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I was recently "tagged" by a Twitter friend, Angela Wallace, in the spirit of chain letters that don't actually wish you a bad sex life for the next seven years.
Which is good, because I might have to kill Angela.
At any rate, in the spirit of chain letters, I now must answer some questions and tag a few more people! Here we go!
1. Do I think I'm hot?
No. My boss keeps his office at 65-degrees and when the door's open it's like an arctic front sweeping across my cubicle. I have a space heater on standby at all times. So it's actually 80 degrees outside right now and I've got a mini furnace working at full blast to combat the freezing cold. Whenever he opens his door, the damn thing kicks on. Like just now.
2. Upload a picture or wallpaper that you're using at the moment.
Eh, I don't really use wallpaper. I just pick a stock photo that comes with the operating system. How about a picture of me? I don't know why. Probably also answers the question of whether or not I think I'm hot:
3. When was the last time you ate chicken meat?
I have no idea why that's phrased as chicken meat. It sounds like a vegetarian is being underhandedly judgmental. The answer is, I eat chicken almost every day. I ate it last night for dinner. I'll probably eat it tonight, unless I decide to make some delicious pork loin. I have a food blog as well (sadly, it's been quite neglected these last few months) and on it you will find a plethora of tasty, tasty chicken dishes.
I love chickens. They're so freaking tasty.
4. The song(s) you listened to recently.
My iPhone is cranking all day long at work to try and drown out the general clatter of the office. I am an assistant and the company I work for has retained the phone policies of the 1980's, forbidding most usage of voicemail. In order to hear the phones, I only wear one earbud. But the music blares in the one ear and it sort of helps.
I've said before on this blog that I led worship for 20+ years in Vineyard churches and that I am a classically trained soprano. However, my husband listens to metal. Since being married to him, I've developed a real eclectic taste in music. The reason for this little diatribe is to explain this whacky list of recently listened to:
Nightwish – Once
Anathema – Alternative 4
Hillsong Worship – Faith + Hope + Love
Passion – Awakening (various artist worship)
Neil Diamond – Greatest Hits
Cause & Effect – Another Minute
Delain – Lucidity
Yes, these really are the CD's I listened to in the last 2 days. Like I said, it's eclectic.
5. What were you thinking as you were doing this?
That this blog had better not explode on me again. This blog is very old. (The reason you don't see that many posts is because, before I started Tweeting links to this blog, I either deleted or hid a lot of my older, personal posts.) Anyway, this blog and I have had a very difficult relationship. Every time I try to post something on this blog, something happens and I get mad. This is my second attempt at posting this list. On my first attempt, something crazy happened. I must have hit a wrong control-something and 2/3 of this thing disappeared. Maddening!
If you're reading this post, it means it actually worked. If this post disappears on me a second time, I'm giving up. Uncle.
6. Do you have nicknames? What are they?
None that anyone's said to my face.
7. Name 8 blogging friends.
Ooh, hard. I have some pretty hot friends with some hot blogs. Hrm. Okay, in random order (because of random questions following the list) and assuming I can't tag Angela back:
1. Alan Edwards
2. Steven Montano
3. Amber West
4. Tiffany White
5. Keyboard Hussy
6. Mark Lidstone
7. Meghan Grey
8. Mira Sanz
Questions about my list:
Who is listed as Number 1?
Alan is one of my twitter posse. He wrote a epic zombie fantasy novel called Curse of Troius. (Tagline: When a fantasy world is overrun with a mob of ravenous zombies, there are no guns to stop them. No tanks. No airstrikes. Just a man with a shovel.) I actually have the privilege of reading the sequel, which is what I will be doing as soon as I get done writing this. His blog is profane and hilarious and I can't escape just one of his posts without spewing my coffee everywhere.
Say something about number 5.
Okay, well I heard of Keyboard Hussy because Alan and Steven (#2 on the list) both followed her on Twitter. She's a self-pub author who blogs fearlessly about writing, without worrying who she pisses off – unless she hurts people she actually gives a crap about. I have seen her soft side and it's kind of sweet. I had a huge writer-crush on her and secretly stalked her for a long time. Now we're buds. She's going to interview me on June 28. What else? Um, she wrote a hilarious romance/comedy novella called "The Vampire Relationship Guide – Meeting and Mating volume 1". The title is a little misleading; this is a story and not an actual survival guide. I laughed through the whole thing. Definitely recommend. The author name is listed as Evelyn Lafont, which is her pen name. Her real name is something else and I could tell you but she'd probably have to kill me.
I'm sure she'd feel bad about it later, though.
How did you get to know number 3?
Um, I'm not sure how it happened. I met Amber through Twitter but I think she found me through a writing community we both subscribe to, called She Writes. It's basically a big Facebook for writers, but with forums. I was pretty skeptical about the whole place at first, but I've met some great friends through it. Amber started following me on Twitter and I followed back. Once day I clicked one of her blog links. She talked about poop. Right then and there, I decided we were going to be friends. And the rest is infamy.
How about number 4?
Tiffany White is a gal I met on Twitter. I gravitated to her personality but also her blog. Tiffany and I suffer from a horrible case of mutual admiration. When we start with the compliments, you best back away because it's going to get slobbery. Tiffany loves TV and she blogs about it religiously. And Tom and I never know what to watch on TV. Ever. So now I read Tiffany's blog and never wonder what I should watch. It's right there on her blog. Just last week, Tiffany and Amber started a new series together called "It's Worth A Watch Wednesday". They go through what's on the tube and have a cute rating system for the shows they cover. You can also catch some of their banter (and request reviews) on the Twitter hashtag #watchwed.
Leave a message for number 6.
Dude. Where's my dialogue?
Leave a lovey-dovey message for number 2.
Oh, Steven. That grenade launcher really brings out the color in your eyes. You're so hot. No, really. I think I got you a little with my flamethrower. Sorry about that. My bad.
Do 7 & 8 have any similarities?
Um, they're both pretty funny and fun to talk to, but not really similar. Mira's blog has an ongoing story with demons and angels and prophetic dreams, though it's taken a little hiatus recently (/taps foot impatiently). She also writes some pretty gorgeous poetry. Meg writes erotica and young adult fiction. She's got two blogs for the two different genres, and I also have the pleasure of reading bits of her current WIP, which is YA.


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Montenegro's new government approved, while international press brings disturbing stories about new/old prime minister.
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Baranavichy: victims of Stalin's repressions commemorated on Victory Day
On 9 May civic society activists of
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the times of Stalin's repressions. At first they laid down flowers to
the Eternal Flame in the center of the city and then – near the
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"The public garden where the Cross of Stalin's victims was installed, is a favorite place of rest of people, especially the children who live in this area. Today there is a very warm weather, and all looks nice because of spring flowers, that's why there are always many people and, accordingly, much garbage. That's why we undertook to look after the memorial place and clean the public garden from litter," pointed civic activist Viktar Syrytsa.


text: Usually when people who don't have quinceñeras or know much about them begin to imagine what they are, what they're like, all the details that go into planning and everything. A lot of times they imagine something like a mini wedding. Instead of groomsmen, chambelanas, instead of bridesmaids, damas. Both parties make up the court but not every quinceñera has both or even either one. It really just depends on how big or small they want their party and their court to be. Every quince is different from the next and the last because each quinceñera's day is special, significant and unique to her. I'm excited to have gotten to be a part of Bri's special day and here's some of my favorite pictures from the quince! Feliz Cumpleaños prima. (My apologies for the slight blur in the photos, I'm between switching devices and that sort of caused the photos to look a little messy but I hope you're still able to enjoy them!)


