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Laws, Regulations and Annotations
Business Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2023
Sales and Use Tax Memorandum Opinions
George Bajczy
Where there is a business purpose for carrying out a transaction in steps, the tax implications of the individual steps will not be ignored.
Where a person who was a partner in a partnership which was dissolved sells assets of the former partnership, the sale is an exempt occasional sale if the person has not made other sales within a twelve month period.
In the Matter of the Petition of GEORGE BAJCZY dba PRECISION MACHINED PARTS CO. for Redetermination of Sales Tax
For Petitioner:
|Lawrence S. Wayne
Attorney at Law
For Staff:
|W. E. Burkett
Tax Counsel
This opinion considers the petition of George Bajczy for redetermination of a sales and use tax deficiency determination in the amount of $1,415.68 plus statutory interest. The tax is measured by the audited sales price of tangible personal property considered to have been sold at retail on December 20, 1966.
Petitioner was formerly associated with a Mr. Dave Watanabe in a partnership which operated a machine shop. A seller's permit was required for the operation of the business activity. The parties encountered difficulties in the operation of the business and a decision was made to dissolve the partnership. Petitioner located three other individuals who were interested in investing in the business if petitioner could secure the interest of Mr. Watanabe.
On December 20, 1966, petitioner acquired Mr. Watanabe's 50 percent interest in the partnership including his interest in the partnership assets for the sum of $3,000 plus an agreement to assume all liabilities and obligations incurred on behalf of the partnership. On this same date petitioner sold a 50 percent interest in the business to the three individuals for the amount of $4,312 subject to the existing business liabilities. Petitioner and the three other individuals subsequently transferred the business to a commencing corporation in exchange for stock and other consideration.
The staff considered the transfer from petitioner to the three individuals to be a retail sale subject to the sales tax and assessed tax measured by the audited sales price of the tangible personal property assets transferred (per former sales and use taxes ruling 81 [new regulation 1595]).
It is petitioner's contention that the transfer to petitioner was not a sale because it was only a step in the process of making the transfer to the corporation and for the additional reason that petitioner received no economic gain (consideration) from the intervening transfer. This latter contention is founded upon the claim that petitioner was required to retain all excess purchase funds for use in the operation of the business. If the transfer from petitioner to the three individuals is held to be a sale then it is submitted that the transfer qualifies as an occasional sale. This alternative ground for exemption is based upon the contention that the property sold by the petitioner was not held or used in an activity for which a seller's permit was required (Revenue and Taxation Code section 6006.5(a)).
A determination that the transfer of the property to three individuals in form was merely a step in the process of making a transfer to a new corporation and not a separate sale is dependent upon a finding that there was no business purpose for the separate transfer (see Gregory v. Helvering, 293 U. S. 465). We believe a finding that there was a business purpose for the separate transfer is warranted. Since Mr. Watanabe did not consent to a transfer of the partnership assets to a corporation it was necessary for petitioner to acquire the interest of Mr. Watanabe before the business could be transferred to the corporation. In order to obtain the funds to buy out Mr. Watanabe petitioner contracted with the three individuals to transfer Mr. Watanabe's interest to them. There is no indication that the three individuals agreed to advance the funds without consideration and the corporation did not have any assets to fund the purchase. It is, therefore, evident that the agreement to transfer an interest to the three individuals was essential to the petitioner's acquisition of Mr. Watanabe's interest. Additionally, petitioner, in his individual capacity, received a consideration which differed from the consideration paid to Mr. Watanabe. The corporation did not participate in this bargain and sale transaction.
The contention that petitioner did not receive consideration because of the requirement that the excess purchase funds be used in the business is without merit. Such a contractual restriction does not disqualify a benefit as consideration given for a sale so long as the recipient acquires the use and benefit of the property through his ownership interest in the corporation. The classification of a transaction as a sale for sales tax purposes is not precluded by the absence of profit on the transfer (Union League Club v. Johnson, 18 Cal.2d 275).
The remaining question is whether the transfer qualifies as an occasional sale under the provisions of section 6006.5(a) of the Revenue and Taxation Code. In order to qualify as an occasional sale under this provision of the statute it is required that the property not be held or used in an activity for which a seller's permit was required and that the subject transfer not be one of a series of sales sufficient in number, scope, and character to require the holding of a seller's permit.
Upon acquiring the interest of Mr. Watanabe the petitioner held the entire ownership interest in business assets which had been held and used in an activity for which a seller's permit was required. However, the business activity was actually carried on by a separate jural person, the partnership. Petitioner did not engage in any business activity in his individual capacity prior to the sale nor did he make any other retail sales of tangible personal property in his individual capacity.
Having found that there was a good business purpose for the separate transfers, we conclude that petitioner's single sale of assets to the three individuals qualified as an occasional sale under section 6006.5(a) of the code and is exempt from taxation under the provisions of section 6367.
Done at Sacramento, California, this 8th day of December 1970.
George R. Reilly, Chairman
John W. Lynch, Member
Richard Nevins, Member
Attested by: H. F. Freeman, Executive Secretary


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Please join me congraturating Moon in passing her PhD examination.
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Jina submitted her MPhil thesis today. Well done.
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Three weeks ago, Jeff Francoeur had 20 pizzas sent to fans in a right-field section in Oakland. And last night, at a game in which he was part of the promotion, Francoeur did a little something for the home folks in Kansas City.
How running an NFL team is like running a restaurant | Chef Emeril Lagasse
The Royals have designated a right-field section at Kauffman Stadium as The Frenchy Quarter. For every Thursday home game this season, fans in that section also get a T-shirt and a drink coupon for the price of their ticket. Last night was the first Frenchy Quarter Thursday of the season, and Francoeur sweetened the deal by tossing an autographed ball to the section's fans, along with a C-note and some instructions. Here's video of the fans' reaction:


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Thomas Mueller scored his fourth goal of the World Cup on Friday as Germany defeated the United States 1-0 to win Group G ahead of the Americans, who also advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup despite losing.
With two wins and a draw, Germany topped the group with seven points, while the U.S. progressed with four. Portugal beat Ghana 2-1 but both were eliminated. Portugal also finished with four points but the U.S. had a better goal difference.
Mueller scored in the 55th minute with a side-footed shot from the edge of the area as tropical downpours drenched the Arena Pernambuco.
Both teams knew before kickoff that a draw would see them through, but neither held back. The game pitted Germany coach Joachim Loew against his good friend and predecessor Juergen Klinsmann, now in charge of the U.S. team.
The two coaches smiled as they shook hands and patted each other on the shoulder after the match.
Germany's goal came after a corner by Mesut Ozil. U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard did well to punch out a header by Per Mertesacker but the ball fell kindly to Mueller, who pounced on the rebound and rifled a shot inside the far post from the edge of the penalty area. Mueller played despite needing five stiches to close a cut above his right eye sustained in the 2-2 draw with Ghana on Saturday and still visible five days later.
The United States had a chance to level the match in stoppage time, but Alejandro Bedoya's low shot inside the box was swept away by the sliding Mario Goetze, a late substitute. The Americans got a corner but Clint Dempsey's header at the far post went high.
Loew reshuffled his lineup by bringing in forward Lukas Podolski for Goetze and midfielder Sebastian Schweinsteiger for Sami Khedira. Center back Geoff Cameron was replaced in the U.S. lineup by Omar Gonzalez.
There were many empty seats in the Arena Pernambuco when the match kicked off but fans streamed in during the first half, apparently delayed by traffic jams as torrential rain flooded parts of this northeastern Brazilian city.
Germany was quicker off the mark and Howard intercepted a low cross from Podolski before Michael Bradley made a good clearance and Gonzalez defended well to deny Mueller a shot from close range. Howard's 103th cap was a record for a U.S. goalkeeper and he did well to stop Ozil's shot in the 35th minute.
Graham Zusi had the first good shot for the U.S. but his effort in the 22nd went high.
Referee Ravshan Irmatov of Uzbekistan collided accidentally with Jermaine Jones in the 28th and the American midfielder went down hard but got up. The referee shrugged off the challenge.
