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Paul is now part of the fourth generation in America that is involved in farming and hopes the next generation will be involved also. Through his blog he provides analysis and insight to farmer tax questions.
Today was the Tomorrow's Top Producer conference at the Chicago Hilton. Several speakers gave great presentations on various subjects. Chris Barron of Carson and Barron Farms, Inc., gave a very interesting hour-and-a-half seminar on creating an effective collaboration between multiple generations of farmers and farms. This kind of collaboration does not utilize a formal partnership for the operation, but rather gets like-minded farmers together to take advantage of cost savings and efficiencies, while still maintaining the most important things, such as family, friends and relationships.
Most of the partnerships that developed in the 1970s and 1980s to take advantage of cost savings have failed, since the most important object for them was purely financial. For Chris and his "partners," the nonfinancial considerations are more important. That is why I think we will see more and more of this type of arrangement, especially with new combines in excess of $350,000, etc.
There were several break-out sessions and I attended one on the quest for 300-bu. yields. There are seven key components that get you to this number, and some are more important than others. Since in our area, irrigated corn is consistently in the high 275-bu. to 300-bu. range, these numbers are very realistic.
I did one break-out session today, and I look forward to Thursday, when I will do three of them at the Top Producer Seminar.
I will keep you posted.
On Monday, my wife and I will be traveling to Chicago for the Top Producer seminars that begin on Tuesday. Tuesday is set aside for the Tomorrow's Top Producer and I will be speaking at a breakout session dealing with what is the right entity selection for a beginning Top Producer.
The main Top Producer conference begins on Wednesday and goes through Friday morning. I have three breakout sessions on Thursday morning from 8:15 to noon dealing with tax savings tips, etc. At the end of the third one, I will be worn out from talking.
I look forward to the conference and please feel free to stop me at any point during the conference to discuss farm accounting, taxes and who will win the Super Bowl.
On another note, we had some technical difficulties with our site yesterday. The company that hosts the site had an issue with their internal database for our site and many others. I would like to say it was very nice to be able to actually call and talk to someone in technical support without being on hold for an hour and they got the issue resolved fairly timely, but we were down for most of yesterday, but everything seems to be working just fine now. Many of these so called hi-tech sites (including Google and others like it) seem to feel that customer support does not involve telephone numbers or talking to a human being over the phone. It is very refreshing when one does allow this.
The Self-Employment (SE) tax rules for 2011 tax returns are different than the rules for 2010 tax returns, which were different than the rules for 2009 tax returns.
The Job Creation Act of 2010 reduced the Social Security tax component of the SE tax from 12.4% to 10.4%, for 2011 only. Therefore, the SE tax rate on the first $106,800 of 2011 net SE income is "only" 13.3% (10.4% for FICA and 2.9% for Medicare) versus the normal 15.3%. Since the temporary SE tax reduction only affects the first $106,800 of 2011 net SE income, the maximum amount that a farmer can save is $2,136 ($106,800 times 2%).
What you may not know is that the 2011 above-the-line federal income tax deduction (most states allow the deduction also) remains unchanged. Before 2011, the deduction was a straightforward 50% of the SE tax bill. For 2011, the deduction equals 57.51% of the SE tax amount, as long as the amount does not exceed $14,204 (the SE tax on $106,800 of net SE income). If the SE tax exceeds this amount, you multiply it by 50% and add $1,067.
The effect is to allow a SE tax deduction equal to 50% of what the SE tax bill would have been if the Social Security tax component was the normal 12.4% (instead of the temporary 10.4%).
There has been an extension of this until February 29, 2012 and it may get extended, but we are dealing with Congress on this subject and who knows what will happen.
Also, one additional comment is that the self-employed health insurance premiums allowed as a deduction against SE income for 2010 in arriving at net SE tax owed has been eliminated for 2011. This means that your SE tax bill will be higher this year than 2010 assuming the same amount of health insurance premiums.
Many of our clients operate their farm operation as either an S or C corporation and in many cases the only employee of the corporation is the farmer and perhaps their spouse and children. Many of these farmers do not report any wages to them until the fourth quarter of the year. In these cases, the wages reported in this quarter can easily exceed $20,000.
What many farmers do not realize is if the wages reported for any quarter exceed $20,000, the corporation is now subject to paying Federal Unemployment taxes (FUTA) and in most cases state Unemployment taxes (SUTA). Although FUTA can be fairly minor (perhaps $42 per person), it can increase to around $400 per person if SUTA is no handled or paid correctly.
In many states, once you are subject to SUTA it can take a minimum of two years to get out of paying it since it requires you to be under the $20,000 quarterly threshold for the current year and the previous year. Also, these states usually require you to be in the highest rated pool and your tax rate can exceed 3.5% and you would owe SUTA on up to $35,000 in wages or more.
Let's look at an example, assume the farmer pays himself $50,000 per year in wages all in the fourth quarter. Let's assume his SUTA rate is 3.5% on the first $35,000 of wages. His SUTA liability would be $1,225. His normal FUTA liability would be 6% of $7,000 or $420, however, since he paid into the State, he is allowed a credit to reduce this liability down to $42 (some states do not get the maximum credit. We recapped that in a post about two weeks ago). Therefore, his total SUTA and FUTA liability for 2012 is $1,267.
Now, if the farmer has spread out his wages evenly over the four quarters, he would not owe any FUTA or SUTA. Also, the payment of commodity wages is exempt from FUTA and SUTA (although you need to check your state rules).
Every state seems to have different rules on the application of SUTA to shareholders of a corporation, but at a minimum if you keep your total wages under $20,000 per quarter, you can save some payroll taxes.
Creighton University produces a Rural Main Street Index based upon a survey of rural bankers in six states, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. The index ranges from 0 to 100. Anything over 50 is considered in an expansion mode.
For January, the index rose to 59.8 from 59.7 in December which is the highest it has been since June 2007.
Here are some other trends from the survey:
After rising to a record level of 84.1 in December, the farmland price index fell almost 12% to 74.3 in January, 2012. A recap by state is as follows:
These are healthy drops in the index, however, this drop is based on only one month of data and December can very very skewed with certain sales happening for tax purposes. It will be interesting to see what the index numbers for February are.
It is now apparent when I wrote my post last week on electing out of deferred sales contracts, that my terminology was not the best. Sometimes when writing these posts, I know what I mean but when transmitting the brain waves to the keyboard, it does not always get put down correctly.
The correction on the post is that a deferred sales contract calls for the delivery and sale of the grain in 2011, however, the payment of the grains sales delivered in 2011 will be deferred til 2012. If your grain sales contract meets this criteria, then you would normally report the grain sales in 2012 since that is when you collected the funds (assuming a cash basis farmer).
However, you may elect out of this installment sale on a contract by contract basis and report the income in 2011 if you so choose.
I am sorry for the confusion.
We had a reader ask the following question:
"You previously wrote about electing out of deferred farm sales where the farmer could elect to include the income for a March delivery contract into the previous year to increase his taxable income in the previous year. I deferred my payment on my 2011 grain until 1/3/12. Can I elect to show part of this income on my 2011 taxes. "
When a farmer sells their grain on a deferred sales contract into the next year, they can elect out of the installment method on the grain that is covered by that particular sales contract. The key point is that they have to elect out of all of the grain covered by the contract or none of it.
In the question, the bushels of grain covered by the contract for delivery on January 3, 2012, all of that grain would have to be reported as income in 2011 if he elects out of reporting it in 2012. He cannot elect to report part in 2011 and part in 2012.
That is why we suggest having multiple smaller deferred sales contracts so you can pick the best one to defer if you need to.
For example, let's assume the farmer above had sold 25,000 bushels of corn for $150,000 delivered on January 3, 2012. He can elect to report all of this income in either 2011 or 2012, but it has to be all in one year or the other. Now, let's assume he entered into 5 separate 5,000 contracts at $30,000 apiece. Under this example, he can elect out of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 of these contracts to bring in $30, 60, 90, 120 or $150,000 of income into 2011 if he so elects. By spreading the contracts this way, he has five times the flexibility than having one contract.
For those farmers who have corporations for their farm operations, there are several changes to the form 1120 for this year. These changes are as follows:
Although these changes are specifically associated with form 1120, most of the same changes apply to form 1065 for partnerships. The only one that would not apply is form 1125-E, Compensation of Officers.
