For many people, philanthropy is something that is very important in daily life. If you are one of those people then you likely wish to include charitable gifting in your estate plan as well. Along with fulfilling your personal philanthropic goals, charitable gifting can also provide a number of tax advantages when properly incorporated into your estate plan.
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Owens & Minor is a Fortune 500 healthcare supply distribution company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. In 2002, Owens & Minor generated $3.96 billion in revenue. As the leading distributor of medical and surgical supplies in the US, Owens & Minor serves over 4,000 hospital and healthcare customers from 41 distribution centers. Owens & Minor prioritizes its mission, vision, and values of serving customers, partners, employees and shareholders with integrity and trust. For the year, Owens & Minor reported income of $47.2 million and earnings per share of $1.40 on net sales of $3.96 billion.
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For many people, philanthropy is something that is very important in daily life. If you are one of those people then you likely wish to include charitable gifting in your estate plan as well. Along with fulfilling your personal philanthropic goals, charitable gifting can also provide a number of tax advantages when properly incorporated into your estate plan.
Antioxidants per Calorie - Table of FoodsRussell James
The document discusses antioxidants per calorie (ORAC per calorie) in various foods based on data from the USDA. It notes that ORAC per calorie is an important measurement as total antioxidant intake is limited by total calorie intake. Some foods high in antioxidants by weight are less attractive when considering antioxidants per calorie due to their calorie density. The table provided lists 287 foods and their ORAC and calorie levels per 100g, allowing calculation of ORAC per calorie. Berries are highlighted in red as they generally have the highest ORAC per calorie of foods that can be eaten in significant quantities.
NCE Summer Leadership Institute - Major Gifts and Planned GivingDave Tinker, CFRE
Dave Tinker, CFRE's slides for presentation on how Arc chapter leaders can start up a major gifts and planned giving program.
Presentation given on 7/25/14 at the National Conference of Executives (NCE) of the Arc of the US's Summer Leadership Institute in Chicago.
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Visit http://go.donorpro.com/fundraising-crm-demo-donorpro to schedule a live demonstration.
Owens & Minor is a Fortune 500 healthcare supply distribution company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. In 2002, Owens & Minor generated $3.96 billion in revenue. As the leading distributor of medical and surgical supplies in the US, Owens & Minor serves over 4,000 hospital and healthcare customers from 41 distribution centers. Owens & Minor prioritizes its mission, vision, and values of serving customers, partners, employees and shareholders with integrity and trust. For the year, Owens & Minor reported income of $47.2 million and earnings per share of $1.40 on net sales of $3.96 billion.
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The document discusses various business succession planning techniques for business owners looking to exit their companies. It covers exit planning, why timing is important, challenges during and after life, and techniques like buy-sell agreements, family limited partnerships, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, employee stock ownership plans, and 412i defined benefit pension plans. The goal is to help owners transfer their businesses and maximize value while addressing tax and legal issues.
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This document provides an overview of unclaimed property and escheat laws. It defines key terms like dormancy period, holder, and escheat. It explains that while unclaimed property is not technically a tax, it functions similarly to a tax for states. The document outlines North Carolina's unclaimed property law, including property deemed abandoned, when the law applies, exclusions, reporting requirements, audits, and voluntary disclosure programs. It emphasizes the importance of retaining counsel if audited and attempting to limit an audit's scope.
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This document provides a grading grid for assessing student work on three criteria:
1) Explanation, analysis, and argument - It outlines four levels of achievement from basic to excellent in discussing concepts and relating creative outcomes to media theory.
2) Use of examples - It describes expectations for the range and relevance of examples from the student's own production used to illustrate theoretical ideas.
3) Use of terminology - It establishes standards for using conceptual language from minimal to excellent usage of relevant terms.
The document discusses several audience theories and how they apply to a media production project. The Hypodermic Needle Theory is deemed least useful because the target audience is active online and able to choose their own media. The Uses and Gratification Theory is considered most useful because the production can have different meanings and audiences would watch for different needs like entertainment and personal identity. Audience Reception Theory shows the key messages conveyed about genre, storyline and audience were understood due to conventions used, though there was some negotiated reading of a character's fate due to an enigma code.
This document discusses several theories related to narrative, genre, representation, audience, and media language that could be applied to analyzing movie trailers. It summarizes each theory and provides an example of how the theory could partly or fully apply to teaser trailers. Some of the main theories discussed include Barthes' narrative theory, Todorov's stages of narrative, Propp's character types, Neale's genre theory, Mulvey's male gaze, and Saussure's semiotics.
- Research is important before making a media production to understand the product and industry conventions as well as how the production fits in the market.
