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Located near the fast-paced hub of the City & creative buzz of Holbeck Urban Village. The Mint is constructed over ground & seven upper floors arranged around a covered naturally ventilated central atrium.The Mint benefits from its immediate accessibility to the motorway whilst affording occupiers easily accessible pedestrianised access to the City Centre amenities & the new southern entrance to Leeds Mainline Railway Station.
The office accommodation within The Mint is arranged around a dramatic light filled central atrium.
The Mint is constructed from high quality natural materials. Principally, the building envelope features Jura beige limestone masonry complemented by flamed and polished granite, zinc panelling and large areas of curtain wall glazing to flood the building with daylight. The facade combines the timeless quality required of a landmark building with contemporary style.
The office space affords the benefit of column free triple aspect accommodation whilst the internal aspect overlooks the full height atrium & offers maximum flexibility for occupier fit-out in either an open plan format or as cellular offices or a combination of the two.
- Impressive seven storey glazed feature entrance hall and reception.
- Internal atrium courtyard.
- Flexible individual floor plates of up to 1,488 sq.m (16,012 sq.ft.).
- 2.8m finished floor to ceiling height.
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- 4 x 16 person lifts serving all floors, with two being fully glazed to internal courtyard.
- Solar panel domestic hot water pre-heating system.
- "Excellent" Breeam energy efficiency rating.
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- Shower facilities.
- Secure basement cycle parking facility.
- 65 secure basement car parking spaces.
Energy efficiency is built into the fabric of The Mint. From innovative lighting and heating systems to improved thermal insulation of the building leading to fewer carbon emissions and reduced running costs.
As environmental issues become increasingly important, major institutions and occupiers are demanding energy efficient buildings providing a quality work environment.
The Mint offers 'Grade A' office accommodation.
The Mint has been designed as a headquarters building aimed at prestige occupiers and has been designed in accordance with sustainable building principles being:
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- Low Maintenance/Long Life Span
The following sustainable development criteria have been included within the building:
- Passive infra red lighting control to internal offices.
- High frequency luminaries.
- Internal and external lighting levels (in lux) as recommended by CIBSE.
- Metering in full compliance with L2 with direct sub metering of substantive energy uses within the building.
- Minimal maintenance active Chilled Beam system cooling with fresh air quantities greater than the minimum recommended by the BCO Guidelines.
- Chilled Beam installation designed for thermal zoning for flexibility of operation.
- Solar panel domestic hot water pre-heating system.
- Energy performance asset rating of Band B.
- Heat recovery in main air handling units.
- Zero ozone depleting refrigerant gas in chillers.
- Improved Air Leakage over the current Building Regulation requirement.
- Installation of water meter with pulsed output together with major leak detection.
- Installation of low water consumption sanitary ware and cisternmiser PIR control.
- Careful selection of the external building envelope materials in relation to energy efficiency, long life span and low maintenance.
- Improved thermal insulation of the building envelope over the current Building Regulation requirements.
- High performance external green tinted glazing installation with up to 65% daylight transmission. Installation customised to building orientation.
- Generous 2.8m floor to ceiling height with an overall clear width of approximately 16 meters to internal offices.
- Adequate provision of floor to ceiling space in basement to facilitate car stacking if required and installation of customised backup power generators to suit tenant's requirements.
- The building is located with good access to and from public transport networks for business travel and commuting.
- Substantial secure cycle parking on site.
- Provision of dedicated bin store for recyclable materials.
- Implementation of Considerate Contractors Scheme during construction phase of the building.
Named as the "coolest corner in Leeds" (Yorkshire Evening Post), the Holbeck area has asserted itself as a successful and unique destination to work, live and socialise, of particular appeal to the creative industries. With all the benefits of the City on the doorstep, it creates a village feel within asustainable community taking full advantage of the character of Leeds' heritage.
The Mint is also closely located to Granary Wharf and all its bars and restaurants as well as the southern entrance of Leeds City Station set to be complete by the end of 2015.
Situated on Sweet Street in the ever-flourishing Holbeck Urban Village, The Mint has excellent transport links with it being just minutes away from Leeds City Station, the M1, M621 and M62 motorways. Car parking facilities are in abundance with public car parking on your doorstep plus the provision for parking in the underground basement.
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1. Okra/bhindi/vendakka 25 nos, about ¼ kg
2. Onion 1 big, cubed
3. Green chilly 2 nos, slit
4. Tomato 1 medium, cubed
5. Cumin seeds ¼ tsp, crushed
6. Red chilly powder ½ tsp
Coriander powder ½ TBSP
Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
7. Oil 2 TBSP
8. Salt as required
- Wash and dry the okra/bhindi/vendakka well. Chop off the ends and then cut to 2 inch batons and slit the pieces horizontally making sure not to completely cut the batons into halves.
- Now heat oil in a non stick pan and splutter cumin seeds.
- Follow up with onions and saute till they fetch a golden brown color.
- Add green chilly and mix well, cook for 2 minutes and add tomato. Cook until tomato turns mushy.
- Next add the red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well to combine and add the okra/bhindi/Vendakka and give a good mix.
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World of Little League to Feature Items from Carl E. Stotz Collection
World of Little League to Feature Items from Carl E. Stotz Collection
The next year, on June 6, 1939, the first Little League game was played. Only three teams existed at that time, and nobody could know how if the program would survive past its first year.
It did.
It is believed that more than 30 million people in more than 100 countries have played Little League since that day. More than 170,000 teams are playing this season.
When the World of Little League opens to the public on June 15, visitors will find a completely renovated interactive museum experience. They also will find some items never before displayed at Little League International – select artifacts from the Carl E. Stotz Archives. Mr. Stotz's daughter, Karen Stotz Myers, was on hand to unveil these heirlooms at a news conference held earlier today at the World of Little League: Peter J. McGovern Museum.
"We are grateful to the Stotz family, particularly his daughters Karen Stotz Myers and Monya Lee Stotz Adkins, for making this possible," Stephen D. Keener, President and Chief Executive Officer of Little League Baseball and Softball, said. "Having some of the items related to the very earliest days of Little League on loan to the World of Little League will allow tens of thousands of children and families to see these artifacts each year."
Karen Stotz-Myers is pictured here with the first Little League base, and home plate carved by her father, Little League Founder Carl E Stotz. Both items are among donations from the Carl Stotz Collection on loan from the Stotz family.
- The first Little League home plate that Mr. Stotz carved from rubber he found in his father's basement
- A whistle he used to gather the boys for the first tryouts
- The first Little League first-base bag that was sewn together by Mr. Stotz's sister, Laurabelle
- The first catcher's mask used in Little League, and the receipt for it
- An early drawing by Mr. Stotz of the Little League emblem
- The first constitution of Little League, listing the Board of Directors that included the first female volunteer in Little League: Carl Stotz's wife, Grayce
Another item on loan is a uniform shirt and pants for Lycoming Dairy, one of the three teams in 1939. As the Great Depression was ending, Mr. Stotz personally visited 56 businesses in the Williamsport area to try to find sponsors before Lycoming Dairy's Floyd Mutchler agreed, saying "We'll go along, for the boys."
