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Tax Day: What Your Board Must Know about Homeowners Association Taxes
"A lot of people aren't aware that associations do have to file income taxes," says Robert Galvin, a partner at Davis, Malm & D'Agostine PC in Boston who specializes in representing condos and co-ops.
That's right. Homeowners associations have to file tax returns like the rest of the corporations in the United States. Here's a primer on the rules associations must follow when they file and advice on minimizing the stress of tax day for your HOA.
Follow Corporate Rules
Associations are like any other corporation, even if they're not for profit. That means they must file tax returns with the rest of the corporations in the country. If your association hasn't filed a 2009 federal tax return yet, you'd better get cracking.
Corporations that follow a calendar-year accounting method are required to file returns by March 15 of every year, and associations must follow that rule, too. If your association doesn't follow calendar-year accounting, its taxes are due on the 15th day after the third month of your taxable year. So if your calendar year ends on July 31, your tax return is due on Dec. 15.
"Here's the problem in our industry," explains James Donnelly, president and CEO of Castle Group, a property management company in Plantation, Fla., that manages 55,000 association units. "Almost all associations operate their finances on a calendar-year basis. The CPAs who specialize in corporations and associations have to do all their work in the first 60 days of the year. It may be hard to get your association's taxes done by March 15. So we tell associations to file for an automatic extension using IRS Form 7004. That gives you six additional months to file."
There's good news and bad news when you file an extension. The bad news is that just as you have to pay interest if you personally file for an extension and end up owing the government money, your association is also on the hook for interest for that period after the March 15 deadline that its taxes weren't paid.
The good news is that most associations typically don't owe the government. They don't make much, if any, money. "That's by far the minority of associations," says Donnelly.
Choose Your Poison
Why don't most associations have much, if any, of a tax liability? In general, most take in only funds to operate their facilities; they don't conduct income-generating activities.
You have two options when you file your association's tax returns. "One is to file as a corporation, and the other is to file under Section 528 of the Internal Revenue Code," explains Bob Tankel, principal at Robert L. Tankel PA in Dunedin, Fla., a law firm that advises associations. "Section 528 is specifically for homeowners associations. It has a higher marginal tax rate, but it eliminates all exempt-function income and expenses. Assessments wouldn't even be counted as income."
Whether to file a straight corporate return or a return under IRC 528 is a judgment call. "Your accountant will advise you," says Tankel. "It's not a legal issue; it's more of a dollars-and-cents issue."
"Most associations elect to be taxed under Section 528 of the IRC," explains Galvin. "It's very useful because before this was enacted, there was a lot of ambiguity about how associations should report and pay taxes. Under IRC 528, your association has to be a homeowners association and properly legally organized for that purpose. Then, if almost all your income is from association assessments and almost all of your outgo is spent on maintaining the property, you don't have to pay taxes on that money."
To qualify to file Form 1120-H under IRC 528, your association must meet the following requirements:
"Most associations won't have any problem meeting these requirements," says Galvin.
Defining Taxable Income
As the IRC's test indicates, your association will have to pay taxes on interest income it earns on bank and reserve accounts and on nonexempt income. Income from for-profit activities, such as clubhouse rentals or golf-course fees, isn't exempt and is taxed at a flat rate of 30 percent.
"If you generate income from something that isn't a simple association expense—you rent out your clubhouse or have a cell tower lease—you need to pay taxes on that income," explains Galvin. "Let's say one of the owners wants to rent your clubhouse for a wedding. That rental would be counted as taxable income because the unit owner has now reserved the clubhouse for an afternoon to the exclusion of all the other unit owners. In addition, in some condo associations, there are actually apartments that are part of the common areas and are rented out. That's rental income."
Like any corporation, your association can offset income with money spent to generate that income. "Any expenses directed to the production of the rental income can be deducted," says Galvin. "If you have maintenance staff cleaning up after the wedding in your clubhouse, that's deductible. If you spend money to advertise the clubhouse rental, that's deductible."
Do A Rollover?
If you happen to have had a great income-generating year, consider rolling over some of that income so you can delay or avoid paying taxes on it altogether. "If an association has money leftover at the end of the year, the board can vote to roll it over to the next year," says Tankel. "Under Ruling 70-604, the Internal Revenue Service will treat that as a constructive return of capital to members."
If you later have a year when your association has lost money—as many associations have done in the past several years—your association can declare that rolled over income and offset it against losses. "You could roll the income over forever," says Tankel. "Five years ago, associations were flush; now they're flushed down the toilet. If they had carryovers, they could have rolled them over and used them these past few years. There'd be less tax liability. All associations should roll over income because it never hurts."
States May Want Their Cut, Too
Check with your accountant to determine whether and when you need to file a state tax return. "State taxes vary from state to state," says Galvin. "In Massachusetts, you do have a file a form and pay tax."
Though many people delay filing taxes because they consider them a painful hassle, with associations they're typically not. "Most associations really don't have a lot of taxable income," says Galvin. "The tax isn't a great burden, but you do have to file a return."


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The Yongle Temple is located on the east side of Longquan Village, 3
kilometers to the north of Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province.
The original site of the Yongle Temple is in Yongle Town, Yongji
County. To make way for the Sanmenxia Water Control Project, the whole buildings
and the frescoes were moved to Ruicheng County in 1959. The Yongle Temple,
originally called Da Chunyang Wanshougong (Big Pure Sun Longevity Temple), is
very grand in scale and has a compact layout. The temple is imposing and
magnificent and the building complex appears splendid.
According to the relevant ancient records in Taoist books and inscriptions in
the temple, it was the birthplace of Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals.
After he passed away, the local people changed the name of his residence into
the Ancestral Temple of Lugong. The residence was expanded as a Taoist temple
during the last years of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). In the 4th year (1231) of
the Shaoding reign, it was burnt down. At that time, the imperial court cried up
Qui Chuji, the leader of the Quanzhen sect of the new Taoism, and therefore the
founder Lu Dongbin also was especially respected. In the second year, the
imperial court ordered to upgrade the temple into a palace and the Taoist
Immortal was entitled as Divinity. Later Pan Dechong, the director of the north
and south Taoism in Hedong, was sent to take charge of the construction of the
According to the records in the relevant literatures, the construction of the
temple began in 1247, and completed in the 18th year (1358) of the Zhizheng
reign under Yuan (1271-1368) Emperor Shundi. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties
(1368-1911), there were some small maintenances and repainting of the frescoes.
The main buildings of the temple are distributed one after another along the
central axis from south to north, including the Temple Gate, the Hall of Dragon
and Tiger, the Hall of Trinity, the Chunyang Hall, the Chongyang Hall of Double
Sun and so on, which cover an area of more than 86,000 square meters. Among
them, the Temple Gate was built in the Qing Dynasty, and the rest were built in
the Yuan Dynasty. The Yongle Temple is the earliest official Taoist temple
extant today, and also the most intact group of buildings of the Yuan Dynasty
extant now.
The Yongle Temple is famous for its well-preserved and rarely seen frescoes
of the Yuan Dynasty. There are elegant frescoes of 960 square meters in the main
halls. The frescos feature rich themes and superb painting techniques, and are
the masterpieces in the painting history in China.
The Hall of Dragon and Tiger, also called the Wuji Gate, used to be the gate
of the temple. Inside, the roof beams are succinctly made. There are frescoes of
26 deities guarding the abode of immortals. Though the frescoes are slightly
destroyed, the manner of the originals can still be seen.
