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Bogen Cafe for college students
Bogen Cafe for college students :
Bogen Imaging is proud to announce a new education program entitled Bogen Cafe. The Cafe is a workshop environment offered to college students that explores imaging topics in actual situations that are rarely discovered within the confines of a classroom. To kick-off each workshop there will be an evening lecture that showcases the work of Steven Katzman, a self-taught photographer, author, and professor of photography at Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD), Sarasota, FL, one of the top four-year accredited art schools in the country. This highly motivational lecture will be open to the entire student body and the local photographic community.
Bogen Cafe - Workshop courses
The next day will be comprised of two workshop courses that have been selected by the college and is open only to the student body. The workshop will be followed up the next day with a program at a participating photographic dealer. The Bogen Cafe is a program that will highlight a special selection of products from Bogen and the program's sponsors through a menu of scheduled workshop presentations. The daylong workshops emphasize the importance of developing alliances with companies that are defined by their products and customer relationships. The co-sponsors include Hewlett-Packard Company, Hahnemuhle USA, Datacolor, Lensbabies, Adobe, Wacom Technology, and Rangefinder.
Katzman personal photographic journey
Katzman is a living example that corporate sponsorships can enable someone to remain at the forefront of digital technology. His workshops at RCAD have had fruitful results for the faculty, students and the photo department's digital imaging workflow. Katzman's first hand knowledge, expertise, and examples are valuable assets for this new program. Never losing sight that the journey is more important than the destination, Bogen Imaging and its co-sponsors are there to provide the photographer with the tools that enable them to concentrate on their creative vision, while Katzman provides first hand experience and examples of his personal photographic journey.
Educational workshops
Institutions and their students are at a point where they need to develop an alliance with companies that are defined by their products and customer relationships. Katzman believes that the relationship can continue to be developed, creating new markets in the educational environments, perpetuated by associated resellers and their customer base. With educational workshops at the site of the institutions/resellers, such a relationship will be further strengthened and solidified, enabling students to become users of the Cafe's sponsors' products throughout their professional careers.
Bogen Imaging - Workshop Cafe Course
The Bogen Cafe intends to target 20 colleges and 20 dealerships per year for the next four years, beginning August 2007. Anticipating a reach of hundreds of photographers at each location, participating schools will be able to select from the Bogen Imaging Workshop Cafe Course Menu, regarding which specific programs they would like presented. Workshop topics include advanced lighting, location lighting, fine art digital printing, large scale pigment printing, fine printing, Adobe Lightroom, and more.
Bogen Cafe - Bogen Bux Gift
In recognition for achievement, each institution will select an individual scholarship recipient. The scholarship recipient will have a selection of their work profiled on the Cafe website. Each scholarship winner will also receive a stable of equipment donated by the event sponsors, including a $1,000 Bogen Bux Gift Certificate good towards the purchase of Bogen Imaging distributed products; a copy of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS3; a Datacolor Spyder 2 Pro colorimeter; sample packs of Hahnemuhle photo paper; a Lensbabies 3G selective focus SLR lens; and a Wacom Intuos3 tablet (4X6).
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• Steven Katzman; Developing a Personal Vision, While Negotiating the Interpretive Portrait, Thursday night's lecture, and Workshop
• Advanced Lighting; Creative Solutions and Possibilities (Studio)
• Less is More; Location Lighting with Portable Flash Units
• Bend it Baby; Free your Mind and Your Body Will Follow, using the Lens Baby on location.
• Defining the Social Landscape; On location at points of interest using available and portable lighting and edited in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
• The Digital Darkroom; Up to speed with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom.
• The Large-Scale Pigment Print; Creative Solutions using Multiple Captures, Stitching, and Sharpening for Inkjet and Prepress Environment. Including creating ICC profiles for printer.
• Portfolio Review; Shooting Strategies for the Personal Voice, Pre-visualization and Interpretation for creating the Fine Art Portfolio.
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• Bogen Cafe Fall Schedule of Confirmed Schools and participating Photo Dealers
• Art Institute of Florida August 23-25 Dale Laboratories
• Daytona Beach Community College September 27-28 Kingston Photo and Studio
• Foothill Community College, Palo Alto October 4-6 Keeble and Shuchat Photography
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• Ohio University November 8-10 Midwest Photo Exchange
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Michael Kors Brand Takes on Coach in U.S. Luxury Market (Bloomberg)
"Coach Inc. faces an upstart with momentum and brand recognition. His name is Michael Kors. Since the designer's company went public three months ago, his ambitions have become clear."
Ferragamo eyes growth after profits beat forecasts (Reuters)
"Italian luxury shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo is expecting 'significant growth' in 2012 after sales in Asia of its leather handbags and shoes helped lift full-year profits above forecasts."
Dover Street Market Opens in Tokyo (WSJ)
"Tokyo is already a mecca for cutting-edge design, but its fashion credentials may have just gone up a notch with the launch of Dover Street Market in Ginza Friday."
Mr Porter Launches Global Augmented Reality Fashion Hunt (Mashable)
"Men's apparel retail site Mr Porter, which we dubbed one of the three best personifications of the content and commerce model, is staging a mobile treasure hunt across five cities to celebrate its first birthday."
A Guide to China's Takeover of Fashion's Front Rows (Fashionista)
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One of my classmates in college says he has a license and some sort of paperwork to go along with it allowing him to carry on campus. I asked him where he got it because a) he is 20 and b) my chcl only allows me to carry outside buildings and events. He said his dad(federal corrections officer) got it for him. I have never heard of such a thing even from cops and he didn't seem to know too much about it other than his dad told him to always keep his gun on him.
He also claims that while living in the dorm his room got tossed because his roommate got caught smoking weed and the campus police left him alone because he had the papers with the gun. I argued with him about how if the school found out about it they reserved the right to expel him but he says they couldn't, so I left it alone.
Has anyone ever heard of such a license? And how did he get it?
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Kinda thinking the same thing but then again I could be wrong.
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Most likely he's a Mossad sleeper agent.
Does he sleep more than the average student?
What happened to the weed?
Hey Scott, nice Connie.
I have a black & white picture of one on my wall across from me, and another smaller picture under my desk glass. The one he sent me is the best of the three I look at on a daily basis.
Ok the one under my desk glass I don't see on a regular basis. But it's there somewhere.
I don't think he cared much what happened to the weed since it wasn't his.
Im gonna go out on a limb and say there's no way someone can issue a permit of any kind for someone else. legally anyway. The whole thing sounds fishy, and not in that tasty deep-fried sushi kind way.
Dude is full of shizznit.
Your friend is full of it. Not possible. Stuff like that goes on an individual not family.
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Japan Olympic men's soccer team manager Takashi Sekizuka has warned his players their stay in London will be short-lived unless they show more imagination than they did in Wednesday's 1-1 final home warmup draw with New Zealand.
Japan looked to be heading to the 2012 Summer Games on a high after taking a 71st-minute lead through Kenyu Sugimoto at National Stadium, only for Dakota Lucas to snatch an unlikely draw for the All Whites with virtually the last kick of the game.
But New Zealand coped with much of Japan's pressure despite the home side dominating possession, and Sekizuka believes his side will not escape a first-round group containing Spain, Morocco and Honduras unless his players mix things up and become less predictable.
"Our movement was very good at the start of the game, but after about 20 minutes the opposition got used to it and that made it very difficult to score," he said.
"Our goal came from a shot down the middle that took everyone by surprise. But then we made a mistake to give them an equalizer, and if we do that at the Olympics, we won't win. . ."
Defender Maya Yoshida, one of two overage players along with Yuhei Tokunaga on Sekizuka's Under-23 squad, agreed with his manager's assessment but refused to dwell on the result.
"We started well, but our passing became a bit monotonous and New Zealand learned how to deal with it," said the full national team regular, who missed Wednesday's game through injury.
Japan's passing game found a fan in New Zealand captain Ryan Nelsen, however, with the new Queens Park Rangers signing tipping Sekizuka's side to impress at the July 26-Aug. 11 tournament.
