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Budgets continue to shrink, so IT departments have to do everything they can to save money. Many are looking at the all-too-obvious cuts and neglecting a helpful chunk of less obvious ways to pinch those pennies. I want to offer some, which I think can go a long way toward saving your department precious budget dollars (and quite possibly, your job). You can protect your budget and help safeguard your job by implementing these cost-cutting measures.
1. Drop Microsoft Office for Google Apps or LibreOffice
I know most businesses hold onto Microsoft Office as if their work-lives depended upon it. The truth is it doesn't. Google Apps and LibreOffice have both evolved into business-class productivity suites that can easily replace the de facto standard, Microsoft Office. This move will especially help small businesses that don't benefit from bulk-purchase prices from Microsoft. And since most users tap into only about 10 to 15 percent of the features and power of their office suite, why not save nearly one hundred percent of the cost of the proprietary solution? Besides, a tool like Google Apps makes collaboration between teams even easier.
2. Migrate your terminal server to a Linux box
The Microsoft Terminal Server is a powerful tool — and it comes with a powerful price tag. The more users you need, the more costly that option will be. Replace that box with a Linux machine and you can have the same kind of power at a small fraction of the cost. And adding more users won't wind up costing you the entire budget. So long as your hardware can handle it, you can add as many users as you like — at no cost.
3. In-house your CRM/ERP/HRM solutions
If you go to SourceForge and search for CRM, ERP, or HRM, you'll be astounded at the hits you get. Not only are these solutions plentiful, they are powerful. With the likes of Drupal, Joomla!, OrangeHRM, and countless other tools, you will have your business-to-customer-to-vendor-relationship in perfect harmony. And since these are mostly Web-based tools, you'll be able to work that magic from anywhere that can reach the server housing the tool.
4. Migrate to networked or cloud-based storage
The benefits of this might not be immediately apparent. But migrating your users' storage from their machines to a centralized location can help save your budget by reducing strain on the client machine (less writing to drives and more over the network). This will also help save costs because you can more easily back up all end-user data from a single location.
5. Move some desktops to Linux
This one will have the most people shaking their heads, but hear me out. There are always certain desktops in a company that have a limited usage. And because much of business has migrated to Web-based tools, a Linux box makes perfect sense. With those machines, you won't have to worry about virus infections, corrupt registry entries, or users installing malware-infested applications. Some machines will need Windows (such as those that use proprietary software or software with no Linux port, like QuickBooks). And there will be users who refuse change. For those instances, simply stick with what works best. But for the machines and/or users that can make use of Linux, make the switch and you'll save.
6. Keep good backups of everything
It's inevitable: Hardware is going to break. That means every machine in your company, at some point, is going to give up the ghost. When that happens, so much time can be lost recovering data — be it user-level or company-level data. One of the most critical tasks you can have as an IT pro is making sure backups run and run consistently. With a solid backup plan, you will save quite a lot of money in the end, even if only in time.
7. Implement strict antivirus and anti-malware policies
A big issue with end user machines is the "accidental installation" of malware or the infection of viruses. One of the best ways to help yourself out is to use an antivirus solution (such as Symantec Endpoint Protection) that can be managed from a centralized location. Regardless of what you use, it is crucial to make sure that all antivirus and anti-malware software is up to date (both the application and the definitions). It might also behoove you to make sure that end users aren't installing extra "features" for their browsers — such as coupon finders.
8. Encourage creative thinking (solutions for unique problems)
This is more for your IT staff. Encourage the use of creative thinking to solve issues with client computers and servers. Most every computer issue has multiple paths that can arrive at a solution. Sometimes the creative solution is the one that can help save money in the end. Not all administrators can think along these routes, so don't press them if they aren't capable. But encourage those who can think creatively and on their toes.
9. Document, document, document
You want to save time? Document your hardware, your network topology, and your software. Document your users, your users' PCs, your backups — anything you can possibly think of that will help you save time and make transitions from one software/hardware/administrator to another as smooth as possible. This documentation will also go a long way toward helping you see how everything on your network is used and what can be used more efficiently.
10. Implement a help desk solution
Many smaller businesses don't employ a help desk solution because they assume you can keep track of all the issues on your own. That is a big mistake. The ability to track progress on issues and to review previous issues (and how they were fixed) can really save you time and money. And enabling end users to submit tickets will help ensure that issues are better managed and resolved more quickly. Plenty of open source solutions are available for this. (My favorite is OS Ticket.)
Have you found some other strategies that have helped you reduce spending? Please, share your suggestions bellow.
Best Regards,
Kristina Kozlova
Altabel Group – Professional Software Development
Real entrepreneurs: a big vision and mother-in-child "blind" belief in their product . Viable or doomed?
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The real entrepreneur is usually viewed as "someone with a big vision, and a stubborn determination to charge straight ahead through any obstacle and make it happen". Is that so in reality? The vision part looks fine, but stubbornness is of a specific kind. Mature and successful entrepreneurs know that due to the extreme uncertainty of a new product/service usually many corrections are required in the course of the project. The challenge "when to change your direction and when to persevere" is reiterated. Actually the start up runway is not money but how many pivots the start up can still make. Pivoting in the right direction as early as possible is what makes the product and project lean. Pivots come in many different flavors, each designed to test the viability of a different hypothesis about the product, customer, technology, business model and engine of growth. Here are the summary of top-10 pivots to take (by Eric Ries (c)):
– Zoom-in pivot: what previously was considered a single feature in a product becomes the whole product.
- Zoom-out pivot: sometimes a single feature is insufficient to support a customer set, and what was considered the whole product becomes a single feature of a much larger product.
- Customer segment pivot: the product attracts real customers, but not the ones originally supposed to. So repositioning and optimizing for a more appreciative segment are needed.
- Customer need pivot: the customer feedback indicates that the problem solved is not very important, or money isn't available to buy. This requires repositioning, or a completely new product, to find a problem worth solving.
- Application-to-platform or vice versa pivot: many founders envision their solution as a platform for future products, but don't have a single killer application yet. Most customers buy solutions, not platforms.
