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Foundation Command-02, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, 22 December 1988, 0755 hours local time
The early morning sun illuminated the large lobby as Timothy Harper strode into the the Foundation's Command-02 Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Though it could not compare to Overwatch HQ, its proximity to one of the world's most powerful capitals ensured it was one of the Foundation's main decision-making nexuses. It was a relatively unremarkable seven-story limestone office building like so many others in the city. Faceless, nameless drones in the vast bureaucracy flitted in and out of the building, not unlike the other buildings in the Federal Triangle.
After passing speedily through the obligatory security checkpoint, Harper browsed the headlines of his paper as he made his way to his tiny office on the third floor. A plane bombing in the UK was the leading story. Nasty business, international terrorism, Harper thought. Not his area of concern, though. Probably. He was one of the Foundation's top counterintelligence investigators. Pushing fifty, his black hair was streaked with gray from many late nights spent on the job. The job nearly cost him his family as well: though a drunk driver had taken away his family ten years ago Christmas Day, he discovered going through his late wife's papers that she was planning to file for divorce and seek custody of the children. With his family's death, he'd thrown himself into his work, finally accepting a promotion as Section Chief, followed a couple years later by a further promotion to his present job of Roving Special Investigator.
"Morning, Troy," Harper grunted. He and Troy Muir, a former intelligence case officer invalided out of field operations when he lost his right leg, shared the cramped office. "Where's Monica?" he asked, referring to Monica Daniel, the grad student from GWU who was interning in the CI Directorate. Always on the lookout for talent, the Foundation was more than happy to pay for someone's education, assuming they passed a thorough background check, signed a four hundred page non-disclosure agreement, and agreed to work three years for every year of schooling the Foundation funded.
"Errand to the Ethics Committee Clerk's Office, I think." His one-legged office-mate looked up. "Tim, they want you on the seventh floor ASAP," Muir reported with a frown.
"Any idea which way the wind was blowing?" Harper asked. A summons to the seventh floor, domain of the directors and overseers, was rarely a happy prospect.
"They didn't say," Muir replied. Harper nodded, and left.
Harper was met on the seventh floor by a security officer. Only those with Level 5 security clearance were permitted on the floor without an escort. The guard led him to a darkened conference room and ushered him in. A severe dark-haired woman in her mid-thirties stood alone, looking out the heavily-tinted window at the Capital Building. Harper recognized her as O5-7, one of the Overseers. Though none of the Overseers had an assigned specialization, it was Harper's understanding that Seven tended to take particular interest in the Foundation's intelligence matters. He'd seen her speaking with Director McDonnell before, but had never actually met her himself.
"Mr. Harper," Seven said quietly in greeting, not turning around. "Leave us." The security guard excused himself.
"Ma'am," Harper said.
"The Foundation is under attack, Mr. Harper," the Overseer stated, her back still to him. "Two nights ago, acting on an anonymous tip, under Counterintelligence Director McDonnell's personal supervision, MTF Xi-13 raided a warehouse outside London. They recovered a large number of classified documents relating to the Foundation and several groups-of-interest. Some of these documents apparently suggested the existence of a plot to assassinate several members of the O5 Council, including myself."
"I assume plans are in place to handle the situation, ma'am?" Harper asked, hiding his alarm.
"There are plans in place, yes, Mr. Harper. The Foundation has plans for everything," Seven replied. "More concerning than the apparent plot is the implication of these documents. According to Director McDonnell's initial report, the Foundation documents found indicated the breach was caused by someone with at least Level 4 clearance, if not Level 5. The penetrations of the GOC, Serpent's Hand, Chaos Insurgency, IRG, Factory, Prometheus Labs, Wondertainment, Church of the Broken God, and MC&D appear to all comparably high level."
At this revelation, Harper's eyes widened. Somebody had top level penetrations of nearly every major player behind the Veil, including the Foundation, and this was the first they were finding out about it? Nobody was that good.
As if sensing his thoughts despite having her back turned to him, Seven continued, "I hardly believe it myself, Mr. Harper, but as you no doubt realize, we cannot dismiss the possibility of such a turn of events out of hand simply because it is unlikely or unpleasant. After all, this organization deals with the impossible and the unthinkable every day. The Council decided to hold an emergency meeting where Director McDonnell could present the documents personally. Unfortunately, this is no longer possible. Last night, Overseer Five and his bodyguard, Counterintelligence Director McDonnell, and two American intelligence officers who have assisted our Middle Eastern operations were killed when an on-board explosion brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland. McDonnell had the original copies of the seized documents in a diplomatic pouch. Moments later, a Foundation document repository in Manchester was bombed. That document repository held the only existing copies of the seized documents. Our recovery teams report no evidence that either version of the documents survived."
"Which both lends credence to the reality of this penetration's threat, and suggests the plotters were responsible for the attacks," Harper observed. He felt like someone had punched him in the gut - McDonnell had been an old friend, someone he could trust in a business where trust was the scarcest of commodities, but there would be time for grieving later.
"The surviving members of the Council drew the same conclusion, Mr. Harper," Seven nodded, finally turning to face him. Her narrowed eyes flashed dangerously over high cheekbones. To call the Overseer angry would have been no small understatement. "We have already taken measures to ensure our personal protection. The other Overseers believe this will be sufficient; I disagree. I have convinced them we need to investigate this apparent conspiracy, fully but also quietly. If the conspirators believe they are about to be discovered, it is not at all unreasonable for them to either go to ground and disappear, or decide to cut their losses and attempt even more direct action. Right now, the Council has no idea what the ultimate goal of the conspirators is. This makes them even more dangerous in the Council's eyes. And while you and I both have enough experience in the intelligence hall of mirrors to take that in stride, most of my fellow Overseers are scared. They are mainly former scientists and uncomfortable when dealing with the uncertainties of political intrigue." Seven moved to the conference table separating them. She slid a folder across the table to him. "This is everything we know about the security breach, the two direct attacks, and the conspiracy as a whole," she observed. This was less than encouraging: it amounted to perhaps a half dozen sheets of paper. "You will be conducting the investigation. The Council has voted to temporarily grant you Level 5 clearance," she declared, handing him a new black identification card, "and you will report to me personally. Keep the cards close to the vest on this one - potentially anyone could be involved."
