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The Cannondale Trail 7 29er hardtail mountain Bike. A mountain bike designed to raise your game and ignite a passion for the off road trail.
The Cannondale Trail 7 hardtail 39er mountain Bike. A mountain bike designed to raise your game and ignite a passion for the off road trail.
Perfectly balanced, light and lively, stiff and snappy. The Trail frames showcase our decades of expertise in aluminum frame design and quality craftsmanship, this excels your confidence, with the tailored geometry to off road singletrack, it brings quickness and composure. Shorter chainstays excel agility and traction while the slack head angle strengthens unwavering stability. Wide bars and a shorter stem complement the head angle for total sterring control.
The Trail is sweetly priced, but make no mistake — wide range gearing, powerful disc brakes and durable wheels and tires contribute to big trail readiness. Naming this bike was a no-brainer.
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If you're still pirating music, stop. It's illegal and wrong and stealing and bad and yadda yadda. But it's also dangerous because you don't even know who you can trust anymore. There is no honor amongst thieves, record labels are using a task force of students to hunt down other students who pirate music.
EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner are funneling money to an anti-piracy group called proMedia whose sole purpose is to hunt down copyright infringements. That's fine, record labels start anti-piracy groups all the time. What's unique about proMedia though is that the company uses students to go after students. The company, according to one anonymous employee who works there, employs around 35 students who crawl and comb through forums, blogs and file hosting sites to find people who pirate music.
Even worse, the narc students track down other students who use P2P networks or BitTorrent and then force the pirate students to settle for thousands of dollars per offense with the evil record labels. Look, we know pirating is bad and people should stop but this is the digital equivalent of do good hall monitors ratting you out to teachers when you're ditching class. Actually, it's way more terrible and awful than that. Kids, stick together, protect each other and don't ruin yourselves. [TorrentFreak via ZDNet, Image Credit Michelle D. Milliman/Shutterstock]


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In the Future, We'll All Be Working on the Road
The Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior Concept is brimming with digital hyperbole.
Lets get down to brass tacks. Built into this car (which, despite its concept label, will be a made-to-order version of the ultra-upscale Mulsanne) you've got:
Built-in mobile Wi-Fi.
Two iPads and keyboards that fold up from a tray table. It should be noted that, in this context, they feel and work more like super-slim laptops that are built into the car. The tray tables electronically fold out for maximum futuristic-ness.
A 15.6-inch high-def TV screen that is, as the company's marketing material puts it, "backed by the processing power of both an onboard hard drive and an Apple Mac computer housed in a bespoke boot drawer."
A pair of smaller TVs, built into the front seat headrests.
Sure, if you've even casually followed the evolution of the auto interior over the past decade, you've noticed that our cars are now increasingly home to more and bigger screens. Touchscreen infotainment systems are now the standard, and countless cars pair headrest monitors with a Spongebob Squarepants DVD to serve as a sort of digital babysitter. But this car takes it all a few steps further.
The basic idea: Create a fully connected mobile office. If you're one of the masters of the universe that this vehicle is aimed at, traffic can no longer come between you and productivity. The Mulsanne concept is your own personal Air Force One. It's also the absolutely logical conclusion of the convergence of our mobile devices and mobile transportation units. (Check out the pic below for the full experience.)
On a recent test drive of the Mulsanne concept, I parked myself in the backseat to see if it actually was possible to get real work done in this thing while riding around town. In fact, the onboard Internet proved reliable (and, dare I say: the ride proved smooth) — enough that I was able to punch out a skeleton for this very story on one of the onboard iPads.
But while this vehicle may be almost hilarious to look at (So! Many! Screens!), it's no joke. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American spends more than 50 minutes per day commuting to work — a figure that glosses over the millions of long-distance commuters whose treks to work are basically "epic poems," as Mad Men's Pete Campbell called it.
Those hours of lost productivity can prove soul-sucking, eat into time that could be spent working, and generally make life less joyful. And unless we change how we build our cities and suburbs, those hours on the road will likely go up, and not down. It will likely become a fact of life that many, many folks will need use the time they take to get to and from work to actually... you know... work. My friends who ride the train into Manhattan from Connecticut and New Jersey do this already.
The key will be to build this functionality into cars in a way that's both safe, and accessible to folks who can't afford Bentleys — or chauffeurs.
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Skipping Christmas: Erase holiday from the office
Countless workplace studies have shown that a diverse staff is likely to outperform a homogenous staff. So with all this talk about diversity, why are we still hanging Christmas wreaths at work?
Not everyone at the office celebrates Christmas, and acting as if everyone has the "holiday spirit" squelches the spirit of workplace diversity.
Diversity in the workplace is not "diverse religious expression." Diversity should express itself in how people approach business problems. Religion is not appropriate at work in the same way that politics is not appropriate; both are divisive.
Corporate events tied to religion make people who don't practice that religion feel like outsiders and therefore inhibit diversity. (And those of you who think Happy Holidays is non-sectarian, please realize that all non-Christians I know hear "Happy Holidays" as "Merry Christmas to those of you who do not celebrate it.")
For me, the Christmas problem starts early– at Yom Kippur, which usually falls in September. This is the most important holiday for Jews, but I have never gotten this holiday off from work. I take vacation days to observe Yom Kippur. And I don't complain about using my vacation days because it's absurd to think everyone should stop working because the Jews have a holiday.
But as workers, Jews have to observe Christmas. For us, it's a weird day to be off from work. No stores are open. There's nothing on TV. Most restaurants are closed. It's a boring day, a good day to be at work. So when Christmas rolls around, many Jews would be happy to work December 25 and have a more useful day off. But we are forced to take a holiday. Given the nothingness of Christmas to most Jews, it's absurd how much Christmas cheer Jews endure just to fit in at the office.
Vendors send Christmas cards, co-workers say "Happy Holidays," clients expect Christmas gifts. Jews take part in all these moments because the best way to succeed at work is to fit in. The bottom line is that Jews are forced to be what they are not in order to fit in, and that is never good when you're trying to promote the diverse expression of ideas.