- Different types of research include primary, secondary, qualitative, and quantitative research. Forms of research include internet research, focus groups, interviews, and book research.
- Internet research and focus groups were the most useful forms of research for understanding genre conventions and getting audience feedback to develop plans.
This document outlines a mark scheme for assessing responses to a question about media theory. It divides responses into four levels based on explanation/analysis/argument, use of examples, and use of terminology. Level 1 answers lack clarity or relevance and make minimal use of theory. Level 2 answers show basic understanding but limited relevance, examples, history, or future discussion. Level 3 answers are clearly relevant and develop a proficient argument using examples, history and the future. Level 4 answers offer a clear and fluent discussion integrating theory, examples, history and the future throughout the response.
Web 2.0 has had a huge impact by enabling user generated content, wisdom of crowds, vast data, participation architecture, network effects and openness. It has shifted culture and economy away from mainstream products towards niche markets in the "long tail". Examples include niche games online rather than console games, and niche films on sites like Kickstarter rather than mainstream films in stores. More people can now participate in and contribute to culture online through collaboration and sharing. Examples include music streaming sites like iTunes where people can publish, buy and comment on music.
Web 2.0 has led to an ever-increasing amount of data online from both professional producers and consumers. This data is highly valuable to many web applications but some fear we may drown in data. Web 2.0 also utilizes the "wisdom of crowds" where large groups of internet users can collaboratively create accurate information like on Wikipedia. Many web 2.0 sites also use open collaboration models like wikis and blogs that allow open participation. As more people use networks, their value increases through network effects and users are more likely to find useful information due to power laws and the long tail effect.
The document provides a brief history of the development of the Internet from its origins in the 1960s with ARPANET to modern technologies and websites. It traces major developments like the creation of email in 1971, the world wide web in 1991, popularization of web browsing in the 1990s, and the rise of social media sites from the 2000s like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. The document also includes definitions of Web 2.0 that emphasize user interactivity, collaboration, and sharing of user-generated content online.
The document summarizes the creation and evaluation of promotional materials for a teen drama film, including a teaser trailer, poster, and magazine cover. The key elements that linked the materials together included consistent fonts, color schemes, characters, and slogans. Audience feedback indicated the poster was most effective at promoting the film due to its bold design and appeal to the target genre, while the magazine cover was less successful and could be improved by incorporating consistent colors and links to drive online engagement. Overall, the typography and color schemes best conveyed the connection between the promotional pieces, according to feedback.
These images are suitable for magazine covers and thumbnails as they were taken with natural or film noir lighting fitting the realistic or thriller tones. The costumes, props, and expressions fit the genres portrayed. When editing the images, techniques used included removing backgrounds, airbrushing faces, removing red-eye, adding blurs to make certain elements stand out, adjusting saturation, and shaping thumbnails into circles. Stickers were also edited by rotating, selecting parts to peel up, adding shadows and warps to make them appear folded.
These images are suitable for magazine covers and thumbnails based on their lighting and composition. The first three images taken in natural lighting would work well as main covers, while the fourth noir-style image could be used as a thumbnail. The costumes, props, and expressions capture the tone of the portrayed film well.
The document describes the steps taken to design a magazine cover in Adobe InDesign. These steps include:
1) Creating a silver border and pale blue background rectangle.
2) Inserting a masthead created using Dafont and placing it on the background.
3) Adding a barcode and information box created from an online generator.
4) Adding a tagline above the masthead using alternating colors.
5) Using a bucket list image to create a gradient effect on the masthead.
6) Adjusting and placing the main text block.
The document discusses various business succession planning techniques for business owners looking to exit their companies. It covers exit planning, why timing is important, challenges during and after life, and techniques like buy-sell agreements, family limited partnerships, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, employee stock ownership plans, and 412i defined benefit pension plans. The goal is to help owners transfer their businesses and maximize value while addressing tax and legal issues.
DonorPro WebSolutions helps nonprofits build responsive websites to engage supporters and tell their story. They design sites with clear calls to action, online donation forms, and content management systems so clients can easily update their sites. DonorPro handles a 12-week design process, training, and ongoing customer support to launch sites that share an organization's mission and increase engagement and donations.
This publication is a collaborative effort of the Waterloo-Wellington LEAVE A LEGACY™, a program of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP-ACPDP™), to provide valuable information to the readers on planned gifting and charitable giving.
