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Privacy, Service, and Refund policies can be critically important to your ecommerce store – both for your legal protection and that of your customers. But writing these policies yourself can be difficult, and hiring a lawyer to draft them is expensive.
Don't worry – Shopify has your back. Our new policy generator in your store's dashboard makes it fast and easy to create custom policies for your store. And best of all, it's free!
Read on for a breakdown of the 3 different policy templates we now offer, and why your store might need them:
Privacy PolicyA privacy policy or statement tells your customers how you use their personal information (email addresses, credit card information, or automatically collected browser information).
Why Do I Need a Privacy Policy?
- It's the law. In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, there are legal directives that require websites to post privacy policies.
- Many online consumers are worried about protecting their personal and financial information. A privacy policy gives them confidence that they can trust you with their info.
- If your store has a payment gateway, they will likely want you to have a privacy policy before they approve you.
Terms of ServiceA Terms of Service is a list of rules that tell visitors what they are and aren't allowed to do while visiting your online store (such as hacking, spamming, or posting obscene comments). You'll also see this policy referred to as "terms and conditions", "terms of use" or "terms."
Why do I need a Terms of Service?
- It reassures your customers that they won't be exposed to spammers, viruses or obscene comments.
- If there's a disagreement between you and a visitor, it can protect you from being sued.
- Again, certain payment gateways require all ecommerce stores to have a Terms of Service as a part of their approval process.
Returns and Refund PolicyA refund policy lets your buyers know what to do if they're unhappy with their purchase.
Why do I Need a Returns and Refund policy?
- Regardless of whether your store accepts refunds or exchanges (it should!), being upfront and honest about your store's refund policy will keep your customers happy and coming back.
How to generate the policies
Go into your Shopify admin and click on "Checkout & Payment" in the "Preferences" tab
Scroll all the way to the bottom and click on the "Generate" button for any of the policies you want to add
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50 comments
August 01 2012, 02:45PM
Awesome! So great to see these go live!
Stacey & co, you rock.
August 01 2012, 02:56PM
August 01 2012, 02:58PM
This is great, I'll definitely be using these.
August 01 2012, 02:58PM
Hope to see these policies available in other languages soon!
August 01 2012, 03:09PM
Timing is perfect!!!!
August 01 2012, 03:10PM
August 01 2012, 03:32PM
Love it! Thanks Guys!
August 01 2012, 03:34PM
Does this come with Facebook Ad Credits for existing users? Just kidding.
August 01 2012, 04:23PM
Two weeks too late.
August 01 2012, 04:59PM
AWESOME!!! Excited to see this!!
August 01 2012, 05:32PM
You guys are the best. We love you !!
August 01 2012, 08:36PM
Wish this had been available a couple of weeks ago when I slaved all morning creating my own privacy policy.
This is great though.
Now, how about creating a contact form my customers can fill out on my store. :)
August 01 2012, 09:44PM
Thanks for adding this. So awesome. I used other templates and generators in the past but prefer using Shopify, a company I trust, rather than random sketchy websites.
August 01 2012, 09:59PM
Who's complaining? Some people I swear. Thanks Shopify, you guys are really going the extra mile to see that we all are successful. Regina, in regards to the contact form, you can find those all day on google. Try www.foxyform.com. I used it and it works great. Check it out http://www.gogoshack.com/pages/contact
August 02 2012, 12:09AM
This is so cool, I was looking for these policies tonight & you've made it available.
August 02 2012, 05:26AM
Just in time. Was about to drill my brain over terms n condition. Thanks.
August 02 2012, 07:58AM
This is really cool. Above and beyond the call of duty in terms of what Shopify offers to their users. Fantastic service.
August 02 2012, 11:14AM
Roxy! Nice one.
August 02 2012, 02:08PM
This is great! Although, I did manage to create my own….this now makes the task much less daunting! Keep up the great improvements :)
August 02 2012, 02:34PM
This is fantastic! These are things that save us money on lawyers. Nicely done.
August 02 2012, 04:02PM
Ya, Facebook sucks. Shopify rocks. Keepup the good work.
August 02 2012, 07:24PM
You guys are fantastic! Best online service i have ever used! …like actually!
August 02 2012, 08:01PM
This is amazing and perfect timing—rock stars, you are
August 03 2012, 09:14AM
Nice. So where exactly do these show up to the customer?
August 03 2012, 09:55AM
Eric, they show up the footer of the checkout http://cl.ly/IW1l
August 03 2012, 11:58AM
Amazing!! Thank you! :)
August 03 2012, 10:26PM
This is great. Does anybody have any advice on how I turn the link text to another color? They are automatically black it seems, and my background is black. So the footer links are there in checkout, but invisible.
August 06 2012, 11:30PM
Thanks Guys. Very helpful.
Really appreciate the constant support and tools.
August 07 2012, 01:38AM
Fantastic. It is great that Shopify is continually trying to make their service better and never satisfied with what they have. This is why I continue to support this platform.
August 22 2012, 04:20PM
Perfect I was just about to spend money to have a lawyer do up some policies. Great news.
August 27 2012, 08:44AM
You guys are stars! Finally someone wants to actually help their customers rather than take money off them, hence why I love Shopify and continue to support everything they do since I've been a part of their community :').
November 08 2012, 03:35PM
Thank you so much for this. Saved a tremendous amount of time and hassle!
June 14 2013, 02:20PM
I wish I had found this before I paid someone to have this done. Thank you and I'll probably be using yours.. LOL
August 15 2013, 04:37PM
This is great but where can these be viewed on my website?
February 27 2014, 08:07AM
How would you put these Statements on ALL pages, and not just the Checkout page?
May 15 2014, 10:37AM
Extremadamente útil sobre todo para quienes no somos expertos en creación de paginas web.Sin esta guía, lo más seguro es haber tenido que revisar muchas otras páginas de otras empresas como benchmark. Muchas gracias por este gran soporte.
May 30 2014, 05:27AM
Is this meant for Shopify users only?
June 15 2014, 02:20AM
No here's the link for T&C, and rest of them you can find in resources in links bellow this generator http://ecommerce.shopify.com/policy-generator/terms-and-conditions
November 14 2015, 08:17AM
I am Mr.Larry and would like to order(Generator) and what would be the price for each unit so that i can Quote you with the Quantity i want
to order..Also what type of payment do you accept,Thank you and reply ASAP
November 25 2015, 07:57AM
These Terms and Conditions are excellently written. Even better they automatically pull from the store's account information the address of the store, email info, etc.
Very will thought through.
June 10 2016, 05:14PM
To make this even better, you should create generator where you can choose country/region. There is NO WAY the generated TOS will be egible for E.U. businesses. Impossible to get E.U. merchant account with these. They would not comply to E.U. laws either, so are only useful if your business has an U.S address and U.S payment solution.
For U.S. businesses: Great service!
July 13 2016, 11:57AM
Hi, can anyone help with this please? We are loading up our shop website and have added our own details to the refund policy, privacy policy and TOS. Whilst I recognise that this content will be be made available during the checkout process, we want to make this information accessible at all times, from the footer section of our site.
We have already added a Terms and conditions link (and will probably also add a separate privacy policy link (as this is best practice), however, I can't find how to link to where the content of these policies sits in the Shopify CMS.
Is the best way of achieving this to make new pages to house this content? So from anywhere on the site, prior to checkout, if people want TOS type info they get routed to the new page/s, and during the checkout process the info will be there anyway because it's in the CMS.