"Moscow Rule number three, ma'am," Harper observed with a wry smile. Everyone is potentially under opposition control. "If I may, why are you trusting me with this? I know I'm not a conspirator, but you don't."
"You're one of the best see-eye guys we have, Mr. Harper, and you have been cleared for the highest security clearance known to mankind. The possibility that you are involved is remote, and in any case I expect regular and detailed reports of all your findings. If I find out you're withholding things from me, I will bring the full force of the resources at my disposal upon you. You will spend the remainder of your days in the deepest, darkest, least pleasant hole I can find," the Foundation Overseer stated calmly. Then she flashed a smile that was clearly meant to be disarming but instead made the hair on Harper's neck stand on end. "But I don't expect that to be a problem, Mr. Harper."
"No, ma'am," Harper said.
"Excellent! If there is anything you need, let me know," Seven beamed. "You may brief in Mr. Muir and Ms. Daniel if you believe their assistance would be helpful, but do keep the cards close to the vest."
"Of course," Harper replied.
"Thank you. That will be all," she said. Harper wasted no time leaving the room.
"That's all we have," Harper finished the run-down, putting the folder down on his desk and looking across at Muir and Monica.
"Hm," Muir grunted. "For a moment there, Tim, I thought we were going to have trouble with this one." He pulled out his reading glasses and started thumbing through the folder.
Monica failed at hiding her alarm. "Do we always have so little to go on?" she asked. "How do we even know where to start?"
Harper started thinking aloud. "Let's start with something simple. What organizations did McDonnell's preliminary report suggest were penetrated?"
Monica read off the relevant sheet of paper, "Looks like the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution; Baasch Engineering Corporation; the Chaos Insurgency; the Church of the Broken God; the Factory; the Foundation; the Global Occult Coalition; Huntington Arms, Inc.; Marshall, Carter, and Dark; Prometheus Labs; the Serpent's Hand; Saito Mining Industries; Wallace Security Enterprises; Dr. Wondertainment; and various branches of the American, British, Chinese, French, German, and Soviet governments. That's all based on documents recovered in the warehouse raid." She looked up, "How the hell did someone manage to penetrate essentially all the major commercial, political, and paranormal groups without somebody noticing? How is this the first we've heard of it?"
Harper lit a cigarette. "Well," he said thoughtfully, "just because they had documents - even top level documents - related to all those organizations doesn't mean they managed have moles in all of them. And even if they do have moles with access to such sensitive materials, that doesn't mean the moles are in a position to do much beyond steal documents. Monica, what's your security clearance?"
The graduate student blinked, "Foundation, or US government?"
"Both," replied Harper, taking a puff on his cigarette.
"Level 3 and TS," she replied, looking slightly confused. "But I'm just an intern."
"And yet you have access to some truly sensitive information," Muir observed, not taking his eyes off the document he was reading. "Such as this investigation."
"Precisely," Harper continued. "These are, for the most part, groups employing hundreds to tens of thousands of people. It only takes one traitor."
"So how do we know what the opposition wants?" asked Monica.
Harper smiled, "We don't - yet. But one does not simply invest the resources necessary to penetrate so many powerful organizations on a whim. We shall find out soon enough."
Monica frowned. "This still doesn't give us a starting point."
"Perhaps this does," Muir said. He began quoting the page he was reading: "'According to Foundation personnel embedded within the Scottish constabulary, the explosion is consistent with detonation of a small but powerful explosive device. Preliminary chemical testing of explosive residue suggests the use of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX), two of the primary ingredients in Semtex-H. However, the size and location of the original explosion relative to the quantities of PETN and RDX found, coupled with the complete incineration of both the diplomatic pouch carried by Robert McDonnell and McDonnell himself, suggests Semtex was not, in fact, the explosive used. It is recommended Foundation investigative staff examine the possibility of SCP objects or other as-yet uncontained anomalies as the source of the explosion."
"Just what we needed, Troy," Harper said. "Monica, go down to Central Records and have them pull all the files on anomalous objects and entities capable of causing explosions. Be sure to include the ones presently in containment; we can't rule out a theft."
"On it," she said, leaving.
Harper turned to Muir, "Any indications on the explosion in Manchester?"
Muir nodded, "Looks like that actually was Semtex. The police have linked it chemically to several attacks by the Irish Republican Army."
"The IRA? Could it really just be a coincidence?" Harper frowned, lighting a fresh cigarette.
Muir shook his head. "No way," he said. "The match was far too easy - it was an older batch with a composition more useful for demolition than killing. Great if you want to destroy papers in a safe, but not as useful for inflicting human casualties. It also doesn't match their usual MO, since Carnegie was prominently Catholic. I suspect we were just meant to believe they did it."
"Interesting," Harper said, taking a long blow on his cigarette. "Very interesting."


text: There's no recession in Hooterville. Today has been a blur. We've got one client with the Swine Flu, and one who thinks he's going to get a full blow presentation of spec work by Thursday. THINK AGAIN. So I got out my Etch-A-Sketch (had one as a kid, and have one at work) to pass some time in thought…then I found this. Whoever did this has nothing to do…or was on a conference call with that ONE client…yawn. (via GadgetHIM)

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AR System Message Catalog
ARERR [342] The AR System directory file could not be opened.
- Product:
- AR System server
- Description:
- Server messages and notifications
- Type:
- Error
- Number:
- 342
The AR System directory file could not be opened. An associated error message describes why the ar file –
/etc/ar (UNIX) or
ARConfigDir\ar (Windows) – could not be opened. This file contains the name of each AR System server that this client tries to connect to. The file must be present to identify which servers to use.


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The South African government's department of trade and industry (DTI) has announced it will spend about ZAR 5bn (USD 688.2m) on anti-retrovirals (ARVs) in the next three years to augment domestic production of the drugs.
According to the Medical Research Council, 5.4m people are living with HIV/Aids in South Africa, which is the second most infected population after India.
