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I admit it. I get most of my "family-historying" done with a computer and an Internet connection. Maybe someday when I retire and have time to write letters, make phone calls and visit court houses, then my work will be more pen-and-paper, more of physically hunting through dusty old records in equally dusty old buildings.
But for now, my mouse makes a great research assistant!
My mouse and a few other essential items, that is.
The following is a list of what I use routinely to help fill in the blanks of my family story. When possible, I prefer to use open-source software that can be downloaded and used at no charge. Genealogy can be a very expensive past time, but in this day and time, gotta pinch those pennies!
Obviously the first item one needs to do online research is a computer. Personally, I prefer a laptop. I don't like being tied to my desk. If I want to sit on the couch or at a table at the library (yes, I do occasionally make it out of my living room to do research 🙂 ), nothing better than having all my records with me. I also prefer to have the smallest-sized laptop that I can get, as long as it still has lots of memory and does what I want. Easier to tote around. I recently purchased a new 10" netbook, since my last laptop was not long for this world. Incidentally, the netbook has 3 times the memory and a much faster processor than my old laptop, with a price tag of $325 compared to $1200. And built-in wireless is a must!
What good is a computer without Internet access? I have DSL that adds $10/month to my landline phone bill. For years, I had dial-up, but to be able to browse online census images or Civil War pension files, dial-up is just too slow. $10/mo dial-up = $10/mo DSL. 'Nuff said.
One also needs some type of genealogy program, some place to put all those names, dates and places. I use RootsMagic 4. Over the years, I have tried almost every commercial genealogy program and I just prefer RootsMagic. Use what you like, whatever you are comfortable with it. One open-source program that I recently played with is GRAMPS. I was pleased with it, but since I had already spent money on RootsMagic, I'll stay with it. If not, I think I would probably use GRAMPS.
A digital camera is also a must-have. Quality brand-name cameras are available for under $100. Your digital camera will also work pretty well as a scanner/copier in a pinch.
The other item that will actually cost $$$ is a printer/scanner/copier. Good ones are available for $70-80 from Walmart or BestBuy.
Ok, so far I have spent about $500. But all of these gadgets are expected to last for many years. I often use my laptop for several hours per day, and the camera and printer don't collect much dust, either. Good investments.
An image manipulation program is invaluable. Cropping, resizing, sharpening, editing- the more images that you find and download to your hard drive, the more you will need an image manipulation program. I use Paint Shop Pro, vs7, from Jasc Software. Some years ago Jasc was acquired by PhotoShop, so I don't believe Paint Shop Pro is still available. But I have used PSP7 for years and am very comfortable with it. A simple Google search will produce lots of hits for excellent open-source or freeware products, and many programs are available to use online at no charge. An excellent open-source program, frequently compared to PhotoShop, is GIMP.
Other free or open-source software that I find extremely useful, even mandatory:
- Notepad- one of those programs that comes with all new Windows computers
- TiddlyWiki– my electronic research notebook. Denise Olsen from Family Matters has created an excellent TiddlyWiki tutorial
- Clipboard Recorder– fantastic for all of that copying/pasting of sources and other info
- PixelRuler– this nifty little freeware program is super when you need a straight line to read across a census page!
- OpenOffice– the open-source alternative to Microsoft's expensive office tools. Totally compatible back-and-forth with Microsoft products
- Transcript– another wonderful little gem, fantastic for transcribing old documents
- PDF-XChange Viewer– to save a .pdf document as a .jpg. Handy when downloading .pdf newspaper clippings from GenealogyBank. A .pdf document can't be added as a media file to most genealogy programs, but a .jpg image can… 🙂
And of course, never forget to back-up your records!!! I can't emphasize this too much. You have all of your genealogy research on your computer, years and years of notes, documents, photos. One day, your house is broken into, there is a tornado or a flood, or your hard drive decides to take a mental health day. In an instant, everything you have collected, all your research, EVERYTHING… is gone! It happens every day, folks. Don't push your luck or one day you will be very, very sorry.
USB drives are cheaper than ever these days, and depending on the size of your database, you may be able to save everything on a USB drive. For larger databases, an external hard drive will do the trick. One important point, keep your backup in a separate location. A family member or trusted neighbor's house, at your work, maybe even a bank security box. There are also online storage sites, many free or very reasonably priced. I use both an external hard drive and an online storage site. ADrive offers 50GB of storage for free. More than enough for most genealogy databases!