Miroslav Klose came on for Podolski at the start of the second half but failed to score and grab sole possession of the World Cup scoring record that he now shares with Brazil's Ronaldo at 15.
Ozil beat Gonzalez to a cross at the start of the second half but sent his header high, while Klose connected with a cross from Schweinsteiger but was off balance and did not get off a clean header.


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In entertainment, an awful lot of stuff happens behind closed doors, from canceling TV shows to organizing music festival lineups. While the public sees the end product on TVs, movie screens, or radio dials, they don't see what it took to get there. In Expert Witness, The A.V. Club talks to industry insiders about the actual business of entertainment in hopes of shedding some light on how the pop-culture sausage gets made.
Bemoaning reality television's lack of authenticity is the new version of kvetching about MTV no longer airing music videos. In both cases, producers and networks have come under criticism for content that belies their branding. But in 2013, the term "reality" is about as incisive as "alternative rock." The tag applies to docu-soaps, cooking franchises, talent competitions, and celebrity vanity projects. The actual method for writing and producing a traditional reality franchise—i.e. several relative strangers coexisting under a microscope—has become incredibly sophisticated, mirroring journalistic storytelling approaches and influencing scripted fare.
Troy DeVolld is particularly qualified to articulate those distinctions. Having initially moved to Los Angeles more than a decade ago to pursue screenwriting, DeVolld took a slight detour into reality, working his way up from dailies coordinator on The Osbournes to story editor for The Surreal Life, story producer for The Bachelor and Dancing With The Stars and, ultimately, a lengthy stint as co-executive producer of VH1's phenomenon Basketball Wives.
DeVolld spoke with The A.V. Club about reality TV's bad rap, maintaining cognitive dissonance for the sake of compelling entertainment, and constructing an ethical "Frankenbite."
The A.V. Club: In the broadest sense, how should viewers differentiate between reality and what's presented on reality TV?
Troy DeVolld: I'll start with something small that expands very quickly. The most important thing for reality television to be real is the reactions. As long as you're watching reality television, you can take people into all kinds of crazy, bizarre setups that would never occur in real life. I use The Surreal Life as an example: You're not ever going to have 10 celebrities share a house together, but the thing is, the reactions they have to each other within that environment are sincere, and that's what we're watching for.
Going a bit wider, there'll be some sort of outline written before you go to the field that's just based on information you have about the people who are out there—what you think they're going to do, what's important with their lives, what kind of things you want them to be able to have conversations about with each other. And when you go out in the field, sometimes that changes based on where they take you, but at least you have a launch point. There are reality shows that are slavishly devoted to being on track, where you start to see things like people having arguments with each other, but for some strange reason, they're smiling while they're yelling at each other. It's sort of like, "Hee hee, I'm acting." Most of us would like to avoid that sort of stuff. The quality of the program varies. The perceived authenticity is the variable that makes the show great or suck.
AVC: How do you personally ensure that the shows you work on don't suck?
TDV: From the first contact you have with your cast, you've got to let them know they can't be self-producers. Very often, they'll come in with an agenda—I want to look like I'm successful, I want to look like this is going to happen—and what ends up happening is they alter their behavior, so there's no sincerity at all. So the first thing is you've got to make sure that your cast is comfortable with being themselves and acting very consistent with their real personality. That usually takes care of itself within the first two weeks. Once they forget a camera's there, they're great. But the first week of a reality show is going to be the most stilted thing you've ever seen.
AVC: Do you make sure the first episode is more table-setting until the cast is comfortable?
TDV: With most reality series that run for multiple seasons, the stories will tend to be more about situations and events in the beginning. Then, as the series develops, you get more of a personal take, because everyone starts to get comfortable with each other and the camera and realizes what will and won't make it to air. They're not self-governing the way they used to be.
AVC: Were the reality stars that have segued into acting careers phonier than their reality co-stars?
TDV: Not necessarily. I will tell you that when an actor decides they want to be on a reality show, oh what a terrible thing to have happen to you. Just anecdotally, there's a major reality agent that once said something about how every season these large-cast reality shows get on the air, he starts getting phone calls from people who are like, "Yeah, I need an agent." And they're like, "What do you do?" "Well, I'm the chick with blue hair that's on Big Brother." It's like, "But what do you do?" "I'm the chick with blue hair that's on Big Brother," like that's supposed to be enough of a calling card, and it's just not. You have to have an actual skill or talent or ability other than being yourself in order to move that forward. There are only a handful of reality personalities that really ever make it into acting. I'm happy for NeNe Leakes, but there's a hundred more that wanted to get out of reality TV that didn't for every one of her.
AVC: How does it differ when you're writing a reality series around celebrities?
TDV: If you're doing anything that involves celebrities, you have to remember not to keep them so on-the-rails that they can't show you who they are beyond the public persona. I always go back to The Surreal Life as an example. If I had told you, "Ha ha, I'm going to put Emmanuel Lewis and Gary Coleman in a room together," or this sort of stunt casting, like the second season when they had Ron Jeremy and Tammy Faye [Messner] in the house together, you know there were going to be arguments. And you might even say they're predictable, because you're casting to that end. But when you look at the first season of that show, everybody was so different, and they weren't people who had public personas that you really felt like you knew deeply, and that's when celebrity casting works for me—when you actually get to see who somebody is beneath who you thought they were when they came into it.
Even Dancing With The Stars does that really well. Those packages about what everybody's real motivations are, a friend or family member stops by to see them rehearsing… I realize it's all fairly cursory. Those packages are two or three minutes long, but you get to actually see somebody doing something that's outside of their comfort zone and who they are. With celebrity, that's where people screw up, because they forget to have the celebrity do anything but be themselves, and then the show's kind of a dud.
AVC: Does the casting process already contrive a series before it's written?
TDV: Everything has to start with a plan. When you talk about something being contrived, it's going to loosely start with, "Okay, Thursday, we're going to bring you and your friend together. You're going to sit in a restaurant, and you're going to have a conversation about this thing that's going on with the both of you." If that conversation turns left, you have to re-adjust everything you planned out, so it's fairly fluid most of the way through. Duck Dynasty is a great example of something [where] you really feel like you're seeing the hand of the producer on that show a bit more. Everyone on that show is full of bon mots and does these amazing interviews. I think there's a one-in-a-thousand chance that those personalities are 100-percent coming up with their own material. That stuff is being fed to them, in my opinion.
AVC: How are viewers supposed to reconcile that most interviews are scripted, but the scenes themselves are just outlined?
TDV: I think it boils down to whether people are entertained. There's a certain level of savvy that just comes with having been around reality TV for a long time. Anybody can watch reality TV and go, "Oh, well that seems a little weird," or, "That's going a little bit far." People who produce it the best are people who are able to cover the scenes in the storytelling. Because audiences are more savvy: They watch more reality TV; they know more about how it gets made. It's sort of like, in the '80s and '90s, there were so many behind-the-scenes specials about movies, and movies almost seemed kind of boring. I'm able to suspend my disbelief for movies. I'm also able to suspend my disbelief for reality television. So, despite whatever level of savvy I have as a viewer, or that any other ordinary television viewer would have, it boils down to whether they're enjoying it and not how authentic that experience is for them.
AVC: The line gets especially blurred when characters fight. Do writers or producers actually instruct arguing cast members to be more or less emphatic?
TDV: Typically, there's a producer on set, and as things start to come back in post-[production], there are times when you see somebody and you're like, "Wow, that person seemed so much livelier in casting." So you have the phone call that says, "Listen, you're really closed off. You've got to find some way to be more expressive on this show, because you're not the person we cast." When there's hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars riding on them being open, you sometimes kind of have to force that a little bit. It's not in a way where it's like, "You're going to have to get in there and start screaming and yelling at people." It's more a matter of, "You've got to be passionate about whatever it is you're saying and believe in, and don't be timid and hold back for the camera." That's almost always what it was, holding back for the camera, that you have to overcome and say, "Listen, you need to step it up a little bit and be yourself."
AVC: But you're not actually putting words in their mouths?