The DTI added that increased local production of ARVs would make it economically viable for pharmaceutical companies to manufacture them locally and reduce associated costs. At the moment, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for making ARVs are imported, pushing up running costs for manufacturing plants in the region.
Andrew Kudlinski, director for geographic projects at the DTI, said: "Manufacturing ARVs involves complex technology and is costly. A company must make large volumes to make it economically justifiable and if you have a three-year contract, the manufacturer can justify the investment.î
"South Africa has the capacity to manufacture most ARVs locally but 100 percent of the active pharmaceuticals ingredients are imported and we can use state procurement to encourage the domestic manufacturing of APIs in the future," added Kudlinski.
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By Rear Adm. Barry L. Bruner
Director, Programming Division, N80
Last week I was afforded the honor of promoting one of our officers in the Programming Division of OPNAV (N80). This time however, the promotion ceremony was significantly different from the past few we have done.
CDR Sam Brasfield is an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officer. Prior-enlisted, he has served in the Navy for more than twenty years and is one of the many great Americans that I have the honor of serving with in OPNAV. Sam asked if we could do the promotion in front of family and friends at the Orange Community Airport and follow the ceremony with a joint skydiving effort. The last time I jumped out of an airplane was 1978 – when I was still in my teens. I jumped twice back then, both times in the old round chutes. I did not like it. Twice was enough for me and I had never intended to jump again (call me dumb but not stupid!). But how could you say no to a request like Sam's?
When I walked into the hangar I met a group of mostly active duty and former service members. I met a former Army EOD tech who was badly injured in the Middle East but still liked to hang around with his EOD buddies. He skydived – even though with only one eye his depth perception makes the landings a bit difficult and his other injuries require a special chute. I met others – Marines, Army and Navy veterans. I shook each of those great Americans' hands with honor, glad to be included as one of them – even if only for a couple of hours.
We promoted Sam Brasfield to Commander, then climbed into a twin-engine Otter, climbed to 12,000 feet and stepped outside. I was tethered to Chief Ron Condrey, another member of the EOD community, and he made this, my third jump, seem easy. I'm still not sure I liked it, but it was far better than the two jumps I remember as a teen.
As I drove away a few minutes later I considered the oath Sam had taken an hour or so before:
"I do solemnly swear to support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. To bear true faith and allegiance to the same. That I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation – or purpose of evasion. And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to embark. So help me God."


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More than 10,000,000 Instagram followers for BMW. Most successful Instagram channel among automotive brands worldwide.
9 February 2017 Munich. The BMW brand's international Instagram channel has broken through the ten million followers' mark, making it the most successful automotive brand on Instagram worldwide.
The impressive figure of 10,000,000 followers underlines the BMW brand's commitment to social media. For BMW marketing, Instagram is more than just another digital communication channel. BMW uses its Instagram channel to share the BMW brand lifestyle with its followers – through the latest news on upcoming models, glimpses of its own history or looking ahead to the future of mobility.
With its clear focus on strong visuals and a highly-interactive community, Instagram is the ideal channel for communicating the brand values of joy ("sheer driving pleasure"), aesthetic appeal and innovation. However, growing the community is not top priority. It is more important to cover a wide variety of topics with relevant content that appeals to users and increases their involvement in the form of likes, shares and comments. The BMW Instagram channel impresses with its targeted, long-term channel management and regular publication of emotionally-engaging content.
In addition to effective influencer marketing, the brand also celebrates the involvement and enthusiasm of each individual fan. Under the hashtag #bmwrepost, BMW shares photos taken by enthusiasts and hobby photographers with the community in appreciation of its loyal fans around the globe. Where else can you get this close to a brand and share your own photo millions of times? User activation through #bmwrepost has been a resounding success. It is no coincidence that #BMW has already been used more than 19 million times and is by far the most popular brand hashtag in the automotive sector.
"The aim of our social media strategy is to optimise how we use the special features of the specific channels available to us," explains Jörg Poggenpohl, Head of Digital Marketing BMW. "Instagram is made for initiating authentic dialogue with followers worldwide. It is important to us not only to celebrate our own achievements, but, above all, to share the excitement and enthusiasm of our fans and customers with an audience of millions."
BMW marketing was quick to recognise the enormous potential of the social media network. BMW published its first image on Instagram back on 30 May 2012: a high-gloss photo of a BMW 650i Coupé. By May 2014, BMW had a million followers. Since then, its Instagram fan community has grown exponentially: from two million followers in early 2015 to double that number by the autumn of the same year. A year later, in autumn 2016, BMW had already reached the eight million mark.
BMW's popularity on Instagram confirms the success of the brand's social media strategy. The parameters are tailored, individual content, professional editing and authenticity. In addition to Instagram, international BMW marketing also successfully uses the social media channels Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
The BMW Group
With its three brands BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce, the BMW Group is the world's leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. As a global company, the BMW Group operates 31 production and assembly facilities in 14 countries and has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.
In 2016, the BMW Group sold approximately 2.367 million cars and 145,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax for the financial year 2015 was approximately € 9.22 billion on revenues amounting to € 92.18 billion. As of 31 December 2015, the BMW Group had a workforce of 122,244 employees.
The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. The company has therefore established ecological and social sustainability throughout the value chain, comprehensive product responsibility and a clear commitment to conserving resources as an integral part of its strategy.


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The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum is hosting two special events on Saturday, the "Classic Car Detailing Tech Session" and "Afternoon of the White Gloves."
For the detailing class, ACD has partnered up with SweetCars, which has been named one of the top 20 automotive detailers in the country. The class will include live demonstrations of special detailing techniques along with product recommendations and a question-and-answer period.
In the "Afternoon of White Gloves," participants wear a pair of white gloves provided by the museum and are encouraged to touch selected Duesenberg Model J automobiles as well as the 1927 Duesenberg Model X Boat roadster in the museum's original Art Deco showroom and Classic Gallery.
The detailing class is free, while Afternoon of White Gloves costs $20 per person.


