MiraCosta College Business Department

 by Ryan Eisenacher

I’ll be the first to admit that I have a serious addiction to greasy, bad-for-your-cholesterol fare. What can I say; I’m a fat kid at heart. As much as I love me some deep fried chicken wings and calorie-loaded cheeseburgers, I’d have to say that my number one afflicting food craving is pizza. I don’t care if it’s 9am on a Tuesday morning, I’m not one to turn down a cheesy, gooey slice of carb-loaded heaven. 

Whether you desire a Chicago-style deep dish or a cripsy cracker-thin crust, San Diego is home to some seriously supreme pizza joints that are sure to satisfy just about any local cheese lover’s craving. From the wholesome Naked Pizza in Hillcrest and the New Haven brick oven pies at Basic Urban Kitchen, to the Chicago-style deep dish pizza at Lefty’s in North Park and the original Filippi’s Pizza Grotto in Little Italy, discover the top ten San Diego pizza places.

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Gliding past the back door: Zip lines move from resorts to backyards

After gliding through the treetops on a cable at a park in the Adirondacks, Holly Swanson wondered whether she could replicate the fun in her parents’ backyard. Turns out it was easy, she said. After a little online research, she installed a 250-foot zip line between two trees on their property in Brunswick, Maine. “You can drop into the pond, which is a lot of fun,” said Swanson, who lives in Albany, N.Y.

The popularity of zip lines or canopy tours at vacation spots in the United States and overseas has created a growing market for at-home versions, said Aaron Sleadd, sales and marketing manager for Sleadd Adventures, in Grants Pass, Ore. MORE AT…http://www.nctimes.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/article_1be69bda-9f06-5250-9cd8-4a0faeca0c04.html

IRS guns are aimed at taxpayers who conceal income earned in offshore accounts.
Check “yes” on Schedule B of Form 1040 if you have an offshore account and enter the name of the country in which the account is held.
File Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, by June 30 each year with the U.S. Treasury (the address is on the form) if the aggregate value of all foreign financial accounts exceeded $10,000 at any time during the calendar year. There are no filing extensions for this form.
Use a voluntary initiative program to make disclosures about accounts in prior years if you have not already done so; the program will reduce the penalties you face.