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As any good tech aficionado, Kevin Rose has put together his new home theater system all by himself. Unlike a good rich tech aficionado, however, Kevin Rose has set up quite a humble setup, spending just around $9,040 on it. Honestly, given his worth, I was expecting a Sony Death Star projector and a full Kaleidescape rack. Instead, we got this suburbia setup, complete with setup videos:
Projector: $2700.
Projector screen: $700.
Denon receiver: $1200.
Series 3 HD TiVO: $660.
Klipsch right and left floor standing speaker: $2500 ($1249 each).
Klipsch subwoofer: $500.
Klipsch center speaker: $450.
Apple TV: $330.
Professional installation: free
Total: $9040
It's not that bad, but come on Kevin, we were expecting a full Enterprise-themed home theater. What happened to the spend-spend-spend culture of the 90s? Where's the "dot com" here? Is this part of some kind of some cultivated shabby lifestyle? What's the deal, man? Put some of that money back into the economy, damnit.
[My HDTV Choice —Thanks Alan]

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What a 10-Year-Old Did to Stop the Tar Sands
Ten-year-old Ta'Kaiya Blaney stood outside Enbridge Northern Gateway's office on July 6, waiting for officials to grant her access to the building. She thought she could hand deliver an envelope containing an important message about the company's pipeline construction. But the doors remained locked.
"I don't know what they find so scary about me," she said, as she was ushered off the property by security guards. "I just want them to hear what I have to say."
The Sliammon First Nation youth put in a great effort learning about environmental issues and the pipeline in particular, and hoped to share her knowledge and carefully crafted words. Enbridge officials said they were unable to provide Ta'Kaiya space or time and failed to comment because the Vancouver office is staffed by a limited number of technical personnel. Their headquarters are located in Calgary.
So Ta'Kaiya stood outside, accompanied by three members of Greenpeace, her mother, and a number of reporters and sang her song "Shallow Waters." The song's video has hit YouTube and been viewed more than 53,000 times.
She co-wrote her song after learning of Enbridge's bid to build twin 1,170 km pipelines to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands to British Columbia's north coast. Like the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline that would connect the Canadian tar sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Enbridge's Alberta-B.C. pipeline is widely opposed, largely because it would bring hundreds of oil supertankers a year to the Great Bear Rainforest—an ecologically significant region along a particularly dangerous route for tankers.
"Oil pipelines and tankers will give people jobs, but if there is an oil spill like the [BP spill] in the Gulf of Mexico, that will take other people's jobs and the wildlife will die," said Ta'Kaiya.
According to a Greenpeace website, "Twenty-two years after the Exxon Valdez tragedy, crude still coats Alaska's shores. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council estimates that 21,000 gallons of the 11 million gallons of crude oil that bled from the stranded tanker Exxon Valdez on the night of March 23, 1989 remain in the subsurface."
And Dustin Johnson, a Tsimshian youth who works at the Sierra Club in Edmonton, says that the tankers that are proposed to transport tar sands crude from northern Alberta to the B.C. north coast are much larger than the Exxon Valdez. "If the tar sands pipelines are successfully built on the coast," he said, "this would lead to at least 250 tankers per year navigating the intricate B.C. coastline—a risk the salmon- and ocean-dependent Northwest coast communities and economies cannot afford to make."
Greenpeace reports that 80 percent of British Columbians support an oil tanker ban in B.C.'s coastal waters. More than 70 First Nations in British Columbia have banned the transport of tar sands oil through their territories, including along the proposed oil tanker routes.
While Ta'Kaiya was waiting outside for Enbridge officials, B.C. Premier Christy Clark sent the girl an email, saying she had "watched your YouTube video and commend you for your talent. Your message is very clear—we must be concerned about the environment."
Clark said the B.C. government supports the ongoing environmental review, a process that has met much criticism from First Nations communities, environmental groups, and political leaders.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., opponents of a different project—the Keystone XL Pipeline —are preparing for two weeks of mass civil disobedience at the White House with the hopes of convincing President Obama to stop it in its tracks.


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JETS: Team gives glimpse into Tebow wildcat-style package
CORTLAND, N.Y. -- It was Tebow Time for the New York Jets in goal-line drills.
The Jets provided a small glimpse for the first time during training camp into their plan for Tim Tebow on offense Thursday, as the backup quarterback ran for two touchdowns and threw for another to Josh Baker in a four-play sequence that got the crowd at SUNY Cortland fired up.
"Yeah, I feel like I've done that once or twice," Tebow said with a big smile, "so it comes pretty natural. It was fun."
On one wildcat-style play, Tebow took a snap from the shotgun, quickly faked a handoff to Joe McKnight and zipped into the end zone from 2 yards out untouched on what Ryan called a faked "speed sweep." Tebow had previously only been used in regular offensive plays and as the punt protector on special teams, but Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano have said he'll likely be used in a wildcat-style package.
"It was sort of (a wildcat play)," Tebow said. "It looks like there's more gadgets and gizmos, but it's really just a power play that can stretch defenses. But, with the shift and with the motion, you can really stretch the defense horizontally."
Ryan yelled to the defense before the drills that Tebow was "live" -- meaning he could be tackled if he left the pocket. Ryan said it was the first time in a practice that he made the quarterback "live," something Tebow also said he had never experienced.
"I just got a little smile and thought it was going to be fun," Tebow said. "Right before that, coach Sparano told me to keep it on the bootleg, so when (Ryan) said it was live, that made me smile."
