Some members would like Kapneck to hold a class and discuss his formula in assisting small business during these tight economic times so that businesses can achieve their goals.

Kapneck has a great business knowledge and background and would be able to direct small business in new ways of marketing their products and creating new economic opportunities.

One item in the “Kapneck Business Formula” that has proven itself, is to set up a network with other related companies that will expand each other`s business.

It`s clear that Kapneck believes small business is the foundation of a growing economy and if his complete formula is implemented it will also create jobs, as he has demonstrated.

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Kapneck lived in Washington D.C. and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School. He attended George Washington University, was elected to the Maryland State Convention, and was appointed special advisor on Higher Education to the Governor’s office. He was appointed by Governor Marvin Mandel to open Maryland’s first overseas office in Brussels, Belgium as the State’s Trade Ambassador. He assisted the Federal Government in “Invest in the USA”.

“Kapneck, for the past thirty plus years, has brought a multitude of jobs into Maryland and USA and when he is not overseas he works without remuneration to help the citizens of Maryland find jobs with companies he brings into the State.” – Maryland State officials

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“Dieter’s Guided Weekly Weight Loss Goal Setter” is a simple, new tool that is designed to help dieters set manageable and achievable weight loss goals all year round. For less than $10, this is a perfect personal gift or one for a friend.

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Champion Dad Pro Boxer Matt ‘Too Smooth’ Godfrey on The AP with Judyth Piazza (Click here to listen)

Since his pro debut May 14, 2004 versus Glen Morgan, Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey has displayed poise and ring generalship far beyond his age, never more evident than in two early career matches against proven veterans Willie Herring and Jermall “The Truth” Barnes.

Years ago, Matt started boxing at Manfredo’s Gym in Pawtucket (RI) with Peter Manfredo, Jr., former world title challenger and finalist in the original reality television series, The Contender, as well as his current CES stable-mate, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason Estrada.

A proud, full-blooded Native American (Wampanoug), Godfrey possesses incredibly quick hands and feet, especially for a 200-pounder, in addition to a complete set of sound boxing skills developed during his outstanding amateur career.

Matt had a 194-23 amateur record, capturing six national championships, four open tournaments including the 2004 Everlast U.S. Championships, plus two in the Junior Olympics.

Photo by Emily Harney

He was a Bronze medal winner at the 2001 Pan-American Games, Silver Medalist in all four of that year’s national major tournaments – National Golden Gloves, PAL (Police Athletic League), U.S. Championships and U.S. Challenge – and six-time New England Golden Gloves champion.

Godfrey was the second heavyweight alternate on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team but he decided to turn pro May 14 (2004), winning a unanimous four-round decision against 1-1 Glen Morgan.

A highly decorated U.S. amateur, Godfrey defeated many of today’s leading contemporary pro boxers such as former WBA middleweight title challenger Randy “The Gentleman Griffin (24-2-3, 12 KOs), heavyweight prospect Chazz “Mensa With Muscles” Witherspoon (26-2, 18 KOs), Devin Vargas (18-1, 13 KOs), Corey “Black Ice” Cummings (17-4, 13 KOs), Leonard “Haitian Sensation” Pierre (18-3, 13 KOs) and John Johnson (12-2, 10 KOs).

In his 2004 pro debut, Godfrey won a 4-round unanimous decision against Glen Morgan in Providence, and in his eighth and ninth pro fights, respectively, Matt won 8 and 10-round decisions against the aforementioned Barnes and Herring, for th vacant WBC USNBC title, in 2005.

Godfrey’s stunning first-round TKO of previously unbeaten NABA title-holder Shaun George (11-0-2) on ESPN2 (May 10, 2006) really put Godfrey on the boxing scene. He followed that with a convincing 12-round unanimous decision (116-112, 116-113, 118-111) against Danny Batchelder (24-2-1) on September 23 Hartford (CT) for the NABA, USNBC and WBC Continental Americas championships.

Godfrey’s most notable and career-defining fight through 2007, though, was a shocking second-round knockout of highly-touted Felix Cora, Jr. (18-1-2) for the , in which Matt completely overwhelmed his talented opponent, before an ESPN2 audience (April 6, 2007) at Foxwoods. Four months later, Godfrey defeated Derrick Brown (13-2-3) by unanimous 10-round decision at Twin River in Rhode Island. Following the fight, Matt relinquished his NABA, WBC Continental Americas & USNBC title belts to give others an opportunity as he concentrated on a major world title fight.

