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Examples of epic in a sentence
The football game was an epic battle between two great teams.
The bridge was an epic achievement.
The company is engaged in an epic struggle for survival.
an accomplishment of epic proportions
California Bar Journal Discipline Summaries
Summaries from the California Bar Journal are based on discipline orders but are not the official records. Not all discipline actions have associated CBJ summaries. Copies of official attorney discipline records are available upon request.
May 15, 2015
MARC YOUSSEF LAZO [#215998], 40, of Irvine, was suspended from the practice of law for 90 days and ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. He was also placed on two years’ probation and faces a two-year suspension if he does not comply with the terms of his disciplinary probation. The order took effect May 15, 2015.
A State Bar Court judge recommended Lazo be suspended after finding he misled a superior court judge in his unsuccessful effort to continue a trial, and then disobeyed two court orders by failing to appear at the trial and failing to pay sanctions on time. Lazo appealed and requested a private reproval. A three-judge review panel agreed with the hearing judge’s conclusion and upheld the recommended discipline.
In November 2011, Lazo’s father died. At the time, he was defending a client pro bono against a claim made by the client’s former attorney. A month after his father’s death, Lazo attended a case management conference where he agreed to a trial date the following April. Shortly after, he purchased refundable plane tickets to travel with his mother to the Middle East and Europe, in part to participate in a festival honoring the dead. The trip overlapped with the scheduled trial.
Lazo tried repeatedly to get the opposing attorney to agree to continue the trial but was unsuccessful. He then filed an ex-parte application with the court implying that there had been a recent death in the family and that the arrangements to travel had been made thereafter. The opposing attorney notified the judge of Lazo’s actual reservation date and the judge denied his request. Lazo filed a second ex-parte application but the judge denied it again, finding he’d grossly misrepresented the facts surrounding his earlier application.
Lazo then did not appear at trial, instead accompanying his mother on the trip. In his place, he sent another attorney, who was not prepared. The court continued the trial and, at an order-to-show-cause hearing, ordered Lazo to pay $3,654.20 in sanctions to opposing counsel. Lazo reported the sanctions to the State Bar but did not pay the other attorney until the following November, after the State Bar contacted him and shortly before disciplinary charges were filed.
In mitigation, Lazo had no prior record of discipline, has done significant community service, was suffering from significant emotional difficulties at the time of his misconduct, presented evidence of his good character and cooperated with the State Bar.
Was todays Blog @ 8:01 deleted or what ?
Monday, February 13, 2017
Posted by HHSE at 8:01 AM
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Retailers show STRONG Initial CONSUMER Reaction to LOST IN THE PACIFIC
Dear HHSE Friends & Followers - "LOST IN THE PACIFIC" - Hannover's epic action adventure starring BRANDON ROUTH ("Superman Returns") hit retail shelves on TUESDAY at major accounts, including Walmart, Best Buy and Redbox.
After only two days, WALMART locations are reporting between 50% and 80% sell-thru rates, and Redbox is showing 82% "out-on-rental" results.
This is a good sign, and one that bodes well for both RE-ORDERS as well as for placement into secondary location and accounts!
Watch for "LOST IN THE PACIFIC" to hit Netflix in April, following the industry standard hold-back of 60+ days after initial home video release.
With 42,000 Redbox kiosks "Lost in the Pacific" must be worth a few hundred thousand from Redbox alone. Add Netflix and retail, win win for HHSE
http://www.redbox.com/movies/comingsoon
It's like deja vu all over again.
Blog -
3). The long-delayed Q2 Quarterly filing / results will be published this week. WE ARE INFORMED BY THE OTC MARKETS THAT OUR "CURRENT" REPORTING STATUS SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE BY E.O.D. WEDNESDAY! UGH - NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD "PROBABLY TOMORROW" (as of Wednesday afternoon).
or maybe Friday, or next Monday, or next month, probably next year.
speckulater - does HHSE have anything to do with "Greater" ?
Funny how HHSE was good enough when the production of Greater needed to borrow a grip truck, but not good enough to release the movie. Lets see how Hammond Entertainment LLC Movies does with their first theatrical release.
