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|Posted on May 22, 2011 at 07:03:44
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"All the noise from electrical appliances and shielding (even from neighbors) are dumped into the thin high resistance ground wires of the house. The noise will build up like a traffic jam so that the grounding speed will slow down."
If homes in Sweden are wired with "thin, high resistance ground wires", you are as good as dead should an electrical accident occur. Highly resistive ground paths are used to prevent breaker trips in hospitals and other critical applications where you want to be alerted to a ground fault, but not have the equipment power down as a result.
If the ground path is highly resistive, the path through your body would be the least resistent. Touch anything with a grounded chassis and kiss your keester goodbye...
|RE: ground wires, posted on May 22, 2011 at 11:31:05
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When I used PS Audio Premier Power Plant together with Virtual Dynamics Genesis power cables, touching the brass clamps surrounding the cable resulted in an electric shock. The Premier Power Plant was dumping noise into the ground which was circulating in my system, I have owned two Premier with the same problem. I have owned three P300 Power Plants without this problem, but they sounded very blurry and slow, they just toned down the brightness to make it more relaxing to listen.
Now I have switched to GroundHanger without any weaknesses. I can touch my system all over the place without any danger of electric shocks like with other power conditioners that operate on AC power.
|RE: ground wires, posted on May 22, 2011 at 11:39:40
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The ground wires in Sweden are about 18 awg. We have compared 1 awg vs 00 awg with very noticeable improvements, and this was with just 30cm long wiring! You would need many tons of copper to do house grounding properly, you would need the walls to be pure copper to maximize area and lower the resistance.
Instead of building a copper house, just move the ground closer to the component instead. This is why GroundHanger hangs directly from the RCA as close as possible to the noise that needs to be grounded.
|RE: ground wires, posted on May 23, 2011 at 06:47:19
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"The ground wires in Sweden are about 18 awg."
18AWG wire is the minimum you will find on a standard table lamp with a max bulb rating of 60 watts here in the U.S. If what you say is true, I'd be concerned.
"You would need many tons of copper to do house grounding properly, you would need the walls to be pure copper to maximize area and lower the resistance."
WHAT? How much lower do you think the resistance can go? The ground wiring in a home is there as a safety device. It is not there to shield the home from outside interferences. You are truly "coconuts". But that was evident when you asked about spending a couple of days in a cryo chamber, where to find a suit to do so, and how you would be able to consume water while in the chamber.
Your web site, press releases and price-cut/cryo chamber posts have provided some amusing reading, but nothing more. Best of luck in your pursuit of silkiness, microdetail, transparency, bass texture, and finding customers who are willing to pay the price...
|RE: ground wires, posted on May 23, 2011 at 07:16:24
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|Audio components aren't perfect because they generate RFI/EMI into the air. If the metal chassis is closed it reflects back the noise into the motherboard and interferes with the audio signal. There's a lot of noise reflecting back and forth inside the case and in the motherboard. The house ground wiring isn't good enough to remove this noise, you need something more powerful with lower resistance. This is why GroundHanger was born. The scattered RFI inside the chassis will enter the GroundHanger where it's cleaned. This gives a noise free motherboard and clearer audio signal.
|really?, posted on May 23, 2011 at 07:39:28
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"If the metal chassis is closed it reflects back the noise into the motherboard and interferes with the audio signal. There's a lot of noise reflecting back and forth inside the case and in the motherboard."
Have you measured this noise, or are you merely hypothesizing? For someone with a questionable scientific background you make some pretty hefty claims. And those include your ability to hear differences in glues and 1/100th of a gram of "material".
|RE: really?, posted on May 24, 2011 at 04:22:49
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I have measured this with my ears. 5 years ago I did a lot of experimentation with ERS Paper, see video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deW6WPq-d00
After I covered the inside of the chassis with ERS Paper I got a drier sound, I didn't like it at first so it definitely made a difference, I wanted to remove it but couldn't because I used ERS with adhesive backing in some places. After a while I got used to the sound and it sounded good. The transients were hairier and there was more resolution. To compensate for the warmer/greyer sound I disconnected conductors from Nordost Valhalla cables to make it brighter and edgier, I used only 1 conductor from the Litz wire, it increased microdetail and blackness. But the problem was that multiple colorations were added to the system which I had to compensate for by adding other tweaks, it never stopped and I was never satisfied with the sound.
Now I use stock cables and no tweaks other than Coconut-Audio, and I get better sound than ever. It's perfecty synergized too because there are no colored devices in the system.
|thanks but no thanks, posted on May 24, 2011 at 06:42:17
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|I have no time to view another, what I can only expect to be, agonizingly slow and confusing video. Must be nice having golden ears. But no matter how good your hearing is, you will never be able to "measure" anything with your hearing. You can only perceive a change. There is nothing quantifiable about hearing, unless it gets tested by an audiologist. And rest assured that your hearing is not sensitive enough to hear a difference when glue accidentally makes it's way to a cable sheath.


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I love reading. A bit of the nerdy and/or geeky. Don't mind subtitles in movies. I'm a bit sarcastic and often random. I love life. Design tattoos, knitwear, and most recently tee shirts. I believe camping should involve a tent. Mostly nocturnal. Want to travel...never have. fave type of smiley ---> (^_^)
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2. I don't like to wake up before 8:30am
3. I embrace my duality
4. I've never won a game of 'never have i ever'
5. I don't eat turkey or iceberg lettuce
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9. I'm the most indecisive about the silliest things.
10. I don't like bugs.
11. I'm phobic of spiders, and clowns
12. The closest i've come to breaking a bone is a stress fracture from untreated shin splints.
13.I like most veggies.. but i can't stand cooked carrots or tomatoes.
14. I'm quirky.
15. I love hot weather.
16. i believe camping should be done in a tent or under the stars.
17.I love to read books
18.I went to the midnight showing of HP6
19. I like MMORPGS
20. I like anime... it's cartoons for adults!
21. I watch too many BBC shows.
22. I'm often the token gay guy in a group.
23. for beer i drink Guinness or hard cider.