TDV: No. In a scene, I might have to say, "Can you guys please have a conversation about what happened last Thursday, because I can't make sense of these two scenes without you talking about how you got from this point to this point; something happened off-camera." There are certain things you're going to have to ask for. Interview content is a little bit different, because there are some people that come in and they're like, "What do you want me to say?" It's like, "Well, I want you to answer these questions." So whenever I write questions for people, I always start with the phrase, "If this is true…" because you're going to drive the person bananas if you're like, "So, tell me about how much you hate so and so." Then they shut off, and they don't want to work with you anymore.
AVC: Do you think the term "reality TV" is appropriate for the genre or holding it back?
TDV: The problem is that the term "reality television" has been used as such a broad umbrella for any one of a number of reasons. Reality television is not covered by the WGA [Writers Guild Of America], so I can remember a period of time where they were trying to apply it to game shows. [Reality] swallowed variety. It has basically become this big cloud they want to lump a lot of things into so that you can do more on unit production. I think it's a misnomer to refer to everything as reality television, and it's a real disservice to the people that make it. There's a certain amount of importance to the illusion that it's not scripted or tampered with or altered, that it's as natural as humanly possible. But I don't think you should be calling it reality television. There's got to be a better name for it.
AVC: Most of it is more like improvised reality, just as improvised comedy starts with an outline but the end result is still the cast members' own words and sensibility.
TDV: Yeah, if you watch Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's almost constructed like a lot of reality shows are, where you have the point of every scene, the one thing somebody has to get across in that scene, and they basically say, "All right, we're just going to go in here, and we're going to get from A to C, and all you have to do is come up with B." There are a lot of reality shows that are produced that way. It's very similar to the way that a lot of that semi-improvised entertainment is.
AVC: Also, some scripted shows like Modern Family or Family Tree share reality's scene-interview-scene structure.
TDV: Oh yeah, that device is certainly ubiquitous in the scripted universe. They've borrowed from reality there.
AVC: It's also not too different from the storytelling journalists do in print or online. Conversations are constructed to be a coherent, compelling read.
TDV: Like with journalism, it's choosing your moments, choosing what to discard, being able to rearrange that order. Timelines are a big thing in reality TV. Over the course of four months, you're trying to find six or eight scenes that relate to each other that you can make an episode out of.
AVC: Is a "Frankenbite" another way reality shows condense timelines?
TDV: A Frankenbite, by definition, is just when you take original spoken material and you cut it into a smaller, or different, version of itself. There's a big difference between the Frankenbiting that you're probably thinking about most often and the Frankenbite that actually has to happen for a show. If I say, "Yesterday I went to the mall, I bought a lemonade, I rode the kids' train, and then I bought a pair of pants," but all I needed to know is there's a pair of pants, I will Frankenbite it down into, "I went to the mall and I bought a pair of pants." Because after all, a reality show's only half an hour to an hour long, and you can't have somebody, every time they open their mouth, take 20 or 25 seconds to relay the thought. So Frankenbiting should be for the compression of time.
When you are Frankenbiting for the purpose of making someone say something they didn't say, then there's a whole ethical thing that comes into play, which is you don't want someone to say something that isn't authentic to their character. But I could take that same sentence that says, "Today, I went to the mall and bought pants" [and say], "Well, there was a scene where she went to a boutique, and it wasn't at the mall, and I want to set up the top of the scene. And somewhere else she says, 'My friend at the boutique.'" I could say, "Today I went to the [cut] boutique [cut] and bought pants." So I'm changing the location. I'm not doing anything sinister. It's sort of mixing the spackle to hold the show together without having to redo the interviews.
AVC: Do you think you're held to a different standard of authenticity because it's a visual medium?
TDV: Exactly. You can't see the ellipses in reality TV when we're putting portions of a thought together. So many people are sloppy as bejesus about it. You just hear the shift in pitch when people are speaking.
AVC: It can almost sound Auto-Tuned at that point.
TDV: Exactly. They should have that in reality shows.
AVC: Have reality series become more or less scripted since The Osbournes?
TDV: It's funny, because I can't give you an answer for that. The landscape is so broad, the term "reality" is so broad, that what we have now that we didn't have then are shows that are celebrity-driven but in odd ways. Anthony Bourdain writes his own show, so of course it's going to be in his own voice. It feels very authentic. I would have no idea what the real sequence of events is on that thing. I don't know how much anything changes from the source material, because there's a singular voice that's really coming through. With The Osbournes, I think they were very open from the beginning, and you felt their voice and who they were. And it was a surprise. Now there's a big boom in reality shows about sports figures and other people in the public eye who, outside of their jobs, are not necessarily that interesting. They tend to fall a little bit flat. Since The Osbournes, I think we've discovered that the private lives of public people can be entertaining, and it's fun to find out who they are, but take a look at Run's House: When I was watching, it always felt like they had a very definite agenda for each one of those scenes. I didn't feel like I was getting a terribly authentic view of what was going on with Run and his family, because it felt like it was very produced. But his personality was such that I still got the flavor of who everybody was, and it made the show not only watchable but entertaining, because the feeling that I was almost seeing someone in their natural habitat was appealing to me.


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This article shows you the correct settings for using Dreamweaver to upload your website files via FTP or SFTP.
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Before you start, be sure you have these handy:
- Server name: Your access domain or example.com. example.com or your IP address.
- Username: Your primary domain or FTP username.
- Username: Your FTP username.
- Password: Your FTP password.
Please see FTP and SFTPFTP and SFTP to learn how to find these settings.
- Open Dreamweaver.
- Click on Site, then New Site....
- Enter your Site Name, which can be whatever you want, and your Local Site Folder. This is the path to your website on your local computer (where you want to save it as you're working).
- Select Servers on the left, then enter your information.
- Server Name: Your domain name.
- Connect Using: FTP or SFTP.
- FTP Address: Your access domain.
- FTP Address: Your domain or IP address.
- Port: 21 for FTP and 22 for SFTP.
- Username: Your primary domain name.
- Username: As set in Plesk.
- Password: Your password. Check Save.
- Root Directory: Replace example.com with your domain name:
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httpdocs; see note below for additional info.
- Web URL: http://example.com - replace with your own domain name.
Replace example.com with your domain name. If this is an additional domain on the same subscription, replace example.com for the root directory for the additional domain. The default directory for an additional domain on the same subscription is site1.
Instructions for uploading files
- Open Dreamweaver.
- Click on the Files tab in the lower right box.
- Select the file(s) to upload.
- Click on the up arrow icon to upload your file to the server.
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Kriesi is ThemeForest's top selling author; he, last month, broke the record of most sales in a single month, across all of the Envato marketplaces! It's even more shocking when we consider the fact that he's only 27 years old!
In this interview, we'll dive into his work process, and hopefully steal some tips and inspiration!
How long have you been in the web design business?
About five years ago, I started the Multimedia and Web Design Course at SAE Vienna in my home country, Austria. Back then, I did mostly Flash stuff (almost every piece of work was REALLY horrible to tell the truth) and I also had some interest in html coding (I loved table design back then :P ). With every course I took, I lost a little interest in Flash and got more curious about HTML and CSS. When they handed me my Bachelor Degree a few years later, I was pretty decent with HTML and CSS whereas my Flash skills were lousy at best.
I did some small projects for an event agency during that time and as soon as I finished College, they offered me a full time Job as a Front-end Developer, which I gladly accepted. I'm still working at this Agency :)
When/How did you first come across the Envato marketplaces - specifically ThemeForest?
I was a regular reader of the TUTS-PLUS Websites and therefore was aware that there is a marketplace called ActiveDen, where people sell all this neat Flash stuff; but since I was only a Front-end Developer with HTML, CSS, and some PHP Skills at that time, I didn't really bother.
When Envato announced the opening of ThemeForest, I thought I could give it a try, and uploaded my first WordPress theme. The theme flopped really hard and only earned me 30 Bucks during the first month. Out of pure boredom, I created a second theme. :)
The second one did a little better, really just a little, but it was enough that I became curious if I could do better with each theme. =)
You've been particularly successful when it comes to WordPress theme sales. When developing a new item, do you try to plan for PSD, Site Template, and WordPress submissions? Or do you prefer to focus only on one category per design?
When I started creating templates, I almost always only planned for the WordPress version. I was thinking that the HTML Templates are far to cheap to earn a good amount of money, which is actually not true.