Several farm states including Illinois and Minnesota will not be able to claim the full 5.4% credit when filing their form 940 Federal Unemployment tax return this year. This is due to these states not yet repaying the federal government the funds they borrowed to make state unemployment payments over the last few years.
IRS Headliner Volume 317 has the details on the states and the amount of reduction in the credit. The painful part is that you also will have to fill out Schedule A as part of the return instead of taking the simple 5.4% credit on the front page of form 940.
I think the Kansas City Federal Reserve is one of my favorite sites to get good farm information. In a recent issue of the Main Street Economist Agricultural and Rural Analysis, they had an article entitled "Is This Farm Boom Different?" The article recapped the two primary farm booms of the 20th century.
In the 1910s, World War I ushered in the first farm boom. In the second half of that decade, U.S. farm exports rose dramatically to meet war-time demand for food and most agricultural prices doubled. Simultaneously, very low real interest rates allowed farmers to invest rapidly into capital improvements. Between 1900 and 1919, farm real estate prices rose more than 70%.
The century's second boom occured in the 1970s when farmland prices soared again. With President Nixon's trips to Russia and China, world demand for our farm products increased dramatically. Even the recession in mid-decade only slowed the rapid rise in farm prices.
The end of both booms were due to two primary factors:
Today's boom is very similar. World demand for our farm goods has increased dramatically, especially from China. Interest rates are the lowest they have been since at least the 1960s. Real US farm income has increased dramatically with 2011 being the first year that farm net income was in excess of $100 billion.
Despite these two similarities, farm capital investment presents a striking difference from the last two booms. In those booms, farmers took aggressive advantage of low interest rates and expanded their farm operations rapidly with more debt. In contrast to these past farm booms, non-real-estate investments in agriculture have not soared to the highs of previous farm booms. In addition, farmers have not used much debt to fuel their capital improvements.
During the 1970s, annual farm capital expenditures surged 71%, as farmers tripled their capital spending on tractors, farm buildings and land improvements. Even in 1919, farmers more than tripled their spending on tractors and farm buildings as compared to the pre-WWI high.
This debt accumulation in both decades was a critical factor in the bust that happened in the succeeding decade.
As long as farmers continue to avoid the use of massive debt to fund their capital investment, this boom may continue and although we know their will be a correction, it may end up not being a bust. We shall see.
Every five years the USDA performs an agricultural census of the farms in the US. The last census was performed in 2007 with this year being the next census. We have already seen some of the census forms received by our farm clients.
We were curious how many counties in the US had more than $1 billion in farm sales in 2007. We accumulated the list as follows:
Total Value
San Joaquin
San Diego
North Carolina
Deaf Smith
As you see, California was the most dominant state with twelve counties exceeding $1 billion in farm sales. California also had a couple of other counties that were very close to the billion dollar level.
Only two other states had at least two counties (1) North Carolina and (2) Washington.
Our guess is that this list will easily double in the next census to come out later this year. Several states had at least two to four counties there were in excess of $750 million of farm sales and with the current high prices,we would guess this will push those counties over the $1 billion mark.
We will keep you posted on how the next census numbers end up.
Most farmers are on a calendar year basis for reporting their income taxes and one of the items that came about back in early 2010 is not available until they file their income tax returns for 2011. This credit is called the "HIRE" credit and is available to any taxpayer who meets the following requirements:
If you meet all of these requirements, then you qualify for an additional $1,000 income tax credit that may offset your income tax on a dollar for dollar basis.
Now is a good time to review your employee's records to see if you qualify for this credit.
Following up on my post from yesterday, here are some more interesting farm export facts.
Total 2011 agricultural exports are expected to $137 billion. This is an all time high with 2008 in second place at $115 billion. An interesting note is that farm imports were $93 billion which is primarily comprised of fruits, vegetables and coffee.
Of total exports, less than 40% of this is bulk products such as corn, wheat and beans. Back in the 1970s and 1980s more than 60% were bulk grains.
Our top 5 exporting countries are China #1, Canada #2, Mexico #3, Japan #4, and the EU #5. Canada had been number 1 for several years until China took over in 2011.
China imports almost 60% of the total world trade in soybeans and almost 40% of cotton.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City puts on an Ag Symposium each year. It was held July 19-20, 2011, in Kansas City and here are some interesting farm export facts that I gleaned from reading their information, which is available online.
The share of U.S. crops that is exported each year:
The U.S. share of total world crop exports:
The share of livestock that is exported:
These percentages are based upon their estimates for 2011-2020.
There is more information that I will share over the next few weeks, but I thought this was informative. For example, only 15% of our corn crop is exported; however, this makes up about 53% of all corn exports throughout the world. Also, almost 40% of soybean exports come from the U.S., with most of the remainder coming from South America.
The IRS just issued Revenue Ruling 2012-2, which lists the Applicable Federal Rates for January 2012. These are the minimum interest rates that you must charge on related party loans such as a loan from a parent to a child or a shareholder to his corporation.
For short-term loans, this interest rate is only 0.19%. For midterm loans, it is only 1.17%, and for long-term loans, it is about 2.60%. These rates are at an all-time low, and if you are thinking about making some interfamily loans, this is a great time.
You can transfer the use of income-producing property from you to your children and they are required to pay you interest only at these very low rates.
Also, if you have loans from your corporation or vice versa, this is a great time to lock in these low rates.
One last thing: Due to Emancipation Day, the due date for your tax return this year is April 17.
One of the hardest things to keep track of as a CPA who prepares income taxes is the due date of tax returns, income tax estimates and other filings. Normally, these due dates fall on the 15th of a month. However, if the 15th is a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, the due date rolls over to the next business day.
Looking at a calendar for what the actual due date is can sometimes be confusing. For example, in my post yesterday, I referred to the farmer's tax estimate being due on Jan. 16 this year since Jan. 15 falls on a Sunday. I had looked at my calendar and noted those dates. However, my calendar did not tell me that the Martin Luther King federal holiday is on Jan. 16. Therefore, the actual due date is Tuesday, Jan. 17, not Monday, Jan. 16.
Just remember that if a tax filing due date is on a weekend day or federal holiday, it automatically rolls over to the next business day.
With Jan. 16, 2012, less than two weeks away, I thought I would update our farmers on their estimated tax requirement and give some examples. As we have previously posted, most farmers work very hard to get their income taxes filed by March 1 of each year since as long as they file their return and pay any tax owed by that date, there is no penalty for not paying estimated taxes.
However, in many cases, I think it would be much better to pay their required tax estimate on Jan. 15 (this year, Jan. 16) and then pay the remaining amount owed on April 15.
The amount owed on Jan. 16, 2012, is the lesser of (1) the 2010 total tax liability less any withholding already paid in for 2011, and (2) the 2011 estimated tax liability, net of any withholding, times 66.667%.
As an example, assume a farmer's tax for 2010 was $10,000. He had a very good year in 2011 and knows that his tax will be at least $100,000. He can either pay this tax on March 1, 2012, or he can pay $10,000 on Jan. 16 and pay the remaining amount on April 16, 2012 (the 15th is on a Sunday this year). Let's assume that he can borrow at 4%.
The interest cost on the $10,000 from Jan. 16 to April 16 is about $100. The interest cost on $100,000 paid on March 1 until April 16 is about $500. In this example, the farmer would be better off by about $400 by just making an estimated tax payment on Jan. 16 and waiting until April 16 to pay the balance. Also, he has an extra 45 days to prepare his tax return and make sure all of his Form 1099s, etc., are correct.
Let's take one more example of possibly the worst case. Assume a farmer has to pay $100,000 of tax this year and his last year's tax was well over that amount. In this case, he needs to pay in $66,667 on Jan. 16 and $33,333 on April 16 or pay $100,000 on March 1. His interest cost on the $66,667 is $667 versus the $500 cost for paying the $100,000 on March 1. He is out-of-pocket about $167, but he still got the extra 45 days to prepare the return. Whoever prepares the books and the tax return would probably like to have the extra 45 days if the cost is only $167.


