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11 29th, 2011| 
Can anyone stop Obama?
How is a very good word… I know you meant who. But how sounds better…
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why is the popular vote important in a presidential election?
Strictly speaking, it’s not important at all. Only the Electoral College matters. However, you could argue that a President who wins the popular vote decisively has more of a mandate to pass his or her agenda. On the other hand, if a President loses the popular vote or just barely wins it, he or she may not be seen as completely legitimate (see George Bush, 2000).
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Each year, the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis hosts an annual, all hands Marine Corps Birthday Luncheon to not only celebrate the birth of the Corps, but also to pay respects to those who have gone before us and to honor the Gold Star families.
Recruiting Station St. Louis participated by conducting a swearin in ceremony, in which Major Gregory Gordon administered the Oath of Enlistment to more than fifty motivated poolees.
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Nov
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This is a GREAT live Fleetwood Mac/Lindsey performance of the song ~ Don’t Stop!! This is from Bill Clinton’s (January 1993) Inaugural Ball. In addition to this, I also included two different (very short) clips, regarding their appearance at this ball.
No claim or copyright infringement intended.
Enjoy!! ~ Jackie (:
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9 Days till Inauguration! One of the iTaylor Team looses interest! Get’s a big surprise…
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You should be with us in 2012, join now: http://my.barackobama.com/threeyearvid
We’ve accomplished so much since Election Day 2008, but let’s make sure we finish the job together in 2012. Election Day 2012 is exactly one year from this week. That’s why we’re not waiting to build this campaign. Watch the video, then commit to volunteer and say you’ll be with us in 2012.
Click here to commit to volunteer: http://my.barackobama.com/threeyearvid
Since Election Day 2008, we’ve:
• Saved over one million jobs in the U.S. auto industry
• 20 consecutive months of job creation
• Took the fight to Al-Qaeda
• Reduced and secured nuclear weapons
• Passed health reform, lowering costs and insuring 32 million
• Ended “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”:
• Nominated first Latina to Supreme Court
• Doubled college grants, now for 9 million students
• New Protections against credit card companies
• New 54.5 MPG fuel standards, saving $8,200 per family
• Reined in Wall Street –ended taxpayer bailouts
• Ending the war in Iraq
Excerpts from Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Election Night acceptance speech:
“I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to — it belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington — it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy. It grew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.
This victory alone is not the change we seek — it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you –without a new spirit of service, without a new spirit of sacrifice. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime.
There jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet –alliances to repair. The road ahead will be long, the climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you we as a people we’ll get there. America we have come so far we have seen so much but there’s so much more to do.”
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From the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders show on CMT – hilarious clip you gotta just watch…maybe twice….to believe it.
watch their show for a whole lot more of these gems – it airs Friday 9/10pm central time
Pretty cheerleader dumb funny tv comedy television laugh stupid chick dallas cowboy cheerleaders on tube clip clips hot and stupid president presidential party political democrat or um republican not bright hilarious beauty
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Watch as Beyonce sings Etta James classic “At Last” for President Barack Obama’ and his First lady Michelle Obama at the Neighborhood Ball on Inauguration Day – January 20th, 2009. As aired Live on ABC TV
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Six hours of inauguration coverage packed into a six minute tribute set to “America’s Song,” which is a new patriotic recording premiered by Bono, will.i.am, Mary J. Blige, Seal and Faith Hill yesterday (Jan. 18)during a special edition of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
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With the buzz over the recent presidential election and the current financial crisis looming over the heads of Americans and American Corporations, the US transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) seems to be placed on the back burner for the time being. The old proverb “accounting is always changing” will hold true once again, as the United States and the rest of the world prepare for the seemingly substantial transition. What some corporations may not realize is there may be another financial hurdle staring them in the face from a distance.
Many questions are still left unanswered as to exactly how IFRS will affect the US. However, one thing can be held certain when implementing new accounting standards: costs. Accounting firms are beginning to predict overwhelming internal costs in the areas of employee training, IT conversions, and general ledger software. As of November 17th, 2008, the SEC has reported that the average U.S corporation will spend nearly $32 million in IFRS adoption costs.
Rest assured, prior to convergence, is preparation and training for the transition into new IFRS principles. Fortunately, some training efforts have already begun by the “Big Four” looking not only to train their employees, but also their clients. “What’s underestimated is the educational effort it will require in the heartland, the bread basket of the U.S., including banks and other customers. It will certainly impact them all,” says Bob Dohrer, partner and practice leader of McGladrey & Pullen’s International Assurance Services Group. Companies will also face important trade-offs with training issues due to the increased indirect costs of employees training during regular working hours. If all goes as planned, the “Big Four” will be responsible for a substantial portion of the IFRS training of other US accounting firms and companies. However, plan to expect training efforts from third party companies looking to cash in on the transition. UK companies recorded an average of £625,000 for IFRS convergence training in 2005. “From 20 to 25 percent of finance staff will need the in-depth, full-immersion courses. I’d figure the cost in the neighborhood of $1,000 per day, per participant,” says Doher.
Another escalading cost of IFRS convergence is that of IT conversions. Along with new principles in costing, revenues, and expenses, comes the burdensome cost of updating companies IT software to comply. A recent publication by KPMG states that tax payers and U.S. accounting firms will see increasing costs in tax software, due to the new book methods of IFRS. The author predicts that a fair amount of errors will take place in tax departments because of the implementation of new standards, software, and possible lack of proper training.
Along with IT costs, come the costs of new general ledger software to comply with IFRS. Most software companies are taking a somewhat dual approach to the conversion until they can fully develop software based on IFRS. Several software companies such as SAP, Oracle, and Coda, have stated that they are taking a trial and error approach to IFRS compliance. So far, most software companies are creating general ledger software that can comply with both GAAP and IFRS principles, until they can further evaluate their software based on how U.S corporations take to IFRS. For the time being, software companies are mainly changing U.S. company’s general ledger software through an update process, which has proven to be much more cost friendly toward U.S. corporations. Software companies have stated that as time goes on and IFRS software continues to develop, U.S companies will most definitely see cost increases in the price of software due to IFRS compliance. However, many software companies plan to cut out some costs for U.S companies by providing software training directly to the consumers. This plan will help eliminate extra training costs from third party training companies, which are sure to be very costly.
As the transition to IFRS continues to draw closer and closer, US companies can be sure to expect higher internal costs in upcoming years. IFRS implementations and principles may be vague for the time being, but US companies must certainly begin to prepare for the seemingly costly transition, which is sure to include higher costs in the areas of training and software compliance.
Sources:
http://www.accountancyage.com/accountancyage/news/2034318/bill-mounts-cost-ifrs
http://www.coda.com/Art?AID=1663
http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/12625195?f=home_featured
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/18/AR2008111804087.html
http://www.cpa2biz.com/Content/media/PRODUCER_CONTENT/Newsletters/Articles_2008/CPA/Oct/Conversion.jsp
http://www.taxgovernanceinstitute.com/documents/TGI/414200894736IFRS%20Tax%20Methods%20T.pdf
Michael Dyno