Tebow scored on the bootleg on his first play at the goal line, and then threw a short touchdown pass to tight end Josh Baker on the next. After Terrance Ganaway fumbled on the third play, the Jets (No. 17 in the AP Pro32) showed the defense a wrinkle that opponents might have to prepare for.
"Obviously, Tim, this was his best day of camp," Ryan said.
The Jets had kept their wildcat plans mostly under wraps since acquiring Tebow from Denver in March, but ESPN has been camped out all week showing live shots from practice -- including the goal-line plays Thursday. Clearly, New York has a lot more in store for Tebow and it's likely much of that will be revealed during the regular season as the Jets game plan specifically for opponents.
Mark Sanchez, who led the first-team offense to two scores in four chances, realizes the plans could include him leading the Jets down to the goal line and then being replaced by Tebow for the scoring opportunity.
"We've got to get it in the end zone," Sanchez said. "I don't care. Whatever we have to do, and coach Sparano is going to be the judge there on what exactly he wants. But if that's what he wants, and that's what puts it in the end zone, fine. We'll drive it 99 yards and he can run it in. It doesn't matter."
It might seem unrealistic that a quarterback will be OK with coming off the field, especially when Sanchez has balked in the past when Ryan has given first-team snaps in practice to former backup Mark Brunell. Sanchez wants to make sure his rhythm is never affected, but insists he has a larger goal in mind.
"It's bigger than what one person on this team wants," he said. "We really are in the business of winning and we have to be selfless, myself included."
And, he knows that could really pay off in goal-line situations.
"If it's him, 1-on-1 with a defender and a tackler, my money's on Tim," Sanchez said. "He's got this will about him to put into the end zone."
Tebow is familiar with being used as a short-yardage specialist, performing in that role at the University of Florida as the backup to Chris Leak during the Gators' run to the national title in the 2006 season.
"There was a lot of goal-line, a lot of red zone," he said. "I had a lot of opportunities to play in a lot of big moments, key moments -- fourth down, big games, big drives. I think my freshman year that really helped me just as far as the experiences of being in those big plays and being able to realize what those moments are like so when I came back for my sophomore year, I felt like I was a lot more prepared and ready to go."
Some fans and media have suggested that the Jets should always try for 2-point conversions after touchdowns now that Tebow's around.
"That might make some sense," said Ryan, quickly adding that New York won't, of course, line up for 2 each time they score.
Tebow's popularity off the field has been apparent since the day the Jets arrived in Cortland for the start of training camp last Thursday, when dozens of media converged on the small town in central New York. The fact a major network is providing live coverage of practices makes Sanchez shake his head.
"Other than us and Denver, it's like nobody else is playing right now, which is crazy," a smiling Sanchez said. "Oh my God, there's 30 other teams. What's happening? That's just the nature of this year and the kind of draw Tim has and the kind of draw Peyton Manning has."
Sanchez said the team has done a good job of ignoring all of the potential outside distractions, adding that he has seen the Jets garner lots of attention since he was taken in the first round of the 2009 draft. All this, even while the defending Super Bowl champion Giants are 150 miles away in Albany.
"I mean, that blows your mind," Sanchez said.
The Jets are used to all the cameras, though, especially since they were the subject of HBO's "Hard Knocks" two summers ago.
"It's been pretty similar, but, you know, Tim brings a lot -- of fans and media," Sanchez said. "It's like a cult following, you know? You'd think the Grateful Dead are playing here or something. It's crazy."


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Five Minute Looks: Green & Greener
Five Minute Looks: Green & Greener
I was in a rush yesterday, but I wanted to play with some new makeup–I was desperate to do a look with YSL's Slate Green. The nearest to it was MAC's Sweet & Punchy and my new Make Up Forever Aqua Creams… and thus, this look was created! Lashes are a lil' funky, because I applied Barelash mascara on 'em about an hour prior.
You will need the following…
- Eyes: Make Up For Ever #13 Aqua Cream (warm beige base), MAC Sweet & Punchy Eyeshadow (chartreuse), YSL #5 Slate Green Eyeshadow (dark forest green), MAC Grain Eyeshadow (highlight), MAC Black Black Chromagraphic Pencil (black), MAC Opulash Mascara (black)
- Face: Make Up For Ever HD Foundation (140), Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder (translucent)
- Cheeks: Make Up For Ever #5 Aqua Cream (peachy-pink)
- Lips: Make Up For Ever #5 Aqua Cream (peachy-pink), Dior Satin Peach Ultra Gloss (peach)
- Brushes: 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 226 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pointed crease brush), 130 (dense stippling brush)
- Substitutes: Sweet & Punchy = Sour Lemon
For eyes, start by applying #13 aqua cream as your eyeshadow base all over the eye area with the 249. Using the 239, apply Sweet & Punchy eyeshadow on the lower lid. Next, apply #5 Slate Green eyeshadow into the crease with the 226, lightly blending outwards and onto the outer lid. Blend Grain eyeshadow with the crease shade and highlight the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying Black Black pencil on the lower lash line. Finish by sweeping lashes with Opulash mascara.
For cheeks, apply #5 aqua cream to the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 130.
For lips, apply #5 aqua cream first, and then layer Satin Peach ultra gloss for a complementing lip.


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SUPPLIES: Cardstock: (New Leaf, white) Papertrey Ink Clear stamps: (polka dots from Polka Dot Basics II set; sentiment from Tree Trimming Trio set) Papertrey Ink Dye ink: (Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Pear Tart, Dandelion, Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko Pigment ink: (Evergreen) Clearsnap Accent: (iridescent glitter) Stewart Superior Corp. Finished size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
1 Make card from cardstock.
2 Trim and adhere cardstock.
3 Stamp polka dots, bird, and sentiment.
4 Apply glitter.
Designer Tip
Adhere masking tape at slants and stamp polka dots in gradient shades of green. Remove masking tape, and you have a tree!