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Why PacWest Equities Inc Stock Is Ready To Collapse
As a stock trader one of the biggest lessons I learned about stock prices is that parabolic moves are to be sold into not bought. Human nature though is hard to overcome, when things are going parabolic our "instincts" tell us to buy, we fool ourselves that we will buy and sell it quickly and walk out with a quick profit(The so called greater fool theory). The issue is, once we have that profit its very tempting to continue to hold but the fact is that corrections from parabolic moves are usually vicious, fast. This is specially true in OTC stocks where instant fills are extremely hard to get specially during a panic
The company is trading at about $1.92 pre-split with a market cap of about $1 billion dollars
Infitialis and Michael Goode has both provided very solid fundamental reasons on why OTC:PWEI (OTC:PWEID) stock is almost completely worthless
I won't expand on that front because they did a great job. I don't even believe most shareholders care about the fundamentals of the company anyway. You have to understand that mindset of a OTC promo buyer "investor", this is all about a greater fool game specially when the stock has had a long period of increases. People are in just for another 10-20-30%, there don't care that the stock is completely worthless and the company has no real business. All one has to do is check places like IHub and see what kind of financial IQ most investors in the company have(Hint: Its not very high)
What they do care though is that the momentum game continues and they can get out at a profit before everyone else sells, this is the whole game here, selling before the other people sell. I'm going to present evidence on why PWEID is now close to reaching the point where everybody will head for the exit at the same time. Lets check some of the most successful stock promotions of all time and which price action lead to their collapse
One thing you can notice is that when prices goes parabolic this is usually a good time to sell NOT to buy, this is specially true when a stock promotion has been going on for longer than 1 month. At some point both the promoters and "investors" will want to take profits which leads to a cascade of sellers. What is also noticeable is that slow and steady price action can be followed by huge declines, this type of price action leads to complacency from investors who just buying counting on their "sure" gains till one day things reverse and everybody heads to the exit at the same time. PWEID has only has 1 decline in all its history(And it was a huge one). Volatility expansion is also a sign that the peak is near
Lets look at PWEID action and see what can be inferred
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Chart is adjusted for the split. You can notice that the stock had a long period of slow and steady action then went parabolic after the stock split on monday(When the stock rose about 40%), this is VERY worrying price action, specially when combined with yesterdays decline, that was the second decline ever for the stock and the first in a long-time. As people start to think the stock is headed for a correction, we could see an avalanche of sellers. Contrary to what the promoters say this stock is NOT heavily shorted because it is in Reg SHO, its very hard to get a borrow and short it, as a result once it collapses you won't have short covering rallies to any meaningful degree
This promotion has been running now for about a month, successful promos don't usually run for much longer than that. You can check old promos and see that after 1 month most of the gains have been realized and the stock faces a large wave of selling at some point
Furthermore the market cap of the stock is now over $1 Billion dollars(Once you factor in shares outstanding plus issued for acquisitions), this is probably the highest market cap for a pump and dump scheme of all time. High market caps act as resistance for the stock since it permits stock promoters and insiders of the company to sell worthless stock and realize a very large profit
PWEID now has gone parabolic and its volatility has expanded, judging by how this type of price action has been met with selling(Usually large and quick selling) most of PWEID gains look like they have been realized. The greater fool game is now coming to a point where the people will actually have to face the fact that virtually everybody knows that this company is fundamentally worthless and they will all try to sell at the same time, whether they will be able to is another question but history has not been kind to this type of speculative game. The complacency of investors due to the slow and steady action combined with large quick gains will only feed into the selling because that kind of action draws a lot of people into playing the momentum game but at some point everybody will try to realize their gains and the stock won't have enough short sellers and true fundamental investors to bid for the stock once it collapses. The correction is likely to be vicious and large
We rate the stock a strong sell
Disclosure: I am short OTC:PWEI.Tags: PWEID
This Might Be Why People Are So Nervous To Lend To OSG
OSG stock is tanking on liquidity fears over the last few days. Put buying has been rampant. Looking at the company's website you can see the fleet that they own and understand what is going on
If you check that excel file you will see that the avg age of their ships is 5 years(2007), their main ships VLCC and MR have an avg age of 2003 and 2006 respectively(For fully owned ships, 2002 and 2006 for all VLCC and MR ships fully owned or not). Prices of tankers have been declining for years
This blog offers a chart for up to end of 2011
This site has a chart of VLCC ship prices
You can see that the bread and butter of OSG, VLCC and Handysize(NYSE:MR) have tumbled a lot over the last few years. And in 2012 prices have declined further. Do not be mislead by $1.5B in equity shows in its balance sheet, those numbers reflect accounting rules that allow the company to mark ships at cost and not have to update them(Until sale)
If you apply a generous decline of 35% in value to OSG fleet, and decrease that from the Property Plant and Equipment item on the balance sheet(Which seem compromised mostly by ships), OSG equity would decline by $1B. They would have $500M in equity against $2.6B in liabilities and 35% is a generous mark, prices of tankers are down more than that. They are currently losing money and have generated some operating cashflow over the past few quarters, however they are expected to lose cash from operations going forward(It seems that they generated cash by getting payments upfront and faster then normal, but cashflows should converge to earnings overtime as the payment cycle evens out)
This might be just the reason why they are having a hard time raising money. They are very close to insolvency in a market to market basis. This could be why the company is so reluctant to sell more ships. The interest rate required to finance their operations going forward, even if secured, could make their business unprofitable even after the tide turns for them. This on top of issues regarding covenants which management has not been entirely transparent about. They even refused to discuss liquidity issues in the last conference call.
Because of those factors we rate the stock a sell and have a short position in the stock
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PVTA: A Massively Inflated PinkSheets Stock That Is Selling A Dream
How much would you pay for a company with $0 tangible assets $0 revenues that is listed in the Pink sheet markets(That is home to a whole host of frauds and pump and dump schemes)?
If you ask the shareholders of PVTA the answer is $250M(Per Yahoo and Google but its actually $300M, check their latest 10Q). Preventia describes their business model as
Preventia, Inc., a cognitive learning and development company, builds software tools for enhancing occupational and brain health and performance. It is developing a series of computer-based exercises for adults and children to improve working memory capacity. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
They never made a dime in their whole history and have also back in July engaged in a number of stock promoters for a promotion involving their ticker symbol(Always a red flag). It worked, their shares went from 20 cents to almost 80 cents. Currently they trade at 68 cents
This is straight from their 10Q
"For the three months ended June 30, 2012, we did not generate any revenues. We had amortization expenses of $0, bad debt expenses of $0, bank service charges of $0, consulting expenses of $0, accounting expenses of $4,000, office expenses of $0, legal and professional expenses of $7,437, and rent expenses of $0. As a result, we had total operating expenses of $11,437. We had interest expense of $0, resulting in net loss of $11,437 for the three months ended June 30, 2012."
That's for a company with a $300 million market cap
They took advantage of their inflated market cap and started to engage a bank Madison Street Capital to initiate a equity offering. They recently announced they are going to raise $10M from Magna group. We don't expect them to stop there, why even try to run a successful business when you can just tap in a clearly overvalued market cap and keep the cash around(to pay salaries and bonuses)
The vast majority of companies listed in the pk and OTC markets do not succeed. At current prices the upside to the stock has already been delivered, if the management doesn't create an amazing business without dilution pretty soon, shareholders will be stuck with that downside
Think of the following possibilities
The company is a fraud - Stock is worth $0
The company has a real business plan but it fails - Stock is worth $0
The company has a real business plan, succeeds but dilutes shareholders in the process(Remember they have very little assets and will need cash to operate) - Stock is worth perhaps 10 cents
The company has a real business plan and succeeds without dilution - Stock MIGHT be fairly valued, there won't be much upside from here since its NOT easy to create a billion dollar company. MAYBE the stock can go higher but as said previously that vast majority of pink sheet companies do not succeed
At current prices shares of PVTA are massively inflated likely due support from stock promoters, the company has no assets, no cash and is basically selling a dream to investors(Who will get shares at prices and terms public investors will never get) so they can use the cash to try to justify the market cap
We expect more equity offerings and insider selling to act as resistance to the stock leaving all the downside to shareholders. It is just too tempting for the management to cash in a $300M market cap. There are a lot of insiders that got in at less than 1 cent a share back in 2011
"On June 16, 2011, the Company issued 1,253,000 common shares (post split) at a price of $0.25 per share, for gross proceeds of $156,625, through a private placement. The Company paid $9,500 in offering costs in connection with this private placement."