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US Data Dump
Joe Perry November 27, 2019 10:30 AM
The US has front loaded all the month end data because of the Thanksgiving holiday
The US has front loaded all the month end data to today because of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and the half day session for equities on Friday. The most important data released today was US GDP (Preliminary) for Q2, Chicago PMI for November, Pending Home Sales (MoM) for October and the Core PCE Price Index (YoY), which is one of the Fed's favorite measures of inflation.
GDP for Q3 (QoQ) was released at 2.1% vs 1.9% expected, however this is the second look at the data, and it is looking at Q3. We are half way through Q4, therefore price didn't move a great deal on the release. Immediately after the release, USD/JPY spiked 10 pips from 109.15 to 109.25, while the S&P 500 was little changed.
Source: Tradingview, FOREX.com
Chicago PMI was released an hour and fifteen minutes later. The number shows the first solid look at manufacturing data for the month of November. The reading of 43.2 for October was the lowest reading since December 2015. This month's reading was 46.3 vs 47 expected. Although a touch lower than expected, again prices were close to unchanged upon its release.
Fifteen minutes after that, the headline PCE Price Index (MoM) was 0.2% vs 0.2% expected. However, the Core PCE Price Index (YoY) was 1.6% vs 1.7% expected. The kicker in today's data was the Pending Home Sales (MoM) for October. +0.2% was expected. The headline number was -1.7%! Upon the release, the US Dollar index fell from 98.44 down to 98.36.
Source: Tradingview, FOREX.com
Watch to see if the US Dollar selling continues. Notice the failure so far in DXY to take out recent highs and the 50% retracement from the October 1st highs to the October 18th lows. If price trades back to 98.20, it will fill the overnight gap and be extremely bearish heading into the holiday. However, if price can hold on to it's gains and move higher, the DXY will be in good shape heading in to shortened trading day on Friday and into the weekend.
Source: Tradingview, FOREX.com
Over the next few hours, things should begin to slow down as people begin leaving early for the US Thanksgiving holiday. There may be some squaring up on the books as the US heads into a (sort of) long holiday weekend.
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Open Culture recently published an article about Musopen's collection of free recordings of performances of the works of more than 150 composers. You can stream the music from Musopen for free. You can also download five recordings per day for free from Musopen. The recordings could be useful in a music appreciation course. Looking at the Musopen collection prompted me to look at some other resources for teaching about classical music.
Keeping Score is a comprehensive website full of educational materials about composers, scores, musical techniques, and symphonies. There are two elements of Keeping Score that should be of particular interest to educators. The most immediately accessible section of Keeping Score is the interactive education elements that contain videos, images, and texts that tell the stories of composers. The interactive section also features explanations of musical techniques, the history of notable events and themes in the symphonic world, and analysis of various scores. The second section of Keeping Score that teachers will be drawn to is the lesson plan library. In the lesson plan library teachers will find lesson plans developed to incorporate elements of the Keeping Score website.
Classics for Kids, produced by Cincinnati Public Radio, offers lesson plans, podcasts, and games for teaching kids about classical music. The lesson plans are designed for use in K-5 settings. All of the lesson plans are available as PDFs. Activity sheets are also available as accompaniments to recordings of classical composers. In the games section of Classics for Kids students can develop their own compositions or practice identifying music and composers. As a reference for students, Classics for Kids offers a dictionary of music terms.


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International finance
International finance (also referred to as international monetary economics or international macroeconomics) is the branch of financial economics broadly concerned with monetary and macroeconomic interrelations between two or more countries.[1][2] International finance examines the dynamics of the global financial system, international monetary systems, balance of payments, exchange rates, foreign direct investment, and how these topics relate to international trade.[1][2][3]
Sometimes referred to as multinational finance, international finance is additionally concerned with matters of international financial management. Investors and multinational corporations must assess and manage international risks such as political risk and foreign exchange risk, including transaction exposure, economic exposure, and translation exposure.[4][5]
Some examples of key concepts within international finance are the Mundell–Fleming model, the optimum currency area theory, purchasing power parity, interest rate parity, and the international Fisher effect. Whereas the study of international trade makes use of mostly microeconomic concepts, international finance research investigates predominantly macroeconomic concepts.
What's Special about International Finance? Although we may be convinced of the importance of studying international finance, we still have to ask ourselves, what's special about international finance? Put another way, how is international finance different from purely domestic finance ( if such a thing exists)? Three major dimensions set international finance apart from domestic finance. They are:
- Foreign exchange and political risks.
- Market imperfection.
- Expanded opportunity set.
These major dimensions of international finance largely stem from the fact that sovereign nations have the right and power to issue currencies, formulate their own economic policies, impose taxes, and regulate movement of people, goods, and capital across their borders.[6]
See also
- Finance
- Global financial system
- International economics
- International monetary systems
- International trade
Notes and references
- 1 2 Gandolfo, Giancarlo (2002). International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics. Berlin, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-43459-7.
- 1 2 Pilbeam, Keith (2006). International Finance, 3rd Edition. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-4837-3.
- ↑ Feenstra, Robert C.; Taylor, Alan M. (2008). International Macroeconomics. New York, NY: Worth Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4292-0691-4.
- ↑ Madura, Jeff (2007). International Financial Management: Abridged 8th Edition. Mason, OH: Thomson South-Western. ISBN 0-324-36563-2.
- ↑ Eun, Cheol S.; Resnick, Bruce G. (2011). International Financial Management, 6th Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ISBN 978-0-07-803465-7.
- ↑ Eun, Cheol S.; Resnick, Bruce G. (2015). International Financial Management, 7th Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ISBN 978-0-07-786160-5.
External links
- Historical documents on international finance available on FRASER


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WWII As Seen Through the Eyes of an Artist G.I.
The creativity expressed during tough times is astounding.
It's not everyday that the soldiers who fought in World War II share their stories. Too often, the men in our lives who did fight had nearly nothing to say about it: it was too horrible for words and most servicemen wanted to the protect their families from the evils they witnessed in Europe.
