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Dep. Senate President Ekweremadu Says 2015 Was Defining Year For Nigeria's Democracy, Unity
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has described the outgone year of 2015 as a defining one for the country's democracy and unity.
In a statement by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu, the deputy Senate president called on Nigerians to work and pray for the peace and progress of the country in the New Year.
Ekweremadu said despite the economic challenges of the moment, Nigeria made tremendous progress in nurturing democracy and preserving the peace and unity of the country.
"There is no doubt that 2015 will be remembered as a defining year for the nation's democracy and unity. We have to give deserved credit to the Nigerian people whose sense of patriotism ensured that we held successful general elections and an unprecedented and smooth handover of government from one political party to the other.
"As we enter the new year, therefore, it behooves on all Nigerians, leaders and the led alike, to sustain our democratic gains, especially the preservation of the rule of law and the sanctity of the ballot box as these two are the cornerstones of both democracy and stability", Deputy Senate President Ekweremadu said.
Ekweremadu further stated that despite the setback in the last constitution amendment exercise, the Senate, and indeed the National Assembly was "committed to working with the Nigerian people to strengthen the nation's constitutional frameworks to promote peace, unity, democracy, good governance, and prosperity".

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Monday, 1 March 2010
Petunia, Dahlia and Their Impatience !
A sneak peek of our flower show by Sarah Zaidi, fine arts student from Department of Visual Studies, University of Karachi.
We are hosting a Flower Show at The Dawood Public School on Monday, 1st March 2010. The show will display creative flower arrangements by students from KG till 11th grade! This one of the kind show is special in many ways. Besides having more than 3500 seasonal flowers on display , students are also showcasing their crops that are grown in pots. Recycling is the main theme behind the show for that reason grade tenth have come up with amazing flower train made out of fruit crates!
Along with many creative recycling ideas, water plants, bonsais, trained plants, indoor plants, Orchids and some rare plants such as Venus Fly Trap are also on display.
Environmentalist, sustainability educator and a freelance writer. Co founder of Organic City Pakistan.
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- Azfer Maghrabi2 March 2010 at 21:20
Well, It was remarkable show & I really enjoyed as well , I also get to know about beautiful flowers & unique plants especially venus fly trap.ReplyDelete
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Excellent blog you've got.. very nice pics... I humbly request you to share your experience with beginners at:
I positively hope to see you there soon.
Very impressive. The photos are a delight to look at. I am sure you must have had lots of fun there. I could not post comments because worldcall has banned all the blogspot blogs.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the wonderful comments :) show went really well, I will post the photos soon... and Ajju, you guys have made an informative website.. will surely join.ReplyDelete
Come back to learn about the flowershow :)
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I've not blogged for ages so I thought I'd come and say hello.
Its coming unto the 5th anniversary of my diagnosis so I thought it would be a good time to reflect.
So I'll start off with things that have changed over the last 5 years.
Medication – I've taken a cocktail of meds throughout the 5 years…I've lost count to be honest. I've been swapped and switched so many times. But I take them every night like clock work and they seem to have some affect.
Me – I think I've changed quite a lot. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. I like to believe somewhere in here is a little bit of the old me. I'd like to think I'm stronger now probably not much calmer though. I suppose everyone changes with age and things life throws at you.
My support network – I'm very lucky to have supportive people around me. My hubby, Son, Mum, Dad and a couple of close friends. Without this I really don't want to think where I would be. I've learnt to accept help and not be ashamed.
Learning about bipolar – This is a big one for me. Bipolar effects everyone differently but the symptoms are clear……if that makes sense. I've learned so much about my anxieties, moods, mood changes, sleep patterns, eating patterns. I've learnt to spot early stages but I've also learnt I don't need to do this on my own. I've also learnt (in my case) that keeping busy and creative helps tremendously. Also blogging on here helps a great deal, sharing my thoughts and experiences with you…….helps keep track of my mood. I've also learnt how to deal with stigma….Not that I'm saying that we should put up with it.
Work – Many of you know that crafting is such a huge realise for me. Then 2 years ago I opened a haberdashery in Derbyshire. The shop is going extremely well and I love every minute of it. But now I run workshops for adults and children. I absolutely love it and its so rewarding. my little shop
So on to things that haven't changed….
Well I still have Bipolar 😦 and I'm not stable 100 % of the time……BUT i've accepted it, I'm learning to live with it (although I will probably will never stop learning about Bipolar).


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George Martin was born
January 3, 1926, in Holloway, North London. Martin taught himself to play
piano by ear.When he was 16, Martin was a key part of his school
dance band. Beginning in 1943, he served with the British Fleet Air Arm as
an observer in planes and eventually became a lieutenant.In 1947
Martin studied composition and classical music orchestration in London's
Guildhall School of Music. Three years later, he was hired as assistant to
the head of EMI's Parlophone Records and assigned to oversee the label's
classical recordings.Martin also began producing for artists such
as Cleo Laine, Stan Getz and Judy Garland. He also produced a number of
hit comedy albums for acts such as Peter Ustinov, Peter Cook and Dudley
Moore, and Spike Milligan and the Goon Show (with Peter
Sellers).In 1955, at age 29, Martin was made head of Parlophone
Records, becoming one of the youngest people to
reach such as position to that point.
Years later, he was looking for pop acts, just as
Beatles manager Brian Epstein was shopping his group
to record companies. Even though he knew the Beatles
had been turned down by other major labels, Martin
signed them.
In June 1962, the Beatles entered EMI's Abbey Road
studio to make their first records (including their
debut single, "Love Me Do") for Martin. It was the
beginning of a legendary collaboration that
produced, over the course of the '60s, one of the
greatest bodies of music in the history of rock.
Epstein said in his 1964 autobiography "A Cellarful
of Noise": "... from that moment on they have been a
dream of a team."
One of Martin's early contributions to the Beatles'
canon was the changing of "Please Please Me" from a
ballad into an upbeat single that became the
Beatles' first UK #1.
Martin shepherded the Beatles' early albums and made
significant contributions as they expanded their
musical horizons on such LPs as Rubber Soul (1965),
Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band (1967).
Martin also produced other Merseyside acts such as
Gerry and the Pacemakers and Billy J. Kramer. In
1963, records produced by Martin held the number one
position on British charts for a record 37 weeks.
Over his entire career, Martin notched 31 #1 UK
After the Beatles' 1970 breakup, Martin worked with
former Beatle Paul McCartney, America, Jeff Beck,
Ultravox and others.
Martin scored a number of films including the
Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) and "Yellow
Submarine" (1968) as well as the movie "Live and Let
Die" (1973), for which he won a Grammy Award.
In 1987 Martin produced a documentary marking the
25th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper that won the Palme
d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He also
spearheaded "Rhythm of Life," a BBC-TV series about
Martin co-produced the three Beatles' Anthology CDs
in 1995 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth the
following year. Last year, along with McCartney,
Martin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
He issued In My Life (1999), which featured such
artists as Jim Carrey and Goldie Hawn singing
Beatles tunes.
Martin often tours, conducting performances of his
own orchestral arrangements and giving multimedia
presentations on the making of Sgt. Pepper.