Eventually, Lundy Lumber and Jumbo Pretzel also sponsored teams in 1939. The fee for sponsorship was $30 per team, and collections were taken at games, but it was not enough. Financial records from the early years (also to be on display) show that Mr. Stotz used his own funds to keep the program going, and was not fully repaid until 1943.
The artifacts, maintained by Jim Myers and Karen Stotz Myers since Mr. Stotz passed away in 1992, belong to the Stotz family. The items on loan to the World of Little League are among thousands remaining in the Stotz family's possession.
Stephen D. Keener, President and Chief Executive Officer of Little League Baseball and Softball, addresses the media and Internet audience watching on Little League TV. Mr. Keener introduced items on loan to the new World of Little League. Seated is Karen Stotz-Myers, daughter of Little League Founder Carl E. Stotz.
The World of Little League will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., seven days a week. The public opening on June 15 will kick off a celebrations leading to the program's 75th Anniversary year in 2014.
More information on the World of Little League: Peter J., McGovern and Store is available at Little League's website is: www.LittleLeague.org.
Little League Baseball and Softball is the world's largest organized youth sports program, with nearly 2.4 million players and one million adult volunteers in every U.S. state and scores of other countries.


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A simile is a comparison between two unlike objects using the words like or as in the sentence.
" Over time, many similes that we use in everyday language have become clichés, for example, as quiet as a mouse, as soft as a feather, as green as grass."
A metaphor compares two dissimilar things suggesting that one thing is another, not using the words like or as.
"A famous metaphor is from William Shakespeare's As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII, when the character Jaques recites the soliloquy, "All the world's a stage/And all the men and women merely players."
I am a rainbow (metaphor), bright and shining like the sun (simile)
Both simile and metaphor are a figure of speech. But, the simile has 'like' or 'as' when the metaphor does not in order to describe the figure of speech.
Similes and metaphors are very simple but have a major difference and it's that a simile is a comparison between two things using "like" or "as".
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. ""I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression". It is also used as a compassion between two things without using "like" or "as". Another form of a metaphor is when a thing represents something or symbolizes something else especially something abstract.
In Simile object A is compare to object B and the quality of object B which is C is compared to A.e.g:
Her goodly eyes like sapphires shining bright...
Her cheeks like apple which the sun hath redded,
Her lips like cherries charming men to bite.
Edmund Spenser
object A=eyes
object B=sappers(blue color)
Quality C=shining bright
A simile and a metaphor are similar. They make comparisons. A simile makes a comparison using the words "like" or "as": Crazy like a fox. A metaphor makes a comparison also, but it is more direct and does not use the words "like" or "as": He was a crazed animal when he saw what had happened.
Simile and Metaphor are both classified under
"Figures Based on Similarity" :-
A) SIMILE :- A simile is the expression of an detailed resemblance between two objects which are originally dissimilar in nature. The resemblance between those two things must be distinctly stated with "like", "as", "such", "so", etc.
Eg:-The child shows the man, as morning shows the day.(J.Milton)
B) METAPHOR :- By this figure of speech, a word is transferred from the object to which it properly belongs to another object in such a way that a comparison is implied, though not formally expressed. High suggestiveness is a special characteristic of a good metaphor.
Eg:-He is the pillar of his state.
[ Footnote :- A metaphor differs from a simile only in form and not in substance. The point of resemblance is clearly stated in a simile whereas in a metaphor it is just hinted or implied.
Red as a rose is she - Simile
A rose is she - Metaphor
A metaphor can be expanded into a simile. Similarly, a simile can be condensed into a metaphor. Hence, a metaphor is an implied simile. ]
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Simile: A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor: A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by "like" or "as"


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As you continually seek to improve your manufacturing operations, elevating your maintenance team to excellence is a process that involves a variety of best practices. With what seems to be an infinite array of improvement paths, how can you get started?
Before you jump into implementation, successful processes begin with discussing which metrics are the most important for your organization – but that's just the first step. You need to follow up your objectives with tracking and measuring data while making sure that your goals align with industry best practices. It may sound like a lot of work, but with a few guiding principles it's easier than you think.
Join us for a February 15 webinar with Senior Manufacturing Advisor Paul Lachance who will cover data best practices that will create the most impactful improvements with manufacturing operations like yours. He will discuss a variety of metrics that maintenance teams should measure, what your goals should be and what they mean to your organization as a whole.
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NAIA Division II Women?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 8 (Feb. 24)
By Mike DeVader, Communications and Sports Information Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Dannisha Pierce of St. Thomas (Fla.) has been named the NAIA National Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Pierce was selected out of a group of conference winners for her performances from Feb. 16 – 22. This award is the eighth and final award of the 2014-15 season.
National Player of the Week
Dannisha Pierce, St. Thomas (Fla.)
5-11, Sr., F, New Haven, Conn.
• Averaged 23.3 points, 11.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 5.0 steals and 2.3 blocks in a 3-0 week for the Bobcats.
• The senior's high-scoring outing of the week came in a 91-64 blowout of Florida Memorial on Feb. 17. She recorded 26 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, five blocks, and four steals in the win.
• Her second double-double of the week came on Feb 21 against Webber International (Fla.), when the forward tallied 20 points and 15 boards, helping the Bobcats claim The Sun Conference championship.
• The New Haven, Conn., native leads Division II in steals this season (133 in 28 contests), averaging 4.8 each time out.
• This is Pierce's second national honor of the season (Jan. 6) and she is the only women's basketball national award recipient in St. Thomas history.
For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete NAIA Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Madison Coldren, Northwestern Ohio; Ashlynn Muhl, Morningside (Iowa); Destiny Tolliver, Bluefield (Va.); Samantha Rodriguez, Ashford (Iowa); Megan Klein, Dickinson State (N.D.); Abby Herb, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Laniecia Weatherspoon, Evergreen (Wash.); Jenna Farris, Kansas Wesleyan; Abbey Hengesbach, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Jolise Limcaco, Menlo (Calif.); Akyah Taylor, Saint Francis (Ind.); Deaundra Young, College of Saint Mary (Neb.); Catie Fletcher, Asbury (Ky.).
2014-15 Women's Basketball Division II Composite Award Winners (Schedule)
Week 1 (Jan. 6): Dannisha Pierce, St. Thomas (Fla.)
Week 2 (Jan. 13): Yolanda De La Torre, Robert Morris (Ill.)
Week 3 (Jan. 20): Akyah Taylor, Saint Francis (Ind.)
Week 4 (Jan. 27): Tia King, IU East (Ind.)
Week 5 (Feb. 3): Patrice McBee, Purdue Calumet (Ind.)
Week 6 (Feb. 10): Kelly Johnson, Point Park (Pa.)
