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March is National Noodle Month
Whether they’re
fine, medium, wide or extra-wide, egg noodles conjure up images
of mom’s chicken noodle soup, classic tuna casserole, or even a
sweet kugel. Noodles are a feel-good food. Not surprisingly,
consumption of noodles increases by as much as 20 percent in
January, February and March.
As legend has it, noodles were first made by 13th century German
bakers who fashioned dough into symbolic shapes, such as words,
birds and stars. These “nudels” were then baked and served as
bread.
Here are a few
noodle facts:
Noodle consumption increases during colder months as well as
during
Lent, when countless people prepare meatless meals for this
religious
occasion prior to Easter.
Egg noodles contain eggs; almost all other dry pasta shapes do
not.
By federal law, a noodle must contain 5.5 percent egg solids by
weight to be called a noodle.
A half-cup serving of cooked noodles contains just one gram of
fat, 106
calories, five milligrams of sodium, and important nutrients
including B-vitamins, iron and protein.
Noodles can be substituted for many other pasta shapes in your
favorite recipes.
As a comfort food, noodles can be soothing when we have a cold,
a broken heart, burst bubble or winter-time blues.
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Pre Release
Announcement for Level 4.3 
Sage has issued the pre-release announcement the upcoming
release of Level 4.3 due out later this spring.
Sage MAS90 Version 4.3, will focus on five general areas:
enhanced business intelligence, new global features,
usability enhancements, end-to-end solutions, and
performance improvements. Here's a few of the new
features. Business Insights Explorer is a great
tool for quickly locating and analyzing data stored in Sage
MAS90/200. Version 4.3 adds views for the General
Ledger, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and Purchase Order
modules. In addition, a new charting feature has been
added.
Direct Deposit for Payroll and Paperless Office
document storage/management, formally available as add-on
enhancements, will be built right into the software at level
4.3.
In addition, there are many usability enhancements added
at this level designed to make your day run more smoothly.
For example, report selection is being streamlined with all
selection criteria on one screen.
To view the entire brochure on the new features in Level
4.3, follow this link to download the PDF (Level
4.3 Pre-Release Announcement)
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Federal Economic Stimulus
Act of 2008 -- Sage MAS 90 and 200 Fixed Asset Update
For those clients using the new MAS90 Fixed Assets Module
Service Update 2008.1.1, for your Sage MAS 90
and 200 Fixed Asset module, is a response to the Federal Economic Stimulus Act
of 2008, and will provide our customers a simple and easy way to maximize tax
benefits under depreciation provisions expanded by the new law. This Service
Update is currently in testing, and Sage expects to have it available as a
download from Sage Software Online within the next three weeks.
Specifically, the Update will provide customers
with updated benefits support in two main areas:
IRC Section 179
For qualified assets placed in service in tax years beginning in 2008:
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An increase nearly double the
original 2008 limit per asset from $128,000 to $250,000.
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An increase of the overall
investment limit to $800,000.
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An increase for qualified
Enterprise Zone property to $285,000.
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An increase for qualified Go Zone
property to $350,000.
IRC Section 168(k) Fifty percent bonus depreciation for qualified property placed in
service in 2008:
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Fifty percent bonus depreciation
allows expensing on most types of property with a recovery period of 20 years or
less, such as machinery, equipment, computers, furniture, fixtures and certain
software.
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This month's Windows Tip :
My Pictures Slideshow for Windows XP
If you’re familiar with Windows XP’s My
Pictures Slideshow screen saver to display photos of loved ones,
here’s a twist that you might find interesting — you can use a
photo for the texture in the 3D Flying Objects screen saver.
Here’s how:
Locate the photo you want to use in this screen saver, load it
into a graphics program, and save it as a BMP file. (BMP is the
only file type the 3D Flying Objects screen saver will allow you
to select.)
Right-click on the desktop, select Properties, select the Screen
Saver tab, and select 3D Flying Objects from the Screen Saver
drop-down list.
Click the Settings button and select Textured Flag from the
Style drop-down list.
Click the Texture button and use the Choose Texture File dialog
box to locate and select your photo.
Crank up Resolution and Size sliders to the Max setting and
click OK to close the 3D Flying Objects Setting dialog box.
Click the Preview button to test your new screen saver, then
click OK to enable it.
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