The Bush adminstration recently announced that the tax rebates meant to spur the slowing economy will be going out sooner than expected.

Depending on your situation, you can expect a rebate of up to $600 for an individual and $1,200 for a couple with an additional $300 for each dependent child.

When I was a kid I loved getting money as a gift, or finding money in random places like my dad’s wallet or mom’s purse. It meant that I got to spend it on cool things like comic books, video games, candy and toys.

No doubt everyone is excited to get their rebate check. I’m sure people are planning to use them for all kinds of fun and exciting stuff. Here’s a list of some things you might consider using your government fun money on:

Gas. Bet you can’t wait to cash that check and get to the gas station before all the good gas is gone, eh?

Food. With food prices rising, now’s a good time to hoard rice, beans, cereal and SPAM so you’ll be able to last a few extra months after food becomes too expensive for the average family.

More Gas. By the time you get back from the store, gas prices will likely have gone up again. You can use the remainder of your cash to top off so you’ll be able to take your kids to baseball practice.

Did you ever imagine you’d have this much fun with found money when you grew up?

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Running a business isn’t as easy as it used to be back in the dark ages, before the advent of the computer and the Internet.  Now that NetworkAgenda has rolled out its online suite of virtual office tools, you’ve probably arrived at the conclusion that running a business in the old days was considerably more difficult.

Before NetworkAgenda developed an entire suite of online office tools for one low monthly subscription price, running a business effectively required an entire room full of support staff to handle a variety of tasks, such as payroll, scheduling, filing, as well as project management, and other multiple details.

Today, by simply paying one low monthly price it’s possible for you to handle all of the following tasks on your desktop and the Internet:

• l timeclock
• l Project manager
• l contact manager
• l Web calendar
• l conference room
• l data storage

Life isn’t really all that much easier since the advent of NetworkAgenda’s suite of tools.  You still have to manually program your VCR, and your children are still required to learn how to tie their shoes.  Business however, is another story.  NetworkAgenda has developed so many useful and practical tools that your business could almost run without you.

So grab your golf clubs, and log on to www.networkagenda.com and put NetworkAgenda to work helping you to run your business.

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It’s easy to complain about the rising gas prices because it’s in the news nearly every day. But Americans are also paying more at the supermarket and don’t realize it because of the lack of media attention.

Sam’s Club recently announced that they’re going to start limiting the sale of certain kinds of rice to consumers. According to Reuters, Sam’s Club, the No. 2 U.S. warehouse club operator, said it is limiting sales of Jasmine, Basmati and long grain white rice “due to recent supply and demand trends.”

Food shortages in third-world countries are causing worldwide food prices to rise, and it’s only a matter of time before the effects show up at your grocery store.

Companies like Quaker have typically eaten the price hikes, but are no longer able to do so. That means that they’re going to pass the expense onto you. Latest government data shows that America’s food inflation is currently at 4.5% a year, which means that some people are starting to stockpile non-perishables now before prices go up.

The price hikes for many non-perishable items like eggs, milk and beef are coming at a more rapid pace, and the data suggests that the high prices are here to stay.

That’s the bad news.

The good news is that Ramen noodles are still fairly cheap.

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Baseball

The New York Mets named Fernando Aquino director of market development. Aquino was press secretary of downstate press operations for New York State Senate Minority Leader Malcom Smith. South Coast League Chief Executive Officer Jamie Toole resigned. The West Coast Collegiate Baseball League hired Ken Wilson as president.

Basketball

The Minnesota Lynx promoted Nicole Smith to senior manager of ticket sales and service. Facilities Daytona International Speedway promoted Brian Crichton to vice president of special events and entertainment and John Guthrie to vice president of business development and partnerships. Gateway International Raceway promoted Ron Poe to senior group account executive, and hired Melissa Bevington as a corporate account executive.

Football

The Detroit Lions and Ford Field hired Robert Raymond as vice president of business operations. Raymond was vice president of marketing and ticket sales for the Detroit Tigers. The St. Louis Rams formed a new ticket sales department, and named Michael O’Keefe vice president of sales and Jake Bye director of ticket sales and premium seating. The team hired Evan Ardoin as community outreach assistant and Barbara Helman, Megan Knapp, Jon Kruse, David Kinsey and Nathan Schandl to its sales department. Marketing Maroon PR named Mitchell Schmale senior account executive. Schmale was an account manager for Kohn Creative. Media Comcast SportsNet Bay Area promoted Tom Pellack to vice president of marketing and creative services and Jen Franklin to director of marketing and interactive communications.

The USTA Tennis and Education Foundation named to its board Lucy Garvin, Jonathan Vegosen, Carol Kimmelman, Terry March and Paul Palandjian.

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A new series from Jesus Manuel Montane

Even if you’re not familiar with the book, The Hero of a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell, you’re familiar with what he calls The Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey is the basic premise that permeates much of our religious stories, myths and fiction down through the centuries.

It’s the basic tale of a young person who must rise up and become the savior of the land. It’s a tale we see in Lord of the Rings, Dune, Star Wars and countless other epic fantasies. The premise inspired George Lucas, and now it’s inspired Jesus Manuel Montane, creator of the animated fantasy, Godspeed.

Godspeed takes place in a war ravaged galaxy where the evil Garud’Zbel seeks to bring havoc and darkness to all. Along with his army, the El’Thanat, he goes on the attack. It’s during one of these attacks that a young girl named Kira gets what should be a fatal dose of radiation. But instead of killing her, it gives her special powers and abilities. The young Kira must become a young woman to lead her people against the forces of darkness, and restore peace to the galaxy.

Writer/creator - Jesus Manuel Montane says, “Kira, the main character, is both a little child and a fully grown up woman at the same time, in parallel universes. She has a hard time, trying to understand what’s going on with her body and what are her new powers. It’s a metaphor of pre-adolescence.”

Stories like this come to us in many forms. There have been countless movies, novels, comic books and ancient texts that bring us new heroes to vanquish new villains. While the animated epic fantasy usually comes to the big screen, Godspeed is set to hit TV.

“We’ve spent two years creating this universe, this unique experience. Kids are, nowadays, too used to cheap, bad animated TV. Godspeed script and characters work on many levels, and its conceptual design is quite unique. The ships with sculpted faces, the symbols of each tribe… well, I would have loved it, if I saw it on TV when I was a child,” says Montane.

Godspeed promises to breathe new life into the animated fantasy genre with its intricate plot, sympathetic characters and full musical score. For more information about the series, check out their web site: maythesacredcombatbegin.com/ where you can view trailers and download extras.

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