The most recent #1 single produced by Martin was
Elton John's "Candle in the Wind '97," a tribute to
Princess Diana that became the biggest-selling
single in history.
Martin is also the author of several books,
including "Summer of Love" (known as "With a Little
Help From My Friends" in the U.S.), which chronicles
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Lakers news: LeBron James to New England Patriots? Tom Brady teases NFL trade
Tom Brady has asked LeBron James to switch to NFL
TOM BRADY is trying to tempt LeBron James to swap sports completely and join New England Patriots - although the comment was rather tongue-in-cheek.
James posted a photo on Instagram of himself dunking which attracted a large amount of attention as excitement begins to build ahead of the new NBA season.
But one of those commenting on the post was NFL legend Brady, who wants the small forward to join him in playing American football.
Brady believes James could make a formidable partnership with Rob Gronkowski at tight end - but it is highly unlikely the NBA star would leave the sport where he is considered the greatest.
"Damn bro come play tight end you and gonk would be unstoppable!!!!" Brady commented.
However, James' thoughts will be solely on trying to help the Lakers turn into Championship contenders this term.
The 33-year-old penned a four-year deal with the LA outfit just weeks after losing the NBA Finals with Cleveland Cavaliers.
The three-time NBA Champion has joined a young squad and he is expected to make his debut against the Denver Nuggets in a preseason match on October 1.
The regular season gets underway against Portland Trail Blazers on October 19 but James thinks his side could come up just short this term.
James posted on Instagram
"There are a lot of Championship contenders but there is only be one champion," James told beIN Sports.
"That is the Golden State Warriors, that is the team which everybody is trying to catch.
"But you also have the Houston Rockets who are really good, Oklahoma City, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors - there's a lot of Championship-contending teams.
"But everyone knows that trophy goes to Golden State.
The small forward penned a four-year deal with the Lakers
"The goal is to always win a championship. That is the goal.
"But that is up there, but us as a young team and only recently coming together, we have to continue to get better every day.
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Granite Falls drivers to pay with their time for fish restoration
Granite Falls drivers are going to lose their primary route to Highway 9 several times this summer to make sure that migrating fish have better access to spawning grounds.
Washington is under a federal court order to restore fish habitat that is blocked by roads, and for the last few years the state has been replacing blocked or impassable culverts to be in compliance. The state has replaced more than 300 of these culverts. It's estimated this federal ruling will cost the state more than $2 billion by 2030.
The latest culvert to be replaced is blocking the Little Pilchuck Creek, between Lake Stevens and Granite Falls, under SR 92.
The closure is right at the intersection of SR 92 and Machias Road. Frances Fedoriska with the Washington State Department of Transportation said crews will need to close the road for two weekends and then for a 13-day stretch later this summer. The first weekend closure starts Friday, June 8.
"They (drivers) won't be able to take 92 to get from Lake Stevens to Granite Falls and vice versa," Fedoriska said. "We do have some relatively small detour routes."
There are two detour routes; one for cars and one for trucks.
"We're sending the larger haulers and commercial trucks to SR 9 and 84th Street because we don't want 16-wheelers heading through (the neighborhoods)," Fedoriska said. "Small cars and light trucks will be able to take 44th and 139th."
This is a complicated culvert replacement that includes moving dirt and re-routing Little Pilchuck Creek. That's why it is going to take so long to complete.
"The first two weekend closures are just to stabilize the hillside to make sure everything is in ready-form for all the work that we're going to be doing," Fedeoriska said. "We're disrupting a lot of real estate to make this new culvert happen."
The current 6-foot by 12-foot culvert will be replaced with 60-foot span over a newly built creek bed. It should reduce the water level and make it easier for juvenile fish to get through.
"We're going to have to re-direct the creek," she said. "It's going to be wider. It's going to flow more slowly. It's going to really help the environmental issues. Then we're going to dam up the existing culvert. We're going to put a nice, new structure over the wider creek bed and then put the road back on top of it."
The state said this new culvert will give fish access to about 30 miles of habitat.
The second weekend closure will be June 15-17.
The date for the final 13-day closure hasn't been finalized, but it will be done after July 1 and before the start of the school year. The project costs $6 million.


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If you have been involved in a child custody case, I am sure that you have heard either your lawyer or the Judge refer to the "best interest of the child" and wondered what that exactly meant. I am also sure that you are wondering why the Judge gets to determine the best interest of your child.
Raising Children After Divorce
A recent post to Facebook post about an ex-husband that goes to his ex-wife's house on her birthday to make her breakfast with their children caught my attention. For those that have not seen the actual post, here is the link to Billy Flynn's Facebook Post. It got me thinking about the relationships between parents that are not married or are no longer married. The most important thing to remember is that you and your ex-partner are going to forever be linked because of the children. I have come up with 5 tips for ensuring that your relationship with your ex-partner does not interfere with your children's ability to grow into healthy adults:


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Perhaps this year's Parade of Homes won't be hurt by the housing market.
Perhaps this year's Parade of Homes won't be hurt by the housing market.
Three of the 11 homes in the annual event, scheduled for July at Tartan Ridge in Dublin, already have been sold.
Jim Hilz, executive director of the sponsoring Building Industry Association, said homes have been sold before the parade in the past. But with the state of the economy, early sales this year are a reason to be hopeful, he said.
"Going in we knew relatively early on that two were contract build (homes) and the fact that three out of 11 are sold is encouraging," he said. "We're hoping to sell all 11 before the parade event begins."
Selling all the homes in the parade is a goal every year, but it hasn't happened yet, Hilz said. The struggling housing market doesn't mean organizers won't try this year, though.
"As more information gets out about the parade being in Dublin at Tartan Ridge the more traffic we'll get," Hilz said. "We'll get people educated about the great houses out there."
Susan Weil of Milligan Communications, who is doing the public relations for this year's event, said a good location has put sales ahead of where they were last year.
"My impression is that it kind of depends on the site of the parade," she said. "This year with it being at Tartan Ridge, it's an extraordinary site in general. The neighborhood is great. Last year (in Gahanna) we had seven homes and four were sold about a month before the parade."
Two companies pulled out of the parade in December, citing the economy as a factor, but 11 companies remain. Compass Homes, Coppertree Homes, Dani Homes, Duffy Homes, Gossing Construction, Kevin Knight and Co., Lakewood Builders, M/I Homes, New England, Romanelli and Hughes and the Stafford Group are this year's participants.
New England also will partner with Delaware-based Garth's Auction House for the parade.
Homes in the parade include different styles such as coastal Dutchstone Colonial, green features such as geo-thermal heating and gourmet kitchens.
Edwards Land Co. is the developer of Tartan Ridge. The site calls for 246 single-family homes and 24 townhouse units ranging in price from $400,000 to $900,000. The development is near Glacier Ridge Metro Park and is bordered by Brock, McKitrick, Jerome and Hyland-Croy roads.
The BIA Parade of Homes will run from July 11-26, with a preview party slated for July 10.
For more information, look on the BIA's Web site at biaparade.com.


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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Does anyone know why the box regarding photobucket has all of a sudden been showing up? I get my photos from my computer not my photobucket so don't understand why that would show up. Any help would be most helpful.