text: Coachella 2015: Kanye West Joins The Weeknd, Jack White Scorches and Other Top Saturday Week-Two Moments 3:09 PM PDT 4/19/2015 by Jeff Miller, Billboard FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME AP Images Kanye West BET Honors - H 2015 "This is my last electric show I'm going to play in a long while," White told the festival crowd. "Coachella's become known for special guests," a member of dance group Flosstradamus said at the end of its extraordinarily well-attended set on day two (April 18) of the second weekend of Coachella 2015. "Well, the only special guest we brought is you guys." They were speaking only for themselves, of course: The biggest surprise Saturday — and perhaps of the second weekend overall — was a drop-in performance by Kanye West during the closing main-stage set from neo-R&B star Abel Tesfaye, who performs as The Weeknd. The controversial rapper had long been rumored to make an appearance during Drake's set on Sunday (April 19), but The Weeknd apparently got to him first, resulting in an audience-pleasing multisong miniset that started with a snippet of "Heartless" before continuing into "Can't Tell Me Nothing," "Black Skinhead," "I Don't Like (Remix)" and "All Day." That followed a scorcher of a headlining set from guitar god Jack White, who has announced he's taking a break from performing following a short acoustic tour later this year. "This is my last electric show I'm going to play in a long while," he confirmed toward the end of his set, which included a spiraling, hyperkinetic take on The Raconteurs' "Steady As She Goes" and a raucous rip-through of The White Stripes' breakthrough hit "Fell in Love With a Girl." White ran a comb through his hair as he looked into the tube of a long-defunct TV just before ripping through "My Doorbell" late in the set and tutoring the crowd on the difference between electric and acoustic piano, choosing the latter for "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," leaving the rawness of the original behind in favor of a near-honky-tonk feel. Run the Jewels also continued their run of special guests: The rap duo welcomed Travis Barker on drums, as they did during the first weekend; they also included rapper Gangsta Boo and guitarist-producer Flood in their extremely high-energy afternoon set. Songwriter J. Tillman — aka Father John Misty — filled the void that arguably should have been occupied by a surprisingly absent My Morning Jacket with psychedelic folk rock that reached for the desert stars so hard that Tillman split his pants — literally. "I just had my first wardrobe malfunction," the hirsute singer declared, before shrugging it off and strapping on his acoustic guitar for another round. Elsewhere on the field, current radio favorite Milky Chance's range proved nonfat, with the German band's same-y songs boring quickly, despite a massive turnout for their hit, "Stolen Dance." Jungle conjured up memories of everyone from Kool & the Gang to the Bee Gees with dance-happy, tent-busting disco-pop that suggested big things ahead, and Ratatat proved that the normally oontz-y Sahara tent could make room for instruments, too, with the jammy, visual-heavy band busting out guitar-shredding, harmonium-blowing — and even a little marimba-bashing — music to compliment their percussive grooves. This story first appeared on Billboard.com. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Jeff Miller, Billboard firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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Here is the link to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform OPM Data Breach report.Articles filled with interesting analysis have been slowly coming out since the report has been released. This report is incredibly long and detailed per style for an official document, however, should you have the time it provides an interesting and detailed read on the OPM Data Breach. Instead of attempting to summarize the entirety I will provide a few links for background and analyses done by experts. All in a significant event with wide implications, and very relevant to the field of Information Security.
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In a development that's surprised exactly no one, fruits and vegetables are rotting in fields across the United States after a crackdown on illegal immigration. An excellent and moving story in the Chicago Tribune earlier this month reported that farmers have had trouble getting the crops in, with more labor shortages likely on the way:
[T]he growers are now counting on a string of troubled harvests to persuade Congress to come to agriculture's rescue, pointing to Michigan, where farmers say they lost 20 percent of their asparagus crop earlier this year because they didn't have enough workers. Last year Michigan apple growers say they lost up to 15 percent of their crop for the same reason, and they are now anxiously waiting to see if enough farmhands show up for the coming harvest.
It's estimated that 70 percent of farm workers are illegal immigrants, and farmers are blaming tighter border security for the shortage. The Tribune talks to a 27-year-old who was arrested seven times at the border in the last month before making it across. He saw bodies in the desert of people who died trying. Opponents of immigration reform say that farmers should be using the federal H-2A program, which brings farm workers to the United States legally. But farmers call the program too slow and bureaucratic, and are pushing Congress for reform (i.e., the right to hire undocumented workers).
In New York's Hudson Valley, where apple trees have had a "vintage" crop this year, the New York Times says that growers are nervous about a new regulation which will hold them responsible for hiring illegal immigrants with fake documents—even if the farmers believed the documents were legitimate. Fewer immigrant workers may mean fewer New York apples, says Peter Gregg, a spokesman for the New York Apple Association:
'We have three billion apples to pick this fall and every single one of them has to be picked by hand,' Mr. Gregg said. 'It's a very labor-intensive industry, and there is no local labor supply that we can draw from, as much as we try. No one locally really wants to pick apples for six weeks in the fall.'
With immigration reform stalled, the industry is putting more money into mechanization. NPR's Marketplace reports on the development of fruit-picking robots, or "agrobots." In theory, the robots will even be able to determine if the fruit's ripe. Of course, since fruit in orchards is rarely picked ripe, that's, sadly, an unnecessary feature.


