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Why has the E-Revo brushless edition been out of stock for a while? Is something happening, will it be discontinued or, if you believe my lhs, is it being completely re-designed? Any one have any thoughts or heard anything?
Its alright son I'll fix it when you break it
One can speculate, but until a change is imminent, Traxxas doesnt say and nobody else truly knows.
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I know, the suspense is killing me! Can I ask this, if they do put out a new one will you buy it or stick with the ones we have?
Its alright son I'll fix it when you break it
Hobbytown sold out of them early last week, but they are showing they will be back in stock 1-22-18. I imagine just christmas rush to buy them, but I don't know how long they've been sold out here. If it is a redesign I won't be upgrading as I just bought mine two weeks ago to get back in the hobby after a 10 year hiatus.
There are multiple models that are currently sold out on the Traxxas website:
- E-revo (brushed & brushless version)
- Summit
- Stampede 4x4 (brushed & VXL version)
- Rustler VXL
- Stampede VXL
- Slash 4x4
So, it looks that most/all of the most popular models are currently out of stock. (Traxxas must be maken a lot of $$$$ this time of the year )
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I was wondering that as well, what is happening!? The only thing i have thought about is that it must have been a production issue, or they have discontinued it, The Brushless has been out a while now, they can't just been out of stock that long, or am i wrong here?
New member here btw. Was about time i got in to the forums, planing on getting the e-revo in the summer, hopefully it wil be in stock then
They may be coming out with a new one and manufacturing has gone way up i'm telling you - x-revo
MERV, Rustler VXL, X-Maxx
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In on this. I ordered ERBE from jegs last week, originally said it would ship 1/22/18, got an email yesterday saying they didn't know when it would be back in stock. Summit says it ships 1/25/18. Jegs was really the only place that was talking orders, which is why I picked them. I'm probably going to cancel my order and see what's coming up. My batteries and charger have already shipped though...
hum.... check the date of this thread. how many years??
They will keep making the Revo.
Would you go flip my truck back over??
Go to Hobbytown USA's website and you will see many of the popular Traxxas models are on back order. Most seem to be the brushless units, some included - 1/10 ERBE, 1/16 EREB, Brushless E-Maxx, Brushless Rustler, etc. Not sure what's going on, but glad I ordered my 1/10 ERBE when I did because I literally snagged one of the last ones they had in stock. Ordered mine on a Friday night with 2 colors available, by Monday morning both were sold out.
My guess is a manufacturing hiccup somewhere or possibly a new brushless power plant or some other component. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
I'm going to say, total revamp of platform. Now the question is what would you do? Keep the old one or buy a new one?
Its alright son I'll fix it when you break it
Honestly, there is nothing to revamp on a basher RC. They will keep making it as long as there is demand for it.
Although, they could perhaps make the next Revo race worthy, and being a true 1/8th truggy.
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I hope they keep making the same one. My batteries arrived yesterday and I have no RC to try them out.
There is a few in stock in stores at Hobbytown, just none near me. I am going to call and see if the store will ship. We shall see.
or they could be trying to figure out the actual scale of the rigs
because summit is NOT 1/10
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I just called my local hobby shop and asked them if they knew what was going on. He told me to be patient and that if I was wanting a new ERBE to wait a little while longer and not buy any of the ones out there for sale. He did say that the current model was officially discontinued by Traxxas and a new model was coming. He said the ERBE and the E-max were both being upgraded with steel drive shafts and more sturdy parts like the X-max, but he thought the chassis, esc, and motor would all be the same as the original (1/10th), but that a larger X-max size might also be coming. He was hesitant to say anything specific but I kept prying.
Most websites show the ERBE expected stock by 1/22/18 and the E-max by 3/1/18, so maybe they are manufacturing the ERBE first, then the E-max. I just hope the 1/22/18 date is for a new model and not an error.
The truck is a scale of a real monster truck! Not from a regular car, like other models. Thats why it's bigger.
From my hobby store, the people there said the E-Revo was a "concept," and it was being phased out to be replaced by other trucks like the X-Maxx. In my view, this is really hard to understand, since i thought the ERBE probably sold really well.
I highly doubt hobby shops have any kind of inside knowledge of new kits. They will find out when the rest of us find out.
My guess is that there is/was a shortage in the supply chain somewhere and they will be back in stock (unchanged) soon. I think an additional kit (X-Revo) is far more likely than an undated E-Revo. The X-Maxx has been a hit and they still sell E-Maxx. Why not give the same treatment to the Revo line??
I also think the Revo is here to stay, in what capacity is the question. For all my opinion is worth (.03 cents, inflation after all) I believe the current Revo will be replaced with version 2.0, which hopefully will address some of the issues we all deal with currently on the Revo. I absolutely love my ERBE, I can't believe I would ever get rid of her but it would be nice to see a beefier rendition of this magical piece of machine some call toys. Though I don't think I would buy it, if a conversion kit came out that might be a different story.
Its alright son I'll fix it when you break it
Thanks for sharing! What exactly would you do? Keep the old one or buy a new one? Any ideas?
Keep my old one since I just bought it. If there were some conversions available I might look into it.
Part of me wonders if there won't be new body graphics like they did to the rustler and bandit. I could see a new 2.0 version coming, but why wait and release it a month after Christmas instead of mid November? I would think you could push a whole lot more units during the holiday season. Anyway my .03 cents still leans to my initial thought that there was a disruption in the supply chain. Maybe we'll all know something a week from Monday.
I'll keep mine no matter what. I spent a lot of time and money (and tears lol) to get it running the way it does now. If they made a bigger badder version I would definitely consider getting one.
I will keep my Erbe.The 6s back flips are impressive. If a 2.0 version comes out I would have to get one. Don't tell my wife.....
Hey, How long has the price been on $569.99?
seems to be new Erevo and a whole new truck coming soon
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FnFancy for the win!
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Wow thats pretty cool. HOWEVER... I wouldnt take this literally as you cant believe everything you hear in a YouTube video. Take it with a grain of salt. Still would be pretty cool if all of that is real tho.
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Slash 4x4, Stampede 4x4, SCX10, Bearded Dragon
from Rc Car Action:
Bryan Burrows of Hobby Hut Fargo has got more rumors about those two vehicles.
''Forgot to mention, the 1/7th scale vehicle has a solid rear axel 4-link suspension design, and a scaled look with a detailed interior. Also i was told the new E-revo will have a new ESC with telementry built in it, and will also be available as a roller version so that you can bolt everything on from your old E-revo brushless edition. Heard this from Stephen at Traxxas.''
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Okay, I'm starting to get excited! I kinda feel like a kid waiting to open presents on Christmas. Hope this happens
Its alright son I'll fix it when you break it
Let me just put any doubt to rest, it's a real deal guys; the E-Revo 2.0 is happening. The offical press release with all the new specs should be out by the end of the month.
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Recently at work I've been working on a database for our department. Most of it entails components of Office 2000 utilizing VBA, etc, etc. I've come to realize that even though the business sector of programming always seems to require more experience, more knowledge, and more education....game programming is actuallyabout 100 times tougher.
So why the discrepancy here? Why do business post the alphabet soup stuff in their job postings when most of that boils down to a simple technology that has already been half written or completely written for you and all you do us utilize existing functions?