"I think they're an extremely strong side," said Nelsen, who led the full New Zealand team at the 2010 World Cup.
"They're always good at Under-23 level and they produce technical players, very dynamic, very creative. I always say there's not much difference in quality between their Under-23 team and their senior team. I think they'll do extremely well."
Japan's women's team fared better in Wednesday's double-header, beating Australia 3-0 earlier in the day thanks to goals from captain Aya Miyama, Yuki Ogimi and Homare Sawa.
Sawa is preparing to take part in her fourth Olympics in what could be her international farewell, but after missing games earlier this year due to vertigo, manager Norio Sasaki is pleased to have the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year returning to form.
"I really feel that Sawa is regaining her match fitness," said Sasaki, whose team plays Canada, Sweden and South Africa in the first round. "It was very important for her to score, both for herself and for the whole team."
Beaten Australia manager Tom Sermanni believes Nadeshiko Japan will be difficult to stop at the Olympics, pointing to the team spirit forged during last year's Women's World Cup victory in Germany.
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Champlain Longboats: Life Skills Through Maritime Experience
What is the Champlain Longboats Program?
The Champlain Longboats Program is an innovative boat-building and rowing program that partners the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (LCMM) with regional schools and community organizations. The primary goal is to develop positive, healthy behavior in middle and high school students at a critical time in their lives by exposing them to the innate team / self esteem-building nature of boat building and rowing. Initiated by LCMM in 1999, Champlain Longboats has two distinct but interconnected pieces: the boat-building program, an intense five-month project with eight students participating five days a week, and the rowing program which uses the boats built by the students for in-school education, after school extra-curricular programs, and community rowing. Over 500 youths and 200 adults participate annually.
From Tree to Boat
Champlain Longboat programs start with a visit to trees in the forest with the program's collaborative partner Vermont Family Forests, a county wide non-profit that promotes sustainable forestry practices. Student teams travel with a VFF forester to visit the forest and then participate in the milling and stacking of the boat building lumber before beginning the building phase. Following the process from tree to lumber to finished boat, students gain a vivid understanding of why it is important to be responsible stewards of our precious forest resources
Youth Boat Building
Students come to the LCMM boat shop five-days a week for five months to build a thirty-two or twenty-five foot rowing gig. Students learn to use woodworking tools, collaborate with peers and program staff, and understand what it means to function effectively in a working environment. They also keep journals, work out on rowing machines, perform research, and give presentations on boat-building topics. At the celebratory launch of the new boat, student builders give speeches. To see a project of this duration and magnitude through to completion is a new experience for all the participants. Accolades and positive feedback from the community and their peers reinforce the notion that they can accomplish what they set their sights on.
Teaching Skills, Building Teams, Changing Lives
Youth Rowing and Community Rowing
LCMM's very inclusive "you show, you row" policy helps over 500 youth become involved in the Champlain Longboats rowing programs annually. The youth rowing program provides a positive option for students who aren't inclined to participate in more traditional school sports. Extra-curricular rowing teams practice two to three times a week, participate in LCMM's two annual regional rowing races and travel to two youth rowing competitions in the fall sponsored by the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Massachusetts.
LCMM's youth rowing programs create a rare environment where special education students participate seamlessly right alongside their mainstream peers, without stigma attached. People are judged by how they participate not by what disability or diagnosis they have.
The Champlain Longboats Community Rowing Club offers adult rowing every week June through September. Community members sign up to regularly experience the beauty of Lake Champlain while getting a great physical work-out. Adult community teams also participate in regional rowing competitions.
"Our rowing family keeps growing, season by season, school by school, and race by race" --- Emily Morton, Champlain Longboats Program Alumnus


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Two Door Cinema Club: More Than Just A Sandwich
It's a well-known fact that most band names are essentially gobbledygook, but here at Rocks Off, we're trying hard to decode Houston's oddest monikers in order to find a little meaning.
Two Door Cinema Club is one of those bands that when you spend 15 seconds browsing their Web site, seeing the way their members dress, watching their videos, and listening to their music, all you can do is point and mutter out of the side of your mouth, "Would you look at these fuckin' hipsters?" "Move along, folks," you say to yourself, "nothing to see here but some beret-owning douchebaggery with no stank to speak of.
However, as your humble narrator feels that a minimal amount of journalistic integrity is necessary to justify our paycheck, we continued to watch the video for their song "I Can Talk" after the fifteen seconds it took us to form the previously stated opinion. Then our forehead hit the keyboard, spitting out a stream of m's and spacebars. We gnashed our teeth and muttered some swears in Gaelic.
Because we were forced to admit it's really, really, really good. Oh, it burns!!!!!
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And what the hell's up with that name?
"It was a mispronunciation of a local cinema called the Tudor Cinema," says guitarist Sam Halliday. "And so it stuck as it was a bit funny."
But like any other band name, the name's true purpose is to give a label to a lifestyle shared by the members. Two Door Cinema Club comprises the entire life of Halliday and Co., whether it's life on the road or in the studio. It's not just a club, but a family.
Now, for reasons best not gone into Rocks Off was never in any clubs as a child, a fact probably fairly easily deduced by readers. One kind of weirdo ends up a rock star; the other kind ends up sitting alone in the dark writing about rock stars. We decided to ask Halliday what rules Rocks Off would have to follow to join the Club if we were all nine years old in the band's hometown of Bangor. (Northern Ireland, not Maine.)
- You have to have never been allowed light-up shoes before - Check!
- You have to have some sweet transfer tattoos - Check!
- You have to know some dirty jokes - Check!
- Bypass rules 1-3 if you have a Sega Mega Drive. - Everyone knows those didn't really exist.
Well jumping Jim Jones on a jujube, we're in the freakin' club! Since we're now a fully fledged voting member of Two Door Cinema Club, Rocks Off would like to propose the creation of an official Two Door Cinema Club Sandwich. Mr. Secretary of Pirates and Cap Guns Halliday. Have you any suggestions?
"Three pieces of toasted bread to start. Meat only in the top section, so you can easily scrape it off and have a veggie-friendly option. Cranberry sauce, as it makes everything taste like Christmas. Nice salad, tomatoes and avocados, to make it seem posh."
Well then, let us consider this sandwich formed! Spread the word on menus nationwide that Two Door Cinema Club is one fantastical allamagoosalum!
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Four charged with hazing in VSU student's death
PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) - Police arrested three men and sought a fourth Tuesday on hazing charges related to the death of one Virginia State University freshman and the disappearance of another.
The four are connected to an organization known as "Men of Honor" that conducted an initiation Saturday that required seven male VSU students to walk through the swift, rain-swollen Appomattox River, police said.
While some were pulled to safety, two were swept away by the rapids.
The body of one, identified Tuesday as Marvell Edmonson, 19, of Portsmouth, was recovered Monday. The search continued Tuesday for the second, Jauwan M. Holmes, 19, of Newport News.
Chesterfield County police said the three in custody are: James A. Mackey Sr., 35, of suburban Richmond; Eriq K. Benson, 19, of Quinton; and Cory D. Baytop, 26, of Newport News. Each has been charged with five counts of hazing. Police were seeking Charles E. Zollicoffer II, 29. An address was not provided.
Benson and Baytop are VSU students.
Benson's attorney did not immediately return a telephone message. It was not clear if the other suspects had attorneys.
Police Lt. Randy Horowitz described Men of Honor as a social club or "group whose mission is to build the character of young men." He said he was not familiar with the organization beyond that, and said it was not sanctioned by VSU.
The historically black university has about 6,000 students in Ettrick, about 25 miles south of Richmond. A message left with a school spokesman was not immediately returned.


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Boston • Jacqueline Kennedy's letters to an Irish priest written over a 14-year correspondence have revealed new details about the closely guarded thoughts of the fiercely private former first lady, including her questions of faith following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The more than 30 letters, first reported in The Irish Times, were written to the Rev. Joseph Leonard and discovered hidden at All Hallows College in Dublin this year.
