With Desperate Housewives leaving the airwaves in a few short months, ABC may be looking to see which show can fill the sexy, soapy high heels of the women of Wisteria Lane.
Enter GCB, the network's new drama, which follows a desperate (ex-)housewife ? spurned former mean girl Amanda Vaughn (Leslie Bibb) ? who returns to Dallas after her cheating husband leaves her high and dry. But her hometown isn't exactly welcoming. Rather, Amanda encounters a group of back-stabbing, manipulative women (including Kristin Chenoweth's Carlene Cockburn ) who want to bring Amanda down.
GCB welcomes Sheryl Crow and Sandra Bernhard
Despite the catty similarities, the GCB cast is quick to point out that Dallas isn't the new Fairview. "It's not as broad a comedy," David James Elliott tells TVGuide.com, calling the show a mix of Steel Magnolias and The First Wives Club. Elliott plays Ripp, Carlene's husband.
"Normally I think I would feel a little bit of pressure [about] how are we ever going to compare ourselves," says Marisol Nichols, who portrays Heather, Amanda's only true friend in the mean-girl clique. "We don't compare ourselves. We are a different show that possibly appeals to that same audience."
However, the cast is more than happy to ride Desperate Housewives' coattails in a more literal sense. GCB will air immediately following Housewives on Sunday nights on ABC. "It gives us the best chance that we could possibly hope for," Jennifer Aspen, who plays Carlene's BFF Sharon, says of the timeslot. "If we can't make it there, we can't make it anywhere."
Watch the video below to get more intel on GCB, including who may be threatening Chenoweth's "beautifulness":
Authorities need to get taxes from citizens in order to secure funds for developing their respective states. Many citizens may react negatively about getting their incomes reduced. But states are neutralizing this by offering federal tax relief or credits.
Also known as tax credits, relief or incentives are actually sums of money that are deducted from a taxpayer?s total amount of taxes. Taxpayers may be individuals or business entities; and the relief may also be applicable to different types of taxes such as value added, property and income taxes.
On an individual level, families can reduce the amount of taxes they pay by declaring their incomes especially if they fall to the lower income bracket. Those with many young or qualifying children as well as dependent members can also receive deductions from the government to make their load of expenses lighter.
If it is your first time to invest on a house, the government will also reward you with a certain percentage off your taxes. The same thing happens if you use renewable forms of energy at home such as solar power or fuel cells. The latter is mainly geared towards protecting further damage to the environment.
On the other hand, business entities can also benefit from the provisions of the authorities. There are too many to mention actually. One of which is when companies purchase non gasoline operated vehicles to lessen the effects to the environment.
Authorities also give credits for employers who hire people from the highly unemployed groups. Should they be involved in promoting a school?s facilities or in building low cost housing facilities for the public, they can also get credits from the government. The same thing goes if they help in restoring historical places in the state.
Indeed, there are several ways in which you can get federal tax relief. It is your right and responsibility as a taxpayer, at the same time, to know all about these things. Through this, you can benefit from the benefit that you are giving your state as well.
Find out more about federal tax relief at our website
[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - The seasoned guerrilla officer surveys the battlefield from his do-or-die mountaintop defenses: to the front, visible through the haze, a town torched and brutalized by Myanmar government troops. To his rear, the stronghold of the country's most potent insurgency, one of several ethnic rebellions that erupted more than 60 years ago.
We often learn of Android devices when they launch in some faraway land. It seems Japan, China, the UK and Australia get to have all the fun, but this week we learned of a few Android devices that are making their way stateside. Sony?s Tablet P is said to be hitting AT&T shelves right now, while Toshiba?s ultra-thin Excite tablet plans to preempt the iPad 3 reveal with a U.S. launch on March 6. We also take a look at Fujitsu?s latest prototype, demoed at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.