- Business architecture pivot: two major business architectures are: high margin, low volume (complex systems model), or low margin, high volume (volume operations model). Both can't be operated at the same time.
- Value capture pivot: changes to the way a startup captures value (i.e. monetization or revenue model) can have far-reaching consequences for business, product, and marketing strategies. The "free" model doesn't capture much value.
- Engine of growth pivot: the most popular primary growth engines are: the viral, sticky, and paid growth models. The right model picked can dramatically affect the speed and profitability of growth.
- Distribution channel pivot: these pivots usually require unique pricing, feature, and competitive positioning adjustments.
- Technology pivot: a way to achieve the same solution by using a completely different technology. This is most relevant if the new technology can provide superior price and/or performance to improve competitive posture.
Also, an interesting observation: "Ask most entrepreneurs who have decided to pivot and they will tell you that they wish they had made the decision sooner." So the valuable guideline of thinking and acting for all the start-ups is to design a product with the smallest set of features to please a customer base, move it into the marketplace quickly, test and measure the reaction, detect the pivot spot and iterate on this basis.
What's your interesting experience in making pivots? You are welcome to share your stories here.
Kind regards,
Helen Boyarchuk – Business Development Manager (LI page)
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Altabel Group – Professional Software Development
Almost the first word coming to one's mind in relation to "start up" notion is risk. The sad reality is that very few products are successful, despite of all the perseverance, hard work and creativity of their producers. At the same time, some start-ups' stories sound like modern-time rags-to-riches stories. What's the formula for success then?
Many say: "They have been in the right place at the right time". In this way it sounds like a pure good luck or a ready-made excuse for those who haven't succeeded. Mature entrepreneurs reject this line of thinking. They say: " Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught." Here "process" doesn't mean a blueprint to follow but thinking in the right way.
Wrong thinking produces wrong acting. Based on entrepreneurs experience stories let's try to define these wrong beliefs and fears having place while releasing the first product version:
Belief # 1. Brilliant business plan. The first questions to answer before starting building the product are: what should we build and for whom? Usually a thorough business plan is created answering these questions but not limited. After weeks /months of implementation and ardent arguments about bugs and features the first version goes live and… Nothing happens – the fears were unfounded because nobody even tried it.
Lesson to be learned: The idea is only then brilliant when customers say it's so: not a well-known domain guru or results of whiteboard exercises performed by the marketing dept. Resort to talking to customers as early as possible.
Belief # 2. Low quality sucks. Entrepreneurs care about reputation so much. This originates the fear of releasing a low quality product which would tarnish the reputation as an engineer: "People would think I didn't know how to build a quality product."
Lesson to be learned: Mistakes are almost inevitable, they are in the very nature of start ups as in a start-up who the customer is and what the customer might find valuable are often unknown. So the tip is: fail often but fail quietly. Build a minimum viable product and test it empirically on a small fraction of potential customers. Even if your first product sucks, at least not too many people will know about it.
Belief # 3. Hurry to become big. Entrepreneurs tend to think big – it seems if the product is complex and has heaps of features it will definitely win customers' hearts. As the result, thousands of lines of the code, endless arguments about which bugs to fix and which to tolerate, which features to cut and which to cram in, for the first product version which may mean just waste for customers.
Lesson to be learned: Don't be in a rush to get big, be in a rush to have a great product. When you launch development try to firstly figure out how "minimal viable product" for your customers should function and look like; what you need to build in order to test your product idea assumptions.
The thing is that the first version is the best time to make mistakes. Each version serves as a basis to learning and then making a vital pivot in order to adopt some part of the vision to reality. The whole process looks like "build-measure-learn" loop (Eric Ries (c)). Going throughout this cycle reputedly implies another threat:
Belief # 4. Preconception towards some "build-measure-learn" element. It means thinking of this or that element of the cycle to be more important. For engineers it's learning to build things as efficiently as possible. Plenty of entrepreneurs obsess over data and metrics. The guts speak…
Lesson to be learned: None of these activities by itself is of paramount importance. The aim should be to minimize the total time through this loop as the core sense of Lean Startup method is to recognize asap that it's time to pivot.
That's pretty much it. Think big, start small, pivot fast, scale actively :)
Kind regards,
Helen Boyarchuk – Business Development Manager (LI page)
email@example.com | Skype ID: helen_boyarchuk
Altabel Group – Professional Software Development
The value of a lean start-up approach is that you are not heavily investing upfront in unnecessary/unneeded expenses. Your budget/funds should be allocated toward developing a prototype/product to test against a small/large group and see whether or not your target audience love it or hate it. This will give you a more accurate idea of its potential value, cost to improve the product/market, and maybe a couple of example customers.
The Lean Startup has evolved into a movement that is having a significant impact on how companies are built, funded and scaled. As with any new idea, with popularity comes misinterpretation:
Tale 1: Lean means cheap. Lean startups try to spend as little money as possible
The reality is the Lean Startup method is not about cost, it is about speed. Lean startups waste less money, because they use a disciplined approach to testing new products and ideas. Lean, when used in the context of lean startup, refers to a process of building companies and products based on lean manufacturing principles, but applied to innovation. That process involves rapid hypothesis testing, learning about customers, and a disciplined approach to product development.
Tale 2: The Lean Startup methodology is only for Web 2.0, Internet and consumer software companies
Actually, the Lean Startup methodology applies to all companies that face uncertainty about what customers will want. This is true regardless of industry or even scale of company: many established companies depend on their ability to create disruptive innovation. Those general managers are entrepreneurs, too. And they can benefit from increased speed and discipline.
Tale 3: Lean Startups are bootstrapped startups
There's nothing wrong with raising venture capital. Many lean startups are ambitious and are able to deploy large amounts of capital. What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. Because lean startups focus on validating their riskiest assumptions first, they sometimes charge money for their product from day one – but not always.