Bonus Idea
Instead of polka dots, almost any background stamp would work. Just make sure the pattern is tight enough to make an impact.
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At the Hacker News Meetup earlier this week, I bumped into Seattle entrepreneur Forest Gibson who is working on a new online concert and event ticketing service called Bookr. Well, as it turns out, Bookr isn't the only Pacific Northwest startup looking at new ways to take a bite out of industry leader Ticketmaster.
Today, Portland's Tixie announced an undisclosed round of financing, money that it will use to roll out its unique ticket contest service. Tixie gives music fans 10 chances to "bid" on shows that they'd like to see, with winners selected prior to each show.
"By driving fans to participate in socially engaging game-play – and by providing winnable concert tickets Tixie is able to build a more committed and more socially-active fan base" said Tixie co-founder Jeff Foster in announcing the service last month.
Tixie employs 17 people, and offers service via its Web site and an iPhone app in Austin, Houston, Dallas, Athens, Portland and Seattle. It plans to expand to 18 new cities this year.
In addition to Foster, the former CEO of Norton Motorcycles, Tixie's team includes record label executive John Mazzocco and former marketing director at the Portland Mercury newspaper Zach Hull. Board members include angel investors and venture capitalists Dave Chen, Stan Woodward and Brian Becker, the former CEO of Clear Channel Entertainment.
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Time for Linux
One of the reasons we all use computers are that they are supposed to save us time. Most desktop setups have a place for a clock and most of us like to keep an eye on the time as we work. Below I will not be exploring how computers do not seem to save us time but how Linux keeps the time and date. I will also be looking at how to schedule commands automatically by time and how to synchronise your computers clocks to highly accurate atomic clocks on the Internet!
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Setting the Time
Linux keeps the time by generating a 'tick' hundreds of times a second and then using this to update a counter. It also keeps the date by keeping track of the number of seconds since 1st January 1970. This date is known as the Epoch and it is when the Unix time system began.
The most basic command for seeing the time is date. If you type date at a shell prompt then the Linux system will say something like:
Wed May 5 18:56:36 BST 1999
It knows the time because it sets the counter.
To set the time and date with date is also easy:
date -s 'Wed May 5 19:00 BST 1999'
It is usually a good idea to set the date with modified output from a prior date command.
Zoned Out
While it is 2 a.m. in Cambridge, MA it is 7 a.m. in Cambridge, England. If there were Linux systems at both places they would have no problems deciding what time it really was. Linux, like all modern operating systems, uses a system of timezones that operates at an offset from Universal Central Time ( UTC ).
To alter the zone permanently on your Linux machine, there is usually a program like tzconfig on debian Linux. But most of us who aren't traveling the world with a laptop only need to do this once at install time then forget it.
When Linux isn't running the counters that keep track of the date and time off the kernel ticks do not run. So the computer keeps time using a low-powered clock that runs on battery. If your battery goes flat, or something else untoward occurs and strange dates or times come up when you boot Linux, you may need to adjust this hardware clock. The method I always use is to first set the correct date & time with date, and then issue the command
Which will force the battery-backed-up clock back to Linux time.
A Time, C time and M Time, 'Touch'ing Files
All files on Linux systems have time/date stamping on them. They have three types of stamp: create time, modify time and access time. These stamps are stored internally in the 'number of seconds since the Epoch' format, but you don't need to worry about this unless you are a programmer. Time/date stamping happens automatically with all operations. However, if the clock went wrong and you must have files with stamping to a particular time, then the touch command can alter the stamping arbitrarily.
touch filename
will change the time/date stamp on filename to the current time.
Keeping in Sync
Do you have a cluster of machines which must share the same time, or do you simply want the time to be right? One solution is clock synchronization over the net.
xntp is available as a package on all modern Linux distributions. Be sure to select the xntp documentation package at the same time. You give xntp a machine to read the date from on the net, and the rest happens automatically.
To do this edit the /etc/ntp.conf file and add a line like
server ntp0.ja.net
to the end, removing any other server lines. "ntp0.ja.net" is my local xntp server. See the directory in /usr/doc that the xntp documentation package made to find a xntp server near you.
You can also specify an internal machine to act as a time server. It is also possible to make a little hierarchy with one machine getting the correct time ( perhaps the Firewall box ) and then the others can read it as a server. There are full instructions on how to do this in the excellent documentation package, in HTML format.
Making it Happen
Often, now is not the time to look and see if that list of web pages has altered. 5 a.m. every night might be a better time but you are not in the office. Linux has a solution: it is called cron. Cron reads a file called crontab that specifies when a job will run and how to run it. Do:
and then
This needs a little explanation. The 0 means minute zero. You can specify any minute 0 to 59. The 5 is 5 a.m.. It's 24 hour time spec so 17 would be 5 p.m. The rest of the fields specify day of the month, month and day of the week. The * in these positions mean 'every or any', so that's every day. If you only wanted to do this at the weekend you could say
6,0 means Saturday and Sunday. Commas are allowed to indicate multiple days to match. See man 5 crontab for more details. As for the wget command, it gets all the URLs listed in the file /home/james/URLS, but only if they have been altered, and tries three times at each before giving up.