We just need to bear in mind that if we make any amends to this content, we have to update both sources of info.
Hopefully that is the answer unless someone knows of an easier way! Thank you, Ian.
October 22 2016, 06:16AM
I have a eCommerce online shop which is assorted with shopify in Bangladesh. I need documents how to buy, customer privacy and return policy. Please help me
October 22 2016, 06:40AM
Please help me to provide me write up copy how to by and return policy for ecobang
November 29 2016, 04:23AM
Do you have it in french? What's the legislation about these?
December 20 2016, 09:26AM
On our Shopify site (wildpearlgirl) we would like to put links to TOS, Privacy, and Refund policies on footer of Home Page. How do we do that?
January 07 2017, 04:34PM
Is there a way to switch languages? Spanish?
May 09 2017, 03:05PM
I was wondering the same as Renee. Is there a translation in Spanish? Thanks!
July 12 2017, 10:26AM
Dear Shopify, was wondering the same as Renee and Jessica, however then I would like to know if there is a Portuguese version available as well?
February 09 2019, 01:57PM


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HANGTIME SOUTHWEST — Watching Houston Rockets rookie Royce White's promising pro career crashing before it starts with one perplexing mishap after another has been nothing short of remarkably sad.
His chances of ever playing for the Rockets this season or beyond took another turn in the wrong direction Sunday with the team announcing that it has suspended the 6-foot-8 forward out of Iowa State. The suspension, which will withhold paychecks from the 16th overall draft pick, comes one week after White refused to report for assignment with the D-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
"The Houston Rockets have suspended Royce White effective immediately for refusing to provide services as requires by his Uniform Player Contract," Rockets general manger Daryl Morey said in a statement. "We will continue to work with Royce to hopefully come to a resolution."
Morey and White, 21, were unable to reach an agreement during talks this week.
White, whose contract is guaranteed for $3 million through his first two seasons, suffers from an anxiety disorder that includes a fear of flying. He has consistently railed against the team's handling of his disorder and he recently said during an appearance on on a SiriusXM basketball program that until the Rockets deliver a proper protocol for dealing with mental health care, chances are "very high" that he will never play in the NBA.
"The reality is that it is not Houston's fault," White said on the program. "As much as we always want to try and blame one side or the other … they've been thrown into a position now where they're forced to make things up as they go because a protocol has not been put in place for mental health up until this point."
White also said: "It wouldn't shock me if we couldn't be logical and say a protocol is needed because it'll be the hard thing to do. If that's the case then so be it. I stand on what I say and I refuse to put myself in a hazardous situation to play a sport."
It's impossible to determine where this saga is headed next, but clearly it continues to go down a dark road for White, the Rockets and the NBA. Is this a call for the NBA to place a greater focus on the treatment of mental health issues and the needs of some of its players? Definitely, just as it is for the country as a whole.
But White must also realize that in any other profession, he will not, for one, command nearly the earning power, and more importantly, he still won't be able to dictate terms of his employment. Few other places in society offer the luxuries of medical, training and other support staffs that NBA franchises afford.
It's confusing as to what protocol will satisfy White. In the SiriusXM interview, he suggests that any NBA team would be in the same boat as the Rockets.
"There's no mental health protocol here, for not only the Rockets but the entire league, really," White said. "I expressed that that's really unsafe if you think about it. So, basically, I'm fighting to have that rectified. I just don't think it is OK or responsible or even logical to have GMs or any front office personnel have executive authority in medical situations."
So now the paychecks stop for White, who has yet to play a game for the Rockets. His status as a first-round draft pick is quickly turning into an unfortunate footnote.


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In the digital economy, marketers need to be just as agile as software developers, engineers and other traditional users of project management (PM) software.
PM software enables a fast-paced yet coordinated approach to the creative work involved in marketing. Without a centralized PM solution, the time it takes to produce marketing assets can swell enormously, giving competitors room to swoop in.
We've written this guide to answer the following questions that you may have about marketing project management tools:
(Click on a link below to jump to that section.)
What Is Marketing Project Management Software?
What Are the Benefits of Marketing Project Management Tools?
What Type of Buyer Are You?
What Are the Features of Marketing PM Software?
What Are Some Examples of Marketing PM Software?
PM software is widely used in software development, industrial R&D, construction and a host of other industries.
Many marketing departments, however, still operate without a PM solution, relying instead on spreadsheets and email.
Some marketers may feel that the creative work they do is just too messy for a unified approach to project management. However, this messiness is precisely why marketing departments need improved collaboration and project visibility.
Overview of projects in Basecamp, a popular PM solution for marketing departments
By utilizing PM software and achieving the efficiencies that come with doing so, you can begin moving your whole department toward greater agility, effectiveness and accountability.
Marketing PM software offers the following benefits:
Some all-purpose PM solutions work well for marketing departments. There are also purpose-built platforms designed uniquely for marketers. The type of marketing department you work in should guide your choice of one type over the other.
When it comes to project management, there are two basic types of marketing departments, each with very different needs.
Creative and marketing agencies need PM software to handle projects for clients. These buyers typically benefit from purpose-built marketing PM platforms, since those solutions offer functionality built exclusively with the marketer in mind.
Essentially, purpose-built marketing PM software aligns project management with customer relationship management, financial management and media buying.
Marketing and creative agencies don't just need to optimize their own operations; they also need to collaborate more effectively with their clients and contractors. Purpose-built solutions are specifically designed to address these needs.
Agencies or companies looking for solutions specifically dedicated to creative marketing teams might also be interested in our creative project management software options.
In-house marketing departments primarily need to manage workflows, approvals, timelines and resources. Their needs are more basic than marketing and creative agencies, so they can tyipcally get by with all-purpose PM solutions that are also used by IT teams, product R&D teams and a host of other business units.
Per the discussion above, the features of a PM solution tend to vary based on whether that solution is a "general purpose" tool, or one customized for marketing professionals.
We'll look at features that benefit all marketing teams first, and then we'll move on to features in purpose-built solutions for agencies.
The most basic features of PM software, such as to-do lists, email style conversation "threads," real-time messaging and Gantt charts for project planning, can be found in most of the robust PM solutions on the market.
Marketing thread in Wrike
Marketing project management features that are useful for both in-house teams and agencies include:
|Marketing resource management
|Shows which human and technological resources are available for a particular project and enables users to forecast what their pipelines will look like.
|Request management
|Allows departments to manage and prioritize requests for marketing assets from clients or other departments in the business.
|Task management
|Keeps creatives focused on the task at hand via to-do lists and reminder notifications.
|Approval workflow management
|Standardizes processes requiring approvals, such as creative briefs, purchase orders and editing workflows.
|Budget and expense management
|Tracks expenses by employee, item, business unit, task etc. in order to ensure projects stay within budget.
|User-specific views and permissions
|Gives each user a personalized overview of their projects and tasks. Managers can also control which users see which tasks and conversations.
|Document sharing and management
|Enables version history control so that agencies can track changes and document sharing to facilitate collaboration with clients and contractors.
Marketing project management features specifically intended for agencies are rarer than the all-purpose features we've just covered, and remain the province of specialized vendors.
Some of the most important agency-oriented features include:
|Customer management
|Allows agencies to track prospects and convert them into clients.
|Client invoicing
|Integrates with accounting and financial management software to add details to client invoices.
|Client reporting
|Keeps clients up to speed on the details of services rendered.
|Media buying and billing
|Integrates with media buying solutions to place ads, and then invoices clients accordingly.
|Accounts receivable aging
|Shows which clients need to pay up.
|Timesheet tracking
|Tracks billable hours for employees and freelancers.
