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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Navy to probe lewd videos shown to crew

Updated: Sunday, 02 Jan 2011, 12:46 PM CST
Published : Sunday, 02 Jan 2011, 12:46 PM CST

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A top officer aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier broadcast to his crew a series of profanity-laced comedy sketches in which he uses gay slurs, mimics masturbation and opens the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together, a newspaper reported.

The Virginian-Pilot reported in its Sunday editions that Capt. Owen Honors appeared in the videos in 2006 and 2007 while he was the USS Enterprise's second-ranking officer, and showed them across the ship on closed-circuit television. He took over as the ship's commander in May.

The Navy said it plans to investigate the videos, which it called "clearly inappropriate."

"The videos were intended to be humorous skits focusing the crew's attention on specific issues such as port visits, traffic safety, water conservation, ship cleanliness, etc.," the Navy said in a statement to the newspaper.

Navy Cmdr. Chris Sims said in a statement sent to The Associated Press that the videos "were not acceptable then and are not acceptable in today's Navy."

A phone listing for Honors was not immediately available. He is a 1983 alumnus of the U.S. Naval Academy and was a naval aviator before holding command. He attended the U.S. Naval Fighter Weapons School, also known as Top Gun.

Commanding officers and enlisted chiefs "are charged to lead by example and are held accountable for setting the proper tone and upholding the standards of honor, courage and commitment that we expect Sailors to exemplify," Sims said in the statement.

In a video obtained by the newspaper and posted on its website, Honors addresses the camera and introduces a series of several lewd video clips, which he acknowledges have drawn complaints.

"As usual, the admiral and the captain have no idea about the contents of the video or movie this evening, and they should not be held accountable in any judicial setting," Honors says on the video. "Over the years I've gotten several complaints about inappropriate material during these videos, never to me personally but, gutlessly, through other channels."

During this introduction, he also uses a derogatory term for gays.

Next comes a sequence of what appear to be outtakes in which Honors and others curse. Honors observes that comedians who performed on the ship always got laughs when they used "the f-bomb." After that, Honors and others are shown making hand motions that mimic masturbation.

Honors segues to the next segment by saying, "Finally let's get to my favorite topic ... chicks in the shower." Next are shown clips of pairs of women and a pair of men pretending to shower together. No nudity is shown, but the men's and women's bare shoulders imply they are nude.

It's not immediately clear where the ship was located when the videos were produced. The Enterprise served a six-month deployment in support of the war in Iraq in 2006 and another six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf in 2007.

Commissioned in 1961, it's the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. It is scheduled to sail two more deployments before it is decommissioned in 2013. It can carry a crew of more than 5,800.

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66-year-old woman assaulted outside HEB

Updated: Sunday, 02 Jan 2011, 8:13 PM CST
Published : Sunday, 02 Jan 2011, 7:55 PM CST

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police arrested a man suspected of attacking and robbing an elderly woman outside a grocery store.

Officers found 26-year-old Elmer Earl, Jr., Saturday evening, just a few blocks away from the HEB at Hancock Center in central Austin, they say he tried to escape the scene after the spotted him walking off the nearby Hancock golf course.

Police were investigating the area after a 66-year-old woman reported a man who approached her in the store's parking lot, asked for directions, then grabbed her purse, knocked her down, and ran away.

She gave them a description and after about 20 minutes, a detective spotted Elmer Earl.

When Earl saw the detective he tried to run away but police caught up with him. They took him back to the scene where the victim identified him as the man who attacked her. Police say Earl also had several of the victim's credit cards and business cards on him when they caught him.

Police charged Elmer Earl with Aggravated Robbery by Assault, a first-degree felony.

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Monday, January 3, 2011

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Small Business Finance Recently Uncovered – Determining Your Direct And Indirect Costs

There are two types of costs “direct” and “indirect.” Direct costs are also called “variable costs” and refer to costs that are a direct result of producing, delivering, or returning your product/service. Examples of these are materials and labor needed to produce/deliver the product that only occur once you sell the product, transactions costs like visa commissions, sometimes shipping charges, etc.

Indirect costs are also called “fixed costs” and refer to expenses that your business will have regardless of sales volume. Examples of ithese are rent, utilities, wages that are not based upon commission, interest expense, advertising, automobile, etc. The tricky aspect of these are that a cost may increase with increased sales, e.g. an increase in sales may require overtime or the addition of staff but the relationship is not direct.

A good tool for managing direct and indirect costs is to monitor the costs on your monthly income statement using percent of sales. Divide the cost by total sales.

Direct costs as a percent of sales will remain within a narrow margin, e.g. materials costs if 30% of sales at $1,000 sales then materials should be right around 30% at the $5,000 sales level. The actual dollar amount of materials used to produce more products will go up but as a percent of sales, it will remain close to 30%. What would lower the percent is if you got a better deal from your supplier.

Your indirect costs when monitored as a percent of sales will respond differently. For example, rent equaling $500 per month remains $500 per month even if your sales increase to $5,000. $500 divided by $1,000 in sales equals 50%. $500 divided by $5,000 in sales equals 10%. (It is that old math axiom in action here: A numerator divided into a larger denominator produces a smaller fraction.)