Week 7 (Feb. 17): Deaundra Young, College of Saint Mary (Neb.)
Week 8 (Feb. 24): Dannisha Pierce, St. Thomas (Fla.)


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The Box Office:
As of now, Walt Disney's Maleficent is unofficially on track to open with around $60 million this weekend. At a cost of $175m to produce, the Angelina Jolie vehicle basically has to gross as much as Oz: The Great and Powerful ($493m worldwide) to make a real profit. Although a final gross close to the $396m haul of Snow White and the Huntsman would arguably put on the eventual path to profitability. In a summer dominated (per usual) with male-centric franchise pictures, Maleficent stands out not just as a female-centric entry but as a female centric entry that is just as "big" in terms of budget and box office expectations as the more boy-centric pictures of the summer season.
While Angelina Jolie is among the last old-school movie stars, she hasn't actually been onscreen in a feature film since The Tourist in December 2010. That artistic misfire, which also starred Johnny Depp, earned just $67 million domestic but a robust $278m worldwide on a $100m budget. That was preceded by her action vehicle Salt, which earned $278m worldwide on a $110m budget. Back in 2008, the R-rated action thriller Wanted scored a strong $341m worldwide on a $50m budget. When Jolie makes an explicitly commercial picture, she is a force to be reckoned with. Since she spends more time directing and/or engaging in her various humanitarian efforts than starring in major features, an out-and-out star vehicle for Ms. Jolie qualifies as an event.
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This one has a marketing advantage of being able to explicitly reference the original Sleeping Beauty animated feature, as well as the fact that Disney's Sleeping Beauty is arguably the definitive version of said story. The campaign has not been shy about linking the two items, with trailers that emphasized the notion of that film's classic moments being recreated in live-action, while also of course selling one of the biggest female stars in the world playing Disney's most iconic villainess. No one should be expecting Alice in Wonderland-level business. Tim Burton is a brand name all-by-himself and Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter was a classic added-value element. And Alice was the first of these reinventions, with the good fortune to be the first major 3D blockbuster after Avatar.
Maleficent has the Sleeping Beauty elements and Angelina Jolie's star power, but it's also lacks the vividly colorful imagery that dominated the Alice and Oz campaigns (director Stromberg was the production designer on both). A strong opening is guaranteed, but the rest will depend on how the general audiences reacted to the picture. Not to spoil my review, but I think the phrase "quick-kill blockbuster" sadly comes to mind. Having said that, what matters is that a female-centric would-be blockbuster can open to big numbers, not so much if each respective film has legs over the long haul.
The Review:
Maleficent is a mishmash of seemingly random scenes and incidents, with barely a story to tell and little to say. It is no secret that the film went through some behind-the-scenes struggles, with first-time director Robert Stromberg being "assisted" by John Lee Hancock and with copious reshoots that drove the budget ever upward. What's left is one of those behind-the-scenes salvages that barely resembles a finished feature. There are long stretches during a game Jolie sits or walks by herself where narration fills in the story gaps. In fact, much of the actual narrative is delivered via Janet McTeer's voice over. For a film primarily aimed at children, there is shockingly little narrative coherency and little actual onscreen dialogue. In its place is arbitrary doom and gloom that won't so much frighten children as depress them.
Similar to Ron Howard's The Grinch, this is an origin story of a famous narrative villain where the first half of the film is imagined back story in order to get us to the places we recognize. We learn, via plenty of telling but too little showing, that Maleficent was a fairy living in a world where humans and fairies were apparently natural foes. We start with young Maleficent finding first love with a young human, and their respective chemistry is the highlight of the picture. One arbitrary mass battle scene later, the king is dying while an offer of succession is made to whoever will kill Maleficent (now played by Angelina Jolie). Stepping up to the job is Maleficent's former childhood sweetheart who left for pursuits of power. He, now played by Sharlito Copley, is unable to murder his former friend. He instead commits an act of violence that is beyond foul even if it's not intended as a rape metaphor.
Maleficent's heart understandably shrinks two sizes that day, which in turn leads to a loose retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story. We still get the three comic relief fairies, CGI creations that loosely resemble Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, and Imelda Staunton. We still get the curse and a young princess growing up in isolation. The original Disney animated feature isn't exactly packed with plot, and this live-action variation offers little in terms of incident to fill in the lulls. The majority of the feature is Maleficent glowering from afar and/or a young Aurora (eventually played by Elle Fanning) playing by herself. The only moments of interest are those Fanning and Jolie share, as Maleficent insinuates herself in the life of the young woman she doomed in a moment of anger. Those moments, however fleeting, involve actual character interaction. That this might be more of a tone poem or character study than a plot-centric picture would be fine, save for the fact that the tone is dreary and the characters are thin.
Jolie's imposing antagonist probably won't scare kids any more than intended, but it's Aurora's monstrous father who inspires the most fear. Copley's king is a hellish ruler, torn asunder by the incidents that led to his daughter's would-be demise. We hear of the queen's death off-screen as a passing mention, as I guess the otherwise female-centric film couldn't be bothered with Aurora's mother. King Stefan is a character more at home in Game of Thrones than in a PG-rated fantasy aimed at young children. Both lead characters are consumed by misery and guilt while very much in the wrong. With no one worth rooting for, Aurora is a passive observer until very late in the game, Maleficent is a grim and sad fable with almost no joy and light to compensate for the overwhelming darkness.
The filmmakers may have thought they were making a "fun scary" picture along the lines of Return to Oz or Something Wicked This Way Comes, but Maleficent isn't scary or even all that exciting. It's not overtly violent as much as just mournful and patently un-fun. The visuals are often washed out and muddy. The special effects look expensive but they never look real. The picture is painfully stage-bound, as if it were intended to be a play but also lacking in any worthwhile dialogue. The film tries to have it both ways during the action finale, with a climax that offers a happy ending despite actions both past and present that would preclude that. I cannot find fault with the performers as they all do as much as possible with the crumbs they are given.
That the film is barely stitched-together with voice-over and duct tape would be more excusable if the result were at least entertaining and enjoyable. That the film is arguably far too emotionally and psychologically bleak for its target audience would be excusable, even laudable, if it were a better film. The story makes little sense from moment to moment, and the film feels like a clothesline on which to hang certain "big" or iconic moments. The visual effects aren't magical and the characters are barely sketched out (Sleeping Beauty herself is a barely more than a glorified cameo). Jolie gives a real performance of nuance and subtlety, but the film around her flounders.
It's worthwhile to see a big-budget blockbuster centered on women, even one where women are victimized by men and react by victimizing other women. But the Robert Stromberg's finished film is a shamble of stitched together parts that don't snap together, while the mood is sour and gloomy to the point of inducing pity for all participants. There is almost no memorable dialogue in what remains of Linda Woolverton's screenplay, and there are actually huge stretches with little dialogue or incident. With little entertainment value, thin characters, no real forward momentum, and a dismal tone that will depress your kids and possibly you, Maleficent just doesn't work.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Mayra Bazavilvazo wanted to do something unforgettable for her brother on his 19th birthday. So, in the summer of 2006, she gave him the gift so many of her friends from dental school at Boston University would give for a special occasion.
