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2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to release part two of the 2012 Small Business Outlook which focuses on what small businesses need to succeed. As the voice of business in San Diego, the Chamber feels that it s important to hear directly from small businesses about what they need most to help them grow and thrive in our region. This report What San Diego Small Businesses Need to Succeed - is two-fold, covering both general public policy factors that will make small businesses more successful, as well as specific business needs that will help small businesses succeed in 2012 and beyond. The report shows the following as the top four general public policy priorities for the San Diego small business community: 1. Road and infrastructure maintenance 2. More of a voice in local government 3. Stronger voice in Sacramento 4. Greater energy reliability and cost stability In terms of specific business needs, the following were priorities for the majority of small businesses: 1. Local economy improving 2. Opportunity to meet clients and customers 3. Streamlined regulations 4. Reduced business taxes The report makes it clear that San Diego small businesses need greater support in working with local, regional and statewide government. While the first report, the 2012 San Diego Small Business Outlook, showed that the regional business community had moved to a more positive outlook, this report shows an opportunity for local government and business organizations to provide greater support to small businesses. The priorities of our region s small businesses give the Chamber a clear direction for how to help San Diego s small businesses grow and succeed. The report is based on a survey of 500 small business people who own or manage firms with 50 or fewer employees in San Diego County. Small businesses decision makers were asked to prioritize general public policy needs, as well as specific needs for their business that will help make them successful for the remainder of 2012 and beyond. Data was provided by Competitive Edge Research & Communication, a national opinion research firm located in San Diego. Page 1
3 GENERAL PUBLIC POLICY BUSINESS NEEDS TOP TIER PRIORITIES The 2012 Small Business Outlook looked at the general needs of San Diego s small businesses, including public policy priorities, that will help make them successful for the remainder of 2012 and beyond. Road and Infrastructure Maintenance Repairing and maintaining streets, roads and infrastructure is the top priority for businesses. Slightly more than half regard maintenance as very or extremely important, with only 11% considering it unimportant. These attitudes do not appear to change based on demographics or location throughout the County. More Vocal at City Hall A second top priority for small businesses to success is to provide a stronger voice in local government for the regional business community. This does not refer only to San Diego City Hall but other local governments and issues throughout the County. More Vocal in Sacramento Additionally, becoming more vocal in Sacramento is another top priority for San Diego small businesses, with the majority of businesses advocating for a stronger voice in Sacramento. This may reflect the perception of California as a difficult state for businesses to grow. Greater Energy Reliability and Cost Stability Working to build more energy reliability and stability is another issue that is seen as very important for small businesses. Only 13% entirely dismiss energy as an issue with the vast majority agreeing that the issue is important and matters in their ability to be successful. Reliable Water Supply 53% of small businesses think that a sustainable water supply is also a very or extremely important issue. Page 2
4 GENERAL PUBLIC POLICY BUSINESS NEEDS MID-TIER PRIORITIES Investing in Public Education More than half of all small businesses rate public education as very or extremely important. Tourism Most of San Diego s small businesses see tourism as an important part of the success of the regional business community. Retaining Military Presence Nearly 70% of all small businesses feel that retaining a large military presence is somewhat to extremely important to their general ability to succeed. Developing a Larger Cluster of High Technology Firms San Diego small businesses rate developing a larger cluster of high technology firms as being important. Small firms with more than seven employees typically see nurturing high tech as very or extremely important. Page 3
5 SPECIFIC BUSINESS NEEDS TOP TIER PRIORITIES The 2012 Small Business Outlook also looked at what firms believe will make their specific business more successful in the remainder of 2012 and beyond. Local Economy Improving Nearly all small business people agree that their firm's success is significantly impacted by the local economy. Only 7% say what the region's economy does is unimportant, while two-thirds say it is very or extremely important to their success. Even so, the belief that the local economy needs to improve in order for firms to be more successful has subsided slightly since This indicates that the economy is perceived as having improved, though San Diego is not "out of the woods" yet. Opportunities to Meet Clients and Customers Increasing the opportunities to meet clients and customers is seen as important. Fifty-seven percent regard this as very or extremely important and only 14% dismiss it entirely. This small business need to get more exposure to clients and customers has not changed since Streamlining Government Regulations The need to streamline government regulations was seen as very important by 55% of all small firms, making it a top tier issue. Those who see the need to streamline regulations vary and tend to point the finger most at onerous regulations as the reason behind the need for more restructured regulations. Leading the list are generic taxes (17%), with permits also in the double digits (11%). Government Regulations That Need Streamlining (n=156) Permits, 11% Payroll/ Workman's Comp, 7% Planning/ Zoning, 6% Taxes, 18% Government departments/ Agencies policies, 5% Licensing, 4% Nothing/Don't Know, 10% Contracts, 4% Other, 21% Concentrate on small businesses, 2% Fines/Fees, 2% General bureaucracy, 3% Insurance, 3% Loans/ Financing, 4% Page 4