Sony Tablet P
The clam-shelled Sony Tablet P was released in Japan back in October, but U.S. consumers could soon get their hands on the device in a couple of days. Leaked screenshots from an AT&T internal site hint at a March 3 release date for the Tablet P, priced at $399.99 with a two-year contract ($549.99 without). The distinctive tablet packs a 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, and two 5.5-inch, 1024x480 touchscreens. Running Android 3.2 Honeycomb, look out for an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade shortly. With the Tablet P you?ll also get 4G support, 1GB or RAM and 4GB of internal storage. If that $400 price tag seems unappealing, you may be able to save a few bucks by bundling your Tablet P contract with a 99-cent Xperia PLAY contract, totaling out at $299.99.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE
While the world holds its breath for Apple?s March 7 event, Toshiba hopes to get a head start on this year?s tablet wars with the Excite?s U.S. debut on March 6. The Wi-Fi-only tablet will cost $530 for the 16GB model, and $600 for the 32GB model. It?s a little pricier than the current iPad 2, so Toshiba certainly has a lot to prove.
The manufacturer claims the Excite is the world?s thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet, measuring 0.3 inches (7.7mm) thick, weighing in at 1.18 pounds (535 grams). Toshiba used premium materials for the Excite, including a magnesium alloy surface and a scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass display. The screen is 10.1 inches with 1280x800 resolution. Inside you?ll find a dual-core 1.2 GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 processor with 1GB of RAM. The rear camera comes in at 5-megapixels, capable of 1080p HD video recording with an LED flash, and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat. Additional perks include a headphone jack, microUSB, micro-HDMI and microSDHC. While the Excite ships with Android 3.2 honeycomb, an ICS upgrade is promised later in the year.
Fujitsu prototype Tegra 3
First displayed at CES in Las Vegas last month, Fujitsu?s latest Android prototype has come out to play at MWC. The dust-proof and waterproof quad-core smartphone doesn?t yet have a name and is months away from production, but it?s full of goodies. There?s an NVIDIA Tegra 3 under the hood, with a 4.6-inch high resolution display. There?s a whopping 13.1 megapixel camera on the rear, along with a fingerprint scanner for device security purposes. The sensor doubles as a proximity sensor, automatically turning off the display when you set it down. Running Android ICS, Fujitsu has big plans for this prototype.
I am a frequent speaker on ethics matters and am called upon from time to time to develop training materials in ethics and serve as an expert witness. To keep interested parties and my readers informed, I have prepared this post of some of the opinion editorials I have written and interviews by media outlets.
I write a monthly opinion editorial column for the Pacific Coast Business Times. One of my first columns was on the role of corporate America in the emerging class warfare and whether capitalism is a moral economic system. My last blog was on the ethics of whistle-blowing.
I also have been interviewed for my expertise in ethics by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune (city ethics), the online publication The Grio, (the ethics of capital punishment), and the New York Times (workplace ethics).
From time to time I am invited to make presentations on ethics issues and lead group discussions. Finally, I? write courses for BISK education that provides continuing education in ethics for CPAs, and I continue to produce published research in a variety of areas in business and societal ethics. My textbook, Ethical Obligations and Decision-Making in Accounting, is in its second edition and will be revised next year.
I am excited to report that I will be spending three months in Melbourne, Australia during the fall term at La Trobe University while on sabbatical leave from Cal Poly. My goal is to look at ethics from an international perspective, develop case studies in international business ethics, and expand my blog writing to a global audience.
More to come...
Press Notice published by Steven Mintz, aka Ethics Sage, on March 2, 2012
Head gear camera can be a small device that attaches to or possibly is integrated to your sports or bike helmet understanding that could be used to create hands-free video yet still images. While the first helmet cameras are created using traditional analog video technology, today, helmet cameras are definitely more light-weight, convenient, and full-featured than before, on account of video technology.
Skiers, bicyclists, skateboarders, motorcyclists, and various sports enthusiasts depend upon tiny, lightweight helmet cameras to record fantastic footage of dazzling aerial feats that could be enjoyed time and time again with family. Obviously digital videos, footage is easy to edit and manipulate. You can also add lighting tricks with many clicks of a mouse button.