Netflix
Dancin': It's On!
2015 PG Rated PG
Average of 22574 ratings: 2.8 stars
Wow, already viewed over 22,000 times
We will proceed to release other information tomorrow am, if we have not received back approval for certain updates re: the Library, and the Form 10 filing. Thank you!
What exactly does am mean ?
Awaiting third party approval for the Sunday Blog.
That's what I was wondering, but lets be realistic.
is this a blog update ?
1). NOW SHIPPING TO WALMART - "Dark Awakening" - "Brutal Colors" - "Salvation" - "Union Bound" - "Linda Vista Project." It's an understatement to note that any single supplier - esepcially an independent distributor - would have successfully placed FIVE titles in Walmart at one time. This bodes very well for Q4 cash flows. Someone asked, how does this impact Q2 / Q3 revenues? The answer is that the Company is now working on CASH-BASIS accounting rather than accrual accounting. The prior policy of "accruing" sales as they become activated (rather than when they are paid), has created some issues of confusion in reconciling the Company's A.R. vs Available Cash (as well as the dual issue of cash-basis tax returns vs accrual basis pubco filings). As previously disclosed, contracts such as NETFLIX and SHOWTIME are paid over the length of the licensing term. So for HHSE to book three-years of receivables (against Netflix, for instance) during the specific revenue quarter that the sale was activated does not conform to the cash-flow from the contract. Yes, booking a contract "immediately" is allowed under GAAP rules, because it's essentially "credit terms" as opposed to executory performance issues. It was decided that cash-basis accounting would reduce our work load and simplify future reporting and auditing requirements. TO BE CLEAR, for those of you who have not had the benefit of multiple meetings with our auditors, HHSE is now accounting for consignment sales shipments on a CASH basis as described above. We are also accounting for long-term, executory contacts on a CASH basis now. Why? Because until HHSE actually receives payment for shipments to retailers (such as Walmart), there is a contingent possibility that shipments made to them might be returned as unsold product. So how do you account for shipments that might be returned? Do you "book the shipment as a sale" immediately and then "estimate" a projected returns exposure? What happens if LESS units are returned? What happens if MORE units are returned? Does the company need to retroactively re-state the prior revenue reportings to reflect the ultimate difference? And if retailers like Walmart are empowered to return unsold DVD merchandise, does that mean that HHSE should keep the INVENTORY of such shipments on the balance sheet as an asset, until it's actually purchased and no longer subject to potential return? Obviously, many items must continue to be accrued on our reporting - how could "payables" be accounted for on a cash basis? They are debt, not yet paid... (one would THINK that accrual of certain items goes without explanation?). No corporation can adhere to GAAP without some elements of accrual activity. But with respect to the recognition of sales - especially consignment DVD shipments and long-term contracts - the Company's decision to recognize these "as paid" (cash-basis recognition) is a wise policy that conforms to other GAAP elective requirements.
FACEBOOK: SOLD OUT; "A REMARKABLE LIFE" Opening Shows
Not very impressive considering the theaters capacity.
Cinema Village NYC
https://www.cinemavillage.com/about-us/
Auditoriums
Screen #1
Capacity: 155 seats
Projection: DCP, QuickTime, Blue-ray, 35mm,16mm
Sound: Dolby Digital
Screen #2
Capacity: 63 seats
Projection: DCP, QuickTime, Blue-ray, 35mm
Sound: Dolby Digital
Screen #3
Capacity: 69 seats
Projection: DCP, QuickTime, Blue-ray
Sound: Dolby Digital
From the 10-Q
looks like the TCA saga is almost over
1). TCA GLOBAL MASTER FUND – The previously disclosed balance due to TCA Global from Company, was the subject of a Florida Courts judgement issued during Q3, 2015.