Client invoicing in Scoro
Popular solutions for creative and marketing agencies as well as in-house marketing teams include:
There are many, many more project management solutions on the market that are suitable for marketing teams, so you may need some assistance in whittling down your list. Fortunately, we're here to help.
Our service is simple and 100% free to customers like you because software vendors pay us when we connect them with quality leads. You save time and get great advice. Vendors get great referrals. It's a win for everyone!


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A Day With One Direction.
When I heard Entertainment Weekly wanted me to go down to Dallas to spend a day shooting One Direction, I must say my first thought was "Who?". If you find yourself asking the same question, then you must not be a teenage girl. But I quickly learned that One Direction is the latest British boy band sensation who had just debuted their first album at #1 in the US on the Billboard charts. Something no British act has ever done. Not the Beatles or Rolling Stones or anyone else you've heard of. Pretty impressive. So off to Dallas I went. When I arrived at the hotel at about midnight the night before, the first thing that seemed odd was the 30 or so teenage girls running around in the bushes in the parking lot and the state police guarding the entrance to the hotel. One Direction were in town for a fan appreciattion mini concert and autograph signing after a contest on Facebook to determine which city had the most fans. Dallas seems to have won and the event had to eventually be moved from a mall to the minor league ball park to accommodate the expected 10000 fans.
My assignment was to shadow the band all day and shoot whatever happened. A day in the life, if you will. I enjoy a nice day of taking pictures and have shot my fair share of concerts and live events. What I was not prepared for was the level of fan hysteria. Sure I've heard stories of screaming girls going back to Beatle mania, but does that kind of thing still happen? Well I can report that it most certainly does. And now the fans have Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to exponentially ratchet things up.
After sound check and some interviews in the locker room, the stadium was full and it was time to take the field. The picture above is the boys as they were about to walk out of the tunnel into the stadium and face the fans for their first real solo gig in America (they had only played the today show before this). It was a cool moment and I'm glad I was there to capture it. Thank you to their publicist Mike Navarra for helping make it happen. No matter what they do from here and how many other countless shows they will undoubtably play (Including being the musical guest on SNL tomorrow), there is only ever one first time.
What happened right after that picture as they walked past me onto the field can only be described as ear splitting. The girls (I only saw one boy and he was wearing a teletubby costume) erupted into an enormous collective scream that they then sustained for the rest of the hour long event. I've never heard anything like it and it was so high pitched and loud that my ears were actually cutting in and out at times. I've heard that screaming girls have set a decibel record at some venue beating out the previously loudest act, Mottorhead. I believe it. This is one of the many fan videos on YouTube, if you want the full experience. Here are a few of the shots from that day. You can also see some others on EW.com. I wish the boys the best of luck as they start out on their upcoming tour and thank you for letting me tag along.


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Memoranda, Records of Reeder's Stock in Towns
Author: Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Date: [1855]
This document was an undated "Mem. Of Stock in Towns," which appeared to have been written in longhand by Reeder himself and included the number of shares he had purchased (and how they were acquired) in fifteen different towns: Leavenworth, Pawnee, Tecumseh, Marysville, Lecompton, Montgomery (Dickinson Co.), Reeder (Dickinson Co.), Richmond, Whitfield (Shawnee Co.), Topeka, Douglas, Omaha City, Chetolah (Davis/Geary Co.), Grasshopper Falls, and Easton. Interestingly, he held thirty-four shares in Pawnee, his most famous (or infamous) investment venture, but he had thirty-six shares in Montgomery, twenty in Douglas and there appears to be a good number in Omaha City.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: John A. Halderman Collection, #370, Box 1
Item Number: 100268 Number of images: 4
Keywords: Chetolah, Kansas Territory; Douglas, Kansas Territory; Easton, Kansas Territory; Grasshopper Falls, Kansas Territory; Leavenworth, Kansas Territory; Lecompton, Kansas Territory; Marysville, Kansas Territory; Montgomery, Kansas Territory; Omaha City, Kansas Territory; Pawnee, Kansas Territory; Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864; Reeder, Kansas Territory; Richmond, Kansas Territory; Speculation; Tecumseh, Kansas Territory; Topeka, Kansas Territory; Town companies; Town shares; Town site speculation; Whitfield, Kansas Territory
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Q I believe I fit this description: 80 is the new 60. I know that sometimes there are upper age maximums when renting a car abroad. I've tried many platforms to see if I can rent a car in Italy, but I cannot get a straight answer from anyone. Can you help?
A Times, attitudes and, apparently, some laws have changed in the past few years.
Diane Clancy of Europe's Association of Car Rental Industry System Standards tells me that in Italy, an 80-year-old shouldn't have any problem renting from National, Alamo or Hertz, among others. You could also check with Avis and Europcar (whose terms and conditions do not indicate age maximums).
Here's one tricky aspect I wasn't aware of, at least when renting from Hertz. "Hertz does not have upper age restrictions at all corporate locations in the U.S. or at corporate locations in Europe or the Caribbean," Hertz spokeswoman Paula Rivera said in an email. But, she added, some licensee locations set their own standards.
Hertz's licensee standard in Egypt, for instance, is 69 years old; in Kenya, 70; in Morocco, 80. In some places, there may be a surcharge if you're above a certain age. (Note that if you're under a certain age, often 25, you can't rent at all. Some companies also set an age minimum for renting premium cars, such as Jaguars or Land Rovers, and now you must be at least, in some instances, 30.)
I also emailed Thrifty without identifying myself as a travel writer. It told me to look under "Terms & Conditions," and then went on to tell me, in an email, that its upper age limit for Rome was 80. (Note to Thrifty: I'm not 80, but the type in your Terms & Conditions is so small that baseball slugger Ted Williams — said to have had 20/10 vision — couldn't have read it.)
Maybe the world will take its cue from the U.S., where most companies do not have upper age limits and soon, Britain, where the Equality Act of 2010 is to be implemented.
The website of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association notes that "the Act prevents businesses from imposing higher costs or age restrictions on customers that are deemed a higher risk. … Vehicle rental firms will no longer be able to decline to rent to younger or older drivers on the grounds that they are statistically more likely to be involved in accidents."
It's possible that you would still be refused if a rental company can "objectively justify" a reason.
Just to be safe, carry a letter from your doctor stating that you're in good health and a copy of your driving record from the Department of Motor Vehicles. (In California, the DMV form for a Driver Record Request is INF 1125. The cost is $5.)
Here's hoping the road to renting a car is less rocky in the years to come.
Today's column comes from Catharine Hamm of the Los Angeles Times.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb Bisons tennis team will be playing two key Atlantic Sun Conference matches and honoring two senior members of the team.
David Salazar and Miguel Cortez will both soon complete their final seasons with the Bisons. Friday at 4:30 the Bisons, 2-10, 1-3 in the conference, will play Stetson, 8-8, 3-2 in the A-Sun.
The match has been moved to the afternoon due to concerns about extreme storm conditions Friday morning. It will be played in a clinch format. Both the doubles portion and the singles portion will end when it is impossible for one team to overcome the other.
Saturday at 1 p.m. the Bisons welcome Florida Gulf Coast. Both matches will be played on campus at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center.
Stetson has won its last two matches. Florida Gulf Coast will stop at Northern Kentucky Friday before playing Lipscomb. FGCU has won its last three matches and is 8-9 overall, 3-2 in the conference.