I was hesitant to apply for such things as database programming and so forth b/c I have a very hard time completing game code so I figured doing database code professionally was out of the question.
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Within a couple of days I had my own pop up windows with menus that opened databases, added to them, etc, etc. in Excel. Then I went to Access and it's not the toughest thing in the world once you get the hang of it.
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Whoever controls Germany controls Europe: why Britain must better understand the German mind
Understanding the German government's policy and the German mind remains as significant for foreign policy makers in the UK in the 21st century as ever it was.
Whoever controls Berlin controls Germany, and whoever controls Germany controls Europe were among the most famous, and perhaps most useful, words of Karl Marx.
In 1904 Halford Mackinder put forward a theory that the geographic pivot of history runs through Berlin.
One hundred years later, though much has changed, much has remained the same.
A financial system that was so recently the canon of western prowess relies again on the magnetic power of Europe's chequered capitol to dictate its future.
The UK media discourse has focused greatly on Germany's significance in the global economic debate, but is there any greater understanding as to its true nature and motivation as a global power?
Who controls Germany, what motivates them, and what are their goals are among the most important questions for the United Kingdom.
That we consistently fail as a nation to understand Germany has blighted our foreign policy almost routinely, from WWI, to Versailles, to Black Wednesday.
As two proximate great powers, we have always been natural competitors, and while the power structure in Europe may remain, the wider world has changed. In an increasingly competitive global climate, Germany is a crucial partner, whether we like it or not.
The UK needs to realise quickly that Germany faces a period of great uncertainty, is looking for international partners, and will be open and susceptible to external influences. This is an opportunity for greater dialogue between Germany and the UK, truly the Brandenberg Gates have never been more open, but equally challenging, as other powers stake their often more significant claim on the ear of the Reichstag.
Germany is a surprisingly eurosceptic nation among its populous, and increasingly this discord is forcing the power from the hands of civil servants and political theorists, and back into therealpolitik of a nation reflecting the will of its people. In contrapunt to Van Bismark, the great questions of the time in Germany will be decided by votes of the majority, and this could have a dramatic effect on Germany's position on the EU over the next decade.
It is therefore important to separate euroscepticism from the realist perspective, both in Germany and in the UK. In the case of the eurozone crisis, despite its growing appetite foreuroscepticism, in the short term it would make little sense for Germany to allow faltering eurozone economies to default, and to remove itself from the single currency and European project.
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The eurozone, and the EU itself, simply could not survive without Germany, and moreover without the determination of the German government to save it. For many Conservatives in the UK such a collapse may be desirable politically, but it remains inescapable that such an event would herald the beginning of an economic dark age, incomparable in living memory.
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As George Osborne put it: "The eurozone countries need to accept the remorseless logic of monetary union that leads from a single currency to greater fiscal integration […] A disorderly outcome would be disastrous for everyone, including Britain, so we should allow greater integration to happen, while ensuring we are not part of it and our own national interests are protected".
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The NHL Players Association was hoping their proposal renewed a sense of optimism a lockout could be avoided.
That was quickly quashed, however, when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told reporters Wednesday there was still a wide gap between the two sides a day after receiving the offer.
It was a shot across the bow and many expected the players association to come back with their own unreasonable demands, which surprisingly didn't happen Tuesday in Toronto.
"It was frustrating to say the least, it wasn't a fair deal to be honest," said Edmonton Oilers captain and player representative Shawn Horcoff on the NHL's offer. "There were guys that were pissed off and there was talk of doing that (lowball) from our side. But I think the main focus when the players calmed down, was that, that wasn't going to get us anywhere. That was only going to delay the process. If you want to miss the whole season again, then we can go ahead and lowball them coming back."
The league's response would indicate the diligence the NHLPA believed they had put in creating a counter-proposal hasn't brought the sides any closer together.
It's unfortunate because after receiving what was interpreted as a lowball offer from the league, the players could have come back with an unreasonable proposal of their own, all but assuring a work stoppage.
Instead, the players felt they have taken the high road in dissecting the owners' offer and coming back with solution to the problems presented.
"I've been in New York for a couple of meetings and I know that everyone is focused on trying to put together a deal that works for both sides," said Horcoff. "Our main focus is to try and get playing hockey right away.
"We sat there, and I think what took so much time for us to respond, is that we broke down their proposal and we looked at all areas and gave it serious thought in every aspect. There's obviously areas of it that we're not comfortable with as players and we don't feel are fair. But we also looked at the areas that they said were problem areas and that's where we tried to build the counter-proposal on."
With the current collective bargaining agreement expiring on Sept. 15, the owners initially put together a proposal looking to establish parameters for a new deal and presented it to the players a month ago.
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Is there a way to copy my verse notes that I composed? Not the whole file of course, just one verse note at a time. It would be very helpful if I could copy a verse note and paste it into an email if needed.
Also, I am not able to get the scripture reference (blue link) to work yet. Does ios 1.5.3 support the blue scripture links yet?
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If the net capital loss on Line 16 of your 2006 Schedule D is $10,000 you can deduct $3,000 against other income on your 2006 Form 1040 and carryover $7,000 in losses to 2007. If you have $3,000 in net capital gains for 2007 you can use $6,000 of the carryover loss in 2007 and carry the remaining $1,000 forward to 2008.
New Jersey has different rules. The New Jersey state income tax is a "gross" tax. It does not permit losses in one category of income, such as net gains from disposition of property, to be applied against income from other categories, such as wages, pensions and annuities, and interest. New Jersey also does not permit excess losses in any category to be carried forward to future years. Capital losses can only be used to wipe out capital gains. Excess capital losses, or losses in any category of income, are lost.
Capital gains are taxed by New Jersey at the same rate as all other income. There is no special capital gains rate.
In the above example the $10,000 of net capital losses for 2006 will not be deductible on the NJ return, and cannot be carried forward. You would never receive any NJ state tax benefit for these losses. In 2007 you would pay NJ income tax on $3,000 of net capital gains at your normal NJ tax rate, probably 5.525%.
So what to do?
A New Jersey resident who finds himself faced with $10,000 in net capital losses in December of 2006 should do whatever possible to generate an additional $7,000 in capital gains before year end. At a 5.525% state tax rate this could save $387.00 in state income taxes. However, you will not realize this potential $387.00 savings on the 2006 return. The savings will come in a future tax year.
Generally when discussing capital gain and loss planning I remind taxpayers that the first criteria for evaluating any transaction should always be financial - taxes are second. However in this case it really does not matter.
If you have a stock or mutual fund investment that you could sell at a $7,000 gain, but you want to hold on to it because you think it will continue to grow, you can sell the investment today and buy it back tomorrow. The wash sale rules only apply to investment sales that result in a capital loss!
By claiming a gain on a stock or mutual fund, which will not be taxed because of excess capital losses, and buying it back you will automatically increase your basis in the investment at no cost to you, and reduce the taxable gain when it is sold at a profit in the future.
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A police officer crosses over police tape at a closed subway station on Tuesday after Sandy drenched New York City.
Updated at 9:16 p.m. ET: The unprecedented surge from Sandy's floodwaters took a bite out of the core of the Big Apple's infrastructure, knocking out power to electrical substations and crippling a subway system used daily by more than 4 million people.