The stage was set for Matt to fight 13-0 Rudolf Kraj in a WBC title elimination bout. Godfrey started out slow and ran out of rounds, losing a 12-round unanimous decision (115-113, 116-113, 117-111) March 8, 2008 to Kraj in Berlin. “I was terribly disappointed with my first loss,” he noted, “but I realized that all champions (not named Floyd Mayweather, Jr.) lose at some point. It isn’t the end of the world, as long as you learn from a loss, and I’ve learned a lot. I know what I’m capable of and I just have to put it all together. I still believe I’m the best cruiserweight in the world. I want to fight the top guys, on television, and get back to where I belong.”

NABF champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey was anxious to show the boxing world what he has learned from his first pro loss to Kraj. “I went overseas to fight Kraj in his backyard,” Godfrey said. “I got through a difficult fight and learned a lot that I hadn’t experienced in my first 16 pro fights. I proved that I can dig down and go 12 hard rounds. I also learned that I have to become a lot meaner and more aggressive. I can’t just rely on my boxing ability, being ‘Too Smooth,’ and just looking good in the ring. I need to bite down, push forward and take the fight away from my opponent – like Vinny Paz did – instead of just boxing around in the ring.”

In his following fight, Godfrey showed, stopping highly-rated Emmanuel Nwodo (22-4) in his last fight (Aug. 29, 2008) on ESPN2. Godfrey-Nwodo was named August 2008 Fight of the Month by The Ring magazine.

“Too Smooth” showed to all that, gaining invaluable experience from fighting Kraj, he was even more of a force to be reckoned with in the cruiserweight division, by destroying former USBA champion Emmanuel Nwodo (22-4) in their June 29, 2006 NABF title fight on ESPN from Mohegan Sun. Nwodo floored an off-balanced Matt in the third round but Matt weathered the storm and came back strong, unleashing a barrage of unanswered punches in the fourth round to win by technical knockout.

“I wasn’t hurt from the knockdown in the third – we were exchanging right hands and my glove was just left out there,” Godfrey commented after the fight. “We traded punches and he was more hurt than I was but I was the one that happened to lose my balance. Unfortunately for me my glove touched the canvas and I got the knockdown scored against me, but it just goes to show you that I have the heart of a champion being able to come up off of the floor to win by a knockout the very next round, just a typical New England fighter. When we started the third round, I knew it was when my conditioning would kick in. Right from the start I kept pressuring him and pressuring him. Even though I got hit with a few good shots, I knew he would start to slow down and that I would get him.

“After I hurt him, I looked up at the clock and saw that there was a minute and thirty seconds left in the round and knew that I had him. Everybody isn’t sharp for the first three rounds but it is after the fourth and fifth round where you can really see what of a fighter that person really is. I showed you what kind of fighter I am tonight, coming up off from the canvas after the third round and being under pressure, and then to come out in the fourth round and knock the other guy out who has all of the knockouts. I noticed about halfway through the third round when I would put pressure on him, I was able to close the gap because he is a lot taller than me. When he kept me on the outside it made things a little difficult. In some ways in the third when I put pressure on him, I closed that gap and slowed him down. In the fourth round I came out and put on that pressure in close and closed that gap and I got to him. I think I broke his nose in the fourth round with a stiff jab alone. Early on he kept using his distance against me and the only thing that I could do to keep him away from me was to use a really hard stiff jab. Once I started putting the pressure on and landing with the jab is when I busted his nose up. Once I broke it open, every jab I connected with continued to make it worse.

In late 2008, Godfrey became the first Sovereign Nations Boxing Council (SNBC) champion, when he won a dominating 10-round decision against Eddie “The Iron Man” Gutierrez at 4 Bears Casino in New Town, North Dakota. “It was an honor for me to fight for the first Sovereign Nations Boxing Council title, let alone win the first SNBC belt because I am Native American,” Godfrey said upon returning to his Providence home. “Finally, Native American boxers have a chance to be recognized and being the first SNBC champion is a huge honor for me.”

Godfrey defended his NABF and SNBC crowns against a fellow Native American, previously unbeaten Shawn Hawk (18-0-1), on ESPN from Philadelphia. Matt breezed to his 19th win by 10-round decision (99-91, 97-93, 96-92) and relinquished his SNBC belt after the match out of respect for Hawk, who grew-up on a poor reservation and overcame many obstacles.