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- AnonymousJuly 28, 2010 at 4:39 PM
YES I DO!! This happened to me and many others last Friday. Don't panic like I did...it is an easy fix. The Cutest Blog on the Block gave warning on their blog that this was happening and I didn't know. SO...here just go back to their site and find your background or pick another (like I did) and follow the directions like you did the first time you added the background and TA DA...fixed!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Yeah...it is fixed and so you!ReplyDelete
Yes yeah it is fixed. Thank you Mary for your help. I feel so much better now with a background that is pretty instead of plain white.ReplyDelete
Hey Deb, I couldn't resist PINK. lol
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Northeastern California Traffic Cameras & Road Weather Information
Because of the mountainous terrain, it is important to be informed on current road conditions. Lake Almanor and Fredonyer Pass weather conditions can change quickly. You can find detailed forcasts for western Plumas County and Lassen Park at the National Weather Service website. Below you will find the live traffic cams from Caltrans.


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Pac-12 'Impact' initiative hosts African American Male Achievement Program
SAN FRANCISCO –- As a part of the Pac-12's diversity-based social outreach initiative, Pac-12 Impact, the Conference welcomed students from the African American Male Achievement Program at Alliance Academy in Oakland to tour Pac-12 Studios and learn about career opportunities in sports.
The students who visited Pac-12 headquarters on Wednesday, May 31 are part of Oakland Unified School District's African American Male Achievement Program, which seeks to improve academic and ultimately life outcomes for its students.
As part of the program's college and career preparation curriculum, the students visit various workplaces in the Bay Area to gain exposure to unique career paths and sport-related opportunities.
"The Pac-12 is committed to diversity and inclusion and seeks to provide opportunity through the power of sport," said Pac-12 Chief Marketing Officer Danette Leighton. "This visit was a great opportunity for the Pac-12 to help young people envision a future behind the scenes in the sports industry while getting some hands-on experience."
The students were able to interact and network with leaders from across the Pac-12 Conference and Pac-12 Networks while learning about their various roles, from sports officiating to television production.
"I am a firm believer that our Kings will be what they see," said Remi Bereola, the Manhood Development Program Facilitator at Alliance Academy Middle School. "Lessons promoting creativity, entrepreneurship, and critical thinking skills are embedded in our class curriculum, so field trips such as this one to Pac-12 Studios serve as a tremendous extension of our classroom learning."
The activities in which the students participated included testing virtual reality software, learning how to log football games and make real time officiating calls, producing a live studio show, and anchoring a segment of Pac-12 Sports Report.
About Pac-12 Impact
Pac-12 Impact is the social outreach initiative of the Pac-12 Conference. In the pioneering spirit of the West Coast, the Pac-12 is committed to using the power of sport to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion. The Pac-12 is spreading the message of inclusion, celebrating diversity, standing strong against bullying, and fostering fairness and good sportsmanship. More information can be found at pac-12.com/impact.
About the Pac-12 Conference
The Conference has a tradition as the "Conference of Champions," leading the nation in NCAA Championships in 51 of the last 57 years, with 500 NCAA team titles overall. The Conference comprises 12 leading U.S. universities: The University of Arizona, Arizona State University, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Colorado, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California, the University of Utah, the University of Washington and Washington State University. For more information on the Conference's programs, member institutions, and Commissioner Larry Scott, go to pac-12.com/conference.
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Join the Resolution Reboot
HAPPY 2017 🎉🎊🍾🥂🙌🏽💚 And hope you all enjoyed a very festive holiday!!
So let's just get down to this, howabout?? It's the time of year when many folks make that old time traditional resolution to "eat healthier". And if this is you -- how is it going?
If you are feeling a bit stuck, then please consider joining me & Tim on a 👉🏽 Resolution Reboot. That same 21-Day Sugar Detox Program that we completed in August, remember? Well . . . Tim & I are at it again. Because it never hurts to push that good ole "Reset Button" now & then. Just to make sure we keep staying the course on our Real Food journey.
And this time around, I am inviting everyone and anyone to join us in this experience. It's a GREAT way to jump start your Real Food journey. And if the concept of 21 days without sugar makes you fearful 👻👹😈 Please -- no worries -- because I will be with you all . . . the . . .way 🙏🏽👊🏽💥
I've created a Closed Facebook Group to serve as a Community Forum. So I'll be sharing my personal meal plans, shopping lists, recipes, and insights. This is all in addition to the support offered by the 21DSD Program itself 🙌🏽🙋🏽❤
And as I tell folks who have expressed interest (and even fear), the ultimate goal -- and where I will focus my support -- is helping you develop the skills to live a sustainable Real Food lifestyle post-detox. And finding a healthy, happy space for sugar in your life. Because it is absolutely unrealistic to live without sugar. But it is totally Realistic to find balance 👍🏽😀😍
So please consider this Program. And if you have ANY questions, please do not hesitate to Contact me. I LOVE questions and can geek out on Real Food topics all the live long day!!
5 Real Food Baby Steps
Now, if you really aren't feeling a sugar detox. And that's totally fine 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 But you still want to find ways to start your Real Food journey. Here are 5 Baby Steps to launch into the Real Food Movement:
Consider asking better questions in order to make better decisions about food. This was one of the first Posts I wrote. And it was so well-received, I made it into a permanent feature on my site. The article discusses why Processed, particularly ultra-processed foods, are bad choices. And if you can start to focus the concept of understanding food along a spectrum of:
Real Food -----------------------------------------------------> Ultra-Processed Junk
then this may be an easier approach to eating healthier. Please CLICK HERE to read this article 👉🏽 First Steps.
Know what is in your food! When you shop, take time to read the INGREDIENTS LABELS of all packaged foods. Not all packaged foods are bad. So learn how to read this "ingredients". And always try to choose the least processed foods.
To help you learn this skill (of reading ingredient labels), here are links to 3 articles:
👉🏽 Real Food Guidelines - There's a lot of info in this article. But try focusing on the first section titled: "Avoid Foods Made with These Ingredients". Because sometimes it is easier to know what to avoid.
👉🏽 Ingredient Labels - This is an example of how reading ingredients labels can guide you to better Real Food choices.
👉🏽 Hidden Sugars - Another example of how to read ingredients labels to spot (and thus avoid) hidden sugars in food.
Shop the Perimeter: A very effective way to make sure you are eating more Real Food is to fill your grocery cart with these nutritiously, delicious treats 😋😋😋 And you will find the best Real Food options along the perimeter of the store. So shop the perimeter first. And here is an article to help you plan a strategy to do this 👉🏽 Perimeter Shopping.
Real Food on a Budget: "Real Food is expensive." I hear this a lot. And yes -- it seem pricier. But there are practices you can put in place to make Real Food more affordable. Here are 2 articles to help:
Be Realistic! This is YOUR journey. So go at your own pace.
A sugar detox may not (ever) be in your game plan. And that's perfectly OK.
If you travel a lot, you may not always be in control of ingredients or meals. But you can still progress. Ask questions before ordering at restaurants, and ask if adjustments in the preparation are possible. Here is an article that can help 👉🏽 Restaurant Tips. Choose hotels and restaurants that will offer more options for you and bring snacks for travel days. Or try to stop at a local grocery store to buy Real Food that you can store in your hotel room.