They did a 40-1 split in 2012 so 0.25 is less than 1 cent per share. Insiders are sitting on a huge profit and we expect them to cash in on that
We are short PVTA and plan to add to our positionTags: Preventia, Insurance, OTC, Pump and dump
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(December 7, 2013) CHATHAM, NJ – Centercourt Athletic Club in Chatham, New Jersey played host to the Justin Gimelstob Children's Fund Tennis Exhibition for the sixth time on Friday, as the star-studded event raised money for the former ATP pro's foundation. The fundraiser amassed over $300,000 in support of comprehensive healthcare services for children with cancer and blood disorders. In conjunction with The Valerie Fund, a New Jersey-based non-profit organization, the event also included a free 10 & under tennis clinic.
"When we started this event and my foundation fifteen years ago, I could never have imagined it would have grown into what it is today," said Gimelstob in a press release. "It brings me so much pleasure to come back home and bring world-class tennis with me…all for a great cause."
A day after James Blake held his ninth annual Serving for a Cure event in New York City, the former ATP World No. 4 accompanied Gimelstob, Andy Roddick and John Isner for a few singles and doubles exhibition matches. Celebrities in attendance included David Duchovny, Anne V., Brooklyn Decker, ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell, New York Mets star pitcher Matt Harvey and former New Jersey Nets guard Kerry Kittles.
"It means a lot to us, to all of us," said Isner. "All of us support each other and our causes as well and that's really what we're doing here. We did it last night with James, tonight with Justin and these guys are coming down with me to North Carolina. We're all very good friends and through that friendship and our tennis we're able to give back to some unbelievable causes. You really get a lot of satisfaction out of this time of year."
The evening included plenty of comedic moments, especially from the witty Roddick. With no shortage of banter, the former World No. 1 razzed on Isner's net game and jumped on Duchovny for overcooking a volley: "You know, I hated the X-Files before that shot." The shot of the day came when Blake ripped a massive forehand winner off a Roddick serve to which the US Open champ replied, "You realize I'm going right for your forehand next time."
Roddick also reflected on his first full season away from the tour. "I guess every retired guy has that kick in the gut moment where you miss it. Mine was Wimbledon and the grass season. I don't know if that was because I didn't quite get there. That's what I wanted most. It didn't help that all the guys lost in the first couple rounds and I'm thinking 'what did I do?' The cumulative six-week process of getting to the point of competing in Australia is what I couldn't get to anymore. Obviously being at the [US] Open was great, seeing it again. I was sitting up top watching the final and I was just amazed at how the guys play."


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But IF, someday, the "world" someday decides that "MacOS" is better and should have "market share", certainly the transition to dominance cannot occur in one swell foop, overnight. This major reason for using PCs instead of Macs can't be changed quickly: it has to be gradual, que no?
So how does it happen, if someone doesn't start now?
Thus my question: do you think there is a STRUCTURAL, SUBSTANTIAL difference that would make a PC better than a Mac?
Vista seems to be the best thing to happen to the Mac OS in a long time.
(this is just an article at Computerworld about a large Automotive Supply company switching over to Mac and why.
Look for the "skip ad" link in the upper right hand corner)
I guess I'm talking both hardware and software, I'm not sure - I'm not a Mac expert, as you might detect, but most likely to convert. But isn't software the most garish difference?
I'm not sure, really, how to phrase the question. It just seems that, arguments *against* Mac depend on "status quo" and I'm asking about change.
On the OS side - OSX is just better than Windows for me. I can run an operating system which is pretty much Unix, but which runs Photoshop (in a nutshell).
Mostly I use windows but I have played with OSX. I like the fact that it does eveything a home user wants out of the box. I have also looked at Linux but it is not such a friendly user experiance (although it is getting better all the time) I quite like ubantu and fedora.
And so far (about 5 years), I have no complaints as now I can use my custom unix tools and windows apps that will never be rewritten without noticeable loss of performance.
It is nice to just buy the app I need without regard to its OS anymore. It more like OS's are relegated to nothing more than application enablers on a common hardware platform.


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The sentiment was overwhelmingly in favor of the moniker "Christmas tree."
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Four groups chosen to pitch for funding at Newmarket Festival Community Awards
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Four groups have reached the shortlist to win funding from the Newmarket Festival Community Awards.
The Newmarket Festival, set to be held next month will offer visitors the chance to vote for the organisation they think should benefit from the funds raised from events throughout the year.
The Ormiston Children and Families Trust, Street Sports, Newmarket Guides and the Newmarket U13 girls football team will all be rallying to ask locals to choose their cause.
Organiser Robin Millar said: "The big thing is that it is people's chance to choose what initiative they want to support and what they would like to see us get behind. It's a fun evening where we can meet groups and hear about what is happening in the local area."
Ormiston Children and Families Trust is asking for funding to be used in parenting programmes support at Newmarket College. Ellie Thompson, from the U13 Girls Team, is asking for cash to buy new kits.
Street Sports, who run free sports programmes to stop antisocial behaviour, will be asking for cash to help deliver more sessions in 2014.
Sandra Copping from the 5th Newmarket Guides is asking for a donation for a girlguides respite weekend with special needs. She said: "SPICE Guides is an inclusive group for girls of all abilities and any money will be spent directly on girls who need special events as they struggle with mainstream activities."
Chairman Mark Edmondson said: "It was difficult for us to choose but the shortlist of projects supporting children, young people and families reflects just how important our community is to us all."
Each shortlisted group will be asking for your votes on February 7.
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10 Most Badass Characters In TV History
When the going gets tough, the tough call this lot.
You may not be old enough to remember but there was a time when TV consisted only of poorly written soaps, documentaries and the news, with a sprinkling of generic murder mystery serials to satiate the need for a sliver of tension in our viewing.
Obviously, we still have all that stuff but, thanks to the miracle of digital television and streaming services, we can choose to ignore it and settle down for some cracking drama that can rival Hollywood's best releases. You only have to take a look at some of the shows of the past 15 years to see that TV has most certainly elevated itself to a new level and a big part of that is the multitude of memorable characters that grace our screens.
But what makes a character memorable? There are a number of factors ranging from the quirky to the comedic but, for the purposes of this list, I will be looking at the 10 characters who, on more than one occasion, made you punch the air with joy at their sheer awesomeness. Those characters who have the skills, and balls, to say and do what we all wish we could; in short, they are the badasses we all wish we could be.
I have only chosen one character per show as this list would be populated with the entire cast of The Wire if I didn't.
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"Nabolisa is currently serving a 12-year imprisonment sentence with another drug dealer Sheryl Cwele in a separate case," said Hawks spokesman Captain Paul Ramaloko.
He said Nabolisa appeared in the Wynberg Regional Court for sentencing on Monday, after he was found guilty on other drug-related offences earlier this year.
Nabolisa, 46, was charged with dealing in dangerous dependence-producing drugs, and contravening the Medicine and Related Substances Act on December 3, 2009.
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Ramaloko said the convicted drug dealer would serve the latest sentences concurrently, after serving his 12-year sentence.
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Nothing to do for fun. Campus used to be fun but now everyone gets fines. Want to have people over? Think again or you might be kicked off campus. Want to go to a big open space full of people hanging out and socializing? Maybe a year ago, but definitely wont be found on Ramapo's campus today. There is a reason the student body is always complaining, and its because the administration ruined everything that was once good about Ramapo.Read More
In order to have fun on this campus you need to have money. I wish I was kidding. Since they don't plan anything out for the students your only option is to go to the mall and shop. I don't know about you, but I personally don't have money to be taking the shuttle to the various malls to shop. The shuttle will also take you into the city, but you'd need a heck of a lot of money to go to NYC for the day. They really need to plan more events. Any event they plan always turns out to be mediocre.Read More
Intramural sports and various on-campus events are great ways for Ramapo students to interact with one another and take opportunity to develop long-lasting friendships. Off-campus activities include shopping at Garden State Plaza, Paramus Park Mall, and the Outlets at Bergen Town Center in Paramus, NJ, and the many shops, eateries, and attractions at the Palisades Center in nearby West Nyack, NY. Because the college is conveniently located 30 minutes away from Manhattan in Mahwah, NJ, many Ramapo students travel into New York City to visit the Empire State Building, art galleries, and other attractions the Big Apple is known for. Hiking, mountain climbing, and other outdoor activities abound at the nearby Ramapo Reservation, directly across Route 202 from the College.Read More
There is much to do for fun, especially in the Bradley Center which is open to the student body for use of the auxiliary gym, swimming pool, rock wall, weight room, and dance rooms. In J.Lee's located on campus, students can play pool, ping pong, as well as many choices to any Play Station 3, X-Box 360, and Wii games. Students can also purchase tickets to watch on campus shows, or even off campus shows with transportation available.Read More
Ramapo College of New Jersey has all students create a Ramapo e-mail address where constant reminders are sent to students about what events are taking place on campus. Also, the bulletin boards in each residence halls are always being updated to let residents know what events are coming up and where. Octoberfest is a huge on campus event around Halloween where there is free food, games, shirts, and events that Ramapo students can take part in. Overall, there are always events going on at RCNJ no matter how big or small!Read More
Ramapo College's Center for Student Life contains over 100 clubs and organizations, provide events and other programming around social, cultural, academic, community service, fraternal, political, and recreational interests. Organizations are student-run and welcome new members and ideas.Read More
There's a shuttle that'll take you different places, including even Palisades Mall. There's lots of activities going on here. I haven't gotten to witness it, but this spring, a great concert is coming up. Last year, they had The Maine, We the Kings, and Mayday Parade. Octoberfest looked like a lot of fun, too.Read More
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It didn't count as a conference match, but the Fort Collins and Poudre volleyball teams went head-to-head in the final bout of the Littleton Tournament.