Salazar, an accounting major from McAllen, Texas; and Cortez, a finance/accounting major from Oporto, Portugal, will be honored at the Florida Gulf Coast match.
"The interesting thing is I actually played on the same team with both of them here," Lipscomb tennis coach Mario Hernandez said. "They were both freshmen my senior year.
"Both guys have really been warriors for the program all four years. They have won a lot of matches for us. And for the last couple of years they have really been the heart and soul of the team."
Through the years Hernandez has watched Salazar and Cortez mature.
"A funny story about Miguel is during his freshman season he fell asleep at a match while other guys were playing," Hernandez said. "I am not trying to embarrass Miguel. I am using that to show the evolution to his being such a good leader. Just to see how David and Miguel have grown is cool."
Both have been solid tennis players. Hernandez stresses they approach the game in somewhat similar ways.
"David is strong and he kind of plays a grinding style with his opponents," Hernandez said. "He runs a lot of balls down. He hits with good power from the base line. He is an intense competitor.
"Most of the same things can be said for Miguel, but he has a very different body type than David. He is lanky. He thinks and wills himself through his matches."
Hernandez would like to see the team play solid matches this weekend and for the rest of the season in tribute to both Salazar and Cortez who have served as team captains for 2014.
"They both have that fighting spirit," Hernandez said. "That is what you love to see in a player.
"They have complemented each other as captains. Miguel is more of the vocal guy. David is not as vocal. He leads by example and Miguel is the motivator and energizer. When we have had tough moments this year they have been a great help in keeping the spirits of the team up.
"We have been through a lot of adversity this year with injuries and other things. I really feel like if we can have the team rally around them we can put up some good results this week and send them out in the best way possible with the respect they deserve."


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"You're in a bad place."
That's how the lawyer summarized our situation, with regards to saving for Joy's future needs.
Not long after the births of Rose and Joy, we started saving for their future higher education needs, with our state's 529 educational savings plan, a nice tax-exempt way to be saving and planning ahead. We have a relative who has done the same for them in another state, too.
Rose is, pretty obviously, a very good bet for higher education eventually, little human dictionary and all.
With Joy, the educational trajectory has been so confusing. We really have no idea what will be going on with her by the time she finishes school (or the school system finishes with her). Heck, she's only four [update: now she's seven, and we still have no idea!]
But as she gets closer to entering the school system and yet keeps regressing away her various gains, we started to wonder about the wisdom of the 529 accounts for her. The rules of the 529 are clear: you can only use it for higher education expenses. If you take it out for anything else: big honkin' tax hit.
We surely don't want to sell Joy short, but it seems pretty clear that she's going to have some needs beyond the norm as she matures. Those needs may have to do with higher education, but they may not! We don't want our savings for her to be locked into something that's not flexible enough to meet her needs.
That's the situation that sent us to the attorney, to ask about the potential of a special needs trust.
That's the situation he shook his head at, and called "a bad place."
The thing is, a special needs trust isn't designed to be a place for you and other relatives to sock money away incrementally, like the 529 for higher education. The special needs trust is a vehicle where you move a big chunk of change for the later support of a disabled person, and it's highly hemmed around with restrictions to keep unscrupulous folks from using it as a tax shelter when disability isn't really the issue. You need to be very sure you've got an ongoing disability situation before you start down the special needs trust road, and then it's definitely lawyer-business (i.e. attorney's fees) to set up, unlike the 529 that you can do on your own.
But the 529 isn't a great bet for her either, given the uncertainty of her situation. The attorney didn't know what to advise us, except that there weren't any really good options for us.
We were told that federal legislation had been introduced in the past, to create a vehicle similar to the 529 but for expenses related to disability. But it had never managed to go anywhere.
Except that there's been a big election between then and now! [Update: hmm, the 2008 elections didn't manage to make the difference. Maybe there will be some traction as elected officials campaign for 2012?]
And... the legislation has been introduced again, both in the House and Senate, on February 26, 2009. It's called The ABLE Accounts Act of 2009 (ABLE stands for Achieving a Better Life Experience), and the bill numbers are H.R. 1205 and S. 493. [Update: the 2011 version bill numbers, introduced Nov. 15, 2011, are H.R. 3423 and S. 1872]
Here's a summary of the legislation (updated link & summary for 2011):
The ABLE Act -- introduced with bi-partisan support in the House (HR.3423) by Congressman Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and in the Senate (S.1872) by Senators Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA) and Richard Burr (R-NC)-- would amend Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Service Code to allow individuals with disabilities and their families to deposit earnings to tax-exempt savings accounts. The funds could be used to pay for qualified expenses, including education, housing and transportation, and would supplement, not replace, benefits provided through private insurance, employment or public programs.
And what could it be spent on? Glad you asked...
Qualified disability expenses would include: school tuition and related educational materials; expenses for securing and maintaining a primary residence; transportation; employment supports; health prevention and wellness costs; assistive technology and personal support; and various miscellaneous expenses associated with independent living.
Here is a link to the text of the bill itself (Senate version for 2011, in pdf). One element that I was glad to see: it looks as if one would be allowed to transfer money from an educational 529 into an ABLE account without the tax hit.
[In 2009] the bill was introduced in the House by Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), with co-sponsors Congressmen Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Kendrick Meek (D-FL). In the Senate, it was introduced by Senator Robert Casey (D-PA), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), and co-sponsored by Senators Richard Burr (R-NC), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and Sam Brownback (R-KS). Update: in 2011, it was sponsored in the Senate by Robert Casey, Jr (D-PA) and Richard Burr (R-NC); in the house by Ander Crenshaw (FL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA). Bipartisanship, can you even believe it?!
Please take a moment to drop a note or call to your senators & representative urging them to support/co-sponsor this bill. There's a handy page for generating constituent support letters over at Autism Speaks, or you can look up your elected officials' contact information here and contact them directly.
If you can take a few minutes to do this, that would make us so happy! And you'll have earned the right to come back and brag about in the comments about how you're helping us get to a better place!
Do let me know if you have any questions, either in the comments or via e-mail.


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Microsoft provides several useful free tools for troubleshooting high-CPU–usage issues on Windows systems: adplus.vbs, Xperf, and Process Explorer. The latest addition to this list of tools is ProcDump (procdump.exe), a Windows Sysinternals tool written by Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich, directly in response to requests from Microsoft's Global Escalation Services team for a tool to capture a dump file of a process. ProcDump lets you configure how much CPU a process should consume and for how long a time period before creating a dump of the process—so you don't have to be physically at a console issuing commands to run the process and capture the dump. Learn how to use ProcDump in a typical high-CPU situation to flag and get detailed information about a CPU-hogging process.
On the Microsoft support team, one of the most common customer problems we encounter is systems experiencing high CPU usage. Solving this type of problem is often challenging because you must first determine which process or activity is responsible for consuming so much CPU time, then determine the best approach for capturing the process's activity during the problem period so that it can be analyzed for root cause. Fortunately, Microsoft provides tools available to assist with high-CPU issues. I'll give a brief rundown of these tools, then introduce you to a brand-new free tool called ProcDump that will save you much time and hassle the next time you run into a high-CPU problem.
High-CPU Usage Troubleshooting Tools
Until now, we've relied mainly upon these tools to help troubleshoot high-CPU problems on Windows systems:
Adplus.vbs. This VBscript tool comes with the Debugging Tools for Windows (www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx) and is a great resource for administrators to use for dumping out a process during a high CPU occurrence. However, one of the drawbacks of Adplus is that a person usually has to be at the console to physically issue the Adplus command to dump out the process when the CPU spike occurs.