There is another system for running a command once, called at. To use this say something like
at 5am
Then enter the details of the commands you want to run at 5 a.m. and it will happen--if the machine is up of course. This is different from cron, as it only happens once. Both cron and at may need enabling for use for non-root users. Edit the
Accurate time is interesting when you have five minutes to catch that train but most of the time it just slips away. Install XDaliClock and watch time melt away . . .
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Incase is one of the few most known case brands... In the world. Not sure which well-rounded, slim and protective case to pick for your iPhone 5? You can never go wrong with a case made by Incase. The company that fathered the Slider case we all take for granted these days is also widely known for its tried and true Snap Case, a minimalist polycarbonate snap-on case for the iPhone 5 that has a tight slim body anyone would be grateful to grab onto. Knowing Incase tends to make some of the highest quality iPhone cases replicated by just about everyone, we have high hopes for the Snap Case. Believe it or not, but we actually have some bits of info to tell you about this seemingly evident case in the full review down south.


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Politics & Government
28 superintendents to parents: Schools are not failing
School districts throughout Washington state are starting to notify parents that many of their schools aren't making the grade, a long-dreaded consequence of Washington losing its waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
But as those letters go out, many Puget Sound districts – including Tacoma – will also be telling parents that No Child Left Behind is "regressive and punitive," and that their schools aren't failing at all.
Superintendents from 28 school districts have signed a cover letter that will accompany the official notifications that they are required to send out under No Child Left Behind. That group includes several districts in Pierce and King counties, but none in Thurston County.
The additional letter tells parents that nearly every school in Washington won't meet the No Child Left Behind requirements this year, and that the 28 superintendents are "proud of the significant academic progress our students are making."
"Some of our state's and districts' most successful and highly recognized schools are now being labeled 'failing' by an antiquated law that most educators and elected officials – as well as the U.S. Department of Education – acknowledges isn't working," the superintendents' letter says.
"Our bottom line: Your child's school district is effectively addressing the needs of all students," the cover letter reads.
Washington lost its waiver from No Child Left Behind earlier this year after state lawmakers didn't adjust the state's teacher and principal evaluation system to align with federal requirements. The U.S. Department of Education said that teacher and principal reviews must incorporate student scores on statewide tests, but Washington state law makes using statewide testing data optional.
As a result, school districts throughout the state are now being forced to comply with No Child Left Behind's rigid accountability standards. Under the law, 100 percent of students must be meeting state standards in math and reading in 2014.
According to the law, school districts and high-poverty Title I schools that don't meet the 100-percent standard must send parents letters explaining their inability to measure up. In Washington, that includes most school districts.
Federal rules dictate what schools and districts must say in those letters. But nothing stops districts from tacking on another letter letting parents know how they feel about the situation.
"We've got 60 languages, we've got high mobility, we've got high poverty," Frank Hewins, superintendent of the Franklin Pierce School District, said Wednesday. "When you have students with those challenges, the metrics established by this law are nonsensical."
One reason district leaders want to challenge the idea that their schools are failing is that they worry how the letters could hurt their ability to raise money for public education in the future.
"Our school system in this state relies on local support – we have to pass maintenance and operation levies and bonds," said John Welch, superintendent of the Puget Sound Educational Service District. "We need public support for our schools, and this erodes that."
Most schools and districts must send their letters out 14 days before the start of the school year. That means that in some districts, letters could begin going out this week, while other districts will probably begin sending letters next week, said Peter Daniels, spokesman for the Puget Sound Educational Service District.
Tacoma Public Schools plans to start sending its letters Monday, a little more than two weeks before students return to school Sept. 3, district spokeswoman Elle Warmuth said.
Parents with students at Title I schools – those classified as high poverty – may also be told their student's individual school is failing. Those parents may be offered additional tutoring services, as well as the chance to send their child to a nonfailing school, if one is available.
To pay for the extra tutoring and bus services, school districts are being forced to set aside 20 percent of the federal Title I money they receive annually – another consequence of Washington state losing its waiver from No Child Left Behind.
In Tacoma, the 20 percent set-aside amounts to $1.8 million, said Tacoma Superintendent Carla Santorno.
"The main thing is, we've got better ways to spend that money," Santorno said.


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I've written on a similar ruling before, but another one has come up and it is worth repeating the lesson. Interest expense falls into several categories each with its own set of rules on deductibility. One of those is investment interest. Investment interest is only deductible to the extent of investment income. The computation of the limitation is done on Form 4952 To the extent investment interest exceeds investment income, the deduction is carried forward indefinitely. Under the general rule, long term capital gain and favorably taxed dividends do not count as investment income. I generally have a rule in tax matters not to comment on things making sense. It is what it is. Deal with it. I'll make an exception here and point out that without that rule there would be a tax arbitrage opportunity, because you would be getting an ordinary deduction for the investment interest possibly at 35% while they capital gains and dividends are taxes at 15%. Holes like that quickly have trucks driving through them.
That rule presents a problem for someone who buys dividend paying securities on margin. If the securites are generally held long term, there will never be any investment income under the general rule. That creates tax arbitrage going in the other direction. Income is taxed at 15% and deductions are deferred indefinitely. Now the paternalist in me thinks maybe that is not such a bad thing, but the Tax Code should really be neutral about things like this. It actually is. You are allowed to elect to include capital gains and dividends in your computation of investment income. The price you pay is giving up the favorable 15% rate on the income.