6 The other 70% ranges across a variety of other types of regulations but includes items such as payroll and workers compensation (7%) and planning and zoning (6%). The results were consistent with the general consensus that additional regulatory streamlining would help make their business more successful. Reduced Business Taxes In sync with the above findings related to regulations, reducing business taxes is another top tier issue for small business people in the County. Overall, 53% say it would be very or extremely important to decrease the taxes their firm pays. CONCLUSION The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce looks forward to working with regional policy makers on the top priorities for small businesses in San Diego County. In addition to supporting policies which can help our regional economy grow and create jobs, the Chamber will continue to emphasize public road and infrastructure maintenance, greater energy and water reliability, streamlined regulations and reduced business taxes. This is a joint project between the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and the County of San Diego. Report compiled by Competitive Edge Research & Communication. Page 5
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Sony Legacy issues Mingus, Monk retrospectives
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What I found interesting is that nearly half of the small businesses I visited in the month or so when I was looking actually had credit card readers that are capable of accepting cards with EMV chips. But none of those businesses was actually able to let me make a purchase using one. So what's going on here? Think of it as a kind of complex, three-way, chicken-and-egg problem. For a secure payment system to work, three things need to exist. The first is having a secure means of payment, such as a credit card equipped with an EMV chip. The second is a means of reading the payment method, such as an EMV-equipped card reader. The third is a means of processing the secure payment, which boils down to secure payment point of sale software and a banking network able to support it. Right now in the U.S., there are gaps in all three. But the good news is that the first gap is starting to close. There are a number of credit, debit and prepaid cards available for those who want to request them. The folks at Credit Card Insider have thoughtfully provided a list.That leaves only the payment network and POS software that's able to complete the process. Many smaller businesses will find that a call to their merchant processor or their bank will provide access to the network. The POS software is a thorny matter for some businesses and it's not one that's solved easily or cheaply because it can mean updating your existing software or completely replacing your POS terminals. For some businesses, including Target and Home Depot, this is the sticking point. But this doesn't need be a roadblock to your business, nor does it need to be a major investment. What it does take is an investment of time to talk to your bank or credit card processor. The benefit to your business may be lower processing fees because of the reduced risk of bogus cards, and in 2015, a way to avoid liability for counterfeit, lost or stolen cards completely. Considering the relatively low cost of the change to EMV card acceptance, it's almost certainly a move that makes economic sense.
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Charleston, SC - Florida Atlantic University's Torstein Nevestad and Joel Gibbons both finished in the top three as the men's golf team finished tied for fourth place at the Charleston Southern Fall Invitational at Coosaw Creek Country Club. Torstein and Gibbons recorded their highest finish of the fall season.
Nevestad finished in second place individually after shooting an even-par 71 on the second day of play. The freshman from Oslo, Norway concluded the tournament with a two-under par 139. Gibbons, whose lowest previous round was 71, fired a second-round one-under par 70 to finish tied for third. Anibal Ochoa improved one stroke to finish with a two day score of 151 while Michael Cleary and Ashton Samaroo finished with two-day scores of 161 and 163, respectively.
The Owls shot a team second round of 298 to tie with fellow Atlantic Sun opponent Mercer for fourth out of 15 teams with a two-day score of 586. The Citadel (577) inched out host Charleston Southern (582) for the title, with Davidson College (585) finishing third on the 6,518-yard, par 71 course.
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If Iran and Syria had any doubts about their strategy of destabilization, the midterm elections in the United States dispelled them. On November 7, the opposition party in the United States grabbed both houses of Congress. Although an unremarkable feature of American and Western politics, this shift in power was read by Iranian and Syrian elites as a collapse of American determination to defend democracies in the region. Ayatollah Khamenei declared:"The defeat of Bush in Congress is a victory for us." He was echoed in Lebanon by Hassan Nasrallah:"America is being defeated and is leaving the region. Those who worked with the US will pay the price."
Further reinforcing suspicions in Tehran and Damascus, the Iraq Study Group, headed by presidential advisor James Baker, is slated to recommend next month that Washington backtrack from its policy of promoting democracy in order to cut deals with…Iran and Syria.
