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Pregnancy has been nothing but smooth sailing for Alyssa Milano.
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She and husband David Bugliari announced earlier this week that they are expecting a son. "[We have] three boys names," she explains.
"You hear so many stories about people who picked a name out and then the baby didn't look like the name. So we're narrowing it down when we see the child."
However, one thing is for certain, Milano jokes — she plans to pay tribute to her husband's roots. "We'll go with a slightly Italian name, so that it goes with Bugliari," she says. "So it's not, like, Scott Bugliari."
Raving that Bugliari will be "the most amazing father ever," Milano reveals he is more than ready for first-time fatherhood. "I'm not afraid to have a baby, because I know he's going to be the most amazing dad. He's so nurturing, patient, [and] funny," she shares.
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As a lawyer you have made a fundamental mistake in this blog piece that really needs rectifying. As the US like the UK signed the Berne Convention on copyright which extended the original length of copyright of 50 years after the authors death to 75 years therefore the cut off period is not 1923 as you stated. This is also a common misheld belief by lawyers who have no experience of copyright laws. For example if a photographer took a picture when he was 10 years old in 1890 and died at 80 which would make 1960 then the copyright would last until 2035.
The second error you make is in the mentioning of blanket copyright on websites and the likes. Whilst the suthor may not hold copyright of the works within their website they do hold a copyright based on the layout so therefore you couldnt lift my website and put it on your site without being in breach of copyright.
I await your responseI believe that the statement Rob is referring to is the following:
In the U.S. any possible claim of copyright cannot exist for a work created in the 1800s. The cut off year, as a rule of thumb, is presently often considered to be about 1923, but there are arguments for extending some types of claims further back for works that were written but not discovered or published before that date. Be aware that copyrights in other countries may extend much further back in time and that current law in the U.S. may honor those foreign claims even when the work might be considered in the public domain in the U.S.Rob is right as to the present application of the Berne Convention in the United States, but he is wrong as to the retroactive application in the United States. Here is the statement from the U.S. Copyright Office:
The term of copyright for a particular work depends on several factors, including whether it has been published, and, if so, the date of first publication. As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years. For an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. For works first published prior to 1978, the term will vary depending on several factors. To determine the length of copyright protection for a particular work, consult chapter 3of the Copyright Act (title 17 of the United States Code). More information on the term of copyright can be found inCircular 15a, Duration of Copyright, and Circular 1, Copyright Basics.Apparently Rob is confusing the application of the law after 1978 with its application before that date. The rule in the U.S. is distinctly different than that in the U.K. As I said in my previous post:
Once again, I have to make the same observation I have made in the past. Every country has its own version of copyright protection. You have to examine the laws of your own country carefully, to determine whether or not any particular work can be considered to be in the public domain and free of copyright claims.The entire Copyright Law is available on the U.S. Copyright Office website. Chapter 3 of the Act is fairly difficult to understand but Cornell University has a pretty good summary called "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States" dated 1 January 2013. If you refer to the Cornell document, you will see that with a few exceptions, as I noted in my previous post, works first published in the U.S. or registered before 1923 have no copyright protection and are in the public domain. The only exceptions, as noted in the Cornell document are for unpublished works and the protection extends only back to 1893. So for those few years for unpublished works my comment was not quite accurate. But you will note that I referred specifically to written but not discovered works (i.e. unpublished) as being different than the normal published variety.
So, I would beg to disagree with Rob as to his conclusion about my first statements.
What about the website issue? I don't believe I mentioned the application of copyright law to websites in general in any recent posts. Perhaps Rob misread my comment about apply a blanket copyright to content that clearly was not subject to a claim of copyright. I certainly agree that the format of a website per se, can be subject to a claim of copyright, but at the same time some or all the content may not be so protected. I do not believe I was in error in what I said. My objection goes to websites that lead the user to believe that the public domain content they host is covered by their blanket copyright claim at the bottom of their pages.
I certainly appreciate Rob's comments and welcome the chance to clarify the issues.


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SET 1: Tube, Kill Devil Falls > Ocelot, Lawn Boy, Divided Sky, Boogie On Reggae Woman > Camel Walk, Cities > Poor Heart > 46 Days > Susskind Hotel[1], When the Circus Comes, Timber (Jerry The Mule) > Back on the Train > Suzy Greenberg, Monkey Man[1]
SET 2: Runaway Jim[2] > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Axilla > Birds of a Feather, Stash, Sample in a Jar, Heavy Things > Horn > It's Ice > The Mango Song > Rift > Scents and Subtle Sounds, Run Like an Antelope
SET 3: Golden Age > Prince Caspian > Piper > Tweezer > Julius > Backwards Down the Number Line > Twist > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Cavern > Golgi Apparatus > A Day in the Life
ENCORE: Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
SET 4: Storage Jam[3] > Sleeping Monkey[3]
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Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend[1], Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie[3]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
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I know that I may be fighting a losing battle here. However, after a few recent letters to the Editor and the Life is Good article on page 7, I feel that the opposing viewpoint needs to be expressed if we are to fairly address the perennial argument about gasoline prices in San Juan County.
