ascii corporation ( 株式会社アスキー kabushiki kaisha asukī ) was a publishing company based in tokyo , japan .

it became a subsidiary of kadokawa group holdings in 2004 , and merged with another kadokawa subsidiary mediaworks on april 1 , 2008 , and became ascii media works .

the company published monthly ascii as the main publication .

ascii corporation

the name of this corporation is internet corporation for assigned names and numbers ( the “ corporation ” ) .
ascii corporation ( 株式会社アスキー kabushiki kaisha asukī ) is a company created in 1977 . in 2008 they merged with mediaworks to form ascii mediaworks .
and mediaworks was legally absorbed by ascii . on 1st october 2013 kadokawa corporation turned the company into an internal division .
the first international office is established when microsoft forms a strategic partnership with kazuhiko nishi , founder of ascii corporation in japan .
the ascii corporation were a japanese company that was formed in 1977 , in a co - operative merger with the nec company . this co - operative agreement was in order to create a japanese home computer system , called the msx . the ascii corporation was founded by kazuhiko nishi .
over time the market once held by ascii corporation shrunk considerably , and the company grew weaker in its market over time . in a complete change , the market possessed by ascii entertainment ( their us brand ) grew considerably . due to this success , another brand was formed by the ascii corporation . this company was known as ascii game entertainment technology , and was commonly abbreviated to agetec . after just over a year , agetec was sold off and managed to survive thanks to different company relationships .
ascii was originally founded in 1977 as a publisher of a magazine by the same name .
first commercial ascii - terminal capture / playback system , capbak / unix , in 1989 .
they are the president and the secretary , respectively , of internet corporation for assigned names and numbers , a california nonprofit public benefit corporation .
the first universal standard for computers , ascii ( american standard code for information exchange ) is developed by a joint industry - government committee . ascii permits machines from different manufacturers to exchange data .
in the following years the japanese market of ascii declined slowly while the us market became profitable and so another subsidiary was founded in 1998 . it became known as ' ascii game entertainment technology ' ,
in march 2002 , ascii corporation finally ceased to distribute and publish video games on the japanese market and started to center its attention around its early core competencies , it - and computer - magazines like the prestigious ascii - magazine . the software development branch was subsequently spun off as media leaves inc .
4 . the system as recited in claim 3 , wherein said translation means translates said codes into ascii files .
11 . the system as recited in claim 10 , wherein said translation device translates said codes into ascii files .
microsoft and hewlett - packard are sued by apple corporation . apple alleges copyright infringement .
kazuhiko nishi , president and founder of ascii , said that considering the current severe economic conditions , ascii is very fortunate to have a partner like csk . “this is the best christmas present i’ve received in my life , ” nishi said .
after two more years , in january 2004 , ascii , as well as its spin offs , media leaves inc . and
under canada’s corporate income tax system , the basic unit of taxation is the corporation as a stand - alone entity . there are several rationales for this approach : it is a simple definition ; the entity can be clearly identified ; the definition corresponds to the legal definition of the entity ; and it respects legal concepts such as the limited liability of a corporation . the separate - entity approach implies that income from one part of a corporation can be offset by losses from other activities within the same corporation , while losses by one corporation may not be used directly against the income of another corporation , even where the other corporation is in the same corporate group .
due to their success in the market , ascii decided to establish an u . s . subsidiary in 1991 which became known as
to the full extent permitted by the california nonprofit public benefit corporation law or any other applicable laws presently or hereafter in effect , no director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions in the performance of his or her duties as a director of the corporation . any repeal or modification of this article v shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing immediately prior to such repeal or modification .
november 1 , microsoft establishes its first international sales office in japan . microsoft appoints ascii microsoft , located in tokyo , as its exclusive sales agent for the far east . organizing the new operation is kazuhiko nishi , founder and publisher of japan ' s popular ascii magazine
during march 2002 , ascii chose to cease all game - based operations , and to return to their original field of work : computer systems . ascii also had a prestigious computer magazine , called ascii magazine . the rest of the company was eventually disposed of , for lack of a better term , as ' media leaves inc . ' . in 2004 , ascii and all of its subsidaries were purchased by kadokawa holdings . this movement by kadokawa made them the largest distributor of games , and gaming media , in the entire japanese market .
michael roberts becomes the first president and ceo of the internet corporation for assigned numbers ( icann ) .
references to
common stock
means the common stock , no par value , of asiarim corporation .
a signed original of this written statement required by section 906 has been provided to asiarim corporation , and will be retained by asiarim corporation and furnished to the securities and exchange commission or its staff upon request .
note : part i tax refers to the tax liability of a corporation as determined under part i of the income tax act , which is the principal component of a corporation’s federal income tax liability . source : department of finance
ascii , a character - encoding scheme originally based on the latin alphabet , became the most common character encoding on the world wide web through 2007 . ascii is the basis of most modern character - encoding schemes . the american standards association x3 . 2 subcommittee published the first edition of the ascii standard in 1963 . its first widespread commercial implementation was in the american telephone & telegraph ( at & t ) teletypewriter exchange network and teletype model 33 teleprinters .
the corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on ( i ) by a corporation exempt from united states income tax under § 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) of the code or ( ii ) by a corporation , contributions to which are deductible under § 170 ( c ) ( 2 ) of the code .
no substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda , or otherwise attempting to influence legislation , and the corporation shall be empowered to make the election under § 501 ( h ) of the code .
during the early years of the ascii corporation ' s existence , the group focused on developing the msx and different content for it . it also formed a joint venture with microsoft in 1979 , and represented microsoft in japan until 1986 when it went public and opened its own japanese office .
similarly , rules may also be needed regarding the utilization of tax attributes accumulated within a group when a corporation leaves a group for purposes of the group taxation system , or otherwise is no longer participating in the group taxation system . for example , it would need to be decided whether the corporation’s unused losses and other attributes incurred while the corporation was part of the group should stay with the corporate group or with the exiting corporation . this may be of more relevance for a consolidation system which facilitates pooling of tax attributes than for an attribute transfer system where tax attributes remain with the originating corporation even while the group exists .
president oracle corporation since 2004 , cfo oracle ( 2005 - 2008 , again since 2011 ) , member oracle board since 2001 .
the appropriate meaning of ownership to be applied for determining if a corporation meets the ownership threshold ( e . g . votes , value , or both ) .
other possible choices for the tax unit are the establishment or activity unit within a corporation , or the group of corporations which are economically integrated . the activity unit approach would treat each line of business as a separate source of income and tax each such source independently . such an approach would be rigid and complex in practice , as the dividing lines between a corporation’s different activity units would in many cases be unclear , and would not reflect that a corporation’s ability to pay tax depends on the overall results of all the corporation’s income - earning activities . the corporate group approach recognizes these cross - over effects from different lines of business and extends the principle beyond the confines of the legal entity .
no part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of or be distributable to its directors , trustees , officers , or other private persons , except that the corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in article ii hereof .
a decision would be needed regarding whether a formal system of group taxation should allow a corporate group to utilize the tax attributes of a corporation that were accumulated prior to the corporation’s joining the eligible group and participating in the group tax system , and if so , to what extent . depending on the specifics of the system design , such entries could occur , for example , when a corporation meets the qualifying criteria to participate in the system as part of a particular group , or because a formal election to participate is made .
the csk group , which earlier this year failed to realize a planned merger of sega and bandai co . , the nation’s top toy company , hopes to utilize software developed by ascii to diversify its services and meet demand for multimedia .