Tale 4: Lean Startups are very small companies
This focus on size also obscures another truth: that many entrepreneurs live inside of much larger organizations. The proper definition of a startup is: a human institution creating a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. In other words, any organization striving to create disruptive innovation is a startup, whether they know it or not. Established companies have as much to gain from lean startup techniques as the mythical "two guys in a garage".
Tale 5: Lean Startups replace vision with data or customer feedback
Lean startups are driven by a compelling vision, and they are rigorous about testing each element of this vision against reality. They use customer development, split-testing, and in-depth analytics as vehicles for learning about how to make their vision successful. Along the way, they pivot away from the elements of the vision that are delusional and double down on the elements that show promise.
The old model of entrepreneurship was dominated by an over-emphasis on the magical powers of startup founders. Usually, the stories we hear about successful startups describe a brilliant visionary, fighting valiantly against the odds to create a new reality. As employees gradually fall under his or her spell, they execute his or her master plan, which leads, in the end, to world domination.
Anyone who has spent time around real startup successes knows this story is usually wildly untrue. Founders benefit from historical revisionism and survivor's bias: we rarely hear the stories of the thousands of visionaries who failed utterly.
The Lean Startup moves our industry past this mythological entrepreneurship story and towards a methodology that is more scientifically grounded and accessible.
People who are truly committed to a vision of changing the world in a significant way can't afford the luxury of staying in that cozy, comfortable place of building in stealth mode without outside feedback. If you really believe your vision needs to become a reality, you owe it to yourself to test that vision with every tool available.
Best Regards,
Kristina Kozlova
Altabel Group – Professional Software Development


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I got so much more done than I ever would have at home.
The Geese in the Forest quilt top is FINALLY assembled!
I also managed to make a couple more French Provincial log cabins.
And three Rainbow Jane blocks.
No idea when I'll be sewing again. Tax day is looming!
(The Geese in the Forest pattern is available in the store here.)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
I Love Retreats!
I got so much more done than I ever would have at home.
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15 comments:
- Connie said...
Very impressive...and beautiful!
- April 3, 2012 at 5:34 PM
- thea said...
That is amazing!!
- April 3, 2012 at 6:02 PM
- QuiltSwissy said...
Ohh! One of my favorite quilts of yours!
- April 3, 2012 at 6:47 PM
- Cynthia said...
Wow, your geese in the forest is so beautiful, I love it!!!!
- April 3, 2012 at 7:14 PM
- CitricSugar said...
It looks so great! Must feel good to be done the top. Glad to hear you enjoyed the retreat!
- April 3, 2012 at 7:21 PM
- Karin said...
love this quilt pattern! Great job! Now I'm gonna have to google it to find the pattern!
- April 4, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- Robin said...
Woo! Love it! Sounds like it was a productive weekend. :)
- April 4, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Amanda said...
This looks like so much fun! It's beautiful!
- April 4, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- Esther said...
I love this! And, I want to thank you for all you DJ posts in the past. I am making a DJ and could not have gotten past A-1 without your posts. Thank you!
- April 5, 2012 at 6:49 PM
- Karen said...
Wow! Doesn't your quilt look fantastic on the design wall! It was so much fun having you join the retreat. Hope to see you again.
- April 5, 2012 at 8:58 PM
- Lynda said...
That is a fantastic quilt! Love the Friday retreat blocks too.
- April 6, 2012 at 8:08 PM
- Quack Quack22 said...
I think this quilt is beautiful. I just love colours
- April 13, 2012 at 10:43 AM
- Florence said...
wow,,,,,,,,,,,your quilt is stunning,,,,,,,i started this with you way back when,,,,and mine is still in a box,,,,,,i can do the paper thing better, so maybe i should get her back out soon,,,,,,,,,,,,thanks so much for all those patterns so i can finish mine up,,,,woohoooo,,,,,,,love yours
- April 13, 2012 at 6:55 PM
- Chase Clark said...
Oooh it's stunning seeing it all together! Way to go!
- April 17, 2012 at 10:36 PM
- Madame Samm said...
Gorgeous design
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Young beatboxing brothers are celebrating after winning a top award in Wandsworth.
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My arraylist is of the form:
public class Account {
String username;
String password;
I managed to put some "Accounts" in the a txt file, but now I don't know how to read them. This is how my arraylist looks in the txt file:
username1 password1 | username2 password2 | etc
This is a part of the code I came up with, but it doesn't work. It looks logical to me though... :) .
public static void RdAc(String args[]) {
ArrayList<Account> peoplelist = new ArrayList<Account>(50);
int i,i2,i3;
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Can we, at long last, put the kibosh on the kiddie King orators?
Every third Monday in January, well-meaning people all over America get together to "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" and honor Dr. King's memory. On many of these programs appears a precocious prepubescent prodigy who wows everyone by flawlessly reciting "I Have a Dream."
The same thing will happen at 7 a.m. today at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham, when the 32nd annual MLK Jr. Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast will be held.
Bruce Lightner, who has been at the forefront of Raleigh's King Day celebration "since before there even was a holiday," said "the prayer breakfast is still important because it gives the black and white communities a chance to come together."
Right on. One of the more unusual King Day recognitions occurs each year in Ludlow, Vt. - yes, Vermont - where the Okemo Mountain Ski Resort offers an MLK Jr. special offer. Bonnie MacPherson, director of public relations for the resort, said the King weekend "has traditionally been one of our biggest weekends of the year. We expect 7 (thousand) to 8,000 people on the slopes this weekend."
I won't be one of them, not because of any philosophical opposition, but because MacPherson said, "We've got a little bit of a cold snap now, but temperatures are supposed to warm up into the 30s."
Up into the 30s? Yikes.
Whether one spends today on the slopes, on the beach or at the mall is less important than what you do the rest of the year.
Last year, for instance, Dr. King's birthday should've been celebrated in April. That's when, after a tornado devastated sections of Raleigh, I watched as scores of white dudes with chain saws and axes swarmed into different neighborhoods, black and white, to chop down and remove damaged trees, cover roofs and just generally lend a hand.