The Hall of Trinity, also called the Wuji Hall, is the largest hall in the
temple. It was so called because the hall enshrines statues of three important
figures in the Taoism myths. The base of the hall is big, tall and plain,
looking grand and splendid. The hall is seven-bay wide and four-bay deep. On the
roof, colored glaze relieves, with yellow, green and blue alternated with each
other, are connected to form five ridges. The carving of chiwei (a kind of
ornament on roof ridge) looks grand and colorful, while the immortals and the
beasts are exquisite and lively. The inside of the hall is wide and bright and
the ceiling is painted with colorful drawings. There are really superb beautiful
embellishments on the ceiling such as figures, flowers, dragons, phoenixes,
Chinese unicorns and so on, in various shapes and postures. The colored
paintings on each part of the ceiling are well preserved. There is the
combination of colored paintings and sculptures, which is rarely seen in other
places. The impending sculpture of the Deity, looking well rounded and
self-possessed, is sitting on the waves against the wind, behind which is the
boundless sea of clouds, as if it were in the Penglai Island.
The hall is full of frescoes, which are 4.26 meters high and 94.68 meters
long, and 403.3 square meters in total. In the second year (1325) of the Taiding
reign in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Ma Junxiang and others from Luoyang of
Henan province painted all the frescoes. The paintings, taking eight main
statues dressed in imperial clothes as its center, contain more than 290
statues. The main statues on the frescoes are more than 3 meters tall and the
attendants are more than 2 meters tall, arrayed into four or five tiers. The
paintings have well-organized layouts, delicate and precise portrays of figures
and vivid expressions. The technique of drawing and filling with heavy color was
employed to paint the frescoes. They are really elaborate works of the ancient
The Chunyang Hall, also called the Hall of Founder Lu, is five bays wide and
three bays, with a single eave and nine ridges. Inside the hall, only four
golden columns support the hall, and the crossbeam spans four bays, make the
hall appear particularly wide. There are 52 paintings in total on the walls,
describing the life story of Lü Dongbin. Each painting is unique in its style
and connected with each other by some paintings of natural scenery such as
mountains and waters, clouds and fogs, trees and rocks and so on. On the
paintings, the pavilions and towers, the wine shops and tea houses, the gardens
and private schools, are arrayed in clear gradation and scattered about but
properly spaced, while all kinds of figures such as senior officials, scholars,
businessmen, common people, peasants, beggars and so on, are vividly portrayed
with different expressions. All these paintings are precious resources for the
research into the living conditions of the people in the Yuan Dynasty. Behind
the shrines, there are frescoes describing that Lu Chunyang is asking Zhongli
about Taoism. This painting is drawn with concise lines and superb techniques,
which represents the typical painting style of the Yuan Dynasty. The frescoes in
the Chunyang Hall were painted by Zhu Haowen, Zhang Zunli and other disciples in
the 18th year of the Zhizheng reign.
The Chongyang Hall is five-bay wide. There are 49 continuous paintings that
describe Wang Chongyang, the founder of the Quanzhen sect of Taoism, preached
Taoism. The artistic style is similar to that of the frescoes in the Chunyang
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if you're set to compose in text mode, and you forward a message that had an inline image, it does not attach the image at all unless you go to options and say 'include original as attachment' which then attaches the whole e-mail.
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How much should I pay? I have one DD that is 15 months and very easy. The sitter is 33 and runs her own in home daycare and has 10+ years of experience.
Going rate for a babysitter?
And when I was growing up in a working-class neighborhood of a MCOL city I was paid $2-4 an hour. However, you can't compare that to what the going rate is today. The big difference is that I would not leave my children with anyone younger than college-aged, and I was paid that amount when I was 13 years old.
We pay $8/hour to our 20 year old babysitter to watch him at our house. I tried craiglisting it before we interviewed her and we totally lowballed at $4/hour since that's what I saw on craigslist. Embarassing!
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DS#1 Born 11/20/2012
DS#2 Born 1/29/2015
I can't imagine paying less than $80 for that kind of day. I would also consider providing lunch or doing the pizza option.
I also can't imagine any part of the US, low cost or not where you can hire an adult to come to your house (use their gas) and watch your child for only $3 an hour (not talking about home daycares). That is far below the fed minimum wage. This isn't a third world country. Unless the the person watching your child is 9 or 10 years old and they are a mother's helper (you are there the entire time with them) and they are just playing with your kids while you get stuff done around the house, I can't fathom that $3 would be acceptable anywhere.
We are in Idaho too! I am in the Boise/Meridian area and am really in need of a backup babysitter, so if you like this one and you are local please PM me her info!
Right now for date nights we get a 13 year old from our church. She asks for $3.50/hr, but we pay a little extra cause she is amazing with the baby and usually cleans the house when baby sleeps.
geezzzz!! i live in WI and the average rate for a sitter in my area is $4/hr per child. When I started babysitting, average rates were $1-2hr per child.


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Letters, feedback, etc.
Time well spent
I am usually a fan of WORLD, but I was thoroughly exasperated by "Turnout burnout" (April 2), which suggested that more pro-lifers should have picketed the hospice in which Terri Schiavo starved. I believed so strongly in Terri's right to nutrition and water that I sent money to her legal fund and prayed every day with my brother and sister. We were certain, with so many hard hearts in the case, that our time was much better spent on our knees praying than on our feet waving signs.
-Mary Rose Parker, 17; Pasadena, Calif.
Joel Belz's point is well-taken: If the media and the watching world see tepid activism on site, they draw negative conclusions. But wouldn't they anyway? Moreover, if the people who resonate with WORLD's worldview were to "show up" in protest at all potential breaches in the proverbial dike, it would never end. Many causes are worth a fight, but people who have lives and organizations have to pick their battles.
-Byron Barlowe; Addison, Texas
If thousands of us who hated what was being done to Terri showed up at the doorstep of the hospice, what would that have accomplished? It wouldn't have made journalists investigate Terri's story and it wouldn't have changed the hard hearts of the unelected judges who refused to reopen her case.
-Dawn Darby; University Place, Wash.
We can't all be "foot soldiers." Instead, we stayed home, prayed, listened to talk radio, forwarded informative articles to friends, and wrote to our senators and congressmen. The last few weeks have been emotionally draining on us all, but at least we caused quite a few people to look a little closer at what was happening.
-Virginia Swarr Youmans; Lynnville, Tenn.
Judgment call
Thank you for stating what seems to be so obvious ("A Solomonic decision," April 2). Michael Schiavo could have avoided the media circus by simply handing Terri over to the people who cared most about helping her and then moving on with his private life. My guess is that he will become the poster child for the right-to-die groups, the hero who delivered Terri from the bondage of her suffering. How I long for the day when God will set things right.
-Peggy Pappas; Miami, Fla.
Activist judges are a problem, but Mr. Belz did not make a compelling case that the judge in the Schiavo case is one. In this conflict, the judge's role is to decide the facts (whether Terri expressed a wish not to be kept alive in that condition) and then apply the law. The law may be bad, but it was not the judge's role to impose an outcome that was outside the law and the facts in front of him. That's what activist judges do.
-James M. Anastos; Cleveland, Ohio
What is the distinction between providing a person with all the life to which he's entitled as opposed to artificially prolonging the process of his death ("At death's door," April 2)? I oppose euthanasia, but there is a difference between mercy killing and mercifully allowing death.
