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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Establishing a non-profit organization ? Business & Sciences Rolodex
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http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/establish/index.html
This free?tutorial from the Foundation Center provides the 12 steps needed to start a non-profit organization. Information includes incorporating the non-profit, drafting by-laws on how the?foundation will be run, and having a board of directors that will help govern the organization. Resources on the web show links that enable users to gather a employee identification number, an application of tax exempt status, and other resources.
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Pentagon to set up database for military medals
By Rebecca Ruiz
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it would establish a database for military awards and medals so that claims of meritorious service could be verified in the future.?
The decision was announced in a briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary George Little.
?We are exploring options to stand up a database of valor awards and medals,? Little said. ?We haven't arrived at a final conclusion yet, but that process is ongoing and the goal is to stand up such a database.?
Last month, the Supreme Court struck down a federal law called the Stolen Valor Act which prohibits a person from falsely claiming that he has been awarded a military honor.
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That law had been considered by its supporters to be a deterrent to false claims.
The Supreme Court case involved Xavier Alvarez, who claimed in 2007 that he was a retired Marine, had been ?wounded many times,? and had been ?awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor? in 1987. In fact, he never served in the United States armed forces.
Alvarez pleaded guilty to violating the Stolen Valor Act, but claimed that his false statements were protected by the First Amendment right of free speech.
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The majority Supreme Court opinion found the law's limit on free speech unconstitutional.
The Pentagon database does not have a launch date and details about which medals and range of years to include still need to be settled, Little said.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, which has advocated for such a database and criticized the Supreme Court decision, applauded the announcement in a statement to msnbc.com.?
?The cost is minimal compared to the verifiable proof it provides to honorable service members, veterans and all their families,? said national spokesman Joe Davis.
The Department of Defense had previously estimated the price of a database at $250,000, according to VFW, and declined to create one due to cost, privacy concerns and other factors.
Msnbc.com National Affairs Writer Tom Curry contributed to this report.
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Real-life lairs a supervillain could love
It?s most often called the Spy House or the Floating Glass Home. Perhaps the Bat Cave would make a better comparison. Access to 32013 Point Place is an elaborate, secretive affair that starts with a garage door opener.
The $10 million Laguna Beach, Calif,. compound sits hidden from the street below. The only sign that you have arrived at the Floating Glass Home is a wooden garage door quietly nestled off the side of a private road. When the door opens, you drive your car into the space and onto a hydraulic auto lift. The lift then drops you underground into the entryway of a guesthouse. Leave the car parked there (on display, if you will), and then meander down the winding subterranean path to the main house. Perched on a cliff with 180 degree views of the coastline, the main house is comprised of glass curtain walls and cantilevered floors that jut out over the ocean below, giving the impression of home ?floating? above the beach below it.
?This is perfect for a buyer who doesn?t want people to know they are home,? says Donna Pfanner, the Coldwell Banker Previews International agent representing the $10 million property. ?It?s like living in a piece of artwork or a sculpture.? Or a safe house crafted for a superhero like Bruce Wayne.
Forbes.com slideshow: See 14 real-life lairs a supervillain would love
While you?ll have to wait a few more weeks for the latest Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises," you can take your pick of real-life lairs sure to inspire a comic-book fantasy. We culled through striking and unusual properties both on the market and off that are capable of making a would-be super villain or superhero salivate. With help from the folks at Realtor.com, Coldwell Banker Previews International, Sotheby?s International Realty and others, we unearthed properties from around the world touting architectural designs, outrageous security features, exclusive locations and high-tech gadgetry one would surely demand if looking to rule to world.
Some of the most lair-like places look surprisingly normal to an unsuspecting eye. Take the Silo Home in Saranac, N.Y. ?I actually could fly you in and you would think it is just a normal home,? Bruce Francsico, half of the development duo that owns the Adirondack Mountain property, told Forbes in November. ?You wouldn?t know this was a missile silo until you get inside and start walking down and realize the stairs just keep going.?
The Silo Home, asking a mere $750,000, once served as an Atlas-F Missile storage system for the U.S. government during the Cold War. Sitting underneath the ground level main house lies a ?007 secret palace? -- like Launch Control Center and below that another nine stories? worth of nuclear attack-proof space suspended in the ground and fortified by 3-foot thick concrete and stainless steel mesh.
In Norway, another secretive site formerly used by NATO recently listed for sale as well. The $17.3 million Olavsvern Naval Base boasts 145,000-square feet of surface building space, but it's the 25,000-square-foot quay carved out of the face of a mountain is what would inspire a villain to use this locale as a hideout. Built in 1967 and costing $494 million, the massive mountainside storage space has a dry dock for submarines, water-filled pathways and an extensive tunnel system.
Cold War sites too extreme for your taste? San Francisco, Calif. has a $4 million Mediterranean style house overlooking Presidio National Park from its quiet child-friendly cul-de-sac. Walk down the stairs of the 1913 house?s main floor and a restored Speak Easy greets you.
?The trap door is still there and that?s where people would go in and out during the days of Prohibition and they would use this door if the police came,? says Monica Pauli, a Coldwell Banker Previews International realtor representing the 18th Avenue abode.
