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Videos can be used in child abuse trial of Plaistow manBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
August 19. 2013 11:34PM
BRENTWOOD — A judge decided that creating a "mirror" copy of a hard drive did not constitute an unlawful seizure by police investigating a Plaistow man charged with abusing his girlfriend's 3-year-old son and recording videos of his so-called coaching sessions with the boy.
The decision allows prosecutors to use the videos against Roland Dow, 27, of Plaistow when he goes on trial Oct. 7 on charges of first- and second-degree assault for allegedly beating and burning 3-year-old James Nicholson. He suffered a "significant brain injury" and first- and second-degree burns on his body during the course of several days in November.
His mother, Jessica Linscott, 24, began serving a 2½ to seven years in July after pleading guilty to witness tampering and endangering the welfare of a child. The videos seized by police include episodes where Dow allegedly coached Nicholson with what to say to a state child advocacy worker when asked about being spanked or yelled at.
Defense lawyer Tom Gleason argued that Dow's constitutional rights were violated because police searched a "mirror" copy of the hard drive on Jan. 7 nearly two months after a pair of search warrants were used to search the couple's home, and seize a home computer.
Judge Marguerite Wageling concluded in an order issued Friday the examination of the copied hard drive was legally permissible. She cited federal case law that allows investigators time to comb through thousands of records before possibly seizing potential evidence.
"A search involving a hard drive is analogous to an investigation requiring the seizure of voluminous business records in a so-called paper case," Wageling said. "Because such cases may require the inspection of tens of thousands of documents, courts have held that such documents may be seized wholesale and examined off-site."
Dow could potentially face decades in prison if he is convicted on all charges. Linscott is expected to be called as a state witness at her boyfriend's; however, her plea agreement did not require her to testify.


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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) � Missouri House Republicans are trying again to enact legislation that would require voters to show photo identification before casting ballots, and they're hoping the courts or the Democratic governor don't stand in the way this time.
The House gave first-round approval to measures yesterday that could lead to a voter photo ID requirement. Previous attempts have stalled in the Senate, been vetoed by Gov. Jay Nixon or been blocked by judges.
As they have in the past, Republican supporters argued yesterday that a photo ID requirement would protect the integrity of elections and prevent fraud at the ballot box.
"Unfortunately it is a reality in life and in modern America that there is voter fraud," one of the measure's sponsors, Rep. Stanley Cox, R-Sedalia, said.
But Democratic House members argued there isn't evidence of massive fraud occurring at the state's polling places. They denounced the legislation as discriminatory and an attempt to disenfranchise voters who are more likely to support Democrats.
"We are going to make war on fundamental voting rights for 220,000 Missourians, for poor people and for black people so you can entertain a fantasy," Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, told House Republicans.
Secretary of State Jason Kander, a Democrat, has estimated that 220,000 people wouldn't be able to vote if the photo identification requirement is adopted.
One of the legislation's sponsors, Rep. Tony Dugger, R-Hartville, said the bill has safeguards that would prevent people from not being able to vote.
The measure would let people obtain a government-issued ID free of charge. Voters who can't afford an ID and those born before 1941 could cast provisional ballots. The signature on the provisional ballot would have to match the signature on the voter's registration in order for the ballot to be counted.
Legislative staff estimate those provisions would cost about $6.5 million in the next state budget year.
Missouri Republicans have been trying for years to enact a photo ID requirement.
A 2006 voter ID law was struck down by the Missouri Supreme Court as unconstitutional. Because of that ruling, lawmakers must now pass both a state constitutional amendment authorizing the requirement and a separate bill detailing how the law would work.
The two-pronged approach was passed by the General Assembly in 2011. But Nixon, a Democrat, vetoed the bill to implement voter photo ID, and a judge struck down the ballot summary for the proposed constitutional amendment, so it never went before voters. The House passed voter ID legislation last year, but it was never taken up in the Senate.
Yesterday, the House endorsed both a constitutional amendment and a voter photo ID bill. Those measures need one more vote before moving to the Senate.

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Seacoast colleges sign 'co-location' agreement for studentsBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
November 10. 2013 8:57PM
PORTSMOUTH — Great Bay Community College and Granite State College celebrated the signing of a new agreement on Thursday evening that will offer students easier pathways to certain bachelor's and master's degree programs.
It is also the start of a co-location agreement between the two colleges.
Granite State operates under the University System of New Hampshire and Great Bay falls under the Community College System of New Hampshire. Both system chancellors were in attendance for the celebration.
It marks the second co-location agreement Granite State has signed with a community college. The first was in Nashua.
The one in Portsmouth will allow students to take up to 90 credits with Great Bay and then transfer for their last year into Granite State. But during that last year they will still take classes at the Great Bay campus thanks to the co-location agreement.
Right now, this is available for students pursuing a degree in nursing or a bachelor's teaching certification. Granite State College also offers three master's degree programs.
An analysis is currently underway to determine more program matches between the two colleges.
"Through our partnership, our goal is to develop more programs that will both empower students to build thriving careers and contribute to the areas of New Hampshire's work force that can benefit from employees who have achieved a bachelor's or master's degree," Kathi Mullin, chief administrative officer of Granite State College, said.
Lisa McCurley, director of the nursing program at Great Bay, said they were finding many students who said they planned to pursue their bachelor's after graduating from Great Bay were not actually doing so.
She said being able to continue their degree program in the same environment is a benefit for her students, and a higher degree is really necessary in the high-demand field.
"We always encourage continuing education for our students graduating from the nursing program. We are familiar with the aspects of what an advanced career brings and what the career demands," McCurley said.
Todd Leach, chancellor of the university system, said there is a lot of talk nationally about the cost of higher education and the need to increase the number of college graduates.
"The only way to do that is collaboration and cooperation," Leach said.
"This is an example of a way to drive down the cost of education and create an affordable pathway that improves access, which is what higher education should be focused on."