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Tlokwe, North West - The national ANC on Tuesday welcomed the re-instatement of Maphetle Maphetle as mayor of the Tlokwe municipality in the North West.
"The African National Congress (ANC) welcomes the Tlokwe municipal councillors' (move) for the rectification of a mistake which led to the removal of an ANC mayor..." ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said in a statement.
Maphetle reclaimed the seat he lost to Democratic Alliance member Annette Combrink after he won by 31 votes to 21.
The municipal council passed a vote of no confidence in Combrink before the voting took place.
Fighting ANC factions passed a motion of no confidence in mayor Maphetle in November. He was replaced by Combrink Ä the first DA mayor in the province Ä when she defeated ANC candidate Lucky Tsagae by 20 votes to 19 for the mayoral position.
"The ANC is satisfied that the ANC caucus did the right thing by restoring its mayor. We hope that a similar occurrence would not happen again anywhere within the country because we cannot govern on the basis of trial and error," Mthembu said.
The party said it would investigate the circumstances that led to Maphetle's removal.
Meanwhile, the DA said it intended continuing with a court case on the ANC's no confidence motion against Combrink. The matter was scheduled to be heard by the High Court in Pretoria on April 29.
"The DA plans to continue with the case involving several irregularities in the tabling of the motion," said DA leader in the North West, Chris Hattingh.
The party criticised the ANC for allowing the voting to continue despite the pending court case.
"This decision shows blatant disregard for court processes currently underway."
He said the motion of no confidence passed against Maphetle last November was based on a number of documented allegations of fraud and corruption.
He accused the ANC of replacing Maphetle to cover its tracks.
"(We) believe that the ANC is resorting to irregular means to gain back power in an attempt to cover up fraud and corruption before it is exposed." - Sapa


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IBS Group Builds New Generation of IT Professionals with Master's Degree Programme
Nov 08, 2012, 07:21 ET from IBS Group Holding Limited
RAMSEY, the Isle of Man, November 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
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IBS Group has welcomed a new enrolment in the IBS master's degree programme designed to train professionals for the IT industry at two of Moscow's leading technical universities. The 40 students majoring in business software application will undertake internships at IBS to gain first-hand project experience, with the prospect of subsequently joining the company on a permanent basis.
Launched in 2006 by IBS IT Services, a subsidiary of IBS Group, the programme is run in collaboration with Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and the National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) to fill the most sought-after positions in the Russian IT industry. Students are selected by the company and the universities: IBS interviews every candidate, with successful applicants going forward to competitive entrance exams to secure a place on the programme.
Students who successfully complete the two-year programme receive a diploma from MIPT or MISiS, and most are invited to pursue a career at IBS Group. In the six years since the programme's inception, IBS has helped to train more than 200 professionals.
Natalia Yechkalova, Director, IBSAcademy: "The IBS master's degree programme is a key tool in recruiting young talent with expertise in our sector. We see the programme as a model for professional training geared to the needs of real business. This year, we are taking our efforts to a new level by adding the Information Business Systems Chair in the Business Informatics Department at the Higher School of Economics to the training programme we currently have with MIPT and MISiS."
The programme curriculum was developed with direct input from IBS Group experts involved in real projects, and a number of courses are delivered by IBS Group employees. It combines traditional and advanced methods and techniques, including case studies, business games, training workshops, vendor technology training, student projects, and computer-aided testing.
IBS has helped the universities to equip their facilities to deliver training in line with industry-leading technology standards, incorporating the latest IT systems and solutions into the programme. To fully immerse students into the practice of the IT business, IBS Academy gives lectures on a wide range of subjects, complemented by meetings with key Group employees and project leaders, tours of business units. This gives graduates fundamental and technology-specific knowledge in their areas of training, combined with a hands-on project experience.
About IBS Group Holding Limited
IBS Group is a leading software development and IT services provider in Central and Eastern Europe. Through its two principal subsidiaries, Luxoft and IBS IT Services, it offers a wide variety of information technology services, such as software development and IT services outsourcing, IT infrastructure and business applications implementation. IBS Group has business operations in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, the USA, Vietnam and Singapore. IBS Group employs more than 8,300 people worldwide. In the year ended March 31, 2012, the Group reported US GAAP consolidated revenues of USD816.3 million. IBS Group's Global Depositary Receipts are listed on the Regulated Market (General Standard) at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Bloomberg: IBSG:GR; Reuters: IBSGq.F)
For more information about IBS Group please visit http://www.ibsgr.com.
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Klonopin brand and klonopin generic both belong to the same benzodiazepine drug category. Both of them are used in the treatment of panic and seizure disorders. Though both of them are still used for the identical health care need, each one has its own individual characteristics and each one works differently as that of the other.
This blog discusses in detail about the working process of both brand Klonopin and generic Klonopin and how they bring a change in the ailment of a patient.
Brand Klonopin
Klonopin is a medication that is prescribed by major doctors all around the globe for treating disorders like panic attacks, seizure attacks and also agoraphobia. Klonopin comprises of an active ingredient called clonazepam which is also its generic formulation.
Klonopin was initially created to treat panic attacks. The drug had to go through a lot of research before it was created. There was also huge fund invested for the research and for obtaining a patent for brand klonopin.
Generic Klonopin
Generic Klonopin is called clonazepam and is used to prevent and control seizures. Doctors also make use of the drug to treat panic attacks. The medication works by calming the chemicals in the brain and the nerves that could be unbalanced in people who are suffering from panic or seizure disorders. It is also employed in the treatment of a movement disorder called akathisia.
This medicine is a tranquilizer and is used in large proportions throughout the world. Clonazepam was prepared upon expiration of the brand patent of the Klonopin. Many companies manufactured Klonopin with their own ingredients and some companies just mimicked the brand Klonopin.
Klonopin is available as scored tablets in K shaped perforation comprising of 0.5mg of clonazepam and unscored tablets again with K shaped peroration consisting of 1 mg or 2mg of clonazepam. Clonazepam appears to be as a light yellow crystalline powder and it is an anti-epileptic drug.
When are Klonopin brand and generic Klonopin prescribed for?
Doctors prescribe Klonopin either as brand or generic to patients when they complain of overwhelming panic attacks. Some physicians recommend clonazepam to patients to treat their seizure attacks. Sometimes, it is also prescribed for epilepsy or anxiety disorders.
Taking klonopin either in its brand or in its generic form has equal effect on the body. They differ only by their varied inactive ingredients. Each klonopin pill contains magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, and lactose and corn starch.
So what do you think you should be taking?
Well, the choice for either of the medicine depends on upon your condition and what the doctor prescribes. If you are looking for a lower cost Klonopin, then you can take the generic version of Klonopin called the clonazepam which is available at a very cheap price.
Doctors usually prescribe brand klonopin owing to its greater efficacy though both the generic and the brand klonopin are considered chemically equivalent. But you can choose whichever is suitable to your body condition.


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Hopefully someone can clear things up for me. 2yrs ago I got a possession of marijuana charge & was not arrested, but they did impound my car. Even though it truthfully wasn't mine, I pled guilty because the prosecutor said they will "relax" my charge. I ended up with a year of non-reporting probation & 4days community service. The judge told me if I completed my probation without problems, this would be expunged after that year. I called after the year & found out my record still shows the charge but was dismissed. Can I receive my CPL with this on my record, or do I have to wait the 8yrs? This is the only thing on my record. From what I've read I'll probably have to hire a lawyer to clear this up for me.
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Ground Game has created a beautiful black Jiu Jitsu Gi that celebrates the BJJ and surfing lifestyles. The "Surf Jitsu" is lined with a soft, comfortable rashguard material. Sublimated artwork runs along the entire interior, to the very bottom of the skirt and to the very ends of the sleeves (unlike other Gis which have interior lining extend only to the biceps area). That full-length sleeve lining results in a particularly soft feel against your elbows and forearms.