Lightner saw the same thing. "I very seldom take the podium" at the prayer breakfast, he said, "but I'm going to say something to acknowledge what the N.C. Baptist Men's Disaster Relief team did."
Few people who now presume to speak for Dr. King knew him personally. Someone who did was Chuck Stone, a retired newspaper columnist, journalism professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and the reason I became a writer.
"He would be surprised at the level of reverence people express for him," a laughing Stone said Saturday. "We didn't see this coming in the 1960s." Stone said he rejected King's offer of a job at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference because it meant he'd have to move his family from New York to Atlanta, the Deep South.
"He was pretty close to the fire," too close for him, Stone said, laughing again.
What, then, would Dr. King want? I asked him.
"He'd want," Stone said, "people to actually go out and do something."
Like cut down some damaged trees that are blocking a neighbor's driveway?
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The course is an introduction to the nature of culture and a comparison of contemporary western and non-western cultures worldwide. Readings, films, slides and class discussion help review cultural similarities and differences in subsistence technology, language, social organization, politics, religion and art. An analysis that views culture as humankind's most important adaptive tool, a strategy for survival, also suggests anthropology's relevance for appreciating modern world social, economic and ecological problems. The course addresses contemporary issues of human choices and culture change.
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The Applied Portfolio and Professional Strategies course will help the student develop applied portfolios in offline and online media, demo reels, and print-related materials relating to professional packages (resumes, cover letters, business cards, etc.) Students will learn real-world business approaches for art and culturally-based professionals within community networks. The understanding of contracts, copyright, budgeting and marketing and presentation concepts as applied to commercial-based work and freelance opportunities will be explored. The course is designed to help the student navigate the professional areas of art and integrated media, while gaining critical insight into art practice and leadership in the business environment.
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The Marin Center's 2000-seat Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium and 300-seat Marin Showcase Theatre both have architectural accessibility- wheelchair access to the theatre and restrooms. Golden Gate Transit bus service has transportation to the Marin Center and wheel chair accessibility. As we plan our upcoming operas and outreach, we will let schools and audience members know about this accessibility, and market that accessibility. If you would like to volunteer to be a liason with a special needs group, please contact us at 415-339-9546, or email email@example.com.
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We plan to include accessibility information and news, in all marketing for our programs coming up on our web site, in E-letters, on facebook, twitter, and on promotional materials and in PR. We will arrange for office staff to have information about accessibility, and train our board, staff and all volunteers for GGO as well, so they can let their contacts and the public know. We will plan accessibility accommodations for outreach performances such as at the Canal Alliance Community Center, Sausalito Art Festival performance, public opera preview, In-School performances or a free performance in the park in Sausalito. We will speak about GGO accessibility , and our efforts in planning accessibility, when speaking at Rotary, Kiwanis or the Chamber of Commerce. We will work with the Civil rights national office to make sure we are accessible to all people.
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STOURBRIDGE indie rockers Ned's Atomic Dustbin have announced are bringing their legendary first album back to the Midlands.
Jonn, Dan and Alex, along with fellow original band members Mat and Rat, are getting set to play the entire God Fodder album in Birmingham at their only club show of the year.
The band will be hitting the stage at the new HMV Institute in Digbeth on Saturday September 25, to bring the album to fans in the region who missed out when the record was released back in 1991.
Ned's Singer, Jonn Penney says "Back when we first toured God Fodder, we didn't play in Birmingham and that's something we'll be very happy to address all these years later.
"We can't wait to christen the new venue and set a new bar-takings record."
God Fodder catapulted the Ned's to international fame, selling 60,000 copies during its first week in the UK and getting to number four in the album charts.
The band became a massive hit in America after extensive coverage on MTV, the album sold 400,000 copies and Ned's played sold out shows in major cities across the nation.
The band reformed with their original line-up in 2008 and paid homage to God Fodder by performing it in full, plus a selection of other tracks from their early days, at London's 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire last Christmas.
The show proved a huge success and the boys from the Black Country have been keen to bring the show back to a venue closer to home ever since.
Tickets for the Birmingham show go on sale at 9am on Friday June 25 via www.nedsatomicdustbin.com Ned's fans will be able to buy a advance limited VIP tickets including a signed poster and pass to the after show party at the venue by following the links from the band's Myspace and Facebook web sites.


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Good thing there wasn't Internet and Facebook in the days of our forefather Avraham. If there had been, he may never have come to Israel. He may have decided to stay in Ur Kasdeem, and settle with being a vicarious Israeli via the Internet. That way he could have enjoyed the best of both worlds, rubbing shoulders with all of the wealthy and high-ranking idol worshippers in Ur Kasdeem, while at the same time sending in comments to The Jewish Press.com, critical of the way things were being run in the Holy Land.
After all, in Avraham's time, there were savage Canaanites living in Eretz Yisrael. And there weren't any kosher supermarkets back then, nor religious neighborhoods, nor Jewish Day Schools and yeshivot for the kids. In fact, there weren't any Jews living there at all. Avraham would be the first. Who needed the hassle? It made a lot more sense to stay where he was, in Ur America, where everyone knew him, enjoying the good life with the goyim, wait for Moshiach, and pretend, via the Internet, that he was actually involved in building the Jewish State.
Lucky for us that The Jewish Press.com didn't exist back then. It could have been a test that even Avraham might not have had the strength to overcome.
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Editor's Note: In 2013, Wednesdays will be rave-only days. Thank you to our readers for your support.
I think it is a great idea that everyone not carrying health insurance pays a penalty. They get real sick, taxpayers have to foot the bill anyway. Now there is a little money being put in the kitty. Who gets all that money from "raised" premiums? Great time to be in the health insurance business! Raise premiums, cancel policies of sick people, nothing new about all that, except now they get to blame it all on "Obamacare."
Special thank you to Jerry at Sew and Go for his assistance on the light show in Madison, Florida. You help has made it a bright year for all that watch it.
The tree lighting at the Lake Park library was wonderful. Thank you Chamber.