24. algebra makes me sleepy
25. i'm easily distracted by shiny objects
26. I collect rocks.
27. I like to paint with spray paint of finger paints.
28. my favorite color combo is green and brown.
29. I can be stubborn about the silliest things.
30. I'm a classic romantic.
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Now, more than ever, we need to shake things up.
Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around. I hope a new ebook I've organized will get you started on that path. It took months, but I think you'll find it worth it the effort. (Download here).
Here are more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as we head into the new year. From bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert to brilliant tech thinker Kevin Kelly, from publisher Tim O'Reilly to radio host Dave Ramsey, there are some important people riffing about important ideas here. The ebook includes Tom Peters, Jackie Huba and Jason Fried, along with Gina Trapani, Bill Taylor and Alan Webber...


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From the Desk of Steve "Captain America" Rodgers
To: Samuel Wilson
Dear Sam,
Hey, bro. It's me, Cap'n here. I've been Captain America for 73 years now, and I'm more exhausted than Tony Stark after a weekend in Vegas. It's time for me to retire. I've spent the last three-quarters of a century busting the skull of any maniac that had the gall to cross the ol' Stars and Stripes. It's time I get a real hobby. I bought a condo in Fort Lauderdale, and I'm taking up woodworking.
You might be thinking, "What does this have to do with me? Is this a timeshare pitch?" And the answer is no–unless you're interested. I still have my realtor's card. I'm writing to give you the exciting news that you will be the new Captain America! I'm officially retiring and passing the shield, helmet and leather/spandex pants to you.
Sam, being Captain America is an honor and a great experience, but it's also a demanding job. I came face to face with Nazis, terrorists, and something S.H.E.I.L.D. kept calling "technocratic fascism," but you're going to face a much more formidable and insidious foe:
That's right, Sam! Some people are going to try to claim that you don't have the right to be Captain America because you're black. As the kids say, that's just bogus. I don't want you to worry, though. I came up with some great tips to stand up to those awful bigots.
Pick Your Battles
Racists are everywhere–hiding in plain sight, like Skrulls. And like Skrulls, when one reveals itself to you, you've got to decide how to handle it. If you stopped to defeat everyone, you'd be exhausted in no time. It's hard, but know that sometimes it's not worth your time and it's best to ignore 'em. On the other hand, if push comes to shove, you should ALSO know that I've gotten that shield to bounce off as many as 5 heads before it lost steam on a good throw.
Keep Calm
Sometimes the racists are just trying to throw you off your game. To be the best Captain that you can be, you've got to keep a cool head, Sam. Just calmly ask the racist to explain why you make a poor choice for Captain America. They probably don't have a good reason, and you'll look cooler than Black Widow disarming a nuclear warhead.
Lean on Your Allies
As a soldier, you know that you never go into battle alone. We've all got your back, Sam, from the Avengers to the Super Defenders to The Illuminati. (Yes, they do exist and yes, you are now a member and yes, the summer picnic is AMAZING.) The racists have strength in numbers, but we've got The Hulk. Game. Set. Match.
I know this isn't your first time under the winged cowl, but this will be different from just filling in like last time. You're about to become a lot more than just a costume.
The world is used to a traditional Captain, with traditional values. A Captain who stands for the American Way. A Captain born in the 1940s to carry a shield with the Stars and Bars in one hand and to punch out Hitler with the other. But a lot has changed in the last 70 years. Hydra became Al-Quaeda. The nation–and S.H.I.E.L.D.– took on their first minority leaders. The world became more connected; society became more diverse than ever.
There are lots of reasons why S.H.I.E.L.D and I picked you to be the next Captain America. Your strength, your intelligence, your bravery and, as some members of the committee pointed out, the way your thighs look in the outfit. The main reason I picked you, Sam, is that for too long in this country, heroes looked like me, and people like you weren't given the opportunity to be heroes. It might ruffle a few feathers and piss off Hydra, but if we can inspire and uplift little boys and girls across the country, it's worth it, and in the words of Nick Fury, "forget those motherf*&^%$s."
Captain America
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This book on Costa Rica, National Parks and Forests, is a photographic essay of the country, its wildlife, plants, and people. Over 90 photos with a commentary to go with them. The trip was with OAT and was WONDERFUL!
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Two careers, twenty years in the Air Force as a navigator in cargo planes and twenty years at a Technology School as a teacher of computers, repair, programming and use. When I retired for the second time, I decided to make my third career World Traveler. I've been to a lot of places in the Air Force and more as a tourist, and I plan to continue for as long as I can. My next tours, Insha' Allah, will be Eastern Europe and Southern Africa, followed by the Carribean, Italy and Dalmatia, and Chile. I enjoy taking pictures and working with them on my Mac. Bookmaking is fun for me; my first was in 1958!
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The "Subversive Proposal" was an Internet posting by Stevan Harnad on June 27 1994 calling on all authors of "esoteric" writings -- written only for research impact, not for royalty income -- to archive them free for all online (in anonymous FTP archives or websites).
It initiated a series of online exchanges, many of which were collected and published as a book in 1995: Ann Okerson & James O'Donnell (Eds.) Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing. Washington, DC., Association of Research Libraries, June 1995.
This led to the creation in 1997 of Cogprints, an Open Access Archive for self-archived articles in the Cognitive Sciences and in 1998 to the creation of the American Scientist Open Access Forum (initially called the "September98 Forum" until the foundation of the Budapest Open Access Initiative which first coined the term "Open Access"). The GNU Eprints software for creating OAI-compliant Open Access Institutional Repositories also evolved out of the Subversive Proposal.