On the outside, the Gi isn't as loud or colorful but rather it's kept classy and tasteful. Small embroideries are located on each arm and high-quality woven patches are situated on the shoulders. Yellow accents and trim offer a nice pop against the black Pearl weave fabric, which weighs in at 450 GSM and is 100% cotton. The pants are also 100% cotton and made from a lightweight, breathable 10 oz. ripstop weave. Ground Game has again used an innovative drawstring system, where the string is laced through one continuous channel rather than the usual multiple-loop setup. Since the drawstring channel is uninterrupted, there is no chance for the string to get snagged or pulled, meaning your pants are more securely tied once you cinch them up at the beginning of the class or match.
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Yesterday I promised you a new drink recipe and so I'm here today to deliver on that promise. I came up with this recipe the other day after buying more pineapple chunks than I could actually eat in a short period of time. So out came the blender and I started poking around my fridge for something that could compliment one of my favorite summer fruits.
Pineapple Crush- the perfect summer smoothie
- 3/4 cup pineapple chunks
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup strawberry yogurt
- 1/4 cup of white chocolate chips/shavings
- 1/2 cup ice
Optional: Add a shot of rum to add a little kick!
All you have to do is throw all of your ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Who knew something so good could be so easy? I highly suggest bringing this drink out during your next outdoor summer meal. I promise it will be a hit!
PS- Looking for a different smoothie recipe? Here's a berry or a watermelon option.
PPS- Looking for a fun cocktail? Try the Will.I. Amaretto, or Grenadine Martin, or this frozen Strawberry Manilow!


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Purchase all Operation World products here: The book, CD-ROM, book/CD-ROM combo pack, DVD-ROM, and wall map
The Operation World team usually consists of 6-8 people working full-time on site, with others on a casual or part-time basis, either physically coming into the office, or cyber-commuting. We enjoy the dynamics of being a small team in a larger organization.
We are based at the UK Headquarters of WEC in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, just on the edge of London. There are many WEC departments based here at Bulstrode; we are just one!
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There are several different ways you could come over and help. Duration could be anything from long-term (several years) to short-term (1-2 years) to several weeks. Each has its own way of cutting through all the red tape between you and here!
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By Steve Persall
Times Film Critic
Tampa Bay movie fans can take a road trip to Sarasota or Central Florida this weekend for the opening weekends of two film festivals running through April 17.
Sarasota Film Festival
The Sarasota Film Festival kicks off Friday at the Sarasota Opera House with only one: Andrew Rossi's documentary Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times. Tickets are $25, available at the festival's website (sarasotafilmfestival.com).
For an extra $75, you can join the posh after party, and that ticket stub will save half ($10) on admission to the after-after party at Michael's on East restaurant.
Things get more practical Saturday and Sunday, when Regal Hollywood 20, 1993 Main St., takes over as the festival's main cinematic venue. Tickets are $12 for most screenings.
With more than 180 features, documentaries, shorts and student works presented — and tickets selling quickly — you're encouraged to do your homework and purchase online before making the drive to Sarasota. This year's lineup includes new works by Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris (Tabloid) and Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer (3).
This year's biggest names — Academy Award winner Geena Davis and enduring actor Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music) aren't expected in town until next weekend. They'll hold public interviews at Sarasota High School's auditorium ($20 each) and accept honors at the Filmmaker Tribute Event and Awards Ceremony at Sarasota Opera House (7 p.m. April 16, $25).
Plummer's latest role in Beginners, co-starring Ewan McGregor, is the festival's closing-night presentation April 17 at Hollywood 20. Tickets are $25.
Festival sidebars are dedicated to Jewish culture, women's issues and the Hollywood blacklist, with panel discussions and representative films.
One special event with local ties is Sunday's 12:45 p.m. presentation of The Secret World of Recovery, produced by University of Tampa professor Tom Garrett. That film will be shown at Van Wezel Performance Arts Hall as part of Recovery Awareness and Prevention Day. Admission is free.
Florida Film Festival
The 20th annual Florida Film Festival begins Friday with a sold-out 7 p.m. screening of Project Nim, chronicling the life of a celebrity chimpanzee in the 1970s, directed by Oscar winner James Marsh (Man on Wire).
Screenings continue throughout the 10-day festival at Enzian Theater, 1300 S Orlando Ave., Maitland, and Regal Winter Park Village 20, 510 N Orlando Ave., Winter Park.
Special events at the Florida Film Festival include an afternoon with Ruby in Paradise filmmaker Victor Nunez (12:30 p.m. April 16, $10), moderated by Scott Foundas, who started his film criticism and programming career as a teenage movie critic for the Times.
There's also an evening with Academy Award winner Alan Arkin (7:30 p.m. April 15, $30), including a screening of his 1966 debut, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
For complete information and tickets, visit floridafilmfestival.com.
Steve Persall can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (727) 893-8365.


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Carlsbad, CA, United States, 2006/05/01 - Sofizar has signed a multi-year exclusive agreement with M2Soft in marketing its Search Engine Optimization (SEO), PPC Bid Management, and Click Fraud Services to Korea and Japan.
Sofizar, Inc., a Carlsbad, CA Based company specializing in Click Fraud Detection Service and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) today announced that it will be offering its services in Korea and Japan as a partner of M2Soft. M2Soft will use its extensive and impressive client list in Korea and Japan to take on the Asian search and advertising market in a big way.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO), is the art and science of designing navigation, writing copy and forming online partnerships which allow target websites to rank high for targeted keywords that helps to increase sales both online and offline. While SEO is a dollar 400 Million industry in the US, it is in a very nascent stage in Korea and Japan. On the other hand, the search engine traffic across the board, is seeing a sustained CAGR of 36% in Korea, creating a huge opportunity for marketing to this traffic. Furthermore, with the rise of PPC advertising, Click Fraud is becoming a serious issue for advertisers in Korea.
Sofizar currently manages over dollar 12 Million in advertising spending for its elite customers in the US and UK. Sofizar's operations and R&D center in Pakistan allows it to offer high-value, high-touch search marketing services at highly competitive rates. The exponential growth of search engine usage in Korea and Japan makes search marketing critical to any online business targeting those and other International markets.
M2Soft, with its premier Global Reporting Tool Report Designer has partnership and contracts with some of the largest banks, Automotive and Consumer Electronics companies in Korea and Japan. M2Soft has a Korean and Japanese marketing presence, software sales force, and a reputation for quality. M2Soft is in a unique position to market Sofizars search engine advertising and technology to its fast growing client base.
We are very excited by the growth possibilities that the Korean and Japanese markets afford us said Ron Arthur, Program Manager of Sofizar SEO service. After careful evaluation of Korean markets and possible partners, we feel privileged to be working with M2Soft. M2Softs marketing presence, industry contacts and the quality of their team makes them an ideal partner for this exciting area.
We at KOICA evaluated Sofizars technology and its application in the Korean market place and came away very impressed says Dr. J. Jang of Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The technology and expertise provided by Sofizar is matched by the marketing prowess of M2Soft, which makes them natural partners.
One of the things that impressed me about M2Soft was their process of due diligence and evaluation of Sofizars Click Fraud Detection Software Zaralyzer as our core technology says Zafar Khan the CEO of Sofizar Inc. M2Soft took the necessary time, and flew in a large team of engineers to evaluate our technology and processes. We are very excited to work with the quality conscious team of M2Soft.
Search Engine Advertising is growing fast in Korea and Japan, and we are well positioned with proven processes and technology of Sofizar along with the first movers advantage says Mr. Eugene Park the CEO of M2Soft Co. Ltd. In the first phase we want to service our existing clients who want to target their services to the US market.
This comprehensive agreement allows Sofizar to help Korean and Japanese businesses extend their reach into the North American B2B and B2C search markets. Furthermore, this allows Sofizar Inc. to refer its existing corporate clients into the Korean markets.