If you are not confident with your cooking skills, learn some basic recipes with staple foods. Then slowly incorporate more cooking into your routine so that it never feels overwhelming. And here is a link to an article that may help with meal prep 👉🏽 Batch Prepping.
So that's all for now. And probably more than enough to get your started on your journey. Hope this helps and ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS feel free to Contact me with any questions. Particularly if you are feeling stuck. I am here for your Real Food success 🙌🏽🙋🏽😍


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Have You Been Overcharging or Undercharging Your Clients?
Here are a few pointers to help you avoid charging clients too much—or too little.
This may sound bizarre coming from the mouth of a lawyer, but I actually want my clients to like me. Mind you, this isn't just some emotional residue from some early childhood anxieties, but rather, it's a sound business strategy. I have made a fairly decent income working in my own practice for more than 25 years, and I haven't spent a dollar on advertising. Satisfied clients are the best advertisements I could ever imagine. They can speak from experience, and thus their promotion of my work will always be persuasive. Anybody can buy an advertisement or Web banner, but the positive opinion of a former client is never for sale. And, while not every client has strong feelings about the quality of work their lawyer has done, they all have something to say about what they were charged.
Overcharging Clients
There are three risks of overcharging your client:
- they might not pay you, or of equal concern, they might not pay you in full;
- it can infect the working relationship in ways that creates problems for everyone; and
- as mentioned above, it can earn you a bad reputation, which can haunt your marketing efforts for decades.
Overcharging can take the form of an excessive hourly rate or a heavy-handed billing practice. You should not charge more than about 10% or 20% more than what your competitors charge, and you should be cognizant of special factors that could impose even lower maximum rates. If you are new to a particular area of practice, your rate should reflect that reality even if you have been in practice for decades. If you are marketing your services to a particular client base, such as an insurance company or a nonprofit business, you may need to adjust your fees to meet their expectations. There's a simple way to know if you are overcharging: if a high percentage of potential clients tell you they can't afford you, then you have a problem. You want to create an open atmosphere of communication in the hiring process so you can hear this information. I offer a lower rate to certain clients such as friends, nonprofit organizations, or particularly deserving folks, but I engage in conversation about fees with my full-rate clients as well.
Over-billing is one of the most consistent complaints about lawyers. Be careful about monitoring your time, as clients know how long they've been on the phone with you or how long the meeting has taken. Because I bill in quarter-hour increments, I tell my clients that I round down or round up depending on the circumstances, but in a way that I believe is fair to them. If you use a smaller increment, be careful in how you keep track of your time each day, so clients trust the accuracy of your invoices. You also need to be mindful about what is actually billable. I currently don't have a secretary, so I need to be fair in not billing my clients for what is essentially a clerical task. The same goes for background research on topics you should already know, or consulting with colleagues simply because you are a bit insecure about your strategy.
"My general rule is that I don't increase rates on existing clients for the first year of my new rate."
Undercharging Clients
It may seem hard to believe, but undercharging a client poses risks as well. At the extreme end of the spectrum, a low fee can create doubt in a client's mind as to your competence. Something just seems awry if a professional is charging less than half than everybody else in town. I am very transparent with clients when I reduce my rates, so they understand why I am doing so. This is also an issue with regard to long-term clients, if you are increasing your rates over time. My general rule is that I don't increase rates on existing clients for the first year of my new rate. Most clients aren't still in my hopper after a year, but if they are, I always explain to them that I have deferred increasing their rate for a year.
The other long-term negative consequence is that of your own unhappiness. I regularly meet with dissatisfied lawyers, providing a blend of practical coaching and personal counseling. Many of these folks report that they are working long hours, helping a great many satisfied clients, and barely making ends meet. What usually emerges is that they are under-charging, either by setting their hourly rate too low or writing off too many hours because they are embarrassed at the amount of time something takes. So long as one's financial goals are reasonable, it shouldn't be that hard to make a decent living as a lawyer these days. So, don't burn out prematurely, simply because you don't feel you are being adequately compensated for the complicated tasks you take on.
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The Avos Ubonim program has grown all around the world by leaps and bounds. In Lakewood alone this winter, thousands of boys, third grade and above, and their chavrusos learned at over seventy locations on Motzoei Shabbosos.
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Will Tax Cut Bill Pass House?
This is a rush transcript from "Special Report," December 13, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I recognize that folks on both sides of the political spectrum are unhap py with certain parts of the package and I understand those concerns and I share some of them. But that's the nature much compromise -- sacrificing something that each of us cares about to move forward on what matters to all of us.
So I urge the House of Representatives to act quickly on this important matter, because if there's one thing to agree on, it's the urgent work of protecting middle class families and removing uncertainty for America's business and giving our economy a boost as we head into the new year.
BRET BAIER, HOST OF "SPECIAL REPORT": President Obama in the White House briefing room as the Senate moved to cloture and essentially wrapping up the debate on the compromise plan and the final vote probably expected tomorrow. It was an overwhelming vote 83-15. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell put out a statement right after the vote was finished saying in part this, "We now urge the House leadership to bring this bipartisan agreement to a vote without political gains or partisan changes designed only to block this bill's passage in the House." Going on, "If the House Democratic leadership decides to make partisan changes, they will insure that every American tax payer will see a job- killing tax hike on January 1st."
Let's bring in our panel, Steve Hayes, senior writer for the Weekly Standard, Fox News contributor Juan Williams, and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer. Steve?
STEVE HAYES, SENIOR WRITER, THE WEEKLY STANDARD: An interesting development and probably a larger vote margin than most people thought. I think what I expect to have happen it will eventually pass the House and probably the same version that passed the Senate.
You will try do see House Democrats to something procedure whether it is the same legislation and allows House Democrats who are unhappy with the compromise to vote against it and to be on record to say we have done this and we don't like this and then they will take a vote on the actual substance of the deal which has been the deal since last Thursday and posted on the Internet since last Thursday. It will not be materially changed by that point.
BAIER: You hear Juan, Mitch McConnell saying if anything has changed, this is a done deal. Take a listen to this back and forth between the Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill.
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, D-MD.: Our Republican colleagues are going to hold off tax relief for millions of Americans in order to get $25 billion for the 6,600 wealthiest estates.
JEB HENSARLING, R-TEXAS: If they want to bring down this negotiated agreement and explain to the American people why on January 1 why almost every single American who pays income taxes gets a tax increase, fine, they can explain it to them.
BAIER: They are talking there about the estate tax. That's what the Democrats have the biggest problem with in this compromise deal, the deal that the president and administration made on the estate tax going forward?
JUAN WILLIAMS, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: The problem with the estate tax deal was the tax that expired and everything was gone and now imposing in a 55 percent and new deal has it down to 35 percent. What I am hearing from House Democrats, you talk about giving away to the store to the rich this really is it.
It speaks of the dynamic that you saw in the cut. Democrats feel that president Obama is negotiating on Republican terms. As a Republican narrative that says you are threatening the economy unless you give tax breaks to people who make more than $250,000. And in fact, if you look at polls, they have shifted with more Americans saying they support the deal. Previously most Americans did not support giving the tax breaks to people who made more than $250,000.