I did this until I invested countless hours into a Wordpress theme which underperformed to a point where I had worked for about 3$/hour for a whole week. Since then, I usually create a HTML template as well, to test if customers like what I have designed.
I still usually don't do a PSD version. Unlike other people, I only design to a certain point in Photoshop; many of the small improvements and details that customers see in the final HTML version are added while I code the HTML and CSS.
Though encouraged, we do not require that authors provide support for their items. Do you? Considering how well your items sell, how do you manage to provide quality support to so many different buyers? Any tricks/short-cuts?
It is indeed really hard sometimes to support all customers, especially those not familiar with WordPress, but I try to answer all questions. I think it's crucial if you want customers to return and buy your themes again. The big problem I guess is providing "Quality Support". I simply don't have the time to do more than 90 minutes of theme support each day, so if I see tons of requests on my Author Dashboard, answers usually (and unfortunately) get a little more generic :/
There are several "tricks" that worked out pretty good for me:
- I am trying to encourage all customers to use the item dashboard and not the mail contact form. That way, other customers benefit from the answers as well and I only have to check one place for requests.
- Updating the documentation file that comes with the download regularly helps a lot as well. I also save answers that I have given more than 2 or 3 times into a text document for copy/pasting on demand.
- Overall I can only suggest to find your own method of streamlining support; the best way to cut down support time of course is to create themes and documentation that are so easy to use, that support requests drop to a minimum.
Do you or have you considered selling on the different Envato marketplaces as well?
Yes. I have tried to upload a flash file once last Christmas, since I had a pretty neat Santa animation. Those who have checked my portfolio might have already guessed it... it seems it wasn't that neat. ;D
Many successful authors have noted that the biggest advantage to selling their designs through us is that it takes the client completely out of the design process, and instead allows the author full control. Would you agree? Any other advantages?
I agree, it is indeed great to be in full control of all decisions. I have worked with too many clients over the past years who thought just because they can use MS Paint they are great designers But you should never underestimate the positive impact of a second opinion when creating your themes. Therefore I almost always ask some of my colleagues at the agency to make suggestions on my designs before I release them.
I also love the fact that I don't have any deadlines here and can try new stuff with every theme I release :)
Do you take advantage of our referral program, or promote your items in any additional ways to increase sales?
Only a little; I promote my themes on my blog and on Twitter when I release them. But since I make postings rarely on my blog, the impact on my sales ain't that big. ;D I will try to post more often in the future when my sites redesign is finally done, but to tell the truth I am not a very persistent writer.
Without giving away any of your key techniques, if you could only make one choice, what would be the most important thing to keep in mind when selling on ThemeForest?
Study and improve. There are very few authors here that did a great job from the beginning. Almost everyone who is selling a lot nowadays has heavily improved over previous months. I am no exception, I can't believe how much I have learned about web design and coding during the last year, and I think that's the best weapon we have. Learn from your mistakes, listen to reviewers and customers and improve with every file you release.
A new member signs up with ThemeForest and is hoping to upload his or her first item. Any advice?
Use the help of the community to get your items uploaded and to improve yourself. Authors, customers, reviewers, almost everyone here is very helpful; so don't hesitate and ask :) Don't give up if an item gets rejected several times, it happened to almost all of us!
Final question. What's next for you? Any special items planned before the end of the year?
I will try to invest more time into my themes, which basically means more themes, hopefully better themes, more updates and better support. I am already in the process of designing the next two items, but it's been a very busy month at the agency so I haven't been able to release anything new for a while now.
Last but not least, I wanted to take the chance and thank everyone who purchased one of my themes! I appreciate it more than you probably can imagine. Earning money here is great of course, but its equally amazing to be part of such a great community!
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Now so it is, that whoso heareth these tidings sayeth, that no such an one as was Sigurd was left behind him in the world, nor ever was such a man brought forth because of all the worth of him, nor may his name ever minish by eld in the Dutch Tongue nor in all the Northern Lands, while the world standeth fast.
The story tells that, on a day, as Gudrun sat in her bower, she fell to saying, "Better was life in those days when I had Sigurd; he who was far above other men as gold is above iron, or the leek over other grass of the field, or the hart over other wild things; until my brethren begrudged me such a man, the first and best of all men; and so they might not sleep or they had slain him. Huge clamour made Grani when he saw his master and lord sore wounded, and then I spoke to him even as with a man, but he fell drooping down to the earth, for he knew that Sigurd was slain."
Thereafter Gudrun gat her gone into the wild woods, and heard on all ways round about her the howling of wolves, and deemed death a merrier thing than life. Then she went till she came to the hall of King Alf, and sat there in Denmark with Thora, the daughter of Hakon, for seven seasons, and abode with good welcome. And she set forth her needlework before her and did thereinto many deeds and great, and fair plays after the fashion of those days, swords and byrnies, and all the gear of kings, and the ship of King Sigmund sailing along the land; yea, and they wrought there how they fought, Sigar and Siggeir, south in Fion. Such was their disport; and now Gudrun was somewhat solaced of her grief.
So Grimhild comes to hear where Gudrun has take up her abode, and she calls her sons to talk with her, and asks whether they will make atonement to Gudrun for her son and her husband, and said that it was but meet and right to do so.
Then Gunnar spake, and said that he would atone for her sorrows with gold.
So they send for their friends, and array their horses, their helms, and their shields, and their byrnies, and all their war- gear; and their journey was furnished forth in the noblest wise, and no champion who was of the great men might abide at home; and their horses were clad in mail-coats, and every knight of them had his helm done over with gold or with silver.
Grimhild was of their company, for she said that their errand would never be brought fairly to pass if she sat at home.
There were well five hundred men, and noble men rode with them. There was Waldemar of Denmark, and Eymod and Jarisleif withal. So they went into the hall of King Alf, and there abode them the Longbeards and Franks, and Saxons: they fared with all their war- gear, and had over them red fur-coats. Even as the song says --
"Byrnies short cut,
Strong helms hammered,
Girt with good swords,
Red hair gleaming."
They were fain to choose good gifts for their sister, and spake softly to her, but in none of them would she trow. Then Gunnar brought unto her a drink mingled with hurtful things, and this she must needs drink, and with the king thereof she had no more memory of their guilt against her.
But in that drink was blended the might of the earth and the sea with the blood of her son; and in that horn were all letters cut and reddened with blood, as is said hereunder --
"On the horn's face were there
All the kin of letters
Cut aright and reddened,
How should I rede them rightly?
The ling-fish long
Of the land of Hadding,
Wheat-ears unshorn,
And wild things' inwards.
In that beer were mingled
Many ills together,
Blood of all the wood
And brown-burnt acorns,
The black dew of the hearth,
The God-doomed dead beast's inwards,
And the swine's liver sodden
Because all wrongs that deadens.
And so now, when their hearts are-brought anigh to each other, great cheer they made: then came Grimhild to Gudrun, and spake.
"All hail to thee, daughter! I give thee gold and all kinds of good things to take to thee after thy father, dear bought rings and bed-gear of the maids of the Huns, the most courteous and well dight of all women; and thus is thy husband atoned for: and thereafter shalt thou be given to Atli, the mighty king, and be mistress of all his might. Cast not all thy friends aside for one man's sake, but do according to our bidding."
Gudrun answers, "Never will I wed Atli the King; unseemly it is for us to get offspring betwixt us."
Grimhild says, "Nourish not thy wrath; it shall be to thee as if Sigurd and Sigmund were alive when thou hast borne sons."
Gudrun says, "I cannot take my heart from thoughts of him, for he was the first of all men."
Grimhild says, "So it is shapen that thou must have this king and none else."
Says Gudrun, "Give not this man to me, for an evil thing shall come upon thy kin from him, and to his own sons shall he deal evil, and be rewarded with a grim revenge thereafter."
Then waxed Grimhild fell at those words, and spake, "Do even as we bid thee, and take therefore great honour, and our friendship, and the steads withal called Vinbjorg and Valbjorg."
And such might was in the words of her, that even so must it come to pass.