Xperf. This is a super tool for collecting process activity during a high CPU spike, and it doesn't require anyone to be physically at the console to monitor for high -CPU occurrences. (You can download Xperf at msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/performance/default.aspx.) Although Xperf isn't fully supported on Windows Server 2003, our experience with collecting stackwalk data on Windows 2003 (which is the critical piece of data for analyzing high-CPU problems) has been very positive, as long as you have the hotfix download available at support.microsoft.com/kb/938486 or a later-dated kernel installed.
One of the things to consider with XPERF is that the tool collects data about all processes and activity on the system, then lets you narrow your focus post-mortem, which means there's no way to specify, say, "I just want stackwalking for XYZ.EXE"; instead you have to turn it on for the entire system. So collecting and logging all of a system's activity for a problem that may occur once in 24 hours could be too much overhead depending on the typical workload of the systems you're monitoring. (For more information about Xperf, see "Examining Xperf" and "Under the Covers with Xperf.")
Process Explorer (procexp.exe). I highly recommend that you use Process Explorer, which you can download at technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx, to at least look at the thread that's spiking the CPU to determine what components are involved, so that you can update them before calling tech support. If you need to investigate the problem further, though, you'll need a tool that actually dumps out the process during the high-CPU spike; Process Explorer can't do this. (For more information about Adplus and Process Explorer, see "Say 'Whoa!' to Runaway Processes.") But ProcDump can.
Introducing ProcDump
ProcDump (procdump.exe) is a new Windows Sysinternals tool from Mark Russinovich, which you can download at technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/dd996900.aspx. Procdump.exe was created after one of the escalation engineers in my group asked Mark if he would consider adding functionality to Process Explorer to allow for capturing a dump file of a process to help troubleshoot those pesky high-CPU problems. After some thought, it was determined that the best approach was to write a new tool, and ProcDump was born.
ProcDump lets you configure how much CPU a process should consume and for how long a time period before ProcDump creates a dump of the process. What this means is that you don't have to be at the console ready to issue commands the next time the process spikes the CPU. And you get to determine at what threshold the process can consume the CPU before ProcDump captures a dump of the spiking process.
So, for example, you notice the wmiprvse.exe (the WMI Provider Host process) spikes the CPU to 90 percent at random times throughout the day, and you'd like to capture a few dumps for analysis. The following command will dump out the spooler process three times when the CPU for wmiprvse.exe is at or exceeds 90 percent for 3 seconds and store the dumps in the c:\procdumps directory that you've already created:
c:\procdump.exe -c 80 -s 3 -n 3 wmiprvse.exe c:\procdumps
The -c option is the CPU threshold parameter that you can configure. The -s option tells ProcDump how long the service needs to consume the CPU at the threshold you configured before a dump is generated. The -n option tells ProcDump how many dumps to create, and wmiprvse.exe is the process name you're asking ProcDump to monitor.
So, for the previous command line, the WMI Provider Host service will be dumped out each time the process exceeds 80 percent CPU for three seconds or more and store the dump files in the c:\procdumps directory. The name of the dump file will be in the format PROCESSNAME_DATE_TIME.dmp; the included timestamp makes it easy to identify files captured over a period of several days. The other great feature of ProcDump is that the thread that consumed the highest amount of CPU is baked into the dump file, so that when the dump file is opened in the debugger, you get a message indicating which thread consumed the CPU, as Figure 1 shows.
Figure 1: ProcDump output showing high-CPU–consuming thread
Now there's no guesswork as to which thread was doing the work. From the screen in Figure 1, you can then issue the ~ (tilde) command in the debugger to find out what thread number corresponds to 0x1194. Figure 2 shows the command line and its output. As you can see, thread 2 (which includes 1194 in the line) is the thread that corresponds to 0x1194.
Figure 2: Output of ~ command
0:000> ~
. 0 Id: 1260.e74 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffdf000 Unfrozen
1 Id: 1260.6d0 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffde000 Unfrozen
2 Id: 1260.1194 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffdd000 Unfrozen
3 Id: 1260.11f8 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffdc000 Unfrozen
4 Id: 1260.1780 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffdb000 Unfrozen
5 Id: 1260.13d4 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffda000 Unfrozen
6 Id: 1260.1544 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffd9000 Unfrozen
7 Id: 1260.1164 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7ffd7000 Unfrozen
This was just an example that I created to demonstrate the tool, but now we can change the focus to thread 2 to find out what was going on at the time the CPU was consumed. At the command prompt, run the following command to change the context to thread 2:
0:000> ~2s
The command's output in Figure 3 shows that the wmiprvse.exe process enumerated through various directories (EnumDirsNT) at the time this test was done, which makes sense since the WMI query I issued required the enumeration of all directories on my system.
Figure 3: Wmiprvse.exe process thread 2 details
eax=013bd900 ebx=00004021 ecx=00000004 edx=00000044 esi=76fb49f4 edi=00100001
eip=76fb5cb4 esp=013bd548 ebp=013bd840 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000202
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013bd860 60c44cbb kernel32!FindFirstFileW+0x16
013bdd5c 60c4585e cimwin32!CImplement_LogicalFile::EnumDirsNT+0x5b2
013be254 60c4585e cimwin32!CImplement_LogicalFile::EnumDirsNT+0x1151
013be74c 60c4585e cimwin32!CImplement_LogicalFile::EnumDirsNT+0x1151
013bec44 60c7b7e9 cimwin32!CImplement_LogicalFile::EnumDirsNT+0x1151
013beec8 666ff3dd cimwin32!CShortcutFile::EnumerateInstances+0x157
013beedc 666ff82f framedynos!Provider::CreateInstanceEnum+0x21
ProcDump will also dump a process if any of the process's windows are hung (-h option); as with the other ProcDump functions, you don't need to be physically at the console to initiate this task.
Launching a Process Under the Debugger
An especially useful ProcDump option is the ability to launch a process directly under the debugger using the -x option. The -x option works with the Image File Execution Options registry entry. The command example in Figure 4, which specifies -x with the lsass.exe process, will take three dumps of lsass.exe when the process spikes the CPU to 90 percent.
Figure 4: Using ProcDump with the -x option
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\LSASS.EXE
Debugger = c:\procdump\procdump.exe -c 90 -n 3 -ma -x
Now the next time lsass.exe is started, ProcDump will monitor the process with the configured parameters. Why is this so cool? Because there are processes that could spike immediately on startup and freeze your whole system, and you can't log on to the console until the CPU has settled down—but by that time, there's nothing to dump out because the high CPU has gone down. Using ProcDump with the -x option lets you capture information about these spikes when they happen.
More Help for High-CPU Issues
I predict the ProcDump will be the tool of choice for most high-CPU issues and will change the way we attack such problems and how fast they're resolved. ProcDump was built as a grassroots effort initiated by Microsoft's Global Escalation Services team. A special thanks to Ming Chen, the senior escalation engineer who first approached Mark and got the ball rolling; Jeff Daily, a principal escalation engineer, for his leadership and guidance; and of course, a huge thanks to Mark Russinovich, a Microsoft technical fellow, for taking our input so frequently and making changes so fast.


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(I) Notwithstanding other provisions in this section, any person whose disability retirement has been terminated by the board pursuant to this section may apply for regular retirement benefits upon meeting eligibility requirements of age and years of service.


