Document:

SECOND
      AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     

    Brad
      Edson

     

    This
      Second Amendment to Employment Agreement (the “Amendment”)
      by and
      between NutraCea, a California corporation (the “Employer”)
      and
      Brad Edson (the “Employee’),
      entered into as of the 10th
      day of
      December, 2004 (the “Agreement”),
      is
      made and effective as of the 8th day of August, 2008. Capitalized terms not
      specifically defined hereunder shall have the meanings assigned to them under
      the Agreement. 

     

    1.
      Background
      and Purpose. Employer
      has agreed in the Employment Agreements for certain of its officers that such
      officers are eligible for discretionary bonus awards as determined by the
      NutraCea Compensation Committee or Board of Directors. Pursuant
      to the Agreement, Employee is entitled to participate
      in all benefit plans and programs made available to other executives or senior
      management of Employer. Employer acknowledges that Employee is and has been
      eligible for discretionary
      bonus awards as determined by the NutraCea Compensation Committee or Board
      of
      Directors. The parties desire to amend the Agreement to clarify the
      foregoing.

     

    2.
      Discretionary
      Bonus. Section
      3.4 of the Agreement is hereby adopted to read in its entirety as
      follows:

     

    “3.4.
      Discretionary
      Bonus.
      Employee
      shall be eligible for a discretionary bonus at such times and in such amounts
      as
      determined by Employer’s Compensation Committee or Board of
      Directors.

     

    3.
      Effect
      of Amendment.
      All
      other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain unchanged and shall continue
      in full force and effect, except as may be required to effect the forgoing
      amendment. 

     

    
      	
              EMPLOYER:

            	 	
              EMPLOYEE:

            
	 	 	 
	
              NutraCea
                

            	 	
              /s/
                Brad
                Edson

            
	 	 	
              Brad
                Edson

            
	
              By
                

            	
              /s/
                David Bensol

            	 	
               

            
	
              Its:
                

            	
              Chairman
                of the BoardSEVENTH
      AMENDMENT OF

    AMENDED
      AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

    

     

    This
      Seventh Amendment of the Amended and Restated Participation Agreement (the
      “Seventh Amendment”) is made and entered into as of this 1st
      day of
      July, 2008, by and between and Union Bank and Trust Company, a Nebraska banking
      corporation and trust company, solely in its capacity as trustee of various
      grantor trusts known as Short Term Federal Investment Trusts or other grantor
      trusts (“Trustee”) and National Education Loan Network, Inc., a Nevada
      corporation (“Nelnet”). 

    

    WHEREAS,
      the
      parties hereto entered into that certain Amended and Restated Participation
      Agreement dated as of June 1, 2001, as amended (the “Agreement”), and the
      parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement under the terms set forth herein.
      

    

    NOW,
      THEREFORE,
      in
      consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants herein
      contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

    

    1. Definitions.
      Unless
      otherwise expressly stated herein, capitalized terms in this Seventh Amendment
      shall have the same meanings given to them in the Agreement. 

    

    2. Adjustment
      of Participation Amount.
      For
      purposes of the Agreement and this Seventh Amendment, the maximum aggregate
      total of participation interests sold to Union Bank shall be $750 million,
      or
      such other amount as the parties may mutually agree upon from time to time.
      

    

    3. Applicability
      of Agreement to Nelnet Affiliates.
      The
      terms of the Agreement applicable to Nelnet shall be fully applicable not only
      to Nelnet, but also Nelnet’s parent, Nelnet, Inc., and all direct or indirect
      subsidiaries of Nelnet, Inc., without necessity of those entities’ execution of
      this Amendment. 

    

    4. Change
      in Sixth Amendment.
      Effective as of July 1, 2008, the second sentence of Section 2 of the Sixth
      Amendment of Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated as of December
      12, 2005 between the parties is hereby deleted. 

    

    

    5. Effect
      of Amendment.
      This
      Seventh Amendment shall be effective as of the date first set forth above.
      Unless expressly modified or amended by this Amendment, all terms and provision
      contained in the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect without
      modification. 

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    
      	 Union
              Bank and Trust Company, solely
              as in its capacity as trustee	 	National Education Loan
              Network,
              Inc.
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	 	 By:	 
	Title:
              	 	 	 Title:a5751443ex10-1.htm

                                                                     Exhibit
10.1

    

    

    iParty
Corp.