I can already hear the uproar: "Christmas is not about religion!" It's always the Christians who say that. Christmas is about religion because Christians celebrate Christmas.
Jews don't do Christmas. Muslims don't do Christmas. Buddhists don't do Christmas. And no one rants and raves about how religious or nonreligious Christmas is except the Christians. That's because they feel they have authority over the holiday– it's theirs.
Here's an exercise for those of you who are infuriated: Try to see my point of view. Even if you don't agree with me, acknowledge that my point of view represents a minority in the workplace. If you cannot step outside yourself and see things from a minority perspective, you will not be able to manage minorities. And if you want your career to be upwardly mobile, you need to be able to manage diversity.
If you want to be kind and generous and contribute to peace on earth in the New Year, help minorities fit in. Open your mind to experiences different from your own. Look at ways your office makes diversity difficult, and then fix them. You can start by getting rid of those Christmas wreaths.


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Writing testable object-oriented code depends on sticking to proven best practices. One of the worst things you can do for the testability of your code is hard code a static lookup like this:
public void update() { String id = FacesContent.getCurrentInstance().getRequestMap().get("id"); Widget w = dao.getByID(id); w.setDateModified(new Date()); dao.update(w); FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, new FacesMessage(SEVERITY_INFO, "Updated Object", ""); }
You will never get rid of the dependency on
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() from this code, and you'll never be able to test it outside of the container. It's like pinning your class to the container with nail gun. Then you start pinning other classes here and there and soon the dependencies become impossible to unravel.
And that's all before you realize that accessing
ThreadLocal variables clocks in about 10 to 20 times slower than accessing an object on the heap.
Unfortunately JSF actually encourages this bad practice by providing us with a static locator and using it throughout the source code and examples. We survived just fine for years without any
HttpServletRequest.getCurrentInstance() locator, so why the sudden backflip? And how do you get out of the trap?
Dependency Injection
I imagine the static locator was included to provide better support for POJO managed beans. No implementing special constructors or interfaces, just a plain Java class with some static lookups and you're done.
Well actually, JSF provides a better solution to this problem via its support for property injection on managed beans. Here is how the original example looks using dependency injection:
@ManagedProperty("#{param.id}") String id; @ManagedProperty("#{facesContext}") FacesContext faces; public void update() { Widget w = dao.getByID(id); w.setDateModified(new Date()); dao.update(w); faces.addMessage(null, new FacesMessage(SEVERITY_INFO, "Updated Object", ""); }
When JSF executes this code it will set the id and faces properties for you, but you can also execute this code outside the container by manually setting the id and faces properties before calling
update() (you will need a mock
That solves the problem of testability but I still find it flaky. Without actually reading the source code there is no way to know I need to set an id and
FacesContext before I call
Additionally, you can't inject a
FacesContext into a
@SessionScoped bean because it only lives for one request. It looks like JSF dependency injection has a few limitations.
We can do better.
EL Parameter Injection
How would you solve this in plain-old Java? Simple. You'd just pass the id and
FacesContext reference around like this:
public void update(String id, FacesContext faces) { Widget w = dao.getByID(id); w.setDateModified(new Date()); dao.update(w); faces.addMessage(null, new FacesMessage(SEVERITY_INFO, "Updated Object", ""); }
Well, guess what? Now you can do that in JSF too. Since EL 2.2 you can call methods with parameters using EL instead of sticking to the JSF
MethodExpressions which force you to stick to a well-defined method signature. Just call the method where appropriate:
<h:commandButton value="update" action="${bean.update(param.id, facesContext)}"/>
I'm using the GlassFish EL-2.2 implementation in my apps:
<dependency> <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId> <artifactId>el-impl</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency>
This makes it nearly impossible for me to forget to set up my dependencies during testing, AND it also works without change on all request, view, conversion, session and any other scoped beans.
JSF converters, validators, and components will pass the
FacesContext as a parameter where necessary but be aware that
UIComponent.getFacesContext() actually just defers to
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(), which probably means that somewhere in your class hierarchy your component is nailed unceremoniously to the container. In that case your tests are going to have to include some sort of nasty hack to set a mock
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19 CFR Appendix C to Part 171 - Customs Regulations Guidelines for the Imposition and Mitigation of Penalties for Violations of 19 U.S.C. 1641
The Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 promulgated numerous changes to the current statute relating to Customs brokers. The following document attempts to define that conduct which is to be proscribed and to suggest penalty amounts to be assessed for such violations. It also chronicles procedures to be followed in assessment and mitigation of penalties.
Assessment of a monetary penalty is an alternative sanction to revocation or suspension of the broker's license or permit.
A. When a penalty against a broker is contemplated, the "appropriate Customs officer", (i.e., the Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer) shall issue a written notice which advises the violator of the allegations which would warrant imposition of a penalty. The written notice shall be in a format similar to a prepenalty notice that would be issued in contemplation of assessment of a penalty under section 1592 or 1584.
B. The written notice shall inform the violator that he has 30 days to respond as to why a penalty should not be issued. See 19 CFR 111.92.
C. If no response is received from the violator, or, if after receipt of the response, it is determined that the penalty should be issued as stated in the prepenalty notice, a notice of penalty CF-5955A shall be issued formally assessing a monetary penalty against the broker.
D. The Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures Officer may reduce the amount of the contemplated penalty or cancel its issuance altogether if, after review of the violator's submission in response to the prepenalty notice, he is satisfied that the acts which are the basis for the penalty did not occur as charged or occurred in a manner that would permit a reduction in the contemplated penalty.
E. After issuance of a penalty notice, the petitioning provisions of part 171 of the Customs Regulations are in effect.
F. If the broker does not comply with a final mitigation decision within 60 days, the matter shall be referred to the Department of Justice for commencement of judicial action.
A. No person may conduct Customs business, other than solely on behalf of that person, without a broker's license.
B. Penalty amount:
1. The maximum penalty for any one incident of conducting Customs business without a license is $10,000.
2. Total aggregate penalties for violation of this or any other section of the broker penalty statute is $30,000. As a general rule, $10,000 will be the maximum assessment for a violation solely involving conducting Customs business without a license, without regard to the frequency of violations. In particularly aggravated circumstances, this rule shall be suspended.