Is the election a "no brainer" ? Absolutely not. Assuming you are like me and finally getting around to doing your extended 2010 return after having gotten the last K-1 you needed. Last year you had $10,000 in investment interest and a $30,000 long term capital gain and no other investment income. You can run your return with and without the election to see how much money it will save on the 2010 return. I'm not going to give you some cute little formula. Running the return with and without the election is the way to figure it. Next you need to look at what has happened so far in 2011. If in 2011 you have lots of short term capital gains, maybe you will get more benefit out of letting the deduction ride for a year. If you notice, however, that Line 7 on Form 4952 (Disallowed Investment Interest to be Carried Forward) just keeps growing each year, you should consider the election. It's not a "no brainer", but not considering it is a "no brains" maneuver.
Of course you may be like the people in PLR 201136005, who hired a professional to take care of these matters. Here is what happened with them:
Taxpayers are a married couple filing a joint income tax return. Taxpayers engaged certified public accounting firm Preparer Firm to prepare their Year 2, Year 3 and Year 1 federal individual income tax returns. Taxpayers originally contemplated preparing their Year 1 individual income tax return using a purchased software package instead of using Preparer Firm. Preparer CPA 1 had provided accounting and tax services to Taxpayer 1's father for a long time and in an e-mail to Taxpayer 1 dated Date 2, Preparer CPA 1 encouraged Taxpayers to again utilize Preparer Firm in the preparation of their Year 1 individual income tax return. Taxpayers subsequently decided to again utilize Preparer Firm and forwarded their tax return information to the Place A office of Preparer Firm on Date 3. Preparer Firm prepared the Year 1 return which was electronically filed on Date 4. The balance due was larger than Taxpayers expected. Taxpayers requested that Preparer CPA 1 and Preparer CPA 2 review the federal individual income tax return for Year 1. This review identified that Preparer Firm had failed to advise that Taxpayers make an election on Form 4952, Investment Interest Expense Deduction, to treat certain qualified dividend income as investment income. The return preparer did not advise Taxpayers to make the election. If the election had been made, the Federal income tax would have decreased by $a.
I have two quibbles with the fact pattern. One is that you don't have to be a CPA to screw up like that. An EA or a regular preparer could foul up that way too. The other is that I would never just advise you to make the election. I would call you up and discuss it with you giving you the pros and cons. I would tell you what the election would save on the return I was working on and await your instructions.
You might wonder how this could be missed. Although I can't say for certain in this case, my educated guess is that the answer is software. The default in the preparation software we use is to not make the election. I suspect that is fairly common. It is not that the return without the election is wrong. Whoever signed the return as preparer wasn't doing anything that would generate preparer penalties. Their firm was not providing good service. I worry about both those things. I probably worry about not provding good service a little more. That's just the way I was brought up. We have professional responsibilities and we work for the clients. The latter just feels more personal.
The good news for these taxpayers is that the IRS let them make a late election:
The information and representations made by Taxpayers establish that they acted reasonably and in good faith with this request. The affidavits presented show that they requested relief before the failure to make the election was discovered by the Service and they reasonably relied on a tax professional for the filing of their federal income tax return, however, the tax professional failed to make, or advise Taxpayers to make the election. The affidavits presented show that Taxpayers were unaware of the necessity for the election and, upon discovery of the error, promptly requested relief.
I suspect that the taxpayers probably did not personally bear the cost of getting the ruling. If I am correct in that, they did get some benefit from using a CPA even one who turned out to not be providing great service. If you have investment interest either from buying securities on margin or possibly from flow-through entities it could be worth your while to look at Form 4952 of your return and see if there is a big number on Line 7. If there is you might want to look at whether the election might have helped you. If it is a big enough number, it might be worth considering applying for your own ruling.


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CNN's Schneider claimed: "Osama bin Laden, the Al Qaeda network ... would very much like to defeat President Bush" in upcoming election
CNN senior political analyst and American Enterprise Institute resident fellow Bill Schneider claimed that Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terrorist network "would very much like to defeat President [George W.] Bush" in November's presidential election. He then revived the much-repeated myth that terrorists determined the outcome of Spain's March election, saying: "But the question is: Can they pull off the same trick that they pulled off in Spain?"
When asked to comment on House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R-IL) September 18 remark that the terrorists would prefer a Senator John Kerry presidency, Schneider echoed Hastert's sentiment.
From the September 19 edition of CNN Live Sunday:
SCHNEIDER: Well, I can guarantee you, they don't like George Bush. Do they think there's a difference? I think Osama bin Laden, the Al Qaeda network, who I am certain follow American politics, look at the messages coming out on their tapes. They seem to follow politics very closely. They would very much like to defeat President Bush. But the question is: Can they pull off the same trick that they pulled off in Spain? What Dennis Hastert said is, "They'd better not try that. It won't work here." And my guess is, he's right about that.
As Media Matters for America has noted, while little evidence exists suggesting that Al Qaeda has a preference regarding the upcoming presidential election, Reuters reported in March that a letter from an Egyptian group claiming a link to Al Qaeda stated that group supports President George W. Bush's reelection. Moreover, as MMFA has also explained (on July 15 and August 5), the assumption that terrorists sought successfully to bring about the defeat of Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, a supporter of Bush and the Iraq war, is highly questionable.


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Magnetization process of the S=1 and 1/2 uniform and distorted kagome Heisenberg antiferromagnets
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The magnetization process of the S = 1 and 1/2 kagom´e Heisenberg antiferromagnet is studied by means of the numerical exact diagonalization method. It is found that the magnetization curve at zero temperature has a plateau at 1/3 of the full magnetization. In the presence of √3 × √3 lattice distortion, this plateau is enhanced and eventually the ferrimagnetic state is realized. There also appear the minor plateaux above the main plateau. The physical origin of these phenomena is discussed.