    

    COMPENSATION
ARRANGEMENTS WITH INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS FOR SERVICE

    COMMENCING
AFTER ELECTION AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

    

    JUNE
4, 2008

    

    

    Equity
Compensation

    

         Each
independent director (i.e., each of Daniel DeWolf, Frank Haydu, Eric Schindler,
and Joseph Vassalluzzo) shall be granted an option as of June 4, 2008
exercisable for the purchase of 25,000 shares of iParty's common stock in
respect of his service as a director. Each such option shall have an exercise
price equal to $0.29 per share, the market price of iParty's common stock at the
close of business on the grant date (i.e., June 4, 2008) and shall vest
quarterly in equal parts over one year, vesting in full on June 4,
2009.

    

         Each
of these stock option grants shall be made pursuant to iParty's Amended and
Restated 1998 Incentive and Non-qualified Stock Option Plan.

    

    

    Cash
Compensation

    

         Each
independent director shall be paid $25,000 in cash, payable in equal quarterly
installments, for his service as a director for the year beginning on the date
of his election at the stockholders meeting on June 4, 2008.

    

         Each
independent director shall be paid an annual fee of the following amount in
cash, payable in equal quarterly installments, for service on the various
committees of the Board of Directors:

    

    

    

    
      
        	
                Joseph
      Vassalluzzo

              	
                $25,000

              
	
                Eric
      Schindler

              	
                $10,000

              
	
                Daniel
      DeWolf

              	
                $10,000

              
	
                Frank
      Haydu

              	
                $20,000a5751443ex10-2.htm

    Exhibit
10.2

    

    iParty
Corp.

    

    Written
Summary of Renewed One-Year Part-time Consulting Arrangement with

    Mr.
Vassalluzzo

    

    June
4, 2008

    

    

    

         iParty
Corp. shall renew its engagement of Joseph Vassalluzzo to provide consulting
services on a part-time basis over a one-year period beginning on June 4, 2008
(the date of termination of the prior year's arrangement) to iParty's senior
management, in particular iParty's Chairman and CEO, Sal Perisano, with respect
to various retail, operational, strategic, real estate and store location
issues, as may from time to time be necessary and appropriate. Such services
shall on occasion require Mr. Vassalluzzo's presence at iParty's corporate
headquarters in Dedham, Massachusetts and/or current or proposed store location
sites, principally in New England and Florida. On or before the end of the
one-year period commencing on June 4, 2008, iParty Corp. shall pay Mr.
Vassalluzzo one or more payments not to exceed $60,000 cash for services
rendered over the one-year period beginning on June 4, 2008, with such services
to be earned at a rate of $5,000 per month.Exhibit 10.1

                              SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO
                           NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This  SEVENTH   AMENDMENT  dated  as  of  August  6,  2008  (this  "Seventh
Amendment"),  to that certain NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED  CREDIT  AGREEMENT,  as
amended (as so amended, the "Credit Agreement"),  dated as of December 31, 2003,
is among GULF ISLAND FABRICATION,  INC., a Louisiana  corporation  ("Borrower"),
GULF ISLAND,  L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability  company,  DOLPHIN SERVICES,
L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company and successor by merger to Dolphin
Services,  Inc.,  SOUTHPORT,  L.L.C., a Louisiana  limited liability company and
successor by merger to  Southport,  Inc.,  GULF ISLAND  MINDOC  COMPANY,  L.L.C.
(formerly  Vanguard  Ocean  Services,  L.L.C.),  a Louisiana  limited  liability
company,  G. M.  FABRICATORS,  L.P.  (formerly NEW VISION L.P.), a Texas limited
Partnership,  GULF MARINE  FABRICATORS  GENERAL PARTNER,  L.L.C.,  (formerly NEW
VISION GENERAL PARTNER, L.L.C.), a Louisiana limited liability company, and GULF
MARINE FABRICATORS LIMITED PARTNER, L.L.C. (formerly NEW VISION LIMITED PARTNER,
L.L.C.), a Louisiana limited liability company, as Guarantors,  WHITNEY NATIONAL
BANK, a national banking  association  ("Whitney") and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(successor  by merger to BANK ONE,  N.A.,  Chicago) in its  individual  capacity
("JPMorgan")  (Whitney  and  JPMorgan,  each a  "Lender"  and  collectively  the
"Lenders") and JPMorgan, as Agent and LC Issuer.