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Things that you MUST DO in Bangkok
First time in Thailand? You're in Bangkok the capital city of the land of smiles. Here's our bucket list of the top things that you Must Do in Bangkok. Have fun!
Eat Thai food
The Number One Must Do in Bangkok is to eat Thai food. Thai Cuisine is famous around the world for diversity and distinctive flavors. Don't be afraid to experiment and try different dishes. Restaurants in tourist areas usually have menus in English with a description of the dish and its ingredients and will ask you how spicy you would like it. Medium-spicy is usually the safest choice at first. Menu choices include rice dishes, noodles, spicy salads, soups, curries, stir-fries, meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit. Vegetarians are well catered for with vegetarian menu sections and a growing number of vegetarian/vegan restaurants.
Recommended Thai Restaurants in Bangkok
Thai Massage
The Number two Must Do in Bangkok is have a Thai massage. Massage places are everywhere in Bangkok's tourist areas offering everything from foot massage through to full-body massage for around 200-400 baht. The most famous place is the traditional Thai massage center at Wat Pho where you get a massage by professionally trained staff who have graduated from the temples training school. Expect to pay between 260-520 baht depending on the type of massage and duration.
Ride in a Tuk-Tuk
The Number three Must Do in Bangkok is to take a ride in a Tuk Tuk. The tuk-tuk is one of Bangkok's most recognizable symbols, it's dirty, noisy, open to hazardous fumes, overpriced (for tourists), unstable, and many drivers take part in tourist scams, though they are still extremely popular with tourists who love the novelty value. Riding in a tuk-tuk is more of an experience than a good way of getting around as taking an air-conditioned meter taxi is nearly always cheaper. A ride in one is a definite must-do in Bangkok, but hold on tight, bargain hard and refuse any offers of shopping tours.
Muay Thai Boxing
The Number four Must Do in Bangkok is to experience a Mua Thai boxing fight. Muay Thai is a national sport in Thailand. Regular boxing nights are held at the cities professional boxing arenas at Ratchadamnoen Stadium though, special admission prices for foreigners are high at 1000-2000 baht. However, you can watch professional fighters slug it out for free every Sunday at Super Champ in Khaosan or on the last Wednesday of the month from 6-8pm at MBK fight night, a pop-up ring located outside the MBK mall.
Dine Out
The number five Must Do in Bangkok is to check out the local dining scene. If you get bored with Thai food, don't worry. Bangkok isn't just about Thai food. Every kind of cuisine is here with some excellent restaurants at value for money prices. Don't be boring and eat in your hotel, get out there and explore!
Visit a Rooftop Bar
The number six Must Do in Bangkok is to hang out at one of Bangkok's rooftop bars. Bangkok has many rooftop bars which offer a classy, romantic night out under the stars with unforgettable views of the city or the riverside. One even has a swimming pool. There are strict dress codes so don't turn up in your flip-flops, swimming shorts, and beer Chang singlet. Drink prices are expensive but not always ….
Sunset Dinner Cruise
The number seven Must Do in Bangkok is to take a cruise down the river. The Chao Phraya River, the River of Kings (in Thai) flows through Bangkok passing many interesting attractions along the way. Taking a boat trip is a good sightseeing experience with the city looking different when seen from the river. In the evening, there are several popular romantic sunset dinner cruises that sail up and down the river making a slow circuit of the riverside sights between Taksin Bridge and Krung Thong Bridge passing Wat Arun, The Grand Palace, Memorial Bridge, and Rama XIII Bridge. This is a great way to see the riverside sights from the water after dark.
Whatever Floats Your Boat!
There is a choice of large river cruisers through to smaller more intimate old converted wooden rice barges. Most of the top riverside hotels also offer their own cruises. Entertainment ranges from live bands playing western music to Thai cultural shows while dining choices include International buffets, set menus or a la carte dining, so be careful to choose a cruise that suits your preferences. The cruises leave between 19.00-19.30 nightly lasting 2-2.5 hours and usually from the River City pier or nearby. Costs vary from a small fee for the cruise plus a bill for whatever you order from an a la carte menu through to fixed-price buffets or set menus. In general, expect to pay between 1500-2000 baht per head and up to 4000 baht for the top hotel or gourmet food cruises.
Eat local delicacies
The number eight Must Do in Bangkok is to try the weirder Thai food delicacies. If you walk down the Khao San Road in the evening you are bound to notice the food carts selling a variety of fried creepy-crawlies. This may disgust you or tickle your taste buds. If you're curious you may want to know that the delicacies on show include grasshoppers, bamboo worms, and silk larvae, as well as crickets, weevils, dung beetles, ant queens, scorpions, tarantulas, lizards, baby frogs, and baby snakes.
Not the cheapest snack!
All of them come salted along with a spicy dip and are supposedly highly nutritious. A mixed bag will set you back 100 baht, while some items are pricier. Scorpions are 50 baht apiece, snakes 200 baht, and tarantulas 400 baht or you can settle for taking a photo for 10 baht. As an adventurous tourist remember that it's your duty to eat them and not just pretend to. The picture or video will impress your friends back home.
Enjoy the Nightlife
The number nine Must Do in Bangkok is to get out and hit the nightlife trail. Bangkok is notorious for its buzzing raunchy nightlife but has evolved over recent years to offer so much more. Trendy rooftop bars, nightclubs, cocktail bars, and live music bars join the old backpacker's party zone of Khao San and the still raunchy red-light districts of Patpong, Nana, and Soi Cowboy along with the gay party zone of Silom.
See and read more: https://touristbangkok.com/bars-nightlife/
See a Cultural Show
The number ten Must Do in Bangkok is to sample some authentic Thai culture. A cultural show is a performance featuring traditional Thai music and dance designed for a tourist audience. The performances range from simple shows in a restaurant to full-blown theatre extravaganzas.
Take a Day Tour
Lastly, the number eleven Must Do in Bangkok is get out of Bangkok! Don't just spend all your time in the city. There are some great places within easy reach of Bangkok. The most popular destinations are the ancient city of Ayutthaya, the Bridge on the River Kwai and the floating market at Damnoen-Saduak. You can visit them independently or more conveniently as part of a half or full-day organized tour.
See & Read more: https://touristbangkok.com/day-trips-bangkok/


text: Just quick note to any other riders out there who are considering a solo sojourn into Laos, but hesitant about the viability, safely, etc. Two months ago I entered Laos with my safety gear, David Unkovitch's new GT rider map, some US dollars and a tremendous drive to "do" northern Laos solo on a motorcycle. I'd expected to stay 15 days. After extending my visa 4 times, riding ALL over seven of the northern provinces, stirring up deep, political discussions about the "secret" war my country waged on this beautiful land, meeting dozens of traveling Farang and scores of lovely, happy Laotian and hilltribe folks, I've returned to Chaing Mai. But I sleep and breathe Laos and the exquisite riding I found there. I always felt safe. Even on the highest, twisting moutain roads where I'd pass rifle-slung soldiers sauntering along. I'd make sure to raise my visor and flash them a smile and a "Sabadee!" The response was ALWAYS the same: tough soldier-man melts into little, excited boy as way-cool bike and wait-a-minute-was-that-a-WOMAN???? whiz by! I felt strong and comfortable. Fortunately, (as all riders know it's not "if" you go down but "when") I kept the bike upright the whole time. Well, except for once when I paid boatmen to lay it down in their longtail for a days trip down the Nam Ou river from Muang Kua to Nong Khiaw. (Paying five more guys to haul my Baja 250 up the steeeeeep river bank when I reached my destination is another great story I can share!) There are a hundred more stories and lots more route and riding information about northern Laos that I'd be happy to share with anyone interested. Feel free to inquire!


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Managed Service Provider
Managed service is a form of service in the field of IT is relatively new where the function and efficiency of the work is the purpose of service. Services that are managed or that will carry out operational procedures in a technological environment.
This new type of service is a form of cooperation outsourcing company with the company includes a series of jobs with the aim of improving company performance. The Managed Service Provider Company provides a total service that ensures the smooth operation of the company's IT from disruptions.
For managed services, usually the provider will charge a monthly subscription fee. This service is slightly different from other IT projects where transactions occur only once, so usually MSP (managed service provider) will pay more attention to service level, quality, and set up good relation relationship. To keep labor costs and high efficiency, MSP usually uses software that serves to monitor clients remotely. This software acts as remote monitoring and management to monitor and troubleshoot with server or device at endpoint. MSP is a different business model from other IT solution providers where the cost of installation and system integration that is charged to the consumer is a fixed cost so that the consumer business will be more stable and can predict the expenditure.
In general, managed service services consist of hardware, software, and consulting services. Services in the hardware sector include strategic planning of IT devices to be used and which need to be upgraded to device maintenance. Evaluating and changing software or supporting application development is an MSP service in software. Provide opinion reports and suggestions that are useful to support the company's operations with consulting services.
Managed service services are generally used in fields such as:
– Data center company, by offering services for data server management, storage network management until consolidation between corporate servers.
End user management, end-user services including hardware and software maintenance, desktop management, business operational support, and so on.
– Security service, which will protect network security to all IT devices.
– Information service, related to system management, data backup, human resources, data storage.
– Supply chain managed services function as planning, monitoring, and control of logistics distribution, purchasing and payment.
The difference between SaaS and Managed Service lies in the provision of software and services. Companies that use SaaS services do not need to purchase software, as the SaaS provides the software on the server. Instead the company is charged a subscription fee based on a certain period of time. While MSP, customers continue to purchase software licenses. The MSP will help run, provide, and perform maintenance and upgrade as needed.
Some advantages of using MSP for the company, as follows:
– Companies can monitor expenditures and can estimate the routine expenses that the company has to pay.
– Cost savings, this is because the company does not need to conduct research, development, and implementation that has high operational value with low risk so that the company excels in the competition.
– Returns the main focus of the business that is seeking profit. By handing over the IT field to an MSP expert, the company will save time and energy in solving IT problems and focus on enterprise services.
– MSP helps companies address limited internal resources, so companies do not have to provide human resources, device investment, and infrastructure.
– Provide operational certainty of the company to keep it running, because MSP will ensure down-time can be handled professionally and prevented.
There are many more benefits of companies choosing MSP services that can be obtained companies that use these services. You can contact email@example.com for your company's Managed Service information.
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State and Local Tax Credits and Incentives
Many companies assume that if they have a CPA or Big 4 Firm completing their tax return that they are obtaining all of the tax credits and incentives that they are entitled to. This is far from the truth. To understand why this is true we will provide you with a background on what types of credits are available and how the mechanics of many of these credits work. To begin with most tax credits and incentives fall into two categories: statutory and negotiated.
Statutory State Tax Credits and Incentives
Statutory State tax incentives are available to all companies that qualify based on the language in the law or statute.
For example, most states offer a tax credit for research and development (R&D) performed within their state. If a company performs such activities they can obtain the credit on their tax return.
Unfortunately, state income tax returns do not offer full transparency into all of the statutory credits available. Many states bundle numerous credits under a line on the tax return called General Business Credits. Also, many credits such as state R&D tax credits require a study or minimum documentation that must be gathered to support the credit. Certain CPAs will rely on third-party consultants to assist with such requirements.
Some statutory tax incentives require state approval.
For example, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Corporation classification allows companies to receive numerous credits and incentives such as
- Single sales factor apportionment for income tax purposes,
- Sales and use tax exemptions,
- Investment tax credits, and
- Local property tax exemptions.
The requirements are statutory. However, a relatively complicated application is due by January 31st and annual recertifications are required.
Negotiated State Tax Credits and Incentives
Every state has some form of negotiated state tax credits and incentives in order to attract business to their states.
In order to obtain these credits and incentives companies need to plan in advance with multiple stakeholders (within and outside the company) to successfully win such a package.
Recently Amazon was awarded over $500M in state and local tax credits and incentives in order to locate their second corporate headquarters in New York City. These projects take many months of planning but can be highly lucrative. Here is a typical project plan:
- Month 1 – 3 working with internal stakeholders to establish a strategy and select a group of possible locations
- Month 4 – 6 work with each state and locality to understand what is available and apply for each package with each state
- Month 6 – 8 receiving approval from each location (generally requires state designated board approval) and evaluate the offers ultimately coming to a final decision
Transferrable Tax Credits
Both statutory and negotiated credits can be transferrable to other taxpayers.
For example, in Pennsylvania, several credits including the Keystone and R&D Credits can be transferred to other taxpayers if they cannot be utilized. This process generally requires approval by the state as the buyer or transferee generally requires assurances from the state that the credits are accurate that there will be no recourse to the company that has purchased the credits.
Currently, over 15 states have transferrable tax credits programs. Some of the most popular and successful programs involved film tax credits. PMBA state tax credit and incentive team works with companies across the United States in buying and selling transferrable tax credits.
If you are a BUYER of tax credits please click on the link below to request a free copy of our current inventory of transferrable tax credits.
Notable Programs
State R&D Tax Programs
Most states offer a tax credit for research and development performed within their state. If a company performs such activities they can obtain the credit on their tax return. Visit our State R&D Webpages to see which states have programs and how to apply.
States and the R&D Credit:
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Angel Investor Tax Credit Program
All investors that invest in a qualifying NJ emerging technology business may benefit from a tax credit. For more information on the program visit the NJ EDA Website.