Letters home would have also been scarce in details for reasons of state secrecy, but would have instead given a general sense of soldier's mood, perhaps what he missed most about home. In a rare collection of hand-illustrated postcards by GI Charles Overstreet sent to his friend back home in 1945 we get to see another side of what the war was like: lonely.
Overstreet was a photographer and artist serving in serving during World War II. The gruesome images he captured of the Gardelegen Massacre are hard to look at. This 1945 horror, in which 1,000 prisoners were locked inside a barn which was then set alight by the Nazis, was committed in order to hide their crimes. But, Allied Forces caught them in act of burying the bodies.
Contrast that scene to the image of a bored soldier whistling at the same girl over and over, the infamous wolf character. There's nothing of death in these images, but it speaks volumes about loneliness. All of the cartoons are signed with his name, and some are also signed "F. ABN." for Field Artillery Battalion.
Overstreet drew these postcards because he found writing letters to be somewhat difficult and he expressed himself better with drawings. The postcards were sent to his friend, Curley Belt, back in his home state of Illinois. Many of these cartoons would not be considered politically correct these days as they highlight the "wolf whistle" as well as some risky behavior by the soldiers in the scenes.
However, the drawings were one young GI's way of dealing with the stressors that come with training for and fighting in a war. And he was not above poking fun at his own troop: the 252nd Field Artillery Battalion. Corporal Overstreet was radio technician and photographer for his battalion.
Overstreet likely sent these on postcards on various leaves to the U.S., as mail abroad was not reliable. When he was in Europe, Overstreet was among the many to help liberate the victims of the Holocaust. Overstreet also collected German propaganda leaflets and postcards, which he later said was most helpful on trips to the bathroom where they were used as toilet paper.
In his later years, Overstreet went on to give lectures to school children on why the war was so devastating and the evils of the Nazi regime.
The 252nd was one of the 105mm howitzer battalions and that is most likely the gun depicted above.
This last image wasn't a post card, but rather a simple illustration of the realities of war. During his tour of duty Overstreet fought in France, Germany, and Holland (depicted in the scene below).
Some of these same sentiments, like the drudgery having to peel potatoes, was expressed in later comic strips like Beetle Bailey (1950) and really resonated with soldiers who had recently fought in WWII. It's rare to see drawings like these survive into the modern era. They certainly do give some more perspective on what it was like for American soldiers fighting in World War II.


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Norbert Weber – Im Lande der Morgenstille AKA In the Land of Morning Calm (1925)
This film was originally shot by Father Norbert Weber (1870-1956), head of the Missionary Benedictines, during his second visit to Korea in 1925 on some 15,000 meters of raw film. Fr. Weber was abbot of the archabbey of St. Ottilien in Germany and made the film in order to show the country, its culture, and the order's activities to people back in Germany. It was first screened there in 1927..
The film shows long-lost images of the early 20th-century Korean Peninsula, before the Korean War separated the North and South. The images include women spinning on cotton wheels, families making traditional tteok (rice cakes), a look at Dongsomun (Seoul's ancient East Gate), which was destroyed just years later, and missionary activities in what is now North Korean territory.
The footage was once stored in a German monastery, but later the Nazi government, which sided with Japan in World War II, tried to confiscate it because some of it could be interpreted as espousing a critical view toward the Japanese occupational regime in Korea. Fortunately, a monk saved the film, hiding it behind a stone wall in the basement before he died during the war. The film was rediscovered in 1975 during a renovation.
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Former HSU national president Michael Williamson was remanded in custody on Monday and the usual suspects were around to bleat about Craig Thomson. Peter Wicks from Wixxyleaks reports.
Monday, March 3 was to be D-Day for Michael Williamson — and, in a way, I suppose it was.
Williamson had his bail revoked on Monday and has been remanded in custody while awaiting his sentence to be handed down on the 28 March, after which it is expected to be spending even more time in custody.
The court heard how Williamson grew up in poverty and wished to spare his children the hardship of a life like he had as a child.
That, to me, seems like a totally plausible explanation for working hard to achieve a position and wage that would allow Williamson to bring his family up in the manner he desired.
What it does not justify, however, is ripping off of millions of dollars from union members who are merely working to provide for their own families.
The court also heard Williamson claim to have been sexually abused as a child by a priest and, at one point, during the police investigation into his activities also considered suicide.
There to take part in the festivities and catch up with some media pals was Marco Bolano.
Some were concerned about Bolano's mental status because of his alleged fragile state of mind that he claims causes him great stress due to the bullying he received when being stood down from his position as union secretary by a Federal Court Judge and then losing an election that was free of tampering.
Those fears were proven ill-founded as Bolano happily sat through the proceedings.
Others like the moronic shock-jocks who continue to sing Bolano's praises and were concerned for his finances now that he is out of a job also need not lose sleep.
It seems that the $200,000 plus per annum compensation payments funded by the taxpayer were enough to cover his flight — and probably a first class one at that.
It is not just Bolano who has been fronting up at court sessions either.
Some may remember that when Craig Thomson was found guilty in Magistrates court in Melbourne, there were a handful of protesters/attention seekers outside court waiting to hurl abuse at Thomson for the TV cameras.
The ringleader of this rent-a-crowd or motley crew some may remember hearing screeching like some sort of demented bogan banshee on the 6pm news was none other than Kylee Brehaut, Marco Bolano's partner, who can also be seen brawling whilst pregnant at union meetings in video's we've posted in the past.
There is a level of hypocrisy, or at least double standards when one stands in the street abusing someone accused of taking less than $20,000 a year from members, while their partner sits at home with his feet up collecting compensation of over $200,000 per annum. Alas, Kylee clearly does not see that.
Members who have contacted me claim that Bolano's name is so far below the level normally associated with mud in Victoria that Brehaut will be campaigning for the position of Secretary of Number 1 branch in his place.
I don't think the members will be fooled by that.
Another friend of Brehauts and Bolano's was also there to see the Williamson court appearance.
Kate McClymont was there to report on the events and at the same time give herself credit for her part in the story — despite much of her part not stacking up.
Some may remember McClymonts article on the sorry plight of Brehaut and Bolano from July 2012, or my reaction to her disgraceful cheerleader antics.