     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders to extend the Facility
Termination  Date under the  Credit  Agreement  and to  increase  the  Aggregate
Commitment; and

     WHEREAS, the Lenders are agreeable thereto, on the terms and conditions set
forth herein;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  the parties hereto do hereby amend the Credit  Agreement,
all on the terms and conditions hereof and do hereby agree as follows:

         1. Unless  otherwise  defined  herein,  all defined  terms used in this
     Seventh Amendment shall have the same meaning ascribed to such terms in the
     Credit Agreement.

         2. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the
     definition  of  "Facility  Termination  Date"  to read in its  entirety  as
     follows:

         "Facility  Termination  Date" means December 31, 2010 or any later date
         as may be specified as the Facility  Termination  Date in any amendment
         to this Agreement or any earlier date on which the Aggregate Commitment
         is  reduced  to zero or  otherwise  terminated  pursuant  to the  terms
         hereof.

         3. The Credit  Agreement is hereby  amended by adding a  definition  of
     "Financial  Facility LC" in Article I (Definitions)  in proper alpha order,
     reading as follows:
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         "Financial  Facility  LC" means a Facility LC issued for the account of
         Borrower or any Guarantor  for the purpose of insuring the  performance
         of a contractual  obligation  to pay a sum of money,  together with any
         Facility  LC with a  similar  purpose  as  determined  by  Agent in its
         reasonable discretion from time to time.

         4. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the
     provisions of Section 2.19.1 to read in its entirety as follows:

         2.19.1.  Issuance.  The LC  Issuer  hereby  agrees,  on the  terms  and
         conditions  set forth in this  Agreement,  to issue standby  letters of
         credit (each, a "Facility LC") and to renew, extend, increase, decrease
         or otherwise  modify each Facility LC ("Modify," and each such action a
         "Modification"),  from time to time from and including the date of this
         Agreement and prior to the Facility  Termination  Date upon the request
         of the Borrower for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other
         than an Excluded Subsidiary;  provided that immediately after each such
         Facility LC is issued or Modified (x) the Aggregate  Outstanding Credit
         Exposure  shall  not  exceed  the  Aggregate  Commitment,  and  (y) the
         aggregate  undrawn  stated  amount  under all  Financial  Facility  LCs
         outstanding at such time plus the aggregate  unpaid amount at such time
         of all  Reimbursement  Obligations of all Financial  Facility LCs shall
         not exceed FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00). No Facility
         LC shall have an expiry date later than  eighteen  months  after to the
         Facility Termination Date.

         5. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the
     provisions  of  Section  6.22.1  and  6.22.2 to read in their  entirety  as
     follows:

         6.22.1.  Current  Ratio The  Borrower  shall  maintain  a  Consolidated
         Current Ratio of 1.25 to 1.00 or greater.

         6.22.2.  Minimum Net Worth.  The  Borrower  will at all times  maintain
         Consolidated Net Worth of not less than the sum of (i) $200,000,000.00,
         plus (ii) 50% of Consolidated  Net Income earned in each fiscal quarter
         beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2008 (without deduction for
         losses),  plus (iii) 100% of all net  proceeds of any issuance of stock
         or other equity after deduction of any fees, commissions,  expenses and
         other costs incurred in such offering.

         6. The Credit  Agreement is hereby amended by increasing the Commitment
     of each Lender to the amount set forth below its  signature to this Seventh
     Amendment.
<PAGE>

         7. In  order  to  reflect  the  increased  Commitment  of each  Lender,
     Borrower has executed and delivered  its Note to each Lender,  in the forms
     of Exhibits A and B hereto.

         8.  Except to the  extent  its  provisions  are  specifically  amended,
     modified or  superseded  by this Seventh  Amendment,  the  representations,
     warranties and affirmative and negative covenants of the Borrower contained
     in the  Credit  Agreement  are  incorporated  herein by  reference  for all
     purposes as if copied  herein in full.  The  Borrower  hereby  restates and
     reaffirms  each and every term and  provision of the Credit  Agreement,  as
     amended, including, without limitation, all representations, warranties and
     affirmative and negative covenants. Except to the extent its provisions are
     specifically amended, modified or superseded by this Seventh Amendment, the
     Credit Agreement,  as amended,  and all terms and provisions  thereof shall
     remain in full force and effect, and the same in all respects are confirmed
     and approved by the parties hereto.