For now, Granite State will house an academic adviser on the second floor of Great Bay's campus, and classes will be taught on the GBCC campus around the existing schedule.Will Arvelo, president of GBCC, said they are involved in many different initiatives involving collaboration with the community.
They are now working with the InterOperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire, an independent testing facility that employs 120 students annually, to find opportunities for Great Bay students to work there as well.
"This keeps our students here for a longer period of time and keeps the cost down for students" Arvelo said.
During the celebration, GSC presented a $30,000 check to GBCC for 15 student scholarships.
Granite State College has nine other campuses around New Hampshire, including another one on Pease International Tradeport, down the street from GBCC.


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BioNeutral Group Receives Positive Testing Results From A Global Independent Laboratory For Its Ygiene Sterilant Against Anthrax Spores
Ygiene IS in 1 minute or less eliminated anthrax spores at over a 10 to the 6th challenge level while it took chlorine bleach 60 minutes to achieve the same level of performance
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Nov. 28, 2012 03:46 PM
MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNeutral Group, Inc. (OTCBB: BONU) a specialty life science technology based company announced today that it has received positive test results from a global laboratory which is the world's largest private, independent research and development organization for its Ygiene Sterilant against fully virulent Bacillus anthracis Ames Spores. These tests were conducted to simulate real world contamination situations where both nonporous and porous surfaces would be present with fully virulent anthrax spores. Anthrax contaminated porous surfaces represent an especially difficult remediation testing situation. In the tests conducted, commercial carpet was used as the porous surface. The test results indicate that on the demanding carpet substrate, Ygiene IS is much more effective at eliminating anthrax spores than chlorine bleach which today is often recommended and frequently used in addressing anthrax contamination. In addition to the superior speed to kill, the Ygiene IS does not have the detrimental effect on surfaces which chlorine bleach exhibits.
BioNeutral's Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Andy Kielbania, said, "Our Ygiene IS was specifically designed for use by the military, homeland security and first responders that need to deal with biological threats. We are extremely pleased with these results which confirm the exceptional efficacy of our Ygiene sterilants."
BioNeutral's CEO, Mark Lowenthal, stated, "These results demonstrate the uniqueness of our Ygiene IS Sterilant and will allow us to move forward in critical US government and appropriate foreign government application areas by providing the best solution to difficult problems."
About BioNeutral Group, Inc.
Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey with lab facilities at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, BioNeutral Group, Inc., is a specialty technology-based life-science company that has developed a technology platform that neutralizes harmful environmental contaminants, toxins and dangerous micro-organisms including bacteria, viruses, mold, fungi and spores. BioNeutral's products, Ygiene® and Ogiene®, kill germs and clean surfaces with a dramatic increase in speed and power over their rivals in the marketplace. BioNeutral's proprietary platform technology has been proven effective in surface, water and airborne applications. Its antimicrobial line of products under the Ygiene® brand have been approved by the EPA for sale in the United States and has previously been approved for sale in Germany and it is also permitted to be sold in the UK, France and Sweden. Auto Neutral is a registered trademark of BioNeutral Group, Inc. For more information on BioNeutral, including a listing of company products, leadership and background please visit www.bioneutral.com.
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Cast by Shakespeare as a deformed tyrant who murdered two princes in the Tower of London, Richard was slain in a bid to keep his crown at the 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field, immortalised by the words: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"
In one of the most significant archaeological finds of recent English history, a team from the University of Leicester said evidence showed a skeleton found last year in excavations of a mediaeval friary under a city car park was that of Richard.
"It's the academic conclusion ... that beyond reasonable doubt the individual exhumed at Grey Friars in September 2012 is indeed Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England," lead archaeologist Richard Buckley said.
The skeleton had 10 wounds, eight of which were to the head clearly inflicted on the battlefield. A photograph showed a sword had cleaved away part of the rear of the skull. A metal fragment was found between Richard's vertebrae.
After the battle, the victor, the future King Henry VII, had Richard's naked body exposed to the people of Leicester to show the battle was won, ending the bloody 30-year civil conflict known as The Wars of the Roses between the houses of York and Lancaster.
Other wounds were consistent with being caused after death when his body was taken from the battlefield to the nearby city of Leicester on the back of a horse. All of the wounds were from swords or daggers and it appeared his hands had been bound.
Confirmation the bones were Richard's hinged on DNA taken from the skeleton matching that of Michael Ibsen, a Canadian-born furniture maker in London who genealogists said was the direct descendant of Richard's sister, Anne of York.
Admirers of Richard hope that the discovery will fuel interest in the mediaeval monarch and dispel Shakespeare's physically impaired protagonist who said: "And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover ... I am determined to prove a villain."
The curvature of the spine, so ruthlessly mocked by Shakespeare and famously depicted by Laurence Olivier, was striking.
After a detailed presentation focusing on the life, wounds and physique of Richard, Buckley, announced his conclusion to world media amidst cheers and applause. The project almost ended prematurely, but funds from countries ranging from the United States and Germany to Australia and Belgium kept it afloat.
Richard, who died aged 32 after just two years on the throne, will be interred at Leicester Cathedral, which traces its history to a Saxon bishop in AD 680, in line with guidelines about burying bodies close to where they are exhumed.
The grey, concrete car park with its red-brick walls and a payment hut, under which the bones were found contrasts sharply with the grandeur of traditional sepulchres for English kings and queens at Windsor Castle and Westminster Abbey.
Asked whether the prime minister agrees with some Conservative MPs who said they believe the late king should receive a state burial, a spokesman for David Cameron said: "The decision on burial is a matter for Leicester University who hold the licence to exhume the remains."
The evidence ends the centuries-old mystery which has fascinated historians in Britain and around the world and which has provided material for a welter of legends, one of which maintained the body was dug up in the reign of Henry VIII, thrown in a river and the stone coffin used as a horse trough.