the on - board computer is connected to a wireless communication means that continuously or intermittently transmits the ascii files to a central network server connected to a wide area network , such as the internet . the central network server collects the ascii text files in a user database file . authorized users , such as the owner of the motor vehicle or representatives of the motor vehicle manufacturer may connect to the central network server and receive real time data or historical information from the user ' s database file .
the corporation shall not participate in , or intervene in ( including the publishing or distribution of statements ) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office .
yai dry battery limited partnership company received a patent for yai ' s battery invention in 1893 , giving birth to the japanese dry battery industry , and contributing to its growth . following this success , gs yuasa corporation and panasonic corporation pioneered a huge market of both primary and secondary batteries installed in industrial equipment and in home appliances . it advanced japanese battery industries and consumer electronics .
gapless metal oxide surge arrester ( mosa ) for electric power systems , 1975 meidensha corporation developed mosa and its mass production system by innovating on panasonic corporation’s zno varistor basic patent . mosa dramatically raised performance levels against multiple lightning strikes and contamination and led to the uhv protective device development . this technology contributed to improving the safety and reliability of electric power systems and to establishing the international standards .
in january , ascii will increase its capital by issuing 11 million new shares . the firm will allocate 5 . 5 million shares worth 4 . 79 billion yen to csk and 3 . 5 million shares worth 3 . 05 billion yen to sega , they said .
csk holds 20 percent of sega’s shares . by receiving the csk group’s investment , ascii hopes to strengthen its financial standing , which has been suffering from accumulated debts of 37 . 1 billion yen incurred through aggressive investment in diversified areas such as entertainment and real estate development .
the corporation shall operate in a manner consistent with these articles and its bylaws for the benefit of the internet community as a whole , carrying out its activities in conformity with relevant principles of international law and international conventions and applicable local law and through open and transparent processes that enable competition and open entry in internet - related markets . to this effect , the corporation shall cooperate as appropriate with relevant international organizations .
ascii corp . , a major game software maker and a publisher of computer magazines , will become part of the group led by major information service firm csk corp . by issuing new shares to csk and game machine giant sega enterprises ltd . , the three companies announced thursday .
upon the dissolution of the corporation , the corporation ' s assets shall be distributed for one or more of the exempt purposes set forth in article ii hereof and , if possible , to a § 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) organization organized and operated exclusively to lessen the burdens of government and promote the global public interest in the operational stability of the internet , or shall be distributed to a governmental entity for such purposes , or for such other charitable and public purposes that lessen the burdens of government by providing for the operational stability of the internet . any assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is then located , exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations , as such court shall determine , that are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes , unless no such corporation exists , and in such case any assets not disposed of shall be distributed to a § 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) corporation chosen by such court .
the government is interested in stakeholders’ views regarding whether eligible groups of corporations should have a common parent corporation , and if not , how groups without a common corporate parent should be treated in a group taxation system .
asiarim corporation ( the
company
) is a nevada corporation , incorporated on june 15 , 2007 . the company is currently a development stage enterprise , as defined by statement of financial accounting standard (
sfas
) no . 7
accounting and reporting for enterprises in the development stage
. the company ' s office is located in hong kong , china and its principal business is to provide business consulting services .
this corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person . it is organized under the nonprofit public benefit corporation law for charitable and public purposes . the corporation is organized , and will be operated , exclusively for charitable , educational , and scientific purposes within the meaning of § 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) of the internal revenue code of 1986 , as amended ( the “ code ” ) , or the corresponding provision of any future united states tax code . any reference in these articles to the code shall include the corresponding provisions of any future united states tax code . in furtherance of the foregoing purposes , and in recognition of the fact that the internet is an international network of networks , owned by no single nation , individual or organization , the corporation shall , except as limited by article iv hereof , pursue the charitable and public purposes of lessening the burdens of government and promoting the global public interest in the operational stability of the internet by carrying out the mission set forth in the bylaws of the corporation ( “ bylaws ” ) . such global public interest may be determined from time to time . any determination of such global public interest shall be made by the multistakeholder community through an inclusive bottom - up multistakeholder community process .
references to
company
,
asiarim
,
we
,
our
means asiarim corporation and include , unless the context requires or indicate otherwise , the operation of its subsidiaries ( all hereinafter defined ) .
in its early years ascii focused on the development of said hardware and software for it but later , when the video game market got rough in the mid - eighties , the company started to develop and publish software for popular gaming consoles of that time , namely the nintendo entertainment system and the sega genesis .
the rand corporation ' s paul baran develops message blocks in the u . s . , while donald watts davies , at the national physical laboratory in britain , simultaneously creates a similar technology called packet - switching . the technology revolutionizes data communications .
on june 25 , 1981 microsoft reorganizes into a privately held corporation with bill gates as president and chairman of the board , and paul allen as executive vice president . microsoft becomes microsoft , inc . , an incorporated business in the state of washington .
the government is interested in stakeholders’ views on what constraints would be appropriate on the use of existing pools of losses when an eligible group is formed , when a corporation enters or exits the group , and on a year - to - year basis .
august 1 , 1983 microsoft announces that jon shirley , 45 , has joined microsoft as president and chief operating officer and will be on the board from august 1 , to june 30 , . he is replacing james towne . shirley was previously with the tandy corporation
japan employs a “pooling” approach to consolidation . a corporate group is made up of a japanese parent corporation and its wholly - owned subsidiaries , employing an “all - in” rule . pre - consolidation losses of a subsidiary are canceled on entry into the consolidated group .
finally , 36 percent of year 2000 tax losses remained unused after seven years , either because the tax loss expired ( 11 percent ) , or because of a dissolution of the corporation incurring the loss or another restriction on the use of losses ( 25 percent ) .
host / host protocol for the arpa network [ pdf , 28pgs ] prepared for the network working group by alex mckenzie bbn january 1972 this is an
original
document , typed on a multiple - font typewriter with pasted - in artwork , appearing here as a pdf , to supplement the internet rfc version that is constrained to be ascii characters only .
countries with consolidation systems generally quarantine the attributes earned prior to a corporation’s entry into a group for purposes of the consolidation system . usually , such attributes can only be used to offset income earned in the corporation in which the attribute originated . another approach , followed in at least one country , is to limit the proportion of these attributes that can be used in a given year . countries with transfer systems generally similarly restrict the transfer of attributes accumulated while parties to the transfer did not meet the eligibility requirements for the group tax system .
in connection with the annual report of asiarim corporation a nevada corporation ( the
company
) on form 10 - ksb for the year ending september 30 , 2007 , as filed with the securities and exchange commission on the date hereof ( the
report
) , ho te hwai , chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the company , certifies to the best of his knowledge , pursuant to 18 u . s . c . ss . 1350 , as adopted pursuant to ss . 906 of the sarbanes - oxley act of 2002 , that :
internationalized domain name , idn ,
idns are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty - six letters of the basic latin alphabet
a - z
. an idn can contain latin letters with diacritical marks , as required by many european languages , or may consist of characters from non - latin scripts such as arabic or chinese . many languages also use other types of digits than the european
0 - 9
. the basic latin alphabet together with the european - arabic digits are , for the purpose of domain names , termed
ascii characters
( ascii = american standard code for information interchange ) . these are also included in the broader range of
unicode characters
that provides the basis for idns . the
hostname rule
requires that all domain names of the type under consideration here are stored in the dns using only the ascii characters listed above , with the one further addition of the hyphen
-
. the unicode form of an idn therefore requires special encoding before it is entered into the dns . the following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms : a domain name consists of a series of
labels
( separated by
dots
) . the ascii form of an idn label is termed an
a - label
. all operations defined in the dns protocol use a - labels exclusively . the unicode form , which a user expects to be displayed , is termed a
u - label
. the difference may be illustrated with the hindi word for
test
— परीका — appearing here as a u - label would ( in the devanagari script ) . a special form of
ascii compatible encoding
( abbreviated ace ) is applied to this to produce the corresponding a - label : xn - - 11b5bs1di . a domain name that only includes ascii letters , digits , and hyphens is termed an
ldh label
. although the definitions of a - labels and ldh - labels overlap , a name consisting exclusively of ldh labels , such as
urltoken
is not an idn .