-Susannah Morris; Grand Rapids, Mich.
As a physician, I was struck by "At death's door." From the limited facts given in the story, it appears that both the physicians at MUSC and those who later refused to take Mr. McClanahan in transfer were correct: Any intervention beyond simple feeding and hydration is not an appropriate use of scarce medical resources. Certainly God may choose to heal him, but He doesn't need machines or doctors to do that. We are stewards of the limited resources God has given us, and that includes medical resources.
-David Close; Chattanooga, Tenn.
Who can presume to know what occurs in another's mind, especially if that person is incapacitated? Some years ago an elderly friend suffered a stroke that left her in a coma for over six months. When she emerged, she related that she had been aware of everything that went on around her but she couldn't respond. Should she have been allowed to starve to death?
-W.J. McChesney; New Galilee, Pa.
Mr. Coffin objects that the parents in Finding Nemo and Ice Princess apologize to their children instead of children to the parents ("Daughter knows best," April 2). But Nemo's defiance is a repudiation of his father's overprotective behavior. In Ice Princess, Casey is frustrated with a mother who is trying to live vicariously through her daughter. Both the mother and coach learn that when we encourage our children's personalities, passions, and gifts, we provide for them the opportunity to discover their way.
-Peggy Muller; Riverside, Calif.
Go ahead
I continue to be appalled at the breathtaking arrogance of the Episcopal Church ("Halfway covenant," April 2). Edward E. Plowman was exactly right to identify the true issue as an unwillingness to repent. Why try to avert a split? Why strain to "keep company with anyone named a brother" who is sexually immoral?
-Tim Leiphart; Red Lion, Pa.
Tears of gratitude
Your interview with Victor Davis Hanson ("'Something is terribly, terribly wrong,'" April 2) on the problems associated with illegal immigration is an excellent read. I literally get tears of gratitude to have such a reasonable and well-spoken person discuss an issue that touches so many lives.
-Barbara Vickroy; Escondido, Calif.
No-thank you
After reading "Tough minds, warm hearts" (April 2), I just had to write to say you're welcome, and thank you. This magazine has been such a ministry to me and my family.
-Amy Wende; McKinney, Texas
Right to leave
Thanks for pointing out the hypocrisy of the University of Colorado's faculty ("Free radicals," April 2). I believe in free speech: People are free to be idiots and express their idiotic beliefs. Current and prospective students of UC should exercise their rights and go to another school.
-Roger Fung; Bowie, Md.
Be direct
As one who has worked at one of the largest Christian camps in America, "Taking the roof off" (March 26) had a familiar ring. Many evangelicals may think Christianity needs to be dumbed down to make it more attractive, but I am convinced that today's young people long for Schaeffer's compassionate yet direct approach which asserts, as you say, that "undiluted, biblical Christianity can change their lives."
-Norman Huebert; Fresno, Calif.
Editing God
I just read "Changing God's words" (Feb. 26). The writer noted, "The most frequent reason given for the TNIV is that updates in language are needed to reach younger readers today, especially those 18-34." Please explain to me why those readers (or anyone else) would want to be reached by a god so stupid that men need to correct his speech.
-Robert Persons; Waynesville, N.C.


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(Blue Ocean Network - February 12, 2012) -- A string of tourist-related incidents in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula have raised concerns for travel to the area. Until recently, inspite of uprisings, travel to Egypt has been relatively safe, although travel advisories have warned of travel to Cairo, following the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak last year.
On February 10, 1rmed Bedouin tribesmen stopped a tourist bus had snatched three Korean tourists and their tour guide as they were traveling back from a famous tourist site on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The tribesmen left several other tourists behind. Just 29 hours later, all four people were safely released. The freed people reportedly said that the gunmen were not violent at all but rather kind, and even gave them some food.
On Feb 3, two American women who were briefly abducted while vacationing in the Sinai Peninsula. Their tour van was carrying six people, including the two Americans and an Egyptian guide. The women, aged 60 and 65, were being picked up from the Bedouins and returned to the American embassy. Three other tourists in the convoy were robbed of their cell phones and wallets as the kidnappers took the guns away from their police escort.
Bedouins are desert-dwelling Arabs who have traditionally been nomadic herders across the Middle East. About 380,000 live in Sinai. The Bedouins have long complained of discrimination and random arrests by the government, but tensions have intensified in recent months along with a general deterioration of security in the region including attacks on police stations, armed militias roving the streets and attacks on pipelines carrying gas to Jordan and Israel. Tribesmen occasionally abduct tourists to use as bargaining chips in negotiations with the Egyptian government for the release of imprisoned colleagues. Tourists are rarely harmed in such cases.
On Jan 28, robbers killed a 42-year-old French tourist at a currency exchange shop in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The masked gunmen robbed the shop and exchanged fire with the security forces. Two others, a German tourist and an Egyptian citizen, were injured. The French man was shot in his stomach and legs. In a press statement Egyptian Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour declared the killing a "random act" and not directed against foreigners.
Well known for its white sand beaches and rich underwater life, Sharm El-Sheikh, one of the most famous tourist resorts in Egypt and attracts hundreds of thousands of diving tourists every year.
The political unrest in Egypt has led to a sharp drop in the country's vital tourism sector, with revenues plunging almost 30 percent last year. Tourism Minister Mounir Abdel-Nour said last month that the number of tourists who came to Egypt in 2011 dropped to 9.8 million from 14.7 million the previous year. Revenues for 2011 amounted to $8.8 billion compared to $12.5 billion in 2010.
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Re: Recovering videos from corrupt card
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Just an update on this. A new Sandisk Extreme 45MB/s edition SD card came with a voucher for Rescue Pro Delux (version 5, currently). I decided to give a try, and to my absolute, tear-inducing delight, it found and re-assembled every single video.
It turns out it didn't recover every single file, but most of them. I do remember a few clips that didn't I don't see I guess they were too fragmented for the software to handle. Either ways, I'm very happy.
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text: A new goalie head came out this month, something that rarely ever happens and usually leads to a lot of posts in the goalie forum. There wasn't a single thread until I made one a day or two ago, and that only has three replies; one from a moderator and two from the same guy. Its pretty sad.


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Hey all,
Almost two years ago - as someone who didn't own a bike and who had never been on a bike tour - I started reading this forum because I was obsessed with the idea of cycling the Silk Road someday, and I figured this was a good place to start learning how to transform the dream into a reality. I'm writing this now from an internet cafe in Tibet - I've been biking around western China for almost three months now, and just in case anyone is interested, I wanted to post the link to my online journal:
Also, the website for the trip is http://www.cyclingsilk.com.
Thanks all for the inspiration and education!


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wildhorse, beach, wild, horse...
Amazing photo! ♡
LOVE this! So beautiful!
Wonderful! :-)
Mane thanks to you all! =)
That horse is beautiful and the color of the ocean is amazing. Perfect capture!!
Wow, so amazing!!
Beautiful, Robin!!!!
So gorgeous Robin!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lovely, lovely photo and colours. The casual pose of the horse is simply cute :)
So an amazing image! How did you got it? Wild animals are so hard to photograph - this is excellent ! Congrats :)
What a beauty!
So beautiful
pretty RD!!!
so pretty!
lovely image!!!
♥♥♥!!! really a beatiful shot Robin!!!
Amazing shot!!
lovely capture
wow....gorgeous....horse on the beach....where does this happen?
