Introduction

North Carolinians, like much of the country, are feeling the stress of the economic fluctuations of recent months. Many of us are concerned about the value of our homes, the security of our savings and any recourse we may have to recover from debt. Here below is a North Carolina-focused guide that links you to information about your rights and options. This guide focuses on information readily available on the Internet that will lead you to government agencies, non-profits and other organizations that can provide direct and indirect assistance. It does not attempt to be comprehensive but will point you to major resources that provide more in-depth information and help.

Getting Ready
ATTACHING THE STRAP

1. Pass one end of the strap through the strap mount on the camera body.
2. Pass the end of the strap through the fastener A and B as shown in the figure.
3. Adjust the strap length. Use the same procedure to attach the other end of the strap to the other strap mount.

MOUNTING THE CAMERA LENS

1. Check the lens type.
2. Set the power switch to OFF to switch the camera off.
3. Position lens in the camera’s bayonet mount so that the mounting indexes on lens and camera body are aligned, then twist lens counterclockwise until it locks into place.
   
   • Always change the lens in an area free of dirt and dust.
   • When attaching the lens, take care not to press the lens release button.
   • When the lens is not attached or when a non-CPU Nikkor lens is attached and the power switch is turned on, “F- -” blinks in the top display panel and viewfinder, and the shutter cannot be released. See page 19 for a non-CPU lens.
   • Take care not to mount the lens when it is at an angle to the camera as this can damage the lens mount on the camera.

Using Nikkor lenses with built-in CPUs other than G-type lenses

1. Set the aperture ring to the smallest aperture.
2. Lock the aperture ring. If you switch the camera on without first selecting the smallest aperture (the aperture setting with the highest number), “ f E E” flashes on the top display panel and in the viewfinder, and the shutter will not operate

Removing the lens

1. Push and hold the lens release button, then turn the lens clockwise.
2. While the lens is removed from the camera, fit the camera body cap provided onto the camera to protect the inside of the camera and prevent soiling of the mirror and viewfinder screen. (You can also use the Nikon BF-1A Body Cap.)

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Property Insurance

Property insurance may be one of the most important types of insurance in terms of financially protecting the property and physical assets of your business. Types of property a business needs to insure include:

• Buildings and other structures, leased or owned
• Furniture, equipment, and supplies
• Leased equipment
• Inventory
• Money and securities
• Records of accounts receivable
• Improvements and betterments you made to the premises
• Machinery
• Boilers
• Data processing equipment and media, including computers
• Valuable papers, books, and documents
• Mobile property, such as automobiles, trucks, and construction equipment
• Satellite dishes
• Signs, fences, and other outdoor property not attached to a building
• Intangible property (goodwill, trademarks, etc.)

There are three types of property insurance plans. The basic property insurance form generally covers losses caused by fire or lightning and the cost of removing property to protect it from further damage (i.e., removing inventory or equipment from a damaged building so it won’t be stolen).

Throwing the Smile
In this game, players are forbidden to smile, but trust us–giggling and laughing will abound.
HOW TO PLAY:

1. Players sit in a circle, making sure they can see everyone else. One player who is It starts the game by smiling widely, while all the other players are somber. It then uses his hand to wipe the smile off his face and throw it to another player who has to catch the smile with his hand and put it on.
2. This new It can then wipe off the smile to throw to someone else–though he will probably choose to mug wildly at everyone for a few minutes before relinquishing his happy role. Meanwhile, all other players must sit stone-faced. One smirk and they’re out.

TIPS: The youngest players are the least successful at winning this game (they simply can’t stop themselves from laughing), but they also tend to enjoy it the most.

Now that you have decided that Photoshop is going to help make your photographs sell better than Pokémon toys, how are you going to learn the program? You have a lot of choices, but it really depends on your style of learning as to how you go about it. Some people are extremely self-motivated and disciplined. These people can sit down with a manual and a few books, and teach themselves. Plan to devote a number of hours each day, and give yourself projects to work on. It definitely takes a commitment, but most people, once they experience what the program can do, can’t drag themselves away. Start with the tutorials on your Photoshop CD, and move on to a book like the Adobe Classroom in a Book. By the time you have finished these, you should feel confident enough to work on your own projects.

The BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System integrates your organization’s PBX phone system with the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server to extend desk phone features to BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry MVS is designed to do the following:

• integrate with the phone application on BlackBerry devices so that users can make calls from and receive calls to your organization’s work numbers
• extend commonly used PBX features that are available from users’ desk phones to their BlackBerry devices
• provide simplified access to your organization’s voice mail system
• provide Voice over Wi-Fi® access to desk phone features for users of Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices
• extend the security features of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to authenticate BlackBerry device users to the BlackBerry MVS and your organization’s PBX phone system
• permit you to manage the BlackBerry MVS from a single web administration console