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While the title character on Showtime's hit series "Ray Donovan" struggles with how to be a man of conscience, his father — ex-con Mickey, a hedonist gangster — shows how uncomplicated life can be when scruples aren't part of the equation.
"They both have a resourcefulness, but Mickey lacks a certain moral spine his son is striving for," says Jon Voight, the Oscar-winning actor who's turned his role of Mickey into television's most entertaining alpha thug in years. "He's used his resourcefulness to survive in all sorts of situations that he's gotten himself into. He's a bit of a mess."
Boston bruiser Mickey is a man of contradictions: a murderer, drug user and doting grandfather whose idea of sage birds-and-bees advice for Ray's son — not to mention what's acceptable library computer- console viewing — will make your jaw drop.
Voight didn't know all of this when he first read creator Ann Biderman's pilot script, but he knew it was a great part. "Every time he's on-screen, he's doing something extraordinary, and he's talked about when he's not. It couldn't be a better part for an actor, and I'm very fortunate to be the fella they chose."
As bullish as he is about the quality of the writing, the 74-year-old actor is equally jazzed about his on-screen colleagues, from star Liev Schreiber to Paula Malcomson as Ray's wife, Eddie Marsan and Dash Mihok as Ray's brothers, and beyond. "I've compared it to playing center court at Wimbledon, where you hit the ball and the ball comes back fast and with spin. It ups your game. We're all a team, a family and very appreciative of each other."
If Mickey isn't much of a role model, the actor who plays him is to Schreiber. "To have someone as accomplished as he is, and who's been around the business as long as he has, be so excited about coming to work day after day, is really inspiring," he says.
It's tempting to view Voight's funny/scary portrayal of Mickey as a culmination of the two halves of his movie career: the brooding star magnetism that signified his work in such classics as "Midnight Cowboy," "Deliverance" and "Coming Home," and the villainous character work that opened up for him after playing a convict in "Runaway Train."
Voight agrees. "I'm playing on a lot of different areas of my life, strangely enough," he says. "Before 'Runaway Train' I had done a lot of research into prisons, so I felt comfort there. When I did 'The Champ,' I was doing boxing training, so this has a little bit of that. And it's like I'm working onstage again, like the early part of my career, when I was so excited to get into the work."
Enthusiasm for acting has always been a hallmark of his career. Voight, who traces his intuition for acting to a sixth-grade school play in which his comic character — a blustery German fashioned after his grandfather — had to tell a series of funny stories. Sensing a need to keep his fellow grade-school performers on their toes, he switched up the jokes between rehearsal and performance.
"I didn't want the kids to get used to the punch lines, not listen, and overact," he says. "I wanted it to be live, spontaneous and authentic."
Voight hasn't always been a public figure for just his acting. He's a prominent conservative voice — "It's gotten challenging to be in Hollywood and have points of view that are not of the status quo, and that's unfortunate," is all he'll say about politics for now — and until a few years ago had a much-publicized estrangement with his daughter, Oscar-winning star Angelina Jolie. Voight's been quoted as saying he wasn't informed about Jolie's mastectomy until it was news, and while he's reluctant to broach that topic, he says, "Of course, she was very brave. She's trying to avert what she's seen her mom go through." (Marcheline Bertrand, Jolie's mother and Voight's ex-wife, died from cancer, in 2007.)
For now, he's grateful to be a working actor with a character who animates him. Just slipping on Mickey's ring, gold bracelet and necklace, and T-shirt/blazer combo helped him ease into Mickey on set. "His taste is still back in the early '80s, but he thinks he looks great," says Voight.
Tonight's episode only ratchets up the revelations about Mickey's motivations and temperament, starting with a visit to an old flame (Sheryl Lee Ralph) and ending with an eye-opening scene confirming that Mickey's way of cutting loose can never be pigeonholed. "That's the thing about Mickey, he'll surprise you," says Voight. "He's wide open, full-throttle. He doesn't give a s–t, you know? He's actually a runaway train."
Tonight at 10, Showtime
MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969): Voight's breakthrough role was as Texas hustler Joe Buck opposite Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo. "We became friends, and he was the first person to tell me I was going to be good. He said, 'You belong in this world.'"
DELIVERANCE (1972): Voight (below with Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty and Burt Reynolds) plays one of four friends on a canoeing trip. "It was a bit dangerous. You'd come to a line in the river, and that meant there was going to be a waterfall on the other side. What I remember most is the chemistry of those guys."
COMING HOME (1978): Voight's Oscar-winning role was as a scarred, paraplegic Vietnam vet, opposite Jane Fonda. "What set us off in the proper direction was an improvisation over a pool table with a bunch of real vets who had different points of view. I said very little, and you could see this guy was suffering in isolation. That's when the character came alive for me."
THE CHAMP (1979): As ex-boxer Billy Flynn, Voight starred in a teary classic. "I enjoyed working with young Ricky [Schroder]. We're still in touch." Is it the saddest movie ever, as many claim? "I don't know how they arrive at these things, but all you have to do is see it to say that!"
RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985): Voight earned an Oscar nomination for his turn as a prison escapee. "It was an extreme character, but I'm a character actor after all. I knew I had to really go for it, to change myself. Director Andrei Konchalovsky didn't typecast, and I was very proud of that performance."