About Sofizar
Sofizar (sofizar.com) uses its traffic analysis and pattern matching software to detect fraudulent PPC clicks. This click fraud software is adaptive, and stores patterns for certain websites as we as deviations. Sofizar, manually audits the accounts which are flagged by this software as possible frauds and then works with search engines to obtain refunds and credits against future advertising spending. Sofizar proactively looks for vulnerabilities in Overture and Google, in order to better protect its clients. As Internet Marketing Specialists since 2002 our experience shows significantly higher conversion rates with Organic search engine listings than pay per click, that is why our sister concern Sofizar.net focuses more on Organic Search Engine Marketing via Search Engine Optimization than Pay Per Click Marketing.
About M2Soft
M2Soft has over 700 customers in and outside of Korea, and the major product which is web reporting tool, Report Designer is applied to over 15,000 sites in Korea. The Report Designer is the most advanced report generating software that allows building of reporting forms that interfaces with a variety of databases in client/server and web environment. M2soft is expanding its market to Middle and South east Asian, as well as USA.
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What Should Be on the New CFO's To-Do List?
There's about to be a new sheriff in town—a new financial sheriff, that is. Jeffrey DeWitt, the former Chief Financial Officer of Phoenix, is almost certain to become DC's CFO, following Natwar Gandhi's decision earlier this year to step down. The city's CFO is one of the most important positions in town, having responsibility for, as Gandhi often says, "being a bean counter" and keeping our financial house peaceful and orderly.
The District's finances are strong, but DeWitt will have plenty to do to keep things that way. The DC Fiscal Policy Institute testified last week at DeWitt's nomination hearing, where he got an overwhelmingly positive response.
Here are the issues we think are most important for the new financial sheriff to keep in mind, beyond maintaining a focus on the fundamentals of tax and budget administration.
- Budget Transparency: The CFO should help policymakers and residents understand how the city raises and spends its resources, so that everyone can get involved in budget decisions. Unfortunately, budget documents often lack the clarity needed to do that. For example, officials at DC Public Schools routinely comment that their budget structure set by the CFO bears little connection to how the school system operates. This means DCPS cannot use its budget as a management tool and that parents have no way to understand how DCPS allocates resources to support their children's education.
- Budget Autonomy: The federal shutdown should make every DC resident fed up and ready to try something different. The good news is that voters approved a budget autonomy referendum this spring that goes into effect in January. If CFO DeWitt and the mayor and Council take assertive steps to implement it, a federal shutdown will never again turn into a DC shutdown. Beyond that, the next step in budget autonomy that DeWitt can champion is to end federal restrictions on how DC uses its locally funded reserves. The federal government should not be dictating when and how the city taps its reserves. Only the mayor and Council should.
- Scrutinizing Economic Development Subsidies: Gandhi championed setting a new cap on the city's debt, because he saw the District's debt obligations rising. DCFPI agreed, in large part because the District was making large investments in economic development projects through borrowing, without, in our opinion, adequate scrutiny to ensure that such projects made sense. We urge the District to maintain its debt cap, or put in new measures to assure proper financial assessment of economic development subsidies.
- Improving Coordination Between Finance and Policy Staff in Each DC Agency: The creation of an independent CFO in DC in the 1990s, while in many ways a good thing, resulted in the lead fiscal officer for every DC agency reporting to the CFO rather than to their agency director. Although many agency fiscal officers have good working relationships with the agency director, this has at times led to confusion and inefficiency. DeWitt should explore ways to give agency fiscal staff more encouragement and flexibility to work cooperatively with agency directors.
A copy of Ed Lazere's complete testimony can be found here.
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Eight different players scored at least one goal as the top-seeded Rochester Lourdes boys soccer team rolled over Caledonia 11-0 Oct. 9 at Rochester.
The Eagles improved to 18-1 overall with their 15th straight win of the season in the Section One first round game.
The Warriors (1-11-1) shouldn't feel too bad as the Eagles then beat Schaeffer Academy 8-0 Oct. 11 and followed that with an 8-1 win over Byron Saturday, setting up a showdown with #2 seeded Austin Tuesday night.
Caledonia goalie Devin Schiltz made 17 saves in the game for the Warriors.


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Hispanic AGENDA, 6/07/2014
(WJLA) - This week on Hispanic AGENDA! Although a majority of Latino immigrants express a desire to become citizens of the U.S., newcomers from Latin America have one of the lowest naturalization rates among immigrants. What's behind their hesitation to become American Citizens?
Plus, on the Roundtable…There's a lot of excitement over the upcoming World Cup Tournament in Brazil, but is the South American nation ready?
And then... How Latino leaders in Maryland are divided in their support for the candidates in the state's Democratic Primary for Governor. And, on People You Should Know: State Sen. Victor Ramirez of Maryland's 47th.
Don't miss it! Saturday afternoon at 6 on NewsChannel 8.
Hispanic AGENDA airs in English Saturdays at 6pm on NewsChannel 8, and in Spanish Sundays at 5:30pm on Telemundo Washington.
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New Jersey's unemployment rate has increased slightly, ending a run of four consecutive months of improvement.
The state Labor Department announced Thursday that the unemployment rate for June was 8.7 percent, one-tenth of a point higher than in May.
Officials said the rate increase came largely because more residents, including new college graduates, looked for jobs.
The department, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, said New Jersey added 4,600 non-farm jobs in June.
The biggest gains came in leisure and hospitality and in the public sector, where the state government added 2,300 jobs, many of them seasonal. Local and federal governments also added workers. There were reductions in the number of workers in trade, transportation, utilities, information and manufacturing.
Data from May were also revised to show more job growth in that month than previously reported. The revised statistics show the state added 17,600 private sector jobs in May, 3,300 more than previously reported.
There has also been some less encouraging news for New Jersey. For the first full week of July, the state led the nation in the number of new unemployment claims.
The national unemployment rate for June was 7.6 percent, the same as May.


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Checking for Memory Overwrites
Visual Studio 2008
If you get an access violation on a call to a heap manipulation function, it is possible that your program has corrupted the heap. A common symptom of this situation would be:
Access Violation in _searchseg
The _heapchk function is available in both debug and release builds (Windows NT only) for verifying the integrity of the run time library heap. You can use _heapchk in much the same way as the AfxCheckMemory function to isolate a heap overwrite, for example:
if(_heapchk()!=_HEAPOK) DebugBreak();
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One of the early settlers of Mission township, Brown county, is Owen Jones, who came to this locality in 1857, making a permanent settlement. Through forty-three years therefore he has been a witness of the growth and development of this region, and has contributed in no small degree to its material prosperity through his efforts in reclaiming wild land for the purposes of cultivation. Agriculture probably contributes more to the wealth and prosperity of the world than any one industry and Mr. Jones has been a leading representative of farming interests in northeastern Kansas.
A native of Wales, he was born February 2, 1828, a son of William and Catherine (Owen) Jones, both of whom were natives of Wales. In their family were four children: Owen; John, who resides in Wales; Ellen, a resident of London, England; and Glyodyne. The father was a farmer by occupation and died at the age of fifty years, while his wife passed away at the age of seventy-four years.
Owen Jones, of this review, spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and was early trained to habits of industry, thrift, economy and honesty, -- qualities which have secured him success in his later life. In February, 1852, he was united in marriage to Miss Williams, a native of Wales and a daughter of Richard and Anne (Jones) Williams and a lady of intelligence, who has been to her husband a faithful companion and helpmeet in the journey of life. Her parents always resided in Wales, where the father died at the age of seventy-seven years, the mother when eighty-nine years of age. They had a family of eight children, namely: William and Reece, both of whom are now deceased; Richard, a resident of Elgin, Illinois; John, who has also passed away; Ellen; Catherine and Ann, who are living in Wales; and Mrs. Jones.