Your backyard?
Your backyard?
amazing shot
or shoot or whatever
Thank you SO much everyone. I really appreciate your kind words! Gale, not my backyard but there are actually houses out on this beach. WISH one of them were mine. Maybe one day. Carova Beach (also known as 4x4 beach) is located on the Outer Banks of NC. They have a nice website.
Ohhh so glad for your response, RD! Thank you....what a fine destination to look for. I've always been fascinated with Assateague Island in Maryland...wishing to get there some day to see the wild horses on the beach.
Truly, lovely photo!! xo
Truly, lovely photo!! xo
Thank you Sandra & nbc! =D
Gale, I went there about a month ago! It is AMAZING for shooting birds especially. I did see horses but now as many as in NC. It was very nice there!
Gale, I went there about a month ago! It is AMAZING for shooting birds especially. I did see horses but now as many as in NC. It was very nice there!
OMG, really? I love it! (Read Misty of Chincoteage when I was younger....) always want to get there for some reason. So fabulous that you went! xo
so pretty :)
Thank s Leah!
Amazing shot, Robin!!
love. love
Thank you Deepti & Beverly. ♥
Thanks Christine! =)
lovely image!
Thank you Ariana! =)
So beautiful!
Thank you very much Tsuki! ♥
So lovely!
Thank you Melanie! ♥
So awesome!!!
Thank you Lisa. This was one of the happiest days of my life! =)
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Thanks Saul! =)
Oh my goodness...gorgeous shot!!!
Aww....thank you Skye. I need to go see them again...
gorgeous horse!
Thank you! =)
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Thank you Lynsie. I'm so happy you like it!
Wow, stunning!!!
Thank you Kathleen! =)
Thanks Anne! ♥
Wonderful shot! :)
stunning work..
Thank you! =)
Absolutely wonderful. :)
Thanks SC.
it is SOOOOOOO LOVELY
Thank you SOOOOO much Diana!! =)
Thanks Mary! It's my favorite spot in Earth. ♥
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Thanks pixel!
Beautiful moment!!
Thank you SO much Rudolf. It really was special!
Great capture!
Cool capture! Keep it up!
Thank you ladies! ♥
Great capture! Beautiful background and what a handsome fellow! :)
Thank you so much Renae!
Very beautiful
What a lovely image. Here in Scotland it's more often a Cow we see on the beach :0)
love horses on beaches
Love this, great scene, Robin :)
Antoine, me too! And I don't come across it very often.
Chris, I'm so happy you like my wild Spanish Mustang.
Chris, I'm so happy you like my wild Spanish Mustang.
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Ok, here's my problem. I have a HUGE jpg file, 18000 x 18000 pixels 41MB in size. If you really need to know, it's a map of a section of the country with services.
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I have tried using imageView but I read that it really shouldnt exceed 1024 x 1024. That is way below what I have. If you have an idea how to go about doing this, please share!


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Gigi Hadid Shows Up at DWTS to Support Boyfriend Cody Simpson, Sits Beside His Sister
Current Dancing With the Stars contestant Cody Simpson had some very special guests in the audience during his dance performance on the show this week. Indeed, Cody's girlfriend — Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Foster's daughter Gigi Hadid — flew into L.A. just to cheer him on!
J-14 reports that 18-year-old Gigi and her family came into town to attend the DWTS taping on March 17 as 17-year-old Cody took on the cha-cha. And proving how well Gigi is getting along with Cody's whole family, she sat next to Cody's 15-year-old sister Alli Simpson, who is also a singer.
"VOTE FOR @CODYSIMPSON & @WITNEYCARSON!!" Gigi tweeted on March 17. "Cheered on #CodyWitClique at @DancingABC w/ sissy @AlliSimpson & the fam! ❤." So cute how she calls her "sissy"!
Cody and Gigi continue to impress us with how adorable they are as a couple. Plus, there is no doubt that they are an extremely photogenic twosome!
Cody definitely has his work cut out for him on the show, but we have a feeling we could stick around for a while if he works hard enough. Best of luck, Cody!
How long do you think Cody will last on DWTS?
Source: Gigi on Twitter, J-14


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LOS ANGELES—The number of passengers traveling through Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX) is expected to reach 1.78 million people this
This would mean a 16
percent increase from last year's reported 1.53 million individuals who
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Despite the increase in number of travelers, officials state that passenger volume has still not returned to its 2007 levels (the busiest post-9-11 year). Officials cite that this is due to the nation's current economic situation.
To ensure that passengers make their flights, officials suggest that anyone leaving during the peak hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. arrive at the airport at least two hours before any domestic flight and three hours before any international flight. Officials also suggest checking to flights online and prior to arrival. To aid passengers, LAX will be again utilize the Volunteer Information Professional (VIP) and Airport Guide programs.
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The Tetris Company announced that the New Jersey District Court has delivered the company final judgment in its case against game maker Xio. The company filed the lawsuit in 2009 alleging that Xio's game Mino for iOS infringed on the copyrights and trade dress rights of Tetris. The court ultimately sided with The Tetris Company, which owns the licensing rights to the popular franchise.
On May 30, 2012, the Court granted The Tetris Company's motion for summary judgment, that the visual expression of the Tetris game is protected by copyright and trade dress, and that Xio's Mino game infringed on TTC's copyrights and trade dress rights. In addition to its newest ruling, the court has also issued an injunction against Xio, which permanently prohibits it from "publicly displaying, selling, licensing, distributing, offering for sale, marketing, advertising, or promoting Mino."
"We are thrilled that the Court ruled in favor of protecting the rights of game developers," said Henk Rogers, a game developer turned entrepreneur. Rogers is a friend and long time business partner with Alexey Pajitnov, the Russian developer who created the Tetris game. He is also Managing Director of The Tetris Company. "Just like the music, film and written word industries, originality and creativity in video games are protectable. This is great news for budding designers and developers in the video game industry. Without this protection, our industry would not exist."
Pajitnov adds, "It is truly a victory for us. I am happy the Court has validated that my work is protected by law. I hope there will be more people now enjoying the high quality version of our game."
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A special Saratoga 150 Time Capsule containing items and memorabilia from The New York Racing Association, Inc.'s (NYRA) three tracks, as well as items submitted by fans throughout the state, left Belmont Park following today's fifth race for a six-day journey to Saratoga Race Course.
The capsule will travel northward, making various stops that will allow fans an opportunity to take pictures and submit additional items for the capsule. Upon arrival at Saratoga Race Course on opening day, Friday, July 19, the Time Capsule will be located at the Guest Services building where racetrack visitors may also offer items for inclusion. Following the 2013 race meeting, the Saratoga 150 Capsule will be stored in Saratoga Springs to be opened 50 years from now during Saratoga Race Course's Bicentennial season.
The Saratoga 150 Capsule's schedule this week is as follows:
Sunday, July 14th:
Leaves Belmont Park
Monday, July 15th:
Capitol building - Albany, NY (3:00 p.m. Proclamation ceremony)
Tuesday, July 16th:
Union College - Schenectady, NY (10:00 a.m.)
Wednesday July 17th:
Crandall Public Library - Glens Falls, NY (10:00 a.m.)
Thursday, July 18th:
Saratoga Battlefield (9:00 a.m.)
Ulysses S. Grant Cottage (2 p.m.)
Friday July 19th:
Opening Day at Saratoga Race Course
Fans can follow the journey of the time capsule and submit entries online by visiting here.
