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May 2012 
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Dateline | May 2012

 

A hardy hello to all of you who made it scathed or unscathed through the winter with all of its icy trimmings this year. It seems as though 2012 came in with a roar which means the remainder of the year will be filled with sunshine and smiles...well, okay, looking out the window today I guess we will just have to settle for smiles!
 
 Just a quick reminder for all of you lawyers, paralegals and legal secretaries, Flygare & Associates is hosting lunches while we ply you with a bit of important information regarding billing for court reporter services.
 
I received an email the other day from an upset lawyer who is a friend of mine for the high cost of an invoice that his firm received from a firm he wasn't familiar with. We went over the bill and I couldn't really figure out what they were being charged for, the services were not detailed.
 
It was for a 130-page deposition with minor exhibits but the invoice was for well over $1000.00. I asked, tongue in cheek, if the print on the paper was somehow embossed with gold which might give an explanation for the overbilling. Nope, just a plain old transcript with an index of key words included at the end of the transcript, you know the one I am talking about, right?
 
I encouraged him to get the court reporting agency on the phone and dispute it.   I will let you know what I hear back. Some of these nefarious firms with their strange invoices are threatening lawsuits if their bills aren't paid within 30 days.
 
So schedule a lunch with us and find out how you can protect your firm's and/or your client's financial assets from these billing schemes that are seemingly popping up all over the place.

 

 

 

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Video Vault
By Chris Lewis 
Head Videographer

Bicycle

Video vault for May 2012

 

Although today's weather does not indicate how nice it has been around the Puget sound area lately we have all seen what tremendous weather we have had over the last month or so. Recently, the "Vaults eye" has seen quite a few folks out in the area riding their bikes in many different places across the Puget Sound region. One common theme I have noticed is people repairing their bikes on the side of the roads and that is what prompted me to write this article.

 

Not only is that not any fun, but is very unsafe as well. So I asked a few of them as I was walking in the area what had happen and the most common reply was that they had not done any upkeep or maintenance on their bikes before they jumped on them and started to ride. Some even took them right from the garage and put on their bike racks and went to the park only to find out the tire was flat or the chain had come off the sprocket.

 

That made me to think how can I help?

Well, here are a few of the things that I did as soon as I got home, and found that my own bike had a flat tire and a dried out chain.

 

Pump it up: The general rule is, if you bought your bike at a big-box store, you can go to a gas station and use the air pump. If you bought your bike at a bike store, you may have a different kind of valve and you should use a foot pump with a pressure gauge. You do not want over inflate your tire and blow up that inner tube, which I hate to say... I have done that.

 

Lube it up: About half of all the parts of a bicycle are in the chain, so be nice to it. Apply a light coat of lube to the middle bushing; rotate the chain to work in the lube. Wipe off the excess lube. Don't use WD-40, the experts say it is too corrosive and will eat chain lube.

 

Brake check: Check your brake pads front and back, if the pads look thin, unevenly worn, old, or cracked, you probably should replace them. If you know how you can do this, but may be safer to have a bike shop replace them. If all you need to do is adjust them, turn the barrel adjuster on your brake cables to tighten or loosen them.

 

Gear up: This is a little more tricky, again if you know what you are doing and can handle this simplyIf gears slip or clunk or don't shift, adjust tension on the barrel adjuster on the rear derailleur near your rear wheel cog or at the cable adjuster on the right-hand shifter near your handlebars. But if this is out of your of your league a bike shop is the best place to have this done.

 

Sit on it: Do you remember who said that line? Well I am talking here about testing the seat and making sure it is in a good solid position for your ride. There are a couple ways to adjust the seat for proper height: Experience riders shouldsit on the bike with one pedal all the way down, your leg should be 90 percent straight or slightly bent, and you should be able to reach the ground only on tiptoes. If you're new to biking or nervous about riding in traffic, lower the seat so both feet can touch the ground more comfortably. That is how I adjusted my seat.

 

I would like to say all these ideas came from my own experiences, and most of them did, but I checked with Andrew Fiore, service manager from the Bike Gallery downtown and listened to his recommendations as well.

 

I hope this will lead to safe riding and less repair on the side of the road.

 

I will see you next month.

 

Remember, Flygare & Associates want you to be safe and enjoy your summer fun.

 

~Christopher A. Lewis,
Legal Video Specialist

 

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Washington Cottage Food Proposed Bill

By Colleen Donovan

 

On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., an interesting hearing took place in Olympia.

 

Washington is considering new legislation for the cottage food industry which will enable individuals to prepare certain foods in their own kitchens for direct sale to the public through farmers markets, craft fairs, etc.

 

The proposed rule provides for producing such things as cakes, breads, cereals, jams, soup mixes, flavored vinegars and more. Some products are prohibited, however, and I was disappointed to see that pickles are prohibited because I've always thought homemade pickles were the best around.

 

Initially there will be a ceiling on the allowable annual earnings of $15,000.00, and while this seems to be a low amount, hopefully they'll raise it in the near future.

 

In this economic environment this new bill could open up an avenue for Washington State entrepreneurs to have fun, create, and add cash to supplement their incomes.

 

To read the proposed bill, go to http://1.usa.gov/K3gLQA.

Anna's Blueberry Cream Cheese Squares

 

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

3 cups fresh blueberries

4 cups finely crushed graham crackers

1 1/2 sticks butter, melted

2 8 oz. pkgs. Cream cheese, softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 tsp. vanilla

1 9-oz. pkg. non-dairy whipped cream

 

 

Combine cornstarch, 1/2 cup sugar, water and blueberries in medium saucepan.  Cook over medium heat until the sauce thickens and bubbles, stirring regularly.  This should take about 7 minutes.  Cool.

 

Combine the graham cracker crumbs and butter.  Press half of the crumbs into the bottom of a lightly greased 9 x 13 pan.

 

Beat the cream cheese until soft.  Gradually beat in the 1 1/2 cups sugar and vanilla.  Gently fold in the whipped topping.

 

Spread half the cream cheese mixture over the crumbs (this is very hard to spread),  Spread half the blueberry mixture over the cream cheese mixture.  Spread the remaining cream cheese mixture over the blueberry mixture.  Spread the rest of the blueberry mixture over the second layer of the cream cheese mixture.  Top with the remaining half of the graham cracker crumbs.  Chill overnight.

 

 

 

NOTE:  In place of graham crackers you can use vanilla wafer cookies instead.

 

NOTE:  I made this super low in sugar by using Splenda in place of the sugar and using sugar free Cool Whip.  The only sugar came from the graham crackers, which are low in sugar anyway


 
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