The storm's impact should be a wake-up call that the city – and the rest of the nation – needs to better prepare for the dangers of the coastal flooding, which is likely to become more frequent in the decades ahead, experts say.
For now, the loss of power and a way to get around adds up to a major headache for many New Yorkers, and a hazard to some.
"The work of getting our mass transit grid and our power grid restored … is going to take more time and a lot of patience," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a Tuesday morning press conference. "Our administration will move heaven and earth to help them."
New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that at least 10 people were killed during Sandy and the storms' "path of destruction will be felt for some time."
New York's subway system, one of the largest – and oldest – mass-transit systems in the world, was shut down Monday in advance of the superstorm.
Bloomberg said Tuesday it could be "a good four or five days" before subways are back up and running, though Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota cautioned it's too early to say how long it will take to restore full service.
Floodwaters swamped at least seven subway tunnels under the East River, and transit officials called the damage unprecedented.
"The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night," Lhota said in a statement. "Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on our entire transportation system, in every borough and county of the region. It has brought down trees, ripped out power and inundated tunnels, rail yards and bus depots."
Nearly 14 feet of water rushed into lower Manhattan, shorting out the ConEd power station and destroying cars and homes. As a result, the city's subway system will remain out of service for several more days as cleanup begins. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
Bloomberg said the advance shutdown and the MTA's temporary moving of much of its "rolling stock" of trains to higher ground may have spared the system from even more serious damage.
But the immediate fix for the flooded system isn't simply pumping water out of the tunnels.
Unlike rainwater, the corrosive saltwater whipped up by Sandy could damage much of the subways' electrical parts and equipment, says Radley Horton, an associate research scientist with the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University.
A boat rests on tracks at Metro-North's Ossining Station on the Hudson Line on Tuesday in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, in New York.
"Saltwater and electricity don't mix. Even after that water is removed, it's going to take some time to replace the electrical equipment, test signals, that sort of thing," Horton says.
In a statement released Tuesday night, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota cited "unprecedented challenges" the transportation authority faces as it tries to restore service, including flooding "up to the ceiling in the city's South Ferry subway station and 43 million gallons of water in each tube of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel.
Lhota said city buses are back on the road for limited service and will almost be at normal strength by morning.
Other potentially serious infrastructure damage wrought by Sandy, according to Horton:
- Electrical generation – Some major distribution points were reported out. Con Edison said Tuesday that 780,000 homes and business lost power. The utility cut electricity to some areas to save its equipment and a transformer exploded at a plant on 14th Street in Manhattan, blacking out others. Con Ed officials called the power failures "the largest storm-related outage in our history."
- Wastewater treatment plants – New Yorkers rely on these facilities to treat sewage and wastewater from homes and businesses before releasing it into waterways surrounding the city. Located at sites around the city, many of these plants were overwhelmed during Hurricane Irene last year.
Many of the city's major roadways and bridges seem to have escaped catastrophic damage. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that five of the MTA's seven bridges were fully inspected and reopened at noon on Tuesday. The two Rockaway bridges, Cross Bay Veterans Memorial and Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges bridges, and the Hugh L. Carey and Queens Midtown Tunnel remain closed. Buses were being phased back into service, with a full schedule expected for Wednesday.
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Superstorm Sandy made landfall Monday evening on a destructive and deadly path across the Northeast.
Authorities were still assessing damage to New York's three major airports, and thousands of flights were canceled across the Northeast. "We are focused on reopening as quickly as possible. But we will not compromise safety," Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the Port Authority, told Reuters. "We need to walk the runways and make sure there's no debris."
The damage was so severe that Sandy should serve a wake-up call to cities around the world about the extreme threat posed by coastal flooding, scientists say.
Klaus Jacob, a geophysicist and senior research scientist at Columbia University, told PRI's The World:
"We had one wake-up call last year under the name of Irene. We got away with less than we will most likely incur from Sandy," says Jacob. "The question is how many wake-up calls do we need to get out of our snoozing, sleeping, dreaming morning attitude? We have to get into action. We have to set priorities and spend money. For every one dollar invested in protection you get a return of four dollars of not-incurred losses."
Horton, who was on a blue-ribbon commission that in 2009 examined the MTA and environmental sustainability, said one of the report's main recommendations was to focus on flexible approaches in adapting to climate hazards.
"In some ways this is the greatest transit system in the world, but I think we're in uncharted waters," Horton told NBC News.
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"I hope this storm is a wake-up call not just to our region …. but also nationally to help get adaptation on the map and help people understand the extent to which sea level rise will increase the frequency of coastal flooding events," Horton said.
"Even if storms do not become stronger in the future and we get a relatively small amount of sea level rise, the frequency of coastal flooding events may triple by end of this century simply because the average sea level will be higher."
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed that officials need to think about ways to better protect the nation's most populous city from storms that have been increasing in both intensity and frequency.
"We have to resist the temptation for people to say, 'This is a once-in-a-100-years event; let's just fix it and move forward,'" Cuomo was quoted as saying.
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NSA head, lawmakers defend surveillance programs
The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible attacks since September 11, 2001, as sympathetic members of Congress also defended the use of the top-secret spying operations.
In the first hearing dedicated to the programs since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden exposed them earlier this month, members of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee showed little will on Tuesday to pursue significant reforms.
Instead, both U.S. officials and lawmakers spent hours publicly justifying the phone and Internet monitoring programs as vital security tools and criticized Snowden's decision to leak documents about them to media outlets.
General Keith Alexander, the head of the NSA, said Snowden's leaks had inflicted "irreversible and significant" damage on national security.
"I believe it will hurt us and our allies," Alexander told the House intelligence panel, which oversees the vast surveillance efforts.
Snowden's disclosures have ignited a political furor over the balance between privacy rights and national security, but President Barack Obama and congressional leaders in both parties have backed the programs and no significant effort has emerged to roll them back.
While critics have blasted the surveillance as government overreach without enough independent oversight, the proposed legislative remedies discussed so far have focused on tightening the rules for independent contractors and making the secret court that approves warrants for surveillance more transparent.
Alexander told the panel the monitoring was not "some rogue operation," and defended it as legal, closely supervised and crucial to defending Americans.
"I would much rather be here today debating this point than trying to explain how we failed to prevent another 9/11," Alexander told the committee in his second public appearance before Congress since the programs were exposed.
"In recent years these programs, together with other intelligence, have protected the U.S. and our allies from terrorist threats across the globe to include helping prevent ... potential terrorist events over 50 times since 9/11," he said.
Alexander promised to give lawmakers classified details of all of the foiled incidents within 24 hours.
Sean Joyce, deputy FBI director, offered information on two of the cases - a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange and a conspiracy to give money to a Somali militia designated by the United States as a terrorist group.
Officials had revealed last week two other such potential attacks: a 2009 plan to bomb a Danish newspaper that had published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and a plot by Islamist militants to bomb the New York subway the same year.
Members of the intelligence committee said they were holding the hearing to set the record straight about how the programs operated and their importance for national security.
Representative Dutch Ruppersberger, the top Democrat on the committee, said the leaks "put our country and our allies in danger by giving the terrorists a really good look at the playbook that we use to protect our country. The terrorists now know many of our sources and methods."
Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, a Republican, defended the NSA. "People at the NSA in particular have heard a constant public drumbeat about a laundry list of nefarious things they are alleged to be doing to spy on Americans - all of them wrong," he said.
Snowden, who worked at an NSA facility in Hawaii through a contract with Booz Allen Hamilton, defended his actions in an Internet chat on Monday and vowed to release more details on the extent of the agency's access.
Snowden is believed to still be hiding in Hong Kong as the U.S. Justice Department conducts a criminal investigation into the leaks.
Asked what was next for Snowden, Joyce gave a one-word response: "Justice."
Alexander said he had "significant concerns" about how a low-level contractor like Snowden could gain access to so much information and said it was part of the FBI's investigation. "We do have significant concerns in this area and it is something that we need to look at," he said.
A handful of lawmakers have urged their colleagues to rein in the surveillance programs, but they do not appear to be in the majority.
"When all the dust settles we're likely to maintain the status quo ... there doesn't appear to be a big coalition wanting to change things," said Darrell West, a political analyst at the Brookings Institution.
Democratic Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, a long-time critic of secret spying programs, has called for reopening the Patriot Act, the post-September 11, 2001, law that gave intelligence agencies broader surveillance powers.
Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, has called for Americans to bring a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. government.
But the main decision-makers on intelligence matters have spent more time defending the programs than talking reform. And the reforms they have discussed have not been sweeping.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said last week that Congress would consider legislation to limit government contractors' access to certain classified information. However, industry executives and some corners of the intelligence community are already pushing back against such a move.
Obama, meanwhile, told PBS's "Charlie Rose" show that he will meet with a privacy and civil liberties oversight board. He has also sought to ease concerns about the scope of the surveillance programs.
"What I can say unequivocally is that if you are a U.S. person, the NSA cannot listen to your telephone calls, and the NSA cannot target your emails ... and have not," Obama said on Monday's program.
Google Inc said on Tuesday it has asked the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests separately from criminal requests.
Microsoft Corp, Facebook Inc and Apple Inc, released limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive under an agreement struck with the U.S. government last week.
Under that agreement, the companies were only allowed to disclose aggregate requests for data made by government agencies - without showing the split between surveillance and criminal requests - and only for a six-month period.
(Additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle and Susan Heavey; Writing by John Whitesides; Editing by Karey Van Hall and Tim Dobbyn)


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Wood expanding his horizons
Brandon Wood is a natural shortstop who learned how to play third base capably. Now he is increasing his versatilty by another position, playing first base with remarkable dexterity for someone with no experience with the big glove.
This scouting report comes courtesy of Sean Rodriguez, who played alongside Wood in the Triple-A Salt Lake infield as recently as Friday night in Reno during an extra-inning game the Bees lost despite Wood going deep and driving in a pair of runs. Rodriguez, playing second, marveled at how quickly his buddy has adapted to another new position.
"Woody made some great plays down there," Rodriguez said. "He went across his body to catch one throw that kept them from winning in regulation. The ball would have probably sailed into the stands, but Woody's an athlete, and he showed it on that play.
"There was another ball headed for the hole, and I was on my way to try to make the play. But Woody got there first and got the out throwing to the pitcher covering. He was there in a heartbeat, man. That was a big-league play.
"He's 6-3 with soft hands and quick feet. He's a natural down there at first. But he's a little concerned, I think, that people might start to think he's not a shortstop. Believe me, he can play short in the big leagues. No question in my mind."
Wood had two excellent performances for the Angels at third base, filling in for Chone Figgins, before getting sent to Salt Lake. The Angels won both those games, and Wood had a positive impact each time. He came up big against CC Sabathia in Yankee Stadium with a clutch hit igniting a decisive rally.
Wood carried a .333 average with one walk and two strikeouts in 10 plate appearances to the PCL. He's batting .299 with 14 homers and 35 RBIs in 44 games. His OPS (on-base plus slugging) is .986.
Wood has made major strides in pitch recognition and plate discipline. How long the Angels can keep him down on the farm remains to be seen, but it's increasingly baffling to a lot of people that a club that ranks last in the American League in homers and eighth in slugging can't find a role for one of the premier power prospects in the game.
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Brandon's the sort of athlete who makes spectacular plays look, well, . . .easy. So easy, in fact, you might not notice how competitive he is or how hard he works at becoming the best of the best. He's a quiet kid. . .doesn't showboat, doesn't complain, doesn't talk trash. More importantly, he doesn't give up. . .ever.
Hang in there Woody, your time will come. And when it does, oh boy, look out! See you soon #8 . . .BeesGal
Way to good Woodie tag em and bag em bud!!! Semper Fi 1/7 88-92 0341 Devil Dog!!!
let's see.
mike doesn't want to move figgie from short or aybar from third.
he surely won't move morales from 1st. Though it's admirable that Wood is willing to learn the position . . . the way that Mike S. thinks, I doubt he'd sacrifice Rob Quinlan to use wood as a back up. Imagine that. Rob Quinlan.
they apparently won't let wood pull a grich and be a large 2b.
honestly . . . I can't imagine what these people are thinking. "Waiting for the right injury"? Pretty narrow way to get the guy into the lineup. Then when they DO get a totally unexpected bomb (all of a sudden, kendrick is not the second coming of "the hitman") they still can't make it work for wood.
this is a guy who's probably going to end up playing for someone else after a trade in which the Angels don't get near what he's worth in return. And he'll probably just kill the ball, and us.
It breaks my heart. By almost every measure, he appears the best prospect in their organization. He has had one short coming… .each time he's been up, he hasn't quite gone off to the degree that they just can't send him down. He was MORE than serviceable last season; but he didn't lock it down for himself. And I can't blame that on Mike and company.
I don't agree with or support the way(s) they've treated Brandon Wood. It's a tribute to him if he even cares about them at all.
I'm ok with things we just won 3 in a row and got some good momentum going. Let's build on this and quit complaining no sense in it if you have no control over it.


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Airways Advocacy: Becoming a Radio Talk Show Guest
Talk radio is a powerful strategic tool in grassroots advocacy, one that is too easily discounted by diocesan/statewide Catholic school parent organizations. Talk radio grabs many legislators' attention, while educating your whole community. This allows you to shape public debate. It is one of the quickest, easiest, and least expensive ways to get an issue out to the public.
Flooding the airwaves with calls during a radio talk show is very effective. Taking center stage by becoming the main guest is better yet! Here are five steps to the guest's chair.
First, become familiar with the radio talk shows in your area. Listen to them. Determine which ones are serious and "issue driven" and which are mostly concerned with celebrities and "fluff." Determine which are truly concerned with a balanced debate on community concerns, and which are merely "free-for-alls" where the moderator, guests and callers shout and argue with each other for the sake of argument. Determine from program content which stations are conservative, liberal, or moderate, and which may be more amenable politically to your issue.
Target in particular those radio talk shows that air during weekday "morning drive" or "evening drive." "Morning drive" is the rush hour period between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. when people are most likely to have their car radios on as they drive to work or are taking children to school, or at home listening to the radio as they prepare to leave the house. "Evening drive" is during the evening rush hour period between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. These times have the largest listening audiences, and your message or issue will have the greatest possibility of being heard. Radio talk shows also tend to air many public affairs talk shows on the weekends, both early in the morning and late at night.