This document provides an overview of unclaimed property and escheat laws. It defines key terms like dormancy period, holder, and escheat. It explains that while unclaimed property is not technically a tax, it functions similarly to a tax for states. The document outlines North Carolina's unclaimed property law, including property deemed abandoned, when the law applies, exclusions, reporting requirements, audits, and voluntary disclosure programs. It emphasizes the importance of retaining counsel if audited and attempting to limit an audit's scope.
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This document defines inflation and describes different types of inflation including wage, cost-push, pricing power, and sectoral inflation. It identifies several causes of inflation such as excess money printing, increased production and labor costs, interest burden from borrowing, high taxes, demand outpacing supply, and supply shocks. The document outlines fiscal and monetary policy measures that governments use to control inflation including increasing interest rates, reducing the money supply, increasing taxes, decreasing government spending, and implementing direct wage controls.
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Follow up slides from PENN LAW ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEGAL CLINIC AT NEXTFAB
http://nextfab.ticketleap.com/penn-law-entrepreneurial-legal-clinic-at-nextfab/details
This document provides a grading grid for assessing student work on three criteria:
1) Explanation, analysis, and argument - It outlines four levels of achievement from basic to excellent in discussing concepts and relating creative outcomes to media theory.
2) Use of examples - It describes expectations for the range and relevance of examples from the student's own production used to illustrate theoretical ideas.
3) Use of terminology - It establishes standards for using conceptual language from minimal to excellent usage of relevant terms.
The document discusses several audience theories and how they apply to a media production project. The Hypodermic Needle Theory is deemed least useful because the target audience is active online and able to choose their own media. The Uses and Gratification Theory is considered most useful because the production can have different meanings and audiences would watch for different needs like entertainment and personal identity. Audience Reception Theory shows the key messages conveyed about genre, storyline and audience were understood due to conventions used, though there was some negotiated reading of a character's fate due to an enigma code.
This document discusses several theories related to narrative, genre, representation, audience, and media language that could be applied to analyzing movie trailers. It summarizes each theory and provides an example of how the theory could partly or fully apply to teaser trailers. Some of the main theories discussed include Barthes' narrative theory, Todorov's stages of narrative, Propp's character types, Neale's genre theory, Mulvey's male gaze, and Saussure's semiotics.
- Research is important before making a media production to understand the product and industry conventions as well as how the production fits in the market.
- Different types of research include primary, secondary, qualitative, and quantitative research. Forms of research include internet research, focus groups, interviews, and book research.
- Internet research and focus groups were the most useful forms of research for understanding genre conventions and getting audience feedback to develop plans.
This document outlines a mark scheme for assessing responses to a question about media theory. It divides responses into four levels based on explanation/analysis/argument, use of examples, and use of terminology. Level 1 answers lack clarity or relevance and make minimal use of theory. Level 2 answers show basic understanding but limited relevance, examples, history, or future discussion. Level 3 answers are clearly relevant and develop a proficient argument using examples, history and the future. Level 4 answers offer a clear and fluent discussion integrating theory, examples, history and the future throughout the response.
Web 2.0 has had a huge impact by enabling user generated content, wisdom of crowds, vast data, participation architecture, network effects and openness. It has shifted culture and economy away from mainstream products towards niche markets in the "long tail". Examples include niche games online rather than console games, and niche films on sites like Kickstarter rather than mainstream films in stores. More people can now participate in and contribute to culture online through collaboration and sharing. Examples include music streaming sites like iTunes where people can publish, buy and comment on music.
Web 2.0 has led to an ever-increasing amount of data online from both professional producers and consumers. This data is highly valuable to many web applications but some fear we may drown in data. Web 2.0 also utilizes the "wisdom of crowds" where large groups of internet users can collaboratively create accurate information like on Wikipedia. Many web 2.0 sites also use open collaboration models like wikis and blogs that allow open participation. As more people use networks, their value increases through network effects and users are more likely to find useful information due to power laws and the long tail effect.
The document provides a brief history of the development of the Internet from its origins in the 1960s with ARPANET to modern technologies and websites. It traces major developments like the creation of email in 1971, the world wide web in 1991, popularization of web browsing in the 1990s, and the rise of social media sites from the 2000s like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. The document also includes definitions of Web 2.0 that emphasize user interactivity, collaboration, and sharing of user-generated content online.
The document summarizes the creation and evaluation of promotional materials for a teen drama film, including a teaser trailer, poster, and magazine cover. The key elements that linked the materials together included consistent fonts, color schemes, characters, and slogans. Audience feedback indicated the poster was most effective at promoting the film due to its bold design and appeal to the target genre, while the magazine cover was less successful and could be improved by incorporating consistent colors and links to drive online engagement. Overall, the typography and color schemes best conveyed the connection between the promotional pieces, according to feedback.