What you heard from Hensarling there is if this thing gets held up, it will be the fault of the Democrats. And in the current political atmosphere, that's the way it is playing out. House Democrats pulling their hair out because they feel like they are pushed aside by Republicans who had previously been antagonistic to the president but by the president.
BAIER: Charles, Steny Hoyer, the majority leader said today that he expects there will be some tweaks. Do you expect tweaks on the house side? The Senate ping ponging back to the Senate after a massive vote 83- 15. Doesn't that give it momentum heading into the House?
KRAUTHAMMER: I think absolutely. There are no tweaks back in the Senate of any importance. I think what Democrats are going to do; liberal Democrats will do what they did with health care when they bluffed about opposing the bill if there were no public option. In the end of course they supported the bill.
This is also a bluff. There is no way they will undo this with the president on the line and where they will be the ones that is will be responsible if taxes are raised on January 1 and kill the bill over the estate tax.
I think what they will do, they will hold a demonstration vote or two which everyone understands it will be meaningless and they will show that they opposed the estate tax, and then they will have a vote afterwards which includes the compromise on the estate tax and they will support it.
But I must say when you heard those congressmen arguing it sounded like a schoolyard fight in which one said you are holding hostage. The other said, no, you're hosting hostages. Look, it depends on how you want to look at it clearly neither side is prepared to see the taxes rise on January 1 and that's why you got the so-called compromise, which I am not sure it is it a compromise.
BAIER: Let's assume for a second that it does get through the House. Then the rest of the agenda and Senator Reid, the majority leader in the Senate has already said he wants to keep the Senate in session through the next week up to Christmas Eve here. We still have the START treaty and DREAM Act, the House version, and possibly a standalone bill on "don't ask, don't tell." What do you think?
HAYES: I think the most likely thing to see the forward move would be the START treaty. It looks like there are the votes there now to pass the START treaty. There has been going back three weeks, was there some kind of a de facto or unspoken deal on top of the deal where Republicans said we will at least allow a vote START if not give you support in exchange for this compromise deal? We don't know if that happened. Leadership, Senate leadership on the Republican side denies the deal was ever cut and so does the White House.
WILLIAMS: That's the word around town. That is heavy and that's what is antagonizing the house Democrats who think it was more about that START treaty and again why they are so mad at David Axelrod for accusing them of being immoral --
BAIER: You think START gets through, DREAM act?
WILLIAMS: The DREAM act is on the edge because the Republicans there, I think what Steve just told you is exactly right. More Republicans are saying they are amenable to voting in support of START. I have not seen that on the DREAM act.
BAIER: And "don't ask, or don't tell."
WILLIAMS: Yes, because Collins thinks that she has the votes. As long as she doesn't feel like Reid is pushing something through, she thinks there are the votes are there.
BAIER: Final word.
KRAUTHAMMER: "Don't ask, don't tell" could pass if it's a standalone. START I think it is a deal there explicit or implicit, which I'm not sure is a good idea. Over a 10 percent difference in tax rates for estates do you want to gamble on national security? I wouldn't really be happy with that if that's what happened. But on the tax cuts that's a done deal.
BAIER: And DREAM act?
KRAUTHAMMER: I think it fails.
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Next up, today's big ruling on health care reform.
KEN CUCCINELLI, (R) VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: This case is not about health insurance, it is not about health care. It is about liberty. The judge said as much in his order. By the end of January I expect you will see for the first time in my knowledge over half of the states of the United States of America as parties to a lawsuit against the federal government to reign in their overstepping the boundaries of the constitution.
BAIER: Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli speaking about the ruling today by federal district Judge Henry Hudson in which the judge found that the health care law is unconstitutional specifically as it exceeds the boundaries the constitutional power on the individual mandate to make sure that everyone's buys health insurance, saying that is unconstitutional. The administration saying that this is one of three rulings on this issue. Two of them went the administration's way and one this way. This appears step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court, of course, as all of these cases go before the district courts. We're back with the panel. Charles, the significance of the ruling and what it means in the big picture?
KRAUTHAMMER: This is a really big deal because it is the first time the court supported the idea it is not constitutional because it's a huge expansion of the commerce clause which allows the federal government to penalize you for inactivity and sitting still under the idea of promoting interstate commerce. That is a case that will surely be taken up in the Supreme Court.
It will not get accelerated treatment. That would require that the White House and Cuccinelli together support accelerated treatment in the Supreme Court. It will wait and get there in a year or two.
But I think what's really interesting if you're a conservative is this. What you have in conflict are two principles. If you strike the law down, you are going against the conservative idea that the justices ought to give deference to the Congress and the elected branches and not rule from the bench.
On the other hand if you don't strike it down, you are allowing a huge expansion of the commerce clause and you're expanding it to the point where there is almost nothing that the federal can ever do that would be ruled unconstitutional.
And that I think undoes the very idea of a limited government of enumerated powers and meaning that the government has a set of powers that it can exercise but they are not unlimited. That's why in the end, the Supreme Court might overturn the law.
BAIER: Juan, obviously there is another case with 20 states in federal court in Florida. The administration, do you think they are disheartened by the ruling or do you think they expected it?
WILLIAMS: No, you clearly have previous rulings again in Virginia and Michigan in support of the very principle and everyone is looking to Florida, because there you have a collection of attorneys general making the case against it. But it looks like it will get to the Supreme Court.
But the larger point here, people in place have thought Henry Hudson is a Republican appointee and this was a political position and this is exactly contrary to what we saw in the clip where Steven Breyer held his finger up and said we don't tests the political winds in terms of making --
HAYES: I think when I read his decision; it certainly didn't read like a political decision. I think it was well reasoned. And one of the things coming out of this. He actually makes a serious constitutional case for the principles that Charles articulated, and if anything it gives it further heft. This is a serious guy who makes a very serious argument and gives it additional momentum.
I think the question is will Republicans wisely jump on this momentum and push forward in the beginning of the new Congress and try to run on this. I mean, you have numbers in favor of repeal higher than they have been. You have this momentum and it's time for Republicans to actually do something and try to push hard and early as they can.
BAIER: Charles, the administration and justice lawyers argued in part, and you mentioned the commerce clause, that this mandate is in fact a tax. If you remember, this is what President Obama said about that in an interview a ways back.
OBAMA: For us to say that you have to take responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your critics say it is a tax increase.
OBAMA: My critics say everything is a tax increase. My critics say I am taking over every sector of the economy. You know that. Look, we can have a legitimate debate of an individual mandate or not.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You reject that it's a tax?
OBAMA: I absolutely reject that notion.
BAIER: He rejected that notion there. Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary was asked about the argument that the lawyers are making in court. And he said, "Again, I am not a lawyer and I've not had an opportunity to speak on the merits of some of what the judge ruled." What about that disparity, Charles?
KRAUTHAMMER: It is the largest disparity imaginable. It's the ultimate hypocrisy. In fact, it's never really in doubt. This is a penalty for inactivity, and that I think every court will look at it. And once it looks at it, it has to decide if that's within the powers of the federal government.