C. Customs business includes:
1. Classification and valuation.
2. Payment of duties, taxes or other charges.
3. Drawback or refund of duties.
4. Filing of entries or other documents relating to issues covered by 1-3.
D. Customs business does not include:
1. Marine transactions.
2. In-bond movement or transportation of merchandise.
3. Foreign Trade Zone admissions. See C.S.D. 84-23.
E. Penalty amounts to be imposed for transacting Customs business without a license are as follows:
1. No penalty action when importation is conducted on behalf of a family member. For purposes of this subsection, "family member" is defined as a parent, child, spouse, sibling, grandparent or grandchild.
2. No penalty action against an individual who has a power of attorney to act as an unpaid agent on a non-commercial shipment. See 19 CFR 141.33.
3. A $250 penalty for:
a. First violation when transaction is non-commercial but is conducted on behalf of any business entity, or
b. First violation where the importation is commercial in nature (i.e., imported merchandise is for resale) or where the violator is compensated for his action, e.g., an importation of raw material or parts of merchandise that is to be manufactured, refined or assembled here before resale would be a commercial entry because the merchandise eventually would be resold, albeit in another form than that which it was entered.
4. A $1,000 penalty for repeat violation involving:
a. Commercial importation.
b. Non-commercial importation made on behalf of a business entity.
c. Non-commercial importation for which compensation is received by the violator.
5. A $10,000 penalty when:
a. Violator falsely holds himself out as being a licensed Customs broker.
b. A continuing course of conduct can be shown (determined by frequency of violations or number of entries involved) which would indicate that the violator is entering merchandise for others on a regular commercial basis, e.g., if the violator has incurred numerous penalties under subsections (3) and (4) above, but the smaller penalties have had no deterrent effect, the $10,000 penalty under this subsection should be assessed in an action separate from those smaller penalties.
F. Mitigation - No mitigation will be afforded for any violation involving conducting Customs business without a license unless the violator can show an inability to pay such penalty.
G. IMPORTANT: As a general rule, a separate penalty should not be imposed for each unlawful Customs business transaction if numerous transactions occur contemporaneously. For example:
1. If an unlicensed individual files six commercial entries at one time, that should be treated as one violation. It should not be treated as six violations because the entries were presented contemporaneously.
2. If Customs discovers that an individual has conducted Customs business without a license on numerous occasions, but such individual acted without knowledge of the prohibition on such conduct, those numerous transactions should be treated as one violation for purposes of imposition of any penalty.
H. Note: Conducting Customs business without a license is not the same violation as conducting Customs business without a permit. The latter violation is discussed later in this appendix in the section involving Violation of Other Laws or Regulations Enforced by Customs.
I. Intent to violate the law is not an element of this violation. Reference to "intentionally transacts Customs business" in subsection 1641(b)(6) relates to the intentional transaction of the business itself, not to any intentional attempt to violate the terms of the statute.
A. If the license would not have been issued but for the false statement, the proper sanction would be suspension or revocation of the license. If the false or misleading statement would not have absolutely resulted in the denial, revocation or suspension of a license, then penalty sanctions are proper.
B. Material facts include but are not limited to:
1. Facts as to identity.
2. Facts as to citizenship status of an individual.
3. Facts as to moral character of an individual which relate to his fitness to conduct Customs business.
4. The organization of any corporation, association or partnership.
5. The status of the license of a license holder who is a corporate officer or partner.
C. Penalty Amount - $5,000 for each false statement, to a maximum of $30,000.
D. Examples of situations where revocation of the license is appropriate.
1. An applicant states that he is 21 years old (as required by 19 CFR 111.11) and he is not. But for the false statement, the applicant could not meet the age requirement for a license.
2. An applicant provides an alias in the application which is a material false statement as to identity.
E. Mitigation guidelines.
1. Violation due to clerical error (clerical error as defined by 19 U.S.C. 1520(c)(1)), mitigated without payment.
2. Violation due to negligence.
a. This is defined as more than clerical error, but not an intentional violation. Examples include:
i. Failing to list a new corporate office because corporate records have not been kept current.
ii. Listing an incorrect address for a reference because applicant has failed to update his records.
b. Mitigate to $500 for each $5,000 penalty assessed.
c. This category excludes cases of harmless error, i.e., a mistake which could not possibly harm the government's interests. Cases falling in this category should be mitigated in full.
3. Intentional violations - Revocation of a license which has been granted is the preferred sanction. If no license has been granted, no mitigation.
A. As a general rule, license revocation is the standard sanction for these violations. If the conviction occurs subsequent to the filing of an application, monetary penalties may be assessed according to the following criteria.
B. Unlawful conduct must relate to:
1. Importation or exportation of merchandise.
2. Conduct of Customs business (this shall include violations relating to taxes and duties and documents required to be filed with regard to such taxes and duties).
3. Relevant convictions would include:
a. 18 U.S.C. 1001 - making a false statement to Customs or any other agency with regard to any relevant transaction.
b. 18 U.S.C. 545 - unlawful importation of merchandise.
c. 18 U.S.C. 542 - unlawful importation by means of a fraudulent act or omission.
d. 22 U.S.C. 2778 - illegal exportation of munitions.
C. Monetary penalties may not be imposed in connection with convictions relating to conduct described in subsection 1641(d)(1)(B)(iii) including larceny, theft, robbery, extortion, counterfeiting, fraudulent concealment or conversion, embezzlement or misappropriation of funds. Either suspension or revocation is the appropriate penalty for these infractions.
D. Penalty amounts.
1. $15,000 for a misdemeanor conviction.
2. $30,000 for a felony conviction.
E. Mitigation.
1. For a misdemeanor conviction, mitigation to a lesser amount is permitted if the conviction related to Customs business and the domestic value of the merchandise involved is less than $15,000. In such case, mitigation to an amount equal to the domestic value of the merchandise is appropriate.