Secondly, ask to be a guest on the program to discuss your issue. Find out the name of the person on the radio talk show who is responsible for booking guests and make a personal offer. They are sometimes known as "talent coordinators" or "guest coordinators." On some talk programs, the producer, associate producer, or production assistant is the person responsible for booking guests.
Draft and mail a letter to the "guest" or "talent" coordinator on organizational letterhead explaining who you are and outlining your organization's background. Explain the issue in the letter, and whenever possible, explain how it impacts the local community.
Your third step occurs a few days after you have mailed your letter. Follow-up with a phone call to the guest coordinator to ask if the letter was received, and if you will be considered as a guest on the program. If they say "no," remember that "no" isn't necessarily forever. Offer to keep them abreast of your issue (you should have radio and television public affairs talk shows included on your media list anyway). Send them your organizational newsletters, issue papers, news releases, media advisories, calendars of events, and notices. They keep such materials on file, and may call you to be a guest on their program when they produce a program focusing on your Issue.
Fourth, when they finally say "yes" to your request, find out when the program will air, and whether you will be the sole guest or if you will be on with an "opponent" - or better still -if they will pair you with a legislator who has drafted a measure pertaining to your issue. Knowing the program's set-up in advance helps you become better prepared for it.
Finally, if the radio or television program will be live and include listener or viewer call-ins, discover in advance, if you can, the call-in phone number, and (in advance) rally your own constituency or those of other advocacy groups to call up and ask questions or make comments in support of your point of view. If you can't get the number in advance, notify as many advocates and members of your organization as possible that you will be a guest on an upcoming radio or television program, and ask them to watch it or listen to it and to call in as soon as they announce the audience phone number.
When Calling-In on Talk Radio, Remember...
The key concept to grasp in talk radio is "talk." It is a conversation between the host and the caller. Think of it as calling a friend and persuading him/her to go to one movie and not another.
Identify two or three main points you want to focus on, have them ready before the phone call and repeat them, don't get in over your head.
Call early on in the program. You will probably be put on hold. Callers from car phones and pay phones often get priority.
You may be screened. Tell the screener generally what you'd like to say. Avoid getting too specific about your position in case the show is trying to stack public opinion on the issue.
Be knowledgeable about your issue. Prepare what you are going to say. You will probably have about 30-60 seconds to make your point. Think in sound bytes and begin with your most important point.


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State moves to cap long-term care insurance premium rate
reforms will protect seniors from skyrocketing annual rates
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CHICAGO -- Illinois Department
of Insurance Director Andrew Boron announced on Wednesday an effort
by the department to protect long-term care policyholders. The
Department of Insurance, with help from state Rep. Robyn Gabel, 18th
District, Evanston, has proposed
House Bill 2333, which calls for a 15 percent annual cap on the
premium rate for a policyholder's long-term care insurance.
To offset the high costs associated
with long-term care, many people purchased insurance coverage. These
policies were originally sold as having "level" premiums that would
not increase based on age or health situation. Now, the
policyholders who have been paying for a decade or more are shocked
to receive notice that their monthly premium has skyrocketed -- as
much as 200 percent.
"State regulators have no discretion to limit premium increases
if the rate filing meets standards, so we set out to change the law
to further protect consumers. This proposal would impose a 15
percent cap on rate increases on all existing and future long-term
care premiums, regardless of age or benefit configuration," said
Boron. "And I want to thank Rep. Gabel for her support of our effort
to change the law."
"Insurance companies did not break the law when they decided to
raise rates, but it seems unconscionable to charge such exorbitant
amounts of consumers who are often retirees living on a fixed
income. Policyholders say they had only two devastating choices --
either find a way to pay up now or face the possibility of not
having long-term coverage when you need it. House Bill 2333 will
help prevent this type of devastation," said Gabel.
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Long-term care services and support are provided in a variety of
settings -- in homes, in community settings such as adult day
centers, and in institutional settings such as nursing homes and
assisted living facilities. It is estimated that almost 10 million
people in the United States need long-term care services and
supports, and about 6 million of them are age 65 and older.
The mission of the Illinois Department of Insurance is to protect
consumers by providing assistance and information, by efficiently
regulating the insurance industry's market behavior and financial
solvency, and by fostering a competitive insurance marketplace. The
department assists consumers with all insurance complaints,
including health, auto, life and homeowner. Consumers who have
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This beautiful home in Big Sky, Montana's Yellowstone Club is a low-slung, ranch-inspired residence, which can only be described as earthy, textured and thoroughly Western. The home has been designed by Montana-based architecture firm KMA Inc., the home delivers exactly what the client's wanted, a design that infuses rustic with modern elements in a space that is as welcoming as it is beautiful.
Not your typical mountain lodge, the home can feel intimate for the owner's family but can also welcome a large group of guests for entertaining. The interior spaces were dreamed up by Colorado-based Worth Interiors with the help of the homeowners. Collaborating with Montana-based Highline Partners, the project's contractor, the furnishings and finishes directly influenced the built structure to yield brilliant results.
Many of the home's furnishings, light fixtures and even architectural details were designed by Worth Interiors. A lounge area was designed in place of a formal dining room, which was thought to be too stuffy for laid-back living. The room features hollow concrete tables and a built-in banquette under voluminous windows for cocktail hour. Square iron tables greet guests of four for casual dinner parties, for more formal affairs, the tables can be rearranged to seat 14. For bar storage, the designer cut into the log walls, lined it with leather in a chartreuse hue and slid in glass shelving on stainless-steel pegs.
The home is filled with textures, defining spaces with rough-hewn timbers beside smooth plaster walls. The entryway features iron benches covered in leather, against walls wrapped in cowhide panels. One of the bedrooms contains a custom-made platform bed of reclaimed wood with a wood-and-iron headboard. Finished with throw pillows in a multitude of fabrics, the bed is a perfect example of combining textural opposites. The materials palette adds depth to the design, tying vignettes throughout the home together by way of materials and themes. Clean-lined furnishings add a modern flair while leather and faux-fur adds hints of Western style.
A neutral color palette was used with reclaimed wood beams on the ceilings and walls refined with a wire wheel (a process that clean old wood and brings out its color and character). Wide-plank oak that arrived whitewashed was sanded and black washed to give it a soft, weathered look on the floors. A few accents of eye-catching bold color were splashed throughout the home. The home's not-so-hidden secret in its perfect balance between surprise and tranquility, rustic and modern, texture and color.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has received documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that detail the agency's use of electronic surveillance software in the course of criminal investigations.
The documents were released in response to a 2007 Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the EFF regarding reports the FBI was using "secret spyware" to track emails during an investigation into bomb threats against a Washington high school.
The documents outline the Bureau's use of the Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier (CIPAV) tool, also referred to as a "web bug", that may have been utilized as far back as 2001.
The documents do not specifically discuss how the software is installed on target computers, but previous reports indicate that the tool may be distributed via browser vulnerabilities similar to those exploited by malicious malware and that the software was deployed in the Washington bomb threat case by way of internal messaging sent through the social network MySpace.