Then Gudrun spake, "Thus then must it needs befall, howsoever against the will of me, and for little joy shall it be and for great grief."
Then men leaped on their horses, and their women were set in wains. So they fared four days a-riding and other four a-shipboard, and yet four more again by land and road, till at the last they came to a certain high-built hall; then came to meet Gudrun many folk thronging; and an exceedingly goodly feast was there made, even as the word had gone between either kin, and it passed forth in most proud and stately wise. And at that feast drinks Atli his bridal with Gudrun, but never did her heart laugh on him, and little sweet and kind was their life together.


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TV drama's cancellation causes uproar
BANGKOK - The Associated Press
Hürriyet photoA Thai TV station's decision to cancel a controversial prime-time soap opera has caused an uproar among viewers and critics who are demanding the final episodes be shown.
The outcry came after Channel 3 announced Friday that it would immediately stop airing the action drama "Nua Mek 2" due to some "inappropriate content."
The station did not give further explanation.
Government officials denied having pressured Channel 3 to terminate the show.
Viewers urged the station to show the remaining episodes, while some called for a boycott of the channel.
"Nua Mek 2," which was aired three nights a week, tells the story of corrupted politicians and black magic.
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Startup Seeks Dream Girl To Grill Office Meats
Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it can take an open floor plan full of marginalized, under-compensated women to raise a startup. Or, in the case of this Craigslist ad for a job in SOMA, one "Girl Friday" to do everything, including "cooking simple Paleo meals and grilling meats."
It sounds like the mealtime equivalent of a booth babe: a startup lunch lady. Those perks don't manifest themselves and many companies have someone who orchestrates lunch orders. But the title in this listing doesn't say meal manager. No, this team of "creative weirdoes" claims to be looking for an administrative assistant.
What would this girl administrate? Glad you asked!
She would put her self-motivated personal assistant skills to work in the kitchen:
We need you to be a good cook and be comfortable cooking simple Paleo meals and grilling meats.
As a cruise director:
As our assistant we want you to have a positive, fun attitude while also being OCD compatible.
As a general-purpose cleaner:
Keep kitchen clean - dishes/sink/loading + unloading dishwasher before + after lunch
Clean up after lunch + put away dishes/cookware
Keep office clean and organized, including supply closets
Comfortable prepping meals daily + cleaning kitchen after cooking
The job will be from 10am-3:30pm Monday through Thursday. In the remaining hours, she should also contribute as receptionist, social media manager, recycler, errand runner, project manager, researcher, UI library organizer, editor, bookkeeper, and, when that's done, share a "secret recipe for the perfect gin cocktail."
Should the pleasant Paleo goddess who applies for this job also have "basic knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop," it wouldn't hurt. All the better to enhance those Taco Tuesday signs.
I contacted the employer to ask about the name of the company and salary range and will update the post if this isn't someone's idea of a joke.
Update: The company behind the job listing was The Udda. They don't see the problem with it.
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Crazy4laptops needs to extend a WiFi network throughout a "rather long house." He asked the Networking forum for advice.
There are plenty of ways to extend a connection. Some are easier than others.
One thing you can try, especially if you're good with your hands, is to build yourself a better antenna more suited for your needs. For instance, you can build a parabolic reflector that will focus the beam in a particular direction.
Wireless repeaters provide another option. These are basically range extenders. You locate them at the outer range of the router's good signal, and they repeat the signals they receive.
But of all the various options, I come down strongly on the side of HomePlug technology. The HomePlug/Powerline standard sends network data over a building's AC power at near-Ethernet speeds. I've yet to find another networking technology as easily plug-and-play as HomePlug.
Are there any downsides? I've read about interference problems with ham radios and wireless mice. I use a wireless mouse near a HomePlug adapter, and have had no problems.
Your standard HomePlug "starter kit" comes with two devices, each of which plugs directly into an AC wall socket. One of these goes in the same room as the router, and connects to it via ethernet. The other goes into whatever room you want Internet; this one generally comes with one or more ethernet connections.
But Crazy wants to extend WiFi, not ethernet. For that, you can buy HomePlug WiFi adapters that have antenna rather than or in addition to ports. In my experience, these aren't quite as plug-and-play as the ethernet devices–you have to enter your network's name and password–but they're not difficult, either.
And yes, several companies make HomePlug wireless startup kits.
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Honeycomb so hexy, it could have come straight from the hive! One of our Little Honeys candles, these hexagon shaped wee candles smell as good as they look.
Handmade from 100% pure New Zealand beeswax with a cotton wick. All of our candles are handmade, whether dipped, molded or rolled. The colour of the wax will vary a little - that bit's down to the bees. Each candle may also have minor variations - that bit's down to Dee & Kev. While we aim to be as consistent as possible, we hope you will appreciate each candle for its unique handmade character.
100% Pure Beeswax We use only 100% pure beeswax produced by New Zealand honeybees. We purify and clean the wax ourselves, using only water, heat and time with repeated settlings and filtration. We do not use any bleach or chemicals, and our beeswax retains its natural golden colour and warm honey scent.
Blooming Beautiful Over time pure beeswax will develop a white dusting called "Bloom". This is a natural process which does not affect the burning of the candle. If you prefer the bright yellow look, bloom can be polished off with a soft cloth, but it will return. We think it's a beautiful characteristic of pure beeswax, and really enhances and highlights the designs of our sculpted candles in particular. Embrace the soft, antique-look of bloom as a hallmark of pure beeswax, just like a good patina on bronze or copper.
Made just for you (well, sometimes) We try to keep a few of all of our candles made and ready to be send, but at times of high demand your candles will be made specially for you, which might take a few days. If your order is urgent, you may wish to give me a call to confirm timelines.
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Pet Friendly and Allergy Friendly The sweet scent of our beeswax is completely natural, infused in the wax by the bees as they store honey in the combs. Our pure beeswax candles use no essential oils or artificial or added fragrances.
Burn Times and Drip Potential Whether you prefer a classic pillar shape or one of our ornate designs, all of our candles are made to be burned, and we take care to select the best wick for each candle. Classic pillars and tapers with their smooth round shape are perfect for allowing the flame to consume all the wax, making them less likely to drip and will therefore have the longest burn time. Asymmetric shapes and ornate designs will drip and be much more variable in their burn, so we usually do not attempt to estimate a burn time for these candles. Please ensure all candles are burned on a base that can capture any leaked wax.
Burning Instructions Trim wick to 6 mm before each lighting. Ensure candle is on a level surface in a proper holder. To extinguish the candle without smoking, dip the wick into the wax pool and then stand it back up before the wax cools - this also primes the wick for easy relighting.
Safety Always burn candle within sight and never leave unattended. Keep away from draughts, children and pets. Burn on a level, fireproof surface and keep away from flammable objects.
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We currently send via Courierpost.
Australia & Rest of World:
Sadly, due to rising costs of international delivery and extended delivery delays, as of 3 November 2020 we have removed our international shipping option.
We hope to resume international deliveries when the situation improves, but for now we believe this is our only option to avoid disappointment to customers.
International Orders and Bee Products
Different countries have different rules around importation of natural products, and it's common for beeswax not to be allowed in order to protect the health of their local bees. We get it. After all, Kev and I (Dee) are beekeepers, first and foremost.
HOWEVER, we have very tight biosecurity and good bee health here in New Zealand, and as many of our products are a blend of beeswax, tree resin and other oils, there is no risk they will ever end up being used directly in a beehive, as a block of pure beeswax might.
Therefore we've had no problem with border restrictions, and as at the date of writing this, our products have been sent without problem to Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, and a dozen other countries .
Some countries may have various border or import charges - please note that you will be responsible for any such charges.
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At checkout you'll see the option to purchase Route shipping insurance on your order.
It's usually a very small cost, and Route is underwritten by Lloyds of London, so you can trust them to pay for a replacement for your order if it is lost for any reason.
We don't think this insurance is really necessary in New Zealand, so feel free to untick if you like, but we highly recommend it for international orders, as these travel via untracked airmail (tracked is about four times the price!).
What about packaging? Do you use plastic?
We're committed to eliminating plastic wherever we can - the clear bags our kits are packaged in are NOT plastic. They are genuine cellophane, made from vegetable cellulose and are fully biodegradable and home compostable.