Poudre stole the first set, 25-21, but the Lambkins stormed back to win the next three and take the tournament crown to end the regular season with a 17-6 record.
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Lockhart trial resumes in death of AU student
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) - Prosecutors are expected to present more technical testimony in Courtney Lockhart's trial for capital murder
in the death of Auburn freshman Lauren Burk.
The trial in Opelika moved into its eighth day Wednesday.
Prosecutors are expected to wrap up presentation of their case against the 26-year-old Lockhart, an Iraq War veteran.
He is accused of kidnapping the 18-year-old Burk of Marietta, Ga., in her car. Prosecutors say he robbed her and shot her in the back as she attempted to escape.
Lockhart's attorneys claim he was mentally disturbed because of experiences during his tour in Iraq.
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She knew that this was the night that they would finally be able to share the passion, which they both had kept inside for each other. He had taken her to an elegant restaurant for dinner, like a normal date, acting as if he had no idea what it would lead to. Even though they both knew too well what was going to happen. But she was going to make him wait for it as much as she could. Making small talk about their day and flirting with each other. In a way, it was arousing her even more as he flirted with her. James always knew what to say to get her excited and that was exactly what to say to get her so excited. Sometime when she would listen to him, she could feel herself getting so close to an orgasm without her even touching herself. And tonight was no exception. After dinner they went to a small tavern where they sat sipping white wine in a small booth at the far end of the room, away from everyone's eyes. Amy sat across from him, the booth was so small that she could easily reach over and touch him without any effort if she wanted. And on course by now, that was exactly what she wanted to do. Her eyes stared at him with such a fiery longing in them, one that he was able to see and acknowledge right away.
"What are you thinking, my love?" James said in a soft voice.
"I think you already know what I am thinking about." she said in a flirtatious tone as she giggled slightly.
He just smiled that same smile that made her heart race even more when he would look at her. She was deeply in love with him, as he was with her. Willing to do anything for him, for her true love and tonight she would be able to prove it. James said nothing at first, just looked at her as if he had no idea what she was getting at. But the look in his eyes told another story, which he was not willing to reveal it just yet. That sense of mystery, which he was bringing about, making her want to know what he was thinking at that moment. What intensity his desire he had for her?
"Tell me, what are you thinking about?" he said leaving towards her.
She could feel her face burning with embarrassment, for never before had she ever felt such feelings like these and finding herself so freely to express them. But she was able to do that with him, feeling so relaxed around him, able to say anything that was on her mind. As she looked at him, she could feel the love for him growing even stronger with every beat of her heart. Right now, she couldn't even think about what to say to answer him. Amanda loosened the black trench coat that she was wearing, giving him a bit of view of her ample cleavage as she leaned toward him. She wasn't sure what she was going to say, the only thing was that she felt there was something inside of her that wanted to say something though. Wanted to play a game of seduction with him, to see how long he could last before he would want to go to the motel room that they had rented.
"I'm thinking about you, darling. How much I want you." She said in a seductive tone.
Then she slid herself out of her side of the booth and over to him. Then sat down on his lap her hands resting on the back of the back of his neck. She gazed into his hazel eyes as the excitement inside her started to build. It was then that she started to wonder if it wouldn't be her that would crack from the temptation, rather than him. She opened her trench coat, showing him the low cut blouse and short skirt that she was wearing, knowing that it would entice him. And just from the look in his eyes, she could tell that it was. He could see the straps of the black bra that she was wearing underneath it, as his smile grew even wider. She leaned over to the side of his head, her lips nibbling on his ear, letting him feel her hot breath on it.
"I am wearing the black thongs that you love to see me in." she said and then giggled slightly.
"How can I be sure that you really are?" he said in a playful tone.
Amy knew exactly what he was getting at, but wasn't sure if she was willing to prove it to him. For a moment she just sat there on his lap, her eyes gazing into his, as she could feel her heart pounding even faster. Feeling his hand resting on her thigh, his fingers slowly moving up it, disappearing underneath the fabric of the skirt.
"James…people can see us. What if we get caught?" she whispered as his touch started to excite her.
"Don't worry, no one is looking. And anyway, the only thing that could happen is that we could get kicked out of this bar. No big deal, because we don't come here anyway." He whispered in her ear.
What he said was true, still she felt uncomfortable about what they were going to do. But there was nothing that she could do now. In a way, she longed to feel his touch there, as the dampness started to grow in between her legs. She could feel his finger touching her clit through the thin fabric of her thong. Moving over her, each stroke exciting her even more, but she found herself unable to relax and really enjoy it. For she felt as if people were watching her and she wasn't going to put on a show for anyone.
"Please stop. This isn't fair." She begged as her breath became so heavy.
"What? I wouldn't say that it roles were reverse." He said jokingly.
"Oh really?" she said looking at him with a wicked grin on her lips.
She moved slightly off his lap, as her hand reached down and touched his crotch. Feeling his ridged member pressing through the fabric of his pants. Then she unzipped his pants and pulled out his member, her fingers moving over his shaft as his body jumped slightly. Her hand gripped his shaft as she started to stroke it, her playful grin growing even wider.
"Oh Amy…I don't think…." He started to say.
"What's wrong James? You can do it to me…but I can't do the same to you? How does this make you feel?" she whispered seductively in his ear.
Her hand yanked his member, making her feel so naughty and alive at the same time. The only thing that could stop her right now was for him to tell her to stop. She felt such excitement flowing through her, more than she had ever felt before. For a moment, he didn't say anything about her stopping as his eyes widened with uncontrolled desire.
"I…I think that we should get back to the motel room now." He said in a shaky voice.
"If you say so darling." She replied as she placed his manhood back in his pants and zipped his pants up.
She couldn't believe that she had let herself do something like that, but she had and it felt so wonderful to let herself go like that. The only thing that she was not sure of was what she would do when they got back to the motel room. In a way though, she couldn't wait.
When they got to the room, Amy sat James down in a chair across from the queen size bed as that same playful grin appeared on her lips.
"What would you like me to do for you James? How can I please you?" she said softly.
"Do what you want. I want you to be relaxed and not feel pressured into doing anything that you wouldn't want to." He said.
For a moment she just looked at him in silence, and then said. "I want you to just sit here and watch me. I want to see how long you can go before you can no longer take it."
"You want to play a little game…I see." He said smiling. "Ok, let's see how long I can take it."
Slowly she backed away from him, her eyes staying focused on him, as she slowly started to undress, dropping them to the floor. When she got down to her black bra and matching thong that he had not seen her in before. Amy felt so vulnerable and naked in front of him, which in a way brought about a new level of excitement within her. She lay down on the bed, her ankle length amber hair spread of the white sheets, her eyes gazing at him so lovingly. She brought her hands up to her body and let them roam. First just by feeling her skin, letting her fingers run over her pale skin. Letting her fingertips ghostly move over her stomach, her thighs, her chest…
Moving over her breasts, feeling her nipples harden against the silk lace of her bra. At first she just played with them through her bra, relishing in the pleasure and burning wantonness which it was bringing, but gradually she became impatient. She took off her bra and threw it to the floor, her hands moving over her breasts so slow and lovingly. Running her palms over her hardened nipples, as she gave out a slight moan. Her hands continued to move over her body, her moans continued to grow, before she could stop it. When she heard her voice like that, the normally light tone thick with lust, caused things down below to tighten, creating new sensations for her.
