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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Legally Streaming NFL Games for $100 Is Your Deal of the Day

If you've cut the cable cord, you've probably found that live sports are the hardest type of content to replace. Normally you have to be a DirectTV subscriber to stream NFL games on your laptop or phone, but there's a very interesting Madden 25 bundle currently on Amazon that'll get you access.

Amazon is selling preorders for the special edition of Madden 25?think Madden 2014?for $100, which is $40 more than the standard game. But supposedly the first 50,000 copies of both the Xbox and PS3 game have a unique code that'll get you access to NFL Sunday Ticket streaming?which brings you all 17 weeks of NFL games barring blackouts?on your laptop or mobile device. From EA's FAQ:

Is a DIRECTV subscription necessary in order to view NFL Sunday Ticket via computer, mobile or tablet?

No, it is not necessary to have a DIRECTV subscription. Each Anniversary Edition aspecial code for eligible gamers giving them the opportunity to unlock a special, 2013 regular season (17 weeks) trial of NFL Sunday Ticket on computer, tablet and mobile devices.

There's a ton of fine print, mostly because this promotion is meant to garner more subscribers for DirectTV, which may not be a subscription you want. One detail that should be noted is that this Sunday Ticket "trial" won't work on the PS3. But after parsing through the FAQs, fine print, and tweets, Kotaku's always excellent Owen Good concluded that yes, Virginia, this deal does net you NFL Sunday Ticket streaming for $100. I don't think that's available anywhere else a la carte, for any price. Plus, you'll get the newest Madden on the first day it's available.

And if you already have DirectTV, you'll get NFL Sunday Ticket Max for free, which usually costs $300 if you didn't get it as part of a promotion.

Sure, your mileage may vary. But I'm in. [Amazon]

? Madden Special Edition Includes 'Sunday Ticket' Even Without DirectTV | Kotaku

? EA's FAQ

? Amazon's Fine Print

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? Madden NFL 25 + Streaming Access to NFL Sunday Ticket ($100) | Amazon | For Xbox or PS3

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

India, China Could Soon Demand More Oil Than U.S. And Europe

The United States has emerged as the star performer on the global oil scene, according to the latest oil outlook from the International Energy Agency. Oil production from the United States grew at a record pace last year for a non-OPEC nations. Meanwhile, emerging economies have become the big oil buyers.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=183984444&ft=1&f=1007

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IRS kept shifting targets in tax-exempt groups scrutiny: report

By Kevin Drawbaugh and Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When tax agents started singling out non-profit groups for extra scrutiny in 2010, they looked at first only for key words such as 'Tea Party,' but later they focused on criticisms by groups of "how the country is being run," according to investigative findings reviewed by Reuters on Sunday.

Over two years, IRS field office agents repeatedly changed their criteria while sifting through thousands of applications from groups seeking tax-exempt status to select ones for possible closer examination, the findings showed.

At one point, the agents chose to screen applications from groups focused on making "America a better place to live."

Exactly who at the IRS made the decisions to start applying extra scrutiny was not clear from the findings, which were contained in portions of an investigative report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

Expected to be made public this week, the report was obtained in part by Reuters over the weekend as a full-blown scandal involving the IRS scrutiny widened, embarrassing the agency and distracting the Obama administration.

In one part of the report, TIGTA officials observed that the application screening effort showed "confusion about how to process the applications, delays in the processing of the applications, and a lack of management oversight and guidance."

After brewing for months, the IRS effort exploded into wider view on Friday when Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations for the IRS, apologized for what she called the "inappropriate" targeting of conservative groups for closer scrutiny, something the agency had long denied.

At a legal conference in Washington, while taking questions from the audience, Lerner said the agency was sorry.

She said the screening practice was confined to an IRS office in Cincinnati; that it was "absolutely not" influenced by the Obama administration; and that none of the targeted groups was denied tax-free status.

It is clear from the TIGTA findings that Lerner was informed in June 2011 that the extra scrutiny was occurring. Key words in the names of groups - including 'Tea Party,' "Patriot' and '9/12' - were being used to choose applications, TIGTA found.

"Issues" criteria were also used, TIGTA found. Scrutiny was being given to references to "Government spending, Government debt, or taxes; Education of the public via advocacy/lobbying to 'make America a better place to live;' and Statements in the case file (that) criticize how the country is being run."

Under these early criteria, more than 100 tax-exempt applications had been identified, according to TIGTA.

Briefed on the practice, Lerner ordered changes.

CONSTANTLY SHIFTING CRITERIA

By July 2011, the IRS was no longer targeting just groups with certain key words in their names. Rather, the screening criteria had changed to "organizations involved with political, lobbying, or advocacy."

But then it changed again in January 2012 to cover "political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding government, educating on the constitution and bill of rights, social economic reform/movement," according to the findings contained in a Treasury Department watchdog report.