One of the most famous English kings, Richard's grave, which was lost after Henry VIII ordered the monasteries dissolved, had been as elusive as his reputation. Richard was cast by Shakespeare as a monster but supporters say he was enlightened and unfairly maligned by a victorious House of Tudor.
There was also a DNA match with another unidentified descendant of Anne of York who wished to remain anonymous. The genetic match was especially significant as it was a rare type of DNA found in only a few percent of the population, said Turi King, a geneticist at the university.
"It's really difficult to come to grips with the fact that there is some part of you that is part of somebody as famous or infamous as Richard III," Ibsen said in an interview, adding that he was stunned to find his royal connection.
Unlike his mediaeval ancestor, Ibsen said he did not plan to put forward his family's claim to the throne: "I think our chances are long gone." Buckingham Palace declined comment on the importance of the discovery, which is expected to increase interest in Richard and bring more visitors to Leicester.
The remains of the king were put on display on a black velvet cloth encased in a glass box for the media and other guests in a small room with a worn red carpet that is part of the University of Leicester's library.
There was reverential silence as two security guards manned the door and a chaplain looked on. No photography was allowed as a mark of respect to the remains of the man who once ruled England.
While the findings may solve the mystery about the whereabouts of the grave of Richard, the last Plantagenet king of England remains a complex figure whose life, made famous by Shakespeare's history play, deeply divides opinion.
In a sign of the widespread public interest in Richard, photographs of his skull were published on the front pages of national newspapers in Britain on Monday and the academic briefing on the find was shown live on television news channels.
A tough soldier and popular in northern England, Richard was crowned at Westminster Abbey in July 1483 after replacing his 12-year-old nephew Edward V on the throne after claims that the young prince and his brother, the sons of Richard's elder brother Edward IV, were illegitimate.
The two boys later disappeared from the Tower of London, and their fate is one of the greatest unanswered historical questions. However, Richard has long been blamed for ordering, or even carrying out, the murder of the "Princes in the Tower".
Much of that is thanks to Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of King Richard the Third", which portrays him as a power-crazed, evil hunchback who killed off his rivals to get to the throne.
Richard has been played by a multitude of actors including Olivier, David Garrick and Kenneth Branagh. Lines from the play include "Now is the Winter of our discontent" as well as "Where Eagles Dare" which became a film title.
His supporters say Shakespeare's play is misleading, written as it was over a century later when Queen Elizabeth I, the granddaughter of Henry Tudor, who became Henry VII after his victory over Richard at Bosworth, was on the throne.
"People can see he's been done a massive injustice and I think it gets them angry and I think they want people to look at the facts about this man and change everything that we've ... been told about him," said Philippa Langley, of the Richard III Society which launched the four-year search for the lost king.
The level of international interest in the project was shown when the money nearly ran out and supporters from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Belgium, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Britain came forward to help.
Langley's mission is to re-write history.
"No disrespect to Olivier because he was a brilliant actor, but that portrayal of Richard III is going to be consigned to the dustbin of history. (He) was a mediaeval man and mediaeval king," said Langley, adding:
"He just wasn't the monster of Tudor legend."
And the answer to the burning question of whether Richard killed the princes in the Tower?
Langley, a pro-Richard devotee, was adamant. "The evidence that we have says he did not". (Writing by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Maria Golovnina and Peter Millership)


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How often, in these foxed old photographs, the women are taken from behind. Speckled with bromine, curling with age, gnawed by rats in the photographer's crumbling house, the women in these images have been palpably misused. Made by Miroslav Tichy and on view at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City (through May 9), the snapshots chronicle the comings and goings of women in the Moravian village of Kyjov between the 1960s and 1980s. Here a blonde struts away from the photographer, her right buttock outlined mercilessly by the fabric of her skirt; there another woman, older and nattier in a flower-print dress, presents an ample derrière as she bends to buckle the strap of her sandal; elsewhere a headless figure in nothing but a white bra and panties is caught sunbathing, the hillocks of her backside captured in uncharacteristically sharp focus. To offer such descriptions, giving a cursory account of a dizzying abundance of only half the population, might suggest that Tichy's work was no more than a lost man's hang-up. Yet the subject matter of his images is inseparable from both their history and their ambiguously aesthetic states of decay. They are just as much nonencounters with women–most of whom were not aware that a picture was being taken–as they are encounters with photography.
The way a photograph lops off a slice of reality, severing it from the narrative flow of time, is a seductive thing: it acts like a little hammer to the reflex in our brain that wants to tell stories. Tichy (pronounced TEE-chee, the "ch" as in "chutzpah") stimulates this node with extra vigor because his photographs are not just frozen in time; it seems truer to say that they were frozen once but are now sluggishly thawing. Tichy took them haphazardly, out of focus, with cameras he'd made from scratch using shoeboxes and cardboard rolls and plexiglass (polished with toothpaste and ashes). The prints are over- or underexposed, crookedly cropped, scratched, torn, penciled over, left to rot or be nibbled by rodents, often as if by accident; indeed, the pictures are saturated with accidental effects until the idea of artistic intent itself becomes blurry. John Berger once wrote that "photographs bear witness to a human choice being exercised in a given situation." Tichy's work bears witness to a skepticism about "human choice" so profound that its abdications seem to come full circle: they force us to think about who or what was responsible for these undeniably evocative pictures, and even to ask (if only rhetorically) whether their flaws were calculated to seed each image with a certain nostalgia value.
Tichy started taking pictures in the 1950s, but it wasn't until decades later that Roman Buxbaum, a former neighbor who as a child had been fond of him, returned to Kyjov and decided to gather his work. This late harvest resulted in a solo show at the Seville Biennial in 2004, which led to Tichy's receiving the 2005 Discovery Award from the prestigious Rencontres d'Arles photography festival, followed by shows in Zurich, Frankfurt, London, Paris and now the ICP. These tributes have only heightened the residue of poignancy that clings to his photographs. Looking at them, you think about how Czech history intersected with Tichy's life and the lives of his subjects: the women we see were followed around town not just by the local derelict with a duct-taped camera but also, quite likely, by state agents with secret shutters in their pockets. Despite Tichy's sublime indifference to politics, his work cannot but bear witness to a long moment after the Prague Spring when the country's books and movies seemed to oscillate between restrictiveness and wild bursts of freedom. In Tichy's universe, it's as if liberty could be expressed only in the actions of a libertine.


