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Fully capitalize on next 2 years

The new estate tax legislation provide a solid base for a financial services professional to build an entire business upon. Business owners can transfer family businesses over the next 2 years. Families can transfer investable assets as well. Grandparents and … Continue reading

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2010 Tax Act

The new estate tax legislation was passed in December of 2010. The legislation creates tremendous opportunity for individuals and families to transfer significant assets to successive generations while avoiding transfer tax.

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Dad – can we go to space? Yes, son.

When I was in elementary school we conducted a science project whereby we attempted to create structures that would allow an egg to be thrown from a two story building sans parachute and fall to earth without damage. This project, … Continue reading

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In a group setting, its smarter to be sensitive.

As blogged at National Geographic, tests indicated that in a small group the range between the smartest and least smartest person, or the presence of a smart person, was not indicative of the overall smartness of the group.  Rather, the … Continue reading

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Talkers are happier?

Harvard study tracking the dialogue of sample group of college students found those ranking themselves as the happiest, talked with others 70% more than those ranking themselves the unhappiest. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/03/wanna_get_happy_talk_about_wha.html Let’s do a quick fun exercise and test the results … Continue reading

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SoCalDotNet Meeting VS 2010 Takeaways

I found myself in BuenaPark, CA this afternoon, and stopped in to hear Mark Rosenberg give a review and snapshot of the new features and benefits found in Visual Studio 2010. Meeting starts at 6:30pm the 1st Wed of the … Continue reading

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Bluetooth headsets working with Windows 7 . . .

Okay, this may make me upgrade to Windows 7 earlier than I originally intended. Apparently, a blue tooth device can be used as a microphone for voice recognition and telephony applications and listening to music played on the computer.  See … Continue reading

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Know what I love about MSFT User Groups? & Woody Pewitt talks VS 2010

… no matter where you are, you can always find one.  I travel quite a bit through Southern California.  Tonight, I ended up in San Diego after my meetings were done but kind of in the middle of the traffic … Continue reading

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MSFT & Ballmer Getting it right – 4 nights 1 new 5.x portal – free!

MSFT Explorer DNN 5 serrapreschool open-source free portal Continue reading

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