we will strive to offer our clients the most technological edgar filing methods available . our edgar filing service will provide complete edgar conversion services and is available 24 hours a day , 7 days a week . we will offer all aspects of edgar i and ii ( ascii & html ) conversion and filings . we will market our service by word of mouth or on our website at urltoken
note : to read the pdf version you need adobe acrobat reader on your system . if the adobe download site is not accessible to you , you can download acrobat reader from an accessible page at : urltoken . if you choose not to use acrobat reader you can have the pdf file converted to html or ascii text by using one of the conversion services offered by adobe at urltoken .
the five million volt van de graaff generator represents the first large - scale program in nuclear physics established in industry . constructed by the westinghouse electric corporation in 1937 , it made possible precise measurements of nuclear reactions and provided valuable research experience for the company ' s pioneering work in nuclear power .
there are many elements to a country’s corporate income tax system other than its rules for corporate groups that can affect the ability of corporations to use tax losses . an important characteristic in this respect is the extent to which a corporation can carry - over its own losses ( table 5 ) .
technology : our tireless servant [ pdf files ] a set of public talks given by william c . norris , chairman and ceo of control data corporation , in 1977 - 78 , addressing employment , education , export policy , and the image of business , as well as urban and rural life .
on 16 december 1953 , the first television broadcast in western canada was transmitted from this site by the canadian broadcasting corporation ' s cbut channel 2 . the engineering experience gained here was instrumental in the subsequent establishment of the more than one thousand public and private television broadcasting sites that serve western canada today .
however , during the 1980s when the videogame market seemed to collapse , the group decided to focus on publishing japanese games for the popular consoles of the time - the most notable of these being the nintendo entertainment system and the sega genesis . the company reported success in this market , and chose to form an american branch of their company . this branch was formed in 1991 , and became known as ascii entertainment .
the translator device 14 includes an output cable 6 and plug 7 that connects to an rs 232 ( com ) port 22 on the on - board computer 20 . the translator device 14 includes a microprocessor and custom circuitry ( not shown ) that translate the signals from the motor vehicle ' s sensors 3 - 5 or computer module 7 to ascii text file capable of being used by the on - board computer 20 .
nhk ( japan broadcasting corporation ) began broadcasting emergency warning code signals in 1985 . the system embedded signals within am and fm radio broadcasts that provided reliable and prompt transmission of emergency warning information to the public . during the course of digital tv standardization , the warning codes were integrated into technical standards of international satellite and terrestrial broadcasting .
translator devices , also known as diagnostic scanners , are available that connect to the obd - ii connector plug and translate the diagnostic test signals into ascii files capable of being used by a personal computer . one translator device , known as autotap , is available from b & b electronics manufacturing company , of ottawa , ill . using this device , independent mechanics are able to connect to the obd - ii connector plug and obtain factory diagnostic service code information .
in 1930 , at tokyo institute of technology , drs . yogoro kato and takeshi takei invented ferrite , a magnetic ceramic compound containing oxides of iron and of other metals with properties useful in electronics . tdk corporation began mass production of ferrite cores in 1937 for use in radio equipment . the electric and electronics industries use ferrites in numerous applications today .
asiarim corporation , a nevada corporation , was formed on june 15 , 2007 . we are a development stage company , which have generated a modest revenue of $ 1 , 432 to date . we were formed to be a business consulting firm with a mission to provide business consulting services ( i . e . strategic business planning and management consulting , etc . ) to small domestic companies as well as to assist
small to medium
sized companies in the asia pacific region , particularly in china , to establish a business presence in the united states . the company also provides a range of electronic document conversion ( edgarizing ) service for companies and individuals that need to file periodically with the sec edgar system .
in 1956 , ampex corporation of redwood city , california , introduced the first practical videotape recorder for television stations and networks to produce and time - shift broadcasts , replacing impractical
kinescope
movie film previously used to record tv . the emmy - award - winning ampex
vtr
analog - video standard ruled broadcasting and video production worldwide for twenty years .
sharp corporation pioneered the development and commercialization of photovoltaic ( pv ) cells for applications ranging from satellites to lighthouses to residential uses . from the beginning of research into monocrystal pv - cells in 1959 , to the mass production of amorphous pv - cells in 1983 , this work contributed greatly toward the industrialization of photovoltaic technologies and toward the mitigation of global warming .
any amendment to these articles shall require ( a ) the affirmative vote of at least three - fourths of the directors of the corporation , and ( b ) approval in writing by the empowered community , a california nonprofit association established by the bylaws ( the “ empowered community ” ) , following procedures set forth in article 25 . 2 of the bylaws .
june 28 , microsoft announces a new corporate logo , new packaging , and a comprehensive set of retail dealer support materials . the new logo for microsoft corporation , dubbed the
blibbet ,
will be officially launched at fall / comdex ' 82 . the logo design is the name , microsoft , with a distinctive letter
o
filled with horizontal lines .
under the interprovincial taxable income allocation rules , which are applied at the corporate entity level , if a corporation has a permanent establishment in a particular province and has no permanent establishment outside that province , the whole of its taxable income is allocated to that province . if a corporation has a permanent establishment in more than one province , its taxable income is apportioned among those provinces according to an allocation formula [ 4 ] . often , in the case of a corporate group , the allocations calculated for provincial taxation purposes are different for each group member . as a result , changes in the income of various group members due to intra - group transactions may result in a shifting of taxable income ( or losses ) between provinces .
in 1982 , the tokyo astronomical observatory in collaboration with mitsubishi electric corporation completed the 45 - m telescope as the world’s largest antenna for millimeter - wave radio astronomy . the 45 - m telescope ' s innovative engineering contributed to the progress of radio astronomy by enabling high - resolution and high - sensitivity observations . notable discoveries included new interstellar molecules and a black hole .
the system 10 uses a translator device 14 , also known as diagnostic scanners , capable of connected to an existing obd - ii connector plug 8 and translate the diagnostic test signals into ascii files capable of being used by a personal computer . one translator device 14 , known as autotap , is available from b & b electronics manufacturing company , of ottawa , ill . each motor vehicle that uses the system 10 must have a translator device 14 that connects to the obd - ii plug connector 8 .
the range of variations shows that it is possible to achieve a particular degree of integration in the tax system through various means . for example , consolidation can be achieved by disregarding the separate identities of subsidiary corporations , with each item of revenue or expenditure of the subsidiaries being attributed to a parent corporation . such an approach would be complex , and would require substantial modifications to basic structures and concepts in the corporate tax system , including those related to inter - company transactions . another method of consolidation would see each subsidiary retaining its identity for tax purposes , with accounts reported on either financial statements or tax statements being aggregated on a consolidated tax return . a third consolidation technique would be to retain the identities of each member of the group and have each member calculate its income separately , following which the profits and losses of all group members would be transferred to the parent corporation . similarly , there are various approaches to implementing a loss transfer system : some systems require a taxable payment from one member of a corporate group to another , while other systems require a loss corporation to surrender its tax loss to be used by another member of its corporate group .
any transaction or series of transactions that would result in the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of icann’s assets shall require ( a ) the affirmative vote of at least three - fourths of the directors of the corporation , and ( b ) approval in writing by the empowered community prior to the consummation of the transaction , following procedures set forth in article 26 of the bylaws .
