“U.S. top court declines to revive New Jersey sports betting law” reads a recent Reuters Article
The Federal Court pointed to a federal law which grandfathered only a few states into maintaining their sports betting practices back in 1992 – while giving other states one year to opt in.
Well, who is surprised that NJ fell asleep at the wheel on that one. In the Pre-Pocono-Casino era, NJ was happy as thin-crust pizza-pie to stick with what they were already best at in AC. Years later, with the gamblers flooding to newer out-of-state casinos, NJ finds itself up against the Federal Government wagging their finger in a confirmed “No.” And are only left to cry in Paula Cole fashion, “Where did all the gamblers go?”
IN CEDAR GROVE, NJ Kirit Kothari, of Cedar Grove, N.J., isn’t an abnormally thirsty person. Nor does he have an exorbitantly large lawn or garden — nor, for that matter, a personal water park in his backyard. But somehow, according to a bill he’s received from the Cedar Grove township’s water department, he owed $10,457.90 for water and sewer fees incurred through January, February, and March of 2011. That adds up to nearly 1,000,000 gallons of water for a home of two people. For comparison, an Olympic-sized swimming pools holds about 630,000 gallons…Read More on this and Other Crazy Water Bill Stories from the Huffington Post Here.
You may be surprised to know that this is an area where we have discovered some of the greatest savings for our clients. Not only do we perform the functions normally associated with electric and natural gas auditing, but we are expert in finding and repairing leaks and securing significant refunds/credits. LEARN MORE
A big-city lawyer was representing the railroad in a lawsuit filed by an old rancher. The rancher’s prize bull was missing from the section through which the railroad passed. The rancher only wanted to be paid the fair value of the bull.
The case was scheduled to be tried before the justice of the peace in the back room of the general store.The attorney for the railroad immediately cornered the rancher and tried to get him to settle out of court. The lawyer did his best selling job, and finally the rancher agreed to take half of what he was asking.
After the rancher had signed the release and took the check, the young lawyer couldn’t resist gloating a little over his success, telling the rancher, “You know, I hate to tell you this, old man, but I put one over on you in there. I couldn’t have won the case. The engineer was asleep and the fireman was in the caboose when the train went through your ranch that morning. I didn’t have one witness to put on the stand. I bluffed you!”
The old rancher replied, “Well, I’ll tell you, young feller, I was a little worried about winning that case myself, because that durned bull came home this morning.”
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Two attorneys went into a diner and ordered two drinks. Then they produced sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat.
The owner became quite concerned and marched over and told them, “You can’t eat your own sandwiches in here!”
The attorneys looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and then exchanged sandwiches
The Case of the Unarmed Burglary
An attorney defending a man accused of burglary tried this creative defense: “My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. His arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offense committed by his limb.”
“Well put,” the judge replied. “Using your logic, I sentence the defendant’s arm to one year’s imprisonment. He can accompany it or not, as he chooses.”
The defendant smiled. With his attorneys assistance he detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench, and walked out.
Good News: You Don’t Need To Hire a Lawyer to Recover Overage Charges on Utility Bills.
Professionals can visit your site to identify wasted energy and inefficient equipment. Even recommend shifting some production to off hours to lower your electrical bill. Contact your electricity and gas providers who often provide this service for FREE.
3. Review TeleCostly Services.
Nearly 90% of telecom bills are incorrect. A Telecom Bill Auditor can help you recover over payments – and guide you, if necessary toward a more effective and appropriate provider or plan.
Activate lights by motion detectors or turn off lights when not needed. Consider disconnecting lights from unoccupied areas of facilities and replacing them with tap-light.
5. Soft on the Wallet Software.
Buy used software – Many online auction sites (like Ebay) have a good selection. Make an investment in your company’s future by turning to the cloud. Cloud Hosted Applications can save you tons of money in ongoing expenses.
6. Stuff the Cracks.
Improve your insulation and seal air leaks on the premises to reduce HVAC costs.
7. On-site Storage.
Stop using offsite storage – make a place on-site or consider disposing or selling it – Remember, out of sight and out of mind does not mean it’s not still out of pocket.