Concern about gasoline prices is an issue that percolates in San Juan County and every other corner of the United States.
Every time the price begins to rise (as it always does in the Spring) we hear all about it. Gas prices seem to be a favorite topic whenever a conversation begins to lag. First, it is the wind and then it moves to gas prices.
The sentiment is completely understandable in San Juan County because we are so reliant on gasoline. For those of us lucky enough to live in isolated rural areas, such as San Juan County, doing just about anything requires a large amount of travel. We travel more than most, earn less than most, pay more for gas than most, and have older (and less efficient) vehicles than our friends in the city.
A friend who spent several years managing an oil and gas distribution business in another area laughed when I called and asked him about the current gasoline "grass fire" raging in San Juan County.
He said that the business is very difficult and that low-priced convenience stores basically sell gasoline at cost or even less than cost. Gas prices become a "loss leader" simply to get customers in the store. Any profits are generated from the sale of items in the convenience store. (That makes sense, since Diet Coke sells for an equivalent of up to $10.88 a gallon in convenience stores.)
Of course, it requires a large volume of sales to make a profit in a low-margin operation. Simply put, isolated rural areas, such as San Juan County, simply do not generate a high volume of gasoline sales.
As a result, generating enough revenue to pay the bills and the employees has to be through a smaller volume of sales. Simple economics predicts that prices will go higher.
We shouldn't be surprised if gas prices are higher here than in other areas. In fact, we should be surprised if the local price isn't higher than in other areas.
Monticello has 2,000 residents and an estimated 3,000 vehicles a day pass through town, according to the Utah Department of Transportation.
While Blanding's population is higher, the traffic count is less than in Monticello.
Other areas of the county have even less population and fewer cars on the road. However, despite the realities of our small population and traffic counts, a quick survey of gas prices in San Juan County over the weekend showed prices ranging from $2.95 to $3.28 per gallon.
While that is higher than anyone wants to pay, it is not nearly as far out of the expected range as many would have you think.
Moab has twice the population and more than twice the traffic of Monticello. I imagine it was four times larger than Monticello over the Easter weekend.
The population in Cortez is roughly four times larger than the population of Monticello. In addition, Cortez is a regional shopping area, so many people from surrounding community's travel and shop in Cortez. The Colorado Department of Transportation shows that more than 12,000 vehicles a day pass through Cortez.
I traveled more than 900 miles over the past weekend during a quick trip to the Phoenix area. Gas prices in Arizona range from $2.84 to $3.15 per gallon.
I'm not sure what is happening in Colorado, but GasPrices.com reports that the average price of gasoline in Colorado is $2.69 a gallon; the sixth lowest state in the union. Enjoy it while you can.
Here in the adjacent state of Utah, the average gasoline price is $2.96 a gallon, higher than all but six other states.
GasPrices.com reports that prices on the Wasatch Front range from $2.79 to $3.19 a gallon.
The highest advertised gas price in Mesquite, NV was $3.29 a gallon on April 5.
Beaver, UT is in an interesting location, half way between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. As a result, the small town sells an enormous amount of gasoline and much of it is sold from the host of gas stations along the two I-15 freeway exits.
Beaver has twice the population and five times the traffic count of Monticello. Prices in Beaver this week range from $3.19 on the interstate to $3.09 in town.
I have come to the realization that while all of us may complain about gas prices, when it comes time to buy gas, a host of additional factors help make our decision.
Of course, this includes the price, but also includes if the station is clean and well lit, if it has good food and clean bathrooms, if the staff is friendly and helpful, if the pumps offer easy access and accept a range of payment options. Some look for brand name fuel or simply for a location that is open when we need to buy.
Some would rather purchase gasoline from a neighbor than from a stranger. Local equity means sponsorship of little league teams, the purchase of Jr Livestock animals, dedicated Sunday School teachers, and friends for our children.
We live in an economy that embraces a Free Market, where a number of providers are free to offer a product and the competitive interchange helps set a price. There is no monopoly for gas in San Juan County. There are a number of providers and a range of price points.
Of course, a free market means that sellers are free to set a price and buyers are free to purchase wherever they want. Many local residents travel out of the area and can fill up in other locations, if that is their desire.
There is nothing un-American or illegal or immoral or unethical or wrong or greedy about going into business and offering a product for a price. In fact, it is the essence of free enterprise. It is the personification of the American dream.
In addition, there is nothing wrong with opening a new business. In fact, it is the essence of free enterprise. It is the personification of the American dream. It is also extremely risky, expensive and difficult.
Gas businesses make an enormous investment to install underground tanks, pumps and a canopy. The tanks come with a huge legal liability, as many failed distributors can tell you. Doing business in a rural area and slow economy is difficult, with a seemingly ever-increasing regulatory burden and the day-to-day stress of meeting a payroll.
While talk is cheap, I admire those who actually make the investment and take the risks. I wish them all the best of luck.