And we're very happy to announce that the black courier bags we use are also NOT plastic! They are made from plants (mostly corn I believe), and are fully biodegradable, and home compostable. And, a little oddly, they smell like fresh toast, or maybe popcorn!
It's not just plastic we're about reducing though - You'll see on our naked DIY blocks you have the option to buy without packaging, and on every one of our ready-made wrap pages we encourage customers to let us know if they don't need individual packaging on the wraps.
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The face mask that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been required to wear during his trial in George Floyd's death has hidden his reaction to testimony, including any sympathy or remorse that legal experts say can make a difference to jurors.
Because coronavirus concerns have forced Chauvin and other participants to wear masks except when they're addressing the court, the enduring image of the defendant throughout the trial has been his impassive expression from last May as he gazed at the teenager filming his knee pinning Floyd's neck. The girl, who captured the encounter on her cellphone, called Chauvin's stare "cold" and "heartless."
Prosecutors have repeatedly displayed the image in the courtroom, and Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo alluded to the white former officer's facial expression as he explained why he violated department policy by kneeling on the Black man's neck for an extended period.
Legal experts say the image — and the challenge of replacing it in jurors' minds with Chauvin's reactions during trial — could hamper the defense.
"Every trial has a hero and a villain," said Ryan Pacyga, a defense attorney who has been following the trial. "He looks like a villain."
Trial lawyers, who have long practiced the art of courtroom dramaturgy, send subtle hints to jurors about a defendant through their looks and body language. They say it's important because it humanizes the defendant.
"You've got to find a way for the jury to care for them," Pacyga said.
But the pandemic has changed how the trial works.
The question was important to Chauvin's defense before the trial even began. His defense attorneys attempted to weed out potential jurors who had already formed strong opinions about the former officer. But jurors have watched video of Floyd's arrest and heard from witnesses who expressed strong feelings about Chauvin.
"He didn't care. It seemed as if he didn't care what we were saying," said 18-year-old Darnella Frazier, one of several witnesses who testified through tears.
Chauvin didn't appear to show any emotion during the videos or testimony as he scribbled notes on a notepad. But it also would be difficult to see if he was affected because the bottom half of his face is hidden behind a face mask.
"I wonder if watching these videos causes him some pain and agony? I don't know," said Joseph Daly, emeritus professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Research by legal scholars has shown that defendants who appear to show remorse may have an advantage with juries.
"People who look more angry are more likely to be viewed as being a criminal," said Kim MacLin, a professor at the University of Northern Iowa who specializes in psychology and law.
She conducted an experiment that found jurors in a mock trial were more likely to acquit if they saw an image of the defendant that seemed remorseful. Other research has shown that juries deciding whether to sentence someone to death are more lenient when a defendant seems to show remorse.
"It is something that juries, by human nature, think about. What sort of person are we dealing with here?" said Susan Bandes, an emeritus professor at DePaul University College of Law.
She noted that Chauvin already has a "remorse deficit" due to his actions during Floyd's arrest, adding, "That look on his face as captured in the video is so powerful."
Defense attorneys often try to cast defendants in a positive way by making sure they are wearing a suit that fits, getting them to smile at breaks in proceedings or asking their family or friends to appear in the courtroom.
Chauvin's defense attorney touched him on the shoulder while he was introduced during jury selection, when Chauvin was allowed to briefly take his mask off.
Daly said it is a way for the attorney to send a subtle message to jurors: "I'm not afraid of this guy."
Legal experts say that Chauvin's defense attorney has a lot to weigh in deciding whether to put Chauvin on the stand, but one factor could be showing a different side to the former officer. Witnesses are allowed to take their masks off while they testify.
Pacyga, the defense attorney, said as he thinks the defense's strategy could be headed towards having Chauvin testify, especially if they feel there is a chance of getting him acquitted of the charges.
"You've got to get this jury in Chauvin's shoes in some way, shape or form," he said. "Otherwise he looks like the most callous person in the world."
Find AP's full coverage of the death of George Floyd at: https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd
This story corrects that Chauvin's defense attorney touched Chauvin on the shoulder when he introduced him during jury selection, not at the beginning of each day.


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- Home
- City Government
- Departments
- Police
- Operations Division
- Housing Authority
Housing Authority
The City of Natchez entered into a contract on the 10th day of January, 1997, with the Housing Authority of the City of Natchez to provide for additional police services to create a drug-and crime-free environment and to provide for the safety and protection of the residents in its public housing developments located at Maryland Heights Subdivision, Ram Circle Subdivision, Williams Apartments and the scattered site Elderly Units. Thus creating the Housing Authority Officers
The assigned police personnel are in addition to baseline police services. The police department did not reduce its current level of police services to the public housing developments, particularly in the areas of community policing, patrol, criminal investigations, community crime prevention educational programs and seminars, records, dispatch and special operations.
There is no current contact at this time with the Natchez Housing Authority
Enforcement of Rules and Regulations
The housing authority officers are empowered to enforce the following Authority rules and regulations:
- Unauthorized visitors in unoccupied structures of the Authority shall be removed.
- Unauthorized visitors creating disturbance or otherwise interfering with the peaceful enjoyment of lessees on Authority property shall be removed.
- Unauthorized visitors destroying, defacing or removing Authority property shall be removed and/or criminal enforcement actions shall be taken.
- With regard to the foregoing rules and regulations, the City's police officers are hereby authorized to give criminal trespass warnings to any person found in violation of said rules or regulations, i.e.; to give notice to any violators that their entry on the property or premises is forbidden, and to arrest or cause the arrest and prosecution of any violators, when appropriate.
- The City, through its police officers, is hereby empowered to enforce the following rule or regulation:
- The tenant and any visitors to the Authority property shall refrain from, and shall cause their households to refrain from parking vehicles in any area other than parking areas designated by Authority management.
- With regard to the foregoing rule or regulation, the City's police officers are hereby authorized to have removed any and all vehicles found parked in violation of said rule
- The City, through its police officers, is hereby empowered to enforce such additional Authority rules and regulations and perform such other duties as shall be specified in any addenda attached hereto or incorporated herein now or in the future.


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Is there any function $f$ which would satisfy $f(x)=f(x+1)$ and $f(-1/x)=f(x)$ for every $x$ or at least positive $x$? For the widest possible domains of $x$?
If I could turn this functional equation into differential equations, I could use some approximate analytic method to get the solution.
Thanks in advance.
In a more general case, is the a function $g$ so $ f \left( \frac{ax+b}{cx+d} \right) = g(x)$?
For real $a$, $b$, $c$ and $d$?


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Startup weekend Venice : YourStory Exclusive
Sunday May 16, 2010,
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Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects.
Founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, the weekend is a concept of a conference focusing on learning by creating. It is known for its quick decisions, 'out of the box' thinking (oh no, the buzzwords are attacking!), unique facilitation technique and letting the founders show what they can do. The program has already met with success in venice, Toronto, New York, Hamburg, Houston, West Lafayette, venice, DC and more.
The participants that attend a Startup Weekend decide what they want to tackle over the weekend and come out at the end with several developed companies or projects. Attendees are responsible for bringing the same desire and passion to the project and walk out of the room with the task at hand, in a short 54 hours. Sound intense? It is.
A typical weekend might go something like below, although most weekends find their own schedule that works best:
6pm Friday: Everyone gets together; figures out who else is there; what would be interesting to build. 7pm: Pitches start (if you have an idea for a product you pitch it to the group). 8pm: Teams start breaking off (generally about nine teams will form during the weekend, creating nine products or companies). 9pm: Hopefully teams have solidified their concept and created an elevator pitch (even a simple one) by now. 10pm: Break off to a bar or coffee shop to continue the discussion and attempt to paper prototype out their application.
9am Saturday: Crowds pour in; work starts on development. Noon: Lunch.
3pm: More coding, business plan development, and a special guest (music, vc, sponsor etc). 6pm: Special guest drop-ins and pitches from the teams. 9pm: Gut check on the product; basic prototype building; group get-together for drinks and to talk about the products everyone is working on.