McClymont even started that article claiming Bolano had lost his job, he was in fact stood down from his position by a Federal Court Judge.
On March 1, McClymont again gives herself a big pat on the back, stating in her article:
'Strike Force Carnarvon was formed in 2011 after Fairfax Media revealed both men received American Express cards from a major supplier to the union, which may have constituted a secret commission, a jailable offence.'
McClymont has often written about the 'Fairfax Investigation' that uncovered these credit cards.
Call it a hunch, or call it logic, but I don't think there was much an 'investigation', as such.
I am of the opinion that McClymont's investigation went about as far as having a conversation with Kathy Jackson.
If there was an investigation, why did Williamson's mistress Cheryl McMillan's name not surface? She too had one of the cards and I would assume McClymont would have been all over that like a rash were it uncovered.
The reason McMillan's name didn't come up, I assume, is because Kathy Jackson would have had no idea of McMillan's involvement with the cards.
Anyway, for those wondering why McClymont is suddenly using the word 'may' in relation to the secret commissions — it is because they ended up being invoiced services, as my investigations showed. Some of those invoices are on my Jacksonville resource page, and all of them are with Strike Force Carnarvon.
My investigations weren't that complex — all I did was ask the question.
This would be the reason why John and Carron Gilleland from Communigraphix were never charged with anything — despite McClymont's series of articles portraying them as villains.
I note with amusement that McClymont, in her 1 March article, now has the Gilleland's helping police, stating:
'After the police investigation started, Williamson instructed the suppliers, John and Carron Gilleland, to destroy any American Express card statements. They refused and instead assisted police.'
Perhaps the Gilleland's, then, are the real whistleblowers in this sorry saga?
McClymont's mission, however, is ongoing.
Not one to let a sleeping dog lie, McClymont can't resist using Williamson's guilt as an excuse to have another shot at Craig Thomson.
Thomson, as we know, is awaiting sentencing — which is due to be handed down on the 18th March.
I don't think that there has ever been anyone in Australia undergo the level of investigation that Craig Thomson has. This has come from police in two states, journalists, private detectives, Fair Work Commission, political opponents, and the union itself. It has also been an ongoing investigation that has been more intensive and more expensive than the investigation into serial killer Ivan Milat and the backpacker murders.
However in her 1 March, article McClymont makes this bold claim:
The truth of the matter is that he and Craig Thomson, his (Williamson's) former underling at the union, who is also facing imprisonment, got away with far more than they have been pinged for.
This is not a criticism of police, who have done a remarkable job, it is just a reality. Potential witnesses have died and documents have been destroyed.
A reality?
Do you have anything at all to back that claim up? Names, documents, photo's, video, affidavits; any evidence whatsoever?
Is it now the accepted practice to just make shit up, throw it out in print and hope some of it sticks?
In another recent article of McClymont's she talks of accountability and how the main stream media is more accountable than those in the "blogosphere".
I have a page specifically to post up the evidence and documentation to back up my work, something lacking from the mainstream media. If I made a wild claim like the above from McClymont, I would soon find myself in court defending a defamation suit.
McClymont used to hold the title of "investigative journalist" at Fairfax — that title has now become "senior reporter". I can only suggest why.
Personally, I'm not surprised at McClymont's obvious bias and cheap shots, but I do expect a higher standard from Fairfax.
Just as well we have McClymont's much despised "blogosphere" to rely on, I guess.
You can follow Peter Wicks on Twitter @madwixxy.
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Town in the country of Hamath. It is now an insignificant hamlet, known as Riblah, in the Baḳa'ah, the broad valley between the two ranges of Lebanon and Hermon, and on the eastern shore of Nahr el-'Aṣi (Orontes), thirty-five miles northeast of Baalbek. Its position on the banks of a mountain stream, in the center of a vast and fertile plain, and close to the road leading from Egypt and Palestine to Babylon, rendered it a frequent resting-place for the armies of the Egyptian and Babylonian kings. It was at Riblah that Pharaoh-nechoh, after having defeated Josiah at Megiddo, put the latter's successor, Jehoahaz, in "bands" that he might not reign in Jerusalem (II Kings xxiii. 33). It was at Riblah also that Nebuchadnezzar established his headquarters when his army besieged Jerusalem (586
Most modern expounders (Ewald, Smend, Cornill, and others) read "Riblah" instead of the Masoretic "Diblatah" (the accusative of "Diblah") in Ezek. vi. 14 The location of Diblah is unknown. In Num. xxxiv. 11 a place named "Ha-Riblah" (with the article) is mentioned among the villages forming the borders of the Promised Land. But as this Riblah is situated on the eastern boundary it can not be identical with Riblah in Hamath. It is difficult to determine the location of the Riblah mentioned in this passage.


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In loving memory of Alexis:
My heart is hurting tonight. My daughter and her husband lost their beautiful little dog, Alexis today. She passed after a short illness. She was smart, loving and a pure joy to be around. My puppy Holly and Alexis were best friends. She was a part of our family. Alexis will be missed. Please keep my daughter and her husband in your thoughts. They are both feeling the pain of the loss.
I was asked by a family member if I would build a baseball display shelf for their son. He is an outstanding baseball player and loves the Chicago Cubs. I designed this 14 ball display and built it today.
I was originally just going to build it then I decided some of you may be interested in making one so I put together some plans. The plans are not like my normal patterns because this is largely a woodworking project. I include enough information in the plans that you should be able to build this without too much difficulty if you have the tools.
I am also including the blank template for the baseball bat topper. I added the young man's name to the bat. If you want to use the template you can add a custom name using Inkscape or other software.
I used pocket hole joinery for part of the build. Where there were 45-degree angles I just used glue and brad nails. All the angle cuts are 45-degrees to keep things simple.
I purchased the lumber from Home Depot. I designed the shelves to be 3.75" deep. This makes it easy because you can buy the 1X4 boards off the shelf. Of course they are actually .75 X 3.75 so all you need to do is cut to length,
The recesses for the balls are 1.25" in diameter and 3/8" deep. If you do not have a forstner or spade bit you could cut these with the scroll saw.