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Article: Don't Fear the Ferrule
FACT: FLY FISHERS LOVE TRAVEL. UNFORTUNATE FACT: Travel is a lot more difficult than it was 10 years ago, thanks mostly to international terrorism. In fact, I'll never forget the time I watched a gentleman heading out on a cast-and-blast trip trying to negotiate security at Miami International Airport. He had forgotten that he had recently worn his travel vest while doing some upland shooting. Thanks to a little gunpowder residue in his pockets, he was locked inside MIA's shiny new "puffer" bomb-sniffing device, while red lights flashed and security sprinted into the area (to the great amusement of his fellow anglers).
Due largely to tighter restrictions on carry-ons, and to more limited space on airplanes, the four-piece (or more-piece) fly rod has become a travel godsend. Understandably, many anglers wonder whether today's multi-piece sticks are as good as they could be; after all, it used to be common knowledge that these rods had "dead spots" thanks to their extra ferrules.
According to manufacturers and the general impression from anglers, this isn't the case anymore. In the old days, most fly-rod ferrules were made with extra turns of graphite around the female section of the ferrule, in order to prevent the blanks from splitting when the rods flexed. Orvis' head of rod manufacturing, Jim Logan, explains that ferrules used to take nearly twice as many wraps of graphite as they do today in order to survive the forces of casting. These old ferrules were necessarily thicker, and typically longer, than modern ferrules.
Improvements in the resins used to hold the graphite in a rod together make all the materials stronger, but designers also integrated the ferrule into the taper of the rod. Scott Fly Rods' Ian Crabtree says the ferrule was a necessary evil; it interrupted the taper and there wasn't much designers could do about it, he notes. Today's ferrules are tapered—just like the blank of the rod—so they can contribute to, rather than hinder, the transfer of power down the blank as the rod loads and unloads.
Does that mean the ferrule flexes as much as the rod? "No, the ferrule is still going to be something of a flat spot," explains Crabtree, "but what you see now is that designers have learned how to incorporate that flat spot into the taper in an advantageous way."
Ferrules of any kind give the rod stiffness, which is not necessarily a bad thing. "Rods need a certain amount of stiffness to do their jobs," continues Crabtree. "Since fast-action rods have become so popular, the four-piece design works well with how anglers are using their rods today."
Logan, of Orvis, highlights advancements in tapering technology as well, pointing out that whereas in the past a series of rods might have been made off of one basic taper extending from one end of the rod to the other, with ferrules spaced out between, manufacturers now design each piece of the rod with its own individual taper. Designers can also switch materials between different sections of the blank, greatly increasing the number of options they have in creating a flex profile. By drilling down into the specific needs not just of the rod as a whole, but also of a given piece of the rod, manufacturers are able to work ferrules into the taper in a sophisticated way that wasn't possible in the old days (before computers and high-end testing machinery).
Today's rods are made with two types of ferrules: The most common, the "sleeve-over" (or just "sleeve"), is the simpler of the two. With a sleeve ferrule, the male or lower end of any given section is simply manufactured to fit inside the female section. The other ferrule design is called the "internal ferrule," which has been used most notably by Scott Fly Rods and R.L. Winston. With an internal ferrule, the ferrule is actually rolled separately (just like a miniature blank section), then inserted and glued into the male end of the rod. As a result, the ferrule sits inside both the male and female sections once the rod is assembled (the ferrule "seated"). This allows the ferrule to be considerably thinner even when compared to a modern sleeve ferrule; in turn, it is also more flexible. Internal ferrules are thus more appropriate for lighter-action rods, such as a five-weight trout rod. Importantly, some internal ferrule will always be visible when it's seated (try to cram the section together so hard that you hide the internal ferrule and you're likely to split the blank).
The bottom line for the modern angler is that multi-piece rods are just as good as their two-piece counterparts.
Historically speaking, it was the development of the internal ferrule back in the 1980s that gave designers the clues they needed to break away from the old multi-wrap, thick sleeve ferrule, and thus to design the modern, thin-profile sleeve, which has become the industry standard and affords traveling anglers with a great rod that packs easily and conforms to the airlines' carry-on policies.
The bottom line for the modern angler is that multi-piece rods are just as good as their two-piece counterparts. Although the four-piece design does add some manufacturing cost (so at retail a multi-piece will cost more than a comparable two-piece), the benefits are enormous. Most airlines currently allow you to bring a four-piece rod tube (or multi-rod tube) as a carry-on item, which does not count against your bag limit. Pack smart, and you can keep all your invaluable rods and reels with you wherever you travel—without sacrificing performance.
This article originally ran in the Angling Adventures 2011 issue of Fly Rod & Reel magazine.


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Dr. Paul Nussbaum, director of brain health for Emeritus Senior Living and clinical neuropsychologist and adjunct professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said statistics about Alzheimer's disease are alarming, but they demonstrated how crucial it is to adopt a brain fitness program.
"Walking daily, dancing and other forms of aerobic activity help blood flow to the brain," Nussbaum said in a statement. "Fruit and vegetables are beneficial for cognitive health. So are foods rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, such as certain fish and nuts, and antioxidants, which are foods containing vitamins A, C or E."