The "Subversive Proposal" was in many ways naive and had many flaws, corrected one by one along the way, and summarized in the American Scientist Open Access Forum on its 10th anniversary: "June 27 2004: The 1994 'Subversive Proposal' at 10". A retrospective was also written by Richard Poynder: "Ten Years After" Information Today 21(9) October 1 2004
Bosc, Helène Les idées et la technique : une rétrospective de ces 15 dernières années
Harnad, Stevan (2001/2003/2004) For Whom the Gate Tolls? Published as: (2003) Open Access to Peer-Reviewed Research Through Author/Institution Self-Archiving: Maximizing Research Impact by Maximizing Online Access. In: Law, Derek & Judith Andrews, Eds. Digital Libraries: Policy Planning and Practice. Ashgate Publishing 2003. (2003) Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 49: 337-342. and in: (2004) Historical Social Research (HSR) 29:1 (2003) Ciélographie et ciélolexie: Anomalie post-gutenbergienne et comment la résoudre. In: Origgi, G. & Arikha, N. (eds) Le texte à l'heure de l'Internet. Bibliotheque Centre Pompidou: Pp. 77-103.
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Kelly Dennis: "Internet Art and the Economies of Porn"
The UCSC Women's Center and the Feminism & Pornography Research Cluster present:
"Internet Art and the Economies of Porn"
The intersection of art and pornography on the radically dispersive Internet activates multiple discourses surrounding nudity, obscenity, feminism, voyeurism and exhibitionism, as well as the increasingly warring agendas of corporate profit and community and amateur ideals. As one commentator acknowledges, "[t]he debate over Internet porn isn't community standards vs. free speech. It's community standards vs. a free market." Even as pornography is enviously acknowledged as a communications technology pioneer by the corporate sector, many artists are attuned to the implications of this envy. Though the artists that I will discuss deal ostensibly with pornography, they also negotiate many of the terms of pornography's own negotiation of the Internet: its economies, its communities, its sexisms, and its surveillance.
Kelly Dennis is Associate Professor of Art History & the History of Photography at the University of Connecticut Storrs and is author of Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching (Berg, 2009). Her work on photography, pornography, performance, and feminist art has appeared in several books and journals. She is currently at work on her second book, The Politics of the Sublime: Landscape Photography and the West.
This event was made possible by the financial support and co-sponsorships of the departments of Sociology; Literature; Art; History of Art & Visual Culture; Digital Arts & New Media; and American Studies. For accessibility information or accommodations, contact the Women's Center at 459-2072 firstname.lastname@example.com or the Feminism & Pornography Research Cluster at email@example.com.


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When Scott Hairston moved to Tucson in 1998, he wasn't sure what to expect.
He arrived in December and had one semester of high school left. Sure, he was worried about meeting new friends and fitting in at Canyon del Oro, but he was most concerned with how the move would affect his baseball career.
"It was a big, big change of scenery for me," said Hairston, who moved from Naperville, Ill., when his dad took a job with the Chicago White Sox, who were training in Tucson at the time.
Little did Hairston know at the time it was one of the best things to ever happen to his baseball career.
He joined a loaded CDO team that featured current big-leaguer Ian Kinsler and former major-leaguers Chris Duncan and Brian Anderson.
Four future major-leaguers on one team. And get this - they didn't win a state championship.
"It was definitely something special," said Hairston, who started in left field and batted fourth for the Cubs in Thursday's spring training game at Kino Stadium. "That doesn't happen often. I don't know if CDO will ever have a team like that again. That's pretty hard to do. At the time we felt like we had something special.
"We all had a collective goal and wanted to win a state title. We obviously didn't do that, but we motivated each other to work harder and all had great experiences."
Hairston is now prepping for his 10th big-league season and first with the Cubs. After two seasons with the New York Mets, Hairston signed a two-year, $5 million deal with Chicago.
Hairston is coming off his most productive season as a major-leaguer. He played in 134 games for the Mets and hit 20 home runs and had 57 RBIs.
In signing with Chicago, Hairston was able to return to the Cactus League, where he spent the first seven years of his career. That meant a move closer to his parents and two sisters, who all still live in Tucson.
"I try to come down a few times in the offseason to see my parents and nephews," Hairston said. "I really like it here."
Rizzomania returns
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo found himself in an unfamiliar spot at Kino Stadium: the visitor's clubhouse.
Rizzo starred for the Tucson Padres in 2011, hitting 26 home runs and driving in 101 runs in 93 games while hitting .331.
Rizzo was traded to the Cubs by the Padres following the 2011 season; Thursday marked his first trip back to Tucson since.
"It was a lot of fun playing here," Rizzo said. "We had a good manager, a good clubhouse. I enjoyed living here in Tucson for a little while. It was really a good time here."
Rizzo's Triple-A days are now behind him. He was called up by the Cubs in the middle of last season and played in 87 games. He finished the season with 15 home runs and 48 RBIs, and he batted .285.
"We want him to play like he did last year - no more, no less," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "He's going to play every day and hopefully get 600 plate appearances. We're hoping he can have a 30-home run, 100-RBI season. He's very capable."
Love for Lopez
Dodgers second baseman Mark Ellis doesn't have a direct tie to Tucson, but you would be hard pressed to find a bigger Arizona Wildcats baseball fan on the Dodgers team.
Ellis played for Andy Lopez for four years at the University of Florida. He called his former coach "a very important person in my life." Ellis said he watched the Wildcats' run to a College World Series title last year and wasn't surprised at all when they won the crown.
"Watching that team play - that was an Andy Lopez team," said Ellis, 35. "They played the game the right way. Nothing really stood out about them, but they threw the ball and caught the ball well. It was really fun to watch that team."
Ellis said he and Lopez still exchange text messages and talked on the phone a couple of times in the offseason.
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Corporate Synergy! Passion Pit Model, Make Videos For Brooks Brothers
Because I am a crotchety old person, I don't really consider Passion Pit indie music, but still! A goddamn Brooks Brothers corporate tie-in? That is some crazy bullshit. Here the boys are, wearing expensive suits, making a promotional video, set to the tune of "Take A Walk." I mean, I get it, bands gotta get paid. But really, wearing a Brooks Brothers suit to do so takes selling out to new heights. I mean, I guess they could be smoking some Monsanto crack at the same time, but you know what I mean.