I did not include it in the plans but I added a base to the baseball bat so it can just sit on the top of the shelf. I did not want it attached in case Bryce does not want it.
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About 15 years ago my Mema made me a beautiful crocheted tablecloth. It must have taken her hours and hours to create the intricate design and I've always felt so touched by the gift. Over the years she's knitted blankets and even sewn quilts for me, but the crocheted tablecloth has had a special place in my heart.
The only problem, is that it isn't in a style I usually use so I'm not sure how to style it. I thought perhaps I might not be the only grand daughter who's unsure how to use their grandma's tablecloth, and so I set out to style a summer tablescape with the crochet at it's center. The end result was so pretty that I'm kicking myself for not doing this sooner! It'd be just darling for a brunch or maybe a lunch with your girlfriends… better yet, call up Mema and invite her over dinner using this scheme! However you celebrate, I hope the style inspires you to bring your crocheted or lace overlays out of the linen closet and put them to good use! ~Rachel
Since my overlay is a taupe color I knew I wanted to do a more muted base and then really highlight a great pop of color (in this case teal!) I started with a white tablecloth and then put the crocheted tablecloth on top.
The whole color inspiration came from these cool teal cups I found at Pier One. They were so fun I decided to use them and once I saw how great the muted tones and the teal played off each other I knew I was on to something. I added matching napkins and used a few richer brown pieces to anchor everything.
I created simple monogram seating cards with white card stock to top my color splash style napkins. This is such an easy accessory and it also adds a little modern touch to the crocheted tablecloth making the style a bit fresher than what you might normally see.
The centerpiece was utterly simple… white peonies (get a couple bunches of whatever is in season at your grocery store) dropped down inside a glass water pitcher. The flowers were surrounded by some votive candles for another anchor of brown.


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The Congress That's Never There
The 112th Congress was widely regarded as the worst Congress ever. The 113th -- which is just 58 days old, but will go into recess on Friday as the sequester hits -- is taking do-nothingness to the next level, because it has done nothing to stop the deliberately stupid cuts of the sequester from happening.
The 112th Congress was widely regarded as the worst Congress ever. The 113th -- which is just 58 days old, but will go into recess on Friday as the sequester hits -- is taking do-nothingness to the next level, because it has done nothing to stop the deliberately stupid cuts of the sequester from happening. 58 days is actually giving our legislators more credit than they're due: Congress has been in session just 23 of the 60 days so far in 2013. As the calendar at right shows, Congress takes most of the year off: the days shaded orange indicate when the House has been out of session over the past year. Don't worry, the impending series of fiscal crises has not been much of an inconvenience to their schedule: the House began a three-day weekend today, enjoys a four-day weekend next week, and then goes on a two-week vacation starting on March 22, even though government funding runs out March 27.
This lackadaisical work schedule galls not just because the public looks on at D.C. and wonders why Speaker John Boehner and President Obama don't bother to make a deal, but because the House Republicans have declared victory by showing up, cheering along as Boehner publicly declared he would not negotiate at all with Obama. Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise told The New York Times' Ashley Parker: "I think Friday will be an important day that shows we're finally willing to stand and fight for conservative principles and force Washington to start living within its means. And that will be a big victory." South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney told The Times, "He's doing exactly what he said he was going to do, and I think it's working to our favor and to his." Idaho Rep. Raúl R. Labrador said Republicans were happy their leader was no longer a pawn of the White House: "I think he realized the president of the United States was using him as a tool for his own benefit and was not actually in a partnership with him, and he also realized that we in the House were not happy with what was coming out of those negotiations." NBC News' First Read observes, "A conspiracy theorist might conclude that politicians want the cuts to go through while not getting blamed for them."
According to the Washington Times' Futility Index, the last congress was the least-productive ever. They had a lot of off-time, but they also wasted their on-time.
At its peaks, Congress adopted more than 200 conference reports in a two-year session, the Senate met for nearly 3,000 hours while the House met for nearly 2,500 hours, and the chambers combined to enact more than 1,000 laws.
But in 2011 and 2012, Congress produced just 10 conference reports, the Senate met for little more than 2,000 hours and the House for 1,700, and the two chambers combined to enact fewer than 230 laws.
One of the laws enacted was the Budget Control Act of 2011, which created a supercommittee tasked with coming up with a deficit-reduction deal that would replace the sequester. As the supercommittee approached its deadline, talks devolved into Republicans and Democrats fighting over how they would break the news they had failed: press conference or written statement?
More nothingness is coming. Rep. Paul Ryan has promised to use the debt ceiling -- as in, not raise it to pay bills the U.S. owes -- to get more spending cuts for Obama. And if Congress does nothing at the end of this month, we'll have a government shutdown.


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Republican Use Dirty Tricks, Crack Down on Ron Paul and Gary Johnson in State Courts
The Republican Party is running scared. Either that or they think the country is better served by restricting voter choice to only those candidates they want to appear on the ballot. Could this be the same party that is supposed to totally support the Constitution and personal freedoms?
In Iowa, the Republican Secretary of State is attempting to remove Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson from the presidential ballot because leaving Johnson on the ballot "will cause "irreparable harm to other candidates and political parties who must compete against him." In Virginia, Gary Johnson was successful in fighting a GOP attempt to remove him from the ballot.
In Oklahoma, the Republican Attorney General is attempting to remove Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party candidate for President from the ballot tying him to Americans Elect. Meanwhile, in Michigan, Johnson has to sue the Republican Secretary of State because she says he missed the filing deadline by three minutes.
In Pennsylvania, the state Republican Party is challenging validity of signatures even though more than double the required number were turned in. As for Ohio, the GOP is suing to remove Libertarian Gary Johnson from the presidential ballot.
Washington State's turn-a-bout is fair play. The Libertarian Party is suing the GOP that is a minority party under state law, and therefore the party's presidential candidate does not qualify for the ballot.
In Nevada, the GOP is worried about "None of the Above" because the state Republican Party "fears "none" could siphon votes from the Republican candidates." "None of the Above" has appeared as a choice on all Nevada ballots since 1976 as a mean for Nevadans to express dissatisfaction with the choice of candidates. "None" cannot be declared the winner even if it receives the highest number of votes.