The software allows the FBI to collect the following information when installed on a target computer:
- IP Address
- Media Access Control (MAC) address
- "Browser environment variables"
- Open communication ports
- List of the programs running
- Operating system type, version, and serial number
- Browser type and version
- Language encoding
- The URL that the target computer was previously connected to
- Registered computer name
- Registered company name
- Currently logged in user name
- Other information that would assist with "identifying computer users, computer software installed, [and] computer hardware installed"
It is not clear how many government entities may be employing the CIPAV tool, but the documents EFF received show the software has been used in multiple FBI investigations, and that the Air Force, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations have all expressed interest in the software.
The documents show that the FBI considers the CIPAV tool to be proprietary, and that the Bureau is concerned about the legal ramifications of wider use of the software by other government agencies.
One email in the documents the EFF received from the FBI states "we are seeing indications that [CIPAV] is being used needlessly by some agencies, unnecessarily raising difficult legal questions (and a risk of suppression without any countervailing benefit)," while another email states "[I] am weary [sic] to just hand over our tools to another Gov't agency without any oversight or protection for our tool/technique."
Emails released to the EFF also show the FBI debated whether the use of the tool required a court order or other mandates, finally deciding to follow a two-part protocol comprised of securing a search warrant to authorize access to a computer and then securing a Pen/Trap order to authorize the ongoing surveillance with the spyware.


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Today I wanted to share some Easter treats I've been working on....
THIS favorite stamp of mine..
1. Stamp the bunny stamp onto white cardstock using VersaMark black ultra fine ink and sprinkle clear embossing powder on top. Shake off excess powder and heat set.
2. Using THIS frame die-cut, cut your image out to create a tag.
3. Apply some glossy accents to the tails and press on some velvet flock to make the tails "fuzzy".
4. Punch a hole on the left side of the tag and add a blue circle around the hole punched out of pool layering paper.
5. Print out "Bunny Tails" onto some white cardstock. (I used the Print Clearly Font) and mat it in the pool layering paper. Attach it to the tag.
Another fun idea for bunny tails would be white gumballs in place of the marshmallows. Speaking of bubble gum, I HAVE AN EXTRA HERO ARTS BUBBLE GUM INK PAD TO GIVEAWAY...
Thanks for stopping by! Happy Easter!
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Bunny Tails + GIVEAWAY!
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- Cornelia (fun stamping) said...
Adorable tag - cute gift - the kids will love it!
- March 30, 2013 at 2:55 PM
- DustyPenny (Joy Ott) said...
Just wanted to say Happy Easter and I can't wait to see you next week! Hugs.
- March 30, 2013 at 4:43 PM
- Ashley Newell said...
Super cute! I love those bunnies!
- March 30, 2013 at 6:39 PM
- Nat said...
love these sweet bunnies the tags you have created are awesome! Happy Easter :)
- March 31, 2013 at 11:05 AM
- Lisa said...
Bunny tails are so darling!!! Thanks for the chance to win the ink.
- April 1, 2013 at 10:20 PM
- Sara said...
What a cute little gift! Great stamp!
- April 2, 2013 at 12:04 PM
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In an attempt to give advertisers more information about the effectiveness of ads, Facebook has partnered with Datalogix, a company that "can track whether people who see ads on the social networking site end up buying those products in stores," as The Financial Times's Emily Steel and April Dembosky explain. Advertisers have complained that Facebook doesn't give them any way to see if ads lead to buying. This new partnership is their response. The service will link up the 70 million households worth of purchasing information that Datalogix has with Facebook profiles so they can see if the ads you see changes the stuff you buy and tell advertisers whether their ads are working. Up until now, the social network has been limited to only tracking your Internet life (on and off Facebook.com) with its ubiquitous "like" buttons, but as promised, the future of Facebook is more focused on data, including tracking our offline habits.
Specifically, Datalogix gets its information from retailers like grocery stores and drug stores who use loyalty discount programs to amass careful records of what their customers are buying. Datalogix's site doesn't list its partners, but from a Google search, it looks like the company has worked with CVS's ExtraCare card program.
As the Financial Times puts it, Facebook, after matching the email addresses and other identifying information in the Datalogix databases to Facebook accounts, will be using Datalogix to prepare reports for its advertisers about who, if anyone, bought more of their stuff after they ran ads on the social network. But by matching your Facebook profile with your CVS bill, this means that Facebook has the potential to know some of your most intimate details (my, that's a lot of bunion cream you're buying!), and the privacy concerns are enormous. When DoubleClick attempted something similar to this, user-backlash ultimately led them to cancel the project.
Facebook has put some privacy protections in place to head off a similar reaction. The social network says it will be anonymizing each profile, applying a hash to each Facebook account in lieu of a real name. And it also offers the option to opt-out — sort of. There is nowhere on Facebook's website to opt-out. Instead, users have to go to the Datalogix website -- which most of us probably had never heard of until right now — and opt-out of their tracking. Facebook claims the partnership doesn't violate Federal Trade Commission regulations because it has a link to that option on its site in the help center.
But finding the link on Facebook requires a lot of digging. First, you have to find the help center, which involves first clicking help, under the home tab. Then, that will give the option to go to the help center. After clicking through to Ads and Business solutions, then to Ads and Sponsored Stories, then to Interacting with Ads, you will finally see a list of questions about ads as it effects you. Way down at the very bottom (pictured below), where it says "learn more about the partners and choices they offer" is a link to Datalogix, which leads to this page, where about half-way down under "choice" there is an opt-out link. That is a lot of clicking. To avoid all that, you can just click here to get to that Datalogix page, or here to opt-out.
That may meet legal standards, however, it isn't enough for some. "We don't believe any of this online-offline data should be used without express consumer approval and an opt-in," Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy told Dembosky and Steel. Though Chester wants an opt-in button, perhaps Facebook should start with an easy to find opt-out button, on its own website, first.
Update 5:38 p.m.: Facebook insists that when it gets the information from Datalogix it is completely anonymous and that they are only using the data to aid advertisers. Here is the official statement from them:
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National Hot Rod Association Media Conference
Topics: NHRA
Brittany Force
November 13, 2013
THE MODERATOR: Brittany, thank you for taking time out of your busy day to join us. We are joined by Top Fuel racer, Brittany Force, who was named the winner of the $20,000 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award Monday night at the Champions banquet. This award recognizing the top NHRA Rookie of the Year, and is voted on by national members of the Autosports media. During the course of the season she won tens of rounds of competitions, including a season‑best semifinal performance at the season‑ending event in Pomona, and she also led qualifying on Friday and Saturday at the prestigious Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.
She is the fifth member of John Force Racing to win the award, joining Robert Hight, Ashley Force‑Hood, Mike Neff, and Courtney Force, her sister. Those four names right there are impressive enough and the other winners of the award through the years is very impressive. What are your thoughts, Brittany, on winning this award and taking that home on Monday night?
BRITTANY FORCE: I was so excited to take home the Rookie of the Year award. It's just‑‑ it just prove that's my entire team and everybody involved in John Force Racing, that all our work really paid off at the end. I mean, bringing a Top Fuel car into the John Force Racing pits, it was not easy, and it was a challenge. But I really enjoyed it. We had our ups and downs and we went out and struggled some weekends. But we also had weekends where we did really well.
To be able to end in Pomona where we finally made it to the semis for the first time, and the Castrol EDGE Team made it to the semis, and we had our career best ET. We ran a 3.78. I was so excited about that. That just put me up for next year.