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- To enable more people to access informationby providing customized ICT solutions
- To support and develop telecom networks at regional and national levels
- To nurture and support education in telecom technologies in underdeveloped regions
Through our "Bridging the Digital Divide" strategy, Huawei aims to better allocate information resources by developing effective communications networks in underdeveloped regions that would enable more people to have access to communications and information systems. To achieve this goal, Huawei is consistently expanding the coverage of communications networks in underdeveloped regions and providing training opportunities for local technicians and talent.
To sustain communication services and help bridge the digital divide, Huawei focuses its activities on three main elements: technology, funds, and knowledge transfer, which foster mutual support and improvement.
A. Decreasing network costs through technological innovations and providing customized solutions to help carriers successfully operate in outlying
B. Providing financing solutions for cash-strapped local governments and carriers to develop telecom networks
C. Establishing training centers and launching joint teaching initiatives to develop local talent, transfer knowledge, and improve the ability of locals to build digital communities
A. Decreasing network costs through technological innovations and providing customized solutions to help carriers successfully operate in outlying areas.
Case Study: The "Phone Lady" Initiative in Bangladesh
In remote areas of countries like Bangladesh, a lack of information access means rural residents are unable to lead a more economically beneficial life. The "Phone Lady" initiative aims to resolve theUniversal Access Service (UAS) issue to enable people in rural areas to easilycommunicate with relatives, friends, and trading partners.
Phone Lady Solution
Huawei partnered with the largest local carrier in Bangladesh to initiate the Phone Lady project and establish Communication Information Centers (CICs) to provide UAS. The aim of the initiative is to increase the availability of telephone and information access services for residents in rural areas and enable them to benefit from economic and social success.
Through this initiative the carrier engages a large number of local proprietors, most of whom are female, by arrangingloans from the local bank for purchasing mobile phone devicesandproviding training on how to operate the service. The initiative has proven to be a great success in resolving the UAS issuein rural areas and has led to increased economic activities and facilitated overall communications.
The carrier and Huawei will further expand UAS to information services such as the Internet and related services.
CIC Initiative
The carrier organizes the local collective units and some proprietors to establish CICs that the proprietors independentlyown and operate. The CICs functionascustomer service centers that provide services such as pay phones, e-recharge, printing, scanning, copying, as well as notificationsand news (including the priceof farm products, government websites, and job information). As a result, people in remote areas are able to have better incomes, find jobs, get information on farm products, and increase the overall economic activity of the region.
Huawei's Participation
Huawei, as a strategic partner of the carrier, provides network support throughout the project's implementation. In addition to network equipment, Huaweiactively customizes service features for the project. The entire network is integrated with green technology solutions and the adoption of a green power solution offers coverage to rural areas with unreliable electrical power while also enabling the realization of sustainable business growth.
Impact and Benefits of the Phone Lady Initiative
The carriergets good financial returns from mobile services and the "Phone Lady"initiative employs more than 28,000 proprietors, whose average income is three times higher than per capita income in Bangladesh. The initiative employs people in rural areas and improves their livelihoods, and by providing access to communications and information services, it has also brought significant social benefits.
Case Study: The instant network brings you more survival opportunities
An instant network is a useful tool for bridging the digital divide. The network not only rapidly provides telecommunication services for developing countries and regions, but also plays a crucial role after a natural disaster happens.
Millions of people today suffer as a result of war or disaster both natural and man-made. After a disaster strikes, in most cases, local communications are badly disrupted and there is a long delay in service restoration. This leads to more lives lost and a prolonged period of hardship. It is important that emergency rescue teams are able to quickly rebuild and recover communications networks. This helps them deliver messages to the outside world so that the emergency rescue teams can get food, water, and medical assistance for the disaster victims. After the emergency rescue team has the communications networks up, victims can also communicate with their relatives to obtain information and seek help.
The "Instant Network" Solution
Huawei partnered with Customer V to launch the "Instant Network" solution in the Joint Innovation Center in Madrid, Spain, to create a super GSM network. The network provides advanced emergency communications services such as voice, text, and data, and can be rebuilt quickly in disaster-stricken areas. The instant network is a self-contained portable system weighing 100kg. It can be packed into three suitcases and taken anywhere in any commercial flight. No matter how complicated the disaster situation, the instant network can rebuild the local network within 40 minutes using satellite communications as a wireless backhaul to restore communications services and save more lives.
In May 2011, a team consisting of Huawei, Customer V, and Télécoms Sans Frontières (NGO) joined together for a humanitarian mission in Barsaloi (Kenya). Due to various factors, local residents had been unable to talk with their relatives fortwo years. After an instant network was set up, locals in an area with no network coverage could communicate with their relatives within two days.
Huawei also cooperated with governmental authorities and relief forces following a train crash simulation in Barcelona city center. Key emergency relief forces such as the fireman brigade, policemen, and Red Cross were involved and they used the instant network to provide mobile services.
The instantnetwork is a major breakthrough in emergency communications, as it drastically reduces the response time during disasters and enables communications with remote areas that do not have mobile network coverage. This advanced technology has significantly changed people's lives around the world.
B. Providing financing solutions for cash-strapped local governments and carriers to develop telecom networks.
National Broadband Networks
The "Telephone for All" project (first promoted by the Maitland Commission more than two decades ago) has achieved a certain amount of success. According to the latest report by the ITU Secretary-General, its objective has basically been achieved. The world's top priority for the next twenty years will be to bridge the digital divide caused by national information networks (broadband) and make "Broadband Inclusion for All" a reality. However, constructing national broadband networks often requires a substantial investment and both public and private sectors must work hard to achieve this goal.