robert m . price professional speeches ( 1970 - 2009 ) [ pdf files ] a unique set of 450 speeches given by robert price , former ceo of control data corporation , including presentations to the cdc board of directors , financial analysts , professional groups , civic organizations , university audiences , and cdc employees . the speeches may be free - text searched or examined in thematic and chronological order .
a loss transfer system ( sometimes called a group relief system ) generally preserves the separate identities of the members of a corporate group while allowing a member of the corporate group with a loss to transfer part or all of that loss to one or more profitable members of the same group . by applying one corporation’s loss against another’s profits , the total tax liability of the corporate group is reduced .
as a result of investment , the combined shareholding ratio of csk , sega and isao okawa , chairman of csk and sega , will be 45 percent of ascii’s shares . “by combining the rich resources of the three companies , we can expect maximum synergy effects , ” said okawa . “we are competing with sony corp . and matsushita electric industrial co . , and we are also looking at walt disney co . and hollywood , ” he said . “to compete with those rivals , we must combine our resources and power . ”
pioneering ticket examining machines , designed to speed commuter railroad use substantially , were first installed in 1965 , based on work by a joint research team of osaka university and kintetsu corporation . following this work , an improved version - - based on joint work by omron , kintetsu , and hankyu corporations using punched cards and magnetic cards - - was first deployed in 1967 and at nineteen stations in 1971 .
in early 1982 , burr - brown research corporation , later part of texas instruments , inc . , demonstrated a 16 - bit monolithic digital - to - analog converter . coupled with earlier compact disc development by philips and sony , it enabled affordable high - quality compact disc players , helped transform music distribution and playback from analog phonograph records to digital compact discs , and ushered in digital media playback .
in 1984 , kyoto university built the mu ( middle and upper atmosphere ) radar as the first large - scale mst ( mesosphere , stratosphere , and troposphere ) radar with a two - dimensional active phased array antenna system , with the collaboration of mitsubishi electric corporation . the mu radar enabled continuous and flexible observation of the atmosphere , and has contributed to the progress of atmospheric science and radar engineering .
in our opinion , the financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects , the financial position of asiarim corporation ( a development stage company ) as of september 30 , 2007 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from june 15 , 2007 ( inception ) to september 30 , 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the united states of america .
nhk began the world ' s first direct broadcast satellite service in may , 1984 . this was the culmination of eighteen years of research that included the development of an inexpensive low - noise receiver and investigations of rain attenuation in the 12 ghz band . rrl , nasda , tscj , toshiba corporation , general electric company , and nasa participated with nhk to make satellite broadcasting to the home a practical reality .
in other canadian corporate groups , subsidiaries are not controlled by a common parent corporation at the top tier . for example , some corporate groups consist of multiple top - tier corporations , which could be controlled by the same individual or by various related individuals ( see example 2 below ) . currently , the corporate members of such related groups may be able to engage in loss utilization transactions . [ 5 ]
completed in 1964 as the highest weather radar in the world in the pre - satellite era , the mount fuji radar system almost immediately warned of a major storm over 800 km away . in addition to advancing the technology of weather radar , it pioneered aspects of remote - control and low - maintenance of complex electronic systems . the radar was planned by the japan meteorological agency and constructed by mitsubishi electric corporation .
nhk ( japan broadcasting corporation ) developed high - definition television ( hdtv ) , a high - resolution and wide - screen television system designed to convey a strong sense of reality to viewers . research began in 1964 , ranging from psychophysical experiments to system development . in 1989 , the world ' s first hdtv broadcast via satellite opened a new era in broadcasting . since 1989 , hdtv has spread throughout the world .
seattle natives gates and allen announce plans to return home and set up offices in bellevue , washington , becoming the first microcomputer software company in the northwest . a meeting between japanese computer magazine publisher kay nishi and bill gates prompts the establishment of ascii microsoft , a japanese company that markets microsoft products to original equipment manufacturers , dealers , and end users . interestingly enough , although the products are in english , they sell well . microsoft is still exclusively in the business of developing languages , and microsoft basic is the language of choice for the entire burgeoning industry .
in the 1950s , a need for a common business language was on the rise . there was a lack of compatibility across the business machines , and programming was expensive in time and cost in general . thus in 1959 , mary k . hawes from burroughs corporation initiated a meeting between users and manufacturers to develop specifications for a common business language , which evolved into what is known today as cobol ( common business oriented language ) .
with respect to corporations that are part of the same eligible corporate group for purposes of the group taxation system on a year - to - year basis , it would need to be decided whether a corporate group would be able to offset losses or other tax attributes accumulated in one member corporation during one taxation year with income earned by other members during a different taxation year , during which years each is a member of the same corporate group .
we have audited the accompanying balance sheet of asiarim corporation ( a development stage company ) as of september 30 , 2007 and the related statements of operations , changes in stockholders ' equity and cash flows for the period from june 15 , 2007 ( inception ) to september 30 , 2007 . these financial statements are the responsibility of the company ' s management . our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit .
germany’s “organschaft” system requires that both the income and losses ( but not other tax attributes ) of participating subsidiaries be rolled up to the parent corporation after the income or loss of the subsidiary is determined . the parent must sign a multi - year profit / loss transfer agreement with each subsidiary with which it wishes to use this system ; eligibility is determined using a 50 percent ownership threshold . this system would represent an intermediate point along the spectrum .
a sharp corporation project team designed and produced several families of electronic calculators on the basis of all - transistor ( 1964 ) , bipolar and mos integrated circuit ( 1967 ) , mos large scale integration ( 1969 ) and cmos - lsi / liquid crystal display ( 1973 ) . the integration of cmos - lsi and lcd devices onto a single glass substrate yielded battery - powered calculators . these achievements made possible the widespread personal use of hand - held calculators
australia has a consolidation system which eliminates the separate identities of subsidiary members of a corporate group for tax purposes . there is no recognition or reporting of income or losses at the level of the subsidiary . instead , any external transactions undertaken by group members are taxed as if the transaction was undertaken by the corporate parent . the system is optional for the parent corporation ; however , once elected , it is irrevocable and mandatory for all wholly - owned subsidiaries .
a new group taxation system could potentially allow members of a corporate group access to various types of unused tax attributes originating with other members of the same corporate group . depending on the type of system under consideration , the range of tax attributes that could be accessed could be limited ( for example , only to non - capital losses ) , or could encompass all tax attributes of a corporation ( for example , investment tax credits and capital cost allowances ) .
an example of a group contribution , or subvention , system is found in finland . it permits one member of a corporate group to make a deductible payment to another member of the group ; the payment is included in the recipient’s taxable income and reduces the recipient’s current - year loss if the recipient is loss - incurring . the amount of the contribution is capped by the profits available for transfer that originate in the member of the group making the payment . participation is voluntary , and does not require that all group members participate . membership in the group is determined using a 90 percent ownership threshold , either between the two corporations or with respect to a common direct or indirect corporate parent . the payment made by profitable corporation cannot exceed the profits of that corporation for the year of the transfer ( i . e . the payment cannot be used to create a loss ) . somewhat similar systems are used in sweden and norway .
the german “organschaft” is a group taxation system with elements of both a consolidation and an attribute transfer regime . to participate in the german system , a parent corporation and a subsidiary must enter into an agreement with a minimum duration of at least five years . under the agreement , the subsidiary calculates its own profit or loss for tax purposes , and this profit or loss is transferred to the parent annually , for inclusion in the parent corporation’s tax return . it is voluntary whether to enter into such an agreement , and a separate agreement is needed with each subsidiary . the parent must directly or indirectly own more than 50 percent of the voting rights of the subsidiary . loss carry - forwards of participating subsidiaries are frozen for the duration of the organschaft agreement and cannot be applied against the income of the subsidiary or of other participating group members . loss carry - forwards of the parent originating prior to the organschaft can generally be netted with the income of the fiscal unity .