On the basis of these developments, Iran and Syria concluded that the time was ripe to strike a punishing blow against democratic forces. But Lebanese leaders moved first. They emphasized that they would go to the UN and lead the masses into the streets against foreign interference in Lebanese politics. Calculating the numbers of the opposition, the"axis" commanders in Lebanon shifted tactics. Instead of sending in troops, a decision was made to send in the death squad to"mollify" the resistance.
The warning signs came last week. The ministers of Hezbollah and the Shiite Amal Party resigned from the Lebanese council of ministers to shake the"legitimacy" of the cabinet. They failed. The Lebanese Constitution is clear: You need more than one third of the members to collapse a cabinet. Therefore, the"axis" needed to eliminate three members, one after the other. Thus the decision was made to kill the youngest, brightest and most vocal Lebanese minister, a true symbol of Lebanon's civic revolution: Pierre Gemayel.
Unlike the warlords and senior politicians, the 34-year-old MP acted like a head of a happy family, with a wife and children. He drove his own car in the middle of the most dangerous urban areas, and socialized with neighbors, partisans and friends. He was living the life he was struggling to defend: one of peace, freedom and democracy. It was abruptly ended on Tuesday. Two vehicles blocked Pierre Gemayel's car, while several assassins shot the young leader"execution style."
Gemayel is dead, but, as his younger brother Sami told his friends,"The march continues." On these shores, the question arises: What should be done?
The answer is clear. The United States and the new Congress must be implacable in resisting the onslaught of terror and fascism in the Middle East. When cynical politicians, interest groups and apologist academics call for the appeasement of Iran and Syria, resist them. When a population is endangered and its leadership is being eliminated, assist them. Will the new Washington rise to the occasion?
The more pertinent question is will the Lebanese leadership rise to the occasion. God helps those who help themselves and so does the US. Washington can only help countries who posses a strong leaderships able to help themselves and the cowardly Lebanese leadership's backing of Hezbollah during the war with Israel demonstrates that it like Iraq does not.
Yes, Baker, Kissinger and the rest of the Western appeasers have Pierre Gemayel's blood on their hands. They also have the blood of many Iraqis on their hands. The more they talk of the need to appease Iran and Syria, the more emboldened those tyrannies. We know the scenario. We have seen in play out all too often. I wished they kept their mouth shut. That does not mean that they do not have a point. Sitting back and waiting for"the international community" or"the coalition forces" to solve internal problems is an inherent loser. Ultimately, the ball is in the Lebanese court. Syria and Hezbollah acted. Will their opponents?
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Zyad Raheb - 1/11/2009
Our current state is no longer viable:
we must remain true to our past and to the sacrifies of our martyrs who have battled and lost their lives in defense of freedom and peace in Lebanon.
The pluralism of our society is a gift, and history proved to us that no dominant culture can impose its orientations on the others...
In order to live in peace and prosperity, we have to build a State that protects its various cultural entities, organizing harmonious relation between them:
The solution is in a new constitution formula, that combines the divergent interests of each lebanese culture, in one unique, united and powerful state!
"7allna ntawwir el nizam"...samy gemayel we are all proud of you,lebanese kataeb party will reborn again, you are the new leader of the christians in Lebanon. The real lebanese State will be established correctly...we are counting on you!!!
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Regulations introduced to protect children from abuse at the hands of foster parents state that any prospective parent who has been convicted of a crime against a child cannot even be assessed, whatever the nature of the crime and however old the conviction. Adoption agencies are now lobbying for the right to use discretion in these cases, after a series of cases emerged in which "otherwise suitable" parents have been barred.
In one case, a Teesside couple in their mid-30s have been told they cannot adopt because the prospective mother shot one of her friends with an air rifle 20 years ago, when she was 15. The incident happened when Andrea Kelly and her friends were playing in local woods. She caused a minor injury, was convicted of assault and charged pounds 25.
Susan Rayner, director of Durham Family Welfare (the agency assessing the couple's application) has drawn the Department of Health's attention to the case. "You could say [she] was careless or even reckless of her friend's welfare," she says in a letter to the department. "She could hardly, however, be described as a child abuser. It does not seem fair or just that she should be arbitrarily prevented from becoming an adoptive parent."
The Protection from Offenders regulations were introduced in 1997 after the conviction of Roger Saint for the abuse of children in his care between 1976 and 1989. Saint sat on South Clwyd's foster care panel, despite a conviction for child abuse in 1972.
The regulations state that if an applicant or a child in his/her care has been convicted of a specific offence against someone under the age of 16, he/she cannot adopt. Ten similar instances have come to light and the Conservative MP Julian Brazier wants the issue examined within an adjournment debate.
