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IRS Audits
3. Home offices. You can only take this deduction if you meet all of the qualifications, including regularly and exclusively using part of your home as your principal place of business. For example, if your office doubles as the childrens’ playroom, you’re generally unable to deduct it.

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Un-common Recognition
nother UNSCENE! weekend event drew crowds as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Studies and Planning recently featured Shreveport Common as one of 13 “stand out” communities creating positive, transformational in a nationwide study on “creative placemaking.

'The Cynic'
A Sunday school teacher asked if anyone knew any of the Ten Commandments. One boy volunteered, “Thou shall not omit adultery.”.

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The Underdog
Avildsen specializes in directing films about the underdog, including such classics as “Rocky,” “Rocky V,” “Lean on Me” and all three “Karate Kid” movies. He has directed seven actors to Oscar nominations, including Jack Lemmon, who won Best Actor for his role in “Save the Tiger.

‘Starry Nights’
The LSUS Foundation is throwing a retro shindig that will convert a campus parking lot into a drive-in movie location for one night as part of its “Starry Nights” fundraiser. Foundation Board President T. Brian Bond said, “The goal is to raise $60,000 to help support scholarships and other programs at LSUS.

The Second Day
The losses on both sides had been high, but the effect was far less for the larger Union forces. The total Union losses were 113 killed, 581 wounded, and 1,541 missing or 2,235 official casualties of a force of 12,000 participating in all three phases.

Complex parkway
The boulders along Clyde Fant Parkway do look peculiar. We usually do not think of Louisiana having boulders, but they were not hauled in. They are part of a natural formation walled the Wilcox Sandstone. That stretch of the parkway is wonderfully complex.

Sci-Port unveils $8.9 million campaign
The first phase, Itty Bitty City, will be a children’s museum housed inside Sci-Port, expanding the Center’s exhibitory and programming for the youngest visitors. The space, costing around $2 million, will be geared toward younger children, providing an ageappropriate, informal educational experience.

Briefs
Boomtown Casino and Hotel announced the addition of Mark Starrett, director of hospitality, to the Boomtown management team. Starrett is returning to Bossier City from Lady Luck Casino in Nemacolin, Penn. He will oversee operations in food and beverage, hotel, retail and valet.

‘Leaving Louisiana’
A processing tax would replace the outdated 1921 severance tax, which only taxes oil and gas produced in Louisiana.

WRAPPING UP MARDI GRAS
Well, another Mardi Gras season has come and gone and there were no disasters – at least that we know of. It’s not likely that some of the media who pander to the krewes would report it anyway. But the complaints just keep coming from citizens in the residential neighborhoods impacted by the Centaur and Gemini parades.

Policy Disasters
It’s a state where you have given up hope and effort that your actions will affect your outcomes, even when later you’re in a position where control of the outcome is completely within your reach.

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The Way it Was in 2002
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Oral Health
Tooth decay, also known as cavities, is caused by a breakdown of the enamel. Though oral hygiene is important at all stages of life, the two-a-day flossing and brushing can get lost in the busyness of adult daily life.

Reproductive Health
is the function of the human body without which humanity simply could not exist. The United Nations guidelines on reproductive health refer to reproductive health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the...

The Right Place for Fitness
Has the January glow of your healthy resolutions for the new year dimmed? You’re not alone. Many people who decide they are going to get healthier, become more fit, or look better by the time warm weather comes fail when they do it alone. That’s when WK Fitness & Wellness Centers make good sense.

Community Health and Wellness
For patients who are scheduled for total hip or total knee surgery or who are considering surgery in the near future. Participants will learn about the entire joint replacement process from pre-admission planning, surgery and follow-up outpatient therapy.

Multifaith services, bible studies feed the souls of Oaks residents
Sally Montgomery certainly does. “For me, it’s very important that we have a variety of worship and spiritual opportunities,” she says. A resident of The Oaks community for nearly three years, Montgomery says, “My faith is a big part of my life. I was always very active in my church (Noel Memorial United Methodist) and I miss that now.

Dealing with Addiction
Addiction and substance abuse disorders have no discriminating qualities in the groups of people affected, dismissing the misconception that only certain demographics face the disease. The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse has treated doctors, lawyers, professors and other affluent professionals who have suffered from addiction.

Saving Sight
Catherine Vanderberry, recipient’s wife; Brett Mcgee, brother of donor; Jim Vanderberry, eye donor recipient; Misti Aucoin, donor’s mother; Sean Aucoin, donor’s father; Karol Power – recipient’s daughter; Jerry Power, recipient’s son in law stand together.

Spring allergies
(BPT) – April’s showers bring May flowers but they also bring on sneezing, runny noses and watery eyes for some of the 50 million Americans with allergies. The spring allergy season begins in some regions of the country as early as February and can last into the summer months.

Defy Aging
(BPT) – Determined, vivacious, passionate – a lot of words describe America’s estimated 78 million baby boomers. This spirited group is redefining their golden years, staying active by working, traveling and enjoying the great outdoors.

Shape up for Surgery
(BPT) – More than 50 million surgeries occur every year and patient safety is always the top priority for surgeons or physician anesthesiologists involved in medical care.

Healthy Geezer
One study found cinnamon taken twice a day for 90 days improved the condition of people with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes. One theory is that cinnamon may act like insulin, a hormone that controls the concentration of sugar in the blood. Insulin deficiency causes diabetes.

TALK of the TOWN
THROUGH MARCH 21: “CELEBRATING 75 YEARS – DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL ARTISTIC TRADITION: AMOS ARMSTRONG, LOUIS SICARD, E.J. WHETZLE AND H.B. WRIGHT,”.

Rollin’ on the River
progressive jackpot to be given away on March 29. Multiply your points 5x every Sunday and get more cash back at the machine. On Mondays, receive a multiplier on your drawing entries 5x to 15x and earn more chances to win. Lucky Leprechaun is every Tuesday from 12-8 p.

Group Exhibition
This year, a $2,000 Best in Show award went to Taffie Garsee for her diabolically beautiful drawing, “Greed Weed.” It is a large black-and-white vertical image on parchment filled with earthy biological imagery, weeds, body parts, bugs and plants created out of roiling, writhing lines.

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Cultural Oasis
The ASEANA Asian Gardens represent over seven years of volunteer labor. Originally, there were only five gardens representing the Philippines, China, Japan, India and Thailand. Now, there are 15 garden areas.

The Famous Diary
Anne and her family are forced to hide in an annex of her father’s office building to avoid being scooped up in the pogroms Hitler put into place against those of Jewish lineage. The ordeal gives Anne plenty of time to reflect on the life that has ended and the new “normal” she and her family are experiencing.

Caddo Parish seeks poet to honor
following website: shrevearts. org/artists-resources/call-toartists/ Caddo Parish will select a Poet Laureate to serve a twoyear term from April through March 2016. The juror is Ava L.

Blockbuster of a Bistro
t 710 Texas St. in downtown Shreveport sits one of the city’s most impressive cultural assets, The Robinson Film Center. This jewel of a facility presents firstrun quality films, independent films, classics, foreign films, world-class documentaries and assorted shorts and animation.

On the Scene
Winter Wine Tasting:.