joyce currie little was one of the original programmers at convair aircraft corporation in the wind tunnel division in the late 1950s . she wrote programs to analyze data taken from models ( e . g . , airplanes , automobiles , radio towers ) that were tested in an 8 - foot by 12 - foot wind tunnel . she wrote her programs in an assembly language , soap , which was run on an ibm 650 with punched cards . to ensure accurate and reliable results , a room full of 37 women using frieden calculators calculated all the check - points to confirm the computer output .
the cook report on internet protocol : technology , economics , policy is a monthly newsletter focusing on the technology and policy complexities of internet infrastructure development . the cook report has been published since april 1992 . the abstracts and executive summaries of past issues since 1993 are available at the cook report web site . from 2002 to 2006 , the science & engineering library subscribed to the full - text of the newsletter in both pdf and ascii ( plain - text ) formats . in 2009 the science & engineering library sent the files to the charles babbage institute for hosting and preservation . as a licensed resource , access is limited to university of minnesota students , faculty and staff . to view an issue of the cook report , please click on the format ( pdf or txt ) for the month that you would like to access .
these objects and other objects are met by a system designed to be used with motor vehicles that use sensors and an on - board diagnostic system , such as obd - ii , that enables users to review real time and historical diagnostic and performance information data for one motor vehicle or a plurality of motor vehicles . the system includes the use of a translating means that connects to the motor vehicle ' s on - board diagnostic system . in one embodiment , the translating means is a separate translator device designed specifically to connect to a commonly used obd - ii connector plug . the translator device includes a translator program capable of translating the proprietary diagnostic test signals into diagnostic service codes presented in a standard computer language , such as ascii files , to be used by an electronic device , hereinafter called an on - board computer .
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more practically , under a formal system , the rules for determining the eligibility of the group or of particular group members would need to be clear , simple , and of general application . without a common parent corporation , it may be difficult to develop a clear test to determine membership in a corporate group , or to identify a unique corporate group . also , a designated corporate parent would be required for some of the possible approaches to a group taxation system ( for example , if profits and losses of participating subsidiaries are to be rolled up to the parent ) . there would likely be other complexities as well . [ 6 ]
by only a small edge , microsoft surpasses rival lotus development corporation as the top software vendor . microsoft hires mike maples from ibm to provide direction in the applications division . maples reorganizes the group into five business units : graphics , analysis , data access , office , and entry . in another key business move , microsoft ' s manufacturing and distribution division moves to a 260 , 000 square - foot facility - canyon park - in bothell , washington . to keep the ever - increasing number of customers happy and productive , the company establishes a new product support services facility , handling more than 1 , 000 , 000 calls per month .
in the mid - 1970s winters became active in share , an international business machines ( ibm ) computer user group . in 1976 she joined share ' s human factors project , a group dedicated to educating members of share and employees of ibm about the importance of human factors in the design of hardware and , especially , software and conducting research into human factors and software appraisal tools . winters became deputy manager of the project in 1978 and served as project manager from 1983 to 1987 . she also served on the interactive systems ( intersys ) task force from 1979 - 1982 and was a primary author of the task force ' s report . she became vice chair of the ascii / epcdic committee ( later , a task force ) in 1987 and manager of the integrated technology group in 1988 . winters also belonged to the human factors society and the association for computing machinery .
the high - technology company : a historical research and archival guide [ pdf , 60 . 2mb , 134pgs ] by bruce h . bruemmer and sheldon hochheiser published by the charles babbage institute in 1989 , this pioneering guide to archival practices in high - tech companies was for some years distributed by the society of american archivists . stanford’s henry lowood identified it as one of the “indispensable guides” in the history of computing that helped shape “the strategies and programs that guided the growth of archival resources in the history of computing . ” the guide lists the general types of business records as well as provides a “documentary probe” based on the control data corporation records held at cbi .
a system for transmitting , collecting and displaying diagnostic and operational information from one or more motor vehicles to a central server connected to a wide area network . the system is designed to be used with an existing on - board diagnostic system found in most motor vehicles manufactured today . the system includes a translator device capable of translating the codes from an on - board diagnostic connector into computer readable files such as ascii files . the translator device may be connected to an on - board computer that includes a wireless modem capable of connecting to a wireless communication network and eventually to a wide area network . a central server is connected to the wide area network which receives and stores information from the on - board computer . authorized users may connect to central server via the wide area network and request information therefrom regarding selected motor vehicles . all of the information may be presented in a single interface .


rs mccoll , or " mccoll 's " is a scottish newsagent company named after robert smyth mccoll , who was a professional footballer .

it was founded in 1901 by mccoll and his brother tom .

rs mccoll is a trading name of mccolls retail group , it has been a prominent scottish confectioner and newsagent and has been owned in the past by cadburys and the southland corporation of america ( 7-eleven ) .

rs mccoll

“and yet people were being accused of living with this mysterious mr mccoll because their flat was above an rs mccoll shop .
she immediately called hmrc and was told activity on her bank account showed a martin mccoll – the trading name for newsagent chain rs mccoll .
the work and pensions select committee member said the worst example involved accusations that people were living with rs mccoll .
a single mum has had vital benefits stopped because hmrc think she’s in a relationship – with her local branch of rs mccoll .
“just to give you a bit of perspective , rs mccoll is a corner shop in scotland that is as common as a wh smith is in england .
the snp mp dubbed rs mccoll ' a casanova ' after tenants had their benefits stopped due to blunder accusing them of being in a relationship with the shop chain .
mum of two debbie , from castlemilk , glasgow , tried to explain that she collects benefits from the post office at her local rs mccoll and that was why the name appeared on her bank statements .
an argos store , dicount uk , home bargains , officers club , poundland , chesters jewellers , rs mccoll , a smaller boots pharmacy , greggs bakers , farmfoods and others are in the burns mall , adjacent to the bus station .
bbc radio scotland made a documentary about him in 2002 and there is a good piece by my old colleague david belcher who ranks rs mccoll as scotland’s first footie superstar . dave should know about such types – he’s a man city fan .
r s mccoll stocks a range of local and national newspapers . as well as magazines , tobacco and confectionery .
but she was told her weekly payments were being stopped until she can prove martin mccoll isn’t her live - in lover .
another gem from british pathe – featuring robert smyth mccoll , co - founder of the sweetie shop and newsagent chain which bears his name to this day . click on the image to view .
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r . s mccoll is a leading name when it comes to neighbourhood convenience stores and newsagent stores . the company gives an alternative to the long trip to the supermarket , offering the possibility to grocery shop in a fully stocked convenience store .
we know more about the man himself thanks to research by sports historian ged o’brien . however , the footballing connection doesn’t even get a mention on the website of the successor company martin mccoll , itself a recent merger of large uk newsagent chains .
he was one of scotland’s greatest players , scoring a hat - trick in the 4 - 1 victory over england at celtic park in 1900 . the film shows mccoll nicknamed “toffee bob” bringing his team mates together again for a reunion in london in 1928 where they saw the scottish team , the wembley wizards , go one better with a 5 - 1 victory .
across the road you can see the main entrance to newsagent r . s . mccoll . this is where , in 1984 , i started to indulge in a magazine called
the great artists
. it was one of those which built up into an encyclopedic collection , featuring a different artist each week . i was on the dole during this period so it was a bit of a luxury item for me ! i did , after nearly 2 years , complete the set , and surprise surprise , i still have all 96 of the magazines , a sample of which can be seen above .