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We are all kids at heart. This playful fun and joyful simple tune played on the Wurlitzer captures the light hearted spirit and happiness of childhood and good times. Picture friends in the playground, cheerful and with a smile on their cute faces as they play with imagination, learning in a happy environment. It's a simple brisk paced piece, ideal for animation, advertising, games and television background work. Also would be perfect for fail videos and blooper clips and shows
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EL CERRITO — A Santa Clara man died Sunday night in a fatal traffic collision on Interstate 80 in El Cerrito, officials said.
The collision, in the westbound direction at the Cutting Boulevard off-ramp, killed 47-year-old Martin Gutierrez, according to the Contra Costa County Coroner's Office.
Gutierrez was one of six people in a 2000 Ford Sport SUV, a vehicle designed to hold only five, and was riding in the hatchback area of the SUV with no seat belt, according to the California Highway Patrol. He was ejected from the vehicle when the driver swerved, lost control, hit another vehicle and rolled over, the CHP said.
The collision was first reported about 8:50 p.m. on Sunday. The driver told CHP officers she was trying to avoid a pothole.
All four lanes of westbound Highway 80 were closed as the CHP investigated the scene and crews cleared the roadway, according to the CHP. The roadway was cleared around 11:30 p.m.
Bay City News Service contributed to this story. Rick Hurd covers public safety. Contact him at 925-945-4782 and follow him at Twitter.com/3rdERH.


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I hired Tax Defense Network to handle my case of back taxes owed. About $60,000 including penalties. It was explained to me that their attorneys would negotiate a resolution and assured me that I would be paying back a portion of what was due (they would probably deny that they told me this because the person who originally handled my case apparently quit and it was given to another person who did not get a thorough "turn-over" on the specifics of my case. I ended up submitting paperwork all over again.
I was led to believe that their attorneys were working hard on my case and that all was going well and progress was being made. I have the emails to attest to this (I had to insist on them updating me). After about seven months, they contact me by phone to tell me that my case has come to a resolution and approved by the IRS. I was excited because finally - I thought - my tax problems will come to an end. What really happened was that the IRS simply approved a four year repayment plan for all taxes due including penalties.
During that four years I even have to pay interest until the back taxes are paid. So there was no reduction in taxes or no waiving of penalties. I still owe the entire amount. The IRS letter even threatens that if I miss a payment or if the payment is not on time, I risk property seizure and/or garnishment. None of this puts my mind at ease. I paid Tax Defense Network up front over $4200 to handle my case. The worst part is that I could have done this myself for $43.
http://financialplan.about.com/cs/taxes/a/CantPayTaxes.htm "If you simply can't come up with the money to pay the taxes when due, you may be able to negotiate an installment payment plan with the IRS. Complete Form 9465, Installment Agreement Request, and attach it to the front of your income tax return. Include the amount you propose to pay each month and the day of the month you'd like to make your payments. The IRS will notify you if you're approved. There's a $43 fee for setting up the installment agreement, and you'll incur interest on the balance due."
I simply don't understand how people/business can do this sort of thing and have a clear conscience about it. I can understand Tax Defense Network charging a reasonable fee to handle the paperwork for you and filing them in your behalf because you do not know who to do it or do not have time. But to charge someone over $4000 with the false hope that you tax problems are solved is a real shame.
My tax problem is still there. Again, what they did, I could have done for $43. I was told that an attorney was handling my case. What did he do? I wrote Tax Defense a letter, explain much of what I wrote here and have not received a response. I personally would like most of my hard earned money back. I am less trusting today that I was yesterday.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA -- I had so much problem in filing my taxes. But then a friend, who is also their happy client, suggested me to consult them. Attorneys at Tax Defense Network know their work really well. A big thank you to Tax Defense Network for getting me out of my tax trouble. Great job done by the team, great people, great service. Thank you Tax Defense Network!!! You are the best!
Thank you for making our day by taking the time to write such a kind review. We're so glad we were able to help!
All the best,
Tax Defense Network
Do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY. This company scammed me. They speak consolingly and understandably assuring you that they can help to resolve your Tax problems. Their salespeople will never speak to you again once you are are signed up and none of their promises will be fulfilled. Once you have submitted all the required paperwork and pay them (over $4000), they lead you to believe that their team of attorneys are hard at work on your case. They also let a span of time to go by giving you the impression that your case is in arbitration and negotiations with the IRS, again assuring you that their attorneys are working hard for you.
After many months, they contact you (claiming it is good news) to tell you that your Tax case is out of the IRS and that the IRS will send a letter. The letter you will receive from the IRS is not a reduction of my owed Tax nor a reduction or waiving of penalties. It is simply a repayment plan for the whole tax PLUS penalties!!! This was not good news!!! I could have done - and know how to do - what Tax Defense Network did for only $43. All that this company does is prepare a form requesting a repayment plan for the owed tax. You don't need an attorney for that. Anyone can do this and the form and instructions are on the IRS website.
I paid them over $4000 to do what I could have done myself for $43. They led me to believe that their attorneys were negotiating a favorable deal with the IRS. This was not the case. Plus, during the many months of this supposed negotiation, I was still being penalized. This company is a scam. I am extremely upset because I work very hard for my money and Tax Defense Network has no conscience about doing business in this manner. They monitor their internet presence and pay people to remove any truth. Employees of this organization post misleading, favorable reviews. Do not fall for them.