In what was supposed to be a “stay busy” bout for Godfrey in September of 2009, in Sacramento, against Michael Simms (20-11-2), Godfrey showed the heart of a champion, picking himself up off the mat in the opening round to win a 10-round split decision (96-93, 95-94, 94-95) against the dangerous Simms, a World amateur champion who defeated present WBA heavyweight champion David Haye in 1999.

In his last action August 21, 2010, Godfrey unsuccessfully challenged WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck in Germany, getting stopped (TKO5) for the first time in his pro career.

Godfrey is managed by Bret Hallenbeck and trained by “Iceman” John Scully.

MATT “Too Smooth” GODFREY
Age: 30 Born: January 16, 1981 in Providence, RI

Hometown: Providence, RI

Pro Record: 20-2 (10 KOs) Former NABF, NABA, WBC Continental Americas, SNBC & USNBC Cruiserweight Champion

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The University of South Florida Polytechnic is accepting applications for the summer 2011 Central Florida Gifted and Talented Institute. This non-residential day program runs for three consecutive weeks from July 11 to July 29 at USF Poly, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Sponsored by USF Poly and the Polk County School District, the Central Florida Gifted & Talented Institute is Polk County’s only summer day program for gifted and talented students. Featuring four separate programs, it offers innovative, challenging curriculum targeted at active learning for gifted students entering 7th, 8th and 9th grade:

· The Hot 2 Bot Applied Robotics Academy immerses students in information technology and engineering robotic concepts as they build two different types of robots, design programming for these robots, explore simple and complex machines, create remote operation devices, discover robotic career opportunities and learn about the impact of robotics on society.
· Sci-Fi High: Where Fiction Meets Reality explores the question “What If?” as it relates to literature, industry, entertainment, innovation, and technology. Students delve into classic and contemporary science fiction themes such as time/space travel, heroes & villains, utopia, technology, and futuristic possibilities. The curriculum is fused with technology, whereby students experience various forms of creative writing and generate original web sites, virtual graphic novels, short dramatic presentations and an online portfolio of their work.
· Extreme Green Adventure, an exhilarating outdoor exploration program, lets students experience biodiversity in action and discover man’s impact on environmental sustainability. Hiking, kayaking, and snorkeling will provide many opportunities to interact with nature. Experts in the areas of the environment and technology will address a broad range of techniques used to promote sustainability. Students will build a model “Green City” and create public service announcements that promote sustainability through preservation and conservation. The Extreme Green Adventure is designed for students who prefer to step outside the walls of the classroom and into nature.
· New this year, CSI: If Evidence Could Talk, will let students investigate crimes, gather evidence, analyze data, formulate conclusions and solve mysteries. Chemical analysis, blood typing, fiber and plant analysis, gathering and analyzing geological data are among the types of evidence that will be examined.

USF Polytechnic is accepting applications for the summer 2011 Central Florida Gifted and Talented Institute. Photo by Tom Hagerty, USF Polytechnic.)

Instructors have extensive experience in the content and associated skills and represent middle school, high school, and university expertise. Students enjoy weekly field trips appropriate to the curriculum. On July 28, the Exhibition of Excellence features a robotic competition and lets students showcase their final creations to family, friends and community members.

A limited number of spots are available For more information, including an online application, visit http://www.poly.usf.edu/gt/ or contact Kathy Sebeny (863) 667-7059 or ksebeny@poly.usf.edu.

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International Space Station residents Scott Kelly, Cady
Coleman and Paolo Nespoli will speak on Tuesday, Jan. 11, to 150
students from Kathleen High School’s Central Florida Aerospace
Academy (CFAA) in Lakeland, Fla.

The CFAA prepares students to go into advanced aerospace education or
the aerospace industry. In 2009, the academy received an agency grant
to develop a NASA-based science, technology, engineering and
mathematics, or STEM, curriculum.

The station astronauts will answer student questions on Jan. 11, from
11-11:20 a.m. EST. In preparation for the conversation with
astronauts in space, the students have been participating in science
activities, exploring careers in science with local scientists and
engineers, studying a floor plan of the International Space Station
and learning about experiments in microgravity.