In 1852 the subject of this review bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed from Liverpool for New York city, six weeks having passed ere the voyage was terminated. He went to Utica, New York, where he had friends and relatives living, and spent two and a half years in that city. Subsequently he journeyed westward to Linn county, Iowa, locating in Mount Vernon, whence he removed to the vicinity of Winterset, Madison county, where he remained for more than two years. He then started on an overland trip to Kansas with two yoke of steers, four cows and his household goods. He built a sod house, after a time built a log house and in 1883 erected his present modern and commodious residence. He has been very successful in his farming operations and has made judicious investments in land, so that he now owns twelve hundred and eighty acres in Brown county. His home farm is nicely stocked with a high grade of cattle and horses and he is now one of the most successful cattle breeders and raisers in the county.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been born seven children, namely: William, who is engaged in the real estate and loan business in Kansas City; Catherine, who became the wife of William Ryherd, of Atchison county, Kansas; Richard, who is engaged in the banking business at Everest, Kansas; Lincoln, a resident farmer of Atchison county; Owen, at home; Greeley, of Grove City, Kansas, where he is engaged in banking; and George, who follows agricultural pursuits in Atchison county.
In politics Mr. Jones is independent, preferring to vote for the best men, regardless of party affiliations. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge and is a citizen of sterling worth. He has passed the allotted span of three-score years and ten, having attained the age of seventy-two years, and is regarded as one of the most honored and respected citizens of the community, having won prosperity through straightforward methods, keen business judgment and diligent application.
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Darren Bent: Aston Villa will fight way out of relegation battle
Darren Bent has no doubt Aston Villa have the right mentality to fight their way out of relegation trouble.
And the in-form England striker believes those qualities were plain to see at Everton on Saturday, even though Gerard Houllier 's men failed to hold on for victory in an eventful Premier League contest.
Villa have slipped back into the scrap to avoid the drop in the past month with a run of poor form which has come amid reports of dressing-room unrest and dissatisfaction with under-pressure boss Houllier.
The crisis looked like deepening as Leon Osman punished Villa for a slow start at Goodison Park by putting Everton ahead, but Bent turned the match with a second-half double – the second after Jermaine Beckford 's effort for the hosts was disallowed despite seemingly crossing the line.
It was not enough for victory as Leighton Baines equalised with a late penalty, but record-signing Bent is convinced it was a step in the right direction after successive defeats.
The 27-year-old said: 'It was a good result. It was a disappointment after how hard we worked in the second half, coming out of the blocks as fast as we did. But the main thing is we picked up a point and we'll kick on.
'It didn't look like a penalty but you have to deal with it. We believe in our ability and if we keep playing well and showing the kind of performance we did in the second half, I'm sure we'll be fine.'
Bent's brace took his tally for Villa to five since his January move from Sunderland and maintained his form after scoring for England last week.
But he added: 'It is not really about me being the star. It is about us being a team, picking up the points.'


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Qualifying for the king of ultra events – the famous Ironman triathlon in Hawai'i – is no easy task.
But 60-year-old Liz Sponagle pounded through the half-tri course on the big island in the Ironman Hawai'i 70.3 last weekend, finishing in 5 hours, 48 minutes and 21 seconds to easily win her age group and qualify for the Ironman Hawai'i National World Championship on Oct. 11.
A relative newcomer to the sport, Sponagle, who used to manage Santa Fe's Racing Hub store for 10 years, has been living and training in California of late.
"I didn't start doing triathlons until I was 51," she said. "I just fell in love with it."
But while in Santa Fe, she was known as "Coach Liz" by her devoted followers as she was the area's running coach for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training fundraising program for a number of years.
Those local folks "showed me great support," Sponagle said in a telephone interview from Hawai'i. "I'm still in touch with a lot of them and they were quite excited about my experience."
Sponagle also inspired her daughter, Santa Fe Prep graduate Kiara Glover, who watched her mom compete for the first time.
"Because I had never seen my mom race a big race before, this was a first for me," said Glover, who was a state champion in the 400-meter dash for Monte del Sol in 2008 and the Blue Griffins in 2010. "I was so proud to be able to be a part of something that she has worked so hard for."
It's something Glover said she can see herself doing once her career as a cross country runner with Fort Lewis College is finished.
"I would say yes, she has definitely inspired me to try a triathlon someday," she said. "For now I'm focusing on my cross country running for my college but, eventually, once I'm done with school, I think it will be good to try something new. At least I know I'll have an amazing coach."
The race helped forge a special mother-daughter bond, Glover said.
"Seeing her come through transitions with a smile on her face was a great experience," she said. "As an athlete myself, I know the pain you can feel out there is tough, but she made it seem easy."
For her part, Sponagle said she's glad she was able to inspire her daughter. "I'm excited that she's interested in doing this," she said. "She's a terrific athlete."
Although she won her age group by a whopping 45 minutes, it was by no means an easy feat, Sponagle said.
"I can't see doing this every year," she said. "It takes so much training and it's so expensive. I don't understand how people can go year after year."
But now that's she secured her spot by qualifying through one of the only two half-triathlons, Sponagle she is going to ramp up her training because, instead of the 1.2-mile ocean swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run, everything will be doubled.
"It takes so much work to get ready," Sponagle said. "But I won by so much that I just decided that I had to go for it."


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There have been a number of major pieces of federal legislation this yea;the HIRE Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the Small Business Jobs Act--creating tax opportunities specifically for small businesses. However, you must act fast to benefit from many of these breaks. Here are some key provisions you may want to act upon by the end of this year before these breaks expire.
Start-up costs
If yo-re thinking of starting a business but have-t made a move yet, now is a good time to act. The tax law lets you deduct in your first year of business the start-up costs that you incurred before you opened your doors. These costs can include ads for the busines' opening, fees to consultants for professional services, and travel to secure prospective suppliers and distributors.
Usually, the first-year write-off is capped at $5,000, with additional amounts deducted ratably over 180 months (15 years). However, for costs in 2010 only, the dollar limit is doubled to $10,000 (additional amounts must still be deducted over 180 months).
Note: Significant start-up costs (over $60,000) can mean little or no upfront deductions.
Self-employed perso's health care costs
If yo're self-employed and pay for your health insurance, you can fully deduct the cost as a personal expense, but still pay self-employment tax (the tax that covers your Social Security and Medicare obligations) on these amounts. For 2010, however, your premiums are deductible for self-employment tax purposes. If you have't bought coverage yet, you might want to do s'to gain both the health coverage protection as well as the tax savings.
For example, if you pay premiums of $1,000 per month, yo'll save about $150 in self-employment tax each month on these premiums. It remains to be seen whether Congress extends this favorable tax treatment after 2010.
Hiring new workers
While the decision to hire a new employee is primarily a business decisio'you must have a need for the additional help and be able to afford the cos'you may be able to reduce your out-of-pocket costs for adding to your payroll with a tax break. Under the HIRE Act, you can enjoy a payroll tax holiday through the end of 2010. This means you won't pay the employer share of Social Security taxes (6.2% on wages up to $106,800).
To qualify, you must hire someone who has not worked more than 40 hours during the 60 days prior to the date they go on your payroll. (You must have the worker sign Form W-11, HIRE Act Employee Affidavit, to attest to this fact.) And the worker cannot be another owner or someone related to an owner.
Bonus. If you retain the worker on your payroll for 52 consecutive weeks, you'll be entitled to a tax credit of $1,000 on next year's return.
You can learn more about these tax rules from the IRS.
Note: If you hire workers from certain disadvantaged groups, such as ex-felons and long-term welfare recipients, you must choose between the payroll tax holiday and the work opportunity credit. The credit, which is usually up to $2,400, applies for the hiring of unemployed veterans and disconnected youth only through the end of 2010.
Buying equipment and machinery
If your company needs to upgrade equipment or acquire additional items, now is the time to act. Usually you have to spread deductions for the cost of these items over a number of years, but there are two breaks to help you write off some or all of the costs in the year you buy them:
- First-year expensing allows you to deduct up to $500,000 of the cost of equipment (including off-the-shelf software) in the year you put the items to use (typically the same year you buy them). This rule applies for both 2010 and 2011.
- Bonus depreciation allows you to deduct half the cost of the items. This is in addition to first-year expensing and a regular depreciation allowance. This rule only applies through the end of 2010 (unless Congress extends it again).
Details about these rules will be in IRS Publication 946, How to Depreciate Property, which has yet to be revised for 2010.