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Chuck Hagel floundered through his confirmation hearing last month, limped out of committee on a bitter partisan vote on Tuesday and may barely squeak through the Senate later this week to become the next secretary of defense.
If he overcomes Republican filibuster threats and hits a 60-vote threshold for confirmation, he'll be perceived as a leader who's already been wounded by Congress even before his first day on the job — just as he's trying to command respect from the brass at the Pentagon and troops around the world.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 14-11 Tuesday to send Hagel's nomination to the Senate, and Republicans planned to throw up roadblocks for the remainder of the week to prevent Hagel from getting a quick vote on the floor.
Then, if Hagel makes it out of the Senate, he'll immediately have to face substantial policy crises: the automatic budget cuts of sequestration, the major drawdown of troops ordered by President Barack Obama in Tuesday's State of the Union address and the expiration of the temporary spending measure that now funds the government.
On top of that, he faces a potential leadership crisis. He must find a way to rebuild — or establish — relationships with the key members of Congress who could be critical to helping protect the Department of Defense from a worst-case budget scenario, including someone who has traditionally been a close ally of the defense secretary — the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) doesn't have a vote on Hagel, but he stepped out anyway on the day of Hagel's Senate confirmation hearing to say he didn't like what he saw and wanted Obama to name someone else. That didn't happen and even as Hagel inched closer to confirmation, the House Armed Services Committee continued to keep its distance.
"The post of secretary of defense, like state, has generally been one where nominees earn broad bipartisan support," said a committee aide, who asked not to be identified. "That support helps maintain the vital bipartisan consensus that Congress has built around our foreign and national security policy."
But Hagel, the aide said, has clearly been divisive, and he called it disappointing that the White House had pressed ahead with backing Hagel even after the congressional opposition and Hagel's lackluster performance in his confirmation hearing.
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Republicans' criticism right up until Hagel's confirmation makes for an unusual political situation, particularly for defense advocates, who often look past party lines in support of common goals to protect their pet areas of the budget and look after bases, factories, shipyards and other home-state installations.
In that sense, if Hagel is confirmed, lawmakers — especially in the House — have as much of an incentive to mend fences with Hagel as he does with them.
"The reason I think there may be some hard feelings — but not hard actions — is that the members of Congress will be calling him a lot more than he calls them," said Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine major general and former staff director of the Senate Armed Services Committee who continues to advise the Pentagon. "Some of those who oppose him will be calling him with requests, and it will give him the opportunity to take the high road, as you have to in a leadership position like defense secretary."


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Season review: Switzerland
Friday 25 May 2012
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FC Basel 1893 had a relatively comfortable path to a third successive title but Murat Yakin's FC Luzern impressed too and made Heiko Vogel's men work hard to complete the double.
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The race for the Swiss title is not often concluded as quickly as it was this season. For the past two years, FC Basel 1893 only won the Super League on the final day, but this time they did so with five games to spare. A 3-1 win over FC Lausanne-Sport on 29 April confirmed their third consecutive championship, with Basel going 26 games without defeat and finishing 20 points ahead of second-placed FC Luzern.
Champions: FC Basel 1893
Thorsten Fink's sudden departure to Hamburger SV in mid-October was a big shock for the reigning champions. Assistant coach Heiko Vogel was made caretaker, and was so successful that he retained the job permanently. The 36-year-old took to his first job as coach well and under his guidance Basel quickly went top of the table. Vogel only lost his first home match on 20 May after 25 matches (21 league and four cup) without defeat at St Jakob-Park. Vogel's men even made their presence felt on the international stage, ousting Manchester United FC to qualify for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.
Cup final: FC Basel 1893 1-1 FC Luzern (4-3 on penalties)
Basel's progress in the cup was as difficult as their league campaign was serene, especially in their encounters with second-tier sides. They needed extra time to beat FC Wil 3-2, and FC Winterthur provided stiff opposition in the semi-final, which Vogel's men eventually won 2-1. League runners-up Luzern again ran the champions close in the final, but after Basel's Benjamin Huggel and Tomislav Puljić exchanged goals in normal time, Basel prevailed on penalties with goalkeeper Yann Sommer saving twice.
European places
FC Basel 1893 – UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
FC Luzern – UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
BSC Young Boys – UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
Servette FC – UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
FC Thun – UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
Player of the year: Alexander Frei (FC Basel 1893)
Several Basel players were candidates, but no-one embodied their successes more than striker Frei, who scored key goals in the vital games against Manchester United and Luzern. With his set pieces as deadly as ever, he delivered 24 goals and 11 assists, finishing top scorer in Switzerland.
One to watch: Yann Sommer (FC Basel 1893)
No-one ever doubted Sommer's huge talent, but the goalkeeper has now confirmed that potential at the highest level. He succeeded the popular Franco Costanzo and the 23-year old lived up to his promise, convincing observers with some outstanding performances, especially in Europe. Even conceding seven goals in the return leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie against FC Bayern München did little to diminish his successful season.
Surprise package: FC Luzern
Luzern had been one of the Super League's rising stars in recent seasons, but lacked consistency to perform at that level over a full campaign. This year, led by wily coach Yakin, they were able to do so and were rewarded with second place and a spot in the cup final. Getting the better of more celebrated teams such as BSC Young Boys or FC Zürich made their achievement even more remarkable.