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I have been using dict to format strings
s = '%(name1)s %(name2)s'
d = {}
d['name1'] = 'asdf'
d['name2'] = 'whatever'
result = s % d
I just realized that I can do this with a class and using the dict method instead:
s = '%(name1)s %(name2)s'
class D : pass
d = D()
d.name1 = 'asdf'
d.name2 = 'whatever'
result = s % d.__dict__
(obviously I do this for bigger strings, and many keys).
Is there any disadvantage to the class approach that I am overlooking? Or is there a better method of doing this string formatting that I am missing?
Thank you.


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The New York Racing Association will provide racing fans with the opportunity to vote for the Mike Venezia Memorial Award online here through Saturday, August 30.
Created in 1989, the Mike Venezia Memorial Award is given to jockeys who exemplify extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship. It is named in honor of Mike Venezia, who died as the result of injuries he suffered in a spill in 1988 at Belmont Park.
Representatives from the Jockey's Guild and the New York Racing Association have nominated a trio of exemplary individuals to be considered for this year's award. Each is an accomplished athlete whose aptitude on the track is rivaled only by the respect they garner off it.
Fans will be able to choose from outstanding jockeys Javier Castellano, Cornelio Velasquez, and John Velazquez to decide the 19th recipient of the Venezia Award. The winner will be announced and presented with the award in the winner's circle on August 30 at Saratoga.
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott will have live runners in four stakes during the next three days at Saratoga Race Course with Saratoga Snacks in the $100,000 John Morrissey on Friday, three fillies in the Grade 1 Alabama, Crown Queen in the Grade 2 Knob Creek Lake Placid on Saturday, and Amira's Prince in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational on Sunday.
The John Morrissey, a 6 ½-furlong race for New York-breds 3-years-old and up, will be Saratoga Snacks' first start for Mott. Previously, the ridgling, who is owned by NFL Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells' August Dawn Farm, won three stakes, including last year's 1 1/8-mile Empire Classic Handicap, for Gary Sciacca. The 5-year-old is unraced since finishing second in the Whodam overnight stakes in January at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Saratoga Snacks is the 7-2 third choice on the morning line for the Morrissey, which also attracted Evan Shipman Stakes runner-up Big Business (5-2), stakes winner and Grade 3 Belmont Sprint Championship fourth-place finisher Moonlight Song (3-1), and three-time stakes winner and recent allowance victor Weekend Hideaway (6-1).
"His previous form shows he can compete at that level [of the Morrissey]," said Mott. "I don't think the [quality of competition] is the issue. I don't think there's a question of class. It's just a question of if he can run well run well enough off the layoff."
Saratoga Snacks has won stakes sprinting and routing, but Mott doesn't know what type of races he'll focus on following the Morrissey.
"I really haven't thought about it because he seems to be a horse who can do about everything," said Mott. "He's proven he can run well at a mile and an eighth and he can sprint. The fact this is his first race back, it makes sense to run him in the shorter race now."
Mott entered three fillies in the 1 ¼-mile Alabama for 3-year-old fillies, topped by Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider's Size, the 5-1 morning-line third choice.
Size enters the Alabama off a 1 ¼-length victory in her route debut, the Grade 3, 1 1/16-mile Iowa Oaks on June 28 at Prairie Meadows. Mott also has Miss Besilu (15-1) and America (15-1), third and fourth, respectively, in the Grade 1, 1 1/8-mile Coaching Club American Oaks on July 20 at Saratoga. Miss Besilu is a half-sister to 2005 Horse of the Year Saint Liam, graded stakes winners Congressionalhonor and Quiet Giant, and stakes winner Dance Quietly.
"We've been looking forward to 10 furlongs for America for quite some time," said Mott. "The other fillies have been running good. Miss Besilu was third last time. Size is coming off a win. She's very game. She keeps coming, keeps coming. Whether she'll keep coming at 10 furlongs, we just have to wait and see. She has a lot of natural speed. She's come a long way in a short period of time, and there are not a lot of straight 3-year-old races left with this importance. We decided to give her an opportunity right now. She was entered last week in the Monmouth Oaks, but we just felt it was probably better to wait."
Crown Queen, a half-sister to three-time champion Royal Delta, will represent Mott in the 1 1/8-mile Knob Creek Lake Placid for 3-year-old fillies on the turf. She has won two straight, including a four-length score in an entry-level allowance on July 20 at the Spa. Like Miss Besilu, Crown Queen is owned by Benjamin Leon.
"Her last two races were good enough to jump up [into graded stakes competition]," said Mott. "This is a big jump up because there are some really nice fillies in there. We could have run in a restricted stakes at a mile, but [based off her most recent start] the distance would be satisfactory going at a mile and an eighth."
Once the calendar flipped to August, trainer Phil Serpe's barn began to heat up. Following a quiet start to the meet, Serpe had won with three of his past eight starters entering Thursday's card.
"We're very happy, because this is the toughest place in the world to win a race," Serpe said. "You can come up here and think you're going to win and not win, and you can come up here wondering if you're going to win, and win. You've got to take that as it comes here."
Serpe hopes to keep the momentum going with Weekend Hideaway in Friday's $100,000 John Morrissey for New York-bred sprinters going 6 ½ furlongs on the main track. He will break from post 3 in a field of eight under jockey Jose Lezcano.
"Everything's going well," Serpe said. "His works have been excellent going into the race, and we think he's in top form right now."
The 4-year-old son of champion sprinter Speightstown is coming off a 1 ½-length victory in a state-bred allowance win at Belmont Park on July 11 at the John Morrissey distance. Among the horses he defeated were Morrissey foes West Hills Giant and Amberjack.
"I think he's doing well and that's what's most important," Serpe said. "The race seems like it's quite a bit tougher than the last race down at Belmont. There's a couple new horses in the race. We're optimistic, but we're also realistic about what we have to get done."
Bred by the late Carl Lizza's Flying Zee Stable, Weekend Hideaway was purchased for $40,000 out of the stable's dispersal sale for owners Red and Black Stable. As a 2-year-old, Weekend Hideaway won two of three starts on dirt with one second at Saratoga, including a victory in the six-furlong David Stakes.
"This is the logical spot being a New York-bred and having won the last race," Serpe said. "Those are basically the kind of horses that run in these races anyway, even though it was listed as an allowance race. It seems like his races from six to seven furlongs are the best distances for him, on the dirt. That's basically why we targeted this race. From the get-go we knew that he looked like a pretty talented young horse. He always shows up."
When the $100,000 Troy came off the turf Wednesday because of rain, trainer Bruce Brown had to decide whether to scratch his red-hot sprinter Spring to the Sky.
The defection of the speedy Tightend Touchdown after the race was moved to the sloppy, sealed main track helped make Brown's call easier, and it proved to be the right one as Spring to the Sky turned in a top effort, leading gate-to-wire to win the 5 ½-furlong race for 3-year-olds and up in 1:04.01.
The three-quarter-length victory over Grade 1 Carter Handicap winner Dads Cap was even more impressive because leaders were not holding well in the stretch through much of the race card and Spring to the Sky laid down a scorching opening quarter-mile in 21.68 seconds. It also wasn't unprecedented for the horse: He broke his maiden by 9 ¾ lengths at 5 ½ furlongs on a muddy, sealed track in September 2011 at Belmont Park.