In March 2012, after Tea Party groups complained about delays in processing of their applications, then-IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman was called to testify by a congressional committee. He denied that the IRS was targeting tax-exempt groups based on their politics.

The IRS said on Saturday that senior IRS executives were not aware of the screening process. The documents reviewed by Reuters do not show that Shulman had any role.

In May 2012, the criteria for scrutiny were revised again to cover a variety of tax-exempt groups "with indicators of significant amounts of political campaign intervention (raising questions as to exempt purpose and/or excess private benefit)," according to a TIGTA timeline included in the findings.

THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS

Each year the IRS reviews as many as 60,000 applications from groups ranging from charities to labor unions that want to be classified as tax-exempt. "Social welfare" groups dedicated to the general good can be tax-exempt under tax law 501(c)4.

These groups do not have to disclose the identities of their donors and they can spend money on advertising for general issues, but they may not endorse specific candidates or parties.

The U.S. Supreme Court's January 2010 "Citizens United" ruling unleashed a torrent of new political spending and 501(c)4 groups became a popular conduit for some of it, on both ends of the political spectrum, but especially for conservatives.

The number of applications sent to the IRS by groups seeking 501(c)4 status rose to 3,400 in 2012 from 1,500 in 2010. As money poured into 501(c)4 groups, campaign finance activists began to raise questions and demanded a crackdown by the IRS.

(Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh, Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West; Editing by Eric Walsh)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/irs-kept-shifting-targets-tax-exempt-groups-scrutiny-041423528.html

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Coolest Small Businesses In New Orleans - Business Insider

New Orleans is a hugely popular tourist destination for its food, music, history and Mardi Gras.

The city's economy took a big hit after Hurricane Katrina devastated the cityscape in 2005. But since then New Orleans has rebuilt and reinvented itself.

From startups to restaurants and bars, several very cool small businesses have sprouted up in the Big Easy.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/coolest-small-businesses-in-new-orleans-2013-5

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

afreena: Golden Bay $5 million recreation facility proposed... | Stuff ...

A $5 million multi purpose, shared sports and recreation facility for everyone from babies to the elderly is being proposed for Golden Bay.

Bay residents are proposing a "one stop multi use complex" to be developed at the existing Golden Bay Recreation Ground, commonly known as the Golden Bay A&P showgrounds.

Golden Bay Shared Recreation Facility Incorporated Society chairman Dean Lund said they envisaged the complex being of use to a wide range of people from football players to bridge enthusiasts and people practising yoga.

"The sports fields are effectively there already. There will be a new hockey area there, while the soccer field will be upgraded and a new one added. We're in negotiation with the A&P Association to construct three netball courts and a car park on their block of land adjacent to the Recreation Park," he said.

Mr Lund said the proposed building would include a gymnasium for indoor netball, basketball, volleyball, and other sports. Two squash courts, a multi-purpose room (for yoga, boxing, and martial arts) changing rooms, showers and toilets, meeting rooms, a function/social area and a commercial kitchen and bar were also planned.

"We've also had expressions of interest from Search and Rescue. We think it would be a natural place for Civil Defence - being an elevated site - they'd have all the networks in place. It would also be good for weddings, funerals and hosting large events such as sports tournaments," he said.

Mr Lund, Jenny Pomeroy and Peter Blasdale presented a feasibility report to the Golden Bay Community Board last month. They hope the proposal will be recommended to the Tasman District Council.

Carolyn McLennan, chairwoman of the Golden Bay Community Board said the board was considering it.

"We will discuss at our next meeting whether or not we can provide a letter of support. They did a good presentation, we were all very impressed. Their planning has come a long way," she said.

Mr Lund said the TDC was aware that Golden Bay needed a new facility, but the process had to be "community driven".

"TDC identified that Moutere had a hall, also Murchison, Motueka and St Arnaud had halls," said Mr Lund.

"The feasibility report that Sport Tasman have provided, backed up by Sport New Zealand, clearly shows the need and the community support and the operational viability for the centre," said Mr Lund.

While the TDC has budgeted for $3.7 million to be available for the complex in its long-term plan, a further $1.5m would need to be raised by the group.

"We see a significant portion of that coming from funding agencies - for example Lotteries and the Canterbury Community Trust. And we expect that a considerable amount of community input will come in the form of ?in kind' work such as labour, landscaping, use of machinery and equipment in the site preparation and construction," said Mr Lund.

"We're very, very conscious of the hospital and how hard the community is being pushed for funding at the moment so we're not wanting to put pressure on individuals. There are a lot of funding sources that we can access that the hospital can't because we're sports and recreation and they're health."

- ? Fairfax NZ News

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/8394756/One-stop-complex-proposed

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