But just an example of trying to get it to pass politically and doing a pivot, a complete 180 in order to have it ruled constitutional. What is interesting I think is if you get a court saying, even a lower court saying it is unconstitutional that gives impetus to the popular opposition, and that's the fact that it isn't only a bad idea but perhaps it's against the American ideal.
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Sirimangalo International, a non-profit organization in California, USA dedicated to spreading the insight meditation teachings of the Buddha to the world wishes to announce our intention to open an international forest monastery and Vipassana meditation center in Southern California in the coming year.
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Much work will need to be done on the property if we are able to obtain it, which is the first order of business. The price of the property is set at $200,000 US, by far the cheapest property of its kind in the Los Angeles County. Obviously, inexpensive as it is, this is still a substantial and potentially inhibiting cost for us, and so we wish to present this proposal to all interested parties able to support this cause in any small way, in order to see this project to its fruition.
Warm gratitude goes out to all of those people who have seen fit to support us thus far, and to those who intend to do so in the future. May this project be of benefit to all beings, for bringing peace, happiness and freedom from suffering to the world.
For more information, please visit http://www.sirimangalo.org/support to see how you can get involved in this monumental undertaking.


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I have written many times in this newsletter about how the "news" can make a REALTOR®'s ' job harder than it already is. In my experience, reporters tend to report on the extreme and take "the story", assuming there even is one, to a different level all-together, adding fuel to the already volatile public opinion. These last several weeks news has centered around Vancouver's inflated real estate market. For good reason.
There is no doubt our market is overactive and I totally agree there are more extremes to call upon these days, but to understand and accurately portray the picture, one must also look at the 75% or so of listings that are NOT selling – what of them? If one only reads real estate news reported by people only interested in reporting the abnormalities, then how is that different from the likes of the National Enquirer? AND even scarier is the inaccurate information being reported as fact, which leaves the public with a twisted and distorted picture.
I strongly feel, if the Sun wants to comment on a highly charged subject, they have a responsibility to get the facts right. The following story for example did arouse feelings in many - for me, it was anger and frustration.
It began with an e-mail from my mother, she likes to keep me in the know when it comes to real estate market…She sent me the following Vancouver Sun story
I thanked her along with a comment, "You know mom, and this stuff just makes my job harder". She responds with "At least it's good you know about it". I respond "Believe me, I know about, I'm in the thick of it".


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The United Arab Emirates on Monday accused fighter jets belonging to rival Qatar of "intercepting" a passenger plane en route to Bahrain. Doha denied the accusation in an ongoing row over alleged airspace violations.
The General Civil Aviation Authority received a message from a national carrier on Monday morning that "an aircraft on a routine flight to Manama was intercepted by Qatari fighter jets in a flagrant and serious threat to the safety of civil aviation and a clear violation of international law," it said in a statement carried by the UAE state news agency.
"This is a routine flight that has all the required paperwork," it said.
A spokeswoman for Qatar's foreign ministry denied the accusations.
"The state of Qatar announces that the claims of Qatari fighter planes intercepting a UAE civil aircraft (are) completely false," Lulwa al-Khater said on Twitter.
The United Arab Emirates is one of four Arab states that cut all ties with Qatar in June, accusing it of ties, accusing the kingdom of sponsoring terrorism and destabilizing the region.
Qatar has rejected the claims while maintaining that it is paying the price for its independent foreign policy.
Source: AFP


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Travis Scott delivered one of the most breathtaking performances by an International act in South Africa. The dome was filled to its 20,000 capacity.
The crowd was warmed up by South Africa's Cassper Nyovest and Riky Rick. La Flame performed most of his commercial hits and songs dating back to his mixtape days, as they crowd rapped along.
If you missed it, we rounded up five of our favourite clips of his performance on Thursday night.
1. Butterfly Effect
Scott's newly released single "Butterfly Effect" saw the Dome reach a crescendo. The single will be in his upcoming album "Astroworld".
🇿🇦🦋 BUTTERFLY EFFECT 🦋🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/CvPi67cK3Y— FTP Flame 🎪 (@FTPflame) June 16, 2017
2. The Ends
Scott got the show started when he performed "The Ends".
TRAVIS SCOTT PERFORMING IN SOUTH AFRICA! 😵🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/ovlqv6JhnD— FTP Flame 🎪 (@FTPflame) June 15, 2017
Scott has a tradition of asking the crowd to flash their phones while he performs for ambience. He claims it gets him in the zone.
3. Father Stretch My Hands
Scott even got the time to perform one of his mentors' songs titled "Father Stretch My Hands' by Kanye West. Scott was signed by West as a producer under Good Music Productions.
Travis Scott performing Kanye West's Father Stretch My Hands Pt.1 in Johannesburg, South Africa! 👀 pic.twitter.com/uGSXFtIcYt— FTP Flame 🎪 (@FTPflame) June 15, 2017
4. 3,500
Scott also changed the life of a fan, when the fan got on stage and performed with Scott. The song was his first single off the album, "Rodeo", back in 2015
Travis Scott performing 3500 with a fan in Johannesburg, South Africa!🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/g2rAmMIixO— FTP Flame 🎪 (@FTPflame) June 15, 2017
5. Mamacita
He finally performed Mamacita and gave one of the most electrifying performances by an international act.
MAMACITA IN SOUTH AFRICA#CastleLiteUnlocks @trvisXX pic.twitter.com/lrp8oBFXCI— FTP Flame 🎪 (@FTPflame) June 15, 2017


text: As part of our Christmas party, Year Four designed and created some truly amazing outfits! Each group were given a roll of wrapping paper, a roll of sellotape, and a pair of scissors. There were some very imaginative uses of the paper, including earrings, bags, hats, shoes and all sorts of other accessories. Coco Channel , watch out!


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XTERRA icon Conrad "the Caveman" Stoltz look to win his third straight ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship to go with his unprecedented four XTERRA World Titles this Saturday in Den Haag, Netherlands.
Stoltz will be up against a strong international field that also includes former XTERRA World Champ and 2013 XTERRA Spain champ Ruben Ruzafa, XTERRA Triple Crown Champ Ben Allen, and 2013 XTERRA Switzerland Champ Victor del Corral. Click here for the complete start lists.
In the women's race reigning and two-time XTERRA World Champion Lesley, the "Scottish Rocket" Paterson looks to defend her ITU World Championship against Europe's best which includes the defending European Tour Champ and winner of the last three in Europe this season Helena Erbenova, the 2013 XTERRA Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Spain champ Renata Bucher (who has 33 career XTERRA major titles), and Triple Crown champ Jacqui Slack.
Paterson is also vying to extend her majors win streak to seven, having won everything she's entered since last September including the XTERRA USA and World titles last year, and the Philippines, West, Southeast, and East Regionals this year.
The elite and age-group course features a one-lap 1-kilometer swim, a four-lap 26K mountain bike, and three-lap 9K run – almost entirely on the beach and sand dunes surrounding Kijkduin. Visit triathlon.org for event details and elite race previews.
Nearly 30 U.S. athletes will compete for off-road world titles on Saturday with Branden Rakita serving as the lone American elite on the start list. He finished ninth at 2012 Cross Worlds, which were held in conjunction with the XTERRA Southeast Championship in Pelham, Alabama.