In Hampshire, England, Tukal has been occupying the banks of the Beaulieau River since the 1960s. When architect Seymour Harris built the massive roundhouse in the 1960s, he reportedly designed it so that he could drive his Aston Martin up a ramp and into a first-floor parking bay and turning circle. While the current owner has since removed that feature the ?12 million estate still offers privacy from its 10 acres of gardens and an alternative means of getaway thanks to a 60-foot dock for boats.
?It?s a great playground,? says Andrew Rome, head of the Winchester office at Knight Frank, a British realty firm. It?s the second time Rome has sold the home, which boasts five bedrooms, a circular ballroom and an indoor pool sitting under an oculus.
As is the case with many villain-worthy homes, Rome says interest has been quiet. Unique, quirky properties can have a polarizing effect on the prospective buyer pool, taking longer to market and sell. ?It?s like marmite: you either love it or hate it,? he chuckles. ?I think it?s fantastic.? Goldfinger might agree.
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Hope Solo Drug Test Failure Results in Warning; Soccer Star Still Eligible For Olympics
Star U.S. soccer goalie Hope Solo failed a drug test recently, but was let off with a warning after claiming she had no idea a prescription drug she took for "pre-menstrual purposes" contained a diuretic on the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited list.
She will be eligible to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
"Once informed of this fact, I immediately cooperated with USADA and shared with them everything they needed to properly conclude that I made an honest mistake, and the medication did not enhance my performance in any way," Solo said.
A sample of Solo's urine collected June 15 tested positive for canrenone, a prohibited diuretic. But when Hope's prescribed medication was found to contain canrenone in therapeutic doses, she was given a public warning, not a suspension.
"As someone who believes in clean sport, I'm glad to have worked with USADA to resolve this matter and I look forward to representing my country at the 2012 Olympic Games in London," the Dancing With the Stars alum said.
Solo is one of 14 American athletes to receive a sanction under United States Olympic Committee's anti-doping policies this year, according to the USADA.
She is one of only three athletes to avoid suspension as a result.
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CDC anticipates record year for whooping cough
The U.S. is on course for a record year for whooping cough, health officials said this week. And while vaccinating kids is clearly the most important defense, health experts say adults may not realize they?re supposed to be getting regular shots, too.
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Engineering technology revealing secrets of Roman coins
ScienceDaily (July 10, 2012) ? Archaeologists and engineers from the University of Southampton are collaborating with the British Museum to examine buried Roman coins using the latest X-ray imaging technology.
Originally designed for the analysis of substantial engineering parts, such as jet turbine blades, the powerful scanning equipment at Southampton's ?-VIS Centre for Computed Tomography is being used to examine Roman coins buried in three archaeological artefacts from three UK hoards.
The centre's equipment can scan inside objects -- rotating 360 degrees whilst taking thousands of 2D images, which are then used to build detailed 3D images. In the case of the coins, the exceptionally high energy/high resolution combination of the Southampton facilities allows them to be examined in intricate detail without the need for physical excavation or cleaning. For those recently scanned at Southampton, it has been possible to use 3D computer visualisation capabilities to read inscriptions and identify depictions of emperors on the faces of the coins -- for example on some, the heads of Claudius II and Tetricus I have been revealed.
University of Southampton archaeologist, Dr Graeme Earl says, "Excavating and cleaning just a single coin can take hours or even days, but this technology gives us the opportunity to examine and identify them quickly and without the need for conservation treatment at this stage. It also has potential for examining many other archaeological objects.
"The University's Archaeological Computing Research Group can then take this one step further -- producing accurate, high resolution CGI visualisations based on scan data. This gives archaeologists and conservators around the world the opportunity to virtually examine, excavate and 'clean' objects."
Dr Roger Bland, Head of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum comments, "This scanning technique is already yielding some fascinating results and the possibility of identifying a hoard of coins in a pot, without removing them, is very exciting. Working with archaeologists and engineers at Southampton, it is exciting to be pioneering and exploring the potential of a process which is faster, cheaper and less interventive than excavation."
The three objects examined at Southampton are:
* A cremation urn containing nine coins, dating from AD282, found in the Cotswolds. This item in particular would take months to excavate -- with archaeologists needing to carefully examine bone fragments and remains to extract more information about its past.
* An estimated 30,000 Roman coins discovered in Bath, dating to around AD270 and concreted together in a large block weighing over 100 kilograms (radiograph image only).
* A small pot dating to the 2nd century found in the Selby area of East Riding in Yorkshire.
Director of the University's ?-VIS Centre for Computed Tomography, Professor Ian Sinclair says, "Our centre examines a wide variety of objects from the layup of individual carbon fibres in aircraft wing components, to the delicate roots of growing plants, and now ancient Roman coins. It is our integration of state-of-the-art imaging hardware, world-class computing and image processing expertise, which allows us to break new ground.
"We have recently formed an inter-disciplinary research group for Computationally Intensive Imaging, which brings together a broad spectrum of world-class imaging activities from disciplines across the University -- of which this project is an excellent example."
The University of Southampton and the owners of the artefacts have plans to share the scan data with the public, hopefully through future exhibitions and online.
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