She got him tickets to a game at Fenway Park.
It wasn't just any game, either. It was the Boston Red Sox versus the New York Yankees in the late-August heat of a pennant race. And the seats weren't just any seats. They belonged to Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, whose brother was doing his residency in the same dentistry program as Bazavilvazo.
"If you're going to go to Fenway and experience it for the very first time, what a better way to do it than having it be a Red Sox-Yankees game?" Bazavilvazo said by phone. "My brother is a student of the game in every way, shape or form that you can imagine. I always tell him, 'You eat, sleep, dream everything baseball.' It has always been that way. The opportunity was too good to pass up. He loved it."
Twelve years later, J.D. Martinez will be spending many more days at Fenway. And as Boston's new $110 million slugger, it's expected he will create even better memories at the 106-year-old ballpark.
Martinez, 30, was exactly the player the Red Sox needed to add to their lineup. They finished last in the American League in home runs last season, and he's coming off a career-best year in which he went deep 45 times in 432 at-bats and led the majors with a .690 slugging percentage. And Martinez needed the big-spending Red Sox, too, especially with few teams willing to offer nine-figure contracts during a historically thrifty offseason.
But to hear Martinez and Bazavilvazo tell it, this union was preordained for reasons that go beyond prodigious home runs and an escalating payroll. It goes back to Aug. 21, 2006, the day Martinez turned 19. And truth be told, it extends years before that, back to when his friends teased him for wearing a Red Sox jersey in high school in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
"Oh yeah, I was a Red Sox fan at the time. They were nasty," said Martinez, who also identifies as a "Tom Brady fan" and, though he isn't much of a football aficionado, regards the New England Patriots quarterback as the best player ever in that sport. "That's when they had Pedro [Martinez] and Manny [Ramirez] and Papi (David Ortiz).
"I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez' on the back. I would wear it every weekend when I was in middle school or a [high school] freshman. We'd go bowling or something and I'd be wearing my Pedro jersey. My friends used to make fun of me. They called me a bandwagon fan."
Bazavilvazo, eight years older than Martinez, knew of her brother's fandom. He was a pretty good player, too. The Minnesota Twins drafted him in the 36th round in 2006, and if he had signed, he probably would've celebrated his birthday on the road with a rookie league team in Florida. Instead, he decided to honor his scholarship to Nova Southeastern, a Division II program in Fort Lauderdale.
Back then, Red Sox tickets were hard to come by -- and Red Sox-Yankees tickets were downright impossible. The Red Sox snapped an 86-year championship drought by winning the World Series two years earlier and were in the midst of an 820-game sellout streak.
Bazavilvazo had already purchased weekend Red Sox-Yankees tickets online when Victor Lowell mentioned his brother wasn't planning on using his seats for the Monday matinee finale of that series. Lowell need not say anything more. Bazavilvazo bought plane tickets and whisked her baseball-loving brother to Boston to see not one but two games.
"I didn't even know Mike Lowell," Martinez said with a laugh. "I mean, I knew him, but I didn't know him personally. I'm waiting to see him so I can tell him."
The seats for the Monday game on Aug. 21 -- Martinez's actual birthday -- were sweet: section 21 in the grandstand, just to the left of home plate. But before Martinez even walked through the turnstiles, he could tell there was something unique about Fenway Park.
"I remember I was like, 'There's events going on outside the stadium before you walk in? What the heck?' " he said, referring to the sausage stands and souvenir shops that fill the neighborhood streets around the ballpark. "It was totally different. I was like, 'These people are nuts up here. I love it.' "
The Yankees won 2-1 to complete a five-game sweep. For the record, Lowell went 0-for-3, Ortiz 1-for-3 with a walk, and Wily Mo Pena homered. Ramirez left the game with cramping in his right hamstring. Batting ninth and playing shortstop for the Red Sox: Alex Cora, now Martinez's manager.
But it was something else entirely that stayed with Martinez all these years.
"Kettle corn. That's what I remember most," he said. "The kettle corn behind right field, they would stir it with a bat. I was like, 'What the heck is going on?' "
Said Bazavilvazo: "I bet he's looking forward to having that kettle corn again."
Martinez has been back to Fenway several times over the years. He went 2-for-4 with a double in his Fenway debut on May 18, 2014, with the Detroit Tigers. In seven career games there, he's 12-for-39 (.444) with two doubles and two walks.
As one of the top sluggers in baseball over the past four years -- and now, one of the highest-paid outfielders, too -- Martinez can share a laugh with Pedro Martinez about the jersey that once hung in his closet. And he's eager to see Lowell, a close friend of Cora's who came to Red Sox camp as a guest instructor only a few days before Martinez signed his five-year contract, and thank him in person for those tickets.
Mostly, though, Martinez says he's ready to match the passion of the fans he met outside Fenway Park on that summer day in 2006.
Baseball is different in Boston. It's not for everyone, as big-ticket free-agent busts Carl Crawford and Pablo Sandoval can attest. Bazavilvazo can vouch for that, too. As a student, she lived in the city's South End and remembers Victor Lowell occasionally being bothered by critics "talking crap" about his brother.
"That's unfortunately part of it, but the pluses, there's no fans in baseball like it," said Bazavilvazo, who owns a dental practice in Newport Beach, California. "When he signed, basically I told him, 'You're not in Kansas anymore,' because it's a whole new ballgame, no pun intended."
And after seeing it from the perspective of the fans in the seats, Martinez insists he's ready for it.
"I grew up in Miami watching baseball down there, so you could see it from one extreme to the next," Martinez said. "It was like, 'Well, this is what baseball is about.' "


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Shanti Bhavan Joins in Cantor Fitzgerald
We were proud to have Padma Lakshmi represent Shanti Bhavan in Cantor Fitzgerald's Charity Day on Friday, September 11th.
Padma spoke eloquently and passionately on behalf of our children and their successes, along with Shanti Bhavan's Directorof Operations, Ajit George, and long-time supporter, William Collins, for the annual Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day. Padma manned the phones at Cantor Fitzgerald's New York offices, selling stocks and making trades, all in the name of Shanti Bhavan and the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund. This was Shanti Bhavan's first year at the Charity Day fundraiser, and we couldn't have been happier to have been part of this special event. Originally founded to assist the families of the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald and 61 Eurobrokers employees who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001, the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund has since expanded its mission to include hundreds of charitable institutions around the world, including Shanti Bhavan.
Meet Our New Preschoolers!