These images are suitable for magazine covers and thumbnails as they were taken with natural or film noir lighting fitting the realistic or thriller tones. The costumes, props, and expressions fit the genres portrayed. When editing the images, techniques used included removing backgrounds, airbrushing faces, removing red-eye, adding blurs to make certain elements stand out, adjusting saturation, and shaping thumbnails into circles. Stickers were also edited by rotating, selecting parts to peel up, adding shadows and warps to make them appear folded.
These images are suitable for magazine covers and thumbnails based on their lighting and composition. The first three images taken in natural lighting would work well as main covers, while the fourth noir-style image could be used as a thumbnail. The costumes, props, and expressions capture the tone of the portrayed film well.
The document describes the steps taken to design a magazine cover in Adobe InDesign. These steps include:
1) Creating a silver border and pale blue background rectangle.
2) Inserting a masthead created using Dafont and placing it on the background.
3) Adding a barcode and information box created from an online generator.
4) Adding a tagline above the masthead using alternating colors.
5) Using a bucket list image to create a gradient effect on the masthead.
6) Adjusting and placing the main text block.
This document defines key terms used in magazine design and layout. The masthead contains the magazine title and is the most eye-catching element. Cover lines draw audience attention and inform them of magazine contents. The main cover line anchors the meaning of the main image, usually featuring the lead article. Additional design elements include thumbnail images to generate interest, buzzwords to attract attention, and information bars with issue details. Header and footer bars highlight magazine content.
This shot was taken for camera set-up and evaluation purposes. The lighting in the shot was deemed to be bad, and the content cannot be seen clearly. The lighting of the scene will need to be reconsidered for the actual production.
This shot shows characters on a sofa near a computer by a window and is an interesting angle, but the camera may need adjusting to be properly framed. Pairing this shot with another could make the activity clearer, and a similar shot will likely be used in the production.
This scene shows characters running towards the camera near a lake and provides some context for their actions, but it may need to be paired with another shot of them jumping in the lake to make their purpose clear. The shot is also a bit long so it would need to be shortened if used. Overall, it is likely this shot will be used in the production.
This shot shows characters completing an activity by a lake but the zoom is not successful and the clip is too long for a teaser trailer where clips should be short. While the shot will likely be used in the production, the distance will need adjustment and the zoom will need more care.
This shot is suitable for their video blog because it shows both the person participating in the activity of skateboarding and the other person filming, clearly establishing that they are making a video blog. It also has good framing that captures both the skateboarder and the skateboard in the shot. They will likely use similar scenes in their own production.
This shot is suitable for the production as the camera angle shows another character recording the event. There is good framing and focus on the main character Bethany. The shot length is also suitable for a teaser trailer as it isn't too long. This shot will likely be used in the production.
1. Ownership Issues
Issues Independent Studios Major Studios
1. How easily/
widely can films be
distributed?
Harder – They have a lower budget than larger
companies so with high prices to distribute and
the fact that they don’t have other integrations
puts them at a disadvantage.
It depends on the type of distribution and the price
of said method (e.g. television would be more
expensive than just DVD)
Easier – because of vertical integration it is possible
that they own a distribution company (e.g. Disney –
Disney Channel)
However if they don’t they have enough money to
distribute in means they wish.
2. How profitable
are the releases for
the company?
Low Profit – Instead of a larger productions, Niche
films are made so there is a lower target audience
so that would lead to lower profit.
Also there would be no reputation which would
also lead to less profit.
High Profit – Due to well known identity as well as
previous film reputation there is a larger target
audience and therefore a larger profit.
They also gain profit due to their other owned
companies such as TV and Theme-parks.
3. How much
creative control do
the makers of the
films have over the
films they produce?
Low Control – The company has to rely on others
for funding which could be withdrawn at any
moment.
They also have little money to spend on their
desired effects.
However they don’t have to rely on other
producers so they have more overall control.
High Control – The company has enough money for
their effects as well as hiring the cast and crew they
desire so it is under their control.
However, if the film is based of another form of
media (e.g. book) then there is less control as the
author has more control over the final production.
4. How easy is it for
them to get
funding?
Hard – Because they wouldn’t have much profit
form previous productions, they would possibly
have to go to many external sources to gain secure
funding as well as persuade external companies to
fund their project.
Some companies may look over the proposal as it
most probably won’ t be what appeals to the mass
market
Easy – The have high income from previous
productions as well as willing supporters due to
positive reputations and previous productions that
have appealed to high market audiences.
Also because of both horizontal and vertical
integration they have multiple sources of income
and popularity.