JACKSONVILLE,, FLORIDA -- I worked at Tax Defense Network for over a year and the only reason I left was because I was offered a more lucrative job in a management position. The time I spent at TDN was fulfilling and challenging. And I am sick of seeing ex-employees whining about the company on these review sites. It's unfair TDN has to suffer because a few people can't move on.
It is true that a lot of people do not make the cut after training, but it's unfair to assume everyone hired will perform the duties of the job equally. Would you do business with a company that kept employees knowing they weren't fully capable of performing the job? TDN is NOT a hiring scam, as some ex-employees like to post. The fact is, Tax Defense Network's management is not unfair and it does everything it can to try to retain employees by moving them to different departments, having them retrain, and giving them constant guidance. It is still a business though, and management can't hold your hand the entire time. That would be unfair to them.
During the training process we were explicitly told not to give the client unrealistic expectations. If an ex-employee was told to do any of those things, the person who said it is probably not employed by TDN anymore. And it's unfair to blame TDN if they took that advice. Why would TDN want its new hires to fail? It would be in their best interest to have them succeed and bring in business. Hiring scams do not pay for training, and they have low commission rates.
Not once has any ex-employee said they didn't get paid for all their time with TDN. That doesn't seem like a hiring scam to me. It's a few people who thought they could just come into Tax Defense Network and be superstars without trying. Now they are screaming "unfair!" and bashing the company as a hiring scam? That is unfair. It is hard work, but rewarding work, because you are helping people with their problems. I would still be working there if I didn't receive an offer elsewhere. If you get a chance to work at Tax Defense Network, go for it.
Thank you for your post.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA -- STAY AWAY. I Just got ripped off. They promised that if I sign up with them and they couldn't help me, I will get all my money back. Out of the $4,500 they were asking I was able to give them $900.00 upfront and would pay the rest at $600.00 per month installments. After a month I was told that they could not help me because of my financial situation, and that they will not be refunding my $900. After a good 20 minutes argument they agreed to pay me $300. Don't believe anything they tell you. These people have no morals.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA -- I am usually not one to review a company on the internet (whether amazing or scammers), but there have been a few reviews for Tax Defense Network (TDN) that I believe are unfair. When I found out I had a large tax debt with the IRS I searched for a company that wouldn't lie, take my money, and run. After hearing so many horror stories about how J. K Harris and Ronni Deutch are crooks and frauds, I immediately ruled them out. I checked the Better Business Bureau ratings for most tax debt companies and Tax Defense Network was one of the few with a A BBB rating.
My experience with TDN was not anything like some people have described them. I didn't find any scammers, liars, or crooks when I was a client from Aug - Dec 2010. Even when I fell on hard times and couldn't pay the fee right away (there are attorneys working on the case, and they don't work for free). I was given a reasonable payment plan, and always treated with respect. The only fraud that is happening around here is a few unrealistic clients that feel scammed because they didn't get an Offer In Compromise (OIC). Guess what? Only a small percentage of people are ever eligible for an OIC. Guess who told me that? TDN.
There are no liars at TDN, and I am sorry a few disgruntled ex-clients feel the need to call them crooks and frauds. TDN treated me fairly and was honest with me the entire time. They didn't promise me the moon but delivered on what they did promise, which was help me get out of my tax debt.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA -- I was almost scammed by the Tax Defense Network but THEY fired me. And that made me take a look at them on the internet and I found terrible reviews. My little contact with them was full of lies and hope, and they kept changing the story and actually REDUCED their fee at one point. This attorney accused me of lying and I got upset and I should have and he immediately THREATENED TO DISCONTINUE THE CALL! He came to me with the attitude. I was just defending myself. I really have no idea why they fired me. I disclosed everything. I believe because I called him on his unacceptable attitude they fired me. Which did me a favor. Check them out. It's a scam!
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MEDFORD, Mass.—The No. 1 Yale coed sailing team claimed second place at the Marchiando Friis Team Race hosted by Tufts on Mystic Lake in Medford, Mass., missing out on first by only one win despite a lineup change. The Bulldogs also finished fourth at the Admiral Alymers Trophy hosted by Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Great Herring Pond in Buzzards Bay, Mass.
This weekend marked the eighth week of the spring season, a time at which fatigue from travel and hours and hours of sailing sets in. In order to keep the Bulldogs fresh and prepared for the upcoming qualifying season, a few members of the team got the weekend off, gaining much needed physical and mental rest. Just because some of the normal mainstays were off did not mean the Bulldogs floundered. They once again proved that they are one of the deepest teams in the country, claiming second at the Marchiando Friis Trophy.
The Bulldogs sailed in the Tufts bracket on Saturday, technically taking part in the Friis trophy of the Marchiando Friis paired regattas. Sailing in a breeze from the North of 10 to 20 knots until 2:30, followed by an east-southeast breeze of five to 12 knots, the Bulldogs amassed a record of 11-1, winning their bracket by two wins.
Sunday brought breeze from the northwest of five to 18 knots as well as the top four teams from each bracket. The Bulldogs once again sailed successfully, claiming a record of 11-3, missing out on the victory by only one win to Boston College. Yale and Boston College clearly outpaced the other teams, finishing two and three wins ahead respectively.
The Bulldogs were led by skippers junior captain Cam Cullman and sophomore Chris Segerblom, with freshman Graham Landy ably filling in for senior Joseph Morris who had the weekend off. With big breeze during parts of the regatta accentuated by Tufts' flattop mains and quick moving larks, four crews contributed to the Bulldogs effort. Freshman Katherine Gaumond and junior Heather May sailed the entire regatta while sophomore Will Feldman and senior Genoa Warner split time sailing, depending on the breeze.
Four Bulldogs also competed at the Admiral Alymers Trophy at the infamous Great Herring Pond. Conditions were as shifty as always with brisk wind on Saturday and moderate wind on Sunday.
Senior skipper Rob Struckett and freshman crew Sarah Smith finished fourth in A division, just one point out of third. They won the first race and collected six top-three finishes.
