear on official leaflets that provide information to patients on conditions from backache to advice on treating wounds.
Simon Burns, the Health Minister, told the Times he would be writing to Sir David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS, to demand they follow the rules.
He said: “Patients should be able to focus on getting better, without having to be hounded by lawyers or adverts displayed in A&E departments.
“I will ask David Nicholson to write to hospitals to remind them it is not acceptable to display these adverts.”
Under agreements with NHS trusts, lawyers promise not to sue hospitals which carry their adverts. instead, firms seek compensation from companies or local authorities leading to warnings from councils that public money is being wasted on spurious claims.
Since 2007, guidelines have banned hospitals from accepting adverts from lawyers, classing them alongside adverts for tobacco or alcohol. But trusts are often tempted by the financial incentive.
Andrew Bridgen, the Tory MP for North West Leicestershire, has put down an early day motion attacking the deals, which he claims have fuelled the rise of Britain’s compensation culture.
“the Prime Minister talks about slaying the ‘health and safety monster’, but we’re feeding the monster and it’s going to get bigger,” he said.
The firms which supply the majority of leaflets are Pro-Vision and BOE Medical Publishing. BOE says it operates at 170 hospitals and claims to have produced £9.2 million of savings for the NHS, including £1.3 million in cash payments in the past decade. the company has also provided new medical uniforms, digital whiteboards and competency assessment manuals for trusts.
Its leaflets carry advertisements with the slogan “Have you been injured?” and advertise in bold “no win, no fee”. the company boasts of providing leaflets to hospitals in London, Southampton, Brighton, Peterborough and Whitby.
Wayne Dore, managing director of BOE, told the Times: “the NHS has to provide written information as part of the patient’s charter. Producing this ever-changing clinical information can cost thousands per month for a department. Over the years BOE has saved the NHS millions from this scheme, as well as put millions back into the NHS.”
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