Her hand drifted lower, fingers lingering at the waistband of her panties, hesitating, till finally shimming out of the piece of fabric all together. Leaving the triangle between her legs bare to the room and she playfully let her hands play over the smooth flesh there. Amy wanted to hold her moans back but found it harder to do so, finding herself already wet. Usually playing with her breasts didn't entice such a quick response. She was already slick, her one hand playing with her swollen clit, while the other one obscenely groping a breast. Then she looked over at James who sat there in amazement by the display that she was performing. Just from the look on his face, she could tell that this was something that he never thought he would see her do. Knowing that he had been watching her the whole time intensified the excitement that burned within her. Slowly she got off the bed, naked, making her way toward him. When she stood right in front of him, she fell to her knees, her hands spreading his legs and then unfastening his pants. Pulling them down to his ankles, she then grabbed his hard member. She then lowered her head down to it, taking him her mouth. She gasped for breath as she fed his manhood down her throat. Her head moving up and down slowly at first and then moving faster, while her hand fondled his balls, making him moan. The knowledge that she was giving him such pleasure excited her even more, making her sex even wetter. Her teeth lightly grinding against his shaft, as she felt the vibrations of his body. Knowing that soon he would not be able to hold back soon, and that was something that she could not let happen. Slowly, she lifted her head up and looked at him.
"Come to the bed, I want you to make love to me. I want to feel you inside of me." She begged.
James did as she said, after removing his clothes, and then laid his body on top of hers, his lips pressed against hers. Kissing her so passionately, knowing that he was at the point now where he could no longer resist her. He wanted her as much as she wanted him and there was nothing that was going to stop them from doing so. She parted her legs, inviting his into her sex. It was then she felt his penetration, thrusting deep within her, making her moan louder as her hands rested on his back. Her nails scratched the flesh of his back as he rode her with such lustful enthusiasm. She begged him not to stop, to continue to make her feel such passion, which she had never felt with any other man before. He continued to ride, her legs wrapped around his thighs, forcing him deeper into her. Till finally she felt him explode within her, draining his liquid essence into her womb. When his ended, hers began, flooding through her body as she screamed out in such ecstasy. Their bodies laid there, his now limp member still inside her, her vaginal muscles gripping it so tightly. He gazed into her eyes, as they smiled at each other. Then he kissed her passionately, their arms wrapped around each other.
"I love you Amy, my darling. I am so happy that I have you to share my life with." He whispered in her ear.
"I love you too James, just as much. " She whispered as she kissed him again.
Knowing that the years ahead, would be filled with such passion if not more than what they had just shared.
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Gov. Peter Shumlin contacted Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to offer Vermonts transportation crews to help speed the clean up in that state where more than 2 feet of snow fell in some parts.
The number of crews, trucks, equipment and other details were being discussed Saturday evening, according to a news release from the governors office. Vermont Agency of Transportation workers planned to head to Massachusetts on Sunday morning if needed.
Gov. Patrick is facing an enormous challenge, with more than 300,000 residents without power, many roads still snow-covered, and the National Guard preparing to assist with evacuations along the coastal areas, Shumlin said in a news release.
Transportation Secretary Brian Searles Vermont more than 100 workers volunteered to help Massachusetts even after some some worked 16 hour shifts clearing Vermonts roadways after the storm that left between 4 and 16 inches.
The request for aid is part of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, signed among the states to send or receive assistance in emergencies, according to the governors office.
The compact was by Vermont to receive assistance during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.
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"It Was All A Dream" @ Abstracted GalleryStreet Art // Thursday, May 16, 2013
In conjunction with the 18th annual Art-A-Whirl, Abstract Gallery in Minneapolis will host a group exhibition entitled "It Was All A Dream" curated by artist Deuce 7. The show will feature an eclectic group of artists coming from various backgrounds and working in a variety of mediums. Their opening reception is tomorrow, May 17, 2013 from 5-10 p.m. Be sure to check them out if you are in or around Minneapolis.
Julianna Brion's Abstracted EroticaErotica // Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Julianna Brion was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in a pink house in Greenwich Connecticut. After studying illustration and design at The Maryland Institute College of Art, she is now living and working as an illustrator in Baltimore, MD. She enjoys quilting, picture books, cute puppies, and death metal. Some notable clients of hers include: Plansponsor, The New York Times, AiCIO, Bust Magazine, and The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators...


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Spokesmen for President Barack Obama have given conflicting reports about upcoming changes to his staff.
Last week, Obama's senior political advisor David Axelrod said that "significant changes" will be announced regarding the White House Cabinet when Obama returns from his holiday vacation in Hawaii. On Dec. 26, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said there will not be any major changes heading into 2011.
According to The New York Times, the Reorganization Plan — a review of how the White House staff can be modernized — was expanded following sweeping victories by Republicans in the midterm elections. Before Obama left for Hawaii, he was given recommendations on potential staff changes.
"This is a bubble. It's been an intense couple of years, and there's an advantage to bringing in folks who have a fresh set of senses — smell, touch and feel — about what's going on out there," Axelrod told the media outlet.
Among the staff members who will take on different roles in 2011 are the two spokesmen who provided conflicting reports. According to FOX News, Axelrod will leave the White House to work on Obama's re-election campaign, while Gibbs is considering a new role within the executive office.
Recent media reports have indicated that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson may succeed Hilary Clinton as the Secretary of State next year. In April 2010, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington pegged Richardson as one of the United States' worst governors.


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Samsung finally ships Galaxy Tab 8.9 Oct. 2, Player Oct. 16
updated 07:15 pm EDT, Mon September 26, 2011
Samsung commits to shipping Galaxy Tab, Player
Samsung at a special event Monday pledged itself to shipping three of its most delayed devices in the US. The Galaxy Tab 8.9, which we first tried in March, is in pre-orders at Best Buy immediately and will ship to stores October 2. Versions will ship with 16GB or 32GB of storage for $470 and $570 respectively.
The Tab 8.9 like the Tab 10.1 has been redesigned to better compete with the iPad 2 and is the same 8.6mm (0.34in) thick. While the 1280x800 resolution, dual-core Tegra 2 processor, and dual three- and two-megapixel cameras all remain intact, it will be the first completely new Samsung tablet in the US to ship with Samsung's newest TouchWiz interface on top of Android 3.1.
Reaching the US soon are Samsung's first major Android-based MP3 players for the US, the Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0. Having shipped as the Galaxy S Wi-Fi for other countries back in May, the four- and five-inch players will come to the US running Android 2.3.5 out of the box. Neither, however, will support Samsung's Media Hub store out of the box and will need an update.
The two are similar outside of screen size and are more directly intended to challenge the iPod touch with as much or more functionality. Both have a single-core 1GHz processor, but they also bring in 3.2-megapixel rear and VGA front cameras and microSDHC slots to go beyond their built-in 8GB of storage. Samsung still uses its iPhone-like TouchWiz layer but laoads the devices with Allshare for spreading media over the local network through DLNA.
Pre-orders for either Galaxy Player will go up for pre-orders on Tuesday, September 27, and will cost $230 and $270 for the 4.0 and 5.0 versions when they each go on sale October 16.
The timing may pit the Galaxy Players against rejuvenated iPod touch players. Galaxy Tab 8.9 units could arrive in stores about two weeks before a hearing on Apple's call for a temporary Samsung ban and could leave their existences short-lived if Apple wins a ban and can include the Tab 8.9 in those conditions.
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It's the time of the season that every local volleyball team has been waiting for.
Today districts begin, and with it comes dreams of prolonged postseason runs. Never has that expectation been greater than at Marysville High School.
The Vikings (22-20-6) had an up-and-down season and finished fourth in the Macomb Area Conference Red Division. But that no longer matters entering their Class B district tonight at Marine City. If they win, they will advance to St. Clair and take part of one of the most highly competitive local districts, which also includes Armada. ...


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Back on April 1st, Nokia (HEL:NOK1V; NYSE:NOK) announced that it'd be closing its flagship Nokia store in Shanghai. But it was no April Fool's joke. It's the latest in a series of shutdowns of the phone-maker's failing retail storefronts. The Shanghai store is – well, was – its largest remaining shop.