National broadband networks (NBNs) can significantly boost a country's competitiveness and can stimulate economic development according to multiple studies. Statistics from the World Bank in 2009 show that in developing countries, NBNs can increase the gross domestic product (GDP) of a country by an additional 1.5%. Consequently, financing for NBNs has become an increasingly important element of governmental policy in various countries to stimulate the economy. These policies have played a key role in bridging the digital divide after the global economic crisis in 2008. Huawei has made efforts to facilitate financing and reduce initial costs through innovative solutions. Our all-encompassing products, services, and solutions allow us to be at the forefront of assisting a number of countries in the construction of NBNs.
Huawei's NBN solutions cater to different requirements of both developed and developing countries. For developing countries, the driving force lies in satisfying people's communication needs and bridging the digital divide.
C. Establishing training centers and launching joint teaching initiatives to develop local talent, transfer knowledge, and improve the ability of locals to build digital communities.
Below are some of the activities carried out by Huawei in 2011:
- Donated equipment to the St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications in Russia, set up a joint lab, and provided training for 250 college students annually.
- Continued the 'E-HOPE' project in India.
- Donated computers and office equipment to schools in developing areas of Northern Laos.
- Set up a training center and established a foundation at the National Institute of Advanced Communications in Belarus to encourage and support talented college students.
- Conducted the Huawei Undergraduate Work Experience Program for talented students from higher education institutes around the world.
Huawei's long-term effort has been to expand communications network coverage in developing countries and regions and provide training opportunities to local technical personnel. As a result, more people enjoy conveniences brought by communications, the distance between people has been shortened, and lives have been enriched through communications via terminal products, services, and solutions such as eCity.
Case study: Let's simply share
In August 2011, Huawei Device launched "Let's simply share," the world's first branded concept for mobile Internet, to drive innovation in Huawei Device's brands and build a "Business to Person (B2P)" device brand centered on user experience. The CEO of Huawei Device said, "It is our unshaken belief that the real value of innovation is to help people enjoy a better life and bring people closer."
Cloud computing is sweeping the world, and Huawei has launched an industry leading cloud services platform. Building on its fresh new concept of "Let's simply share", Huawei Device has launched two flagship products–the Vision phone and the MediaPad tablet. The aim is to draw people closer and enable consumers to enjoy new and enhanced mobile Internet capabilities.
Case study: eCity Solution
Huawei provides the future-oriented eCity Solution with five products (Unified Communications, Cloud Contact Centers, Collaborative Conference, Telepresence, and Video Surveillance) and a government collaboration platform that is driven by cloud applications and carried by devices.
Huawei's eCity solutions are widely deployed.
Huawei's eCity solutions are deployed in more than 50 cities worldwide.


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Kayaking grows in popularity in North Park
Ten would-be kayakers of various ages listened as volunteer instructor David Bennett demonstrated the correct way to use a kayak paddle at North Park Lake.
"You need to rotate your body so that you're using your hips and legs," said Bennett of Observatory Hill. "You're going to get more tired" using only your arms.
Bennett showed how to stop a kayak by paddling backwards — and how to turn — during a recent, two-hour Family Paddle lesson sponsored by Venture Outdoors.
Jenn Strang of Venture Outdoors, a South Side-based nonprofit that operates the kayak rental franchise on the lake, said kayaking provides a good workout.
"It strengthens the core, and depending on your body, you can burn up to 400 calories an hour," she said. "It's also very good for people who have joint issues" in their lower body, such as sore knees that make running difficult.
"Kayaking is a good way to stay active," Strang said.
Each kayaker in Bennett's class wore a personal flotation device, which he had checked to ensure the safety of the paddlers so they would float even if their kayaks capsized.
He adjusted the personal flotation device on Ian Kilpatrick, 18, of Brighton, to make sure that it would not choke him in the event of an emergency.
The young man was there with his mother, Erin, and sister, Leigh, 20. Ian and Leigh Kilpatrick are runners, but their mother said she thought kayaking would be "something fun to do, learning a new skill."
Bud Mahoney of North Huntingdon signed up with his wife, Lauren, and daughters, Elizabeth, 10, and Mary, 8. "I was going to buy a kayak, so I thought we should try it first," he said.
"I'm one of those people with knees being shot due to age and misspent youth," volunteer Skip Young of Scott said. He and Bennett accompanied the group in solo kayaks.
Men's Journal magazine has called kayaking "that rare upper-body-centric cardio exercise."
Still, Todd Finley, an owner of Oak Orchard Canoe & Kayak Experts in Waterport, N.Y., which has had many customers in the Erie-to-Pittsburgh area in its 40 years, said kayakers can get a full-body workout.
"You use your legs to brace yourself, your legs and hips are moving with the kayak," Finley said. "You have torso rotation as you're using your arms; your arms are locked. … One of the nice things about kayaking is, you're not required to be very athletic or muscular or have a lot of endurance. You can still get from Point A to Point B."
Finley said it's important to match a person's height, weight and workout or experience goals to a kayak. He suggests that those interested in buying a kayak consult an expert knowledgeable about the products.
"I love to kayak," volunteer Bennett said. "If I'm biking and see people kayaking, I think, 'Darn, I should be kayaking instead.' "
Strang said the popularity of kayaking is growing at North Park. This year, Venture Outdoors put 2,000 more people on the water between Memorial Day Weekend and June 30 than in the same period in 2013. Venture Outdoors is in its seventh year of operating North Park Lake kayak rentals and 10th year of offering kayaking in the Pittsburgh area.
Strang attributed some of the increase to more amenities in the park. "The Friends of North Park are doing really great events and increasing the exposure," she said.
During the Family Paddle session, Bennett gave tips to the kayakers and pointed out natural attractions, such as cliff swallows that had nested in a bridge abutment.
"It was not as taxing as I thought it might be," Ian Kilpatrick said after the session. "I do feel it in my shoulders and arms."
Sandra Fischione Donovan is a freelance writer for Trib Total Media.


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This could become a classic example of government failure, where too much intervention can cause the market to stop functioning.
Turks have simply circumvented the ban and intensified their attacks on his government.
It undoes some of the progress made after 9/11 to push information out of agency silos and share it widely across the government.