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Any reading below 50 indicates negative sentiment about the housing market. The index hasn't reached that level since April 2006, the peak of the housing boom.
But a measure of builders' outlook for sales in the next six months rose to 51. That's up from 43 in August and also the highest level since June 2006.
The survey is based on responses from 445 builders. It has been trending higher since October
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A longtime member of the Redskins marching band died Monday, adding yet another blow to what has been a disastrous season for Washington's football team.
Greg Rodgers of Upper Marlboro, Md., was on his way to work when he suffered a heart attack while at a gas station, The Washington Post reported.
Rodgers was a 25-year veteran of the band and served as the leader of the band's percussion group. According to the Post, Rodgers played the snare drum and routinely held the drumline for an extra hour after practice to perfect their sound.
The Redskins Marching Band is the oldest in the NFL, taking the field to play the team's fight song, "Hail to the Redskins!" for more than 80 years. According the team's website, the band is one of only two pro-football marching bands still in existence.
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ANAHEIM -- Key relievers Dane De La Rosa and Sean Burnett took important steps in their respective rehab programs while participating in simulated games at Angel Stadium early Wednesday afternoon.
De La Rosa, who has already appeared in a couple of Minor League games, threw roughly 35 pitches in the bullpen and 25 more to hitters who knew what was coming ahead of time. When the Angels venture on a six-game road trip through Houston and Seattle starting Friday, De La Rosa will go on a rehab assignment with Double-A Arkansas to appear in two or three games.
His hope is to be activated by the Angels' next home game, April 11 against the Mets.
"I'm getting antsy," said De La Rosa, who's working his way back from a right forearm strain suffered March 6. "When we get everybody healthy, together at the same time, we're going to be a shutdown bullpen."
Burnett threw 30-some pitches in the bullpen and another 15 in the sim game. It was his first time facing hitters since May 26, 2013, and he called it "the biggest hurdle I think I can possibly clear." Burnett will throw in another sim game in Arizona in two days, then hope to go out on a rehab assignment after that.
"I couldn't throw the ball much better than I did today," Burnett said. "Now it's just arm strength, building up to 25, 30 pitches."
The Angels' bullpen has started the year by giving up 12 runs over 10 innings through the first three games, essentially turning small deficits into blowout losses. Kevin Jepsen and Nick Maronde gave up six runs in Monday's ninth inning, Michael Kohn gave up two runs in Tuesday's ninth, and Fernando Salas allowed two runs in Wednesday's sixth.
Closer Ernesto Frieri (10 scoreless outings in the spring) and setup man Joe Smith (signed to a three-year, $15.75 million contract in the offseason) only pitched the last two innings on Wednesday because they had gone too long without making their first appearances. When they did, the game was pretty much out of reach.
"If you establish that depth, you might see those guys eventually holding deficits," manager Mike Scioscia said. "With Dane De La Rosa and Sean Burnett hopefully coming back, there's a possibility you're going to see some really good arms that are going to be holding deficits. If it can evolve to that, great. But right now, we really need Joe and we really need Ernie to hold leads."


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As parents become increasingly dissatisfied with the performance of public schools, their interest in alternatives in the form of private, religious, charter, and homeschools is growing. However, the method of education funding remains a big obstacle between students and the quality education parents seek for their children. Most parents already pay for their child's public education through taxes. When parents choose to educate their child privately, they are effectively paying twice for education—once for a public education they do not use and once for a private or homeschool education they do use.
In response to this problem, lawmakers at both the state and federal level have proposed varying forms of education tax credits and education tax deductions. They are designed to rectify the discrepancy by allowing parents to be reimbursed, at least partially, for tuition and other expenses for non-public education. A tax credit can be claimed (subtracted) against the amount of tax owed whereas a tax deduction is subtracted from a taxpayer's gross income, lowering the total amount of earnings on which the final tax is paid. Typically, a credit or deduction will be equal to the amount of actual education expenses.
For example, someone owing $3,000, eligible for a $500 credit, would ultimately owe the government $2,500. The credit eases the financial burden for parents who choose to educate their children through private or homeschool. In this way, parents not using public education do not have to pay the full amount for a service they do not use.
While many opponents of the education tax credit say that it will detrimentally affect the public school system by taking away funding from necessary programs, supporters realize that giving parents more freedom will encourage healthy rivalry between schools and that this competition will promote improved performance.
Although a credit or deduction could be helpful for homeschoolers, HSLDA opposes any tax break legislation that could come with governmental regulations. Homeschoolers have fought far too long and much too hard to throw off the chains of government regulation that hinder effective education and interfere with liberty. It would be inconsistent and foolhardy to accept tax incentives in exchange for government regulation. However, HSLDA supports tax credits that promote educational choice without threatening any regulation of homeschoolers. There are many different education tax credit models currently being proposed and discussed. Some include an actual tax credit for personally incurred educational expenses for one's own child; others set up a middleman (usually called a scholarship tuition organization, STO) that collects donations from individuals and corporations which receive a credit for the gifts to the STO. Usually, the STO is required to distribute at least 90% of all funds received to schools or students for educational expenses. Regardless of the education tax credit model, HSLDA continues to support and fight for education tax credits at the local, state and federal levels in order to eliminate the "double" taxation of private and homeschool parents.