2. For other misdemeanor convictions, no relief.
3. Felony convictions, no relief.
A. Penalties under this section may be imposed in addition to any penalty provided for under the law enforced by Customs. Exception: Penalties imposed against a broker under 19 U.S.C. 1592 at a culpability level of less than fraud or under 19 U.S.C. 1595a(b) shall not be imposed in addition to a broker's penalty.
B. Additional penalties under this section shall also be imposed against any broker where the other statute violated only moves against property, or the violator has demonstrated a continuing course of illegal conduct or evidence exists which indicates repeated violations of other statutes or regulations.
C. Conducting Customs business without a permit penalties should be assessed under this section.
1. The penalty notice should also cite 19 CFR 111.19 as the regulation violated. A party operating without a permit is required to apply for one under the above-noted regulation.
2. Assessment amount - $1,000 per transaction conducted without a permit.
3. Mitigation.
a. Negligence, mitigate to $250-$500 per transaction depending on the presence of mitigating factors (lack of knowledge of permit requirement).
b. Intentional, grant no relief.
c. No mitigation if permit revoked by operation of law.
4. Generally, a separate penalty should not be assessed for each non-permitted transaction if numerous transactions occurred contemporaneously. For example, if a broker files 30 entries the day after a permit expires, the 30 filings should be treated as one violation, not 30 separate violations.
D. Penalties for failure to exercise due diligence in payment, refund or deposit of monies received from clients in connection with clients' Customs business also should be assessed under this section. This includes failure to pay over to a client, or file a written statement to a client accounting for, funds received.
1. The penalty notice should also cite 19 CFR 111.29 as the regulation violated.
2. Assessment amount - an amount equal to the value of any monies up to a maximum of $30,000, to be deposited with Customs or refunded or accounted for to a client.
3. No mitigation shall be afforded until the monies are properly paid to Customs or refunded or accounted for to the clients.
4. If any claims for liquidated damages result against the client's bond from the failure to pay monies to Customs, no mitigation from the penalty shall be granted until the claim for liquidated damages is settled by the violating broker either through payment of the full claim or a mitigated amount.
5. After monies are paid or accounted for and/or liquidated damages claims are settled as stated in 3. and 4. above, mitigation may be afforded. If the violator is found to be negligent, the penalty may be mitigated to an amount between 25 and 50 percent of the assessed amount, but no lower than $250. No mitigation from an intentional violation.
E. Penalties for failure to retain powers of attorney from clients to act in their names.
1. The penalty notice should also cite 19 CFR 141.46 as the regulation violated.
2. Assessment amount - $1,000 for each power of attorney not on file.
3. Mitigation - for a first offense, mitigate to an amount between $250 and $500 unless extraordinary mitigating factors are present, in which case full mitigation should be afforded. An extraordinary mitigating factor would be a fire, theft or other destruction of records beyond broker control. Subsequent offenses - no mitigation unless extraordinary mitigating factors are present.
4. Penalty should be mitigated in full if it can be established that a valid power of attorney had been issued to the broker, but it was misplaced or destroyed through clerical error or mistake.
F. If the other statute violated moves only against property, the violator shall incur a monetary penalty equal to the domestic value of such property or $30,000, whichever is less.
G. Use of a broker's importation bond to aid an importer who has had his immediate delivery privileges revoked.
1. The broker has aided his client in avoiding the immediate delivery sanctions. The penalty notice should cite 19 CFR 142.25(c) as the regulation violated. Before assessment of this penalty, the broker should be shown to have known or been negligent in not knowing of the client's sanction.
2. A penalty equal to the value of the merchandise, not to exceed $30,000, should be assessed.
3. Mitigation - The penalty shall be mitigated to an amount between 25 and 50 percent of that assessed for a first violation where negligence is shown. Any knowing violation or a subsequent negligent violation (not necessarily involving the same client) will result in no mitigation.
H. If the other statute violated provides for a personal penalty, the violator shall incur an additional monetary penalty under this section equal to such personal penalty or $30,000, whichever is less.
I. Penalties assessed under this provision are not limited to violations just involving Customs business as defined in the statute.
J. Mitigation guidelines.
1. If the other law violated moves only against property, mitigate the penalty using guidelines in effect for the other statute violated. For example, if the broker is responsible for a 401 seizure of merchandise valued at $45,000, he incurs a penalty of $30,000. The guidelines for remission of the 401 forfeiture are applicable to mitigation of the broker penalty. Thus, if the forfeiture is remitted upon payment of 5 percent of the merchandise's value, the penalty will be mitigated upon payment of a like amount.
2. If the other law violated provides for a personal penalty, mitigate the broker penalty using guidelines in effect for the other statute violated.
A. If the law violated by another moves only against property, a monetary penalty equal to the domestic value of such property or $30,000 whichever is less, may be imposed against the broker who counsels, commands or knowingly aids and abets such violation.
B. If the law violated provides for only a personal penalty against the actual violator, a penalty may be imposed against the broker in an amount equal to that assessed against the violator, but in no case can the penalty exceed $30,000.
C. If the broker is assessed a penalty under the statute violated by the other person, he may be assessed a penalty under this section in addition to any other penalties.
D. Examples of violations of this subsection:
1. A broker counsels a client that certain gemstones are absolutely free of duty and need not be declared upon entry into the United States. The client arrives in the United States and fails to declare a quantity of gemstones worth $45,000. A penalty of $30,000 may be imposed against the broker for such counseling. The client would incur a personal penalty of $45,000 under the provisions of title 19, United States Code, section 1497, but the penalty against the broker cannot exceed $30,000.
2. A client imports $15,000 worth of merchandise by vessel. The merchandise is unladen at the wharf but Customs has not appraised or released it. Customs informs the broker that the shipment must be held for an intensive examination. The broker informs the client that the merchandise can be moved and delivered to the consignee. The broker assures his client that he will handle all the necessary paperwork. The merchandise is moved from the wharf. The broker is subject to a $15,000 penalty for counseling and inducing his client to violate the provisions of title 19, United States Code, section 1448 and title 19, United States Code, section 1595a(b).