While Hayek, by contrast, is more slippery and much less helpful when it comes to determining what government should actually do.
The Iranian government is now under more pressure than ever before, and that pressure is increasing.
But for Curry the government would have died in its tender infancy.
You know that the projects are an experiment in government activity.
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Friday lunchtime passes, the local election results dribble in and it looks – looks – as if Gordon Brown is steadying the ship of state despite men overboard and a lot of leaky planks.
Rebel MPs, and TV commentators who sound more and more as if they are commentating on the Grand National, keep saying that four cabinet ministers have abandoned him in this past week.
True, but the political score is more accurately 2-2. Hazel Blears and James Purnell have told Brown to go, Jacqui Smith and – the day's real surprise – John Hutton, the defence secretary, are going for essentially personal reasons.
Hutton is leaving parliament altogether at the election, though he loved his latest job. They've had enough – time to get their lives back.
It's hardly a compliment to Brown that they don't think the next year will be fruitfully spent in his cabinet, but they're probably right. However, the bulk of the cabinet is staying put, openly backing Brown as the best option for the recession-laden times we're all in.
Alan Johnson, the reluctant heir apparent (smart chap), takes up the home secretary's bed of nails, John Denham, quietly solid figure that he is, does not become health secretary, as we were told earlier. He's taking over Hazel Blears' job as communities and local government secretary. Frankly, there's not much either of them can do between now and a May election except mind the shop.
The key fact of the morning, now officially confirmed to Guardian colleagues, is that Alistair Darling has won his battle to remain chancellor, which means that Brown has not been able to impose Ed Balls, his own former Treasury sidekick, in No 11.
Cabinet heavyweights, such as they are, must have had a hand in that. They prefer the calm technocrat Darling, even though he is rarely combative enough to satisfy party pressure to trash the Tories.
That will be interpreted as "weak Brown". Yet the Guardian's readers' survey this week showed voters want a more collegiate style of leadership (they also want strong leaders, David Blunkett pointed out), and if the cabinet is more assertive over Brown that may be a good thing. I say "may", because John Major's "cabinet of chums" in 1990 was initially welcomed until Major proved unable to control the "bastards".
The gossip is that Darling's Treasury deputy, Yvette Cooper, aka Mrs Balls, will get health. That's unconfirmed, but perfectly feasible. But reshuffle speculation is a mug's game – especially on reshuffle day, as inaccurate predictions are already demonstrating. The local election results are proving bad for Labour (12% down) but not especially good for the Tories, so Tony Travers, the LSE's local government guru, told me an hour ago. The Lib Dems have taken Bristol, but their vote may have dropped too.
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A few weeks back, Leonard Cohen's new album was pre-announced and I went to the "Leonard Cohen Global Store" to buy it. They had a special offer of an extra free track available for download immediatelyif you pre-ordered the MP3s. Which I duly did.
Unsurprisingly, I couldn't find a link to download the free track anywhere but I wasn't that bothered and waited for the album to be released.
I was very disappointed to realise that the Global Store is just a front for Sony Music. So unlike Louis CK, Lenny is only getting a tiny fraction of the money I paid. Given his hugeglobalfan-base I hope he switches to the direct model for the next album and makes the money he is due.
Finally on Monday the album was released and I was sent a link.
The link let me download the free track. No amount of clicking would show me the album. This was followed by to-and-froing of emails with Sony where they were straight-up about the fact that the store was broken. Eventually I was sent a link to this:
Yep, I had to click one song at a time. Also, check out the fantastic layout in Chrome. I was surprised I didn't see a "Best viewed in Internet Explorer 5 or Netscape Navigator 2.0" in the footer.
So it took a week to download something legally or I could have spent 2 minutes being naughty. Actually the ideal for everyone would be that I pay the money and then I go to adodgysite to get what I need.
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Ever the consumate, professional that he is, Christian Bale will do many things for his art, including smoking cigarettes on screen, but he does not consider himself a smoker. Just like he said he would do nudity if the role called for it.
Of course, the danger of that approach to cigarette smoking is that you'll become hooked even though you don't want to. Cigarettes are insidiously addictive, and will get to you when you're the weakest. Still, kudos to Christian Bale for maintaining a non-smoking approach and overall lifestyle!


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Masterpiece Delicatessen gets a full liquor license and expands its patio
As if the food wasn't reason enough to head over to Masterpiece Delicatessen, you now can get a proper drink to go with your artistically crafted sandwich.
The popular three-year-old deli just got a full liquor license and is serving cocktails, beers from Oskar Blues and wine from Infinite Monkey Theorem.
"It was all the customer requests that prompted us to do it." says co-owner and chef Steve Allee. "Everyone wanted an extra reason to hang out and enjoy themselves, and the neighborhood was extremely supportive of the decision."
But if you think Masterpiece will be just another place to get your drink on, think again. "We're food geeks," adds Allee. "For us, it's about pairing food and drink, it's not about getting people lit."
And to accommodate the sure-to-be larger crowds, Masterpiece had just expanded its patio, which now seats up to thirty people. One of the best spots in town for sandwiches just got a whole lot better.
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Dan McDonald was a caller of American square and round dances.
Dan taught at the California College of the Pacific Folk Dance Camp (now Stockton Folk Dance Camp) in 1949 and was a caller at the 1954 California Statewide Festival.
He was president of the California Folk Dance Federation, Inc.
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Helmet for My Pillow
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Helmet for My Pillow is the personal narrative written by World War II United States Marine Corps veteran, author and military historian Robert Leckie. First published in 1957, the story begins with Leckie enlisting in the United States Marines shortly after the 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor.
The 2010 HBO mini-series The Pacific was adapted in large part from Helmet for My Pillow, along with Eugene Sledge's With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa and the personal story of Medal of Honor recipient Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone.[1][2]
Beginning with boot camp in MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina, the story follows Leckie through basic training and then to New River, North Carolina where he is briefly stationed, and follows him to the Pacific.