The new restaurant in Echols Corbetts Country Corner has great food and a happy bunch working there. Keep up the good work.
The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra is not only a cultural gift to our community but its members are also the most generous musicians. The VSO played accompaniment for the excellent "Nutcracker" performance. The orchestra's conductor and members excelled under unbelievably crowded conditions in the orchestra pit at Mathis. Not a murmur of complaint or discomfort was heard. The VSO deserves all our respect, thanks and support.
A big applause for the ladies of the garden clubs who have decorated The Crescent Garden Center so beautifully. The third floor ballroom has been transformed into a special remembrance of WW II vets. A trip in time with various Christmas themes in all the rooms is a great way to spend an afternoon. Donations help to maintain this century old mansion.


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The debate rages on about the impacts food truck lot events have on the community and local brick-and-mortar businesses, but the likelihood they will operate permanently in Santa Monica appears better than ever.
Despite opposition from Main Street merchants and residents, the Planning Commission has recommended to the City Council that it allow up to four weekly events in Santa Monica. For the first time, the lots would operate under new city codes, rather than with temporary permits.
The commission's proposal is to allow one off-street food truck lot per week from 5–10 p.m. on Main Street and three events from 8 a.m.–11 p.m., on Pico, Santa Monica and Lincoln boulevards.
The proposed rules would also impose space restrictions: lots would have to be at least 15,000 square feet. Additionally, each food truck would need 2,000 square feet and each lot would have to have a maximum of 200 square feet for seating.
City staffers' position is the food trucks "enhance pedestrian experience" and offer a "variety of inexpensive food options." At their Wednesday meeting, some commissioners agreed.
"A lot of people come out of their homes and attend these food truck events and make the area more social," said commissioner Jennifer Kennedy.
Toby Smith, the executive director of the California Heritage Museum, said a weekly event on Main Street, helps keep the museum open. He said proceeds from the Tuesday event—estimated at $104,000 in two years—generate a substantial portion of the museum's operating revenue.
According to Matt Geller, president of Southern California Mobile Food Vendor Association, in the two years since the food trucks and the Heritage Museum have partnered up, they have raised about $104,000.
"It seems like almost once a week one of our visitors makes a comment about the event," Santa Monica resident and assistant Mike Snow told the commission. "It's a community event—people like meeting their neighbors, they enjoying bringing their out-of-town visitors."
But Anthony Schmitt, chairman of Main Street Business Improvement Association, called it a "sad state of affairs" that restaurants are pitted in competition with businesses that don't pay rent.
Commissioners Ted Winterer and Jim Ries—who voted against the proposal—expressed doubts, too.
"I'm supportive of brick-and-mortar businesses," said Ries. "I would like to vote against this straight out, but at the same time I hear a number of $104,000 in fundraising done for the museum."
Winterer was more concerned about the lack of flexibility in passing the amendment. "I can't support anything that's going to be on a permanent basis," he said. Instead, Winterer suggested there be an annual permit, so the city could regularly evaluate the events.
The debate isn't new. Since they first arrived in Santa Monica two years ago, the food truck events have seen mixed responses from the community.
Currently, the city only issues temporary permits to food trucks that operate on private property. The permits regulate operations, such as lighting, noise and hours.
Coming up with a permanent solution to regulate the lots' operations has been on the City Council's agenda since the spring of last year. In November 2011, the council took one step toward that goal by adopting a new ordinance to bar vending on Main Street between Ocean Park Boulevard and Marine Street between 1 and 3 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
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First 2014 Headwaters Country Jam Performers Announced
The first artists for the 2014 Headwaters Country Jam in Cardwell, Mont. have been confirmed!
The first artists for the 2014 Headwaters Country Jam in Cardwell, Mont. have been confirmed!
Sammy Kershaw is grieving the death of his younger brother today. The singer announced that Minos Joseph Cashat, Jr. passed away on Friday (Sept. 27), also detailing the funeral arrangements for friends and family.
Summer's unofficial end is upon us and I thought it would be fun to list some great country songs that honor the working men and women of the United States of America on this Labor Day Weekend. Here's a six-pack of songs perfect for Labor Day. What country songs would you add to the list?
Aaron Tippin, Joe Diffie and Sammy Kershaw joined forces earlier this year when they hit the road together for the Roots and Boots Tour. Playing together for their diehard fans went so well that now the three country music legends are going to release an album together.
Sammy Kershaw's home in Lafayette, La. was damaged in a fire that broke out in the kitchen on Thursday (April 4). The property sustained heavy smoke damage, but thankfully, no one was injured in the blaze.
I had no idea they all have a new song together!!! The first I heard of it was with Andy Capwell this morning!!
The last we heard from Sammy was in 2003 with 'I Want My Money Back', Aaron Tippin in 2001 with 'Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly' and Joe Diffie in 2004 with 'Tougher Than Nails"
If you're an old-school country music fan, you're going to love the upcoming Roots & Boots Tour. Featuring Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin and Joe Diffie, this tour is tailor made for longtime, hardcore country music fans.
It's been 18 years between Christmas albums for Sammy Kershaw, but the singer says despite personal and professional ups and downs, the meaning of the holiday hasn't changed one bit. On 'A Sammy Klaus Christmas' he says he was looking to simplify -- to create a collection of songs that kids could enjoy in the way he enjoyed the holidays during his childhood.


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Earth Day had its birth about 40 years ago after a giant oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara raised concerns about the environment. Since then, it's become a worldwide movement that focuses on keeping the planet's health and environment in tip-top shape.
On April 22, the nation will celebrate another Earth Day. San Diego County has plenty of activities planned to celebrate our Earth: How will you choose to spend the "green" day?
Listed below are some activities all around the county. Whether you're in North County, South County, East County or the coast, there's an Earth Day celebration close by so you can do your part—make sure you bike your way to your preferred event! Click on the links for more information.
- When/where: , 1508 S Pacific St, Oceanside, April 19 at 10 a.m.
