A weakness in WordPress blogs made it possible for someone to add code classified as malware to our blog yesterday. We were alerted about the the problem and have taken steps to remove the code. We’ve requested that the site be rescanned to verify that the problem is no longer present, but it’s possible that some web browsers will continue to report our site as potentially dangerous for some time.

Looking at the code that was inserted, our site itself never contained anything dangerous – it was merely a link to a site that might have contained dangerous code.

In the end, this just goes to show that you’ll never know when being able to program a find-and-replace routine in PERL will come in handy…

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Join us for an evening of social networking in this lovely venue. Winestyles offers wine by the glass, wine tasting and an assortment of appetizers, with indoor and outdoor seating so we can enjoy the warm weather while it is still with us. They also serve an assortment of non-alcoholic beverages and imported beer.  A portion of all proceeds will support the Mill Creek Citizen Patrol.

For more information or to RSVP, please go to Biznik.

Not a Biznik member?  Sign up here!

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There are some changes happening in the back-end of the web server that might possibly cause some e-mail or other disruptions over this weekend. We’re making these changes in part because of a high number of messages going missing under our old setup. Hopefully, these behind-the-scenes changes will help to make everything better.

Part of the change also involves a migration between FullPotentialLLP.com and FullPotentialCPA.com. In the end, they will both work as mirrors of each other so that it doesn’t matter which one you remember, but we’ll be switching all of our marketing materials, web content and e-mails over the CPA domain.

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Managing QuickBooks and Paper Flow for Small Business Owners:

Like many small business owners, you may see paperwork, filing and bookkeeping as the enemy. You may be struggling to keep everything in order, pay everything on time and keep the records your accountant needs.

Clear Intentions and Full Potential have helped hundreds of small businesses to not only survive their recordkeeping requirements, but to thrive on them! With the advice of a Professional Organizer and Certified Public Accountant, you’ll have a complete perspective on managing all aspects of recordkeeping.

You’ll learn how to: • find it • pay it • record it • store it …and all in a way that simplifies your life and keeps your accountant happy!

**Drawing for a FREE Freedom Filer – Bring your business card!

Date:  Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Time:  11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Location:

The Inside Scoop
16212 Bothell-Everett Hwy.
Mill Creek, WA 98012
425-742-0510
(Across the parking lot from Staples)

The Inside Scoop serves a variety of frozen yogurt and ice cream, hot dogs, and more.  There is no charge for our event, but please do feel free to purchase something tasty from the shop!

(Register on biznik.com — if you are not a member, you should be! Join for free and take advantage of the many events such as ours offered at no charge.)

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As of May 21, 2009, Justin Dagna is officially licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Washington!

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Good news today! The Washington Board of Accountancy has already finished grading my CPA Exam on Financial Accounting and Reporting and I’ve passed with flying colors – a score of 88 when a 75 would have sufficed.

This seems to be a trend. The first exam (Busines Environment and Concepts) was 86. The second exam (Regulation) was 87.

So, can I expect 89 on the Auditing & Attestation exam?  I’ll know for sure before the end of March.

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We’ve made some major behind-the-scenes changes to our web site.

Our old blogging engine didn’t work to filter out spambot messages and it quickly became overwhelmed. By overwhelmed, we’re talking more than 1,000 such messages every night – 50 megabytes worth in a month!

The site is now fully functional with a new blogging system and some minor interface changes. Some features are a little bit rough, but it’s tax season and we’ll be polishing things up as we have time.

The new features do allow you to create user name, post comments, gets alerts for updates and much more.

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Did you know that most Washington businesses file monthly, quarterly and/or annual reports on 14 or more different forms? And that they report to at least 7 different government agencies?

We will be conducting a free workshop, called “What to expect when you’re expecting business” which is open to all who are interested.* We’ll be covering what to expect when you register a business, such as who to register with, what taxes you’ll be paying and how to know if you’ve done everything right.
*  Just get a free Biznik membership to attend.

The workshop is on Friday, February 20, 2009 at the Inside Scoop in Mill Creek. Space is limited to 12 people.

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To introduce you to our new home office (and prevent confusion with the international branches), we’d like to invite you to a Full Potential open house!

January 1st, from 2 pm to 4 pm, we’ll have drinks and appetizers and an open door for anyone who would like to drop by.

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There are many difficult choices that business owners have to make, and none is as challenging as deciding how to respond to a difficult economy or the need to move. We have come to a decision regarding this and have decided to move the office back home.

The majority of our clients are small businesses; many of them are in real estate and construction. We understand their need to cut back or delay services. If we knew that the economy would recover in just a few months, we’d happily tough it out, but the pessimists are talking about years of slower economic activity.

We bought our home because it has a lower floor that can be dedicated to office space. We’ll be moving the majority of our furniture back in, and you should feel just as at home as we do. During regular business hours (which are unchanged), just come on in!

The move is timed to start in the second week of December and we should be completely finished by January 1st.

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