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Since 1987, Iowa, Minnesota, Arizona, and Illinois have each enacted education tax credit laws geared toward helping low income families, combating poor quality of public education, and helping students with learning disabilities. These credits are available for individuals, while Florida, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire have laws that allow the creation of "scholarship tuition organizations," also known as STOs. These STO's receive donations from businesses that in turn are given a tax credit based on their contribution. A summary of each tax credit laws is below. Actual statutes should be consulted for full details and restrictions.
Iowa's Tuition Credit
Iowa was the first state to pass legislation providing for a tuition credit. In 1987, the Iowa General Assembly added to Iowa Code § 422.12 a credit "equal to twenty-five percent of the first one thousand dollars which the taxpayer has paid to others for each dependent in grades kindergarten through twelve, for tuition and textbooks of each dependent in attending an elementary or secondary school situated in Iowa, which school is accredited or approved under section 256.11." However, because competent private instruction (CPI) does not constitute a school that "is accredited or approved under section 256.11," most homeschool families will not be able to claim this credit.
Arizona's Scholarship Tuition Organization
Ten years later, Arizona followed in Iowa's steps with a credit applicable when cash contributions are made to a 501(c)(3) scholarship tuition organization (STO). The STO, in turn, grants scholarships to individual students for their private or public education. An individual can receive up to a $500 deduction for contributions to a qualified STO. Corporations and joint filers can receive up to a $1,000 deduction as outlined in section 43-1089 of the Arizona Revised Statutes.
Minnesota's Education Tax Credit and Tax Deduction
Minnesota's tax credit is similar to the Iowa statute, but it allows for 75 percent of education-related expenses instead of 25 percent, and up to $1000 per qualified child. The maximum credit is reduced for families with a household income over $33,500.
"Education-related expenses for a qualifying child in kindergarten through grade 12" are covered in the credit. Minnesota Statutes § 290.0674 was added in 1998 and specifies qualifying expenses as tuition, textbooks, up to $200 for personal computer hardware, and transportation, but with more detailed specifications for each category.
Minnesota also allows parents to claim a tax deduction for qualified expenses. Minnesota Statutes § 290.01. The maximum deduction amount is $1,625 per student in grades K-6, and $2,500 per student in grades 7-12. The deductions may be used for expenses which would otherwise fall within the tax credit program, but the same expenses may not be used to claim both a credit and a deduction.
Illinois Education Tax Credit
In 1999, the Illinois legislature passed legislation that allows parents to receive a tax credit equal to 25% of any amount they expend in excess of $250 for tuition, book fees, and lab fees, but not to exceed $500 annually. This credit is available to any public or private school student. (Under Illinois law, homeschooled students have the same legal status as private school students.) This provision is covered in 35 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/201.
Louisiana Tuition Deduction
In 2008, the Louisiana Legislature passed a tuition deduction that allows taxpayers to deduct 50% of any educational expenses paid for the homeschooling of their dependent children, up to $5,000 per child or the total taxable income of the individual, whichever is less. For the purposes of this section, "educational expenses" is defined to included "amounts expended for the purchase of textbooks and curricula necessary for [the] home-schooling of each child." Louisiana Revised Statutes § 47:297.11. A similar provision applies to educational expenses incurred in connection with sending a child to public or private school.
The tax credits listed above are for individuals. Florida, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island offer tax credits for businesses that make contributions to scholarship tuition organizations (STO).
New Hampshire STO
NH RSA 77-G was passed in 2012 over then Governor Lynch's veto. The law permits businesses in the state to apply a tax credit against the business profits tax or the business enterprise tax of up to 85% for each donation to a qualified STO. No donor is permitted to receive more than 10% of the available aggregate tax credits.
Florida's STO
In Florida, businesses can contribute up to 75 percent of the amount of tax they owe to scholarship-granted organizations and receive dollar-for-dollar credit. Under section 220.187 of Florida Statutes, in effect since 2002, organizations can receive this credit, but the state has limited the number of credits it grants to $118 million annually.
Pennsylvania's EITC
Pennsylvania's Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) provides tax credits for business firms that donate to scholarship organizations or educational improvement organizations which support schools located in Pennsylvania. The EITC statute limits the definition of an eligible "school" to public or nonpublic schools, which excludes most home instruction options in Pennsylvania. The maximum per-business donation is $750,000 per year, up to 75% of which can be deducted from the eligible state tax burden of the donor business. The deductible percentage jumps to 90% if the business commits to donate the same amount to the same organization for two consecutive tax years. The total amount of EITC tax credit awards for contributions to scholarship programs is currently capped at $60 million.