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the clip also makes early use of the dissolve editing technique . bob is seen smoking a cigarette and he’s obviously at ease with the camera .
bob was a genuinely modest and generous man – funding annual trips for his international team mates for games against england . the 1900 game was his last for scotland . he played as an amateur for queens park before joining newcastle united as a professional where he used £100 of his £300 signing on fee to set up the eponymous business with his brother tom .
they saw the benefits of siting their shops next to newly - opened cinemas . bob then played for rangers and finally back at queen’s park where his six goals against port glasgow remains a hampden park record to this day .
strangely , scotland in 1900 played in pink and primrose rather than dark blue – the colours of lord rosebery , honorary president of the scottish fa and heart of midlothian .
equally bizarrely , they were probably rated the world’s best international team of that era .
just come across your blog – well done ! coincidentally , toffee bob is included in my just published book ‘glasgow with a flourish’ . and too late to include the fact that he has just been inducted into the scottish hall of football fame !
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debbie balandis , 40 , was shocked to receive a letter from the taxman saying they were stopping her £140 - a - week child tax credits because she had a new man .
debbie balandis , 40 , was shocked to receive a letter from the taxman saying they were stopping her £140 - a - week child tax credits because she had a new man .
debbie , who relies on tax credit to look after her 13 - year - old son , said : “i couldn’t believe it when i got the letter to say my payments were being stopped so i called them up to see what the mix - up had been .
“i expected it to be sorted over the phone but instead i was told they knew i had a new partner .
“shocked , i asked them who that was – because i’ve not been in a relationship for 10 years .
“at first i was surprised – i’d never heard of anyone with that name – but suddenly i realised it was the name of the shop where i was withdrawing my money .
“i begged hmrc not to leave me without a penny all because of a fictitious boyfriend .
“but they didn’t believe me and have now stopped my benefits for supposedly having an affair with the post office . ”
debbie , who lives on £80 a fortnight jobseeker’s allowance , added : “i can’t believe the way they treated me – they made the mistake but i’m the one left to suffer .
“i called hmrc and spent £19 on hold waiting to speak to someone – money i can’t afford . my son has disabilities and he lives for his weekly horse - riding which really helps him .
“hmrc say i’ve to write to them again but i’m afraid if i get something wrong it will hold up the process even longer . ”
“when we have reason to believe someone’s circumstances may have changed , we write to them and allow 30 days for a reply . if we don’t hear anything , payments are suspended .
“payments will be reinstated as soon as people have provided us with information requested and it has been reviewed . ”
royal alexandra hospital teenager dies in loch lomond near luss the drowning of a 17 - year - old is the second fatality on the loch in less than a week .
people virgin media customer has internet access cut off after broadband firm think he ' s dead robert smith says now people are calling him a zombie and a dead man walking .
internet trolls ' football is coming home , guess what isn ' t ? ' scots teen trolled with sick jibe at her dead dog after taunting england fans the glasgow teenager received a harsh backlash when she said she wanted ' dreams shattered ' .
west lothian young west lothian entrepreneur scoops cash boost for her business lauren leisk scooped £45 , 000 as a royal society of edinburgh unlocking ambition enterprise fellow .
brexit boris johnson says theresa may brexit plan will leave uk a ' colony ' of european union in his resignation letter the former foreign secretary says the uk is now heading for a
semi - brexit
under the prime minister .
bonhill sisters of teen who went missing 42 years ago issue emotional appeal to find her mary duncan , 17 , went missing from her home in bonhill , west dunbartonshire in 1976 .
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transfer talk transfer news live as hayden coulson joins st mirren on loan from middlesbrough all the latest news , rumours and gossip from the summer window in your one - stop transfer talk shop .
football news steven gerrard has rangers playing like the italian world cup winners of 1982 - hotline michael gannon answered your calls and it ' s fair to say there were one or two outlandish suggestions made by fans .
gun crime shock video shows gunman shooting at female driver stuck in rush hour traffic in london the gunman walks up to the window of the vehicle and tries to kill the driver who somehow managed to avoid the bullets .
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politics boris johnson quits as theresa may ' s tory government suffers brexit meltdown the latest cabinet resignation comes just hours after brexit secretary david davis left the government .
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police novichok poisoning investigators say dawn sturgess and charlie rowley received a ' high dose ' of the nerve agent dawn sturgess died and her partner charlie rowley is in a critical condition after couple fell ill .
a scots mp has blasted a government contractor who had familes denied tax credits after accusing them of bring in relationships with their own children and even a chain of scottish corner shops .
the snp’s mhairi black described investigations into alleged benefit fraud led by concentrix , an american - owned firm used by hm revenue and customs , as producing in the “most ridiculous level of incompetence” she has heard of .
the record revealed last september how claimant debbie balandis , 41 , actually lived above one of the chain’s shops .
speaking during a debate about the contractor yesterday , black , mp for paisley and renfrewshire south , said : “it’s truly the most ridiculous level of incompetence i’ve ever heard .
“people were accused of being in relationships with dead tenants 70 years their senior .
“in my constituency , scottish flat numbers seemed to be a major cause of issue for concentrix because they couldn’t get their head around the fact that flat one ( i ) and one ( ii ) were across the landing from each other and they weren’t the same house .
“at no point did anyone in concentrix or hmrc think , ‘wait a minute , this casanova is getting about a bit’ .
“this would be funny until we remember that this is actually people’s lives – this is their survival – we’re talking about . ”
peter kyle , labour mp for hove , recounted a constituency case where a woman had her tax credits cut after she was accused by concentrix of being in a lesbian relationship with her sister .
he said : “it took her coming to the member of parliament and myself calling concentrix before they started to believe the truth .
glasgow city of glasgow contains the 10 most deprived areas in britain researchers used census data from 1971 to 2011 and discovered all the most deprived places in this period were in scotland ' s largest city .
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kilmarnock ' s main shopping street is king street , which includes stores such as bhs ( including wallis and dorothy perkins within ) , marks & spencer , boots , wh smith , river island , new look , jd sports , bonmarche , goldsmiths , h samuel , clinton cards , subway , hot wok noodle bar , claire ' s accesories , timpson , card factory , superdrug , savers and the usual banks , mobile phone shops and opticians .
costa coffee , top shop , peacocks and sports direct are in portland street .
bank street contains a few local specialist retailers such as glitz prom & bridal , ido gifts , riddick jewellers , flowers by karen , the coffee club , the coffee press , flavours deli , the tartan shop , cove boutique , unique ( designer clothes ) , mamitas ( more coffee ) , forever young ( gift shop ) , kaleidoscope ( gift shop ) and several others .
most of the major banks and building societies are represented in the town centre including halifax bank of scotland , royal bank of scotland , clydesdale bank , hsbc , barclays , lloyds tsb , nationwide , yorkshire , santander .
the town centre area is very forunate to have several locally owned coffee shops which are all excellent including , the coffee club , the coffee press , blowmore , mamitas , corner 26 , cafe koko and wg13 . , also just outside town on the edge of the howard park is the excellent central park coffee shop on mclelland drive .
there are several retail parks just out of town housing stores such as b & q , the range , asda , morrisons , tesco , scs furniture , b & m home store , currys , homestyle , tx maxx , aldi , halfords , focus diy , carpetright , , next home / childrens store , smyths toys and pizza hut / frankie & benny restaurants among other fast food options .