For skiers, digital helmet cameras became particularly popular. There are some special considerations to bear in mind when you are evaluating head gear camera for skiing. First, you may be hunting for a small, lightweight camera so they won?t upset balance on the skis. Choose a camera that weighs six or eight ounces or less, such as battery. Observe, however, how the lightest weight cameras may be more pricey than heavier models.
Another consideration for skiers is usually to go with a camera using a high mega-pixels including a high-quality lens. Often, people look simply for mega-pixels, and you should not go through the indisputable fact that the dpi means how many ?pixels? or dots of color per square in .. Larger mega-pixels equal a perception that is inflated to your larger size. By way of example, a low-mega-pixel camera can certainly produce a video image that appears fine when displayed in a small size. This is often acceptable for amateur enthusiasts or those who may need to look in the videos for their cellular phones or mini digital devices, nevertheless for serious sportsmen and professionals, you?ll require a camera who makes images that may look sharp and crisp regardless of whether inflated into a larger size that may be shown on a TV or laptop screen at adult size. A high-quality lens helps to ensure that the image actually looks good ? not only can be inflated into a specific number of dimensions.
Finally, because skiers reach high speeds around the slopes, you will want to choose a camera which will provide image stabilization technology. This makes sure that flick can look just like it were professionally produced. Other special image technologies, just like low-light performance enhancement, waterproof technology, and panoramic technology, may also be essential.
Most helmet cameras are created, together might expect, to generally be attached with head gear. Without getting a helmet, you may take an oldtime, lightweight, bike helmet, and fasten it fot it. You?ll receive each of the tools and materials you?ll need, together with detailed instructions, to mount the digital camera to your helmet with no damage to it. Or, it?s possible you?ll opt to begin with a hat, harness, or head-mounted flashlight. Also you can decide on a camera which has a suction-cup mount or simply a quick-release for making attaching and detaching very simple.
Just don?t consume more time thinking about it, pretty much choose your own future single ski holidays
Contact: Neil Tickner ntickner@umd.edu 301-405-4622 University of Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - The Israeli public is wary of launching airstrikes aimed at disrupting Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons, reports a new public opinion poll by researchers at the University of Maryland.
Only 19 of percent of all Israelis favored a go-it-alone strike by Israel, while 42 percent supported a strike only with U.S. backing, and 34 percent opposed any strike. Survey findings for Israeli Jews closely paralleled the results for the entire population of the nation.
The poll, directed by Maryland's Sadat Chair for Peace and Development Shibley Telhami, was conducted as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to meet U.S. President Barack Obama next week in Washington.
"Iran's nuclear program is likely to top their agenda, and Netanyahu will enter the talks with his public divided," Telhami says. "Israeli leaders may decide to strike without U.S. support, but a detailed analysis of the poll suggests that their public wants them to follow Washington's lead, and Israelis appear to be influenced by America's judgment."
Top line survey results available online: http://ter.ps/fr
Israelis do not appear to be motivated by fears of potential American punishment, Telhami adds. Instead, the Israeli public seems driven by an assessment of the consequences of a strike against Iranian nuclear targets.
Roughly 51 percent of respondents say the war would last months (29 percent) or years (22 percent). Only 18 percent expect it to last days. About as many Israelis (44 percent) think a strike would actually strengthen Iran's government, as those who think it would weaken it (45 percent).
Meanwhile, two-thirds of Israelis expect Hezbollah to join Iran in retaliation against Israel - even if Israel does not strike Hezbollah forces. Another 27 percent believe Hezbollah would join only if attacked.
A majority of Israelis consider that any strikes would merely delay Iran's nuclear development. Only 22 percent say a strike would delay Iran's capabilities by more than five years, while an additional 31 percent say it would delay them by one to five years. On the other side, 18 percent say it would not make a difference and 11 percent say it would actually accelerate Iran's capabilities.
The poll also asked Israelis whom they preferred in a paired competition in the U.S. presidential race. A significant minority expressed no opinion or chose none of the candidates.