Leading scorer: Alexander Frei, FC Basel 1893 (24)
Relegated: Neuchâtel Xamax FC
Promoted: FC St. Gallen
(FC Sion, second-bottom of the Super League, won the relegation/promotion play-off against FC Aarau, second-top of the Challenge League.)
Number: 12,253
Despite the well-supported FC St. Gallen playing in the second-tier Challenge League, the Swiss Super League celebrated a new attendance record, with an average of 12,253 spectators per match. Champions Basel led the way in attendances too, with an average of 29,774, followed by Young Boys, watched by 21,103 on average despite a disappointing season. Luzern's new stadium had an average crowd of 14,180.
"I have already thanked the team before the final match. It was an outstanding season, though not an easy one. Especially after the championship had been decided it was difficult to keep spirits up. Other than that, we were a pack of wolves, everyone was there for the others and for me as well. But we are not done yet and I am already looking forward to go on to further successes with our great fans, who are with us everywhere. Those who leave us I wish all the best. I will follow their careers." Basel coach Heiko Vogel


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Prerequisite: Graduate Standing in Nursing or Permission of Instructor
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This course examines advanced nursing practice roles, both from a historical view and in current practice, and explores roles using philosophical, political, economic, and legal frameworks. Emphasis is on examination of current social, professional, legislative, and technological trends in health care, as they relate to advanced practice nursing. The focus will be on encouraging the student to develop the requisite skills needed for role assumption and leadership within the health care delivery system through engagement in activities designed to develop role competencies in advanced nursing practice.
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2. Describe different advanced practice nurse roles, including Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), and Nurse Practitioner (NP).
3. Examine competencies of advanced practice nursing, including direct clinical practice, case management, collaboration, consultation, education (including mentoring and teaching roles), leadership, and ethical decision-making in meeting clients' holistic needs.
4. Explore leadership roles as they pertain to the advanced practice nurse in both clinical and professional arenas.
5. Discuss available technological advances in health care and explore how the current and future technologies might improve advanced practice nursing care.
6. Explore the concept of cultural competence as it relates to advanced practice skills in providing culturally sensitive care.
7. Examine legal and political issues in advanced nursing practice.
8. Implement an advocacy intervention to influence legislation related to health care policies and programs.
9. Demonstrate professional communication skills appropriate to the Doctoral level for advanced practice nursing.
10. Demonstrate skills in accessing current research and other resource information required for advanced practice nursing.
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The kiwi fell to 83.26 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 83.62 cents at 8.30am and 83.91 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted index fell to 74.47 from 74.75 yesterday.
New Zealand's gross domestic product grew 0.2 percent in the three months ended Sept. 30, half the 0.4 percent pace forecast in a Reuters survey and spurred only by a pick-up in construction activity. The local economy has been showing signs of weakness through the middle of the year, with unemployment rate rising to a 13-year high 7.3 percent, and the figure cemented the view that future growth is hanging on the Canterbury reconstruction effort.
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"It's going to come down to what happens on the US side of the equation," says Chris Tennent-Brown, FX economist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney. "For the New Zealand side of the equation it's all over now" and the kiwi might have "another nudge down to 83.20 US cents" in Northern Hemisphere trading."
The kiwi fell to 70.28 yen from 70.69 yen yesterday after the Bank of Japan expanded its asset purchase programme by 10 trillion yen to 101 trillion yen after voters in the world's third-biggest economy elected a new, more activist government last weekend.
The kiwi dollar fell to 63.10 euro cents from 63.31 cents and declined to 51.32 British pence from 51.57 pence yesterday. The New Zealand dollar was little changed at 79.71 Australian cents from 79.73 cents.


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Hi! My name is Sara DeNoma. I'm a student at Villanova University and activities chair for our chapter of STAND - the student-led division of the Genocide Intervention Network. I am organizing STAND World Cup to be held the weekend of September 25, 2010... this will be a 5 v 5 soccer tournament modeled after The FIFA World Cup to raise money for a sports program in Sudan called NSSA (New Sudan Sports Association). You can learn more about this organization by looking at the attachment "our goal."
The students of Villanova University
Men and women with ages ranging from 18-22
1) OUR LOGO - - - (pdf file attached)
2) The date and location of the tournament - date = September 25, 2010, location = Pike Field
3) A link to the STAND website to learn more about the organization - - - http://www.standnow.org
4) OUR GOAL - - - (word document attached)
Players must first be informed that the entrance fee is $40 dollars per team, to be paid in cash on the day of the tournament ANDD that all of that money goes to the New Sudan Sports Association.
There will be two tournament brackets - men and women, so they should be able to choose one of those…the form should have places for 8 player's names (minimum of 6), one which they must designate as a team captain and give their email and cell phone number… then a pull down menu from which they can choose from the 32 countries eligible for the World Cup that are still available… countries need to be taken off once they've been chosen... We are capping the number of teams at those 32 countries for both brackets.
6) RULES - - - (word document attached)
7) SCHEDULE - - - (word document attached)
To be clear... I would like the links on the home page to be:
1. Our Goal
2. Tournament Schedule
3. Tournament Rules
4. Learn about STAND
5. Sign Up! (this should be the largest and most central link)
I'd prefer that the links go to windows or sections on the actual site, not to these word documents. This is our first year hosting this tournament and I'd like it to look competitive, intense, professional and fun!


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Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes
Yep, dont evny the selectors this time round.
Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes
Yep, dont evny the selectors this time round.
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Watson ruled out of Adelaide
Shane Watson has been ruled out of the second Test against England at Adelaide.