Why is the Republican Party doing this? Do they believe they fielded weak candidates who cannot stand on their own in close races? Do they not truly believe in freedom of choice and want to restrict, through any means necessary, voter choice? Have they forgotten what freedom really means? Or maybe they've gone off the deep end and don't know how to get back on solid ground.


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Johannesburg - South African Airways has won first place in the business class white wine section of Global Traveler's prestigious "Wine on the Wing" competition and placed second in the red wine section, securing an overall second place for the best business class wine offering on international routes.
The announcement was made yesterday by US-based Global Traveler, the only ABC-audited magazine for business and luxury travellers. Organised for the eighth time, the annual blind tasting competition was judged in New York by 28 wine experts from a range of vinicultural professions. In total, 29 major airlines from around the world participated, providing 134 samples for tasting.
SAA's Driehoek Sauvignon Blanc 2011 was the winner in the business class white wine section, beating offerings by several global airlines. In the business class red wine category, SAA came second.
"Coming hard on the heels of the latest Skytrax Awards which confirmed SAA's standing as the best airline in Africa for the tenth year in a row and recognised our staff service as the best on the continent for the third year in succession, these wine awards again prove that we measure ourselves with the best in the world," said Theunis Potgieter, SAA's Commercial General Manager. "Because we are always working to make flying SAA a fantastic experience, we put immense effort into choosing excellent local wines, sourcing menus from some of our country's best chefs, and ensuring that our in-flight personnel offer truly South African hospitality on board every flight."
SAA was placed second in the overall evaluation of wines offered on international business class flights, ahead of several well-known airlines. "These awards reemphasise the important role that SAA plays in helping promote South Africa's wine industry. Every year we host the SAA Wine Awards through which we eventually select the wines that we serve on board our flights," said Potgieter.
"We are incredibly proud of our wine survey and the success of South African Airways," said Francis X. Gallagher, publisher and CEO of Global Traveler. "A big congratulation to SAA who for many years and from personal experience has some of the finest wines in the air. The survey continues to grow year after year, and our readers value this information."


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Kirkland, WA, March 6, 2013– Acumatica, a leading global provider of cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and financial software, today announced a new product integration with Box to simplify cloud collaboration and file sharing for small to medium sized businesses. Developed and offered by SiPD Services, a prominent cloud-based ERP integrator and distributor in Canada, the new integration toolkit is now available for Acumatica's cloud ERP suite, Acumatica 4.0.
With single sign-on and Active Directory functionality, Acumatica users can gain full access to their Box accounts from within the Acumatica environment, ensuring that changes made to files on one platform are immediately synced on the other. As a result, users can spend most of their time in Acumatica, while still getting the benefits of Box in a seamless, integrated experience.
SiPD announced the availability of the Box integration during the Spring Training Summit events surrounding the release of Acumatica 4.0, the broadest, most extensive cloud ERP product release in the company's history.
"There's a smarter, more efficient way to manage your files, and features such as secure content sharing, mobile access and version tracking really make sense for cloud ERP users," said Pierre Dussault, President at Services SiPD. "Acumatica and Box were designed from the get-go with businesses in mind. Integrating both platforms is a match made in heaven!"
"Integration between Acumatica and Box.com allows me to move my entire business to the cloud," said Ehren Dimitry, President of AME Corporation and an Acumatica 4.0 customer. "Using the cloud, we save money on infrastructure and give everybody controlled access to process flows, inventory, sales orders, shared files, and more. The cloud has become a real advantage for us in the marketplace, and Acumatica 4.0 will help us leverage that advantage even more."
"We have a vibrant and innovative partner ecosystem built around Acumatica," said Christian Lindberg, VP Partner Solutions. "Developing applications for Acumatica 4.0 allows our partners to access our latest technologies and deliver true competitive advantage to their customers. We congratulate SiPD with bringing their innovative Box App to the marketplace."
SiPD uses Acumatica Studio, the technology development platform, which is unique in the cloud ERP marketplace, as it enables ISVs and OEMs competitive advantage and fast time-to-market for developing and integrating cloud-based apps using industry standard tools.
SiPD's Box Integration for Acumatica 4.0 is available today for Acumatica's channel partners (ISVs, VARs, OEMs) for their SMB customers. Visit Box Apps Marketplace for additional information about the SiPD/Acumatica app.
About SiPD Services
SIPD Services, based in Montreal, Quebec, is a prominent integrator that has developed a French Canadian version of Acumatica's cloud-based ERP, a comprehensive EDI module, Box.com integration, and integration to Nubis, a bilingual Canadian payroll module – by using Acumatica's ISV customization tools. SiPD's products are fully integrated with Acumatica, providing the same familiar user-interface as other Acumatica applications. Through their broad and diverse experience with Acumatica, the SIPD Services team of professionals also provides customization and support services to other Acumatica users across the world. SiPD was named winner of Acumatica's Cloud Visionary Award in 2011. Learn more by visiting www.servicessipd.com.
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Founded in 2008, Acumatica is a leading provider of adaptable cloud ERP applications for small and midsized businesses (SMBs). Acumatica's browser-based cloud ERP apps (financials, distribution, CRM, and project accounting suites) are optimized for ease of use, adaptability, speed, and security. Acumatica Cloud Platform, the technology development platform, gives ISVs and OEMs competitive advantage and fast time-to-market for developing and integrating cloud-based apps using industry standard tools. Unlike other SaaS ERP vendors, Acumatica is the only cloud ERP solution to offer businesses unparalleled adaptability, from choice of deployment, to device independence, to unlimited users, to licensing, integration, and customization options. Delivered through a global channel partner network of VARs, ISVs, and OEMs, Acumatica is available in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with global affiliates in Europe, South East Asia, and the Middle East. With U.S. headquarters in Kirkland, Washington, and software engineering based in Moscow, Russia, Acumatica has been named a Red Herring Top 100 Global Tech Company. Learn more by visiting www.acumatica.com.