E. Mitigation - Follow guidelines applicable to the other penalty or forfeiture statute involved.
A. A broker has 30 days to seek approval of the Secretary for such employment. If he seeks the approval within such time, no penalty will be assessed.
B. A $5,000 penalty for knowingly employing any convicted felon and failing to make application with the Secretary approving such employment within 30 days of the date of discovery of the felony conviction.
C. A $25,000 penalty for knowingly employing any convicted felon without seeking approval for employment.
D. A $30,000 penalty for knowingly employing any convicted felon and continuing to employ same after approval has been denied (generally revocation or suspension of the license would be appropriate under this circumstance).
E. Example: If a broker unknowingly employs a convicted felon and 1 year after employment discovers the existence of such a conviction, the following actions would dictate imposition of a penalty:
1. If he seeks approval of the Secretary within 30 days after discovery of the existence of the conviction, no penalty will be assessed.
2. If he seeks approval at some time after 30 days from the date of discovery, a $5,000 penalty would lie.
3. If he does not seek approval until after Customs becomes aware of the violation, a $25,000 penalty would lie.
4. If he seeks approval, but is denied, and continues to employ the convicted felon, a $30,000 penalty would lie.
F. Customs discovery of a felony conviction. If Customs discovers the felony conviction and there is no indication that the employer is aware of same, Customs may inform the employer of such conviction. Discretion should be used in divulging this information.
G. Mitigation will only be permitted from the $5,000 penalty as follows:
1. If the application for approval is submitted within 60 days, but after 30 days, mitigate to $2,000.
2. If there is no application beyond the 60-day period, no mitigation shall be granted. Continued employment will result in further penalties as described above in sections E.3 and E.4.
A. An unsubstantiated accusation by a client is inadequate basis to assess any penalty under this section of law.
B. A $30,000 penalty should be imposed for any violation of this section.
C. Mitigation - Inasmuch as evidence of intent must be shown before a penalty can be imposed, no mitigation should be permitted if a violation is found to lie. A petition for mitigation could be entertained only on the issue of whether such violation did, in fact, occur.
A. Important: Violation of this section results in the revocation of the broker's license by operation of law.
B. A $10,000 penalty may be imposed pursuant to section 1641(b)(6) because the revocation by operation of law results in the broker conducting Customs business without a license. No penalty liability would be incurred specifically under section 1641(b)(5).
C. Mitigation - Grant no mitigation from any penalty incurred by a broker for conducting Customs business without a license as a result of revocation of that license by operation of law.
A. Important: Violation of this section results in the revocation of a permit by operation of law.
B. Penalties may be imposed for violation of the provisions of 1641(d)(1)(C), violation of other laws enforced by Customs. Guidelines for imposition of penalties for conducting Customs business without a permit should be followed.
C. Mitigation - No mitigation should be permitted from any penalty imposed for failure to have a permit when the permit lapses by operation of law.
A. Standards of responsible supervision and control shall be issued by the Commissioner of Customs. Statutory authority to set such standards is provided by section 1641(f).
All penalties assessed for violation of 1641(b)(4) shall also cite section 1641(d)(1)(C) as the statute violated in all notices issued to the alleged violator.
B. The following penalty amounts shall be assessed against brokers who fail to exercise responsible supervision and control over business conducted at district level.
1. A penalty of $1,000 against any broker who:
a. Continuously makes the same errors on a particular type of entry;
b. Fails to properly instruct employees about Customs business, thereby resulting in the filing of incorrect entries or the mishandling of transactions relating to Customs business;
c. Knowingly allows his entry bond to be used to effect release of merchandise in districts where he does not have a license or permit (this is imposed in addition to any penalty for conducting Customs business without a license);
d. Fails to comply with regulations or procedures but does not commit violations that would warrant any higher penalty amount as described below.
2. A penalty of $5,000 against any broker who, when requested, is unable to produce documents relating to specific Customs business which are material to that business (e.g., if the business regards an entry he should have the invoice, packing list, etc.). This requirement excludes documents not required to be kept by a broker.
3. A penalty of $5,000 against any broker who is unable to satisfy the deciding Customs official that he has a working knowledge of any operation material to his ability to render valuable service to others in the conduct of Customs business.
Examples include:
a. A working knowledge of all automated systems in use in the district;
b. A knowledge of the cash flow procedures in each district of operation;
c. Retention of copies of all surety bonds in proper form and in sufficient dollar amount;
d. Knowledge of filing systems and document record storage in each district;
e. Continuous monitoring to ensure timely payment of all obligations including duties, taxes and refunds.
4. A penalty of $5,000 against any broker who fails to exercise responsible supervision and control over the Customs business that it conducts as defined in section XI.C. of this appendix.
5. A penalty of $10,000 against any broker who is found to have failed to maintain satisfactory accounting records or records of documents filed with Customs on any matter.
C. The following factors shall be indicative of a lack of supervision or lack of working knowledge of Customs procedures (the list is not conclusive):
1. A high rate of entry rejections when compared with other brokers in the permitted district.
2. A high rate of late filing liquidated damages cases when compared with other brokers in the permitted district.
3. In the case of entry summaries filed in the broker's name, a high number of missing document cases when compared with other brokers in the permitted district.
4. An inordinate number of entries for which free entry is claimed, but no documentation supporting such claim is submitted, resulting in liquidation of the entries as dutiable.
5. Inability to assist or failure to cooperate with an audit, including failure to provide all records and any other necessary information pertaining to a broker's Customs business to assist auditors.
6. Failure to settle (including petitioning) liquidated damages claims in a timely manner.
7. Evidence to indicate that timely duty refunds to clients are not made or accounted for and adequate records of same are not kept (usually will result in penalty assessed in accordance with section B.5. above).
8. Employing a licensed individual for a minimal number of days each 120- or 180-day period (see sections 1641(b)(5) and 1641(c)(3) so as to avoid violation of the statute.
a. For purposes of imposition of penalties under this subsection, a minimal number of days shall be 10 working days for each 120-day period or 15 working days for each 180-day period.
b. It shall be presumed that temporary employment of such a licensed individual is undertaken solely to avoid revocation of a license or permit. Such minimal employment shall be prima facie evidence of lack of supervision.