Unfortunately for Nokia, not many people really noticed or cared that the shop is closing. The 'Nokia Flagship Store SH' account on Sina Weibo has had only 938 reposts of its "Goodbye Shanghai" post in the past three days. Trending Weibo posts generally get tens of thousands of interactions. But the account only had 4,251 fans anyway.
The Nokia Shanghai store opened in 2007, one of about 10 worldwide. At that time, Nokia was still China's top phone-maker with its Symbian platform. Then Android and iOS happened. While Symbian still has a surprisingly large user-base in China, all the traction is behind Android, and there'll be an estimated 300 million active Android users in China by the end of this year. In contrast, Nokia's stats for 2012 were disastrous in China, with sales down 79 percent throughout the year. Now Nokia is pinning its hopes on the Windows Phone OS, but it's growing slowly.
In contrast, Apple has three major stores in Shanghai, and has rapidly expanded to have eight Apple Stores in four cities across mainland China.
Nokia's flagship store on London's Regent's Street closed back in 2009.
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Sandra DeNise
Also see Harper's review of Rent.
Sometimes, during the course of conversation, a particular person's character can seem to reach out and grab you; to clearly separate itself from the other 5.9 billion or so lone personalities on this ever-fascinating little rock of ours. I recently had the pleasure to share a few moments with such a person, the endlessly charming Sandra DeNise.
Sandra was still on the rebound from an unpleasant kidney infection as she spoke from her Charlotte hotel room. She is a relatively new member of the "Benny" touring company of Rent and takes her fair share of roles in the lauded rock-opera. "Working as a swing and understudy, I am responsible for covering 'Maureen,' 'Mrs. Cohen,' and different ensemble members. Also, I cover the "Season's of Love" solo, which can be pretty nerve-racking, if you think about it. That is sort-of the song from Rent, and many fans know every word and inflection by heart."
The Atlanta native has been involved in the theatre since a very early age, getting her start in local church productions. Sandra spent her childhood involved in community theatre, and after high school she was accepted into the Tisch School of Drama at NYU. At New York University she participated in school productions, which eventually led to her casting in Rent. "I was in the school's production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and a casting director for Rent was in the audience. She talked to a few of us one day, got our names and stuff, and that was about it for then. About a year or so later, I decided to call up and see if anything had come up. It just happened that there was a spot open, and I came in for an interview and made it."
While Sandra continues to enjoy her time in Rent, the future holds many options for this talented, young performer. "After Rent, I know that I want to return to New York City. I guess I'll just start looking into things, going to auditions and all that. I would love to get back into the legit theatre, so hopefully something will come up!"
Rent is presented by the Mastercard Broadway Series of
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Just as the scorching summer weather is coming to a close, one of the hottest theatre seasons in Atlanta history is preparing to kick off. Below are the season lineups for three of Atlanta's premier theatre producers: Mastercard Broadway Series, Alliance Theatre Company, and Actor's Express. Also, the Theatre of the Stars , a primarily summer-season producer, will have a few special productions running throughout the year, such as Richard Chamberlain in The Sound of Music, September 10- 15, and a planned anniversary production of Grand Hotel, starring Liliane Montevecchi (dates are TBA).
The Atlanta Broadway Series commences its season with the revamped tour of Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde, starring Chuck Wagner, Andrea Rivette, Sharon Brown, and Brian Noonan. J&H will run November 9 - 14 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre (all Broadway Series shows play the Fox unless otherwise noted). Ringing in the New Year is Rob Becker's acclaimed one man show, Defending the Caveman, playing January 4 - 9.
From February 29 - March 5, the four time Tony Award-winning Titanic docks in town. The Maury Yeston/Peter Stone tuner shuttered on Broadway in March after playing a respectable 804 performances. Atlanta will relive The Civil War March 21 - 26. Frank Wildhorn's latest musical, which had a disappointingly short run in New York last season, tells the powerful story of the Civil War through wall-to-wall musical numbers, ranging from pop and power ballads, to country, gospel, folk, and traditional Broadway.
The redesigned and recast national tour of Ragtime will follow The Civil War into the Fox for a special two-week engagement (presented in association with the Theatre of the Stars) from April 18 - 30. Ragtime took home four 1998 Tony Awards, including Best Score (Steven Flaherty/Lynn Ahrens) and Best Book (Terrence McNally). Concluding this all-star season is Sam Mendes' Broadway hit revival of Cabaret, June 20 - 25. Co-directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall and with a classic Kander & Ebb score, this raunchy re-imagining of Cabaret will no doubt start the summer of 00' off with a bang.
In addition to the above subscription season, Riverdance will play an encore engagement at the Civic Center from September 23 - October 3. For season ticket information, call the Atlanta Broadway Series at (800) 278-4447.
Take a walk down Peachtree, and you will undoubtedly stumble upon the Woodruff Arts Center, where the Alliance Theatre Company is brewing an exciting season. Chess, starring Kim Huber and Brian D'Arcy James, runs August 26 - September 26 on the Alliance Theatre Mainstage. Next up is a world premier by Atlanta playwright Janece Shaffer, He Looks Great in a Hat, which will be presented in the Studio Theatre September 15 - October 17. Jitney, August Wilson's look at the lives of cabstand owners circa 1977, plays the Mainstage October 7 - 31, directed by Kenny Leon.
The Alliance's wildly popular production of A Christmas Carol takes the Mainstage from November 19 - December 26. The production celebrates its 10th anniversary at the Alliance, and will be helmed by David H. Bell. William Nicholson's Shadowlands follows, from January 13 - February 6. Directed by Susan V. Booth, Shadowlands concerns the relationship between C. S. Lewis and a young American poet. The Studio Theatre will house Two Sisters and a Piano, by Nilo Cruz, beginning February 5 and playing to March 12.
George Bernard Shaw's witty masterpiece Heartbreak House inhabits the Mainstage March 2 - 26, followed by the 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner W;t (Wit), playing an extended run from March 25 - May 28 in the Studio. Written by Atlanta kindergarten teacher Margaret Edson, W;t eloquently portrays the life and death of a brilliant professor of poetry, struck down by terminal ovarian cancer. Closing the season is Sheldon Epps' Tony-nominated revue Blues in the Night, which runs from April 20 - May 14 on the Mainstage.
In addition to the above productions, the Alliance Children's Theatre will be showing Cyra and Rocky, a hip retelling of Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (November 14, 2:00PM and 4:00PM, 14th Street Playhouse), and James and the Giant Peach (February 20, 2:00PM and 4:00PM, Alliance Mainstage). Subscription information for the Alliance Mainstage, Studio, and Children's Theatre can be obtained by calling (404) 733-4600. Single tickets can be purchased at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office (Peachtree and 15th Street) or by calling (404) 733-5000. This and other information can be found at www.alliancetheatre.org.
Actor's Express, the brainchild of talented actor/director Chris Coleman, begins its season with Stephen's Play, a world premier by acclaimed playwright Sandra Deer, October 21 - December 11. Next, Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Robert Schenkkan premiers his latest work, Handler, January 21 - March 4. Violet, winner of the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Best Musical and written by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley, plays March 22 - May 13. Featuring the influences of country, bluegrass, and gospel, this soaring musical chronicles the like of Violet, a woman, physically and mentally scarred for life, who searches for redemption and understanding of her painful existence. Dael Orlandersmith brings her powerful one-woman play, The Gimmick, to the Express stage from June 1 - 24. In a southeastern premier, Burning Blue completes the season with a thoughtful look at a troubled gay relationship in the Navy. Burning runs from July 13 - August 23.
Call (404) 875-1606 or email email@example.com for ticket information.
All productions are subject to change. Please feel free to email me with any questions or comments about the exciting new season.
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Technically Incorrect: In China, cars roll up to a junction, lift off the ground and spin bizarrely. A weird magnetic field? Or something more prosaic?
Silicon Valley. Two words that conjure thoughts of the startups and venture capitalists working feverishly to define the next new thing. But that corner of California doesn't have a lock on the tech that's rocking our world.
With its clever leaning body and shifting front suspension, the Toyota i-Road is clever urban transportation and a heck of a fun ride.
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We get good and dirty in the new Toyota Tacoma and check out its new Multi-terrain and Crawl Control technologies.