Rhode Island's STO
In 2006, the Rhode Island Business Entity Scholarship Tax Credit Program was signed into law. This program allows business entities to claim a credit for 75% of the contributions they make to a Scholarship Granting Organization, or 90% of the same if the second-year donation is worth at least 80% of the first year's donation, with a maximum credit of $100,000, and a statewide cap of $1 million. In order for students to be eligible for these corporate scholarships, they must be from a family whose income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty level. Rhode Island Gen. Laws § 44-62.
Georgia SSO
In 2008, Georgia passed legislation to allow for the creation of Student Scholarship Organizations also known as "SSOs." The program provides for individuals and corporations to receive income tax credits for donations to Student Scholarship Organizations (SSOs). Individuals may claim a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,000 and married couples filing jointly may claim a credit of up to $2,500. Corporate taxpayers may claim a dollar-for-dollar credit for donations up to 75 percent of their total tax liability. The program has a $50 million cap in tax credits per year. Eligible students must have attended a Georgia public school or be entering kindergarten or first grade. In 2009-10, 11 SSOs supported 1,900 students with scholarships valued at $13 million.
Indiana SGO
In 2009, Indiana Code 6-3.1-30.5 and Indiana Code 20-51 created a School Scholarship and School Scholarship Tax Credit Program. Funding for scholarships come from private, charitable donations to qualified scholarship granting organizations (SGOs). Donors (individuals or corporations) are eligible to take advantage of a 50% credit against their state tax liability for contributions made to an SGO. There are no limits on the size of qualifying contribution to an SGO, the entire tax credit program has a limit of $5 million in credits per state fiscal. This permits up to $10 million in donations and scholarships.
|Maximum Amount
|Expenses Allowed
|For Individuals
|tuition, textbooks
|§ 422.12
|$1,000 individual
$2,000 joint
|§ 43-1089
|§ 290.0674
|§ 47:297.11
|For Businesses
|75% of tax liability
|STO donations
|§ 220.187
|72 P.S. § 8701-F et seq.
|Rhode Island
|§ 44-62
|For Businesses and Individuals
|50% of donation
|§6-3.1-30.5 &20-51
|$1,000 Individuals;
$2,500 joint;
up to 75% tax
liability for businesses
Federal Tax Credit Bills
As education choice is becoming more popular and vouchers—a direct governmental grant to private and charter schools—are gaining prevalence, education tax credit legislation is also increasing in volume on both a federal and a state level.
For example, Senator David Vitter (LA) introduced The Home School Opportunities Make Education Sound Act (HOMES Act S. 3076) in June 2008. The goal of the HOMES Act was to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an optional tax deduction for parents who choose to homeschool their children. The legislation called for a tax deduction of $500 per child (with an annual limit of $2,000) for education related expenses, including books, supplies, academic tutoring, special needs services, and computer equipment. The legislation would have given families who do not itemize their tax returns a similar standard deduction. This legislation would have applied to all homeschool programs, including those in states that only have a private school statute. This legislation was never adopted by Congress, but it is similar to other bills that have been introduced in the House and Senate over the years.
For the most up-to-date information on federal legislation, visit HSLDA's Federal Relations legislation page.
State Tax Credit Bills
States periodically introduce education tax credit legislation, which HSLDA wholeheartedly supports. Unfortunately, of the many bills that have been introduced in recent years, very few have been passed into law. However, HSLDA continues to monitor and lobby for such measures.
Constitutionality Issues
While these tax credits enable parents to keep their money and use it for education, some opponents raise questions concerning their constitutionality. In three states with existing education tax credit laws—Arizona1, Illinois2, and Minnesota3—suits have been brought against the tax credit laws. The suits were based on the Establishment Clause because these credits also apply to religious school tuition. Furthermore, opponents cite the Blaine Amendment, which prohibits appropriating funds to religious or sectarian schools.
All three court cases, however, have upheld the constitutionality of tax credits because government money is not being directly given to these schools. The courts ruled that state recognition of tax credits does not involve giving any government funds to institutions.
The ACLU has brought a similar suit against the New Hampshire tax credit law. HSLDA is working with those preparing to defend the law. This lawsuit does not allege any federal constitutional defects and seeks to avoid the standing issues which were problems for the Arizona lawsuit by virtue of RSA 491:22 that appear to give taxpayers standing to challenge unauthorized or unlawful acts by the taxing authority.
1. Kotterman v. Killian, 972 P.2d 606 Ariz. (1999).
2. Griffith v. Bower, 319 Ill. App. 3d 993 5 Dist. (2001).


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CRESTVIEW � Several events today will allow north Okaloosa County residents to leave the house and enjoy fine spring weather.
CRESTVIEW � Several events today will allow north Okaloosa County residents to leave the house and enjoy fine spring weather.
Whether noshing barbecue, getting a car wash, swinging a golf club, petting a horse or choosing summer beach reading, there's something for a variety of interests.
Here's a rundown of events:
Baker School band 'Swing for the Music'
From 8-11 a.m., Foxwood Country Club, 4927 Antioch Road, hosts a second annual charity golf tournament benefiting the Sound of the Swamp. All proceeds go toward the band's travel, equipment and uniform expenses.