Buying cars, light trucks, or vans
If you need a business vehicle and buy it rather than lease it, your depreciation allowance is capped by a dollar limit (in 2010 the cap is $3,060 for passenger cars and $3,160 for light trucks and vans purchased this year). However, because of bonus depreciation, you can add another $8,000 to the dollar limit. This means you can write-off up to $11,060 for the cost of a new car used 100% for business. This rule applies only for 2010.
Leasehold improvements
If you make certain improvements to realty you lease, or to a restaurant or retail establishment, usually the costs must be depreciated over 39 years. However, now you can write off up to $250,000 of the costs as a first-year expensing deduction. This rule applies for both 2010 and 2011.
Bottom line
Tax impact should never be the determining factor in making business moves, but it could be an important tipping point. With only a short time until the end of the year, it's wise to meet with a tax advisor as soon as possible to discuss these and other short-lived tax breaks that could be helpful in your business.
Barbara Weltman is an attorney, author of several business books including J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes, and trusted professional advocate for small businesses and entrepreneurs. She is also the publisher of Idea of the Day® and her monthly e-newsletter Big Ideas for Small Business®; both are available at www.barbaraweltman.com, and host of Build Your Business Radio. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/BarbaraWeltman.
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Last night, we were slapped in the face by Rock Night, and boxed in the ears by Gokey's attempt at a Steve Tyler howl. Allison decided that 17 weeks into the season was a fine time to throw attitude at Simon. But he loved it. The kids sang duets. Gokey was less than thrilled to be paired with Kris, while Adam and Allison owned the stage. Also, the set tried to kill everybody before the show even started. If at first you don't succeed, etc., etc. This is American Idol. Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning?
Ford Ad. To the tune of "Move Along" by someone I'm not in the mood to Google. As a Ford vehicle drives down the ever-present exterior set of Everybody Hates Chris, the Idols come to life from various forms of print. Adam leaps off a billboard. Kris pops out of a newspaper, then Gokey springs forth from the iron-on in the center of Kris's t-shirt. If farts had legs, they'd be Danny Gokey. Allison exits from an ad on the side of a bus kiosk. There are no people in this City of the Damned. The Idol gods have consumed them. Our four contestants run after the Ford vehicle in 2-D, like a squad of Flat Stanleys. I hope it doesn't rain, or they'll get mushy. Actually, I hope it rains. The dimensionally challenged Idols get into the car and drive off, as the horizon goes 2-D before them. The end.
Group Sing. Alice Cooper's "School's Out." Slash is on lead guitar; a Sasquatch in a top hat. He and the band are too loud for the Idols. I can barely hear Adam over the din. Adam. Kris looking like he's singing in his basement instead of on stage/national TV. Very relaxed. Danny acting like he even halfway fits into this scenario. Allison singing the "no more pencils" part as a solo, and randomly, wonderfully, shoving Danny in the chest. Now kick him hard! Adam and Allison wrapping up that section of the song, duet-style, because they are the Joanie and Chachie of this show now. Slash getting a guitar solo. Was he in that movie House of 1000 Corpses? Because he looks like one of those zombie-mutants who chased the girl in the bunny costume through the underground tunnels. (That really happens.) Did you know Dwight Schrute was in that film? It's a fact. The song ends and school is out.
Filler Song #1. Remember when Paula was on the radio, and making videos with cartoon cats, and shit like that? Well, if you don't, we get a clip reel of the History of Paula, just to refresh your memory. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but then so does Woody Woodpecker. Welcome to America. Anyway, Paula is "singing" her new song, "I'm Just Here for the Music." By "singing" I mean lip-syncing to a track that can barely be considered singing in the first place. She's all electronical-voiced, like Britney Spears or Cher on that one gay song of hers. Okay, no, the other gay song. Ah, just pick one, okay? Paula comes down the stage being pursued by paparazzi-dancers, as often happens in life. One of those guys is Benji from So You Think You Can Dance. Paula is just here for the music, she really didn't mean to turn us on. Hey, no worries, Paula. No worries. There is choreography, and it's not bad. Paula's good at that. And the dancers are very easy on the eyes (unlike those fugloids at Bravo's A-List Awards. I mean, I'm all for employing the homeless, but there should be limits with regard to the entertainment industry.) The dancers carry Paula this way and that. She don't need to stay in her seat, 'cause she's not gonna miss a beat, she wants to freak it. So basically, this song is about the stresses of celebrity and the internal dichotomy of fame vs. privacy celebs must overcome in today's all-access society. Or it's about a 47-year-old chick with a painkiller addiction wanting to shake her ass. I dunno. She leaves us with this message: "Live! Love! Sing! Dance!" (And always wear clean underpants.)
Filler Song #2. No Doubt is here to sing "Just a Girl." Um…they do know this song is 14 years old, don't they? Also, does anyone else find Gwen Stefani incredibly annoying or is it just me? It's like she thinks she's coming off about ten times cuter and more precocious and more fab-glam than she actually is. But she's really just a nuisance. At any rate, at least they're not performing their cover of Adam & the Ants' "Stand and Deliver." That is a a true abomination. Don't believe me? Check out Gozzip Girl on Monday night.
Elimination begins. Finally…
Seacrest reminds us that the Top 3 will go on their hometown visits next week. To prove he's not lying they show us footage of a bunch of Idols doing just that. Blake Lewis, Jordan Sparks, Little Archie, Bo Bice and other finalists not named Clay Aiken or Kelly Clarkson are all shown being worshipped by their hometown masses. Even Syesha Mercado gets some play. Who? I know. Really. Then Ryan tells us there are three chairs on the far side of the stage. Those are for The Good People. Whoever goes home is just an ass-face and they're not allowed to sit. The Idols will be selected and seated in random order. Seacrest really wants us to know that.
Allison Iraheta sang Janis Joplin. Kara called her larger than life and Paula called her fearless. I'm almost certain I called her a mush-mouth and said something unkind about her outfit. Allison can't sit yet.
Danny Gokey sang Aerosmith, and in a desperately jealous bid to compete with Adam Lambert, attempted an over-the-top scream that did nothing but shame him on the internets and, no doubt, on The Soup, come Friday. Danny can't sit yet, either.
Adam Lambert, looking like the Goth son of Dorothy Zbornak, sang Zeppelin. He got praise all around, which is nothing new. No seat for him.
Kris Allen sang the Beatles. Randy liked that he played guitar, and Simon didn't like it much at all. But you know what? Simon can suck it because Kris is sent to sit, to safety, to his hometown parade, and to the Top 3. Aces!
Idol Alumnus. Chris Daughtry was on this show for awhile, that time. He was the test model for David Cook, and got sent home even though everybody thought he'd win. But then he formed a band, called Daughtry, because fuck those other dudes playing guitars and drums in the back. They can get their own band if they want people to know their names. Daughtry, the band, became quite successful. Or so I'm told. Anyway, he's still hot in a gay porn kinda way, but musically? Eh. This whole Nickelback sound leaves me cold. In short: he, or they…? They. They perform their new single, and there you go.
Adam Lambert, shocker, is safe, can sit, and will be in the Top 3.
And, after the record-setting vote of 64 million, Danny Gokey is safe. Allison Iraheta is going home to no parade and no key to the city. No crowds and no performances in her high school gym. Nope, it's back to performing at Costco on Sunday afternoons, for the old people and the food-samplers. I can't say I'll miss her. This script was written weeks ago. There's a slim chance Gokey will get booted next week, but it's more likely we'll lose Kris, for a Gokey-Lambert finale. Tonight was Allison's destiny. Or rather, her density.
Next week, it's all boys, all night. Plus, Adam. Everybody sings two songs, one of which is "judge's choice." That's always interesting (the judges never like the result). Plus, another Idol graduate appears before somebody (Kris Allen?) disappears.
See ya then!
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1. True or false? Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is the largest of the three National Park System units that have "Dunes" as part of their name.
2. True of false? The National Park Service has placed a system wide ban on sandboarding, a sport practiced on sand dunes using equipment and techniques similar to surfboarding.
3. True or false? At Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, the Park Service lends special fat tire wheelchairs to visitors who need them.