Leckie is assigned to the 1st Marine Division and is deployed to Guadalcanal, Melbourne Australia, New Guinea, Cape Gloucester, before being evacuated with wounds from the island of Peleliu. Helmet for My Pillow is told from an enlisted man's point of view; a reprint edition stated the book was about "the booze, the brawling, the loving on 72-hour liberty, the courageous fighting and dying in combat as the U.S. Marines slugged it out, inch by inch, across the Pacific."[3]
- In April 2007, it was announced that E.B. Sledge's With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, along with Helmet for My Pillow, would form the basis for the HBO miniseries The Pacific, the successor to Band of Brothers.
- ^ Abbruzzese 2007.
- ^ Martindale 2007.
- ^ Leckie, Robert, Helmet For My Pillow, Bantam (1979), ISBN 0-553-28265-4
- Abbruzzese, Kelsey (February 9, 2007). "Miniseries 'The Pacific War' to feature alum war hero". The Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- Martindale, Stone (July 26, 2007). "'Band of Brothers' producers cast 'The Pacific' series on HBO". Monsters & Critics. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
- Leckie, Robert (September 3, 1995). "Booknotes: 'Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II' by Robert Leckie". C-SPAN (Interview). Interview with Brian Lamb. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
External links[edit]
- Book review, by C. Peter Chen, 2010, at WW2DB.com.


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Saturday, 27 January, 2001, 18:25 GMT
Dichio heads Ipswich out
Sunderland 1-0 Ipswich
A first-half header from Daniele Dichio was enough to help Sunderland book their passage into the FA Cup fifth round at the expense of Ipswich.
Dichio met a cross from Don Hutchison to give Richard Wright, in the Ipswich goal, no chance.
The all-Premiership tie was a tense affair with both defences on red alert to combat the threat of Sunderland's Kevin Phillips and his opposite number Marcus Stewart.
But it was Dichio who had the majority of the clear-cut chances.
The sides, both in the top six of the Premiership, cancelled each other out in the opening minutes of the game.
Black Cats pressure
It took 17 minutes before the first shot in anger was struck.
Ipswich's Alun Armstrong slotted a pass through to Marcus Stewart who forced a great diving save from Thomas Sorensen.
Moments later Armstrong latched on to a hopeful ball from the back, while the Sunderland defence waited for offside, the striker ran through only for Sorensen to again deny Ipswich.
The Suffolk side were made to pay for their misses.
Sunderland defender Stanislav Varga spotted Hutchison whose elegant cross found the arriving Dichio's head.
The Black Cats put Ipswich under severe pressure during the opening 45 and were unlucky not to double their lead, with Dichio striking the ball marginally wide from 10 yards out.
It was a similar pattern at the start of the second half.
Dichio, enjoying a new lease of life with Niall Quinn on the bench, ran through on goal and poked a shot in front of the oncoming Ipswich 'keeper.
His effort was denied by the right-hand post.
It was to the credit of Sunderland's defence, marshalled by the impressive Varga, that Premiership top scorer Stewart was denied a shot on goal in the second period.
And for Peter Reid and his men that was enough for the win.
Sunderland: Sorensen, Gray, Williams, Craddock, Varga, Hutchison, McCann, Rae, Schwarz, Phillips, Dichio. Subs: Ingham, Makin, Oster, Kilbane, Quinn.
Ipswich: Richard Wright, Wilnis, McGreal, Venus, Bramble, Hreidarsson, Magilton, Holland, Jermaine Wright, Stewart, Armstrong. Subs: Branagan, Scowcroft, Naylor, Clapham, Reuser.
Referee: S Bennett (Orpington)
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The Annual Jacksonville Chalk Festival
Come see the sidewalk come to life!
Our next appearance is at The River Festival at The Boat Show in Metro Park
Friday - Saturday and Sunday April 20th, 21st and 22nd
More than a typical Boat Show its a River Festival! Come see the gigantic 3D street mural! There will be 10 bands, A World Record Breaking Flash Mob, Great Food, Art, and Activities for the kids!
Adults $10 Children are admitted for free.
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We will also be appearing at The Tree Hill Butterfly Festival!
Saturday April 28th
The Jacksonville Chalk Festival is proud to have participated in the
Jacksonville Spring Home and Patio Show,
March 8 - 11, 2012 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center!
We honored the celebrity guest Kimberly Lacy from HGTV's hit show "Curb Appeal" with a gigantic dynamic piece of artwork. Local artist Jacob Brooks of Skinny Man Studios created a 20' 3D mural from an original photograph of the historic Cummer House taken by Bradley Stookey of Jacksonville Magazine. Riverside Avondale Preservation Society provided historical information and archive photos that showed story behind the real house. It was an honor to recreate such a great landmark! Sherry Hill Corrie added several small gardens of vibrant flowers next to the public mural and childrens activity area where artists of all ages took to the paper and created a colorful mural of their own! It was a fantastic addition to the Home and Patio Show! We hope to be invited back next year. :)
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Jax Chalk Fest is an annual event designed to utilize visual art as the important, practical and powerful communication tool that it is, by awarding scholarships for creativity and financial grants to artists with the help of The Concentric Arts Educational Fund. The Concentric Arts Educational Fund holds dear the belief that art is the foundation for our modern society. It supports, Engineering, Architecture, Manufacturing, Marketing and more. For ideas to grow into something tangible they have to be shared and expressed. Imagine trying to use only words to build a building or only words to describe a prototype for a new product. Everyone who participates is important in helping put art at the center of importance. It is our mission to foster creative thinking, healthy competition, encourage our creative students, celebrate the amazing talent that is here and make Jacksonville a better community by showing that Art Can Support Education. Art makes us smart!
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Practice days are popping up throughout the summer. If you create in any medium and would like to experience the cool world of street painting participation is super easy! There is no registration, no theme and chalk and soft pastels will be provided for artists who come to draw with us. Join us for any practice day by just showing up and jump into the word of street painting! The only rules are that you finish your artwork if you take a space and the artwork needs to be family friendly.
