Tax Crimes

Tax evasion is a seriuos crime.Fraud laws make it a federal or state crime to purposefully avoid payment of federal, state, or local taxes, whether those taxes are a personal obligation or that of a business entity. Many people try to evade paying taxes which can result in penalties such as fines, incarceration, and asset forfeiture. It is our obligation as citizens to pay taxes that help pay for and maintain things such as road work, schooling, social programs, health care. Some people don't like the idea of their money being spent on these things so they find ways to avoid paying taxes. When caught they pay heavy fines and face incarceration possibility. There are ways to use our tax dollars in different venues, like retirement, charities and college tuition. These are legal ways of diverting tax payment.

World's Heaviest Woman

AUBURN DALE, Fla. -- Rosalie Bradford, who held records for being the world's heaviest woman and for losing the most weight, has died. She was 63.
Bradford weighed 1,050 lb in January 1987, according to the 1994 Guinness Book of Records. She lost 736 lb to weigh 314 lb in September 1992, according to the record book.
She died Wednesday at a hospital in Lakeland, Fla.
The cause of death was not known. Rosalie accomplished weight lost was incredible. Defiantly something to talk about.

Communications

Today we use all sorts of communication technology. We can e-mail or instant message each other through the world wide web. This is one of the most popular means of communication today. I'm sure if ranked in order of most used communication, it would be the web. People are e-mailing and instant messaging because its one of the quickest ways of communicating if your to busy to call by phone. Another popular used communication is the cell phone. I think everyone has one by now. The cell phone operate through wireless medium. Radio waves traveling back and fort from your cell phone,to the nearest cell site. The cell phone created the means of conversing on a hand held device not being bounded by wire, thus creating wireless communication. Cordless phone have the same effect just cell phone have a wider range you can travel and talk.

The old communication methods are still use today as well. People still buy stamps and post letters addressed to destinations that are not as privilege to communication technologies as others. Some areas are not developed or the use of these communications are not yet economical to use. The land lines in the house are a good backup means of communication. In a blackout situation, when there is no power to run the computers, the Internet and the cell sites that cell phones use. The land lines prevail among all. New Yorkers witness this a year ago, when there was a blackout that took the Utility company a day to restore power to the New York tri state area.

As time past we discover new means of communicating, and making services more efficient. In hope of a better tomorrow. Communication technology has come a long way. One can say they are more sophisticated ways of communicating nowadays. People forget the telegraph, which messages were send back an fort in Morse code.

New Year Anticipation

Im looking forward to the New Year. Thinking of the things I would like to accomplish for the coming new year, plotting my New Year's resolutions. Preparing to change my behavior, no more mister nice guy. I feel I've been nice to people who dont desevre my kindness, so these people will get to see a whole other side of me. I dont plan to be brutley mean, just not as nice. I have a bunch of goals I would like to forfill like my cisco and microsoft certifications. Im looking forward to taking these exams. Im also looking forward to investing in something this year as well. There are a lot of projects to work on so the New Year will be a promising one.

Queens Residents Are Demanding Answers

One week after the death of Sean Bell. Protesters hit the street to voice their outrage in the matter of three young men being Shoot at by undercover police officers leaving two wounded and one dead. A Queens woman in the crowd with two sons in their 20s, said relations between police and local residents were antagonistic even before the shooting. Another quote from the crowd that day was, "The police need to start seeing people as people, not animals. You don't even shoot at an animal 50 times." Malik Zulu Shabazz a black nationalist leader made comment at the protest that day. "We didn't come here to start any violence,The New York police started the violence." One thing is for sure people are waiting to see what the outcome of this case will be. It appears that if it is found that the officers were not wrong in carrying out police protocol that morning, there may be a riot at hand. Queens residents are demanding answers.

First Winter Storm Hits Mid-West

Thousands of people are without power in the mid-west. For some it means no heat as well. Some people sit tonight in the dark, cold apartments. Home owners with fire places can enjoy the warmth of the burning fire if they bought the wood in advance. In New York we rarely have power outages in the winter because the power lines are underground. Summer time is when New Yorkers worry about the power grid and loss of air conditioning. Situations like in the mid-west should have been planned for and people should have been prepared for the worst. In cases of major snow storms or hazardous weather there should be an assessment of what measures should be taken to prevent utilities outages. Also people should be advised what they should have and what measures they should take.

Weight Loss

Dieting can require great efforts for some and minimal for others. People diet for various reasons to maintain or lose weight. In some cases people diet to gain weight, this is popular with boxers who have to weigh in at a set weight before fight time. When we talk about dieting to lose weight which is the most popular reason for dieting today. This is founded to be very difficult for some. It can take a week's worth of efforts to lose five pounds, and two days of improper eating to regain achieved weight lose. Losing weight takes dedication and strong will to curve bad eating habits that can set back your desired goal. Today there are many diet plans and programs, that are there to capitalize on those who desire to lose weight and don't know where to start. My opinion on these weight plans and programs are some are effective and some are not. Which equate to happiness for some and aggravation for others.