The committee is profoundly disturbed about the recent string of allegations that companies...may have engaged in questionable accounting practices.

I was a little disturbed reading that it was a done deal. The last time I checked, the School Committee sets policy, which is what I think will ultimately happen regarding sports banquets.

With recent growth, we were soon going to need an upgrade for our Sage MIP Fund Accounting product. The new product configuration gives us the freedom to grow without upgrading products and without fees. In addition, the new workflow navigator built into the latest version of Sage MIP Fund Accounting will make processing payroll even easier, and the new payroll reports will help our management and department heads stay on top of costs.

Out of our 22 turnovers, I'd probably say 10 to 12 were offensive fouls. Questionable calls, but we have to live with it.

As a result of our investigation and our contact with the two companies, they have now amended their practices so that consumers will now be able to buy other brands of cars from dealerships that were previously exclusively for BMW, Mini and General Motors.

I suppose subconsciously I was thinking in terms of having the scale of it matching the scale of the images. Hence the sort of string quartet, jazz band and electronic stuff.