The Company noted that the court filings from the attorneys for TCA contained several demonstrably erroneous statements, including the wrong balances and misstatements that TCA had been unable to secure payment via “debt conversion” transactions (which had been occurring regularly throughout the prior year). Rather than spend significant legal fees to rebut and contest the statement errors, Company decided instead to pay off the proper balance, in order to enjoy the benefits of the release of the UCC Security Interest and the return of the 10-million “collateral” shares of Company’s stock that were issued to TCA back in May of 2013. In December, 2015, counsel for Company filed a motion with the Washington County (Arkansas) courts, where TCA had filed a notification of foreign judgment. The Company’s pleading demonstrated that Company had fully paid off the TCA note and balance, and exceeded the total payments by $28,439. In demonstrating that the matter had been fully paid, Company utilized TCA’s auditor’s statement, and applied the maximum legal interest rate, less payments made by (or on behalf) of Hannover House, Inc. Subsequent to the close of the March 31, 2016 Quarterly reporting period, counsel for Company negotiated a settlement agreement that both parties have since accepted. Under the settlement agreement, TCA will waive the claims of additional monies due, and file the applicable “satisfaction of judgment” documentation with both the Arkansas and Florida courts. In return, Company will waive its claims for damages for usurious interest, and Company will not contest the prior issuance of 10-million shares of restricted stock to TCA as collateral (and ultimately as “compensation”) for the Investment Advisory Services described in the loan agreement
DAILY BLOG UPDATES FROM CANNES – You will want to see what’s happening here… JUST WATCH!!
What a f'ing joke these guys are
They are just unbelievable, if you say watch for daily updates, give them to us.
May 09, 2016
HHSE new partner Cinedigm Corp. Announces 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split
Breaking News: Outer space-aliens abduct a company CEO and President on the way to France.
"So, unless an asteroid strikes Los Angeles and wipes out the firm that is review the Film Library Valuation company... or if Parkinson and Shefte are abducted by outer-space aliens and restrained from completing the SOX 404 report... or if the auditing company's building is sucked into a sinkhole... or any other such unforeseen (and extraordinarily unlikely) circumstance... then the HHSE Form 10 will include 2014, 2015 AND the full audited Q1, 2016 financials . Otherwise, we're on track. HHSE MANAGEMENT HAVE MADE THE COMMITMENT THAT THE COMPANY WILL NOT miss the filing of the Form 10 in the next few weeks. The CANNES title line up of high-profile productions is TRANSFORMATIVE and is the "Lionsgate" moment to take this company to heights that even the most optimistic of longs have not dreamed. We have made the commitment to make certain that the Company's shares are fully registered - to correspond with that time that the world's media and the world's major investment community - are looking directly at HHSE."
I guess we should get a plethora of news early next week.
Misspelling in the movies opening text, WOW.
'UNION BOUND'
Not rated; contains some violence, disturbing images and strong language.
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The text at the start of the Civil War drama "Union Bound" introduces moviegoers to "Sargent Joseph E. Hoover." Not "Sergeant" or "Sgt." but "Sargent," as in (for example) Dick Sargent, the replacement Darrin on "Bewitched." This lack of attention to detail does not bode well for a low-budget independent production that managed to wrangle hundreds of war re-enactors for an impressive battle scene yet did not think to engage a copy editor.
I believe they have all closed.
Time to mention HHSE to Claytrader
Missed SHM was mother goose still on track for Apr 30th start ?
NEW BLOG March 11th
Friday, March 11, 2016
Further Clarity to Current "DVD CORE" activites vs. New Ventures
Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - as is sometimes the risk when presenting a higher-altitude "Executive Summary" for review - smaller details are intentionally excluded. In the case of last night's Plate Tectonics blog, the exclusion of some information has been confusing to a few of our legitimate shareholders. The issue to be addressed this morning is the DVD Core Business -- as has been the majority of revenues for the past few years at HHSE.
There are quite a few factors in motion that affect the "physical packaged goods market" in the USA at present. Here are the key issues:
TOUGHER RULES GOVERN SHELF SPACE FOR SMALLER TITLES
1). Walmart Stores, Inc. continues to hold a commanding "national market share" of greater than 50% of all physical, packaged goods sales for DVDs and BluRays. In layman's terms, that means that for ALL studios (not just HHSE), Walmart buys MORE DVDs and BluRays than ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS COMBINED. As a result, when Walmart "sneezes," the entire home video industry gets a cold.