The event will air live on NASA Television and on the agency’s
website. Media interested in attending this event should contact Obie
Young at 407-341-3072 by 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10.

The live downlink will be shared with other students through the
Florida Aviation Network, the Federal Aviation Administration
Training Network and the Government Educational Training Network.
This will give approximately 93,000 students in Polk County’s K-12
classrooms the opportunity to watch the event.

NASA astronauts Kelly and Coleman and Nespoli of the European Space
Agency are conducting science experiments aboard the space station.
Kelly serves as the Expedition 26 commander until March when he
returns home. Coleman and Nespoli will complete their station mission
in May.

This live, in-flight education downlink is one in a series with
educational organizations in the U.S. and abroad to improve teaching
and learning in STEM subjects. It is an integral component of
Teaching From Space, a NASA education program. Teaching From Space
promotes learning opportunities and builds partnerships with the
education community using the unique environment of space and NASA’s
human spaceflight program.

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The Board of Regents committee that’s searching for a new Southeastern University president has set its sights on one candidate – Dr. Kent Ingle of Washington state – and invited him to meet with the Lakeland campus community December 14-15.

Search Committee chairman Wayne Blackburn said his group will recommend Dr. Ingle for the top job when the regents meet on campus in a special session December 15^th. The Board of Regents, which has final authority in this matter, is planning to interview Dr. Ingle on that day and then vote on whether to offer him the position.

Currently, Dr. Ingle, 48, is dean of the College of Ministry at Northwest University which, like Southeastern, is one of 19 U.S. colleges and universities that are affiliated with the Assemblies of God USA. Together with its international organizations, the Assemblies of God is the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination, and Southeastern University is its largest institution of higher education. Northwest University is located in Kirkland, Wash.

Earlier this week, Dr. Ingle met with the Presidential Search Committee and was interviewed by faculty representatives to the committee. Those faculty representatives were said to be pleased at Dr. Ingle’s selection.

Dr. Ingle has been a Northwest dean since 2004 and an ordained Assemblies of God minister since 1988. His experience includes eight years as a college professor and 15 years of pastoral leadership to two congregations – one in Los Angeles and the other in Chicago. When he was 18 years old and before he entered professional ministry, he began a 10-year stint as a television sports anchor for NBC and CBS. He covered many professional sports teams and interviewed hundreds of notable people in the professional sports world including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Pete Rose, Muhammad Ali and Carl Lewis.

Dr. Ingle has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and a masters in Theological Studies from Vanguard University of Southern California; and a doctorate in Ministry from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Mo.

When Southeastern’s new sitting president is named, he will take charge of a 75-year-old private, liberal arts school that Acting President Dr. Charles Kelly recently described as “strong in every way – academics, spirituality, finances, personnel, students, alumni, and community support.” During the past 10 years, student population almost tripled, numerous academic courses and programs were added to the curricula, and the 87-acre campus underwent a massive upgrade. Last spring, the university graduated its largest class ever; 388 students received bachelors and masters degrees at commencement. Fall 2010 commencement is set for December 17^th.

Southeastern University has more than 2,800 students, 150 faculty members and 260 staff. There are 44 academic programs that lead to bachelor’s degrees and eight to master’s degrees. For more information, call (863) 667-5000 or visit the website at www.seuniversity.edu

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Community Advocacy Network Executive Director Donna DiMaggio Berger told Florida radio listeners that condominiums, HOAs and other community associations hard hit by bank foreclosures and delinquent assessments should not look for “silver bullet” strategies that may work on a limited basis.

Instead, they should aggressively pursue collections, while impressing upon association members that failure to pay assessments will result in aggressive pursuit of liens and foreclosure.

Ms. Berger said that far too many associations are in a detrimental time-warp, adopting a “wait-and-see” stance as to whether or not the banks are going to foreclose.

“We tell our associations that if you wait you might be waiting for months and years,” Ms. Berger said, while the association is “losing out on an opportunity to aggressively move forward on their foreclosure, to get that property and rent it out.”

Ms. Berger made the remarks on South Florida National Public Radio-affiliate station WLRN’s Topical Currents program, during a panel discussion moderated by talk show host Joseph Cooper.

A full audio recording of the WLRN Topical Currents radio program is available for listening on the website of the Community Advocacy Network at www.canfl.com.