D. Mitigation.
1. $1,000 penalties shall not be mitigated unless the broker can show that extraordinary mitigating factors are present.
2. $5,000 penalties for failure to produce documents may be mitigated to an amount between $2,000 and $3,500 if the documents are produced but not in a timely fashion. No mitigation shall be afforded if the documents are not produced, unless the broker can satisfactorily demonstrate that such failure to produce was caused by circumstances beyond the control of the broker or his client (e.g., a rupture of relations with the party responsible for generating the documents). Full mitigation shall be afforded in the case of destruction of records by events beyond a broker's control, such as theft, flood, fire or other acts of God.
3. $5,000 penalty for failure to have a working knowledge of any operation for which a broker is licensed to do business may be mitigated to a lesser amount upon a showing by the broker that steps have been taken to improve instruction and supervision of employees and an improvement in the knowledge of his operation occurs.
4. $5,000 penalty for failure to exercise responsible supervision and control may be mitigated to a lesser amount if the broker immediately corrects the problem which was the basis for the assessment and sufficiently monitors the situation to avoid recurrence.
5. $10,000 penalty for failure to maintain satisfactory accounting records will only be subject to mitigation in full if the broker can prove that satisfactory accounting records and documents records are being kept. Mitigation in a lesser degree may be afforded upon a showing by the broker that a bona fide attempt was made to establish a satisfactory accounting and/or recordkeeping system, or upgrade a deficient system, but such efforts proved unsuccessful or only partially effective.
6. Penalty equal to the value of monies not properly paid or accounted for.
a. If the broker shows that the monies were paid or accounted for and requisite notifications were made, albeit in an untimely fashion not to exceed 30 days after any due date, the penalty may be mitigated upon payment of 25 percent of the assessed amount, but no less than $250.
b. If the monies were paid and notifications made more than 30 days after any due date, the penalty may be mitigated upon payment of 50 percent of the assessed amount, but not less than $1,000.
c. If there is no proof of proper payment of duties, refunds, etc., no mitigation shall be granted.
A. A broker shall be penalized a maximum of $30,000 for any violation or violations of the statute in any one penalty notice.
B. If a broker is penalized to the maximum the statute will allow and continues to commit the same violation or violations, revocation or suspension of his license would be the appropriate sanction. Barring such revocation or suspension action, he may again be penalized to the maximum the statute will allow.
C. From any one audit, the maximum aggregate penalty for all violations discovered is $30,000.
Whenever multiple penalties arising from a particular fact situation or pattern are contemplated against brokers or individuals operating in different districts, the cases may be consolidated in one district. Approval for consolidation must be sought from the Trade Policy and Programs, Office of International Trade.


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Kathryn Fields read music before English. Her performing career spans opera, concert and cabaret. Roles: Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Despina (Così fan tutte), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Lucy (The Telephone), Little Red Riding Hood (LLRH), Rosine (The Rejected Bridegroom), Pauline (La Vie Parisienne), Casilda (The Gondoliers), Monica (The Medium), Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hänsel and Gretel) for regional opera companies throughout the United States. NYC and world premières: Adelina Patti (Espresso Rossini), Voice (Power Project for BAM's Next Wave Festival), Page (Christopher Sly), Titine (The Silver Fox), Lupe (Pancho Villa), Mercedes (Thursday's Child), Laura (Mrs Bullfrog). Her Classical Cabaret has been seen from Maine to California, including the Cornelia Street Café in New York City and Upstairs at the Pudding in Cambridge. She holds a BA degree cum laude in English literature from the University of California at Berkeley and a BM in Vocal performance from the American CConservatory of Music in Chicago, later training with Norman Gulbrandsen (Northwestern University) and Daniel Ferro (the Juilliard School). Awards include Chicago NATS First Place Winner, Anna Frankel Memorial Scholarship, American Conservatory Commencement Contest and New York Oratorio Society. Voice faculty: New England Conservatory, Brown University (16 years), Triton College (5 years), private studio. Master classes: Cornell University, Ithaca College, Hunter College, Longy School of Music, Olin College, Gordon College, Victory Gardens Theater and St Nicholas Theater, among others. Her students have gone on to study at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, New England Conservatory, The University of Michigan, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of South Florida, among others, and have appeared on film and in theaters from coast to coast, including on Broadway. She was heard for three years worldwide as Guest Artist at Madison Square Garden singing the National Anthem for the New York Knickerbockers and the Rangers.
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GOSHEN >> First Selectman Bill Duquette said that the town is taking proactive measures to help warn residents against a common scam.
The town has reposted a warning about the scam on its website, as well as posting the warning at Goshen Town Hall. The notice was released on Monday by Claudette Carveth of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection on March 4, and warns residents of a scam that purportedly charges for access to land records. These records, Duquette said, are readily available.
"We've learned that a company called Property Transfer Service is operating in Connecticut, sending homeowners notices recommending that they obtain their property deeds for a fee of approximately $80," Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein said in a press release. "This company is apparently running the same scheme as Record Retrieval Department, a company that we ousted from Connecticut early this year."
Duquette said that the warning was not prompted by any incident in his town. The press release states that a Connecticut resident received a notice from Property Transfer Service, which is based in Washington D.C., but Duquette said that "to my knowledge, we have not had any incidences in Goshen."
According to Rubenstin, the scam is not a new one, nor does it involve any unusual suspects. Property Transfer Service is reportedly owned and operated by a California man named Neil Camenker, who has previously been tied to three other businesses running the same scam. Camenker's other businesses include Secured Document Services and Compliance Document Services, while a third -- State Record Retrieval Board -- was ejected from Washington and Iowa in 2011.
"It's intriguing that this schemer, Neil L. Camenker, filed a lawsuit against another schemer for allegedly stealing his methods," Rubenstein said in a press release. "We believe that this scheme has no place in Connecticut under any name, and we are in communication with Mr. Camenker and Property Transfer Service to address this matter."
Carveth stated -- and Duquette concurred -- that land records are available directly from town clerks or online. If records are not available freely, Carveth said, they are generally available for a nominal fee of $1 or $2.