         9. Borrower and each Guarantor  acknowledge and agree that this Seventh
     Amendment  shall not be considered a novation or a new  contract.  Borrower
     and each Guarantor  acknowledge that all existing rights,  titles,  powers,
     Liens,  security  interests and estates in favor of the Lenders  constitute
     valid and existing  obligations and Liens and security interests as against
     the  Collateral  in favor of the  Agent  for the  benefit  of the  Lenders.
     Borrower  and  each  Guarantor  confirm  and  agree  that (a)  neither  the
     execution  of  this  Seventh   Amendment  nor  the   consummation   of  the
     transactions  described herein shall in any way effect, impair or limit the
     covenants,  liabilities,  obligations  and duties of the  Borrower and each
     Guarantor under the Loan Documents,  and (b) the obligations  evidenced and
     secured  by the Loan  Documents  continue  in full force and  effect.  Each
     Guarantor hereby further confirms that it unconditionally guarantees to the
     extent  set  forth  in the  Guaranty  the  due  and  punctual  payment  and
     performance of any and all amounts and obligations  owed the Borrower under
     the  Credit  Agreement  or the other  Loan  Documents,  including,  but not
     limited to, the increased  Commitments  of each Lender as set forth in this
     Seventh Amendment.

         10.  Borrower and each  Guarantor that has executed or is executing any
     mortgage, security agreement,  pledge, or other security device as security
     for the obligations  under the Credit  Agreement  hereby  acknowledges  and
     affirms that such security remains in effect for the Obligations.  Further,
     Borrower   and  each   Guarantor   agree  to   execute   such   amendments,
     modifications,  and  additions  as may be  requested  by Agent from time to
     time.

         11.  This  Seventh   Amendment   may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
     counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shaft be deemed to
     constitute one and the same instrument.

         12. THIS SEVENTH  AMENDMENT  AND THE LOAN  DOCUMENTS  (OTHER THAN THOSE
     CONTAINING A CONTRARY  EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION)  SHALL BE CONSTRUED
     IN ACCORDANCE  WITH THE INTERNAL  LAWS OF  LOUISIANA,  BUT GIVING EFFECT TO
     FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Borrower,  the  Guarantors,  the Lenders,  the LC
Issuer and the Agent have executed  this Seventh  Amendment as of the date first
above written.

                                   BORROWER:

                                   GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

                                   By: /s/ Kerry J. Chauvin
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       Kerry J. Chauvin, President & CEO

                                   GUARANTORS:

                                   GULF ISLAND, L.L.C.

                                   By: /s/ William G. Blanchard
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       William G. Blanchard, President & CEO

                                   DOLPHIN SERVICES, L.L.C.,
                                   successor by merger to Dolphin Services, Inc.

                                   By: /s/ William J. Fromenthal
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       William J. Fromenthal, President & CEO

                                   SOUTHPORT, L.L.C.

                                   By: /s/ William G. Blanchard
                                   ----------------------------------------
                                       William G. Blanchard, President & CEO

<PAGE>

                                   GUARANTORS: (cont'd)

                                   GULF ISLAND MINDOC COMPANY, L.L.C.

                                   By: /s/ Kerry J. Chauvin
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Kerry J. Chauvin, Manager

                                   G. M. FABRICATORS, L.P.
                                   (formerly NEW VISION, L.P.)

                                   By: Gulf Marine Fabricators General Partner,
                                       L.L.C.

                                   By: /s/ Kerry J. Chauvin
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Kerry J. Chauvin, Manager

                                   GULF MARINE FABRICATORS GENERAL PARTNER, LLC
                                   (Formerly NEW VISION GENERAL PARTNER, L.L.C.)

                                   By: /s/ Kerry J. Chauvin
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Kerry J. Chauvin, Manager

                                   GULF MARINE FABRICATORS LIMITED
                                   PARTNER, LLC
                                   (Formerly NEW VISION LIMITED PARTNER, L.L.C.)

                                   By: /s/ Kerry J. Chauvin
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Kerry J. Chauvin, Manager

<PAGE>

                                   LENDERS:

                                   JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
                                   Successor by merger to Bank One, NA, Chicago
                                   Individually, as LC Issuer, and as Agent

                                   By: /s/ J. Charles Freel
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       J. Charles Freel, Senior Vice President

Commitment: $30,000,000.00

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                                   LENDERS: (cont'd)

                                   WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK

                                   By: /s/ Josh J. Jones
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Josh J. Jones, Assistant Vice President

Commitment: $30,000,000.00

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