Our new batch of Shanti Bhavan Preschoolers are here! These 26 boys and girls come from local villages and towns surrounding Shanti Bhavan and Bangalore, in both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. According to Auntie Raji, Shanti Bhavan's matron of caregivers, the parents of these new children are happy to give their child a fresh start: "They are 100% confident that their child will be well looked after and become someone great!" The Preschoolers have now been at Shanti Bhavan for nearly 2 months and are adjusting very well. They are learning to introduce themselves in English, to sing nursery rhymes and songs, and practicing good manners. A day in the life of a Shanti Bhavan Preschooler includes a variety of fun enrichment activities such as PT on the playground, listening to stories read by volunteer teachers, English lessons, nature walks, and watching educational videos. It is an exciting and rewarding time for these new Shanti Bhavan children! Here is a little video of our kids practicing Rolly Polly as they learn English!
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We know that none of these accomplishments would have been possible without the generosity and support of our donors. No matter how large or small, your contribution will make a difference. Every year Shanti Bhavan pledges to support a new class of children as they grow to their full potential. Your contribution will ensure we are able to continue their high quality education, housing, clothing, food and medical care. The staff and children of Shanti Bhavan wish you a safe and happy summer vacation!


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Women who lust over handsome stars such as Brad Pitt may really be craving their immune systems. Their chiselled faces and toned bodies are a sign that they have more antibodies to fight off diseases, and women who fancy them want to pass these genes on to their own children, according to research by Abertay University in Scotland.
The findings suggest that women might be more attracted to men with high levels of the sex hormone testosterone because they have a healthier immune system.
Sexual characteristics in male faces are testosterone-dependent, but how the sex hormone affects immune function is unclear.
The researchers measured the immune responses of 74 Latvian men in their early twenties to a hepatitis vaccine, and determined the blood concentrations of testosterone and cortisol. They then asked Latvian women of a similar age to rank the participants by facial attractiveness on a 10 point scale.
The team found that men with a strong immune response had high levels of testosterone and were perceived as more attractive. Men with low levels of testosterone tended to have higher concentrations of cortisol, suggesting that their immune responses might have been inhibited by the stress hormone.


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Some of the apps included: Bruteforce Save Data 4.7, PS3 Get CFW Symbols 1.5.1, PS3 Web Debugger 1.2, PS3 FTP Client 3.2, PS3 Games Database 1.6.5,
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American Prospect Online – Battlestar Galacticons
A close look at the right's scary affinity for sci-fi foreign policy punditry.
Inkling Magazine – Have We Colonized Space Without Even Noticing?
What were you doing on October 30th 2000? It was a watershed in human history. Quite simply, it was the last time every human was on Earth.
Great, funny infographic.
Legendary Top Gear Camping Trip Episode
Exactly what it says on the tin.
A great thread on the future of the games industry, including this post from Mr Hoseley, which includes a fair bit of scuttlebutt about the future of the PS3, and how much the launch debacle will be costing developers.
Girls Are Pretty | It's Been A While Since You Saw Her Day!
Genius, and it absolutely nails a particular kind of man.
"What do you do when Karl stumbles into a bit of logic? For instance, when he points out the absurdity of photographing mimes."
Mark Cuban on "the suit" – (37signals)
"The minute you open your mouth, all those people who might think you have a great suit, forget about the suit and have to deal with the person wearing it."
links for 2006-11-01Standard
Stern Review: How Climate Change is Revolutionizing Economics
The commissioning, publication and effects of this report are the most hope-inducing sign yet that the challenges if climate change are being taken seriously. My hippy heart is lifted.
Could this commingling of comics and cooking transform Geoffoise into a chef?
Sometimes I feel guilty for cribbing from kottke so consistently, but he always has such interesting links.
So you want to be a games journalist?Standard
In response to an abysmal article on gamecareerguide.com which explores how to become a games journalist, a near-dozen of the intarwub's brightest gamehounds have doled out healthy chunks of advice-meat. Feast upon it!
Kieron Gillen's Workblog
Affectionate Diary
Tracker Bill
Richard's Online Journal
The Triforce
Mathew Kumar's Workblog
another little disappointment
World of Stuart
Dubious Quality
- Update: James/Pentadact goes all meta on their arse, and introduces me to the concise beauty of tl:dr. …link…
Becoming a games journalist has never really tempted me for two main reasons, I think. The first is that games are my hobby, and I don't want them to also be my job. The second is analagous to the reason I never wrote an essay or dissertation on Vonnegut – I loved his writing too much to let it spoil in the glare of detailed examination. Also, as some old friends pointed out over the weekend, I can be ridiculously idealistic still, and games journalism seems an industry particularly fraught with pork buffets and conflicts of interest.
Ah well, one career-path knocked off the list in the great life-hunt of late 2006. Only several hundred-thousand to go. Next on my to-be-considered list – fluffer.
linklog for 2006-09-21Standard
- Sony trounces MS & Nintendo in brand trust survey
- Questionable facts & how they go unchallenged – how to challenge them
- Lost Odyssey [360 RPG] – trailer & gameplay footage – looks like its based visually on the 1st battle from LOTR – Fellowship of the Ring
- Conjugate characters, not verbs – Charlie Stross talks about 1st vs 2nd person narration
- Kieron Gillen on Interactive Fiction – One day a game as well realised as Oblivion will be as well written as Dwarf Fortress, and the world will collapse into paroxysms of joy.
- Tom Coates ruminates on the perception of the colours of Mars which leads nicely to these:
because sometimes we all need a healthy dose of perspective…


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This section contains reviews of various literary pieces which belong to the 'Popular Fiction' category. It also invites reviews from readers who have read books in the 'Non Fiction' category.
By 'Literature' we commonly mean works by such writers as Jane Austen, James Joyce, Salman Rushdie etc. On the other hand, authors such as Agatha Cristie, Stephen King etc are known as successful 'Popular Fiction' writers.
Both these genres have distinct characteristics. Usually Popular Fiction is written, keeping in mind the masses as target audience. Thus such fictional work involves quite a bit of sensationalism and provides a kind of escapist entertainment to its readers from the mundane reality. Literature on the other hand is most importantly the artist's self expression. The readers' reaction to his work is his secondary concern. Joyce's Ulysses therefore is extremely difficult to understand without a guidebook that explains its multilevel connotations.
Characterization is usually flat in a work of Popular Fiction whereas, in Literature, characters are more lifelike and holistic.
Literature concerns itself with creativity and originality while Popular Fiction has more to do with production and hard work. Thus writers of Popular Fiction tend to be prolific. Agatha Cristie, for example published close to 90 novels and story collections over about 60 years. Emily Bronte on the other hand produced only one prose work, Wuthering Heights, in her entire lifetime.
At the same time, many Classics of today were popular fiction at the time they were written. The highest example of this would perhaps be Shakespeare's plays which were written for the masses with their share of buffoonery. These same plays have become classics of the highest order. Dickens' work has been a best seller at his time. Yet all Popular Fiction is not Literature. Each has a different readership.
Popular fiction again will have its distinct sub-genres like Action Adventure, Romance,Crime, Fantasy, Detective, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction etc
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Eating breakfast this morning at a local haunt I was stunned by the number of people txting while sitting at the table with friends. Let's examine this phenom and see if it's okay or not okay.