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So many banes.
Last year I added 'Gamma Squad contributor' to my resume with The Best And Worst Of Wizard World, my collection of cosplay photos from the convention center maybe 12 minutes down the road from me in Austin, Texas. This year I had the luxury of going back, and because I secretly want to ditch sports and write about nerd culture forever, here's the 2012 edition.
Just like last year, Wizard World Austin happens close enough to Halloween that the true cosplayers sometimes get shouldered out for kids in pre-made Wolverine jumpsuits, 10,000 different guys who thought dressing up as Bane would make them look bad-ass and groups of semi-teen ladies who found some underwear and put a Batman logo on it. I tried to represent all of those groups here. I discovered a new group, "ladies who dress like Mystery Science Theater 3000 characters and walk around the convention with beer in their hands all day," and next year I'll just focus exclusively on them.
Enjoy the photos, and stick around for the Minecraft Iron Man.
[banner image via Culture Map Austin, all other photos (c) Brandon Stroud]


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My email is via Yahoo. I don't want to go to the effort to change the email address.
Unfortunately, the Yahoo news page pops up when I check my email.
So many news headlines have "gotcha!" catchwords that they have no meaning or value at all.
Here are some words I never want to read again, anywhere, any time.
I also hate the "Ten most" lists that require the reader to page through multiple page reloads - purpose of which must be to increase page hits, or maximize advertising.
Add to that people who's sexual adventures and shallow relationships and clothes are supposed to matter, because those people are more interesting or something?
A new resolution: Any article containing the words "amazing", "massive", "shocking", or "huge" in the headline will be ignored.
Add to that, any article containing names of "royals", or "celebrities" in the headline or illustrations, will be ignored.
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I have my home page in Firefox set to about:robots - a cute Easter egg page, as is the Book of Mozilla - about:Mozilla
In IE, about:robots is a null set, and about:Mozilla gives you an approximation of the DOS "Blue Screen of Death"
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I think I have a revived catch phrase.
Yeah, I call much of that "celebrity non-news", stuff that nobody would care about if it happened to a regular person. There's a difference between, say, a world leader's serious illness -- which can affect us -- and a DUI arrest that ought to be unremarkable, except that it happened to Somebody Famous.
(Then again, it wouldn't be so bad if drunk driving were rare and shocking enough to always be news....)
I don't want to read in the paper "Guns don't kill people" again.
Yes they do (or more accurately, bullets do, unless you use the gun as a club).
I would like to ask, someone, if guns don't kill people, then.... why own one? It's not like someone is going to say, "give me your money or I'll shoot a deer!" or "I'm doing to terrorize people by going quail hunting!"
Stick your antlers up or Thumper gets it.
It is true. People do kill people and people can kill a whole lot of people in a very short period of time (ten minutes to kill 26 in Newtown) with military style weapons and huge magazines.
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At next week's San Diego Comic-Con, Lego is traveling to space with a Marvel band of misfits—otherwise known as the "Guardians of the Galaxy."
As a promotion tied to the Aug. 1 release of the Marvel Studios film, Lego created a life-size model from "Guardians"—a walking tree-shaped humanoid called Groot who carries a weapon-wielding raccoon named Rocket. It is taller than most Lego models, standing over 7 feet high and 4 feet wide. It took Lego builders 350 hours to design and build with 28,251 bricks.


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By JOHN FLOWERS
ADDISON COUNTY — With around six weeks left for candidates to jump into district and countywide races this fall, a survey of incumbent Addison County House and Senate members reveals that all plan to run for re-election in November.
Candidates have until Monday, July 21, to file nomination papers for elected office with their respective district town clerks (House hopefuls) or the Addison County Courthouse (Senate hopefuls).
As the Addison Independent went to press, the county's two incumbent senators and nine House representatives had confirmed they will run for re-election. Only two challengers have thus far surfaced to take on incumbents, both in the Addison-3 House district. Democrats Diane Lanpher of Vergennes and Jean Richardson of Ferrisburgh will take on incumbent Reps. Greg Clark and Kitty Oxholm, both Vergennes Republicans (see story in May 29 edition of the Independent.
Democrats currently control both of the county's Senate seats (Claire Ayer and Harold Giard) and six of the nine available House seats. Republicans control both Addison-3 House seats, while Rep. Will Stevens, a Shoreham independent, is rounding out his first term in Addison-Rutland 1.
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Ayer, a Weybridge Democrat, will be seeking her fourth consecutive two-year term representing Addison County and Brandon. Giard, a Bridport Democrat and former farmer, is eyeing a third straight two-year term.
Both incumbents ran unopposed in 2006, the first time in recent memory that the two highly coveted seats went uncontested.
Ayer has quickly established herself as power broker in the Legislature's upper chamber. She served last biennium as Senate majority whip, and she was a member of the Senate Finance and Transportation committees. While she was urged by some fellow Democrats to run for some statewide office, Ayer has decided to seek another term in the Senate.
"I like being a senator; I like making policy and doing the research," Ayer said, contrasting those duties with the administrative obligations of other elective offices. "I like the focus of committee work."
If re-elected, Ayer said she will look forward to tackling some big perennial issues, such as keeping the state's books balanced, making health care more affordable to greater numbers of Vermonters, and growing the economy with new businesses.
"I'm looking forward to a good campaign year," Ayer said.
Giard, in his second term, served on the Senate Education and Agriculture committees. He has spearheaded many bills this year, including measures designed to require more accountability from the state board of education and education commissioner and initiatives aimed at taking stop-and-hauling charges off of dairy farmers.
"I love my work and I look forward to going back for another two years, if the people of Addison County and Brandon want me back," Giard said.
With four years under his belt and his party in numerical control of both the Senate and House, Giard believes his presence in Montpelier could pay some big dividends for his constituents during a third term. With seniority comes more influence in shaping the top issues in the Statehouse.
"A lot of it has to do with longevity," Giard said. "The longer you're there, the further you move up and the more influence you can have."
Giard believes affordable housing, energy policy and development of small businesses will be a among the top issues the Legislature will need to confront during the next two years.
Like their Senate counterparts, Reps. Steve Maier and Betty Nuovo — both Democrats — were unopposed in 2006 in their respective efforts to secure additional terms representing Middlebury.
Nuovo, the county's most tenured lawmaker by far, could not be reached for comment as the Addison Independent went to press. Several of her colleagues, however, confirmed her intent to seek another term.
Maier is rounding out his third term. He served as chairman of the House Health Care Committee, which continues to work on legislation to make health care more affordable and available to Vermonters. The panel helped developed the state's Catamount Health program that took effect last fall.
"I have really enjoyed the work," Maier said. "And it's important to me to know that I'm doing work that makes a difference for people."
He cited energy policy and making further strides in health care as among issues with which he and his colleagues will have to contend during the coming biennium.
The Addison Independent reported in late April that incumbent Addison-2 Rep. Willem Jewett, D-Ripton, would be seeking a fourth consecutive term in the district that includes Cornwall, Goshen, Hancock, Ripton and Salisbury. Jewett, a lawyer who has spent his entire legislative career on the House Judiciary Committee, will have more than a political campaign on his mind this summer. He was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a very treatable form of cancer that will require him to undergo chemotherapy during the weeks ahead.
Oxholm, who will retire this summer as director of instructional support services for the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union, will seek her second consecutive term representing the district that includes Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham.
Like her district-mate Clark, Oxholm served on the House Education Committee during the past biennium. She hopes to win re-election and be reassigned to the same panel.