So why is this important? Knowing the difference between direct and indirect costs provides you with a couple of valuable management tools, break-even analysis, and your contribution margin. Break-even analysis is a handy management tool for quickly determining if a solution is feasible. Contribution margin is the remaining profit after direct costs are taken out of a sale. For example, if you sell a bookcase for $250 and it cost you $75 to make your contribution margin is $175 or 70%. The contribution pays for all the Fixed expenses/overhead.

A good way of organizing these costs is to put all the direct costs in the “Cost of Goods” section and the indirect costs in the expense area of your income statement. By doing this Gross Profit equals Contribution Margin and is automatically calculated for you.

Another reason to identify your direct costs is when bidding in a competitive environment. Ever wonder how your competitor beat you on a bid??

Imagine a situation where you know you have covered your overhead expenses for the month with normally bid projects. A quick project comes up for bid around the 15th of the month and you have a crew available to work on it. You figure it will be very competitive and if you use your usual estimating process on it you will not get the project. Since you have already covered all your expenses for the month and any margin above your direct costs is profit. Plus you have a crew that it would be better to have working on a project and being paid by a client versus cleaning the shop being paid by your profits. You decide to aggressively go after the project with a bid slightly above your direct costs.

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Residents hope to track tire slasher

Updated: Sunday, 02 Jan 2011, 11:54 PM CST
Published : Sunday, 02 Jan 2011, 5:54 PM CST

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Parking your car overnight in the Hyde Park neighborhood just north of the University of Texas campus will make you potential prey for a tire slasher.

Over the past 15 years, the person behind these crimes has not been caught.

Now, area residents are taking matters into their own hands.

"Well it is just really frustrating when you know he is on a rampage and you go to bed not knowing whether you are going to wake up with two tires slashed, that you are not going to be able to get to work," said Carol Jackson, an area resident who has had two of her car hit by the slasher."

She is one of dozens of victims.

"This man is terrorizing us," Jackson said.

The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association is looking to collect funds from victims like Jackson to put toward collecting evidence and possibly trailing this suspect.

Association President Lisa Harris told KXAN they hope to collect $5,000 and the association will match what is collected.

If approved, this would allocate $10,000 toward catching the person responsible and be the first time residents have banded together on this matter.

"People are very frustrated," said Harris.? "You can imagine if someone is having to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on replacement tires in a year."

Harris would not disclose many details pertaining to the plan to catch the perp, but told KXAN residents have met with a security consultant.

"We may have cameras, but we do not want to say too much because we don't know if he watches the news," Harris explained.

An arrest has never been made in the case, but neighbors have identified a person-of-interest.

Harris and Jackson believe the tire slasher is a homeless man living in the area.

Residents have contacted Austin Police for help in case in the past.

"It is going to take more effort than the police have resources for," Jackson, who sympathizes with police, added.

The neighborhood association has even started a web site that tracks the tires that have been slashed and lists monetary damage.

Resident are meeting Monday at 7 p.m. to vote on the allocation of money.

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Vitality, Sexual Health & Impotency Cure the Ayurveda Way

Ayurveda attached great importance to sexual health as it is the way to guarantee healthy progeny and healthy next generation. Ancient Ayurveda practitioners have developed various therapies and treatments to promote sexual health. The goal of the treatments originally was to ensure healthy progeny and overall health of the individual is always taken care of.

However, with the kings having several wives, there arose the need to satisfy all the wives. Thus, the Ayurveda practitioners were forced to develop treatments that guarantee long lasting sexual strength. The medicines thus developed also found their way to normal men, who were suffering from impotency or were seriously in doubts about their sexual capabilities.

Several dozens of herbs have capabilities to promote sexual health. Shilajit (mineral pitch) and Naikkurana (Mucuna pruriens, horny goat weed) are two of the most powerful aphrodisiacs. Equally important are Ginseng, milk, honey, egg’s yolk, rose, pineapple, strawberries, etc.

Efficient combination of the right kind of herbs can work wonders. Men suffering from sexual debility can see their penis once again getting erections and testicles producing semen. There are also treatments for women, which strengthen uterus and promote lactation for nursing mothers.

The power of Ayurveda has been identified by at least a few genuine practitioners of Ayurveda. Yeah, there is special stress in the part of genuine practitioners, since many a quack has destroyed the lives of young men in the name of aphrodisiacs. The young men who find it embarrassing to discuss their physical problems with a recognized professional can fall prey to the pseudo-practitioners, who have no consideration to the wellness of their patients.

A few medicines in tablet forms are now available in the market. They are from reputed companies. The products also have approval by the governments. However, it is not the case about unheard of products. They are by run by night companies. The reputed companies include Dabur, SD Pharmacy, etc, which have aphrodisiac medicines in their product line.

Kerala Ayurvedics too have treatments for persons suffering from sexual dysfunction related problems. Medicines are available only after consultation. A traditional Ayurveda practitioner and qualified Ayurveda physician of several decades of experience offers the consultancy. Use the contact form if you need assistance.

Once again, sex is not for pleasure, but a means for the development of a new, healthy generation. Approach it as a divine gift to mankind and never misuse the powers of sex.

Dev Sri writes extensively about Ayurvedic practices in Kerala. She invites you to read in detail about Ayurvedic treatments, massage techniques, etc. Log on to http://www.KeralaAyurvedics.com/ today.

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