Now after seeing that our car could run that way and making it to the semis, I don't want time off. I want to jump right back into Pomona, because I know our car and team are capable of going around.
Really just to be able to go to the banquet and bring that award home just meant everything to my team, myself, and I was so, so proud of that. Bringing that home and so proud of my entire team.
Q. Your father has obviously been very integral in your successes this year. How proud, and what does he say to you after winning this award?
BRITTANY FORCE: He was really proud. He pulled me aside right after the banquet and after I saw him. He actually called me last night and left me a long voice mail and I called him back and we talked. He just said he was so proud that we won that award and then he was also so proud of my speech. He was like, your speech ‑‑ I was so nervous even just having to get up there. I like to be prepared for things, and to get up there and not know if you're going to have to get a speech. I was just nervous about the whole thing, just getting up there in front of all those people because it's something I've never done before. But I was nervous.
He said he was proud of my speech. Proud of our year and our team, and he's looking forward to next year.
Q. What's the plan for 2014? Obviously the sponsorship situation at John Force Racing has been well documented. Is there any more pressure? You've obviously got things going forward in 2014. Is there any more pressure on you to try to right the ship so much to get the Top Fuel Dragster and keep it in the fold so you can improve your career and do bigger and better things? Or do you worry about anything like that?
BRITTANY FORCE: Obviously, there is that added pressure just because I'm only‑‑ I only have Castrol and Ford through next year. I have all of next year with them. I'm going to do the best job that I can, and I know my team's going to put everything into it. We just want to do everything we can.
We want to qualify at every national event. We want to make it into the top 10, and we want to go after and win our first race. That is our plan much that was our plan this year, but it was a little more difficult than we thought it would be. We're going to go after it next year. There is obviously that pressure just because right now I just have all of next year. I'm just doing the best job that I can do, and hopefully we can pick up sponsors. That way we're already talking to people, looking into it. But I love it out here so much. I couldn't imagine not being in the car and competing.
Q. Popularity counts. Talk about your efforts and the time spent with fans, team members, sponsors, your dad, the work you do and did to get to this point?
BRITTANY FORCE: Yeah, there is a lot more that goes into that Rookie of the Year award than just your performance on the track. I'm still very proud of the performance that the Castrol EDGE team had on the track. I'm proud of my crew chief, Dean Antonelli and Eric Lane and my entire team.
But there is so much more, like I said, that goes into that award, everything from doing NHRA press conferences, doing media events, all of that stuff I actually learned from my dad. My dad taught me how to drive a race car, but he taught me everything of drag racing, how to work with the fans. Every chance I get, I'm out there hanging out with my fans which is so exciting.
It's a joy for me to be out there because most of my fans are little kids, and that's so awesome. I love being able to work with kids and have little girls and little boys come up to me and tell me they want to be a race car driver, that makes my day that much better. Being able to work with the fans and being able to have your mood turned around if it's been a bad day, you went out in the first round. They could put my mood right around and get me right back on track or they could do the opposite. They could pump me up for a run and get me in my car for the first round.
So working with the fans is so easy for me. But like I said, there is so much more that goes into it. I try to keep myself as busy as I could this year. I wanted to be involved in every single direction. Every time it worked to my schedule and I could do a press conference or media tour, I did a bunch of them. I did Houston. I did Sonoma, Pomona, Indy. I tried to stay involved as much as I could.
We even ended in Las Vegas doing the downtown Vegas signing which was so much fun. I'd never been to anything like that. So that was pretty exciting. The Las Vegas Fan Fest is what it's called. That was awesome. It was just a ton of drivers there, and it was pretty cool. I hope I get to do that at the end of next year. But like I said, I tried to stay involved as much as I could. Put myself out there, get noticed and stay involved with all aspects of drag racing.
Q. What do you like best about carrying on with the Force name and drag racing?
BRITTANY FORCE: For me, I have the best teachers around me. I can go to my sisters Ashley and Courtney. I can go to my dad. He knows everything about drag racing. He's been out here the longest. He sometimes gets a little crazy and overwhelming at moments, but I really do have the best teachers around me, my brother‑in‑law Robert Hight and Mike Neff.
So I'm very lucky I have all of them, their support, and anytime I need their help, I can always go to them.
Q. You obviously had a lot of teaching and coaching going into the season, but what was the one thing that surprised you the most that maybe came out of left field? What was the biggest thing that really surprised you this year?
BRITTANY FORCE: For me I spent a whole year testing, an entire year testing in the Top Fuel car. But I learned that there is nothing you can learn more from gaining experience and jumping right into competition. This year, jumping out in Pomona and going to race after race, that's where I gained the most experience. No matter how many times you talk to people or sit down and ask questions, yes, it's helpful, but there is nothing more helpful than when you experience it in the car and you know what it felt like, know what it did. So the next time it happens, you either fix that problem if you screwed up, or you know you're on the right track and doing the right thing.
So, for me, it's just being able to be out there as much as I was, I just picked up and felt like I've come a long way as a driver. Starting out with what I did in Pomona. I feel more comfortable in the seat. I feel like on certain runs when it goes up in tire smoke or shakes I know how to react correctly. I'm proud of how far I've come since the beginning of the year, and I can't wait until next year to keep improving and learning. Every time I jump in that car I learn something now.
Q. When the season began I'm wondering if your sisters kind of goaded you or reminded you constantly that they won Rookie of the Year and it's up to you to complete the circle?
BRITTANY FORCE: No, they actually never brought that up once, not the entire year. It was just towards the end of it they were rooting me on. Obviously, they wanted me to win. They supported me. I was backstage before they pulled us out on stage at the banquet and Courtney was talking to me and I said I'm so nervous going out there, and she was giving me a pep talk. She said it's so much fun. I did it last year. They called my name and I was excited and I got there up and didn't know what to say. I just started talking.
So she's always there to support me. So that's awesome that I have both of them. But it was pretty cool to say that all four sisters brought home the Rookie of the Year awards.
Q. Earlier Shawn Langdon said when you're a rookie there are a lot of eyes on you. The fact that you're John Force's daughter there were probably twice as many eyes on you. Did you feel all year that you were being doubly scrutinized?
BRITTANY FORCE: I try not to pay attention to that. I know there are always going to be eyes and people that say great things about you and people that say terrible things about you. So I try not to worry about that.
As long as I know that I'm doing the best job that I can for my team, for myself, for my dad just the best job I can do driving and everything. Like I said, working with media, working with fans that's all I need to know. I just need to do my job wait I do it. Do the best job I can, and I know that's fine.
I think we had a good year. Yeah, I made some mistakes in the car and maybe stayed on the throttle too long and ended up hurting the car, but I learned from every single run, and I feel like I've come such a long way since the beginning of the year. That's all I really need to know.
It doesn't matter what people say. Obviously, that is important, but you can't let the negative things get you down. I just stay focused on everything my dad teaches me and try to do the best job that I can for myself and my team.
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I hope you have a nice New Year's. I will be at home with my family. Doing seemingly boring things by the World's standards.
I've never been one to make a big hoopla over New Years. After Christmas I just seem to move onto the new, always eager for a fresh start.
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John F. Murray (1889-1944) was a lifetime Queens resident and a dedicated recreation supervisor for Queens parks for many years. Although his Parks job kept him busy, he also devoted much of his time to a variety of other activities.