"I think a lot of us who get (to Montpelier) do a lot of work that doesn't always get finished and we want to go back," Oxholm said.
If granted another term, Oxholm wants to review and potentially endorse some big changes for the state's public education system. House Education, she explained, did not have enough time during the waning days of the 2008 session to take up a Senate-passed bill that suggested elevating the Vermont Department of Education to agency status and having the governor appoint the education commissioner.
"This could be the way we have to go … but there was not enough time to make such an important change," Oxholm said.
She is also eager to tackle issues relating to children and youth, and transportation — maintaining the state's roads and bridges.
Clark, a longtime teacher at Mount Abraham Union High School, will be seeking his fourth term in the House. He currently serves as vice chairman of the House Education Committee.
He anticipates the Legislature will need to work hard next biennium on developing a state energy plan; improving the quality and affordability of education; and keeping taxes as low as possible for Vermonters.
"I'd like to be one of those folks in the middle of the fray, helping to find solutions," Clark said.
With two challengers in the race, Oxholm and Clark are preparing for a busy campaign season.
"I'm not expecting a primary, but a good (general election) battle," Clark said. "The competition is set."
Rep. Mike Fisher, D-Lincoln, will seek his fifth consecutive two-year term in the House, while Rep. David Sharpe, D-Bristol, is vying for his fourth in the district that includes Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro.
Fisher, an outreach worker with the Parent-Child Center of Addison County, serves as vice chairman of the House Human Services Committee.
Fisher believes the Legislature will have its work cut out for it during the next few years and beyond, as it tries to make the state more affordable for families while coping with dwindling resources from the federal government.
"Vermont families are working harder and harder in today's economy and are losing ground," Fisher said. "It's a real concern."
Of greatest concern, Fisher said, are the escalating fuel and health care costs. He said that while many Vermont families are worrying about how they will heat their homes this winter, Exxon-Mobil has been "earning $1,287 per second in profits. And at the same time (oil companies) are making that profit on $4-per-gallon gas, and that is hurting the economy."
Sharpe, an instructor at the Center for Technology in Essex, now serves on the House Ways and Means Committee.
"This year I was satisfied that I was able to help put funding in place for such issues as domestic violence prevention and accessing criminal records through the Internet" Sharpe said. "If the voters choose to send me to Montpelier for another term, I hope to make progress on improving the quality of public education in order to meet the growing demands of the new century and helping our state deal with the crushing financial burden of fossil fuel costs."
Rep. Christopher Bray, D-New Haven, is seeking his second consecutive term representing the district that includes Bridport, Weybridge and New Haven. He currently serves on the House Agriculture Committee, a panel that has been tackling some very weighty issues as Vermont farms struggle to keep going amid rising fuel costs, volatile milk prices and mounting environmental regulations.
Like other House freshmen, Bray hopes to graduate to a sophomore term now that he knows his way around the Statehouse.
"I feel as though I've gained a lot of tools and relationships that will help me be a more effective legislator during the next session," said Bray, who co-runs the Equestry horse farm off South Street in New Haven.
Bray believes the next Legislature, of which he hopes to be a part, will have to deal with a tightening state budget. He noted it was roughly a month ago that lawmakers had to cut $24 million from the latest state spending plan.
"It's very hard," Bray said of the budgeting process. "People come in with important programs and stories … yet the state has modest revenues, and they are declining."
Stevens, co-operator of the Golden Russet Farm in Shoreham, hopes voters will give him a second term in the district that includes Benson, Shoreham, Orwell and Whiting.
"I would like to take the knowledge I have acquired this first term and take that forward, how that I have a better sense of who the players are," Stevens said.
A member of the House Agriculture Committee, Stevens wants to continue to work on farming and energy issues.
"This is a transitional time," Stevens said of energy sources and policy. "The chickens have come home to roost and I'm excited to be part of planning for an energy constrained future."
He also cited job creation and health care reform as two other major areas on which the Legislature will need to focus.


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Tyrion welcomes a surprise guest to King's Landing for the royal wedding, but fears he's come to the Red Keep for something else. Meanwhile, Jon warns his skeptical Night's Watch superiors about an impending attack. Jaime struggles to regain his status at home. Arya encounters a face from her past, and Daario Naharis discusses strategy with Daenerys on the journey to the slave city Meereen.
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You spritz the galley counter with anti-bacterial spray, wipe it away, and your houseboat's food prep area is clean, right? Well, maybe. The cheapest, greenest cleaner onboard is also the most eco-friendly. It's patience.
While cruising the Bahamas, I learned to take time after visiting a remote island. The young people had already left to earn a living elsewhere and only the children were here now, tended by their grannies. These older women did chores in slow motion. Yet their homes were sparkling clean even though they had no electricity for vacuum cleaners or washing machines.
They swept slowly, allowing dust to settle. They soaked sheets, giving bleach time to work. Dishes languished in hot water while suds did the scrubbing.
Now we moderns are on speed-dial, demanding harsh cleaners that work instantly. Yet even little kids know the value of time when it comes to killing germs. They wash their hands for as long as it takes to sing the birthday song.
Here are ways to use time to clean your houseboat, while preserving your strength and the environment.
* Buy cleaners formulated for marine materials. They work better and are less likely to pollute boating waters or damage holding tanks. They also contain protective elements, such as UV inhibitors, not found in household cleaners. Take time to allow the product to penetrate, bleach, spread or bond. (Beware too of time limits; some products should not be allowed to linger too long.)
* Read labels. The most common eco-sin is to use too much cleaner, expecting better or quicker results. Liquid laundry detergents, for example, come in full strength, 2X and 3X. If you use more than a capful you can fade fabrics, require more rinse water, and leave fibers less soft.
* A 20-minute laundry soak usually does the work of a much longer wash and it doesn't require any elbow grease or electricity.
* Both blotting and wicking are slow, but very effective. Say, for example, you drop something thick and disgusting on the carpet or sofa. Your first instinct is to flood it with cleaner but unless it's acid, which should be neutralized at once, flooding just dilutes and spreads the mess. First, scrape up as much as possible, working gently with a table knife or scraper that doesn't drive debris deeper into the weave. Then place several thickness of clean paper towels over the stain and weight with something heavy, such as a pile of books.
In 30 minutes, change to clean paper towels and repeat. Keep repeating until no more stain wicks into the paper towels, but don't let the stain dry. While it's damp treat it according to label directions for the type of stain.
* Another way to let time work for you is to apply a poultice, especially when a stain is in a porous material such as old gel coat, unvarnished teak or a granite counter-top. This can be tricky, best done with advice from an expert in the kind of surface you're cleaning.
Begin by noting whether the stain is oil-based (grease, tar), organic (grape juice, tea, coffee), metallic (rust, copper), biological (pet accident, algae, sick baby), or chemical (hair dye, nail polish, marker pen). Mix up a paste that is (1) safe for the material you're cleaning and (2) suitable for the stain. For example, Zud works well for rust stains and sink cleanser with bleach works well on kitchen plastics or gel coat. A little water turns them to paste.
When working with porous materials such as stone, saturate a piece of gauze with a suitable paste that is both safe and effective. Put the poultice on the stain, cover with plastic wrap, and weight it down. Let it dry completely. With luck, some or all of the stain will be drawn up into the poultice.
* If you use those treated cloths sold specifically for ceramic stove-tops, use one first as a poultice over tough stains. Then wipe.