Freshman skipper Urska Kosir and junior crew Zachary Foreman finished fourth in B division, only five points out of first, despite getting disqualified from one race. They won three races and only finished outside of the top three in two of the 14 races.
Next weekend all of the Bulldogs will be back in action. The Bulldogs will sail for a spot at the National Semifinals at the New England Dinghy Championships at Harvard. They will also sail at the Oberg Trophy at Boston University and host the Short Beach Invitational in Branford.
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Nashua school parking discount blastedBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
May 17. 2013 1:49AM
NASHUA — While school officials are estimating that the district will pull in $600,000 less in revenue this year than last, it is a $10,000 loss in parking and bus fees that has district officials confused.
Last year the district pulled in more than $40.2 million in revenue. This year, district Chief Financial Officer Dan Donovan is projecting revenue of roughly $39.6 million. Most of the discrepancy comes from an estimated drop in state and federal funding, but a $10,000 loss in student parking fees is causing consternation among district officials.
It was brought to the attention of the Board of Education during Monday night's meeting that Nashua High School North officials, without consulting anyone or having approval, started offering free or reduced parking to students who are receiving free or reduced meals.
"They shouldn't have done that, and I am not sure how they did that. The other high school does not offer that, and we have historically not done so," Donovan said.
Superintendent Mark Conrad said he would organize a meeting soon of North and South administrators to come up with a policy that is uniform to both schools. He said they would look at ending the program or expanding it to include both schools.
"However, parking fees are something that are determined at the board level, and the board should have been involved," Conrad said.
He added that if it were decided to keep the reduced parking program, it would require board approval. Conrad said this is the first time he can remember the district facing an issue like this.
"These are revenues collected by the school district and sent to the city coffers to offset tax rates, it is not something that individual schools should be making decisions on. This is the first time I can remember this happening," Donovan said.
Conrad agreed that he can't recall a similar situation ever happening before, where a school made a decision affecting revenue without consulting district administration, let alone the Board of Education.
Last year, Donovan said the district collected $45,000 in parking and bus pass fees, but that this year he estimates closer to $35,000 will be raised. Students on free and reduced lunches already receive free or reduced cost bus passes, which most students have to pay for.
While Conrad said he is not sure how North determined to institute the reduced parking fees program, he said he very much doubts there was any willful attempt by North administrative staff to circumvent district rules.
North Principal David Ryan was unavailable for comment.
Donovan said the $10,000 difference between last year and this year is also from South selling fewer parking passes.
"South decided to sell fewer parking passes after hearing complaints from students that they couldn't find open parking spaces," Donovan said.
Donovan added that the primary reason revenue is down in general is because of a change to the equation of how the state calculates funding from the state adequacy grant.
"We get most of our revenue from that, about $35 million," Donovan said.
Along with the loss in parking funds, Donovan said he expects to get $400,000 less from the adequacy grant, $100,000 less from Medicaid and $85,000 less from the state building aid program.


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To start, hi everyone! I am a new Cowon X7 owner, and am riding the learning curve on how to use it. After thorough research (both here, anythingbutipod, and Google searches), I added Kizune's UI mods (Lynx, Leaf, and Sense) to my player, and am happy with the upgrades. I love the player so far, despite some issues, and come here see about resolving those issues.
* Mounting as read-only.
The first two weeks I've had the player, had no problems plugging it in to my computer (I'm running Ubuntu Linux 10.04 on my desktop) and being able to move files around. Now, though, I'm having a problem with the X7's HDD. When it mounts, all the files and folders are locked as read-only and I can't import anything new. The X7 Flash drive is not likewise afflicted. When it's under load (mounting, powering on/off), I hear 3 clicking sounds. Disk Utility scans the drive and file system as both clean. The music still plays just fine, with only a few random files coming up unloadable/unplayable.
After some research, it sounds to me like the drive is corrupted. Now, should I just reformat it myself or send it back to Cowon under warranty?
* ID3 Tags.
Most of my music collection is comprised of OGGs (converted down from FLACs) and as such carry the Vorbis ID3 tag. And here is where I am totally confused: some are displayed properly while others are not (the track is displayed as the file name with 'Unknown' artist and album). All the files were converted with the same program, in the same way (Ubuntu 10.04; FLACs tagged in MP3Tag via Wine, converted using SoundConverter).
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I've read several places of people complaining about it not displaying properly across all the UIs. My art files are named 'folder.jpg' and are located in the same folder as their corresponding OGG/MP3 files. Some folks say this should work, and very few actually do on my player under the default and Sense UIs. (note: I haven't slogged through all my files using a program like MP3Tag to see what files might have been already paired with art along with tag info) Some people say that 'cover.jpg' will work. Before I painstakingly rename all my art, can someone give a definitive answer as to what will properly display the album art (with a screenshot)?
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I have a Monster RadioPlay 300 that I have been using whenever driving a car that lacks a line-in 3.5mm port. With my phone (HTC Vivid) and old MP3 players (Sansa Fuzes), the signal would come in just fine, +/- local FM interference. With the Cowon, though, some songs play with a moderate level of distortion ONLY when being piped through the FM transmitter; when directly plugged in to stereo, the sound is crisp and clean. Any thoughts as to what universal FM transmitter might work (note: I've read about the Gomadic charger/transmitter, but I'd rather have a transmitter that will work for everything I'd want to plug in)?
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Paris Soldes!
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This is the single most important lesson you have ever bestowed upon us. Huge merci! Just think: I could have swept past hundred of SOLDES signs in total ignorance!ReplyDelete
So, starting tomorrow, all is back to beauté, luxe, calme et volupté? ;-)ReplyDeleteReplies
I suppose the FALL clothes enter the stores soon to daunt us :(Delete
I am NOT ready!