What are you saying to the other people at the table?
- I've got better things to do.
- I'm just not that into you.
- There's this one last thing I have to communicate.
- Just a second, this is important.
- This is the TXT I was waiting for.
What the people at the table are saying about you.
- What a jerk.
- I'm gonna toss that iPhone out.
- Maybe I should check my phone for more interesting conversations.
- Can I borrow your iPhone to watch some Netflix?
- Pass the salt.
TWO TRUE STORIES from my recent past.
A celebratory offsite lunch for the team. I was at a table with seven other people for about 2.5 hours. (It was one of those the-meal-is-the-fun places.) The woman sitting next to me was blowin and goin on her iPhone the entire time. She paused for each course. But blew right past dessert and was out of there just in time to make the important date she was txting the entire meal.
There was one other techie at the table with us who checked and responded to their phone about six times. You could see he was a bit self-consious about it. The TXTing woman never had a clue.
The sad part was the rest of us trying to make conversation. We were from different teams, that's kind of why we were having the lunch in the first place, and were struggling to get some collective topics going. BESIDES WORK.
Bottom line: the lunch sucked. The team spirit was crushed. The TXTing at the table crowd should be gathered at the same table so they can ignore each other.
Another work camaraderie outing. This time 4 of 6 people had iPhones and were literally playing Words with Friends while we were sitting listening to live blues at a club. (My apologies to the already-sad blues band.) I have a picture somewhere of the table. While they were trying the descrete-under-the-table-so-you-won't-notice method, it was sickening. I'm out to have a good time with them. I'm trying to have a conversation and listen to some groovy music. And "wait a minute" YOU'RE PLAYING A FKIN GAME?
So my request is to set your TXT on stun and put your ringtone on vibrate if we're going to be spending any time together. Otherwise, don't waste my time. I could be at home writing.
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Window Glass Repair
Over time, glass is going to become cracked, sills will sag, and panes will become less efficient at keeping cold air out. When your window glass isn't quite living up to your expectations, consider investing in window glass repair in Miami, FL. This will make sure your windows look great and insulate your home properly. Get in touch with a local professional on Miami window glass repair to get more information on the subject. They can go out to your home, take a look at the project, and then give you an estimate based on their measurements all free of charge.


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Having a good display card can give you the ultimate gaming experience, however, owning a NVIDIA graphics card could give you some more surprise goodies. For a limited time, Steam is offering 4 free games to all NVIDIA gamers. The games that will be given away for free include Portal: First Slice, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Peggle Extreme.
If you are a NVIDIA card owner, you can download these games for free by simply creating a Steam account, no purchase is required for downloads. Excited already? Then go ahead and create a Steam account, or login to Steam using your existing account and then visit http://www.steampowered.com/nvidia/ and follow the instructions to get your free game downloads.


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The science goal
We aim to better understand how heat and salt is transported from the Arabian Sea, how this water mixes with the freshwater from the river input in the northern Bay of Bengal, and how these processes influence the monsoon.
Why study the monsoon?
Over a billion people depend on the Indian Monsoon for subsistence. Too much or too little can be disastrous, but better predictions mitigate these risks.
Why the Bay of Bengal?
The storm systems that provide the rainfall for much of northern India get their moisture and energy from the warm surface water of the Bay of Bengal.
Research strategy
We will use a combination of ship observations, robotic submarines and satellite data to observe ocean processes at higher resolution than has been achieved during the monsoon. Computer simulations will assess the impact of these processes on monsoon rainfall.
Project news
FAAM aircraft flies past the BoBBLE cruise
It was a truly extraordinary rendezvous, combining a very ambitious flight and some great observations from the ship. A BAe 146-301 four-engine jet, the UK Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM), flew past the ORV Sindhu Sadhana yesterday, just 100 ft … Continued
Research activities
The observational field campaign took place in June-July 2016, with the research cruise during the Indian Monsoon from five Seagliders, seven Argo floats and multiple drifters were deployed. Observations of ocean temperature, salinity, currents and small-scale mixing, as well as atmospheric conditions and air-sea fluxes were made from the RV Sindhu Sadhana. At the start of the cruise, the FAAM aircraft flew past the ship, taking vertical profiles of atmospheric conditions to investigate the role of ocean-atmosphere interactions in generating rainfall systems, funded by the INCOMPASS project.
A comprehensive modelling effort is investigating the impact of ocean variability on the monsoon. This will involve collaborations between scientists in the UK and India to translate the process understanding gained during fieldwork into improved forecasts of the Indian Monsoon.
You can view publications linked to the BoBBLE project here.
Indian monsoon forecasts can be found here. A real-time MJO forecast can be found here.
Outreach activities
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Do you have musician friends who can hear a song on the radio, and then just sit down and play it on the piano or the guitar? Do you hate them and their good ears? The reason they can do that is because they can THINK musically. Thinking musically is called AUDIATION. And fortunately for you, audiation can be taught!
However, you must go back to the beginning, and retrain your brain to think musically.
AUDIATION STATION will take you back to the beginning, and retrain your brain to think musically, so that you can hear songs and play them, improvise, and make music your own!
There are 11 starter lessons on YouTube, with new ones added every week.
YouTube Playlists:
Tonal: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXfcUvl7qzNwy8_AZoIPJ3XXRrqvHYx9G
Rhythm: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXfcUvl7qzNxrIZSAz0cwFIie4l2ZfxNT
Andy Mullen is a teacher, folk musician, multi-instrumentalist, recovering songwriter, and lifelong learner. He has taught all levels of students in a number of subjects, and is currently a middle school teacher and curriculum coach in Burlington, Massachusetts. Mr Mullen holds Masters degrees in Music Education and School Administration, as well as certification from the Gordon Institute of Music Learning (GIML) in Elementary General and Early Childhood Music. He is currently entertaining Doctoral scholarships.


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I spoke too soon about this being a quiet week. Ended up at my desk today super busy for almost 12 hours straight with maybe a ten minute break to shove some food in my mouth. One of those days where you're trying to do two things at once while thinking about the third thing you'll do next and then you look at the clock and three hours just disappeared… phew!
This is one of my favoritest outfits. It's super simple (possibly borderline plain) but sometimes subdued and sophisticated are exactly what I want. Loves it.


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About The Course
No. Pronto Tax Class, with 45 hours federal and 15 hours California tax instruction, is the only tax education you need to become a paid professional tax preparer in the State of California. You do not have to take any other courses or tests to become a tax preparer in California, Pronto Tax School 60 Hour Basic Income Tax Course is all the tax education you need to get started.
Absolutely! We have served people from many states and even other countries. The 45 hours of federal tax instruction contained in Pronto Tax Class can help ANYONE IN ANY STATE get the federal tax education necessary to become a professional tax preparer. However, you should check with your state about the state requirements for tax preparers. Oregon, Maryland, and New York state all have state education requirements that you should inquire about before you buy Pronto Tax Class. But if you live in any other state, yes you can take Pronto Tax Class, this course is applicable nationwide and worldwide and has been enjoyed by students numerous states and countries. That's the power of the Internet!