- Why go: Local San Diego companies and organizations, including Reef, Sustainable Surf and the Surfrider Foundation, will be at Buccaneer Beach for a cleanup and surfboard demos. Residents can also bring their used styrofoam to recycle.
- Cost: Free.
- When/where: , Carlsbad Blvd & Cannon Rd, Carlsbad, April 21 at 7 a.m.
- Why go: Run for the planet in your green attire at this 10K fun run. Cash awards will be given out.
- Cost: $30.
- When/where: , 400 B St, Encinitas, April 21 at 9 a.m.
- Why go: Share some Earth Day love with the beach by cleaning it and its adjacent sidewalk up. This event is a Surfrider Foundation event.
- Cost: Free.
- When/where:, 8825 Villa la Jolla Dr, La Jolla, April 21 at noon.
- Why go: Learn how to live a greener life, as well as Whole Foods' green mission. There will be gardening workshops, food demos and giveaways.
- Cost: Free.
- When/where: UC San Diego has events all week. Click the link above to see schedule.
- Why go: Participate in things like a trash sort, a green building tour and e-waste event.
- Cost: Free.
- When/where: , 15615 Pomerado Rd, Poway, April 20 at 11 a.m.
- Why go: Palomar Health's second annual Earth Day Events will showcase its comprehensive sustainability program. The event will also feature live entertainment, food and prizes.
- Cost: Free.
- When/where: Raglan Public House, 1851 Bacon St., Ocean Beach, April 19 from 7-9 p.m.
- Why go: Test your environmental and water knowledge at Raglan Public House. There will also be a raffle with prizes like a chance to enjoy organic, local and sustainable food and service at Raglan.
- Cost: $10 per person. Teams are made up of up to six people.
- When/where: Balboa Park, downtown, on April 22 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
- Why go: 60,000 Earth lovers will flock to Balboa Park for more than 350 exhibitors, special theme areas, food, a special Kids' Activity Area, three entertainment venues, the Children's Earth Parade, the eARTh Gallery art show and the Cleaner Car Concourse.
- Cost: Free.
- When/where: , 208 Palm Ave, Imperial Beach, April 21 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Why go: This monthly art show is celebrating Earth Day with music and art. Support your local artists and musicians at this green event.
- Cost: $3.


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By Jeanne LeFlore
Staff Writer
McALESTER —
Three McAlester High School students installed a flower bed to celebrate Earth Day.
Pride in McAlester High School Auxiliary members Makenna Smith, Chelsie Peckic and Brandon Apala designed and installed the flower bed, according to Stephanie Giacomo PIM executive director.
The bed was planted in front to the school's sign at the left side of the main entryway on Buffalo Drive.
She said three Boxwood shrubs and two types of flowers, Azaleas and Phlox, were used for the bed.
"The hardy plants were chosen by the students and are expected to withstand Oklahoma's sometimes harsh and unpredictable weather," Giacomo said.
"The students also chose the flowers and bushes to accentuate the school's sign," she said.
To install the flowerbed, Giacomo said the students first removed the grass from the area, prepared the soil, planted the flowers and the bushes, laid down the weed barrier, covered the area with mulch and then placed the edging stones.
"The funds for all the materials were provided by PIM but the students did all the hard work on this project," Giacomo said.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Contributor
I cover tax: paying tax is painful but reading about it shouldn't be.
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service issues a list of "Dirty Dozen" tax scams that can affect taxpayers. The list runs the gamut from schemes involving taxpayer participation (hiding offshore income) to schemes that taxpayers may know nothing about (identity theft). The IRS posts the list to educate taxpayers about the need to protect financial information and use common sense.
Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller reminds taxpayers, about the potential for fraud: "The Dirty Dozen list shows that scams come in many forms during filing season. Don't let a scam artist steal from you or talk you into doing something you will regret later."
Here are the Dirty Dozen scams for 2013:
1. Identity Theft. Identity theft which results in tax fraud tops the IRS Dirty Dozen list again. Identity theft, when someone uses your personal information such as your name, Social Security number (SSN) or other identifying information, without your permission, is often used by scammers to fraudulently file a tax return and claim a refund.
The IRS considers combating identity theft and refund fraud a top priority and has been taking steps to boost fraud prevention, early detection and victim assistance. As a result, during 2012, the IRS prevented the issuance of $20 billion of fraudulent refunds, including those related to identity theft, compared with $14 billion in 2011. A comprehensive identity theft sweep followed in early 2013. The IRS now has 3,000 people working on identity theft related cases, more than twice the number from two years ago.
If you believe you are at risk of identity theft due to lost or stolen personal information, contact the IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit at 800-908-4490 or visit the IRS' special identity protection page.
2. Phishing. Phishing is a scam where criminals attempt to steal your financial information through the use of email or a fake website. In many cases, the bogus emails ask for specific personal information or install spyware or other malware on your computer for the purpose of stealing your financial and personal information.
The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by email to request personal or financial information, so don't click on or respond to these kinds of emails. If you receive an unsolicited email that appears to be from either the IRS or an organization closely linked to the IRS, such as the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), you can report it by forwarding it to firstname.lastname@example.com.
3. Return Preparer Fraud. Nearly two-thirds of taxpayers will use tax professionals this tax season to prepare their tax returns. The majority of tax preparers are good people but some may try to encourage taxpayers to claim improper credits, deductions or exemptions in hopes of boosting refunds. Use care when choosing a preparer and remember that taxpayers should use only preparers who sign the returns they prepare and enter their IRS Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs).
Be careful: Taxpayers are legally responsible for the information on their tax return even if it is prepared by a professional. You cannot hide behind a tax professionals signature if you took an inappropriate position on your tax return.
If you have concerns about an abusive tax preparer, you can report him or her to the IRS on using a federal form 14157, Complaint: Tax Return Preparer (downloads as a pdf).
4. Hiding Income Offshore. It is not illegal to have cash, brokerage accounts or other investments in foreign countries. It is, however, illegal to use those accounts to evade U.S. taxes by hiding that income. There are significant reporting requirements for offshore assets, including FBAR (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts) filings. Those taxpayers who do not properly report and disclose those accounts are breaking the law and could face civil and criminal penalties and fines.