Regarding an association’s ability to move forward with its own foreclosure action, Berger said that “people don’t understand that an association has the ability to foreclose on a homesteaded property, just like a bank, and an association foreclosure will typically proceed much smoother than a lender foreclosure.

Owners should not feel that they are ’safe’ from an association foreclosure (because) there are not the same entanglements that there are with a lender foreclosure.”

Ms. Berger also cautioned that innovative strategies designed to go after the banks to take title to the properties are not a substitute for everyday good collections practices.

While there are strategies that do work in some fact-specific circumstances, she said that attorneys “do a disservice if we oversimplify the issues” or lead associations to believe that these solutions will work for every community.

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This post comes from Karen Harrington’s campaign team. The views expressed here don’t necessarily reflect the views of the awesome editors here at Baret News. So stop whining. Oh, I’m kidding.

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has done quite a bit of campaigning this mid-term election season.  The issue for Debbie is that most of her campaigning these days is done almost everywhere but within her South Florida congressional district.  Yesterday, she appeared on Fox News Sunday live via satellite from Portland, Maine, taking her re-election campaign over 1000 miles away from the congressional district she represents- with just weeks to go before the November election.  It’s apparent that Debbie believes it isn’t necessary to put much time and effort into defending her ’safe’ congressional seat as it is to get her fellow Democrats re-elected across the country.

As further proof of Debbie’s dismissive attitude towards her own congressional district, Debbie has already cancelled two debates with the one person she wants to avoid at any cost- her Republican challenger Karen Harrington.  These debates were to be moderated separately by Channel 10’s Michael Putney and Univision, and to this date, her campaign continues to stall and delay the rescheduling of these debates.  It’s no mystery to us why Debbie is afraid to defend her record within the 20^th Congressional District- its voters know Debbie best and feel the impact of her failed policies more than anyone.

Debbie’s most pressing priority these days is campaigning for Democratic candidates in Congressional Districts across the country rather than holding herself to account within her own District.  Debbie has already publicly stated that she does indeed take her Congressional District and its voters for granted:

From CQ Politics (8/11):

“This is the third cycle that I’ve been spending a lot of time on the road,” Wasserman-Schultz said. “It’s more and more every cycle. Mostly it’s because ‘Frontline’ Members have asked me to come to their districts.”

“I’m focused on working hard to re-elect our Members,” Wasserman-Schultz said. “I’ve always felt that I’m from a district where I can help, so I do.”

“The voters of the 20^th Congressional District deserve a representative in Congress who is grounded in the District and understands its real concerns, not someone who is more preoccupied with climbing the rungs of her Party’s leadership than she is with earning people’s votes,” said Karen Harrington, candidate for Congress in Florida’s 20^th Congressional District.  “I challenge Debbie Wasserman-Schultz to three full debates over the course of the final three weeks of the campaign. The voters of the 20^th Congressional District deserve to hear a clear alternative to the reckless spending and regulation that Debbie has championed throughout her entire career, and her record of failure needs to be held to account.”

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Dr. Andrew B. Artis of the University of South Florida Polytechnic has earned tenure and a promotion to associate professor of marketing.

Artis earned a reputation as an innovative teacher and scholar.

The focal point of his research is to answer the question, “How can professional business people effectively manage their own learning to achieve personal and organizational objectives?”

Dr. Artis conducts research in the areas of self-directed learning, sales force management, and marketing management. He has published in “Journal of Business Research,” “Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management,” “Journal of Marketing Education,” “Journal of Interactive Advertising” and “Health Marketing Quarterly.”

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Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Alex Snitker had words of congratulations – and words of warning – for Republican and Democrat Senate primary election winners.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio won in a landslide over a handful of lesser know GOP challengers, while Democrat Kendrick Meek prevailed in a relatively close battle with billionaire Jeff Greene.

Snitker also issued a challenge to his competition.

“I look forward to open debates between me, Rubio, Meek and Crist. You’ve enjoyed the luxury of avoiding me during your primary battles; however, all bets are now off. Gentlemen, this is now officially a four-way race, and I am in it to win.”

- Alexander Snitker

Alexander Snitker

The outspoken Libertarian says he is the true tea party candidate, and accused Rubio being “afraid” to debate him on the issues. In a recent press release, the Snitker campaign accused Rubio of cancelling several speaking engagements after learning that Snitker would also be there, most recently on August 21st at the U.S. Constitution Freedom Rally in Fort Walton Beach

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