Yes. You get a "Certificate of Completion" showing that you have completed a 60-Hour CTEC-Approved Basic Income Tax Course. You will need this Certificate of Completion in order to register with the California Tax Education Council (CTEC) to become registered as a paid tax preparer in the State of California. Note that before you can become registered with CTEC, you must obtain a tax preparer bond covering you for up to $5,000. We have set up a special deal for our students with our tax preparer bond provider, enabling our students to get a two year tax preparer bond for only $50. If the process of becoming a tax preparer seems confusing at first, don't worry, we explain everything step-by-step in the course and it is not hard.
Yes. There is no additional credential required to be able to do corporate tax returns--although of course we advise you to study up on that area of tax law and don't get in over your head. Also, if the thought of doing taxes for businesses and corporations appeals to you, make sure that you're on our mailing list so that when we start releasing courses specifically dedicated to business and corporation tax preparation, you will hear about those courses. We have a major business tax return preparation course in development right now.
We believe that Pronto Tax Class is the #1 best value basic income tax course on the Internet today. The main reasons why we believe we offer the best value of any tax course on the market today include but are not limited to: 1) our course is based on REAL-LIFE tax preparation tips, not just academic theories, this is because our course creator has personally prepared over 10,000 tax returns for REAL clients, and 2) our course is not horrendously boring like so many other tax courses, we strive to keep it entertaining.
For sure! Pronto Tax Class will provide you with a wealth of information about the tax system. If you are looking for a basic tax course that will get you familiar with all the various "loopholes" and "danger areas" in today's complex tax code, Pronto Tax Class is a great choice for you to build the foundation of tax knowledge that will help you all throughout your life. While our tax course was originally created to help people become professional tax preparers, we have had many students who have taken our course to learn how to do their own taxes, to inform themselves about how the tax system works, or just to get smarter as a human being (always a good idea in today's world).
Unlike some other tax courses, Pronto Tax Class is not about the company that's offering the class. Pronto Tax Class is about YOU!!! It's about where you want to be, what your goals are, what you want to do with your tax learning. Unlike some other tax courses, you don't have to sign any kind of "non-compete agreement" before you can even take our class. The education and credential you receive from Pronto Tax Class is valid to work at any tax preparation company not just Pronto, and furthermore we are widely-regarded as one of the best tax preparation courses for people that want to start their own tax company.
We have helped many people start their own tax businesses just right out of this humble course. This year, we took those efforts to a whole 'nother level with our new Pronto Tax Business Opportunity Training Program, this program does require an additional investment and gives you a tremendous amount of value including comprehensive training and support in the areas of Training, Technology, Business Set-Up, Marketing, Sales, Support, and Year-Round Professional Development. Go here for details on our tax business training program. Keep in mind you do NOT need to invest in our Business Opportunity Program in order to start your own tax business, however for people who are really serious about building a long-term business on a solid foundation, our Biz Opp Program has been developed to accelerate your success.
Yes! There are three main types of tax businesses: 1) part-time seasonal "supplemental income" type business, 2) full-time seasonal, and 3) full-time year-round. We provide training and pathways into all three types of tax businesses. We do recommend a "buddy system" for new tax professionals. Team up with another person early on, both of you take Pronto Tax Class, and then build together. That's a proven method in this business.
About The Company
Yes, we offer a wide variety of courses and training options at courses.prontotaxschool.com.
Think you have to have a college degree to prepare taxes professionally? But of course you need at least a high school degree, right? Think again. No education other than the 60-Hour Pronto Tax Class is necessary in order for you to get paid to do taxes. Indeed, becoming a paid professional tax preparer--especially in the State of California which is the best market in the nation for tax preparation services--is, in our experience, one of the best and highest-paying opportunities for people without college degrees or even high school degrees.
Pronto Tax School, Inc. is approved by the California Tax Educational Council (CTEC) to offer both "Qualifying Education" and "Continuing Education" for California tax preparers. Fewer than 100 names are on the list of CTEC-Approved Qualifying Education Providers, so we are really honored to be included on this list. The approval process to become a CTEC-approved education provider is extremely rigorous and guarantees that we are offering quality tax education. Pronto Tax School, Inc. is also an approved education provider with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and our course is valid in all states for anyone who wants to become a tax preparer.
About The Purchase
We believe that Pronto Tax Class is one of the best online tax courses on market today, but we also realize that our tax course is not the right solution for everyone. Therefore, we offer a "No Hassle" full refund within 14 days of purchase. Up to the 14th day from your date of purchase, you can simply contact us and we will refund your Pronto Tax Class fee. After 14 days from date of purchase, no refunds are available. Review the Pronto Tax Class Sales Policy Page for more information about our Pronto Tax Class sales and refund policy.
Please feel free to contact us by email or call the Tax Education Hotline at (310) 422 - 1283 and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have. We are real people who actually answer the phone when you call, or if we can't answer at that exact moment you leave a message and we will call you back. We are a family business with a small but dedicated staff, and we strive to treat our tax students with a personal touch. Call us if you want to talk, we are here to take your call at (310) 422 - 1283, let's talk and see how we can help you.
About Becoming a Tax Preparer
If you live in a state other than California, becoming a tax preparer is even easier than becoming a California tax preparer. But even in California, the process is pretty straightforward, and we give you step-by-step instruction in the course as well. But here's the short version: First, you purchase and pass Pronto Tax Class, then you obtain your Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), then you purchase a tax preparer bond, then you register with CTEC. Note well: you must pass Pronto Tax Class, buy a tax preparer bond, and get your PTIN from the IRS before you apply for your CTEC registration. Once you have taken those steps, you are now ready to register successfully with CTEC, and then once you do register, you will receive a Certificate from CTEC showing that you are officially "street legal" to do taxes for money in the State of California.Our Pronto Tax Class textbook gives you an exact step-by-step guide to what you need to do to become a tax preparer, you also will be emailed specific instructions upon completion of your course.
The way we look at it, there are three basic options for what you can do once you have your Pronto Tax Class education under your belt. Number one, you can can apply for a job at a tax company such as Pronto Income Tax of California, Inc. or any other company that provides tax preparation services (there are thousands of tax preparation companies, so there is sure to be one in your area). Number two, you can do taxes "on the side" for friends and family, keeping your day job and just doing taxes to save you and your friends and family money while making $3,000-$10,000 per year for yourself. Number three, you can do taxes "on your own" as a full-fledged self-employed tax preparer.In our view, those are the three main options for what you can do after you pass Pronto Tax Class. Each one has its good points and also its challenges. As part of our Pronto Tax Class student support package, we provide a good amount of information to our students about how to go about pursuing these options.