"That was a pretty hard first quarter," Brown said. "For him to gut it out, he was dead tired after the race, but he's just all heart and wouldn't let that horse go by him. I watched him galloping out, and he still kind of stayed in front of the other two."
Spring to the Sky, a 5-year-old son of Langfuhr, has won three straight now.
He took the Lucky Coin Stakes, a 5 ½-furlong turf sprint, on July 20 and scored in an optional claiming race June 29 at Belmont Park, running six furlongs on the grass in a rapid 1:07.05.
Spring to the Sky has won six of 23 lifetime starts and earned $412,700, with all six victories coming under meet-leading rider Javier Castellano.
"I didn't realize that," Castellano said when informed of the stat. "I just get along really good with him."
In the past, Spring to the Sky raced off the pace, but that has changed in his recent starts and Brown credits the jockey.
"When he gets in front - and that's what Javier's kind of figured out with him - when he gets in front, he's tough," Brown said. "He used to break bad a lot, but he's gotten into his last four races, and he breaks like a shot. That makes it a lot easier when you're planning on going to the lead; you hate to break a little slow and have to rush up. He's there right away. You don't have to really use him to get there. A lot of the credit with that is Javier. I almost feel like I'm not going to run him unless Javier's going to ride him, so we'll pick our spots accordingly."
The third-place finisher from last year's Grade 2 Demoiselle at Aqueduct Racetrack, Penwith, will be taking a different route this week than the two who finished ahead of her, Stopchargingmaria and Got Lucky.
On Friday, Penwith will take on five rivals in a 1 1/8-mile optional claimer, while on Saturday, Stopchargingmaria and Got Lucky will contest the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama.
Since the Demoiselle, Penwith has one win from three tries, which came in an optional claimer on January 2 at Gulfstream Park. Following that victory, the 3-year-old filly by Bernardini tested graded stakes waters again in the Grade 2 Davona Dale, finishing fourth, and the Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks, finishing sixth.
Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for Darley Stable, Penwith enters Friday's race off a layoff of 4 ½ months.
"She's training great and she's working well," said McLaughlin. "She's coming off of a few months, so we hope she runs well. We were hoping this would be an easier spot, but it came up pretty tough. It's Saratoga."
McLaughlin is not sure what accounted for Penwith's disappointing performances in South Florida, but is hopeful his filly is set to get her career back on track.
"It's hard to say, but they were tough races - graded stakes," said the trainer. "Now we're trying an easier spot. She might not like Florida. We hope [she belongs with Stopchargingmaria and Got Lucky], but right now she needs to get back in the winner's circle."
Amberjack will attempt to add another stake to his resume when he competes Friday in the $100,000 John Morrissey, his second start off a nearly 11-month layoff.
Last year, Amberjack won the seven-furlong Mike Lee at Belmont and the 1 1/16-mile New York Derby at Finger Lakes before he came up two lengths short in his attempt to sweep the Big Apple Triple when second in the Albany at Saratoga.
Amberjack made his return in a 6 ½-furlong non-conditioned allowance for New York-breds on July 11 at Belmont, racing in fourth early, looming at the top of the stretch, and finishing third, beaten two lengths by Weekend Hideway, who was entered back in the John Morrissey. The Morrissey, like the allowance race, is a 6 ½-furlong race restricted to New York-breds.
"He's trained better; he looks fitter [since the allowance race]," said trainer Mike Hushion. "He's even acting a little sharper since the last race. He ran like a horse who might have needed the race. We'll find out if he's improved off his last race."
Hushion said Amberjack will need to move forward in order to be competitive in the John Morrissey, which at 6 ½ furlongs likely is shorter than the colt's best distance.
"Six and a half [furlongs] might be a bit short for him, but if he takes a couple of big steps he'll certainly be competitive."
Irad Ortiz, Jr. will ride Amberjack (8-1) from post 7 in the Morrissey.
The 5-2 program favorite for the John Morrissey is Big Business, runner-up in the Evan Shipman at Saratoga on July 31 and the Commentator Handicap at Belmont Park on May 31 for trainer David Jacobson. Hall of Famer John Velazquez will ride from post 6 in a field of eight older horses.
Winner of the 2013 Empire Classic, Saratoga Snacks will be making his first start for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott in the John Morrissey. Third in last year's event, the winner of the Shy Groom and Alex M. Robb was last seen running second to Zivo in the Whodam at Aqueduct on Jan. 19. Junior Alvarado will ride from post 1.
Weekend Hideaway won the Bertram Bongard in 2012 and the Gone Fishin in 2013 and was third by a length behind Zivo and Big Business after setting the pace in the Commentator, and third by a neck in the six-furlong Affirmed Success on May 2. Jose Lezcano gets the call for trainer Phil Serpe from post 3.
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SEC likely to issue cybersecurity disclosure rules based on 2011 guidance
BOSTON--Spurred on by the Target breach and other high profile breaches, the Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to issue mandatory rules on cybersecurity disclosures for public companies in their SEC filings--rules based on the voluntary staff guidance the regulator issued in 2011, explained Jason Weinstein, a partner at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson specializing in cybersecurity, at the SANS Security Leadership Summit being held here this week.
In October 2011, the SEC issued staff guidance advising companies to disclose information about cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents in their SEC filings.
In the guidance, the SEC explained that "federal securities laws, in part, are designed to elicit disclosure of timely, comprehensive, and accurate information about risks and events that a reasonable investor would consider important to an investment decision. Although no existing disclosure requirement explicitly refers to cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents, a number of disclosure requirements may impose an obligation on registrants to disclose such risks and incidents."
This guidance was advisory in nature, not compulsory. However, recent public breaches are pushing the SEC in the direction of making the guidance recommendations mandatory, explained Weinstein.
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"The rules will be based on the guidance; they will be basically the guidance converted into more prescriptive language," he said.
In a letter to the SEC sent last year, Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D.-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, urged the then new SEC Chairman, Mary Jo White, to make the guidance mandatory. "Investors deserve to know whether companies are effectively addressing their cybersecurity risks--just as investors should know whether companies are managing their financial and operational risks. This information is indispensable to efficient markets, and as a country, we need the private sector to make significant investments in cybersecurity."
Not everyone agrees. John Mutch, chairman of security firm BeyondTrust, argued in a Forbes column: "Having been CEO of a public company and now as CEO of a global enterprise software company which provides cyber security and compliance solutions to many public companies, I can attest to the growing complexities and pressures of supply (threats and risk to operations) and demand (regulatory requirements) that must be managed on a daily basis. This is going to be an even steeper climb if the SEC requires companies to disclose on their cyber risk."
For more:
- check out the SEC's staff guidance
- see the Rockefeller letter
- read Mutch's Forbes column
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LANCASTER, Pa. -- Youre ready to ditch those pesky wires that connect employees to your buildings LAN and go wireless, but youre tired of those feng shui-disrupting, surface-mount antennas cluttering up the decor. What will you do?
Armstrong World Industries recently launched next-generation ceiling panels, named "i-ceilings." What looks like an innocuous ceiling panel is actually an "antenna panel."
The entry-level antenna panel is the WL2 series, which includes one 850/1,900MHz dual-band voice antenna; one 1,900MHz voice antenna that can be either stand-alone or used as a diversity element with the dual band antenna; and two 2,400MHz antennas in a diversity configuration.