8. There’s No Place Like Home-Base.
Stop all non-essential travel and stay close to the office – use the phone, video conferencing or Internet meetings (where documents can be shared between computers).
9. Cash in on Space.
Lease out unused office space as office condos or unused facility space as storage space.
10. Don’t Pay for the Paper
Many businesses still pay for paper publications out of sheer habit. Magazine, newsletter and newspaper subscriptions can often be converted to electronic subscriptions for less or for free.
Do you have a handle on your shipping, and transportation costs?
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We help our clients improve their transportation data flow, eliminate carrier miscalculations and maximize efficiencies while saving you money and time.
We will amass clean accurate data to be imported back into your accounting software, eliminating overhead and general ledger errors.
Our proprietary audit and payment software provides our premier clients a customizable tool to better manage their supply chain costs and increase overall profitability.
That’s what they say, isn’t it? It turns out- that really isn’t very likely. Data transfer into and out of the cloud is great– at wired speeds. But what of the limitations of our mobile interactions? The U.S. ranks 35th in the world in terms of bandwidth per user, according to the World Economic Forum.
The reality is, more and more “things” are connected to the internet than ever before. Everything from refrigerators to our cars are sending and receiving on the new, “internet of things”.
3g and 4g networks will not be able to maintain the load. Hence the dawn of a new form of computing – and where else but from the things themselves? Not up in the air in some virtual cloud, but among us in our day to day devices. Every day items will soon be picking up the computing load as the new “fog” rolls in.
Cloud computing is still and will remain relevant. But keep an eye out for newer technologies – devices which will soon bypass the cloud altogether and remain in the internet of things- sending data to and from each other.
I like to share helpful tips with my clients and readers, and I was recently noting some of the cooler things going on over at IKEA.
They have good strong coffee for approx. $7.00 a lb. . . . . It is vacuum sealed in 8.8 oz. packages and it comes with and without caffeine. A very good deal with coffee prices going up due to a 20% reduction in coffee production from Central America.
They also have these cookies with a chocolate center that are dangerously terrific next to the coffee at the checkout.
As Utility Auditors, part of our job is to discover overcharges and to request the appropriate refunds on our clients’ behalves. Not long ago, we were hired by a strip mall owner on a contingency basis, to determine why their water bills had increased by an outrageous $5,000 a month. Leak Detection is a valuable tool in situations like these where it is apparent the water is not being used to the extent that the bill is suggesting. We were able to quickly determine the location of the leak and the source of the overcharge and immediately notified the Jersey City Water Department or, JCMUA (above). However, unlike other water departments we have dealt with, (and we’ve dealt with many) the J.C.U.M.A would only provide a 55% refund, and not the full 100% our client was entitled to. Are they to spend what little refund they have trying to sue the taxpayers of Jersey City? Luckily, this case was an anomaly. Our company has a proven track record of obtaining full refunds for our clients. The best part? For our clients, we always say, “No Refund – No Charge”
What do you have to lose but more money down the drain by not giving us a call?
If you have had a water leak in the last 6 years…
Or your water and utility bills are simply much too high for your usage…
Hosted Telecom’s Cisco Call Manager has become a bit expensive when compared to hosted solutions that are now available.
Cisco led the way years ago in managed VoIP services, but their yearly upgrades have adversely impacted telecom budgets. Companies with Cisco phones have had little option but to buy into every upgrade.
Finally, there is a way for companies to keep their Cisco phones and move to a cloud-based system at reduced cost with more features.
Moving into the present era, you can now use your PC, Laptop, tablet, or smartphone and Bluetooth headsets to make and receive calls.
As a Telecom Consulting Firm with many years in the business, we can review your needs and determine the best course of action for your future telecom needs.
BYOD, which stands for Bring Your Own Device, offers many benefits for businesses and professionals such as mobile access, cost savings, and increased productivity. The BYOD concept encourages employees to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, smartphones, and laptops and use them for work purposes.
Businesses have adopted the BYOD concept for many reasons, including ease of use and cost effectivenessness. While some critics have raised concerns around security and intellectual property rights, this trend continues to climb.
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