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ROCKFORD — Gov. Pat Quinn's administration has promised to deliver passenger rail service from Chicago to Rockford by early 2015, but negotiations have hit a snag and the deal may take longer to close.
ROCKFORD — Gov. Pat Quinn's administration has promised to deliver passenger rail service from Chicago to Rockford by early 2015, but negotiations have hit a snag and the deal may take longer to close.
The state has set aside $60 million to upgrade Canadian National Railway tracks to accommodate Amtrak service between Chicago and Dubuque, Iowa, stopping at South Elgin, Rockford, Freeport and Galena, with a possible stop in Lena.
"We're a little disappointed in CN. That's the tracks we'd have to use," said Quinn, who was in Machesney Park today touting his jobs and economic plan for Illinois.
"Their pricing is way above what I'd think we'd consider reasonable, and we're not going to pay an outlandish price to get this route. So we're taking another look at that.
"It's important we have passenger rail from Chicago to Rockford and beyond — Freeport, Galena, East Dubuque. So we want to work with the railroad. If they don't come down on their cost, though, we are going to have to take a look at the whole operation and take a look at some other opportunities."
The governor didn't commit to a timeline for bringing passenger rail to Rockford. He simply, and emphatically, said: "It's going to happen."
Establishing service between Chicago and Dubuque has been a long-desired transportation goal of Rockford-area leaders. The state's investment would improve CN's freight-only line to a 79-mph limit so passenger trains can compete with automobile speeds.
"We're still hoping for service to begin sometime in 2015," said Steve Ernst, executive director of Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning, the region's federally designated planning body. "We're hopeful negotiations will get finalized fairly soon."
Register Star reporter Brian Leaf contributed to this report.
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Once you finish the story - stop! Don't ramble on.
Andreas Auwärter on 06 Jun 14"Effective storytelling is a fine and beautiful art. A well-developed and presented story can cut across age barriers and will hold the interest and reach its listeners. Stories will be remembered long after other orations. Knowing and applying the basics of storytelling will strengthen your stories." by Barry McWilliams - Introduction to Storytelling! You are most welcome to copy and use this document! It is about 6 printed pages long. You might read some of the good books available on how to tell stories as well.


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Walker's first bullpen session creates buzz
Mariners' top prospect impresses Felix, shows no signs of soreness
PEORIA, Ariz. -- For Felix Hernandez, the first bullpen session of Spring Training is a pretty ho-hum event, a necessary part of the long preparation for another season. But for Taijuan Walker, it was a much-anticipated moment on Monday as he kicked off his drive for a rotation berth with the Mariners.
"It's just the first bullpen of spring, but it gets everything going now," Walker said. "Especially with it feeling great, you get the first bullpen out of the way and you think, 'OK, Spring Training has started.'"
Walker, 21, had been held back the first four days of camp after the right-hander arrived with some slight soreness in his throwing arm. That delay raised concern among fans, particularly in the wake of a finger injury to Hisashi Iwakuma that will sideline the Japanese standout for at least another month.
But the Mariners were just being extra cautious with their No. 1 prospect after he had thrown a little too much prior to camp, and the sixth-ranked prospect in baseball by MLB.com erased any remaining angst by firing 25 pitches without a hitch in his first mound session of Spring Training.
"It felt great. Really good," Walker said. "I was just excited. I wanted to keep throwing."
While most bullpen sessions go 10 minutes, the youngster threw only about five minutes and then called it good, but pitching coach Rick Waits said that was exactly what the club was looking for in his first outing.
"We're not speeding him up. We're not slowing him down," Waits said. "He's been feeling great, and it was time to get him on the mound. We wanted to get him out throwing at 200 feet first, and he's done that the last 4-5 days. He's been throwing with Felix every day. He feels great. I was real pleased. I had a smile on my face today."
Walker threw only fastballs under the watchful eyes of trainer Rick Griffin and the Mariners coaches, but he will now get the thumbs up to proceed on a normal buildup.
"I'll throw another bullpen on Thursday, then I'm getting after it," he said. "This was just to see how it felt, and it felt good, so they said I'm free to go."
Walker figures to be one of the most-watched prospects in baseball this season after going 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA in three late-season starts last year.
New manager Lloyd McClendon is just getting a feel for the youngster from Yucaipa, Calif., and likes what he's seen so far.
"He's an interesting kid," McClendon said. "We all know he's very talented from a physical standpoint. I'm close to this kid. I really like him because he likes his mother and I think that speaks volumes. He really, really looks after his mom, and that tells you a lot about a young man. He's very intelligent and obviously motivated to be the best he can be. I think he's got a very bright future."
Walker, Hernandez and Yoervis Medina were the only pitchers to throw bullpens on Monday, as the other 32 pitchers in camp had already worked one or two sessions in the first four days and skipped the day in anticipation of live batting-practice sessions that will begin now when the full-squad workouts get underway.
Hernandez typically starts later than most pitchers due to his heavy workload during the season, and Medina prefers a longer buildup before taking the mound as well.
Hernandez also pronounced his opening session a success, after starting a little high with his pitches. He threw the full 10 minutes and said he's on his normal spring routine, with his first Cactus League appearance likely to come in about the seventh game of spring.
If all goes well, that would line Hernandez up for his normal Opening Day start on March 31 at Anaheim, which would be the seventh Opening Day start of his career. He's currently tied with Randy Johnson for the most Opening Day starts in franchise history.
Hernandez gave Walker some tips on how to keep his changeup down, but the Mariners' ace said he doesn't need to do much coaching with Walker or fellow rookie James Paxton. Asked if both have a chance to make the opening rotation, Hernandez left little doubt.
"They will," he said. "They have a lot of talent. The advice is just to keep working hard and do your thing. That's all they have to do."
Waits, who has been the club's Minor League pitching coordinator the past three years, sounded just as certain when asked if Walker and Paxton are prepared to compete at the Major League level.
"Yes," he said. "I don't even need to elaborate. I think they're ready. Will they leave with us? We'll see. I mean, that's up to Lloyd. But mentally and preparedness? Yes, I think they are. Our Minor League coaches have done a great job with them."