"What were promoting is being able to get a suite that has all the antennas that you need in North America to distribute voice, data or both in a space," said Gregg Maberry, general manager of new business of the building products/operations division of Armstrong. "These antennas will work with any service provider."
Other series with different antenna configurations are available.
Maberry said "in-building wireless" is gaining popularity as companies are attempting to make sure employees always have access to data and phone services without being tethered to their desks.
Armstrong believes that ceilings are the best place for antennas because a ceiling has a superior line of sight and increases propagation of the signal because theres less chance of interference, he said.
No need to worry about compatibility issues, either, as the company said the WL2 series is compatible with all wireless voice and data standards, including the IEEE 802.11b standard and the Bluetooth standard.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A survey of worldwide mobile-phone sales released by Gartner Group unit Dataquest in February showed a total of 412.7 million units sold in 2000, a 45.5 percent increase over 1999 results.
Dataquest senior analyst Bryan Prohm noted that although mobile-phone sales were healthy through most of the year, persistent rumors of a market slowdown that dogged the industry started to prove true toward the end of 2000.
The report stated that Nokia strengthened its lead as the top vendor in the market during 2000 with shipments growing 66 percent over 1999. Some of the companys success was attributed to a strong second half, when 59 percent of sales occurred, the survey showed.
Worldwide mobile-phone sales estimates for 2000 show that Motorola ranked second, followed by Ericsson, Siemens, Panasonic and Samsung.
The survey said 2000 was a transitional year for the mobile phone industry, identifying a number of issues affecting growth:
- Global capacity caught up with demand;
- Lowered entry barriers allowed an influx of smaller manufacturers to exploit demand in some of the key Far Eastern markets, such as China;
- Wireless application protocol failed to impress increasingly savvy mobile users; and
- Mobile operators began to shift attention away from straightforward subscriber acquisition to a greater focus on lifetime customer loyalty.
The researchers concluded that "the long-term prospects for the mobile sector look tough." -- Newsbytes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories took miniaturization to new levels in February, introducing a robot that weighs less than one ounce and is a mere one-quarter cubic inch.
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Three people were injured in a head-on collision Thursday about 4 p.m. on Highway 493 near Bailey.
Two vehicles were involved. At least one of the vehicles had a Louisiana tag.
Officials said the injured were transported to Jackson for treatment of serious injuries.
The Jaws of Life was used to cut the victims from the wreckage.
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The United States patent approved artificial iris implant covers up iris defects such as coloboma, aniridia, severe iris atrophies, iridoschisis, and also allows for the change in eye color for cosmetic reasons.
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Given a file tree - a directory with directories in it etc, what software would you recommend to create a diagram of the file-tree as a graphic file that I can embed in a word processor document I prefer vector (SVG, EPS, EMF...) files. The tool must run on Windows, but preferably cross-platform. The tool may be commercial but preferably free.
Update 2012-02-20. The question was related to a documentation sub project. I had to explan where files (in particular resources and configuration files) reside. I ended up with using dos tree command. I both screen grabbed the result (for short folders) AND for longer folders I redirected to a text file, which I then edited. For example if a subfolder contained 20 similarly typed files that individually were not important to the point I was making, I left just two and replaced the rest with one ... line. I then printed out the file to console again and screen grabbed it. Before screen grabbing I had to modify foreground color to black and background color to white, to look better and save ink in a document should that be printed.
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Watch The Suite Life Movie online (video) here! This is the first Suite Life on Deck movie and you can watch here or check out The Suite Life Movie schedule below.
In The Suite Life Movie, Cody is off for a spring break internship, causing a fight between Cody and girlfriend Bailey. And they just got back together!
The Disney Channel original movie opens with Cody planning a romantic dinner for Bailey to talk about spring break – she's got plans for a trip, but Cody has to break the news of his internship to her.
Debby Ryan, who plays Bailey, explains, "They finally got back together and it was this huge monumental occasion. They have a bit of a fight in the movie because he promised to spend their last spring break on the boat together, and it turns out he took an internship at a biology reserve."
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If you live in Florida and you feel stressed out, you're certainly not alone.
Real Estate Blog Movoto rated Florida the most stressed out state in the country.
Florida earned this distinction based on a set of 6 criteria used by Movoto: percentage of population with a long commute (over 20 minutes), unemployment, hours worked, population density, percentage of income spent on housing, and percentage of population without health insurance.
The higher any of these criteria are, the more stressful the people of that state are.
Interestingly enough, Georgia ranked second in the country.
The link to the study can be found here: http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/stressed-states-maps/
Are you surprised by the results of this study? Do you feel stressed out every day?
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Will they manage?
With Kevin Towers sent packing, the Padres are facing some big challenges, decisions during a crucial offseason
As CEO of the Padres, Jeff Moorad had every right to replace Kevin Towers as general manager.
But the head of the club's new ownership group might want to work on his timing.
In case you hadn't noticed, the Padres finished what looked to be a disaster of a 2009 season on a high, winning 37 of their final 62 games and making life uncomfortable for every playoff contender they encountered.
But the mood changed noticeably immediately after Towers was terminated.
Hope for the future turned to concern. Few employees totally welcome change at the top, particularly young baseball players.
Towers traded for or promoted the 15 players who made their major league debuts as Padres this season. He advanced the careers of the 24 rookies on the Padres roster.
He was the architect of a major, in-season turnaround over the past six months. Now he is gone.
"What happens to us now?" one player joked in the Padres clubhouse before Sunday's final game. Only he wasn't joking.
Where does the next general manager — whoever it turns out to be — go from here?
In the weeks leading up to his dismissal, Towers was talking about minimal changes in 2010.
"I really want to see how far some of these guys take their ceiling," said Towers. "I'm excited about these kids. I love the attitude and how they play."
Will the next GM be as excited? Will he be more inclined to make changes? The bigger question might be: Can he make changes given the Padres' budget restrictions?
Moorad has said the next GM will control personnel decisions with one major exception.
Bud Black will go into 2010 as manager of the Padres. And he expects most of his coaches to return. Moorad made the commitment to extend Black.
Beyond that, the Padres are facing decisions this winter:
•Four key players — closer Heath Bell, third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff, reliever Mike Adams and starter Kevin Correia — are eligible for arbitration and hefty raises.
•It is decision time at third between Kouzmanoff and Chase Headley, because Kyle Blanks and Will Venable appear to be the corner outfielders of the future.
•The Padres need to find another right-handed hitting outfielder, preferably one who can play center at least in a platoon with Tony Gwynn.
•They must determine if Nick Hundley will develop into the front-line catcher they believe he can be — or if they need to look elsewhere.
•And they need to find a reserve infielder who can play shortstop.
All this while working with a payroll budget of around $40 million and sorting through the long list of candidates for the rotation (10 possibilities at last count) and bullpen.
A point-by-point look:
The budget
Moorad last week said the first number in the 2010 payroll budget will be "four." If that's the case, the second number will probably be close to zero ($40 million, or close to it). The Padres took a huge attendance hit this season (21 percent) and Moorad is still moving toward the purchase of the team.
But the Padres' rookie-laden-playing payroll at the end of the season was around $25 million. Two monetary liabilities are gone in pitcher Jake Peavy and outfielder Brian Giles, although pitcher Chris Young ($6.25 million) and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez ($4.75 million) will make $3.5 million more between them than they did in 2009.
Now factor in what Bell ($1.255 million in 2009), Correia ($750,000), Kouzmanoff ($432,500) and Adams ($415,000) will make if their statistics reach an arbitrator.