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Cook and Cook on the march in county competition
PUBLISHED: 07:42 06 June 2014
It's hard to believe the 2014 outdoor bowls summer season is into its second month, writes Susie Bonnell.
Last Saturday morning (May 31) saw the first of the club's nominated mixed pairs competition's get under way.
Veterans, Ron and Sylvia Cook were playing relative newcomers, Jim and Rosemary Brown.
The first eight ends of the match saw Ron and Sylvia power their way to a 21-1 lead!
However, Jim and Rosemary, who only started playing last year, proved they are made of sterner stuff!
Once they got possession of the mat, they put up long jacks and, over the next ends brought the score up to 22/14!
Ron and Sylvia managed to go on to win 30/14, but it was a well fought contest by Jim and Rosemary.
Ron and Sylvia - with only a couple of hours rest - went on to play in another competition in the afternoon.
They met with Margaret Bright and David Brown from Ottery Bowls Club to play a second match in the County Mixed Pairs Competition.
What a tight, nail-biting game it proved to be! On the last end with a score of 16/16, it was anyone's game. Ron and Sylvia secured the winning shot by a whisker giving them a score of 17/16.
So it's congratulations to the Cooks' who will be representing Sidmouth in the Section Three County Semi-Final Mixed Pairs - we wish them lots of luck.
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Property Location
A stay at Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Pensacola places you in the heart of Pensacola, convenient to Five Flags Speedway. This hotel is within the vicinity of Marcus Pointe Golf Club and Sam's Fun City.
Make yourself at home in one of the 63 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, and flat-screen televisions with digital programming provide entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and complimentary newspapers, as well as phones with free local calls.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, a television in the lobby, and tour/ticket assistance.
A complimentary breakfast is included.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Pensacola? This hotel has facilities measuring 750 square feet (70 square meters), including a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Take a break from the action with a delicious meal from one of our many restaurants. Meal Deals can be purchased online before your visit. Whether you're dining solo or part of a group, we have a Single Combo or Discover® Family Meal just for you. From tender Chicken Strips and Johnny Rockets burgers to Famous Famigilia Pizza, we have your cravings covered!
Available Meal Deals
Pizza Family Meal
Pizza Family Meal
Whole cheese or pepperoni pizza, cheesebread, and 4 fountain drinks.
Chicken Strips Combo
Chicken Strips Combo
Chicken strips with fries and a regular fountain drink.
Cheeseburger Combo
Cheeseburger Combo
Cheeseburger, fries, and a regular fountain drink.
Hamburger Family Meal
Hamburger Family Meal
4 Johnny Rockets singles, fries, and 4 regular fountain drinks
Milk may be substituted for regular soft drinks on applicable Meal Deals, based on availability. Prices do not include tax. Online fee applies. Meal Deals are valid at specific in-park locations stated on vouchers.


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New Flyers Association
Thank you for your interest in New Flyers Association. We are a flying club based in hangar A-10 at the OSU Don Scott Airport in northwest Columbus, Ohio. We have qualified instructors available to members on days, evenings and weekends for private, instrument, multi-engine, and aircraft check-outs. (You must supply the multi-engine at present) We are an educational flying club focused on student pilot training. We utilize online scheduling and communications for coordinating flight training, making the process easy to get scheduled and fly. If you want to meet personally with an instructor, or to see our facilities, please feel free to email us to arrange an appointment.
Aviator Services
We provide Air Taxi (Air Charter) services from Miami to Key West, Marathon, Naples, Ft. Myers, Sarasota, Tampa, Orlando, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach, Vero Beach, St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Destin, Pensacola, and many more Florida cities.. We us the Cirrus SR22 aircraft (the plane with the parachute). Up to three passengers can fly comfortably to almost any Florida destination. Service is fast, economical and perfect for business or personal travel.
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Flight Instruction We make learning to fly fun and safe! You'll get to sit in the left seat (pilot's seat) beginning with your first lesson and our professional certified flight instructor (CFI) will train you from the right seat (with his own/duplicate set of flight controls). Your CFI will teach you everything you need to know to pass your FAA checkride and obtain your own private pilot's license. Ferry Services Delivery of single and multi-engine piston-powered airplanes. Home base is Austin, Texas. Position reports are provided throughout the ferry trip and we provide a log of any airplane issues discovered during the trip. Aerial Photography Aerial photography services typically include several photos from 1,000 feet and include post-production processing. Photos are delivered online or via CD and include unlimited reprint rights. Hours This is an aviation business, so there aren't set hours - we allow scheduling of training and pilot services as needed.
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Santa Monica Flyers
Santa Monica Flyers was founded to bring the finest light sport aircraft available on the market to the Los Angeles basin. Based at the beautiful and historic Santa Monica airport in Los Angeles, the company is dedicated to providing training not just for the Sport Pilot license, but for Private Pilot, Instrument Rating and Sport Pilot Instructor.
Private Fly
Private Fly is a global booking service for private jet charter and private aircraft hire. Launched in 2007, PrivateFly.com is the fastest growing private aviation company in Europe, combining award-winning booking technology with a dedicated 24/7 team of private aviation experts.
Heliflight is a new company with 15 years experience! Since 1998, we carry out flights from our own heli-port in Barneveld and since 2012 we do so under the current name. In those 22 years, we have extensive experience and professionalism developed and proven ourselves as a stable and reliable helicopter operator. considering a helicopter flight for your event, you would like to make a round trip, or want to make use of the transport can possibly by helicopter? We are happy to work with you! What are you waiting for? "Come fly with us!" Call for appointment.
We are serious and competent pilots, have the pleasure to bring "pedestrians" on the fly purist way closer and create memorable experiences! So you may carry in Switzerland legally persons with a paraglider, comprehensive theoretical and practical training and exams are to be completed. The requirements are very high, so high quality and safety are guaranteed. More info at the Swiss Hängegleiterveband (SHV) and the Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA). All our pilots / -Innen are owned by the Gleitschirmbrevets, A tandem and have far-reaching, flying experience. safety is our, despite fun and freedom, at the top!
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A pack of roasted and seasoned soya beans from Rehlauf.
They are roasted and coated in a spice mix of cumin, ginger, chilli, curry and more, (see ingredients below). The beans are crunchy and have a pleasant texture. The flavouring is quite mild and tastes pretty nice. I was not blown away with this product, I thought it was just OK. Good source of protein.
Each 75gram pack is suitable for vegans and vegetarians. Per 30gram serving is 142kcal. I got mine in the January Vegan Tuck Box.