The IRS has opened voluntary disclosure programs to encourage taxpayers to come forward to report foreign accounts and come into compliance. Since 2009, 38,000 individuals have come forward voluntarily to disclose their foreign financial accounts and have paid nearly $5.5 billion to the IRS. As a result of that success, the IRS has reopened the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP). This program will be open for an indefinite period (in plain speak: they'll close it down when interest wanes).
5. "Free Money" from the IRS & Tax Scams Involving Social Security. There isn't any such thing as "free money" but that hasn't stopped scammers from trying to convince taxpayers otherwise. In cases where taxpayers might not even need to file an income tax return based on low income, taxpayers may be talked into filing returns with fictitious claims for refunds or rebates based on false statements or the promise of non-existent Social Security refunds or rebates.
Current versions of these scams often focus on the elderly and church congregations and appear to be targeting those in the South and Midwest. The folks that promote these schemes have been posting flyers and advertisements claiming that free money is available from the IRS and securing that money requires little or no documentation. Others advise that the elderly may still claim credits which have expired (like the Making Work Pay Credit) or credits that would ordinarily not be available (such as claiming the American Opportunity Tax Credit when you are not paying for education). Since these scammers are "partnering" with churches, based on false promises to the congregation and staff of the church, some taxpayers believe that the claims must be true. They are not.
Tax, penalty and interest due as a result of these "mistakes" are payable by the taxpayer and if those "mistakes" are intentional, can result in a $5,000 penalty.
6. Impersonation of Charitable Organizations. 2012 was a tough year for many taxpayers due to natural disasters, including Hurricane Isaac and Hurricane Sandy. Sadly, scam artists use these disasters as opportunities to cash in, either by operating bogus charities to solicit money or financial information or claiming to be affiliated with existing charitable organizations. They do this by soliciting funds by phone or email or using fake web sites.
To avoid being taken advantage of, donate to recognized charities using check or credit card where possible. If you're not sure about the charity, you can search the IRS charitable organization database or use a respected charity database like Charity Navigator. (For the 100 Largest Charities, and their efficiency ratings, click here.)
Remember that you don't need to give out personal information, like your Social Security number, for the purpose of obtaining a receipt for your charitable donation. The best documentation on your end is a canceled check or credit card receipt so donate using those means on secure sites whenever possible.
Finally, if you are the victim of a disaster and you have tax questions, you can call the IRS toll-free disaster assistance telephone number (1-866-562-5227).
7. False/Inflated Income and Expenses. Refundable tax credits are credits that are refunded to you even if you did not owe a tax liability. Taxpayers may be encouraged to bump income amounts in order to those maximize refundable credits (like the Earned Income Tax Credit). These scams are prohibited and making false statements could result in having to repay those refunds plus interest and penalties; in some cases, you may be criminal prosecuted.
Specifically, the IRS is also seeing an uptick in taxpayers filing excessive claims for the fuel tax credit. Generally, this credit is available to farmers and other taxpayers who use fuel for off-highway business purposes; it is not available for trucks driven on highways. As a result, most taxpayers are not eligible for this credit (don't be fooled). Fraud involving the fuel tax credit is considered a frivolous tax claim and can result in a penalty of $5,000.
8. False Form 1099 Refund Claims. For years, scammers have touted a bogus theory that taxpayers can have access cash through a redemption scheme. Here's how the redemption scheme works: tax "professionals" (and I use the term loosely) file a series of false tax forms in an effort to garner large fraudulent tax refunds. Promoters of the scheme tell customers that the federal government maintains "secret" accounts of money for its citizens. Taxpayers are advised that they can gain access to the funds – and discharge their debts – by issuing forms 1099-OID to their creditors. It's like magic!
Only, it's not. Those claims are clearly false and filing such returns could subject you to financial penalties or criminal prosecution.
9. Frivolous Arguments. Promoters of frivolous schemes encourage taxpayers to make unreasonable and outlandish claims to avoid paying the taxes they owe. The IRS has a list of frivolous tax arguments that taxpayers should avoid and you can read about many of them in this IRS publication (downloads as a pdf).
You've heard many of them before – like the argument that the 16th amendment was never ratified. If you claim what is considered to be a frivolous position on your tax return, you could be subject to substantial fines and penalties, including an immediate assessment of a $5,000 penalty – even if there is no understatement of liability – in addition to any other penalty.
10. Falsely Claiming Zero Wages. Some taxpayers may be convinced that they can reduce their taxable income to zero by filing a phony federal form 4852 (Substitute Form W-2) or a "corrected" Form 1099. Often, these forms include statutory language explaining why the income which was initially reported on a Form W-2 or Form 1099 did not fit the definition of wages. This scheme has been proven to be bogus and filing a return with these false forms may result in a $5,000 penalty.
11. Disguised Corporate Ownership. Some scammers like to think of tax returns as a shell game. The idea is that if you create enough entities, you can hide where income is really going or manufacture false deductions. Tax crimes are serious business as are money laundering and other financial crimes. Hiding income or assets in an attempt to evade paying tax or making certain disclosures can result criminal prosecution.
12. Misuse of Trusts. There are many legitimate uses for trusts, which range from asset protection to estate planning to management of assets in the event of incapacity. I should know: it's part of my job to draft many of them.
However, creating trusts for the purpose of tax evasion, including hiding income or generating bogus deductions, is not an appropriate use of trusts. You should exercise special caution when creating foreign trusts, irrevocable trusts or any trusts that have, as their main purpose, the reduction or elimination of tax. In some circumstances, those could be legitimate uses of trusts. Be sure to consult with a trusted advisor before entering into any trust agreements for the purpose of tax and/or estate planning.
As always, avoiding trouble at tax time involves using common sense. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
The IRS offers more information about the Dirty Dozen on this video:
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12. "…creating trusts for the purpose of tax evasion, including hiding income or generating bogus deductions, is not an appropriate use of trusts. You should exercise special caution when creating…irrevocable trusts or any trusts that have, as their main purpose, the reduction or elimination of tax."