The much-improved 2012 Dodge Charger R/T offers a good blend of power and cabin technology, but could use a bit more refinement where efficiency and ease of use are concerned.
Netflix's December offerings look strong with the star-studded "A Very Murray Christmas" and a new show by Bill Burr.
8-Bit Cinema makes an impressive pixelated tribute to Mad Max, Furiosa and the rest of the motley crew of characters featured in the latest action-packed "Mad Max" sequel.
For all its explosive energy, "Mad Max: Fury Road" found its genesis on the page as something quite different. The film's director George Miller tells how the road warrior journeyed from graphic novel to celluloid, and what lies beneath the bluster.
Before the explosions, the flaming guitars and the special effects, "Mad Max: Fury Road" was conceived in 3,500 graphic novel-style story boards. CNET speaks to the film's director George Miller about the long road towards creating the road warrior.
Marty McFly made them cool and Justin Bieber has even ridden one, but a politician in Australia has played the "Christmas Grinch" warning against buying hoverboards, which are banned on local roads.
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I would heal my own body so I can go ahead and get my life started.
I am a witch already, so that question doesn't apply to me, ha, ha! jk
I would fix all the problems in my life. Body weight, financial independence and the ability to drive a car, which is rather pathetic since I'm 25 and am still not driving.
i would conjure money, a new house for me, and fix up my parents', fix my car, clean my room and clean the house and do all my chores with the snap of my fingers or the wiggle of my nose, lol.
well i only have a day and those are pretty much what we always need. and I am a huge lazy procrastinator so pretty much. Whatever time I have left with the rest of the day i'll spend conjuring more and more money lol.
I would be like glenda the good witch, and help people like Dorothy find their way back home. "You had the power all along, dorothy"
Warlock for moi. Oh the possibilities.... I'd make sure my family never had to pay bills or taxes ever again, I'd get rid of money and implement a better way to exchange goods and services, I'd do a few personal physical adjustments, I'd make a little pocket-universe for myself where time goes by faster and a year in there is like a day out here, I'd fix my little sister's current situation, erase all of the bad things in from my beloved's past, Insta-graduation for my beloved, complete with all of the things she'd have learned anyway, Insta-graduation for myself, with the same perks, no more dangerous or blood-sucking bugs, and nature would go on without 'em, no more snakes, and finally, I'd wipe out anyone I felt like. It'd be one hell of a day.
go back in time
I'd turn all the pretty people that have their heads bunged up their own ***** about their looks incredibly ugly so their appearance matched their personality and those who were not so blessed with looks but had hearts of gold I'd allow one wish to
Kill anyone I wanted and change myself.
Yes, kill. Some people should not exist.
I would make it so that Ray Nagin would be crazy about me - even thought I'm a retired white guy!! lol - and that I could fool around with every nice looking middle aged black or Latino guy I wanted!!!!
and that they'd LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!
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The Flow Cytometry Core Facility is operated by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
The FACS Aria is a benchtop high speed cell sorter that can acquire up to 70,000 events/sec. It incorporates a fixed alignment cuvette flow cell with a fixed optical system and is armed with three lasers: (488nm argon blue , 633nm HeNe red, and 405nm violet ). This permits multicolor detection of up to 9 colors along with FSC and SSC. The instrument can sort into 2 or 4 tubes, of various sizes, as well as into multiwell plates or slides. The FACSAria utilizes the latest version of PC-based FACSDiva software, which provides for enhanced sorting control and flexibility and data analysis.
FACS Aria Cell Sorter
LSRII is a three laser (488nm Coherent sapphire blue, 635nm HeNe and 405nm Coherent violet laser) benchtop system designed to support basic through advanced flow cytometric applications in up to 10 colors (12 parameters currently). The ability to reconfigure the optics in this machine provides extra flexibility in experimental design. This cytometer utilizes PC based FACS Diva acquisition and analysis software, although acquired data can be analyzed in CellQuest Pro also. ModFit Program, for DNA analysis is also available.
FACS Calibur is a two laser (488nm argon ion and 635nm red diode laser) benchtop system of supporting basic cytometric applications in up to 4 colors. This cytometer utilizes Mac based CellQuest Pro acquisition and analysis software.


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Yeah, this time it was my fault — in the midst of a long conversation about taking the emotions out of investing and making finance boring, I dropped a line about cat food tacos. So once again I am in the click bait headline machinery.
Actually, the heart of the advice was from the asset allocation articles in the WaPo (here and here) essentially " Invest Boringly."
It looks something like this:
Have a plan.
Execute it faithfully.
Be diversified.
Contribute regularly.
Max out tax-deferred accounts.
Be an asset allocator.
Think long-term.
Not exactly radical, but "Cat Food Tacos" will generate a lot more clicks than "invest boringly."
Here's the video:
Source: Ritholtz: You Can "Eat Cat Food Tacos In Retirement," Or You Can Do This… (Yahoo Finance)
Category: Asset Allocation, Investing, Media, Video
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.


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I was assaulted during a recent trip to New York City. Not in the traditional "rode the G train after dusk" sense, but in the same way millions of Manhattanites, Brooklynites (and Queensites?) are during their daily commute to … anywhere.
The culprit was outdoor advertising ubiquitously plastered across metro station walls, Taxis, subway cars and outdoor monitors that dwarf most government buildings from my hometown. (more…)


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Sounders Notebook: Players getting time off
Evans, Johnson are still with the U.S. national team.
Brad Evans and Eddie Johnson might be about to play back-to-back games at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.
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Dollywood touts new ride, shows in 2013-14
Two Dollywood theme park attractions, Adventure Mountain and Imagination Cinema, will not return for the 2013 season.
Adventure Mountain, which is coming up on the end of its third season, will be replaced by a new attraction that will open in 2014. Details of that project won't be released until next year, Dollywood spokesman Pete Owens said.
"With the popularity of that area, we felt this is the perfect location of what has been designed. We know some people will be disappointed, but we think they will be pleased with the new project," Owens said.
Dollywood introduced Adventure Mountain, a $5 million, 2-acre play area in 2010 after being delayed a year because of the economy.
It features more than 100 obstacles including swinging beams, suspension bridges, flying islands and a tire traverse along a hillside, across from the park's newest roller coaster Wild Eagle.
The new project will encompass that property and some more, extending in front of the water raft ride River Battle, Owens said.
Meanwhile, plans have been made to convert Imagination Cinema into a 500-seat venue for a new Dolly family show. The theater, which is currently showing The Polar Express 4D Experience, will reopen in spring 2013.
The additional venue will be part of the park's plans to debut five more shows next year.
Earlier this year, Dollywood opened Wild Eagle, the first wing coaster in the U.S. Next year, it will open the state's first water coaster, RiverRush, in Splash Country.
In September, Dollywood dropped plans to partner with Gaylord Entertainment to build a $50 million water and snow park in Nashville, saying it would focus its attention on the Pigeon Forge theme park.
"When your business grows, it is important to evaluate and improve the experiences you provide to your guests," Dollywood President Craig Ross said in a statement. "For 2013, we're excited about Dolly's new family show and its new venue. Our guests will start to see construction activity for the new 2014 attraction as soon as the park opens next season. … (Families) are going to be thrilled and excited about the new additions. They'll be like nothing you've seen before."
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Businessman in court for child rapeComment on this story
George - A Knysna businessman pleaded not guilty to 79 charges, including statutory rape, in the Thembalethu Magistrate's Court, in George, on Monday.
Adrian Wilson-Forbes, 60, faces charges of statutory rape, abduction, indecent assault, trafficking persons for sexual purposes, and child pornography.
In 2001 Wilson-Forbes allegedly abducted an 11-year-old boy from the Garden Route mall in George, and took him to a local dam where he allegedly exposed his genitals and offered him money to have sex with him. The boy was allegedly indecently assaulted.
Subsequently Wilson-Forbes allegedly offered the boy money to find him two young girls for sex. The boy allegedly took photographs of Wilson-Forbes engaging in sexual acts with the girls.
In March last year Wilson-Forbes allegedly contacted his original victim, now an adult, to find him another girl under the age of 12.
The eight-year-old girl was taken to Herolds Bay, near George, where she was allegedly raped.
Wilson-Forbes was arrested after the original victim handed photographs of the sexual acts to the police.
The trial continues on Tuesday. - Sapa
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