Other cases include a Nottingham couple who were barred despite having fostered many children before. One of the children was accused of causing actual bodily harm and cautioned after pushing another child into a hedge. In Derbyshire, another couple were barred because their son, then 14, had been in a fight and was convicted of actual bodily harm four years earlier.
Miss Kelly, 35, and her partner, Nigel Turner, 34, had been through three courses of IVF treatment over six years before deciding to adopt. After four one-day preparation groups they received their first home visit from assessors at Durham Family Welfare.
"They said something had come up on the police check and looked a bit worried," said Miss Kelly. "When we filled in the application form, it mentioned convictions and I thought `surely they can't mean that'. I telephoned the local police station and they said that under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act we didn't have to disclose it."
On the day in question in 1979, said Miss Kelly, she and other children were shooting with air rifles. "I saw one of the boys climbing a tree and aimed at him," she said. "It broke the skin and caused a bruise and his mother pressed charges. It's difficult to comprehend. If I had been taking pot shots at old ladies I would have been all right."
Now the couple are resigned to having no children unless the regulations can be changed.
In her letter, Ms Rayner states: "The issue for us is that this couple are being denied even an assessment of their suitability. While I accept the intention of the regulations is to protect children from abuse, in not allowing discretion they are preventing otherwise suitable people from becoming parents."
Mr Brazier, MP for Canterbury, said: "It is important to have statutory curbs on those involved in child abuse but juvenile pranks should not be caught up in that, especially since we hear there is a lack of suitable parents."
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Hi everyone. Now I know what I should do but being one of a crazy breed I very rarely follow the rule books. So let's have your views on doing 6 races in 6 weeks with one weeks rest before another 3 weeks of races!
The 6 in a row are all 1/2 marathon distance except one 10 mile race. They are a mixture of multi terrain and road so the surfaces are varied. The final one will be Cheddar where I'm hoping to get a pb! After the weeks rest I then have a further 3 races of 10k and one 10 mile. The last one I want to attempt to get a new 10k pb. Thoughts please.
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September 2002
I did 5 in 7 weeks and that was not too bad – but they were not all ½ 's – they included: a 10m, 2x10k, 2xTRI
I think the key is to listen to your body and continually assess to see if you can continue with you goal
September 2002
Most people will probably advise against it - personally I'm a fan of frequent racing and regularly run successive weekends. My advice would be:
1. Whilst I think frequent racing is OK, I think 6 half-marathons (one 10 miler) is too much. Generally recommended is one day of recovery for each mile raced, so if I was going to do six weeks of races I would say max would be 2-3 halfs and the other 10k or shorter.
2. Drop all speed training if you decide to do it otherwise you risk overtraining.
From your posts you seem in pretty good shape so give it it a go but be prepared to bail if your body says no.
September 2002
WW I've done 4 weeks of racing before but like you not all 1/2m's. Listen to my body it might be!
Martin, I too am a fan of frequent racing but normally wouldn't do 6 races of 1/2M distance. I just thought with 3 of them being off road it would be like doing my long Sunday runs, which are normally 15/16 miles. I might have to assess as I go along.
It's a pain as they are all races I want to do, except one, which I've already entered because it's a club race.
Mike S
September 2002
There are (faint!) similarities between my situation and yours - I've raced the last 3 Sundays, and am contemplating 2 more races in the next 4 weeks (possibly 3 in 6).
If these sort of distances are what you'd do in the course of training normally, the mileage in itself is not an issue, I wouldn't have thought. More relevant is maybe the intensity question: how hard are you going to race them?
I put a lot into the latter stages of both the 10Ks I did a fortnight ago and last Sunday. As a result, it took most of the rest of last week before I felt I'd recovered anywhere near enough for yesterday's 5K. But maybe that's just my lack of fitness.
Nonetheless, for longer distances, I'd have thought that "eyeballs out" efforts week after week would be a huge ask - possibly risky in terms of health or injury.
Maybe alternate between "hard" and "flat out" from week to week? Or are there consecutive races on your schedule where you really want to make an impact?
September 2002
Thinking about it Mike S, only 3 of the races would I want to try to get a decent time. The others are off road and I generally run them hard, but don't normally race them! The road races aren't on consecutive weeks so it might not be too bad. It's sounding better already.
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September 2002
I did 4 x 4 1/2Marathons to celebrate my 40th Birthday some years back. Apart from getting me in the local papers as a local nutter, I followed the 1/2Ms with a 2 week rest then did a PW (personal worst) for a 10 miler.
For the halfs i did times of: 1.41, 1.40, 1.41 and 1.47 hours. (My PB for a 1/2M at that time was about 1.35 hours.)