Though the results were sometimes close - within the margin of error - Obama tied Mitt Romney at 29 percent and was the clear favorite over every other Republican rival still in the race. Obama led Santorum (33 percent to 18 percent); Newt Gingrich (32 percent to 25 percent); and Ron Paul (32 percent to 21 percent).
The poll was fielded by Israel's Dahaf Institute between February 22 and February and February 26. Sample size: 500. Sampling error: plus or minus 4 percent.
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - The Israeli public is wary of launching airstrikes aimed at disrupting Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons, reports a new public opinion poll by researchers at the University of Maryland.
Only 19 of percent of all Israelis favored a go-it-alone strike by Israel, while 42 percent supported a strike only with U.S. backing, and 34 percent opposed any strike. Survey findings for Israeli Jews closely paralleled the results for the entire population of the nation.
The poll, directed by Maryland's Sadat Chair for Peace and Development Shibley Telhami, was conducted as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to meet U.S. President Barack Obama next week in Washington.
"Iran's nuclear program is likely to top their agenda, and Netanyahu will enter the talks with his public divided," Telhami says. "Israeli leaders may decide to strike without U.S. support, but a detailed analysis of the poll suggests that their public wants them to follow Washington's lead, and Israelis appear to be influenced by America's judgment."
Top line survey results available online: http://ter.ps/fr
Israelis do not appear to be motivated by fears of potential American punishment, Telhami adds. Instead, the Israeli public seems driven by an assessment of the consequences of a strike against Iranian nuclear targets.
Roughly 51 percent of respondents say the war would last months (29 percent) or years (22 percent). Only 18 percent expect it to last days. About as many Israelis (44 percent) think a strike would actually strengthen Iran's government, as those who think it would weaken it (45 percent).
Meanwhile, two-thirds of Israelis expect Hezbollah to join Iran in retaliation against Israel - even if Israel does not strike Hezbollah forces. Another 27 percent believe Hezbollah would join only if attacked.
A majority of Israelis consider that any strikes would merely delay Iran's nuclear development. Only 22 percent say a strike would delay Iran's capabilities by more than five years, while an additional 31 percent say it would delay them by one to five years. On the other side, 18 percent say it would not make a difference and 11 percent say it would actually accelerate Iran's capabilities.
The poll also asked Israelis whom they preferred in a paired competition in the U.S. presidential race. A significant minority expressed no opinion or chose none of the candidates.
Though the results were sometimes close - within the margin of error - Obama tied Mitt Romney at 29 percent and was the clear favorite over every other Republican rival still in the race. Obama led Santorum (33 percent to 18 percent); Newt Gingrich (32 percent to 25 percent); and Ron Paul (32 percent to 21 percent).
The poll was fielded by Israel's Dahaf Institute between February 22 and February and February 26. Sample size: 500. Sampling error: plus or minus 4 percent.
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The clam-shelled Sony Tablet P was released in Japan back in October, but U.S. consumers could soon get their hands on the device in a couple of days. Leaked screenshots from an AT&T internal site hint at a March 3 release date for the Tablet P, priced at $399.99 with a two-year contract ($549.99 without). The distinctive tablet packs a 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, and two 5.5-inch, 1024x480 touchscreens. Running Android 3.2 Honeycomb, look out for an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade shortly. With the Tablet P you?ll also get 4G support, 1GB or RAM and 4GB of internal storage. If that $400 price tag seems unappealing, you may be able to save a few bucks by bundling your Tablet P contract with a 99-cent Xperia PLAY contract, totaling out at $299.99.
While the world holds its breath for Apple?s March 7 event, Toshiba hopes to get a head start on this year?s tablet wars with the Excite?s U.S. debut on March 6. The Wi-Fi-only tablet will cost $530 for the 16GB model, and $600 for the 32GB model. It?s a little pricier than the current iPad 2, so Toshiba certainly has a lot to prove.![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uRKi7iItvCKOkkxFOMmloRwEupn7UmFx1ifd9mgbFUiq23sYVDSrDUtC7wSy9YTzaCACdTckwNwEXcU5NjydpQXthqKkyitzb5KWq0JWg=s0-d){kind=small}
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