The amateur field is full of veteran XTERRA athletes from around the world highlighted by a strong contingent from the U.S. According to USAT this year's Team USA squad is comprised of 28 age-group athletes from 18 states ranging in age from 25-66. In the two-year history of the event, U.S. age-group athletes have combined for 21 world titles and 53 total medals in the off-road multisport event. Richard Wall (65-69, Colorado Springs, Colo.) seeks to defend his age-group title from last year, while Kathy Hudson (45-49, Highland Village, Texas), Scott Ewing (55-59, Destin, Fla.) and Annette MacNiven (55-59, Wainscott, N.Y.) also return to the event after having won silver in their respective age groups last year.


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The Advocacy Center filed a class action lawsuit June 4 against the Jefferson Parish in Louisiana for failure to provide polling sites accessible to people with disabilities, in violation of the standards for accessible design required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The lawsuit was filed in response to complaints from Denise Drake, a registered voter in the parish for more than 30 years, who uses an electric wheelchair, according to a news release from The Advocacy Center. Her neighborhood polling site has a ramp that is "excessively steep" and does not have a handrail on one side.
Following Drake's complaint, the Advocacy Center surveyed 69 polling places in the area. It found that 78 percent of the sites had "barriers to individuals with mobility impairments."
As a result, the parish has the "purpose or effect of defeating or substantially impairing the accomplishments and objectivities of the voting program with respect to" people with disabilities, according to the complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of all registered voters in the parish.
The Advocacy Center is part of the federally funded protection and advocacy system and a member of the National Disability Rights Network.


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Stefon Sapur
Stefon Sapur was one of the few lucky immortals to survive the great Jedi
purge at the rise of the Empire. This is due in part to skill, luck and a
bit of fast running.
Growing up with his immortal brother, Kel, as a child made Stefon highly
insecure in his youth. Kel was always overly aggressive and treated Stefon
highly abusively. Kel left their homeworld when Stefon was only seventeen,
leaving Stefon more or less on his own.
During his earlier years, Stefon wasn't known as the adventurous type. He
held several basic jobs, moving from system to system as he searched for
some greater meaning to life. Finally, frustrated with finding none of the
answers he had originally sought after nearly two hundred years, Stefon
turned to a life of small-time smuggling with a bit of blatant piracy on
the side.
His first hundred or so years as a space pirate turned out to be only
moderately profitable, due in great part to the fact that he had never
been in a position demanding any decent cut of contraband. Life dragged on
in a fairly constant pattern over this period, until he finally snapped
under the constant harrassment of his crewmates and violently killed all
sixteen of them. He knew he would be in charge of his life from then on
out as he blew his ex-captain into the cold reaches of space. The ship,
a beatup old Corellian Action III, was now his.
Stefon flew the ship to Fasr, where he would enter into the single most
important game of sabaac he would play. After listening to a local spacer
boast about how he recently won a brand new Corellian star cruiser from
a Canuckian tourist he had conned. Stefon, making sure the spacer had
drank so much he could barely crawl, let alone walk, to the sabaac tables,
placed his Action III freighter against hte Corellian star cruiser. Stefon
Sapur wasted no time and traded his old Corellian Action III bulk transport
for a set of high-powered Setec xJ-9 ion drives and a set of power couplings
and generators from Sienar Design Systems, thus boosting the stop speeds
dramatically. Sapur also upgraded the shield generator to what was then
considered an illegal military-grade in addition to replacing the stock
Class 3.2 hyperdrive motivator with a slightly faster Class 3.
With the remaining funds left from selling his old Corellian Action III,
Sapur invested in a paint job for the ship he dubbed the "Slip Stream." The
entire ship was painted in a non-reflective black with the words "Sir Sapur's
Slip Stream" in bright white on either side of the interchangable salon pod
(a design aspect which helped make the Corelian star cruiser famous).
The Slip Stream served Sapur for nearly forty years until technological
advances, which outdated the vessel, combined with the political unrest
during the formation of the Empire (namely the massacre of anyone with even
the slightest bit of force sensitivity or anything resembling it) forced him
to retire the vessel to a safe location and begin living a quiet life once
Stefon, for the most part, set idle during the Rebellion, quietly cheering
on the small band of terrorists bent on destroying an Empire capable of
controlling an entire galaxy.
After the death of Emperor Palpatine and the formation of the New Republic,
Stefon felt safe enough to return to his previous lifestyle of piracy and
smuggling, knowing that the protection the Imperial Navy once imposed upon
the spacelanes was no longer present and that the New Republic's fleet was
not large enough to realistically patrol against it.
Stefon performed only a handful of small and unnotable commerce raids over
the next five years and had drifted halfway across the galaxy in search of
a better way of life.
When Stefon heard rumors of a possible return to Imperial rule under some
non-human claiming to be an Imperial Grand Admiral, he shrugged it off and
continued drifting from place to place. However, upon hearing the news of
an Imperial strike at Sluis Van, Stefon changed his plans and decided to
settle down for a while on his homeworld, Kashan, in the Mid Rim.
While on Kashan, Stefon ran into an old aquaintance in a local bar and
struck up a conversation about piracy. The aquaintance, a human by the name
of Josef Herp, offered him a position on his vessel which was contracted
by the local government to conduct commerce raids on both Imperial and New
Republic vessels alike. Stefon passed for the moment but promised to meet
up with Herp at a later date.
After another chance encounter with Captain Herp across the sector, Stefon
joined the small privateering crew bringing his many years of experience
with him, along with plans to eventually take over the vessel for himself.
His time with Captain Herp on the XKH Dark Star would prove to be short,
as constant bad luck plagued the ship and crew. A month later, half of the
original crew was dead and the captain's health was degrading rapidly.
Stefon set out with Kigeb, a Verpine technician desperately trying to adjust
to the lifestyle of a privateer, who he had met while serving on the XKH
Dark Star only to hear about the return of Emperor Palpatine...
Character Name: Stefon Sapur
Type: Immortal
Species: Immortal human
Sex: Male
Age: 452 standard years (as of the Battle of Endor)
Height: 1.93 meters
Weight: 75 kilograms
Physical Description:
Stefon Sapur is a tall and dark man with a medium build. He has long black
hair which he keeps tied back. His eyes are a brilliant green and almost
seem to glow. His clothing is typically old and faded but still but often
times he can be found wearing newer and flashier suits. He usually finds
little time to shave and as a result nearly is always seen with at least
mild stubble.
Stefon Sapur is a cunning man and is overly calm even during the most
critical situations. He has fought in numerous wars dating back centuries
before the Clone Wars and has been officially been killed in action more
than once so combat rarely makes him think twice.
A Quote: "A blaster? So are you going to shoot me too? Please do it and
get it done with, dying is such a bitch."
* See below for Stefon's stats at three different periods in time.
Special Abilities:
- Immortality: Stefon Sapur is one of the few Immortals in the entire galaxy.
Immortals have a special connection to the force that feeds him life force
in times of need. Immortals may be killed through normals means, but unless
his head is removed from his body, then he will awaken in 1D rounds with all
wounds healed. Anyone taking his head will acquire his acute connection to
the force and become immortal. Immortals cannot have any force powers or be
force sensitive.