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an ordinary , everyday scene of folk going about their business along reform street on 3rd december 1983 .
the most prominent shop sign on view is the one for wimpy , who also have the
restaurant open
sandwich board on the pavement .
some of the other shop signs down the left are - sixty minute cleaners ? ( it says 2 hour on the sign ! ) - elena mae ( cameras ) and the cairds canopy .
although princes street was a place i was very familiar with , it being on the bus route into town when i lived in craigie , i completely forgot all about that camping store until i saw this picture . it ' s the largest premises there too !
i zoomed in to see if i could read any of the fly posters on the boarded up windows , but they are all just a wee bit fuzzy to make out when enlarged , however , i ' m pretty certain the black & orange ones are for the dance factory .
on the way home from clubbing , having to trek back up princes street on foot , a popular stop - off place for some grub was the hot dog , run by alec & betty . mince rolls , burgers and so on , with the place conveniently open till 4 . 00 am !
this is how i remember whitfield , the 80 ' s being the last time i was there .
it ' s difficult to get a similar angle on google street view for a comparison , but i reckon this was probably taken around the murrayfield place area , looking over to the shops in whitfield drive . you can make out the building that is the library & learning centre , just at the base of the tower block .
most of the
flat roof
look has since disappeared or been redesigned . so much so that i ' ve been told that some whitfield residents now refer to it as being the west ferry !
another snowy scene from 30th november 1985 , taken this time at the bottom of pitkerro road .
the premises , front left , and the tower block , front right , have disappeared . as have the 2 multi ' s in the background .
from what i ' ve established it ' s only the group of fintry houses , top left , that remain , alongside that brown building ( school ? church ? ) , which is nowadays out of view hidden behind trees .
if you click onto the large version , you ' ll see some kids sledging , centre of the picture .
beh goad , this is a pretty bleak image of mid craigie ' s kingennie terrace . . . and it ' s just how i remember it !
in the 70 ' s , i used to visit friends who lived in blacklock crescent in linlathen , which meant having to pass this part of mid craigie on my way up and down pitkerro road .
none of the buildings in shot exist anymore , all gone , even the street name has changed to kingennie court , which now has individual houses with bonnie gardens .
the windmill bar was located on the corner of ann street at 113 hilltown .
some of you may remember it as being a place that had a reputation for being
a bit rough !
.
in 1984 , the pub was refused a late license because of the amount of incidents there was there . in one infamous rumble , a policeman was knocked unconscious . so the place could get a bit lively at times !
on the flip side of the coin to it ' s wild west image , the pub was also equally known as a live music venue for local talent .
remember dundee group , thynglechime ? well their drummer , mick rafferty , used to run the windmill at one stage , and that lead to many a late night jam session with the likes of brian reid , willie hastie and many others .
it even became a bit of a draw for the alternative music scene in the early 80 ' s , with bands such as the junkies , street level , megazones and so on , all playing there .
talk about being
put through the mill
though , just to further
put the wind up ye
, there is the hh prominently on display on the front of the premises . . . just as a wee reminder ! !
it dates back to the 70 ' s , so it is an original from the gang wars era .
actually , that should read was an original , we now need to talk about it in the past tense , because despite it having been there all that time , last year somebody came along and graffed over the top of it .
here ' s a crackin ' rare photo that ' s been hidden away for a few decades . . . it ' s dundee punk band , quick spurts .
although the guys looked the part and played the part of being in a punk band for a few months in ' 77 , this was actually quick spurts debut gig , one that took place in january 1978 at dairsie village hall in fife .
who ' s who time - forrey rosscraig is the singer reading from the jotter and wearing the latest pvc breeks from the crypt . abe mcintosh ( behind forrey ) is playing a bass he bought that very day and brightening up the stage with his yellow teddy boy drape jacket . dode barry is on drums that were only a week old , and the leather clad guitarist is fanta , who although he knew a few chords , is actually playing a borrowed guitar ! !
some of the songs in their repertoire were -
never smile at a crocodile
,
laughing at cripples
and
sweeties
, a track that was accompanied by forrey chucking a bucket load of sweets into the crowd .
formed in 1981 , erasmic superfoam had a base above the tav in hawkhill where they practiced their post punk mash - ups of well known tunes .
after their debut gig at art college , and a couple of tweaks to the band line - up , they got themselves over to wilf smarties studios in edinburgh to lay down this track
donkey riding
, the traditional kids song . it doesn ' t sound anything like how we used to sing it in primary school mind you , what with it ' s spiky , fragmented guitar going on , in a gang of four kind of style . in fact , you could say it quite literally kicks ass ! !
the trio making the wonderful noise are - al straker guitar / vocal - john butler bass - dave fehilly drums .
the b & w picture above was taken in the 70 ' s at the donkey rides in camperdown park .
guessing from the relaxed looking scene , i reckon this may be them in rehearsal rather than in full flow at a gig . not 100 % sure on that .
anyway , although there are a few skeets items already in the retro archives , here ' s a reminder of the line - up in the photo - from left to right - chris marra guitar - gus foy acoustic guitar - pete mcglone sax - brian mcdermott drums - michael marr bass - stewart ivins guitar .
if anyone can spot where about it is , drop the info into the comments .
last march , you may recall i put up the b - side of the grip ' s single , a dubby instrumental called
musicland pt 2
. well here is the a - side , a catchy vocal track called
keeping the peace
. this was released in 1982 by the way .
band line - up reminder - ronnie chalmers lead vocal / guitar - neil forbes sax / percussion / vocals - dan stewart trumpet / percussion - jim grieve drums / percussion - ross ramsay bass - kenny blair keyboards .
there is some particularly fine trumpet work in this , in my opinion . reminds me of donald byrd a wee bit .
anyway , they were a great band live on stage . i remember on the odd occasion when the mood grabbed him , jim grieve ( sykes ) would take over the mic and burst into some improvised old - school jamaican
toasting
, with a dundee slant ! the band would then really go to town backing him up with some mad dub effects and a percussion frenzy that would go on for ages ! ! a very entertaining way to end the set ! !
lots of band memorabilia from all over the uk to spot in the slideshow too .
i get lots of correspondence from dundee folk all around the world . so just as a wee treat for all you dundonians spread far and wide , here is a meal you may still get a regular craving for . . . a plate of crispy fish & chips with pot of tea , served up at the deep sea .
all it needs now is some soft , fresh , floppy bread , and it ' s ready to tuck into .
a new variant of the v - neck jersey cropped up on the scene during the mid 70 ' s . it was referred to as a high waist jersey , or as us dundonians called it
a heh waister
. the design was based on an extension to the size of the waistband and cuffs . the really exaggerated ones would have the waistband go right up to just below the chest area with the cuffs nearly reaching the elbows . these jersey ' s would usually have hoops around the waist & cuffs too which would emphasize the look , normally 4 or 5 bands , like the one in my graphic above . but as you can see in the photo , this dude is wearing a whopping 6 banded beast !
this advert for young ' s in the city square , dates from 1984 .
i ' ve never heard of daks gear before , but then again , i ' d only be aged 5 in 1963 when this ad was printed .
a certain elite group of dundee gang members ( ie - those who could afford it ! ) indulged in wearing the above prince of wales check pattern in their clothing . suits , jackets and crombie style coats mostly . they were expensive because you got them made to measure from places like hepworth ' s in the murraygate .
i can remember only a handful of douglas guys at school who wore them .
it was a rather short - lived phase though , on the go in 1973 / 74 , and then that was it .
i ' m fairly certain this was just a dundee thing , and not a fad that was wider spread , unlike the previous boot boy look which was a scene found all over uk .
it is a good example of posh cloth being hijacked by a young crowd and being turned into urban streetwear .