* Depending on what your owner's manual says about cleaning the toilet, you may be able to use less chemical by letting it work longer. Put cleaner in the bowl, swish around to wet evenly, then give it a few minutes before flushing. A mild acid such as white vinegar can help loosen calcium deposits on porcelain. Don't use abrasives. Once the glaze is abraded, stains build faster and penetrate deeper.
* Soap scum removers work better in the shower if they soak in, usually 10 to 15 minutes. Thick cleaners such as foams spread more evenly and cling longer.
* When cleaning houseboat windows, keep them wet as long as possible before rinsing (but beware of damage to adjacent surfaces). In boating you're dealing not only with the usual grit, but also with greasy stains from diesel exhaust and stubborn water spots from wind-driven spume. Give cleaners time to emulsify greasy soot and soften water spots.
* Burned-on food stains ruin a cooking pot? Fill the pot with enough water to cover the stain, add a couple of tablespoons of baking soda and bring to a boil. Covert the pot and let it cool completely. The carbon will probably lift off with light scraping using a nylon scraper.
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Federal agents arrested 13 people on Thursday as part of a drug-trafficking investigation that targeted a chain of marijuana dispensaries and an Orange County man known as "Pops" who is accused of running it.
The storefront dispensaries have distributed more than a ton of marijuana and generated tens of millions of dollars in income, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Most shut down after raids in 2010 and 2011, but at least one – Garden Grove Alternative Care – remains open.
An employee there, Amber Jenkins, said the dispensary reopened after a 2011 raid with a new owner, new employees and a new location, and has nothing to do with the people arrested Thursday.
Federal prosecutors have been cracking down since last year on what they describe as the "large, for-profit marijuana industry" that has flourished in California. State law allows the use of marijuana for medical purposes, but offers few guidelines for how patients can obtain it – a legal grey area into which stepped hundreds of supposedly not-for-profit dispensaries.
Federal law, however, still treats marijuana as a controlled substance. The 13 people arrested Thursday – many described in court papers as suppliers and dispensary managers – were all charged with conspiring to distribute the drug.
They pleaded not guilty during a court hearing on Thursday afternoon.
According to a federal indictment, John Melvin "Pops" Walker, 56, of San Clemente, controlled the chain of nine dispensaries in Orange and Los Angeles County. He has prior convictions for transporting and selling cocaine in the late 1970s and for possessing marijuana or hash for sale in the early 1990s, the indictment notes.
Walker reported no income from the dispensaries to the federal government and instructed his bookkeeper to destroy any records that would show income generated by them, according to the indictment. One of the dispensaries, Safe Harbor Collective in Dana Point, generated about $2.4 million in income in 2009, according to the indictment.
Walker's attorney, Katherine Corrigan, declined to comment except to say: "We look forward to seeing what they have and addressing the issues as they come up."
Walker had $390,000 in cash and a pistol, a shotgun and an assault rifle at his home when agents raided it last year, according to the indictment. In addition to the conspiracy charge, he also faces a charge for possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
The indictment also charges him or some of his managers with running marijuana dispensaries close to schools, possessing firearms as part of a conspiracy and knowingly destroying records. It notes that the government will seek forfeiture of any property used in connection with any conspiracy – a move that the Justice Department has used before against marijuana dispensaries.
The indictment names five dispensaries in Orange County: Safe Harbor in Dana Point, Santa Ana Superior Care in Santa Ana, Costa Mesa Patients Association in Costa Mesa, APCC in San Juan Capistrano and the former Garden Grove Alternative Care. All but Garden Grove had disconnected phone numbers, and attorneys who represent them either could not be located or did not return a phone call seeking comment.
At Garden Grove, Jenkins, the employee, said Walker "has nothing to do with us at all" since the change in ownership in 2011. She described the dispensary now as "definitely a nonprofit" – "We're not making a lot of money, pretty much, at all."
The other dispensaries named in the indictment were in Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and Whittier. One of the Long Beach dispensaries, Belmont Shore Natural Care, also remains open, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
In addition to Walker, authorities arrested and charged 10 people accused of managing his dispensaries in Orange County and Los Angeles: Ryan Aparicio Mondragon, 30, of Westminster; Danielle Pamela Stebel, 25, of Long Beach; Ryan Scott Hunt, 36, of Fullerton; Perry Brooks Forehand, 33, of Mission Viejo; Nicholas Martin Butier III, 32, of Lakewood; Sierra Marina Serhan, 33, of Long Beach; Alvin Wesley Walker, 29, of Long Beach; Karen Lee Leto, 70, of Huntington Beach; Craig Lawrence Leto, 49, of Newport Beach; and Alan David Nixon, 59, of Long Beach.
Two men described in the indictment as suppliers were also arrested: John Eugene Scandalios, 59, of Lakewood, and Michael Alan Nixon, 33, of Long Beach.
Investigators were still searching for Nicholas Einar Lattu, 28, of Long Beach. The indictment described him as the owner of Shadow Ops Security, which provided security to the dispensaries.
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--Samsung share-price decline wipes out more than $12 billion from market capitalization
--Shares fall 7.5%, their biggest single-day drop in nearly four years after US court ruling in patent trial against Apple
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By Min-Jeong Lee
SEOUL--Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE) saw more than $12 billion wiped from its market capitalization Monday as its shares were sold off following the company's heavy defeat to Apple Inc. (AAPL) in a U.S. courtroom.
Analysts say the legal loss increases uncertainty over the South Korean manufacturer's future products.
The stock opened 6.8% lower and ended down 7.5% at 1,180,000 won, posting its biggest single-day percentage drop in nearly four years. Shares at one point fell by as much as 8% to KRW1,173,000.
The share price decline Monday wiped KRW14 trillion ($12.3 billion) off the company's market capitalization.
Local institutions were big sellers, offloading a net 286,000 stocks. Foreign investors, who hold about half of Samsung shares, and retail investors, were net buyers.
The slide in Samsung shares reduced the company's contribution to the overall capitalization of South Korea's main Kospi index to about 15.7% from 17%.
"The context of the loss in this case is a lot worse than had been expected," including the amount of damages Samsung may now face, said Hi Investment & Securities analyst Song Myung-sup.
U.S. jurors delivered a sweeping victory to Apple, awarding the Silicon Valley company $1.05 billion in damages and providing ammunition for more legal attacks on Apple's mobile-device rivals. Jurors found that Samsung infringed six of seven patents contested in the case.
Should this lead to a sales ban of Samsung's products subject to dispute in the U.S., it will start eating away the company's revenue from the fourth quarter, Mr. Song said. "It will be a difficult battle over a longer period of time."
Analysts said a focal point from here will be whether the patent battle will spread to Samsung Electronics' flagship Galaxy S III phone. The products the U.S. court found infringe Apple's patents are all older mobile devices.
Taurus Investment & Securities analyst Kim Hyoung-sik downgraded his six-month share price target for Samsung to KRW1,600,000 from KRW1,680,000. Mr. Kim pegs near-term support for Samsung's shares in the KRW1,000,000-KRW1,100,000 range.
Share prices of other Asian makers of smartphones running Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating system--which was a part target of Apple's lawsuit--were lower Monday, too. ZTE Corp.(000063.SZ) closed down 8.2% at 10.01 yuan in Shanghai while HTC (2498.TW) ended off 1.9% at 257.50 Taiwan dollars.
LG Electronics (066570.SE) bucked the trend and was up 2.8% at KRW69,000 amid expectations it will be able to take market share from Samsung.
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