"Shane Watson continued his rehabilitation this afternoon," Alex Kountouris, the Australia physiotherapist said. "The outcome was that his hamstring injury is still not fully recovered and it was decided that the second Test would be too early a return in the circumstances. His rehabilitation will continue with a view to him being available for selection for the third Test in Perth."
Makes things simpler and probably spells the death knell for MacGill's hopes of playing at Adelaide.
I think Clarke needs to do more in Adelaide to justify continuing to retain his spot ahead of Watson once Watson is fit again. Yes he got a 50, but it was out of a score of 9/602 after Ponting, Langer and Hussey had comprehensively beaten the fight out of the English attack. I mean Lee got 45* and Clark 39, so I don't think one nicely made 50 is enough to justify holding out the one real option for a test standard allrounder.
GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD - PREMIERS IN 2010Originally Posted by Irfan
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That will make it a lot easier for the selectors. They'll want three pace bowlers so Clark will definately play and I doubt they'll go with five specialist bowlers so Clarke will stay in the team, with MacGill the unlucky one to miss out.Originally Posted by Laurrz
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Clarke might get to bowl again, but he won't want to mess up his average!
Monty must play
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I'm hoping Monty gets a go in this game. The bowling was poor in the first match and a change needed.
He'll probably play in Perth, if the wicket is anything like it has been. Two spinners and five bowlers will be necessary to take 20 on that track.
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But the cold leaves you clear while the heat leaves a haze
I would doubt even Dunc would be pig-headed enough to leave Monty out at Adelaide. I'd presume it'd be at Anderson's expense. As awful as Harmison was, he was actually more economical than Jimmy in Brisbane & potentially is the better bowler.
I'd make sure he knew he was on his last chance though. If he performs anywhere near as badly again he should be out. We don't want to make the same mistake as Australia did with Dizzy last year.
I know it's easy to be wise after the event, but looking at the sort of surfaces that we're likely to be bowling on I can't help but think Broad or Tremlett might've had more success than Anderson or Plunkett will. Both tall & can get decent bounce (like Clark) &, in Tremlett's case, appreciably quicker as a bonus too.
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This is what I'm expecting
Anderson will be the man to miss out, England will stick with Harmison
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If he keeps taking 7 wickets a game, why would you drop him? If he fails consistently on certain types of pitches, then you decide to only play him on certain pitches. But after the guy takes 7 wickets, you have got to give him that chance IMO.Originally Posted by Matteh
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We haven't dove into the pre-draft speculations as hard as we did last year here at the Nest. Mostly just because picking 26th isnt quite as exciting as picking 8th, right? Of course, nobody around here is going to complain if the Ravens are picking near the bottom of the first round for the next oh, say, 20 years or so.
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New England Patriots Draft: Alphonso Smith, CB, Wake Forest
Draft Zoo: Percy Harvin, WR, Florida
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Ebony Bird: Darius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland
View From the Student Section: Hakeem Nicks, WR, North Carolina
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Chad Reuter: Maualuga
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Clark Judge: Harvin
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Sports Illustrated
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Rey Maualuga: 3
Vontae Davis: 3
Hakeem Nicks: 2
Percy Harvin: 2
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Alphonso Smith: 1
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bone marrow, soft tissue filling the spongy interiors of animal bones. Red marrow is the principal organ that forms blood cells in mammals, including humans (see blood). In children, the bones contain only red marrow. As the skeleton matures, fat-storing yellow marrow displaces red marrow in the shafts of the long bones of the limbs. In adults red marrow remains chiefly in the ribs, the vertebrae, the pelvic bones, and the skull. Erythrocytes (red blood cells), platelets, and all but one kind of leukocyte (white blood cell) are manufactured in human red marrow. The marrow releases about 10 million to 15 million new erythrocytes every second, while an equivalent number are destroyed by the spleen.
Diseases of the marrow, such as leukemia or multiple myeloma, or injury to it from metallic poisons can interfere with the production of erythrocytes, causing anemia. A bone marrow biopsy, in which a small sample of bone marrow is obtained by aspiration through a thin needle, may be used to aid in the diagnosis of leukemia, anemia, and other blood disorders, as well as to gain insight on the normal functioning of the cells of the bone marrow.
Bone marrow transplantation is a technique that infuses healthy bone marrow into a patient whose bone marrow is defective. The transplant can be autologous, consisting of bone marrow removed from the patient, treated, and then reinserted, or it can be allogeneic, consisting of healthy bone marrow obtained from a closely related donor, such as a sibling (see transplantation, medical). Bone marrow transplants are most frequently undergone for leukemia, severe forms of anemia, and disorders of the immune system. The major complications are graft-versus-host disease (as a result of allogeneic transplantation) and infections that occur before the transplanted marrow begins to produce leukocytes.


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I'm always fascinated by how people take all the ideas that swim around them constantly and bring them together into a beautiful piece of work!
Julie Taymor, the director behind Frida, Across the Universe and the Broadway reimagining of The Lion King, creates productions that tickle the senses. Filled with saturated colors, offbeat imagery, stacatto movement and big sound — each of her productions shares her unique style, yet manages to be completely distinct.
[ted_talkteaser id=1801]In today's talk, Taymor shares with raw honesty the creative struggle that goes into each of her works, including the super-sized Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Given just before Taymor split from the production over creative direction, she reveals what she was hoping to achieve with the play — a "comic book coming alive" in three dimensions all around the audience.
But perhaps even more interestingly for any creative person, Taymor describes in this talk how she begins each project.
"I start with the notion of the ideograph," she explains. "An ideograph is a Japanese…
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