So take it easy, get lots of rest between races and see how your body feels.
September 2002
Cheers Dangly, after all this I might not be able to do the 6 anyhow as I've just been informed of prior engagements by Mr hilly! I can do the next 3 weeks, but the others are only now a possibility. Oh well there's always next year.
September 2002
I think its OK as long as you ascertain beforehand which you will treat as 'races' and which you treat as 'runs'.
I've not done 6 in 6 weeks but I've done 4 in 4 before (includes a midweek event). I treated the midweek race as a recovery after the previous Sundays race , and treated one of the other two Sundays as a 'long run' albeit with a group of others.
I have to admit to usually being so lacking in self discipline that it was tempting to 'race' all 4, but I'd rather have taken the 2 very good performances (+ 2 more medals) than 4 so-so runs.
Whats the timetable ?
September 2002
If I am able to sort out prior engagements and do the 6 races the timetable is:
5/10 Blandford Tower 1/2 (multi terrain)
13/10 Mendip Muddle 20k (multi terrain)
19/10 Weymouth 10 (road/hilly)
27/10 either Exmoor Stagger 16 miles off road or Stickler 3 peaks 10 miles off road.
3/11 Salisbury Fire Station 1/2 (road)
9/11 Cheddar 1/2 (flat road pb attempt)
Rest from racing
24/11 Brent Knoll 5.5 (off road)
1/12 Fully Monty 10 tough miles (off road)
8/12 Christchurch Christmas Cracker 10k (flat road-pb attempt)
But as mentioned I may now not get to do them all.
Scar Runner
September 2002
Wow Hilly, nothing like setting tall targets for yourself is there! I don't have any advice being a lot more inexperienced than you Hilly, but I've noticed how much endurance training you do and would think you have a lot of strength and base endurance. So as said above, the miles themselves are not the issue, but the intensity.
Are you disciplined enough not to run/cancel race plans if you're feeling fatigued or do you think to hell with caution and do your damnest to run anyway?
Best of luck with your race plans; also, will you be starting marathon training straight after Christmas or having a well earned rest??
September 2002
Good luck!
I would have thought you could re-arrange your schedule so that these runs replace your normal speed sessions. It would certainly work for 10K's - I guess if you take the starts and the finishes slower than race pace you should survive but be prepared to bail out/slow down if necessary.
As a side thought you might enjoy the Mortimer Forest 10M at Ludlow - its very .... dare I say it ... hilly.
Groan ... Sorry
October 2002
Laura, I do believe I'm disciplined enough to cancel if I'm too tired. I have to admit though to finding it difficult not to race once I've started. I find it hard to run easy, if there is such a thing, in a race situation, especially if fully fit. I would rather not run in a race if I was going to do training pace.
Obviously sometimes we experience bad runs in races and some races are more of a struggle than others. I might be lucky to actually feel happy with my times in a few of them.
When you know what you are capable of, I think one then does have certain expectations. It's sometimes hard when things go wrong, but I can and do put bad experiences behind me and get on with the next one.
If I manage to fit them all in, there's one that I really might not be able to do now, then I will take Christmas week off completely from running. I'm not sure if I'm going to do the London Marathon yet or whether to concentrate on something else. I have a month or just over before I have to send my Marathon entry. Decisions! Decisions!
October 2002
Where's Ludlow Mij?
I do love off road hilly runs! Can't say the same for hilly road runs though.
October 2002
Its in South Shropshire right on the Herefordshire border. Mortimers Forest is to the West of the town spread all over a hill. which includes some very steep sections. The running club hold their Xcountry there and I'm told most clubs don't like it cause its too hilly. The tracks are mostly stone and gravel from what I've seen so far, and the race organiser warned me it is very hard when I told him I wanted to do it - I think as an incentive to enter!
October 2002
Sounds like a great race. A bit far for me to travel though!
October 2002
October 2002
You certainly are keen Hilly. I'll probably get up to 15 for the year. Hopefully meet you some time.
October 2002
BK I just love racing or I should say taking part in races (I don't always race them)to run hard with others around me. I look forward to meeting you and some of the others sometime. 15 is still a good number of races in a year.
Caz I'm not up on some of the talk used on this forum, what is Boing?
October 2002
Hilly "boing" as in "boing said zebadee" (Magic Roundabout). We just do it to bounce the thread back to the top of the pile.
October 2002
Oh silly me!
October 2002
One done, five to go!
October 2002
So first of five races and two cups and a voucher already in the bag. How about a sweep on the total haul? And should we include T-shirts?
October 2002
Oh p.s. - well done
and when are we going to get the edit reply function bac k?
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