if ever there was a look that reminded me of my secondary school years ( 1970 to 74 ) , then it would have to be the harrington and crombie wearing urban bovver boy style .
the most common sight was when the coats were worn smartly with ben sherman shirt , levi sta - prest trousers and doc marten boots , as in the top image .
a slightly rougher / tougher look was when they were worn with jeans and gang jersey .
yeah , the 70 ' s boot boys . . . they were everywhere ! !
around the 1972 to 74 period , skinners ultra white parallel jeans were worn as an alternative to stone white sta - prest . like the sta - prest , they were usually worn halfway up your shin to show off your doc martens or hooped socks .
there was a bit of a thing going with some gangs who wore skinners to get a clockwork orange look .
the ad above is dated june 1973 and shows they were available in blue denim and white , and it was the white ones that were most popular . the girls wore them as much as the boys .
around the same time , i remember buying white braces out of mcgills . the most common type were the clip - on design , i however , got the button - down variety , as above , but it wasn ' t until i got home that i realised none of my jeans or trousers had any buttons on the waistband , so i ended up sewing some onto my skinners just so i could wear the braces ! !
with their factory based in north isla street , i think it ' s fair to say their denim products were aimed more at the workplace rather than the catwalk .
however , as you can see , they made a range called huskie jeans . although i ' m not familiar with these , i was wondering if they ever became the choice favoured by dundee ' s young trendies , or were they the 80 ' s equivalent of johnny x ' ers ? ! !
here ' s an original badge from the late 70 ' s for wildcat jeans & jackets .
as well as their own denim products , wildcat also had shops , and dundee had one in the overgate and one in reform street around the late 70 ' s / early 80 ' s .
i forgot all about this fad until being reminded of it when i saw this feature in an old 1973 popswop magazine i have .
i have a vague memory of it being a trend the older teens indulged in as i can ' t recall anyone from my age group ( 14 / 15 ) going about in these back then .
anyway , some of the embroidered images shown are - a monte carlo scene , camel cigarettes , flowers and a miami scene .
these photos were put up on display at the rep theatre last year when the play about billy mackenzie
balgay hill
was running .
they were taken at club feet in the early 80 ' s and were sent to the rep by tony cochrane who used to dj there .
the images above are a bit on the fuzzy side because they were just taken in the passing from the rep wall using a mobile , so it ' s not the original photos that are blurry . they do give you a good reminder though of the kind of gear that was worn to the club .
that ' s billy ' s bruv on the dancefloor in the top picture .
here ' s 3 examples of black & white footwear i wore in 1970 - 73 .
1970 - one thing i really enjoyed was getting home from school , chucking off my school gear and slipping into my jeans and basies . perfect for just mucking about in . in fact i think i probably got through about 4 pairs of baseball boots in total !
1972 - i got a pair of adidas samba trainers originally for doing p . e . at school , however it wasn ' t too long before i started wearing them out of school . these were actually my first ever example of wearing trainers as a fashion item .
1973 - the spats were pricey and my parents had a fit . . .
you can ' t wear them to school
. i did though , once they calmed down ! ! dead comfy , i wore them on my early morning rolls round , trekked up to the top of the sidlaws on a school outing , and trudged through snow & slush at the 73 cup final at hampden ! !
the top ad for manifesto , 42 whitehall crescent , has a rather curious sales pitch .
next door at # 40 , was another boutique called wardrobe , who also sold accessories .
fleecy t - shirts in particular were popular during the craze , showing off the chunky seams that would normally be hidden away on the inside .
this tag above comes from a fleecy t - shirt i bought in edinburgh back in the early 80 ' s . i kept it because it had a cartoon character on it i wasn ' t familiar with ! the garment was made by the
naughty clothing co
of london . the flip side of the tag is designed like a postcard and mentions
wearing the fluffy side out
.
i also remember dexy ' s midnight runners wearing their trousers inside out . . . well i didn ' t go as far as that !
this page of ads is from
blues & soul
magazine , so would have been aimed at disco dancers and soul boys .
there ' s the draw - string jacket , zipped sweatshirt , tab pocket shirt , hawaiian shirt , zoot trousers , pleated denim bags , soul bags ( 40 inchers ! ) , and a variety of shoes .
i remember having a pair of those round toecap shoes in 1975 . i can recall the exact year because i went to my first ever northern soul night that year , when i was 17 . this was at a place called poulton - le - fylde , near blackpool . all that swishing and swirling on the dancefloor was an amazing sight !
i also remember throughout the mid / late 70 ' s , the dundee soul boys setting off on their allnighters with their sports bags covered in patches like a well travelled suitcase -
keep the faith
-
night owl
-
wigan casino
etc .
it was easy to get hooked on this scene because the music was so powerful , . however , i never became a wigan or soul devotee , mainly because i liked a variety of music styles and fashion trends .
here ' s the entire list of overgate ' s clothes shops taken from the 1974 dundee directory .
lower level - claude alexander - k . o . fashions - breakout at jackson ' s - great american panthouse - stone dri - john temple - dorothy perkins - skirt
n
slacks - samuel pepys - van allan - boy meets girl - c & a . upper level - c & a - tie & shirt gallery - kendall - vernons fashions - brentford nylons - mr . beaujangles - van allan .
the ads above are just 3 examples of shops on the list and all date from the mid 70 ' s .
this whimsical ad from 1981 for groucho ' s shows a parade of folk wearing the kind of clothing that was on the go back then . various fads and factions in the mix .
sid gripple grapples with what ' s happening on the fashion front for dundee in 1982 , and comes up with a rather gloomy outlook .
the main problem being that high street chain stores churned out clones and there were no individual fashion shops of note , leaving dundonians lagging behind other cities .
shops that get a cranked up
thumbs down
are - chelsea girl , top man , virgo & nico .
dundonians who get a
thumbs up
are - members of the band waiter waiter , and morag from alien culture .
back then , i was basically just a jeans & t - shirt chap mostly , although i must admit , i did favour , and indulged in , the post punk anti - fashion trend . youths deliberately shunning the main chain stores and choosing to rummage around charity shops & jumble sales instead .
he was obviously a bit streetwise at this young age , as he is wearing a black harrington , wranglers and bovver boots . a typical dundee teenager look back then ! finally , i ' m not too sure what style the bottom picture is supposed to be . i can ' t remember the russian goat herder look ! !
the top picture is the
image
billy mackenzie is most known for , the beret wearing , cultured european look . although the photo is from the 80 ' s , i ' ve no idea where he would have got those slip - ons from back then - they are exactly the same kind i wore at primary school in the 60 ' s !
style magazine , the face , got billy to do a bit of modelling for a summer fashion feature in august 1982 . this is him posing with fellow associate , martha ladley , getting everyone in a holiday mood .
funnily enough , i went on a 4 week tour of france for my holiday that year and did indeed travel around with my white breeks rolled up , as in the photo .
everyone knows billy mackenzie was dundee ' s most high profile pop star in the 80 ' s . i think it ' s safe to say he was probably the nearest thing dundee had to having a fashion model back then as well . he did wear a lot of cool gear , and he wasn ' t exactly camera shy !
he did of course know a bit about the subject , what with him owning his own fashion boutique , the crypt , a shop that specialised in both vintage clothing & designer clothing . not the kind of stuff found in your run - of - the - mill high street stores .
both of the above items are from 1982 . the ad for his shop , and billy posing inside . he seems to have chosen a 50 ' s crooner look for this shot . . . although not in his footwear preference !
a wee look back at dundee - 1960 ' s , 1970 ' s & 1980 ' s .
originally from dundee - moved down south to my castle in the cotswolds in the mid 80 ' s and now making a living as a cartoonist . gg