I'd never venture into that....so am wondering...what's your experience with Amazon in France, Carol? As reliable as in the US? I find here that certain things that are twice as much in stores I can get 1/2 price on Amazon--including shipping.ReplyDeleteReplies
{{ i have this reoccurring dreamReplyDelete
where i am meeting you
in Paris
to go shopping
and i am all so HapPy to B doing this
we stop
for a sweet snack
----> macarons !!!
and i spend all my euros
pastel colored
{{ wellll
thinking about this now
might not B
such a bad thing
to do... }}
The photos really jump out at you today, like the opening shot with the white pants and orange jacket.ReplyDelete
I love the Galeries Lafayette poster!
Great shots!
Ahh soldes hold me back although novelty has worn off after time....crowd control!!ReplyDelete
Carla x
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I love your photos of the Soldes Signs. Do adore French marketing campaigns, especially the Grands Magazins!ReplyDelete
Have just dropped by to let you know that I've nominated Paris Breakfasts for two blog awards on thatlou.com. Whenever time allows take a look (I was nominated in April, so no rush!).
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finally someone asks the key question!Delete
a Sonia striped scarf -50%
And another red Loft bag -50%
The old one was getting a bit tatty, ahem
photos are amazing and i really want to come Paris at the time of "soldes" :)ReplyDelete
please visit my blog, love
I love the "SOLDES" in Paris.ReplyDelete
New photo of you? Fanatstic. Love the glasses. Tres francaise, tres chic!!! xxReplies
Thanks Tina for noticing.Delete
Same old glasses - new face!
I'll write about Carla Coulson's photo shoot of moi in Paris soon
you could do it too - Great fun


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Forgive this noobish question. I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out where to go to do pet dailies for battle stones/pet bandages.
I used to be a Horde, but I just recently switched to Alliance. I was told the pet dailies I used to do in Kalimdor and Shadowmoon Valley are unavailable since I'm an Alliance now. My question for all any alliance player is, where do you go to do your dailies? I already defeated all the pet tamers in Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdom and Outlands when I faction changed.


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Imogen Poots Joins Zac Efron in 'Are We Officially Dating?'
Imogen Poots has signed on to star alongside Zac Efron in the indie, Are We Officially Dating?
The 23-year-old British beauty joins the 25-year-old actor and Miles Teller, also 25 in the flick directed by Tom Gormican, Deadline reports.
In the movie, Miles plays Zac's friend and co-worker who is determined to remain single and sexually active without having to make a commitment.
Expected to open in theaters next year, the film follows three friends in Manhattan who make a pact to remain single just as they each start to fall in love.
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You know what it's like to discover a great food or drink—one that not only tastes great but also uses healthy, whole food ingredients, high-quality sourcing standards, and beautiful eco-friendly packaging. You want to share it with the world.
Well, we hope you do! For our first-ever Best Bite Awards, we're looking forward to featuring the products that make your life just a little more delicious.
Because so many healthy food choices also adhere to specialty diets, a portion of the awards will highlight the best in these categories. Do you have a go-to vegan dessert? What about the only gluten-free bread your family will touch? Tell us about some of your favorites in these 24 categories.
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We're interested in foods that taste amazing, while keeping the ingredient list pure and natural—free of artificial ingredients, fillers, and binders.
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By Ewan Roberts
With every pulsating burst of acceleration, every lung-busting run and every left-footed thunderbolt from long-range, Gareth Bale's exit from Tottenham increasingly becomes a case of when, not if.
The Welsh international has been utterly superb for his side this week, virtually singlehandedly claiming four points for Spurs with two dazzling goals; the first was a 50-yard run and shot against Norwich that earned a point, the second was a venomous strike that secured victory against West Brom.
It may only be February, but Bale has already posted the best goals return of his career so far, notching 11 times in 22 Premier League appearances this season, and his graduation from hot-and-cold winger to consistent match-winner has Europe's elite clubs ready to make a move.
And he has duly flourished, establishing himself as Britain's most devastating footballer. But as Bale's pedigree has risen, Tottenham's chances of hanging onto him have decreased.
Goal.com recently reported that the north London club had resigned themselves to losing the 23-year-old, and have already begun planning for life after he has gone. Though the club are reluctant to sell, chairman Daniel Levy will let Bale go – as he did Michael Carrick, Dimitar Berbatov and Luka Modric – if the price is right.
That would probably rule out any clubs in England, with Levy asking for significantly more from domestic rivals than clubs on the continent – a sort of 'English club tax' – and would expect as much as £60m.
Moreover, the Premier League's top clubs have more pressing concerns than Bale. Manchester City, sans Mario Balotelli and with Tevez clamouring to return to South America, are in need of a striker, while Manchester United have already spent £17m on Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha.
As such, Bale's likely destination is Spain, with both Real Madrid and Barcelona competing for his signature, and the former Southampton starlet has never hidden his desire to play for one of the European powerhouses.
"If you said to any young player that you could play for Barcelona or Real would they turn it down? Probably not," Bale said last year. "If a bid was accepted you would obviously have to seriously consider it."
While no bid has yet been submitted, both clubs have had informal discussions with Spurs and Bale's representative – though, since the summer, talks have almost exclusively been with Los Blancos. Barcelona's interest in the Welshman has waned somewhat; the Catalan club see him as a left-back, a position which Jordi Alba has made his own at the Nou Camp.
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Bale is also a huge admirer of Cristiano Ronaldo – "He is one of those players that everyone aspires to and I'd love to be half as good as him," Bale said recently – and would undoubtedly relish the opportunity to play alongside him.
But Tottenham fans shouldn't say their goodbyes just yet, with the Welshman's departure far from a foregone conclusion. Levy is under no pressure to sell his prized asset, with three years still remaining on Bale's contract, while few clubs can meet Spurs' eye-watering valuation with Financial Fair Play around the corner.