Tax "evasion" is by definition illegal. So, tax "avoidance" is always OK, but tax "evasion" is never OK, right? But what are the no-no's where trusts are concerned, especially "irrevocable" ones and those "that have as their main purpose the reduction or elimination of tax"?
For example, is there any reason why GRATs (grantor retained annuity trusts) should be suspect? GRATs make no economic sense, they are all about reducing or eliminating tax. GRATs are an entirely legitimate means of transferring wealth without paying taxes on that wealth, though, aren't they?
What kind of scams does the IRS have in mind when it comes to trusts, any that aren't self-evidently scams, and thus potential traps for the unwary?
Oh, and how about ILITs (irrevocable life insurance trusts)? There is the expense of setting them up and they limit one's degrees of freedom (person whose life is insured gives up all incidents of ownership of the policy), this for no reason other than keeping the proceeds of the policy held in the ILIT out of one's estate. So, both irrevocable and for the purpose of eliminating estate taxes on the proceeds of a life insurance policy, but OK, right?
Again, why should trusts be a particular concern of the IRS, other than the off-shore stuff and other trusts that operate in ways beyond the comprehension of those who aren't tax attorneys?
Actually an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust isn't at all about eliminating tax. When you transfer property to an Irrevocable Trust of any type, you are taxed at the moment the transfer becomes Irrevocable, not when the beneficiaries receive their property.
The reason ILIT's work is that – structured appropriately – the value of the premiums (what you pay in) is less than your annual exclusion amount (what the IRS says you can gift tax free).
It makes sense, actually, since the value of a life insurance policy to you while you are still alive is not the death benefit, but some other lesser amount – i.e. surrender value, cash value, etc.
When the IRS says avoid trusts that are primarily (exclusively?) for tax elimination purposes, they are often talking about "Constitutional Trusts", "Pure Trusts" or endless series of trusts whose sole purpose is to generate substance-free deductions unrelated to reality.
The IRS loves to apply the adage: Substance over form.
If it looks like a tax shelter and walks like a tax shelter, chances are it is one.
John Fraker
T. Coleman Andrews
Commissioner of IRS
"Were confiscating property now, that's socialism, it's written into the communist manifesto. Maybe we ought to see that every person who gets a tax return receives a copy of the Communist Manifesto with it so he can see what's happening to him."
U.S. News & World Report May 25, 1956
US District Court Judge James C. Fox 2003
"If you… examined [the 16th Amendment] carefully, you would find that a sufficient number of states never ratified that amendment."
Dwight E. Avis Head of ATF
IRS House Ways and Means Subcommittee Hearings 1953
"Let me point this out now. Your income tax is 100 percent voluntary and your liquor tax is 100 percent enforced tax. Now the situation is as different as day and night. Consequently, your same rules just will not apply… "
Henry Bellmon Senator (1969)
In a recent conversation with an official at the Internal Revenue Service, I was amazed when he told me that 'If the taxpayers of this country ever discover that the IRS operates on 90% bluff the entire system will collapse.'"
Congressman John E. Ensign–
"I cannot point to a specific place in the law where it says you must pay income taxes."
Congressman Dan Burton—
"You are correct in your assertion that the word "liability" or terminology "liability for income
taxes" is not contained in any Section of the Internal Revenue Code"
Aaron Russo: "Is there a law that requires people to file a 1040?"
Congressman Ron Paul: "Not explicitly, but it's certainly implied."
Aaron Russo: "Well implied by force; but is there a law?"
Congressman Ron Paul: "I cannot cite a law, no, I cannot….you know if they think it's a law and they have all the guns; you know it's an authoritarian approach." {Taken from the documentary "America: Freedom to Fascism"}
Sir Winston Churchill
"Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across the truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened."
Henry Kissinger
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."
Be careful! Oriovaldo Pereira Lima Filho will send ilegal money out of Brazil He uses several companies like Previmil Previdência complementar S/A, CPM (Coordenação de Previdência dos Municípios LTDA) among others, their main target are city halls and public employees! Falsifies documents and convince public employees to sign contracts, then takes the money and leaves the city with empty wallet! Oriovaldo Pereira Lima Filho is investigated in several states and had already ordered his arrest in Brazil See: http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/39174740/stj-02-08-2012-pg-1067 http://www.radaroficial.com.br/d/6878739
Oriovaldo Pereira Lima Filho works with Lucimeire da Silva Lima, in Brazil have already scams in various states, justice already decreed his arrest, please see link: http://www.radaroficial.com.br/d/6878739


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If you wear flannel pajamas to sleep, you might be a slight outcast.
A bedding company that sells sheets and linens says 8 percent of Americans sleep naked, 74 percent of us sleep on our sides, and 47 of us sleep next to a person who snores.
Anna's Linens, with stores nationwide, released its survey of 3,700 people to draw publicity to National Sleep Day, Jan. 3.
The Anna's Linens research department purports that 74 percent of us
wear pajamas to bed, 8 percent are naked, and the remainder are clothed in something else.
When it comes to quality of sleep, nearly two-thirds (65 percent) said they get a "restful night's sleep'' only three nights or less per week. Ten percent
said they get a restful night sleep every night, while one-quarter said they
sleep restfully five to six nights per week.
The survey also found few of us fail to remember our dreams from the
night before. More than half the respondents said they're able to recall less
than one-quarter of their dreams, while approximately 10 percent said they were able to recall nearly all their dreams from that night's sleep.
And though most have trouble recalling their dreams, nearly 70 percent
said their dreams were not as interesting as their friends' dreams. But when it comes to the nature of the dreams, 44 percent felt their dreams were "more bizarre'' than their friends.'
Here is where to buy sleep aides-- be it high-thread count sheets, new mattress or a heating pad -- in Laguna Niguel:
Bed Bath & Beyond
Ortho Mattress
--City News Service