Registration is $50 per player, or $40 for Foxwood club members, and includes lunch. Door prizes will be awarded and a silent auction includes a one-night stay for two in Biloxi, Miss.
Crestview High School chorus carwash and bake sale
The award-winning, 130-voice high school chorus will wash cars for donations from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Carquest, 689 N. Ferdon Blvd., and AutoZone, 2045 S. Ferdon Blvd., in Crestview.
At the same time, the chorus will hold a bake sale at Sears, 1133 Industrial Drive. Funds from both events benefit the school's choral music program, including travel expenses and maintaining performance wardrobes and equipment.
Friends of the Crestview Library book sale
Thousands of books and videos in multiple genres pack the Crestview Public Library meeting room and fill tables on the front porch during the Friends of the Library's semi-annual book sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow.
All proceeds support the library, including its new-book acquisition fund, which this year's city budget excluded.
Triple B Blackwater, Bluegrass and BBQ Cook-Off
From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Crestview's downtown historic district will be filled with the aroma of freshly smoked barbecue and will echo with local groups� music during the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce�s annual community barbecue festival.
Music stages at either end of Main Street bracket the four-block festival. In between, there's a variety of food, fun, art and � new this year � local artists displaying their talents. Admission is free.
Safe Haven Horse Rescue Celebration
Everything equine will be celebrated from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Safe Haven Horse Rescue farm, 8321 Stokes Road, Laurel Hill. Country singer Ed Tanza will entertain as visitors tour the stables, pet horses and participate in an auction.
Admission is $5 for adults; free for children age 6 or younger. A hamburger or hotdog lunch will be $5 for adults; free for children 6 and under. Bring a lawn chair to relax and enjoy the music.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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Did you know that both VISA and MasterCard have certified BlackBerry smartphones with NFC capabilities to be used for mobile payments?
Over the last couple of years, NFC technology has become increasingly popular in smartphones. Recent blog posts on the Inside BlackBerry for Business blog have shown that NFC-enabled devices can be used for a wide range of tasks, including access to your workplace and paying for your morning coffee. NFC has enabled many of us to see our BlackBerry smartphone as not only an important communications tool, but also as an efficient, contactless payment tool. When considering the use of a smartphone for mobile payments security is a major factor.
If you're interested in learning more about some of the security features embedded in your BlackBerry smartphone when using it as a mobile payment solution, here are the details – straight from the BlackBerry experts!
According to our BlackBerry Security Certification Manager, Nayef Khan, "One major concern customers have when making mobile payments is security. A lot of focus in the mobile industry is put on the security of the "payment tap" process and overall device security. However, what's often overlooked is how a credit card's information travels directly to a smartphone, and how that overall data transmission process is secured." In the NFC industry the systems that get your credit card data securely onto the device are called Trusted Service Managers (TSM). They are a key part of making NFC payments secure. BlackBerry is actively working on TSM functionality. The certification of BlackBerry as a VISA approved Trusted Service Manager (TSM) proves that the world's top banking organizations recognize the high level of BlackBerry security standards.
So what are Trusted Service Managers (TSMs)?
A TSM is a cloud-based service that creates a secure communication channel between your NFC-enabled smartphone and the financial institution's payment tool. The BlackBerry solution is designed to create a secure location within a ,secure container called a "Secure Element." This secure storage area on an NFC-enabled smartphone enables financial institutions to store the sensitive payment information directly within the smartphone.
Our implementation of the TSM is known in the mobile payments industry as a "Secure Element Manager" (SEM). The SEM is responsible for managing space on a Secure Element. SEM also grants access to this secure space to mobile network operators or issuers of credit cards (know as Service Provider TSM or SP-TSM). Through the infrastructure that our SEM provides, SP-TSMs will have a single secure gateway allowing them to support any customer with an NFC-enabled smartphone that wants to enable a "mobile wallet" application. While the provisioning of credit card information is left to the SP-TSMs, the SEM allows for them to make a secure connection to the Secure Element. This arrangement also makes our solution highly scalable – new issuers can be on-boarded quickly.
Can you clarify what a secure element is, exactly?
As an analogy, think of the Secure Element as an apartment building. The manager of the apartment building (BlackBerry) allows each individual apartment (location for issuers and application providers) to be unlocked by a unique key. New tenants (issuers and application providers) can move in as soon as they are approved by the manager and provided with the key.
Visa's approval of the BlackBerry SEM shows that we have been able to meet the rigorous standards that are expected in the financial industry. Over the years, BlackBerry has been associated with strong security and we are using our experience to build a secure foundation in this new domain.
Securing the "payment tap"
We have talked about how we secure the transmission and storage of sensitive information. In order to provide end-to-end security for a mobile payment transaction, the payment process also needs to be secure. Ever since BlackBerry launched NFC-capable smartphones, we have been working with the financial industry and credit card companies to certify our devices for use of mobile payments. The BlackBerry Curve 9360 and BlackBerry Bold 9900 were among the first smartphones to be certified by MasterCard and Visa for NFC-based mobile payments.