Should Real Madrid part ways with Jose Mourinho - which isn't unlikely given their fructuous relationship - the new coach may not want Bale; the winger would excel in Mourinho's powerful, direct, counter-attacking side, but a new manager may revert to a more cultured, possession-orientated style, with play confined to the final 22 yards of the pitch, which doesn't suit the Welshman.
Ironically, Chelsea and Manchester City's possible pursuit of Mourinho could be the key to Bale staying in north London, and if the Citizens also move for Ronaldo, Madrid – currently sitting in third place in La Liga, 16 points adrift of Barcelona – may seem a considerably less appetising proposition.
But any hopes Spurs have of keeping Bale hinge on qualifying for the Champions League – another year of Europa League football would guarantee his departure from White Hart Lane. Bale's coruscating brilliance deserves to be showcased on the biggest stage and, with Barcelona and Real Madrid sniffing, Spurs fans ought to cherish him while they still can.
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I never thought I would be saying this, but volcanoes are a good use case scenario for web conferencing.
The eruption of ash from Eyjafjallajökul in Iceland is shutting down air travel and driving travelers to alternatives. For businesses, there are potential negative impacts if the appropriate meetings and conversations are unable to happen. Hence, web conferencing to the rescue. In the past, major events that have impacted travel spurred interest in web conferencing. The good news for businesses today is that there are a plethora of choices for web conferencing solutions and many of them are in place in the organization already.
From a technical point-of-view, web conferencing has steadily improved and, generally, has become more intuitive, fast, and feature-rich.
Most enterprises already have two or more web conferencing solutions implemented within the organization. It is not uncommon for the enterprise to have software-as-a-service (SaaS) web conferencing contract in place (usually purchased by the marketing department), as well an on-premise solution that is part of a larger collaboration platform.
The major vendors for web conferencing all offer SaaS and on-premise solutions – Adobe, Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft – but, you need to be wary of differences in features and capabilities and map those to your use cases.
So, while the volcano blows, fire up your web conferencing.


text: This was our fifth stop on our road trip to Vegas. We booked this hotel thinking it was pretty close to Yellowstone. Since we were on a schedule to get to Vegas, when we realized it was too far we had to cross that off our itinerary :-( Anyway, back to my review of the hotel. The drive across Wyoming... More


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Parker, Duncan lead Spurs past CelticsSportsDirect Inc.
November 21. 2012 10:26PM
BOSTON - Tony Parker scored 26 points and Tim Duncan added 20 points and 15 rebounds and San Antonio opened a six-game road trip by defeating Boston, 112-100, Wednesday.
Rajon Rondo of the Celtics had 22 points and 15 assists for his 35th consecutive double-digit assist outing. Only Magic Johnson (46 in 1983-84) and John Stockton (37 in 1989) have longer streaks in NBA history.
Paul Pierce scored 19 points and Brandon Bass added 16 for the Celtics. The Spurs shot 58.4 percent from the field and received a big effort from Tiago Splitter, who scored 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting.
San Antonio led by double digits for most of the final quarter before Boston moved within 104-98 on Rondo's basket with 3:15 remaining. Duncan answered with a basket and Splitter hit two free throws to start a game-ending 8-2 run.
Parker scored 15 first-half points and San Antonio shot 56.4 percent from the field en route to a 56-48 halftime lead. Boston was within 76-74 late in the third quarter before the Spurs scored the final six points of the stanza.
Concord, N.H., native Matt Bonner did not play for the Spurs.
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Photographic 'Odyssey' is tribute to first Filipino migrants in Hawaii
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Events and Communications Coordinator, Library Services
Elena Clariza , (808) 956-2313
Philippine Studies Librarian, Asia Collection
In celebration of Filipino-American History Month, the City and County of Honolulu, the Center for Philippine Studies and the University of Hawaii at Mānoa Library present the exhibit, "Ilocandia: A Photographic Odyssey, A Tribute to the First Filipino Migrants to Hawai'i." The photo exhibition is by award-winning photojournalist David Leprozo Jr., together with his son, Kristian Leprozo, and Art Tibaldo. The photos are on display at Hamilton Library on the first and fourth (Asia Collection) floors until November 30, 2013. The exhibit depicts current lifestyles of the Northern Philippines, the region from which most Filipino immigrants to Hawaiʻi came before the turn of the 20th century.
The term "Ilocano" was derived from the words "i-" (from) and "looc" (cove or bay), which when combined means "people of the bay." Ilocanos are descendants of mixed races (the Austronesian /Malay, Chinese, Indian and Spanish). Early Austronesian ancestors of the Ilocanos arrived in the Philippines through barangays (boats) and settled throughout the country. An exploration led by Juan de Salcedo led him to the coastal towns of what is now Vigan, Currimao and Laoag. He found the people living in coves and described them as more barbarous than the Tagalogs in Manila. When he conquered the area, he established a province called Ilocos, which originally was comprised of what is now Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and parts of Abra and La Union. Ilocanos are the most migrant of all the ethnic Filipino groups. In the 19th century, the mounting population pressure due to substantial population density and the search for better opportunities moved the Ilocanos to leave their homeland.
The Ilocos Region (aka Ilocandia) is located at the northwestern tip of Luzon in a narrow plain squeezed between the barren Cordillera mountain ranges and the South China Sea. Inspired by the promise of a much better life, the Ilocanos immigrated to the United States in 1906. The first wave of Ilocano migration to Hawaii was from 1906-1919. Most of the Ilocano migrants worked in sugarcane plantations, along with recruits from Germany, Portugal, China, Japan and Korea. The second wave occurred from 1920-1929 and was the largest Filipino migration in Hawaii of about 73,996 Ilocano people. Today, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Filipinos are reportedly the largest Asian ancestry group in Hawaiʻi.
For more information, contact Elena Clariza, Philippine Studies Librarian, at (808) 956-2313 or firstname.lastname@example.com, or Teri Skillman, Events and Communications Coordinator at Library Services, at (808) 956-8688 or email@example.com.
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