Bell led the National League with 42 saves. The Padres were 19-14 in the team-leading 33 starts made by Correia, who was 12-11 with a 3.93 ERA. Kouzmanoff set a NL single-season fielding-percentage record for a third baseman and was on pace to a 20-homer, 100-RBI season when he was injured. And Adams merely had a 0.73 ERA over 37 appearances.


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The Small Catechism of Martin Luther (popularly known as Luther's Little Instruction Book) was written in 1592 as a resource for fathers to utilize for the purpose of better instructing their children and household members. Luther's primary purpose in penning this catechism was to clear up confusion on points of faith that had been occurring in Germany due to the proliferation of Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed teaching.
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Officials say van-house fire was arson
MIDDLEBURY — The Elkhart Sheriff's Department, Middlebury Fire Department and State Fire Marshal's office are investigating what they declared was a set fire at a residence in Middlebury.
The fire department responded to a vehicle and house fire at 10:50 p.m. Thursday at Kia Marino's residence at 12353 Pine Cone Drive. A van that was parked outside caught on fire and spread to the house. The van was owned by Mitzy Hardesty, a relative.
Assisting at the scene were the Bristol Fire Department, the Elkhart sheriff's department and the Middlebury and Bristol police departments.
Four people were in the house when the fire started. No one was injured but there was severe damage to the house and the family was displaced, losing most of their belongings.
Kyle Swartz, fire investigator and paramedic at the Middlebury Fire Department, said this is the fourth set fire in the area in the last six weeks.
The sheriff and Middlebury fire departments had been investigating three fires that happened at that area on March 28. Between 4:07 and 5:41 a.m. the fire department responded to a vehicle fire at 53336 Palmetto Drive, a shed fire at 53245 Hilltop Drive and a house fire at 53162 Palmetto Drive.
Swartz asked anyone with information on any of the fires to call the Middlebury Fire Department or the Elkhart Sheriff's Department at 533-4151.


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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KSDK) - St. Louis County police has issued a missing and endangered person declaration for a Jennings man who was reported missing on December 29, 2012.
Eddie Johnson , 43, from the 5400 block of Jenning Station Rd. was reported missing by his mother two days after he left the home to go to the liquor store.
His mother, Ethel Simmons, became increasingly concerned after she received calls from Johnson's phone number with unknown individuals saying that he had been injured.
Johnson is described as a black male, 5' 3, 150 lbs., brown eyes, black hair, and was last seen wearing a hat, black/white scarf, green coat and blue jeans. He was also wearing a black medium length straight-haired wig, and is known to cross-dress.
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Rangers-Senators in review; Live Chat today at noon
Posted By On February 22, 2013 @ 1:07 am In Hockey,New York Rangers,NHL,Rangers Report | 254 Comments
Don't forget today's noon Live Chat right here. You can check in from the ledge.
1) For a team that's played just 16 games, there have sure been a a lot of them for which I really don't have an explanation.
2) I thought it was fitting, though, that this game was won on a whiff. The whole game was a whiff. But a large improvement over that disaster against Montreal … … … … … sorry, I dozed off again thinking about that game.
[2]3) Other than the staged fights early in the season, when was the last time any Ranger showed any snarl? I mean, some serious anger at an opponent? Last year it happened about 18 times a game, and the snarlier the game, the better the Rangers played. This team is different. This team isn't nasty. It isn't a difficult opponent. Maybe that will change at some point, but basically, the top six forwards (or seven or eight) aren't, as a group or individually, playing well enough, and the bottom six (or four or five) aren't as good as they were last year, either.
4) And part of that is on special teams. Now, with Rick Nash out for who knows how long (?) this power play looks like last year's power play, which was terrible. Last night, the power play was better than decent, even scored a big 1-1 goal.
5) On the other hand, the power play gave up one of the more hideous goals of the season, that short-hander. The Rangers, I thought, were fine to that point, and didn't react well after it. And it was just a series of breakdowns. I admit, I don't know what happened to cause Michael Del Zotto to lose the puck at the point (replays never went back farther than that), but then Dan Girardi took a run at the eventual goal scorer, went for the poke instead of the body check, and blew a tire. That led to the extremely rare breakaway from the halfboards, partly because J.T. Miller was coasting back, and it led to a goal because Henrik Lundqvist didn't/couldn't come up with a pokecheck to prevent the back-handed shot. [3]
6) The other half of the special teams, which was good last year, isn't nearly so good this year. That late power play, after the Rangers had somehow (with help from an injury to Craig Anderson) gotten a 2-1 lead in the third, and then Brian Boyle took a penalty, didn't take long. Derek Stepan (9 of 22) lost a draw, the Rangers got scrambly and both defensemen — Marc Staal and Girardi — went to their knees. OK, so it's 5-on-4 with two guys on their knees. Do the math. That's why I have always liked both Staal and Girardi apart more than together.
7) That penalty called on Teflon Chris Neil? Pansification. That's not a penalty. But I do believe it was the first penalty ever called on Neil against the Rangers? He did about 100 things worse than that in the playoff series last year, none of them called.
8) Some guys got banged up, too. We don't know what's up with Arron Asham, we don't know what happened to Michael Del Zotto. Brad Richards got beat up a bit (he's become an easy target). Minus Nash, it's getting pretty thin. That guy Marc Methot caused a whole bunch of black-and-blues, including the Del Zotto injury and the one to his own goalie when he tripped the flying Chris Kreider into the net. [4]
9) I thought Miller and Kreider both made at least one really bad play, but otherwise were pretty good, especially Kreider.
10) Henrik Lundqvist ultimately was responsible for the Bettman Bonus Point for Losing. And the post behind Ben Bishop (Marian Gaborik in OT, Kreider in the Breakaway Contest After The Hockey Game Ends) was responsible for the Rangers not getting two. Not saying they deserved two, but they could have had two.
11) I support and admire the Garden of Dreams, and I usually buy one of those raffle tickets for $100. But I don't understand why there are only 15 items available for the raffle. Why not make it 100 items? Give everybody a much better chance to win something, you'd probably double the number of tickets sold. I've been involved in some charity raffles, and it always seems that the more stuff you raffle, the more tickets you sell. And it's not like it costs much to get jersey or a stick or a puck autographed by a player.
12) Going back to this whole "this team is different; this team isn't rugged enough" theory of mine. They didn't replace all the guys they lost with more rugged guys. They didn't. And though it was a great trade of Mike Rupp for Darroll Powe, now that Powe's out that's another loss of grind. I think they need to play Stu Bickel more, even if he only plays Matt Gilroy's single-digit minutes every night.
13) But the bottom line is that, yes, the bottom six aren't as good as last year's bottom six, and the top six aren't playing nearly well enough as a group. Especially two of the top three (Richards and Gaborik). Not even close.
14) Tell the truth. Would you not have felt better if that game ended in a tie after overtime, one point apiece?
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My Three Rangers Stars:
1. Ryan Callahan.
2. Henrik Lundqvist.
3. Chris Kreider.
Ranger JHW Three Rangers Stars:
1. Henrik Lundqvist-steals a point.
2. Ryan Callahan-Hank's partner in crime.
3. I just can't!
Your poll vote for Three Rangers Stars:
1. Ryan Callahan (22.43 %).
2. Henrik Lundqvist (13.27 %).
3. Ryan McDonagh (12.24 %).
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