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Are you irritated from your body fat? Do you desire to reduce fat from body? Having a high body fat percentage sets the stage for difficulties which arrive with being overweight or else overweight, for instance developing heart disease, chronic illness, plus a number of types of cancer. Body fat portions much better than 20 % for males and exceptional to 30 % for females are determined high.
Fat is huge concern by each age individuals, in exposition with lots of types of organic medications for dropping fats however it could have side results. Only little change in our behavior we can creative to lower the fat in merely, naturally as well as fastly.
How To Decrease Body Fat Naturally And Swiftly:
Generally we listen so numerous methods and also means to decrease fat from body. Listed below we have actually provided 15 simple and also reliable methods and also techniques that can discuss ways to decrease fat from body quickly and also naturally.
1. Dancing:
Dancing is the best method to minimize full body fat by packed with satisfaction by the joy. By this exercise you will never get fed up by this exercise. Dancing you could execute by yourself otherwise with good friends. Now we have much kind of dance tasks. Dance is just one of the most effective and also popular ways to minimize body fat naturally and also promptly also.
2. Swimming:
The swimming boggles the mind you could execute for your entire life a mostly essential reward for the factor which it could accurately alleviate you to live younger. The body-shaping repay of swimming workouts are the result of a suitable snowstorm of calorie melt. A simple swim burns regarding 500 calories a hr, it will aid to lower entire body fats simply.
3. Drinking Of Water:
Water is the intermediary in which generally mobile discussion occurs, in enhancement to the transportation plus flaming of fat. Including up, intake of a lot of calorie-free water make you really feel full additionally consume less. Sip at the very least 3 clutters water each day, it will aid you to pick up fresh plus active.
4. Make A Plan:
Building a plan will certainly guarantee fat loss is achieve with better certainty. Having actually predefined objectives and also a development diary will aid your client affix to their plan, as well as allow for an exceptional level of obligation. The initial step is to choose precisely just what their aim is. Planned for fat loss, the entire ideal actions have to be active at the exact times to value this goal.
5. Alter Your Salt:
Better salt is exceptionally acidic plus leaches minerals since your body. It is in addition extremely dehydrating (hello there cellulite!) therefore refined that your body will should utilize its crucial life force to try to take in this dead salt. Superior salt just join to the develop up of poisoning in your body. Crystal plus sea salt still are alkaline, filled loaded with helpful minerals, supply to the body somewhat than take from it plus contain a fuller taste uncertainly you could see the significant difference at all!
6. Consume A Healthy Diet:
Eat additional fruits plus veggies. Consist of additional fish plus chicken. Reserve ground turkey otherwise hen for hamburger. Remove the skin from chicken previous compared to food preparation. Use leaner cuts of beef plus pork, along with cut as much plainly fat as likely before cooking. Bake, Broil, otherwise grill meats, getaway frying. Hold off from breaded meats plus vegetables. Make use of fat-free otherwise reduced-fat milk as an alternative of whole milk. Rather than tart lotion, attempt nonfat ordinary yogurt or else a combine of yogurt plus low-fat home cheese. Make use of low-fat cheeses.
7. Yoga- Surya Namaskar:
Do you know how you can reduce fat from body naturally through yoga exercise? Yoga exercise surya namaskar are just one of the excellent natural means to decrease fat from body fastly. All of you understand that Surya Namaskar is essentially, a union together of 12 yoga poses, whereas practise Surya Namaskar you could bear in mind some factors. This will definitely assist you to decrease the weight fast! Sun Salutation or else Surya Namaskar is not just work out to decrease fats. Surya Namaskar is the song to live relaxed, strong and fit.
8. Running:
One of the most effective to lose stomach fat easily is to do some operating on an ordinary ground. This will require the fat to burn faster. Swimming does help and also among the wager thing you could do is to blend both activities, that is do swimming and running with each other. Make use a sprint regular integrated with a swimming one and organize it inning accordance with your needs. This kinds of exercise routines have actually been confirmed to be efficient for a whole lot of individuals and also ideally will be good for you. If you wish to reduce body fat, after that this is a very excellent technique.
9. Lower the Quantity Of Calories In Your Meals:
It has actually been confirmed, that calories is just one of the prime causes for weight gain and if you want to lose fat, after that among the most effective methods is to decrease the amount of calorie intake each day. Calories in percentages will certainly melt and also will certainly not deposit as fat. If you take substantial quantities of calories, after that it can obstruct your body and also hence your way of life. This will certainly better lead to a number of illness as well and can ruin your belly tasks. Excess weight could influence your gastrointestinal functions.
10. Starchy Carbohydrates:
There are lots of types of carbs. Several of them are needed for us, whereas some are not. These sort of carbohydrates stay in the body in the kind of starch and could be stated to be among the prime factors for excessive weight gain. This is one f the points that you should prevent. Taking protein in great amounts will assist to burn more calories compared with carbohydrates, hence healthy protein intake will certainly benefit you to keep a fat-free body if you wish to obtain weight at the exact same time.
11. Having Some Healthy and balanced Early morning Beverages:
There are some fruit juices that assist in cutting down fat and ought to be eaten in the early morning on an empty belly. It is just one of the healthiest methods to reduce body fat. If you would like to know exactly how to lose body fat, after that start obtaining some details on this issue. The sooner you start getting these juices, the much better it will certainly be for you. For instance, lemon juice.
12. Do Some Morning Yoga exercise As well as Extending:
Doing some extending regimens in the morning does aid in placing some firm as well as reliable pressure on the tummy which causes lowering fat. The finest aspect of this extending workouts is that they could done anytime, as long as you are not ding them on a full stomach. One of the very best stretching workouts for losing fat is curving the back upwards while existing down face down to the ground.
13. Herbal Products:
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'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life…My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.'
As someone who reads a lot of fantasy, there is a danger that all the books I read can become a bit samey (eg. a lot of LOTR rip offs). So its been pretty refreshing lately that I've not only read the uniquely wonderful Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson but also The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (the first in The Kingkiller Chronicle), which was another pleasant change from the usual fantasy fare.
The Name of the Wind begins with a seemingly inconspicuous innkeeper named Kote and his assistant Bast serving a group of regulars as they tell outlandish stories of magic and demons and brave deeds. However, when a scribe by chance comes to the Waystone Inn and recognises the red haired innkeeper as a figure of legend, Kvothe Kingkiller, he persuades the reluctant man to allow him to record his story, and the reader is transported into that very world of magic and demons and brave deeds…
On the surface, the book could be seen as a classic example of fantasy: a young, and extremely gifted boy shows resilience in the face of extreme hardship, and sets out on a quest. However, the book is a lot more character driven than a lot of fantasy, the body of the novel being Kvothe's own telling of his story as he sets out to avenge his family's murder by the legendary Chandrian.
Although to a certain extent the framing of the main story (Kvothe's life story) with the goings on at the Waystone Inn slows the story down, I found myself really liking this format. The emergence of sinister forces in the present day adds a feeling of foreboding (especially in light of Kvothe's past) and leads you to believe that Kvothe's story is far from over yet. It also adds another level of intrigue, as the Kvothe of the story seems very, very different from the amiable innkeeper who tells it, and it makes you wonder how he ended up there.
As for the character himself, I found myself really liking him. At the beginning he's a young boy travelling around with his parent's performing troupe, so it's interesting to see how his character develops following their horrific murder, his time on the streets of Tarbean and his time at the University. His development from a happy, curious boy to the tough, resourceful and fiercely intelligent University student is incredibly convincing considering the hardships he faces, and you really find yourself rooting for him. The hints about his future self we receive in the parts set in the Waystone Inn also intrigued me. He is known as 'Kvothe Kingkiller', which begs the question of what king did he kill, and why?
There was also a lot of other interesting characters in the book that I really liked. Denna, for example was a great character as Kvothe's love interest. The fact that she's unpredictable, independent and resourceful makes her very different from a lot of the usual 'damsel-in-distress' type women you see in a lot of fantasy. At the same time she is also infuriating in her elusiveness, being almost impossible to track down, and never quite making her feelings towards Kvothe clear.
The masters at the University were also an interesting bunch, ranging from the petty meanness of Master Hemme, to the sternness of Master Lorren and the inherent madness and unpredictability of Master Elodin. Kvothe being constantly in trouble meant he spent a fair amount of time in front of the masters whilst they decided his punishment, and the outcome of these meetings were always hard to gauge, what with the different personalities clashing.
I also liked Kvothe's University friends Wilem, Simmon, Fela and Auri, and whilst I hated Ambrose I enjoyed their mutual hatred of each other, in a relationship reminiscent of that of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy.
As for the world of the story, it was rich, vivid, and well developed. Kvothe's story begins amongst villages and small towns as he travels far and wide with his parent's troupe, whilst his later adventures reveal the bustling, crime-ridden city of Tarbean, the University and the nearby town of Imre. I particularly liked the University setting, and all the different parts of it, such as the Fishery, the Archives and the Crockery (which despite what it sounds like is actually an asylum).
I also loved the magic system used in the book, as it was a lot more subtle than in many fantasy books. It's known as 'symapthy', and involves the naming and manipulating of things (hence why the book is called The Name of the Wind), and the transfer of energy from one source to the other. I liked the air of danger about it, with Kvothe nearly killing himself in one of his early experiments, and his trip to the Crockery with Master Elodin showing it's possible effects on the mind.
Overall, this was a very enjoyable read. It was certainly far different than anything else I've read, and I'm incredibly intrigued as to how Kvothe's story will continue, as the book raises so many questions. I particularly liked the book's unusual structure of having one character essentially relate his autobiography to another, and I'm certainly wondering how the University student Kvothe becomes Kvothe Kingkiller, and subsequently the innkeeper of the Waystone Inn. Hopefully I'll be reading the second book soon, and will find out!
Rating: 4/5