9am Sunday: The day's work starts again. Noon: Projects are being developed; live website with signup is possibly set up; more special guests drop in. 6pm: Sink or swim time for those looking for a weekend launch. 9pm: Presentations from each company; what worked, what didn't, what could go better and contacts are exchange for those continuing in the future.
What do Attendees get?
Startup Weekend provides an unprecedented level of networking, team building, learning, and life changes for its attendees and their communities. Don't forget that there will be 6-7 meals and drinks provided. There is a reason that most attendees come back for every event – it's just plain fun and provides amazing opportunities you can't get anywhere else. Sometimes a company emerges, sometimes one doesn't, but every time people leave with more experience, insight, knowledge, friends, and resources than they came with.


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Laravel Events is one of those features that is critical to many applications and the applications I am currently working on are no different. When I first started using the Events I found that the setup was very simple to use and everything made sense – fire an event when something happens and setup a listener response that will react. As the docs state, this really is a simple observer implementation. The example in the docs is quite simple and also a very useful example:
Event::listen('user.login', function($user) { $user->last_login = new DateTime; $user->save(); });
$event = Event::fire('user.login', array($user));
This implementation is quite simple, but there are a few things that can be missed if you haven't worked with a similar system before.
- The event listener has to be declared before the event fires. This seems simple, but it caused me a few headaches when working in packages and realizing that everything had to be organized in a specific order so that the events would fire properly.
- Data can be passed to the listener closure, but this is not necessary. You could just write the same function without passing $user and use Auth::user() to the same ends.
- You can have multiple listeners for a single event and you can also give them a priority to decide in which order they will be triggered. Simply pass a third parameter after the closure with a numeric value (ie: 5). Keep in mind this is priority not order so the higher the number, the earlier it is triggered.
Putting it to Use
Everything above is more or less covered in the documentation and with a basic knowledge of how Events work. The next step I took was to start putting these into practice with a few simple examples that I found very useful.
Event::listen('user.login.failed', function($user) { Log::warning('Login Failed for User '.$user->username); $user->failed_attempts = $user->failed_attempts + 1; $user->save(); });
Event::listen('user.logout', function($user) { // Queue up session clean for this user // Remove any unpublished items in database for user });
Going Further With Events
After using Events extensively in smaller projects, we began a very large scale project at work that was going to be entirely package-based with a very small framework developed on top of Laravel that allowed us to create a global dashboard layout that had ways for packages to extend it and implement themselves inside it. For our purposes, this had to be more than just a layout – we needed to have one application that could be changed in it's entirety for a second client without having to change the core code or our existing packages. Laravel and Composer make this very easy on the surface, but the hooks we needed inside the core were the biggest hurdle as to how we were going to implement this structure. Whether or not the following examples are the best way to do this is up for debate, but for our purposes it got the job done and it gave us an easy way to implement our extensibility.
Using Events as Hooks
The system we were building required that the main dashboard could have "hooks" that packages could grab onto and return data. We discussed a number of ways of doing this, but we decided that creating a rigid system for each hook made the most sense. What we ended up with was a well-documented system that allowed our packages to declare dashboard widgets, reporting widgets, CMS block types and necessary config values. Below is an example of one of these implementations.
Dashboard Widget
First thing we do is in our extending package's service provider register method. We listen for the event widgets.dashboard.create and we return a very specific array of data that allows this package to define a widget. Note that we are returning an array of data from our listener – the Laravel docs don't talk much about this.
\Event::listen('widgets.dashboard.create', function(){ return array( 'size' => 'col-md-4', 'icon' => 'fa-rub', 'heading' => 'Weekly Sales', 'text' => count($sales).' Items', 'link' => 'dashboard/orders/week', 'link_text' => 'View Sales', 'color' => 'info', 'type' => 'panel' ); }, 20);
Now that we have the listener setup, the event fire is pretty self-explanatory. Note that we set the variable $widgets to the response of the fire method – when we do this Laravel returns an array of all the results. Because of this, we can listen 6 times to this event and the $widgets will contain an array of 6 widget arrays for us to work with, in the order defined by our event priority.
The rest of the code is not as relevant to the events package, but we takes those arrays and process them based on the type defined in the array and then pass that data to the view.
$widgets = \Event::fire('widgets.dashboard.create'); $data['widgets'] = array(); foreach($widgets as $w) { if(method_exists('\Company\Widgets\Widget', 'create_'.$w['type'])) { $data['widgets'][] = call_user_func('\Company\Widgets\Widget::create_'.$w['type'], $w); } }
Config Variables
Another issue we needed to solve for was allowing one global configuration section to handle configuration for all packages. We used a similar setup to the widgets and then used a simple key-value pair in the database that would handle configuration dynamically based on what values the packages requested be added. We debated countless ways of doing this with passing input types and other data sets, but in the end we decided to allow each package to make their own config views and then pass the view along. We also wanted to ensure that each package could define a sub-config section without having to tell the core that it exists. The routes we used in combination with the controller allowed us to check if any config/{type} existed and, if it exists, display the relevant views.
// Pass the Orders Config View to the Config Builder \Event::listen('config.build.orders', function() { return 'Orders::config.orders'; }); // Pass the Main Config View to the Config Builder \Event::listen('config.build', function() { return 'Orders::config.main'; });
// Are we looking for a specific config page? // This code checks if we are on /config/$type or just on /config route. if(is_null($type)) { $views = \Event::fire('config.build'); if(count($views) > 0) { foreach($views as $v) { // Load each view file into a config array for our main config view $data['config'][] = \View::make($v); } } } // We have a specific type. Check if we have views registered. else { // Fire a dynamic type event to retrieve views for a specific type of config page $views = \Event::fire('config.build.'.$type); // Check if we have more than one view for this config type if(count($views) > 0) { foreach($views as $v) { $data['config'][] = \View::make($v); } } else { return \Redirect::to('config')->with('warning', 'Could Not Find That Config Page'); } }
Final Thoughts
The one downfall to this system may end up being our overhead. The basic implementation isn't very taxing, but as we continue to develop we will be looking for ways to avoid firing events if there won't be a listener for that request. This could be as simple as only registering config listeners when "config" exists in the current route.
The other issue, as noted above, is that there is likely a better way to do some of this. We chose to do it this way because the Events package was already there and had things like priority and data passing capabilities that we would need and there were few shortcomings from a developer perspective to implementing the system this way. As we continue to work on the application we may move more towards Events or away from it if we find an alternative, but for now it's meeting our needs.


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Japan economy shudders after shocks, BOJ pumps cash
By Leika Kihara and Rie Ishiguro
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's central bank on Monday rushed to bolster markets in the wake of the country's worst disaster since World War Two and although the authorities said it was too early to put a figure on the damage, critics said a stronger initial response had been needed.
Markets swooned at the shock of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami that may have killed more than 10,000 and has left millions of people without power, water or homes. The Nikkei average closed 6.18 percent lower on Monday.
At the same time, engineers were battling to prevent a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi complex owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), where three reactors threatened to overheat in the worst atomic power accident since Chernobyl in 1986.
Investment bank Credit Suisse put economic losses from the quake at no less than $171 billion, although Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said it was too early to put together a firm figure to compile a supplementary budget.
Japan's central bank doubled its asset buying scheme to 10 trillion yen ($122 billion) and held interest rates at 0-0.1 percent after it earlier said it would pump a record 15 trillion yen into the banking system, though some economists said it could have done more.
A swathe of high profile Japanese manufacturers, including Sony Corp, Toyota Motor Co and Panasonic have shuttered production lines, with restart efforts hampered by quake aftershocks.
About a fifth of the country's nuclear power generation capacity has been shut down by the disaster. Thermal plants also shut down, forcing the world's third-biggest economy to instigate rolling blackouts to conserve energy.
"The tremors will likely continue for one to two months, experts say, and are continuing now, so there's an immense amount of uncertainty and unclear points." said Masayuki Kubota, a senior fund manager at Daiwa SB Investments.
Economists said that the triple blow of quake, tsunami and nuclear accident is set to damage the already struggling economy harder and longer that initially expected.