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Working from the marble busts and paintings in the National Portrait Gallery this course focuses on helping you to capture the character and emotion in a face by breaking down the features and spacial relationships involved in that face into forms that you understand and then can recreate with accuracy. We will be working in a range of materials (coloured papers, dark and light pencils, graphite sticks and water soluble pencils) and as usual the focus will be on helping you to see form and shade and capture both photorealistic realism and impressionistic similarity.
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Neighbors in Need Raises $690,000 for Food Banks
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected populations across the globe, but those who struggle with poverty and count on food programs to meet their basic day-to-day needs are in an especially uncertain place. While coping with increased demand and a bottlenecked pipeline of food supply, food banks are desperate for funds to continue to serve their communities. Because of this, Windermere decided to challenge its offices to raise $250,000, every dollar of which would be matched by the Windermere Foundation and donated to foodbanks in the areas where Windermere operates. We titled it the "Neighbors in Need" fundraising campaign.
Posted on 13 May 2020 | 5:00 pm
Coming Together For Our Neighbors in Need
Every year for the past 35 years, Windermere Real Estate has closed its doors on the first Friday in June for its annual Community Service Day so that our 9,000-member team can head into our local neighborhoods and volunteer. This year, in light of COVID-19, we have made the decision to replace Community Service Day with an immediate fundraising challenge for our offices to help food banks whose operations, and the people they serve, have been heavily impacted by the virus.
Posted on 29 April 2020 | 9:00 pm
Windermere Foundation Reaches $40 Million Donation Milestone
As we head into a new decade, the Windermere Foundation reached a milestone in 2019 by raising nearly $3 million, bringing the grand total to over $40 million in donations raised since 1989.
Posted on 29 January 2020 | 8:00 pm
Good tidings we bring, with turkeys and things!
Agents from the Windermere Moses Lake office delivering 100 turkeys to the Moses Lake Food Bank.
Posted on 18 December 2019 | 7:00 pm
Windermere Foundation Has Raised Over $1.5 Million This Year!
Windermere offices throughout the Western U.S. have been busy raising money and making donations to non-profit organizations in their local communities that provide services to low-income and homeless families. And their efforts are paying off; so far this year we've raised over $1.5 million, bringing the total raised by the Windermere Foundation to $39.5 million since 1989.
Posted on 30 October 2019 | 6:05 pm
A 25-Year Tradition of Golfing and Giving
Golfing and giving seems to be a tradition with Windermere Real Estate. Many of our offices hold golf tournaments to raise money for local non-profits via the Windermere Foundation. The longest-held Windermere golf tournament has been hosted by a group of Windermere offices in Snohomish County, Washington.
Posted on 28 August 2019 | 6:00 pm
Building Stronger Communities By Helping Those In Need
We're halfway through the Windermere Foundation's 30-year anniversary and our offices aren't showing any signs of slowing down their donations. Last quarter, the Windermere Foundation collected $556,937, bringing our year-to-date total to $865,029, and our grand total to $38,871,157 raised since 1989. These donations are used to support non-profit organizations and programs that help low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.
Posted on 17 July 2019 | 6:00 pm
Giving Thanks to Our Vendor Partners
Throughout the years, the Windermere Foundation has donated more than $38 million to hundreds of organizations throughout the Western U.S. We've helped homeless shelters, food banks, schools, hospitals, community centers, and other nonprofits that provide services to low-income and homeless families.
Posted on 29 May 2019 | 6:00 pm
Caring for our Communities through the Windermere Foundation
Windermere offices have been busy this year raising money for the Windermere Foundation which provides funding to support low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S. Last quarter alone, the Windermere Foundation collected over $308,236 in donations, bringing our total to $38,314,364 raised since 1989 when the Windermere Foundation first started.
Posted on 24 April 2019 | 6:00 pm
Windermere and YouthCare - Helping Homeless Youth
Pictured from left to right: Cassie Walker Johnson, YouthCare Board Member & Windermere Broker; Jill Jacobi Wood, Co-President, Windermere Real Estate; Christine Wood, Executive Director, Windermere Foundation; Geoff Wood, CEO & Co-President, Windermere Real Estate.
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Ridiculous: Trademark Board Lets Yankees Control 'Evil Empire' Despite It Being An Insult Used By Another Team
from the bad-news deptTwo years ago, we wrote about a ridiculous situation in which the NY Yankees (disclosure: I'm a lifelong Yankees fan) were opposing a trademark application by a small company who sought to trademark "Baseball's Evil Empire" for the sake of selling merchandise with that brand on it.
But, in this case, the Yankees still won. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that even though the team has never used the name, and even though it's a pretty generic and overused term, there is a likelihood of confusion and that people now associate the term with the Yankees. While I could see rejecting the term as not deserving any trademark at all, the idea that this is likely to cause confusion seems like a stretch. The team has shown no inclination in embracing the term (and its own filing showed that it felt the phrase was negative). The TTAB and the Yankees seemed to put a lot of weight in the fact that the Yankees sometimes use Star Wars music to suggest they were directly embracing the term, but that seems extremely weak, at best.
There's also a good conversation at Mike Madison's blog post on the story, in which someone notes that it would be fine if the TTAB made it clear that no one should have the trademark, but in this case, the court seemed to act as if the Yankees have the trademark, despite having nothing to do with the phrase. It repeatedly refers to the phrase as if it were the Yankees' own mark.
Meanwhile, it appears that the company that originally filed for the trademark, Evil Empire Inc., isn't giving up either, claiming it will continue making and providing Evil Empire gear, saying that the team "has never shown any indication that it plans to sue for trademark infringement over the use of the name on apparel." In other words, it's betting that despite blocking its own trademark application, the Yankees won't now go on to sue over Evil Empire's continued usage. That seems like a pretty big risk.
That said, the whole situation highlights (yet again) the nuttiness that is the end result of an "ownership society." Evil empire is a simple phrase that references Star Wars. The idea that it alone should be controlled by the New York Yankees seems preposterous.
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