It really depends on the tax return in question. It's easy to do taxes when taxes are easy. A lot of people's taxes are pretty simple and straightforward, and tax software makes it even easier. Naturally, you have to know what you're doing with more complex tax situations, of which there are many (the IRS code is thousands of pages long after all). To be able to handle more difficult tax returns, you will need to gain experience and constantly educate yourself about tax law and practice. Fortunately, this is the kind of education and experience that can pay off handsomely, because remember that the more difficult the tax return, the more you can charge to prepare it. One key thing to look for as you are starting out as a new tax preparer is a mentor or someone who can assist you when you don't know what you are doing; this year, in fact, we will be developing a mentoring program where some students may be eligible for personal mentorship with a Pronto Income Tax Preparer--call (310) 422-1283 if you are interested to get on the list for personal mentoring.
We like the kind of questions you ask! As you might guess, the answer is "it depends." We have an entire section of www.prontotaxclass.com dedicated to "Tax Earning Potential," so we would encourage you to look there for further information about tax preparer pay. To give you the quick version, though, a good "unenrolled" tax preparer with a couple years experience will normally make about $20-$50 per hour during tax season. A very good tax preparer and/or a tax preparer who maintains an Enrolled Agent, CPA, or other designation may see his or her hourly pay go up into the $75-$150 per hour range during tax season. A top-flight Enrolled Agent, CPA, or tax attorney will likely make between $200-$500 per hour during tax season. Other factors that can affect your pay as a tax preparer is what company you work for, whether you are paid on commission or hourly, and obviously how many clients you have. For another perspective on tax preparer pay, check out this chatroom thread on the topic of typical tax preparer pay. There are "levels" to the tax game and pay goes up each level: Tax Preparer, then Tax Consultant, then Tax Advisor. Pronto Tax Class will get your foot in the door and at that point you'll be ready to break into the business.
You mean besides lounge on the beach? Here is an article we wrote that will give you some ideas about what a tax preparer can do to earn money after tax season is over. It's NOT hard to stay busy year-round and make money year-round if that's what you want.
You don't have to do that many tax returns per year to make a decent bit of extra income every tax season. The major tax preparation chains are charging right now average fees between $200 - $300 per client. Let's say that you take Pronto Tax Class, you put in the work, and you learn to do taxes for 10 of your friends, and let's say you charge $100 per head. So that would mean that your friends, as a group, would pay $1,000 for tax preparation, instead of the $2,000 - $3,000 they would have paid to their former tax people. This means that your friends would save around $1,000(about $100 per friend) and you would now have an extra $1,000 in your pocket. Plus you can hit up your same friends next year and do it all over again. If you have 20 friends that will let you do their taxes, well then there you go, revise those numbers upwards. Note that we are by no means guaranteeing you anything. You have to go out there and earn the business, and you can't automatically assume that all your friends will want you to do their taxes in your first year. All we are saying is that there is room in the market for affordable tax service, especially when you consider that many of the tax preparers at these major chains are not the vaunted "experts" they may claim to be, and are in fact new tax preparers making $9-$12 per hour. Nothing against someone who is making $9 per hour, we have all been there, but it is a complete and total fallacy to think that just because someone works for a big brand name company they are equivalent to a CPA.
Tax season starts on or around January 15th and ends on or around April 15th. At the risk of mastering the obvious, tax season is when income tax preparation work is most plentiful. Tax places will start to hire up in early January, and the major tax companies will buy millions upon millions of dollars worth of commercials, and the tax refunds will begin to flow. While there is some tax preparation work to be had year-round, by far the vast majority of tax preparation work will be done during tax season, from January 15th until April 15th. Here is an article about the challenges and joys of seasonal tax preparation work. As you move up the ladder into Consulting and Advice services your year-round work can increase. You can also add a complementary client service such as insurance, financial planning, or bookkeeping.
You can obtain a Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) online at www.irs.gov in about 15-30 minutes, at a cost of around $65. You don't even need any education at all to get a PTIN. In most cases, it's fast and easy to get a PTIN from the IRS. However, if you have unfiled tax returns yourself or are otherwise not "in compliance" with the IRS, your PTIN application may be denied. Pronto Income Tax of California, Inc. cannot be held responsible if you are denied a PTIN by the IRS. If you are concerned that you may be denied a PTIN, or have other questions about IRS-related rules and regulations, we would encourage you to contact the Internal Revenue Service directly at (877) 613-7846 to get answers to any questions you may have.
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Experience the best of Midden-Limburg
Find peace and quiet in amazing, green surroundings. Stay in a comfortable chalet, camping cottage or spacious Dalvik Villa by our beautiful lake. Our park is growing: we are developing facilities and in the course of 2015 several luxurious holiday villas will be added.
Narvik HomeParc Heelderpeel is located in the heart of the Dutch Midden-Limburg Maasplassen area. The park has a lake and a deliciously long sandy beach. An ideal spot for a picnic, playing and fun on and in the water on hot days. In the surrounding area you will find other lakes for endless sailing, surfing and playing.
Enter this amazing natural splendour: De Groote Peel National Park and De Meinweg National Park are ideal cycling and hiking areas! Explore friendly villages and quaint historic towns such as Thorn and Stevensweert and the friendly shopping cities of Roermond or Maastricht.
In short, Narvik HomeParc Heelderpeel is the ideal base to explore Dutch (Mid) Limburg.


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Friday 25 January
|Bellamya (1)
Bellamya crawshayi is a large freshwater snail endemic to Lake Mweru in Central Africa, where it is threatened by global climate change (1). It is a member of the family Viviparidae, commonly referred to as the 'mystery snails', which have a worldwide distribution. These snails tend to have a large, spiral shell, with six or seven whorls and a thick lip. The shell is usually dark greenish with dark bands and has a thick, horny disc covering the opening (2) (3).
Owing to its rarity, little is known about the specific biology of Bellamya crawshayi. However, snails of the family Viviparidae tend to be suspension feeders, lying for long periods in mud with the mouth facing upwards, using specialised gills to filter food particles from the water. They are also viviparous (2).
Bellamya crawshayi is endemic to Lake Mweru, which spans the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1).
A freshwater species, Bellamya crawshayi is found on sand and mud substrate in Lake Mweru (1).
Bellamya crawshayi is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1).
While the population of Bellamya crawshayi is currently thought to be stable, this species is endemic to a single lake that is rapidly decreasing in size as a result of environmental changes, including global climate change. Lake Mweru is increasingly drying out and becoming shallower, and may in fact be completely dry within the next 50 years. The lake is currently only around three metres deep on average, but when it reaches between one and two metres in depth, monsoon rains mix the mud and water, resulting in increases in salinity and a decrease in oxygen levels. Bellamya crawshayi is extremely vulnerable to these changes, which are already known to have caused the extinction of related species in other lakes (1).
Bellamya crawshayi has not been the target of any known conservation measures. Recommended actions for this species, as well as for other animals inhabiting Lake Mweru, includes population monitoring and research to determine how best to mitigate the threat of climate change (1).
This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact:
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