4. True of false? Canaveral National Seashore protects the longest stretch of undeveloped coastal barrier beaches and dunes along the east coast of Florida.
5. If you knew where to dig into the dunes at ______ , you'd find a goodly number of junk automobiles that were intentionally put there.
a. Point Reyes National Seashore
b. Gulf Islands National Seashore
c. Cape Hatteras National Seashore
d. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
6. Most dunes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are properly termed
a. perched dunes
b. linear dunes
c. dome dunes
d. fossil dunes
7. Topping out at 123 feet,measured from base to summit, Mount Baldy is the tallest dune at
a. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
b. White Sands National Monument
c. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
d. Mojave National Preserve
8. Which of the following is a type of vegetation that colonizes sand dunes along a shoreline, holding the sand in place and eventually making it possible for shrubs and trees to begin growing there?
a. ryegrass
b. sawgrass
c. pampas grass
d. marram grass
9. The dune scarps seen on coastal barrier islands such as those of Padre Island National Seashore are usually produced by
a. windblown sand
b. storm-driven waves
c. vehicles driven on the beach
d. beach renourishment projects
10. All of the following have singing sand dunes (aka singing sands) EXCEPT:
a. Mojave National Preserve
b. Death Valley National Park
c. White Sands National Monument
d. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
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11. How can you tell the prevailing wind direction by looking at a barchan dune?
Super Bonus Question:
12. Explain why a visitor who walks on a dune at White Sands National Monument can expect to sink into the surface no more than a couple of inches.
(1) False. At just 23 square miles, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is considerably smaller than Great Sand Dunes National Park (132 square miles) and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (111 square miles).
(2) False. Sandboarding is regulated on a park-by-park basis. The general policy seems to be that this form of recreation is to be allowed on park dunes unless and until it is proven to significantly degrade park resources. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Death Valley National Park are two National Park System units that allow sandboarding.
(3) True. The visitor center at Great Sand Dunes has two wheelchairs equipped with special balloon-type tires. One is adult-sized and other is for children. (The adult chair is unsuitable for use by "very large" people.) Both wheelchairs require a helper to push them.
(4) True. The undeveloped beach and dune system at Canaveral National Seashore is approximately 24 miles long.
(5) c – Junk automobiles were once employed in dunes stabilization/replenishment projects on the Hatteras Island shoreline.
(6) a -- Most dunes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore were formed atop moraines or drumlins deposited by glaciers. Dunes sitting on top of (or "perched atop") pre-existing landforms are classified as perched dunes.
(7) a – Mount Baldy is the highest dune at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
(8) d – Several species of grass going by the common names marram grass, beachgrass, and bent grass, are able to colonize coastal sand dunes because they have creeping underground stems (rhizomes) that allow them to grow where shifting sands and high winds create conditions too inhospitable for other plants.
(9) b – On barrier islands, storm-driven waves erode the base of frontal dunes, creating a steep face (scarp) that can be many feet high in some cases. Dune scarps are typically "repaired" by wind and wave action.
(10) c – White Sands National Monument does not have singing sand dunes. Death Valley National Park (Eureka Dunes), Mojave National Preserve (Kelso Dunes), and Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve are three of the many locations around the National Park System and the world that have singing sand dunes. The sounds, variously described as roaring, booming, rumbling, squeaking, etc., are produced up to several minutes at a time as winds pass over dunes with dry sand of the right shape, size, and composition. The sand must contain silica. That rules out White Sands, since the dunes there consist of gypsum sand.
(11) Barchan dunes are small, crescent-shaped dunes whose ends always point to the lee of the prevailing wind. That is, the ends point in the downwind direction.
(12) The dunes at White Sands National Monument are composed of pure gypsum (hydrous calcium sulfate). It is easy to walk on the surface of these dunes because only the top few inches are loose sand. The material below this thin layer of loose sand is quite compact because the rainwater that percolates through the surface layer contains dissolved gypsum that glues sand particles together, creating a material similar to plaster of Paris.
Grading: 9 or 10 correct, rest on your laurels; 7 or 8 correct, pretty darn good; 6 correct, passable fair; 5 or fewer correct, nothing to brag about.


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The materials handling company TGW accepts the mentoring of class 1A HIG (higher informatics) at the polytechnic in Grieskirchen, Upper Austria. This way, the youngsters receive a specific insight of how their jobs might look like in the future. At the same time, TGW enforces the personal contact with the students and future, potential employees. Headmaster of the polytechnic, Barbara Seyff: "We are very happy about this cooperation. It is important that our girls and boys gain an insight into the practical parts of the job. This creates orientation and motivates young people."
TGW makes informatics tangible for students. Lectures about IT and automation in logistics are planned, lessons will be adapted according to the curriculum and programming exercises with practical examples from partner companies will be added. Excursions to visit TGW and other Upper Austrian customers are scheduled as well. Furthermore, internships are available and diploma theses will be accepted. Financial support will be given in the form of educational material and the visit of fairs. TGW Managing Director Thomas Berndorfer: "We want to show young people what IT is able to do with and in our systems and this way to excite them about IT and automation in the materials handling industry. Career opportunities at TGW are manifold for alumni of a polytechnic's IT branch, from IT development to project management and from specialist to area manager."
|The students of class 1A HIF (higher informatics) at the polytecnic in Grieskirchen (Upper Austria) will be accompanied by TGW throughout their school career.
|Due to this cooperation, informatics is made tangible for the students and they gain a personal insight into the subject.


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This topic contains 4 replies, has 3 voices, and was last updated by Bill Murray 3 years, 6 months ago.
March 1, 2014 at 12:50 am #92910
Are there any menu limits? I have a main menu that has multiple levels and I am having issue with all links displaying and I have to add the main menu with each save in the Customize theme navigation. Just trying to rule out all issues.http://Cruisedirections.comMarch 1, 2014 at 3:35 am #92922
Davinder Singh KainthParticipant
There is no limit as such. Checked your website, menu items are in reasonable number - nothing to worry about.
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Need Genesis help? Davinder @ iGuiding Media | My Blog | Fresh Genesis ThemesMarch 1, 2014 at 9:27 am #92939
Bill MurrayParticipant
@cruisedirections - I'm going to respectfully disagree with some of what @Davinder said. While I agree that there is no actual limit on menu entries, the more menu entries you have, the longer it takes for your site to load. The incremental time for each menu entry is very small, but if you have a lot, it adds up. Your site is fairly slow, with page load times over 5 seconds. Since speed is factor in ranking on a SERP, to the extent that you get business from organic search traffic, that slowless is costing you money.
If your site otherwise loaded in 1 second and you had the number of menu items you do, I would agree with @Davinder that your menus aren't a problem. But since your site is slow, one of the solutions to get a much faster load time is probably going to include reducing the number of menu items you have.
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We do managed WordPress hosting.March 1, 2014 at 11:43 pm #93053
Davinder Singh KainthParticipant
I completely agree with Bill 😉 ...yes too many menu items slow down website. But then this is true for every element - be it number of images, scripts, ad codes, fancy background and so on. My comment was in relation to existing number of menu items on CruiseDirections's website.
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Need Genesis help? Davinder @ iGuiding Media | My Blog | Fresh Genesis ThemesMarch 2, 2014 at 8:50 am #93071
Bill MurrayParticipant
@Davinder - I agree with you that you can have too much of all the things you mentioned.
The challenge is that speeding up a very slow site often involves reducing a little bit everywhere, because most people are unwilling to accept very drastic cuts in 1 particular area. For this site's menu items, it has some menus that go to a 3rd level, and it has both primary and secondary nav menus. All of that takes time to generate.
Menus aren't likely the primary reason this user's site is slow, but if one doesn't prune the menus, one has to take more from the other things you mentioned (images, scripts). Big menus like this also present big challenges on mobile responsive design, which this site isn't using. Personally, I also think the menus are a dizzying array of too many choices, and fewer choices would help guide visitors better. For all of those reasons, I think the existing number of menu items is too many.
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