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The Hickory Groundwater Treatment Plant facility is the final phase of a five-year effort to provide a source of clean drinking water to the nearly 100,000 residents of the city of San Angelo. Although the City has had the rights to the Hickory Aquifer since the 1960s, the project was put on hold due to poor water quality, a lack of available technology, and the cost of treatment. However, the City kicked off the project five years ago, and within the past year, a 30-inch pipeline was built to transmit the water from the wells, which are located approximately 30 miles east of the city, to the Hickory Treatment Facility.
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This is Kodak Six-20 Vigilant folding pocket camera with a classic art deco design. It dates to the 1930s. It has an f3.6 Anastigmat lens, and when opened, we found what looks like an unused roll of film. The camera was well used by an advanced amateur, who taped on a table of exposures and f-stops, and corrections for different film. Notice the folded back tape over the red film window, and a couple of black tape repairs on the bellows, and enamel paint loss on the bottom edge of the camera.
The film is probably used. A camera buff of this caliber would have taken some pictures, and when putting the camera back in storage, would have rolled back the film, and made a notation of the exposure number, then advanced the film to that location when they were ready to shoot again, and it is unlikely film would still be usable in any case. Still, the old roll of film would be a nice addition to a vintage camera display.


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On Tuesday night, the New York Rangers played a perfect third period to earn their first victory in Vancouver in a very long time. You'd have to search as far back as October 11th, 1997 to find the last time the Blueshirts won at Rogers Arena.
Back in October 1997, the Rogers Arena was known as General Motors Place and it was also home to the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies. Yes kids, the Memphis Grizzlies used to play in Vancouver. Back then, they wore hideous aqua green jerseys and had an overweight center named Bryant 'Big Country' Reeves.
Okay, that's probably enough basketball talk as in all likelihood we won't see an NBA season in 2011-12. Allow me to take one more trip down memory lane to demonstrate to Rangers fans just how long it's been since your team last secured a victory in Vancouver. In October 1997, Wayne Gretzky was enjoying his second season as a Ranger and Blueshirts fans were getting used to the image of former captain Mark Messier in Canucks uniform.
Messier controversially bolted the Big Apple for Vancouver that off-season to re-unite with former head coach Mike Keenan. As beloved as Messier was at Madison Square Garden, he was equally despised by fans at General Motors Place. Canucks fans loved their leader Trevor Linden and the fact that Keenan ripped the captain's badge off Linden's sweater to have stitched on Messier's jersey irritated them greatly.
This was the same man who scored the series-winning goal over the Canucks in Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. That combined with a drop-off in production made Messier an unpopular figure during his time in Vancouver.
To prove how long ago it was when the Rangers last won in Vancouver, Messier was lining up against his old teammates for the first time in a Canucks jersey. On that occasion, Gretzky scored a hat trick and totaled five points on the night. Defenseman Bruce Driver added two goals and Adam Graves chipped in an additional goal as the Rangers marched on to a 6-3 victory. Even Messier scored in his first appearance against his former teammates since joining the Canucks.
Fast-forward back to 2011. The present day Canucks are coming off their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance since 1994 and it isn't just the Sedin twins that are gifted with talent. They're a team loaded with scorers like Ryan Kesler, Alexandre Burrows and Mikael Samuelsson. Kesler is a complete two-way forward who embodies all the offensive and physical trademarks that make Vancouver such a difficult team to beat.
They possess a mix of skill and grit that not many teams around the NHL can handle and are deep on the blue line. Whether or not Roberto Luongo can return to form isn't crucial to their plans as they carry a backup in Cory Schneider who many teams would be desperate to acquire. The Canucks are the strongest they've been since that classic Stanley Cup Final in 1994.
Can the same be said about the Rangers? Could this be a potential 2012 Stanley Cup Finals preview? Maybe some over-zealous fans feel that confident but I'm not ready to go that far yet. Still, the Rangers showed last night why they're equipped to fare better than their eighth place Eastern Conference finish in 2010-11 and first round playoff exit.
Henrik Lundqvist stood tall in net against a barrage of Canucks chances, saving 40 shots on net and making 28 saves through two periods. Some Ranger fans are calling it the best ever performance by the Swedish net-minder of his 410 game career.
That 'bend but not break mentality' was conveyed by the entire Rangers lineup throughout the night. They were poised and patient enough not to put their heads down and allow the Canucks to make good on their early momentum. Poise is a word that also adequately describes sophomore Ranger Ryan McDonagh who put in the performance of a ten-year offensive-defenseman with his passing aptitude.
McDonagh displayed wizardry on the puck by contributing two skillful assists and adding a goal of his own in the Rangers' 4-0 victory. All four goals came in the third period and McDonagh's offensive play made sure the Canucks had no route back into the game.
It's promising for a young defenseman to have such a breakthrough performance. Seeing heavyweights like Michael Rupp and Brian Boyle get on the scoresheet along with a more usual suspect in Marian Gaborik shows that the Rangers can find goals from not just their highly-paid stars.
That's no knock on Boyle who is coming off a career year or Rupp who has scored important playoff goals in years past but rather a statement on the kind of depth the Rangers now boast. Great teams click from top-to-bottom and aren't reliant entirely on their first liners as the Canucks and Boston Bruins demonstrated on the way to last season's finals.
Tuesday night's victory in Vancouver could be a glimpse of the depth and mentality needed to make a serious playoff run. The winning pieces may be finally falling into place for John Tortorella and his Rangers.
Rangers fans – how pleasing was it to see the Blueshirts achieve an improbable victory in Vancouver? Share your opinions below and send your tweets to @HartyLFC.
Typical rangers propaganda, 2 weeks in and they won the Stanley cup already, LOL!
Rangers aren't quite there yet in my opinion as a Rangers fan. The show last night was stolen by Hank no doubt and he's absolutely the reason the Rangers have the points they have so far in their sluggish start. It's a good feeling to get a win in Vancouver after so many years. Staal is a big piece of the link that is missing right now, but the young blue liners are doing an awesome job in filling in Staal's shoes. Richards and Gaborik have messed nicely so far this year, I hope it continues. I think the rest of the team needs to pick it up especially Cally and Duby, but if all cylinders are firing and RIchards / Gaborik can be the guys to get those big points…add in a little Staal on D….the Rangers might be going places…only time will tell, but I'm very excited about this year and have high hopes