2). Effective as of January, 2016, Walmart CHANGED the way that they are buying "non-theatrical" titles for DVD and BluRay New Release placement. At this point, if a film has gone "straight to DVD" or had only a minor theatrical release (defined as grossing less than $1-mm at the box office), these titles can ONLY be placed as new releases on the FIRST TUESDAY of each month. In the past, a disributor / studio could pick ANY Tuesday street date for non-theatrical releases.
3). This policy change for HHSE means that many of the smaller titles being sold by HHSE and Medallion Releasing supplier studios are now "crunched up" with a ton of other indie product, all competing for one of about twenty new release slots for the first Tuesday of the month... as opposed to one of twenty new release slots almost every Tuesday. So the competition for shelf space on these smaller titles has increased almost 3-X.
4). At the same time, Walmart has lowered the effective consumer pricing of the DVD budget bins from $5.00 per DVD down to $3.74. So the margins for budget bins have dropped... leaving "key title" new release placements as the big money spots at Walmart.
5). Will HHSE and Medallion continue to put out onto DVD and BluRay these smaller, indie titles (and films with less than $1-mm box office)? Yes, but it's going to be difficult to expect placement for more than three or four titles per month as New Releases. There's still "modular" shelving placements, and budget bins, but there's always been a lot of competition to place products into those slots as well. It is our analysis that this core business of smaller titles for the physical home video business is not likely to generate greater than $3-to-4-mm per year for HHSE, possibly even less.
BIGGER THEATRICAL TITLES CONTINUE TO HOLD SOLID PHYSICAL NUMBERS
One of the factors for why Walmart has reallocated video shelf space is that the smaller titles have been selling-through to consumers at generally lower turn rates... while bigger theatrical titles have been holding solid (and in some genre categories, actually growing). Walmart is in the business of selling what its shoppers are buying. If shoppers are skipping over B and C videos in favor of "FROZEN," then there's an argument to create an additional shelf-sku for "FROZEN" to make sure that no stores suffer the dreaded "out-of-stock" syndrome.
Walmart is honoring distributor / studio street dates for ANY Tuesday so selected for theatrical titles grossing over $1-mm. Plus, they have allocated more prominent fixtures and space to higher-end titles... meaning that it's possible to get multiple in-store locations for higher-end video releases (Main & Front Entrances, Action Alley, Power Aisle, Video Dept. End-Caps, New Release Shelves, Free-Standing Displays).
These retail factors make it more attractive for HHSE to put greater attention and focus onto higher-end titles for production and theatrical release.
HHSE and Medallion titles will continue to be sold to Walmart through the existing wholesale venture with Alchemy... plus through a new wholesaler as a supplemental sales partner... and selected higher-end titles will be sold through a Major Studio distribution partner. The new supplemental distribution partner and Major Studio partner have not been formally announced as of today. This structure is designed to give the "smaller" HHSE and Medallion titles two, separate distribution conduits for shelf space at Walmart... as well as the studio-controlled space for higher-end theatrical titles. The best of both worlds... which is essential in an evolving marketplace.
ANALYSIS CHARTS & MORE FOR S.H. MEETING
Graphic charts visually illustrate the evolving home video landscape for HHSE and the Independent Film Studios. These will be presented at the Shareholder's Meeting - and included in the pre-meeting agenda report which will be posted to this blog.
Remember this BS ?
Friday, July 3, 2015
SWEET! 100% Re-Order within 2-Weeks!
Terrence Howard's smash-hit TV Series, EMPIRE, has elevated his star stature to levels exceeding even his IRON MAN fame. As a result, the HHSE / Green Apple release of "LOVE BEAT THE HELL OUTTA ME" is being popularly received at Walmart and Best Buy. To our welcomed surprise, we received re-orders today for Walmart equalling 100% of the initial placement quantities of the title... and that's less than 2-weeks after initial (June Modular) street date! WOW!
Then on the Nov 6th Blog it was revealed that:
The Terrence Howard, Urban-Drama, "LOVE BEAT THE HELL OUTTA ME" encountered a rights delay issue, in that it was still under a "sell-off" period with Vivendi (Cinedigm) at the time of the first HHSE - MEDALLION mass merchant placement. This issue is expected to be resolved by Dec. 1st, at the natural maturation of the prior contract's sell-off period.