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Today, radio host Rush Limbaugh said, "Obama wants to stigmatize success as something that's undeserved, and uncalled for, and illegitimate."
Limbaugh, again, was discussing Pres. Obama's comments at a campaign event last Friday in Roanoke, Virginia, where the president stated, "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
"Where is this idea everybody owes something to the government?" Limbaugh said. "This country was founded on the exact opposite proposition. That's why [Obama] went on this rant Friday in Roanoke- to tell all of you that you owe what you have, or what you are going to get- you owe it to him, you owe it to liberals, you owe it to bureaucrats, you owe it to politicians, you owe it to the beloved Democrat Party. But not your own individual labor.
"You don't owe it; it's not from the private sector, not the American Dream. No, no, no- you don't get anything you want from that. It all comes to you from the government. That's why he went on that rant. He wants you ashamed of your success.
"He wants you thinking your success is undeserved, because it has been come by in ill- gotten ways. He wants you embarrassed and ashamed of your success, and he wants you hiding it. He doesn't want you flaunting it. He wants you embarrassed of it.
"He wants everybody else to think of your success the way people thought of an SUV not too many years ago- as something destroying the climate. He wants to stigmatize success as something that's undeserved, and uncalled for, and illegitimate."


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THE Community Council for Somerset has appointed Nicola Bailey as its new Somerset business village agent to support flood affected businesses.
The role has been funded by the Federation of Small Businesses, Somerset County Council and South Somerset District Council as part of a partnership to help businesses build resilience and recover after the devastating flooding earlier this year.
Nicola will be offering support ranging from providing practical and ongoing help to get business back on their feet, hosting practical workshops, problem solving and drop in business sessions for the community.


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Bill Doss, a founding member of the seminal Athens psych-pop group the Olivia Tremor Control and an influential figure in the formation of the Elephant 6 collective, has died, as reported first by Flagpole Music and later confirmed by the band's official site. He was 43 years old.
At this point there are few details about Doss's death and the cause remains unknown. The band's website currently reads, "We are devastated by the loss of our brother Bill Doss. We are at a loss for words." Doss had recently performed with the band at the Pitchfork Music Festival and the group performed at the Georgia Theatre on July 26.
Doss grew up around Dubach, LA, where he befriended future collaborators Will Cullen Hart, Robert Schneider and Jeff Mangum. Schneider founded the Elephant 6 record company while attending college in Denver, but the label is most often associated with the Athens independent rock scene. While Schneider went on to form Apples In Stereo and Mangum recorded two beloved albums under the Neutral Milk Hotel name, Doss and Hart formed the Olivia Tremor Control, which released four full-length albums in the mid to late '90s, along with various EPs and singles.
The band's 1996 debut record, Music From The Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle, remains a stunning combination of psychedelic rock and deeply warped power-pop. The album features many of the band's sunniest and most hopeful moments, along with some of the its best hooks. 1999's Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol. 1 was darker and more mysterious, but perhaps even more adventurous in its sonic experimentation.
Together those two albums represent the nadir of the dizzying creativity and musical ingenuity of the Elephant 6 collective. More so than Mangum's deeply wounded, personal work, the Olivia Tremor Control's albums always sounded like they emerged from a wonderful and strange hive mind. Doss was an essential architect of that idiosyncratic sound.
Following the breakup of the Olivia Tremor Control in 2000, Doss went on to release two albums under the Sunshine Fix name. He also toured with Apples In Stereo and was eventually considered a full-fledged member of the group. Olivia Tremor Control reunited in 2005 and has occasionally toured since then.
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An exploration of the relationship between music and the various media through which we consume and discuss music. Among the questions we will consider are...
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How can music shape our interpretations of other expressive media?
What is the purpose of a review?
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Who owns music?
In our exploration, we will be talking with Julianne Jordan (Music Soup), Nathan Barr (television and film composer), Jody Klein (CEO of ABKCO Music), Matthew Moore (Director, Business & Legal Affairs at Broadcast Music, Inc.), and Jayson Greene (Managing Editor, eMusic). Among the topics we will be reading about and discussing are semiotics, censorship, and copyright.
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Thanks for asking your question! I'm sorry to hear about your tax issue and I'm going to try my best to help you understand or resolve it.
The IRS could also file a Notice of Federal Tax Liens with public records so, yes
this information could be public record.
I'm truly sorry if that's not what you had hoped to hear.
No. I didn't file a return for 2004 as I had far more deductions than I would have tax they had already taken. The IRS filed recently a proposed return alledging I owed about $2,000 in taxes and $8,000 interest and penalties. I've talked to them and they said just to file the return and they'll keep the money they have (about $2,000) even though I would normally, except for the three year statute be entitled to it. No bit deal. My inattention. But I want to know how I am getting emails saying that a certain consultant can help me with my "wage garnishment". I know of no Federal Tax Lien. Only a Notice of Levy sent me re my social security retirement and that's been placed on hold. I'm just concerned about the public records issue. How did this guy know I have something going on with the IRS? Does he have access to what records? Thanks. It's a very short question.
I will certainly look forward to using you in the future in this area.
Levies typically are not public records, but when the IRS files a levy they typically file a lien too with public records
So I should check with my 3 credit bureaus on my report and my local county records to see if one has been recorded, right. Those would be the only two public? sources I would know of.
The county record is probably where he got it.
Yes, you could check your credit report. If it's not on there, then I don't know how the consultant knew about this situation.
If he got into my IRS records (ala Cincinatti?) or my SS records its a felony. NO?
He would not be able to get access to your personal information
But I'm not a lawyer so I could not speculate on any potential penalty
Thank you for your input. I rely upon your professional experience in this area to give me a sense of how this could have happened and I appreciate it. If I want to consultant with you again, how do I contact you directly or am I able to?
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Great. Thank you for your time and knowledge. Have a great day and lunch is on me.
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