Analysts have grown increasingly cautious about forecasting a quick economic rebound similar to that after the Kobe earthquake in 1995, thanks in part to Japan's indebtedness which at twice the size of gross domestic product means the government has less room for maneuver.
Some say a recession is possible.
TEPCO, the biggest power company in Japan, said on Sunday rolling blackouts would affect 3 million customers, including large factories and buildings from Monday onwards. It aims to end the blackouts by the end of April.
Policymakers face a monumental task reviving the economy, not only because of the scale of the disaster but because of their limited options.
After the Kobe earthquake, the government adopted an extra budget worth around 3 trillion yen.
"This time, the government can't afford to spend as much as after the 1995 quake given Japan's dire fiscal situation," said Takuji Okubo, chief economist at Societe General in Tokyo, who reckons a more realistic figure to expect is 1 trillion yen.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) had little room to move on rates, thanks to the legacy of the global financial crisis and years of economic stagnation, in stark contrast to New Zealand, where the central bank last week slashed interest rates by half a percentage point to 2.5 percent to support an economy hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on February 22.
"My initial impression is that the BOJ could have done more. Its traditionally reserved stance on policy easing remains in place even after the massive earthquake," said Masamichi Adachi, senior economist at JPMorgan Securities Japan.
"The BOJ also kept its economic assessment unchanged. The bank thus seems to be not fully taking account of strong uncertainty shrouding Japan."
The benchmark Nikkei stock average fell on concerns about rolling power blackouts hit the value of auto and electronics firms and the yen slid against the dollar.
Electronics giant Sony, maker of the Playstation gaming console, dropped 9.1 percent by the close of trade. The firm has suspended production at eight plants. Carmaker Nissan Motor Corp fell more than 9.5 percent after it shut down all four of its auto assembly plants in Japan.
"It will take quite some time until investors' confidence in Japanese manufacturers returns. When we look back at the Kobe earthquake, it took about a week to get an overall picture of magnitude of the damage," said Toshihiko Matsuno, senior strategist at SMBC Friend Securities.
The prospects of a massive recovery effort boosted contractor companies. Kajima Corp jumped more than 22 percent and Hazama Homes more than 19 percent.
The market impact of the disaster will be felt far beyond Japan.
Companies that trade with Japan face a loss of business and worries that governments will look at nuclear power less favorably. On Wall Street, S&P 500 futures were down 0.3 percent on Monday.
Almost 2 million households are without power in the freezing north and about 1.4 million lack running water.
Kyodo news agency said 80,000 people have been evacuated from a 20-km (13 mile) radius around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, adding to 450,000 evacuees from the quake and tsunami.
An explosion rocked the number 3 reactor on Monday although Jiji news agency said the core container was intact. TEPCO shares were untraded as sell orders outnumbered bids 200 times.
The complex was rocked by a first explosion on Saturday, which blew the roof off a reactor building. The government had said further blasts would not necessarily damage the reactor vessels.
TEPCO said on Monday it had reported a rise in radiation levels at the complex to the government.
Authorities had been pouring sea water to keep the fuel rods in the reactors cool. Nuclear experts said it was probably the first time in the industry's 57-year history that sea water has been used in this way, a sign of how close Japan may be to a major accident.
"Injection of sea water into a core is an extreme measure," Mark Hibbs of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "This is not according to the book."
($1 = 81.915 Japanese Yen)
(Additional reporting Tokyo bureau: Writing by Neil Fullick and David Chance; Editing by Tomasz Janowski and Daniel Magnowski)


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Here's a variety of vivid peacock photographs and peacock art of the locally famous Merlin. I know, they don't really fit in the MN theme but they are a part of my Minnesota home! Don't forget these peacock pics can be turned into beautiful artwork for your wall or many types of peafowl gifts such as magnets, tee shirts, cards and much more! Click the "Buy" button then "This Photo" to see all the options.Read More


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Welcome to The Lone Star Convention & Expo Center and The Montgomery County Fairgrounds!
Welcome to the third-largest convention, expo and fairgrounds complex in the greater Houston area, behind only George R. Brown Convention Center and Reliant Park. Our location is ideal for easy access: three miles from I-45 in Conroe, TX, 45 miles north of downtown Houston and 25 miles from Bush Intercontinental Airport.
"We are the home of the Montgomery County Fair."
The LSCC is ideal for events of any size and complexity—"from blue jeans to black ties" — family reunions, weddings, corporate meetings, business luncheons, trade shows, conventions, fairs, rodeos and livestock shows, and everything in between. Large or small, let us host your next event.
- Flexible facilities and accommodations
- Luxurious decor
- Friendly, helpful service
- Outstanding food and beverage catering services
- Full-range of sound, display, technical support services
- Prime outdoor spaces
- Ample parking


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Oklahoma City, OK – Russell Westbrook shot 12-of-20 for a game-high 32 points, as the Oklahoma City Thunder led wire-to-wire in a 117-97 victory over the Denver Nuggets.
Kevin Durant and Kevin Martin scored 20 points apiece for the Thunder, who notched their fifth win in a row behind a defense that forced 21 Nuggets turnovers.
Kosta Koufos had 16 points and nine rebounds for Denver, which had its winning streak snapped at six games. JaVale McGee donated 15 points, Andre Iguodala supplied 12 and Danilo Gallinari added 11.
Westbrook set the tone in the first quarter with 16 points as the Thunder took control early.
After opening the game on a 7-0 surge, the Thunder went up 24-10 on Westbrook's pullup jumper. A Hasheem Thabeet free throw gave Oklahoma City a 34-18 cushion after 12 minutes.
"I thought we came out with great energy from the start on both ends of the floor," said Thunder coach Scott Brooks.
The advantage grew to 60-36 when Durant followed up one of his five steals with a dunk.
Oklahoma City led comfortably at halftime, 67-47, and for the remainder of the night.
"The Thunder seemed to be the hungrier team from the very beginning," said Denver coach George Karl. "We never got into our flow and our offense just wasn't there."
Game Notes
Twelve different Thunder players made a field goal ... Oklahoma City shot 51.8 percent from the floor, including 47.4 percent from three-point range ... Denver's Andre Miller had a game-high 10 assists.


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Journalists who tweet know that sending out 140-character messages is the easy part. Managing the flow of information from the microblogging service is not.
Whether you're a longtime Twitter fan or are one of those journalists who were forced to start an account to keep up with the times, having easy-to-access information about your tweeps is key.
Enter SocialBro, a tool launched almost a year ago that is proving to be a great time saver and Twitter analytics tool.
Created by three software engineers based in Córdoba, Spain, the app has gone viral very quickly with 100,000 users during its short life span, including big names like Google, CBS and Greenpeace.
Simplicity is one reason for its early success. The main dashboard shows you new followers, recent unfollows and offers useful tidbits of information like the people who are not following you back or whom you are not following back.
If you want to revisit the list of people you follow, the app shows you who isn't really active on Twitter.
Among other useful tools, SocialBro features a "Best time to tweet" report, based on when most of your followers are online, so you can can see when you'll get more retweets and replies. (Keep in mind, though, that the report takes a few hours to generate.)
The "insights" feature provides a detailed snapshot of your followers: what languages they use, time zones, if they are verified users and privacy settings; it even generates a Google map showing the users' location. Other features worth checking out: "monitor a hashtag" and "analyze your competitors."
There are a few things that SocialBro could improve, like its "discover Twitter users" feature. This is an advanced search engine that shows, as first results, Twitter users who have the most followers, like Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and similar Twitter juggernauts. (Twitter's own suggestions about whom to follow are more tailored, based on people you already follow and websites you visit.)
"It's something we plan to improve," said Javier Burón, cofounder and COO of SocialBro to IJNet.
SocialBro is available in Spanish and English and offers a thorough list of tutorials for getting started.
The company is in expansion mode: the founders plan to open an office in London in a couple of months, Burón said. Expansion to the U.S., where 20 percent of its users are located, will come soon, according to the company.
SocialBro is still in beta, and you can use it as a browser extension for Chrome or download the app to your desktop. Just synchronize it with your Twitter account and voilà: You are ready to become a Twitter ninja.
Image: CC-licensed by luc legay in Flickr.