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Hanko, or custom seals commonly made of wood, plastic or other material, are used in Japanese culture to sign documents or letters, and are carved with the name of their owners. In other words, their value is equivalent to that of an official signature, and therefore assume an extreme importance in everyday Japanese life. With this workshop Tenoha gives you the opportunity to create your Hanko and to create a personalized signature, which will give you the opportunity to bring with you a little bit of Japan.
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Absence was the forty-sixth Bernice Summerfield audio story released by Big Finish Productions. It was the second story of the tenth season.
Publisher's summary Edit
Cluster worlds are one of the great mysteries of space travel – planet-sized objects that have spontaneously fused together from the detritus, junk and flotsam left behind by both human and alien space travellers. The archaeologist who solves the mystery will become rich and famous overnight.
Professor Bernice Summerfield just wants to leave.
Bernice and her son Peter are stranded on Absence, a cluster object that has been settled by a cartel operating beyond human space. It's an artificial world where everything is at a premium and nothing comes without a price. For the wealthy few who can afford it there is the relative freedom of the world beyond the sterile cartel domes, but Bernice is almost penniless.
The reclusive entrepreneur Lamarque Aslanides is leading a mission to explore the largely uncharted interior of Absence. For Bernice it will mean a long and painful period of separation from her son – but the money will pay for their passage off this world.
As the expedition descends into madness and death, they discover that they are not the only ones interested in the mysteries at the heart of the cluster. Then when Peter's life is placed in danger, Bernice is powerless to help.
Plot Edit
to be added
Cast Edit
- Professor Bernice Summerfield - Lisa Bowerman
- Peter Summerfield - Thomas Grant
- Cindy - Rachael Elizabeth
- Aaron Keep - Paul Thornley
- Lamarque Aslinedes / Newsreader - Trevor Littledale
References Edit
to be added
Notes Edit
- This audio drama was recorded on 21 December 2008.
Continuity Edit
to be added
External links Edit
- Official Absence page at bigfinish.com
- Absence at the Doctor Who Reference Guide


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Magnitude 7.0 - HAITI REGION
2010 January 12 21:53:10 UTC
Earthquake Details
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
|13 km (8.1 miles) set by location program
|25 km (15 miles) WSW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
130 km (80 miles) E of Les Cayes, Haiti
150 km (95 miles) S of Cap-Haitien, Haiti
1125 km (700 miles) SE of Miami, Florida
|Location Uncertainty
|horizontal +/- 3.4 km (2.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
|NST=312, Nph=312, Dmin=143.7 km, Rmss=0.93 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
|Event ID
- Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.
Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
According to official estimates, 316,000 people killed, 300,000 injured, 1.3 million displaced, 97,294 houses destroyed and 188,383 damaged in the Port-au-Prince area and in much of southern Haiti. Other estimates suggest substantially lower numbers of casualties, perhaps as low as fewer than 100,000. The casualties include at least 4 people killed by a local tsunami in the Petit Paradis area near Leogane. Tsunami waves were also reported at Jacmel, Les Cayes, Petit Goave, Leogane, Luly and Anse a Galets. The tsunami had recorded wave heights (peak-to-trough) of 12 cm at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and 2 cm at Christiansted, US Virgin Islands. Uplift was observed along the coast from Leogane to L'Acul and subsidence was observed along the coast from Grand Trou to Port Royal. Felt (VIII) at Leogane; (VII) at Carrefour, Port-au-Prince and Petionville; (VI) at Vieux Bourg d'Aquin; (V) at Port-de-Paix. Felt (V) at La Vega, Moca and San Cristobal; (IV) at Bani, Bonao, Luperon, Nagua, Puerto Plata, Santiago, Santo Domingo and Sosua, Dominican Republic. Felt throughout Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Felt (III) at Oranjestad, Aruba; (IV) at Santiago de Cuba and (III) at Guantanamo, Cuba; (II) in the Kingston-Mona area, Jamaica; (II) at Carolina and San Juan, Puerto Rico; (III) at Cockburn Harbour and (II) at Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands; (III) at Maracaibo and (II) at Caracas, Venezuela. Felt in parts of The Bahamas, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and as far as southern Florida, northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
Tectonic Summary
The January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake occurred in the boundary region separating the Caribbean plate and the North America plate. This plate boundary is dominated by left-lateral strike slip motion and compression, and accommodates about 20 mm/y slip, with the Caribbean plate moving eastward with respect to the North America plate.
Haiti occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola, one of the Greater Antilles islands, situated between Puerto Rico and Cuba. At the longitude of the January 12 earthquake, motion between the Caribbean and North American plates is partitioned between two major east-west trending, strike-slip fault systems -- the Septentrional fault system in northern Haiti and the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system in southern Haiti.
The location and focal mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with the event having occurred as a combination of reverse and left-lateral strike slip faulting on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system. The overall Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system accommodates about 7 mm/y of motion, nearly half the total oblique convergence between the Caribbean and North America plates. The January 12 main shock did not produce observable surface displacement on the geomorphologically well-expressed main-strand of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system, but appears instead to have primarily involved rupture of a fault or faults distinct from the previously mapped principal strand, causing significant uplift of the Léogâne delta.
The Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system has not produced a major earthquake in recent decades. The EPGFZ is the likely source of historical large earthquakes in 1860, 1770, and 1751, though none of these has been confirmed in the field as associated with this fault.
Sequence of events possibly associated with the Enriquillo fault in 1751-1860 are as follows.
October 18, 1751: a major earthquake caused heavy destruction in the gulf of Azua (the eastern end of the Enriquillo Fault) which also generated a tsunami. It is unclear if the rupture occurred on the Muertos thrust belt or on the eastern end of Enriquillo Fault.
Nov. 21, 1751: a major earthquake destroyed Port-au-Prince but was centered to the east of the city on the Plaine du Cul-de-Sac.
June 3, 1770: a major earthquake destroyed Port-au-Prince again and appeared to be centered west of the city. As a result of the 1751 and 1770 earthquakes and minor ones in between, the authorities required building with wood and forbade building with masonry.
April 8, 1860: there was a major earthquake farther west accompanied by a tsunami.
Aftershock Report
In the time period since the earthquake's origin at 2010-01-12 21:53 to 2010-02-23 17:00 UTC, the USGS NEIC has located 59 aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or greater. Sixteen of these aftershocks have magnitudes of 5.0 or greater. The two largest aftershocks were magnitude 6.0 and 5.9. The M 6.0 aftershock occurred 7 minutes after the mainshock on January 12 and the M 5.9 event occurred at 11:03 UTC on January 20.
See Aftershock Map. (Map is updated manually and may be missing the latest information.)
Earthquake Information for Caribbean
USGS Podcast Interview: Michael Blanpied, associate coordinator for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, answers questions about the earthquake, its severe shaking, and the possibility of additional hazards, such as landslides and a tsunami.
Poster of the Seismicity of the Caribbean Plate and Vicinity
Earthquake Maps
Scientific & Technical Information
- USGS Centroid Moment Tensor Solution
- USGS Body-Wave Moment Tensor Solution
- Global CMT Project Moment Tensor Solution
- USGS WPhase Moment Tensor Solution
- Historic Moment Tensor Solutions
- Finite Fault Model
- Phase Data
- Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times
- Energy and Broadband Solution
- USGSWHOIDPRI Coulomb Stress-Transfer Model for the January 12, 2010, Mw=7.0 Haiti Earthquake (USGS Open-File Report 2010-1019)
- The MW 7.0 Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team Report - Open-File Report 2010-1048
- Documentation for Initial Seismic Hazard Maps for Haiti - USGS Open-File Report 1067
Tsunami Information
The earthquake locations and magnitudes cited in NOAA tsunami statements and bulletins are preliminary and are superseded by USGS locations and magnitudes computed using more extensive data sets.
General Tsunami Information
Additional Information
- USAID Responds to Haiti Earthquake
- EERI Earthquake Clearinghouse for Haiti Earthquake
- Haiti Supersite - data sources for imagery,GIS, maps, etc
- Woods Hole Science Center Map of the North American - Caribbean tectonic plate boundary
- Caltech Tectonics Observatory Preliminary Slip Distribution Map
- IRIS "Teachable Moments" Education Resources for Haiti Earthquake
- ReliefWeb: Latest information on the relief efforts in Haiti
- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver


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