Why is "Dancin its on" the only DVD without a Walmart sticker on it ? Looks like it was placed there just for a photo op.
How long is a "few weeks"
Jan 30 2016
3). 2014 / 2015 FULL YEAR AUDITS - The new auditors for HHSE are PCAOB Certified with a spotless record for accuracy and compliance. There are two major issues that impacted the completion of this task in January.
a). HHSE must complete the internal controls & compliance documentation on the accounting of activities for the Company in a format that will fully conform to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 404. While this internal procedure standard does not require that HHSE do anything differently than the methodologies used at present, it does require a voluminous set of internal documents describing each procedure (from how a cost is applied to a specific title or expenditure account, to how the company recognizes contract-receivables from financing ventures such as the manner that Netflix pays out over 2-year terms). PLEASE NOTE THAT THE YELLOW-HIGHLIGHTED AREAS ABOVE ARE FOR CLARITY... TO HELP OUT THOSE SLOWER READERS WHO MIGHT HAVE WRONGLY SURMISED THAT THE "SOX 404" IS A S.E.C. REQUIREMENT FOR ALL FILERS (IT IS NOT). WE APOLOGIZE FOR WRITING IN SLIGHTLY COMPLEX SENTENCES THAT CAN BE CONFUSING TO THOSE NOT HAVING BASIC LEVELS OF INTEGRAL COMPREHENSION. SO TO BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, "SOX 404" CONFORMITY IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE NEW AUDITING FIRM (AND MOST MAJOR FIRMS), AND IS NOT A S.E.C. FILING REQUIREMENT FOR ALL LEVELS OF REPORTING ENTITIES. IF WE COULD "WRITE" IN EVEN SIMPLER SENTENCES, AND STILL COMMUNICATE COMPLEX ISSUES, WE WOULD.
b). The HHSE Film Library Report is missing over 220 titles that have been added since 2010 (the last date that the library was reviewed and evaluated by an outside party). The new auditors have encouraged HHSE to immediately complete a current (12-31-2015) Library Valuation Report - and to utilize one of the top six specialty firms in that industry. HHSE has already commenced this engagement and new library report.
Both items (3a and 3b above) are expected to be completed in the next few weeks, and will become items referenced within (or directly included within, either fully or in abbreviated formats) to the Company's Form 10-registration statement and Auditors report.
Time for a new BLOG, this share price is slipping.
Just FYI
Advertise in the USA TODAY Weekday edtion. Get your ad in over 1.4 Million papers! Advertising rate is based on a 4 line ad (approximately 30 characters or 4 words per line) for ONE weekday insertion in the USA TODAY, print only!
that rate is good for a PRINT ONLY 4 line ad.
IE: For sale: my shares
of HHSE a near worth-
less penny stock call
evenings 419-555-1234
Too bad Union Bound isn't playing until April 22nd, two months after black history month ends.
Isn't buying a half page ad for a movie that won't be released for 2 months a bit stupid ? Guess HHSE got stuck with the purchase when they thought the movie would play in Feb.
Nov 16 BLOG
4). VODWIZ - More suppliers have joined the VODWIZ ranks; yet technical, operational and financial issues have stalled the launch of this V.O.D.-streaming portal venture. A restructuring meeting planned for last Wednesday got delayed a week due to a personal (family) matter impacting HHSE CEO Eric Parkinson (which had him out of the office for a several days last week). If the new restructuring can be finalized as presently envisioned, then there would be no further delays in launching VODWIZ under a highly visible campaign. It is HHSE's hope that this matter can be resolved on Wednesday, and formally announced by week's end. If the matter is not finalized in time for a formal (consumer or public) announcement this week, then HHSE will update shareholders and followers via this blog.
Anyone remember as update ?
Will the HHSE stock by-back begin today ? Isn't the threshold .007
This the 3rd or 4th year using the same never to be made films as revenue guidance for the year ?
Monday, February 8, 2016
Q4 and Y/E 12-31-2015 Earnings Release today!
Watch for results here and via press release.
I guess they never said before or after the close.