- Force Sense: Immortals can sense when another is nearby (usually within 20
meters) and sometimes Jedi Knights may give off the same signal making an
ignorant immortal believe that the Jedi is an immortal.
Story Factors:
- Dueling: Immortals are drawn to each other via the force and often times
engage in a fight to the death on those rare occassions when two meet.
* Stefon Sapur as of the Battle of Naboo
Blaster: 5D
Dodge: 7D
Melee combat: sword: 8D
Melee parry: 6D+1
Thrown weapons: 5D
Alien species: 4D
Intimidation: 5D
Languages: 3D
Planetary systems: 4D
Survival: 6D
Streetwise: 6D
Willpower: 9D
Beast riding: 3D+1
Ground vehicle operation 3D
Repulsorlift operation 3D+2
Space transports 4D
Con: 5D+2
Hide: 6D
Sneak: 4D
Brawling: 4D
Stamina: 8D
Move: 10
Character Points: 68
Force Sensitive: No
Force Points: 3
Dark Side Points: 5
Greff-Timms SnapShoot DT3 pulse-wave blaster (3D), sword (STR+1D+2), long
leather coat, the Slip Stream
* Stefon Sapur as of the Battle of Endor
Blaster 6D+2
Dodge 8D
Grenade 4D
Melee combat: sword 9D+1
Melee parry 7D
Thrown weapons 5D
Alien species 6D+1
Intimidation 5D
Languages 4D
Planetary systems 7D
Survival 6D
Streetwise 6D+2
Willpower 9D
Beast riding 3D+2
Capital ship piloting 5D
Ground vehicle operation 4D
Repulsorlift operation 5D
Space transports 6D+1
Con 6D
Hide 6D
Sneak 4D
Brawling 5D+1
Stamina 8D
Capital ship repair 3D+2
Capital ship weapons repair 2D+2
Move: 10
Character Points: 67
Force Sensitive: No
Force Points: 3
Dark Side Points: 5
BlasTech DL-18 blaster pistol (4D), sword (STR+1D+2), long leather coat
* Stefon Sapur as of Dark Empire
Blaster 7D+1
Brawling parry 4D
Dodge 8D
Grenade 5D
Melee combat: sword 9D+2
Melee parry 7D+2
Pick pocket 4D+2
Thrown weapons 5D
Alien species 7D
Intimidation 5D+1
Languages 6D
Planetary systems 7D+2
Survival 6D
Streetwise 6D+2
Streetwise: Kashan 8D
Willpower 9D
Beast riding 3D+2
Capital ship piloting 6D
Ground vehicle operation 4D+1
Repulsorlift operation 5D+2
Space transports 7D+2
Starfighter piloting 4D
Con 8D
Forgery 4D+1
Hide 6D+2
Sneak 6D+1
Brawling 6D
Stamina 8D+1
Capital ship repair 5D
Capital ship weapons repair 3D+1
Space transports repair 5D
Move: 10
Character Points: 56
Force Sensitive: No
Force Points: 2
Dark Side Points: 6
BlasTech DL-6H heavy blaster pistol (5D), sword (STR+1D+2), Kashan Systems
work jumpsuit, long leather coat
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After New York's trial court upheld the state's "Amazon" law against constitutional challenges in 2009, several states followed suit by adopting similar laws aimed at imposing nexus on remote online retailers based on the activities of in-state "affiliates." But since that time, Amazon has negotiated deals with several states in which its duty to collect sales tax will be deferred in exchange for in-state facilities.
Also, the prospects have improved for federal legislation addressing the online sales tax issue. Most proposals would authorize states that simplified their sales tax systems to compel online retailers to collect sales or use tax. Under most proposals, retailers with sales below a certain annual threshold such as $500,000 or $1 million would be exempt from the collection requirement.
New York's latest Amazon ruling drew mixed reviews from state tax experts. A prominent state tax attorney was glad to see the New York Court of Appeals give deference to the physical presence standard set forth in Quill. But he was disappointed that the court did not attempt to distinguish between passive advertising and those activities that constitute active solicitation.
The court probably side-stepped the issue because the challenge to New York's statute was a "facial" challenge as opposed to an "as applied" challenge, tax counsel for the Council On State Taxation (COST) explained. To win a facial challenge, the taxpayers would have had to prove that there were no circumstances under which the statute could be constitutionally applied. As a result, the court might have believed it was unnecessary to analyze the nexus effects of specific activities.
InOverstock.com v. New York Dept. of Taxn and Fin.,the New York Court of Appeals ruled March 28 that a statute requiring sales or use tax collection by a remote vendor that pays in-state residents to actively solicit business in the state does not violate the Due Process or Commerce Clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
In doing so, the court rejected Overstock's and Amazon's facial constitutional challenges to the state's "Amazon" law. The online retailers' use of affiliation agreements with New York residents amounted to an in-state sales force, the court reasoned.
The court noted the "physical presence" standard set forth in Quill v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992) is still applicable even though " world has changed dramatically in the last two decades." But the court said that changing that standard to account for the emergence of the Internet "would be something for the United States Supreme Court to consider."
Reacting to the ruling, Arthur Rosen with McDermott Will & Emery told BNA March 28 that it was "gratifying to see the New York Court of Appeals recognize that physical presence remains the law of the land that can be changed only by the U.S. Supreme Court or, of course, Congress."
Overstock and Amazon also argued that the state's presumption that they were using affiliates to actively solicit customers in the state was "irrebuttable because it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to prove that none of their New York affiliates is soliciting customers on the retailers' behalf."
Rejecting this
argument, the court noted that the New York Department of Taxation and Finance
had issued a memorandum that "set forth a method (contractual prohibition and annual
certification) through which the retailers will be deemed to have rebutted the
But the court did not address the legal effect of the agency's memorandum. "I was surprised that the Tax Department's administrative announcement - that has no legal force or effect - was the basis for the court's finding that the presumption is, in reality, rebuttable," said Rosen.
Unlike the lower court's decision in this case, the court also did not attempt to specify the activities that constitute active solicitation and those that are passive advertising.
"I was disappointed that the majority didn't spend more effort carefully addressing the distinction between the "in your face" marketing activity in Tyler Pipe and Scripto on the one hand and mere advertising on the other hand, said Rosen.
Such an analysis would have been more likely if Overstock and Amazon had challenged the constitutionality of the statute on an "as applied" basis, explained Fred Nicely, tax counsel for the Council On State Taxation (COST). In under that standard, the court would have been more likely to address the specific solicitation activities at issue. But because it was a facial challenge, the court could avoid analyzing the effects of specific solicitation activities because the companies needed to show that there was no circumstance under which the statute could be constitutionally applied, he said.
But the dissenting opinion noted that important general distinctions could be made between in-state websites and sales agents. Unlike sales agents, websites "are only media in which Overstock and Amazon advertise their products," the dissent said.
The case highlights the need for a federal solution to the online sales tax issue, said Nicely. Instead of just forcing remote retailers to collect tax, we need a solution that will simplify the sales and use tax structure, he said. This would include a simplified registration system, taxability matrix, and uniform procedures for claiming exemptions and filing returns.
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