Murray supervised the Long Island City Knights of Columbus, the local chapter of the famous Roman Catholic fraternal order. The association organized blood donation campaigns and sports programs for youths, promoted religious activities, and articulated Catholic opinion on social issues. In 1944, the New York Chapter of the Knights of Columbus became the holder of the permit for the Columbus Day Parade. Murray also helped supervise recreational activities for the Elmhurst Elks, another neighborhood fraternal society. He also organized local boxing tournaments and in particular, trained prizefighters. He and his wife, Catherine, had two sons, Colonel John Murray and Captain William Murray, who both served in the army.
The City of New York acquired the land that constitutes Murray Playground in four parts by purchase and condemnation between 1941 and 1945. The park stretches from 11th to 21st Street, and is bounded by 45th Avenue and 45th Road. In 1948, a local law named the park John F. Murray Playground, and on April 10, 1949, James Burke, the Borough President of Queens, hosted the dedication and opening ceremony. He described Murray, who had died on April 6, 1944, at the age of fifty-four, as "an outstanding proponent of the proper kind of facilities for the use of the borough." Murray's wife and sons were present at the ceremony.
In 1978, Parks received grants from the Community Development Act and the Heritage, Conservation and Recreation Services to renovate the property. When construction ended in 1979, Murray Playground contained new basketball and handball courts, a baseball field, climbing structures, swings, shuffleboard layouts, game tables, see-saws, sitting areas and a separate play area for children. On May 25, 1980, Parks Commissioner Gordon J. Davis and local elected officials gathered to celebrate the reopening of Murray Playground.
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* I like to use the Form 941 that is sent to my payroll tax clients each quarter because it is pre-printed with the employer's name, address, EIN, etc, has certain information keyed in via barcodes, and includes a pre-addressed envelope.
Now I just learned that the DFBs at the IRS (clean version is Damned Fool Bureaucrats) are no longer sending out Form 941 packages, and other payroll and business packages, in an attempt to save money. See "More Business Package Mailings End Following Growth of e-File".
The fools! If I just found out, think of the thousands of small employers who do their own 941s that are waiting to receive them in the mail – and will end up filing late and getting penalized unnecessarily.
* Eric Toder has a good post on the difference between tax loopholes, tax earmarks, and other "tax expenditures" in his excellent post "Tax Expenditures are not Loopholes" at TAXVOX, the blog of the Tax Policy Center.
* Trish McIntire explains the often confusing difference between two different programs that provide tax relief for spouses filing joint returns in "Injured Vs Innocent" at OUR TAXING TIMES.
Trish tells us -
"The IRS has two programs to help spouses who are victims of debts they didn't create; Injured Spouse and Innocent Spouse. The Injured Spouse can help a spouse get their part of their refund back while the Innocent Spouse program helps a spouse who could be saddled with a tax debt of which they had not knowledge."
* The Energy Star website provides an excellent resource for information on the "2011 Federal Tax Credits for Consumer Energy Efficiency".
The residential energy credit is still around, but is much less and more restrictive than the credit allowed for 2009 and 2010. This credit is more like the one that was available in 2006 and 2007.
The site also has information for the credit allowed for 2010.
You can check to see if your state has any energy tax credits or incentives at the "Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency", a "comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility and federal incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency",
* A "tweet" led me to "Fraudulent Tax Returns Surge 181%" at CNN.MONEY.
"The number of people trying to cheat on their taxes rose 181%, according to a study of 2010 tax returns as of March 4. The Internal Revenue Service found 335,341 returns that claimed $1.9 billion in fraudulent refunds, usually from taxpayers claiming deductions or credits for which they didn't qualify."
* Speaking of "tweets", here is a recent one from fellow tax pro Bruce "The Missouri Tax Guy" that bears repeating -
"Tax Professionals - Tell your clients how H&R preparers are instructed, encouraged and trained to up sell services like Audit Protection even when circumstances mean that they provide no benefit to their clients. For example, young person with a W-2 and standard deduction is NEVER going to get audited. Tell your clients to read their H&R engagement letter that strictly says over and over again that they are NOT tax return professionals, merely preparers. Let them know what the difference is (Say it nicely though)."
* Ok – I give up. Spend the extra $5.00+ if you want. It seems that the IRS does actually give some weight to a green return receipt card when it comes to tax returns lost or delayed in the mail. Russ Fox adds his personal experience with the IRS in "Pound Wise, Penny Foolish" at TAXABLE TALK. It is just that in 40 tax seasons I have never used certified mail with return receipt for 1040s, and never had a situation where I needed to produce a green card.
* When explaining our tax system I have always said "The Tax Code says everything is taxable except . . . , and nothing is deductible except . . .".
Kelly Phillips Erb, the web's TAX GIRL, lists some of the "excepts" of income in her article "Seven Checks You Can Cash Free of Federal Income Tax" at WALLET POP.
She ends by correctly pointing out "These rules apply to federal income tax only. There may be different rules for your state or local taxing authorities." I seem to recall from past experience of many years ago that some states tax federal refunds, because federal income taxes are deductible on the state return.
* Right on, my brother! I agree with the bottom line to Joe Kristan's post "Zombie Tax Notices" at the ROTH AND COMPANY TAX UPDATE BLOG -
"Fair's fair. When state agencies ignore taxpayer responses, we should be able to impose penalties on them, just like they impose on us if we ignore them."
* Joe also has a great post in "That Mileage Log Isn't Worth Much If You Don't Fill It Out Right".
I like how the Tax Court described the H+R Block preparer in the case Joe discusses -
"It is not clear whether the return preparer made any attempt to distinguish deductible from nondeductible expenses or whether the return preparer simply added up the receipts and deducted the sum as unreimbursed employee business expenses."
Joe's moral deserves repeating in full -
"The moral? The tax law has very specific substantiation requirements for deducting travel and entertainment expenses, including vehicle expenses. You must substantiate:
(1) the amount of the expense or item;
(2) the time and place of the travel, entertainment, or expense;
(3) the business purpose of the entertainment or expense; and
(4) the taxpayer's relationship to the person or persons entertained.
The mileage log needs to include this information, or you need to be able to be able to support it with other items, like a travel calendar. The tax law doesn't allow you to make a good guess. No substantiation, no deduction."
* William Perez tells us about "Obama's 2010 Tax Returns" at ABOUT.COM TAX PLANNING:US.
* CPA Allan S. Boress suggests a change to the "tax season" that I have heard before over the years in his blog post "Let's Kill Tax Season Before it Kills Us" at ACCOUNTING WEB.
I have always been against this change. I am used to the 12-hour-a-day. 7-day-a-week tax filing season – and can put up with it knowing that on April 15th or so it is over – and I can work maybe 2 or 3 days a week at most the rest of the year.
* I've always wondered why anyone would abandon all self-respect and share their lack of intelligence, arrogance and bad behavior with the public on a reality tv show. I found the answer in "Who's Made the Most Money Off Reality TV".
If you would like to be rich perhaps you might want to answer the following ad –
"Wanted – individual to participate in new reality tv show. Must be excessively greedy. Below average intelligence and high self-importance required. Must not be able to work or interact well with others. Individuals with any self-respect or common courtesy or decency need not apply."


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