These certifications were granted on the basis of the BlackBerry smartphones meeting the functionality, interoperability and security requirements of MasterCard and Visa. The process includes extensive technical, security, and usability testing. This helps to ensure reliable and secure transactions which are compatible with the global standard for chip-enabled payments. With these certifications, any MasterCard PayPass or Visa payWave issuing bank globally will be able to deploy accounts to the SIM card of these smartphones.
Currently, all NFC-enabled BlackBerry devices in market have received the necessary payments certification. We have also done some great work with our brand new BlackBerry 10 platform. Looking at the device and back-end certifications in unison, BlackBerry is undeniably at the center of NFC innovation. The tools and security are available; we expect wireless carriers and financial institutions to pursue mobile payment solutions using BlackBerry smartphones in the near future – and some have already been implemented.
Is your business looking to make use of mobile payments? Does the TSM infrastructure alleviate some of your concerns regarding mobile payments? Share in the comments below.


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Mind Over Matter: Adam Payne, Ataxia, and Asshats.
Adam Payne is not your classic dirtbag climber.
A New Jersey native, he spent a majority of his life as a cyclist, riding 100 mile stretches at time. He was also a climber until he was diagnosed with ataxia, a rare degenerative disorder that affects movement and speech, in 1997.


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Furse wants to see higher pay for staff in the future
By Michael Maresh
Journal Staff Writer
While the current district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District asked the Montezuma County Commission for a small increase for his staff Monday morning, his successor wanted a much larger increase for the attorneys who prosecute cases.
Current DA Russell Wasley, with his successor, Will Furse looking on as a spectator, asked that the commission grant the DAs office an overall 2.6 percent increase for 2013.
Wasley specifically asked that staff receive a 3 percent pay increase from what they are currently earning.
He told the commission his 2013 request was very conservative, and said the 3 percent increase for prosecutors was to help the office compete with other DAs offices in other jurisdictions across the state.
Wasley said the local DAs office would like to retain its current prosecutors by having a comparable salary.
The DA mentioned the other costs associated with running the prosecutors office were close to what the costs were in 2012.
He said the miscellaneous costs in the budget were designed to give his office a cushion as expert witness testimony in any case could cost around $3,000, and the state will only pay the first $16,000 of any such witness testimony.
If costs came up we want to make sure they are covered, he said, and added some of the increases included postage and utilities.
Wasley added that the largest part of the budget continues to be salaries. The total budgeted request is $795,157 with salaries making up $667,245 of that amount.
When asked the salary amounts for DAs on the Front Range Wasley said the average for an assistant DA was a little more than $121,000. By comparison, former assistant DA Andy Hughes was making $70,000 a year before he resigned to take a job overseas.
He also told the commission his office now has a full-time investigator, which he added has been a huge benefit.
Furse, who addressed the commission, said he felt it was necessary to increase the employee salaries and the personal costs associated with doing the job.
He said the problem with having a full-time investigator is that the position pays more than the deputy DAs who are prosecuting the cases.
(Investigators) come here for a year, and then they leave, Furse said.
The incoming DA said if he had been the one presenting the budget to the commission he would have asked for salary increases of 10 to 12 percent.
Commissioner Larrie Rule was not completely buying Furses argument that the DAs office was underpaid, saying everyone needs more money and pointed to Montezuma Countys lower population numbers as a reason why salaries may be lower.
You are right; everyone wants to make more money, Furse said, but added higher salaries would likely attract experienced district attorney candidates.
Three percent helps, but this will not (result) in any solution to the turnover or staff costs, he said.
The commission informed Wasley and Furse it would look over the budget request.


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Get Your Butter Chicken a Better Way at Jaipur in Chicago
It says something about how far we've come as a food nation when you feel like you have to apologize for eating chicken makhani. Butter chicken is so ubiquitous that it's kind of become the crab rangoon of Indian food, the difference being that, at least from what I've read, it's actually a real Punjabi dish and not some Americanized bastardization. Though, from what I've learned about food origins, the copious amounts of cream and butter in this dish suggest it is an American- or European-influenced invention. But then again, who cares? What's important is when done right, it tastes good.
Guilt aside, for eating like a relative dilettante, I've been getting my chicken makhani fix up the block in Chicago's West Loop at a spot called Jaipur. While it's not the best example in the city, it's very good. What makes it really compelling is that it's usually part of an "all you can eat" affair that also includes freshly baked naan, creamy mutter paneer, fresh fried pakoras and samosa, and a rotating complement of other dishes. For that price, you're not getting some stew of overcooked steam table items, but reasonable portions cooked fresh and brought tableside as you eat. There's a healthy dose of spice (more if you ask for it) and the dishes aren't dumbed down.
At $14, you won't find a much cheaper buffet option in the city, and as far as I know, outside of maybe one or two ragtag Pakistani spots on Chicago's Devon Street strip, you wouldn't be able to put together the same à la carte quality for this price.
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