(FYI: these are my opinions only. I am not being compensated by anyone!)

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Retailers committed to increasing apprenticeships
Most retailers plan to increase their commitment to apprenticeships, according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
In a survey by the BRC, 86% of retailers said they would increase the number of apprenticeships they offer over the next 2 years.
In 2017/18, retailers in England increased the number of higher and advanced apprenticeships more than 2.5 times compared to the previous year.
Retailers with an annual pay bill of more than £3 million can use the apprenticeship levy, which involves paying 0.5% of their payroll into a central pot that is then used to fund apprenticeships.
However, many businesses believe the levy is too complicated and have called for it to be reformed.
In addition, 21% of retailers reported difficulties in recruiting for apprenticeships, with less traditional roles such as software engineers and food technologists proving the hardest to recruit for.
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC, said:
"Almost a year after the apprenticeship levy was introduced these figures demonstrate the [retail] industry's ongoing commitment to apprenticeships.
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Seahawks training camp set to begin on Thursday
The question marks for the Seahawks as they enter training camp don't come accompanied with exclamation points. Instead, the issues greeting the Seahawks as the season begins with the first practice Thursday are more subtle.
Seattle Times staff reporter
The question marks for the Seahawks as they enter training camp don't come accompanied with exclamation points.
Instead, the issues greeting the Seahawks as the season begins with the first practice Thursday are more subtle.
The Seahawks, recall, ended 2012 as one of the hottest teams in the NFL, finishing a last-second Atlanta drive and two points away from advancing to the NFC title game, allowing the fewest points in the league for the season (245) and scoring an astonishing average of 42.5 points the last four games.
Those are the kinds of numbers experts point to when they make the Seahawks one of the favorites to play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 in New Jersey.
Still, while the Seahawks have Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch and the Legion of Boom as they enter camp, there are a few unresolved issues.
Here's a look at some of the most pressing:
Will Chris Clemons and Cliff Avril be healthy enough to offset the loss of Bruce Irvin for the first four games?
The Seahawks' biggest defensive flaw a year ago might have been a pass rush that recorded 36 sacks, just off the NFL average of 36½. It's one of the few areas Seattle was below average statistically in 2012.
The pass rush might have been the difference in the playoff loss to Atlanta with Clemons — who led the team with 11½ sacks — out with a knee injury.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has said there is a chance that Clemons will be back for the start of the season, but also that he won't be rushed back from an injury that usually requires nine to 10 months of recovery time. Clemons' progress will be a key story line of camp.
Seattle signed free agents Avril and Michael Bennett to augment the pass rush, but Avril showed up to Offseason Training Activities with a case of plantar fasciitis. Avril participated some in minicamp, though, and should be good to go for training camp.
Seattle needs him back as Irvin — the team's 2012 first-round pick — will miss the first four games after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Both Avril and Irvin will be used some at linebacker, as well, as the Seahawks continue to experiment with a 3-4 alignment.
Will James Carpenter be ready for the start of training camp?
The team's other most-pressing injury question revolves around Carpenter, the team's first-round pick in 2011 who missed the OTAs and minicamp after having knee surgery the team hopes will solve issues for good. He has played just 16 games the past two years.
Carroll said during minicamp he expected Carpenter to be ready for the start of training camp. When healthy, Carpenter will be used at left guard, the team envisioning a potentially dominating left side of the line with center Max Unger and left tackle Russell Okung.
Who will win the backup quarterback job?
The big news of minicamp was the signing of 2011 Seahawks starting quarterback Tarvaris Jackson after he was cut by Buffalo. Jackson wasn't signed in time to participate in minicamp, but will start off training camp competing with Brady Quinn for the backup job behind Wilson. Given Jackson's experience with the team, familiarity with the offense and the respect he has among players, the conventional wisdom is he will beat out Quinn for the job. The question then will become whether the Seahawks decide to keep just two quarterbacks, or hang on to both Jackson and Quinn.
Will the Seahawks have enough depth at tight end?
The biggest piece of bad news for the Seahawks from OTAs/minicamp was the loss of backup tight end Anthony McCoy for the year due to an Achilles tendon injury.
That leaves only starter Zach Miller as a tight end with any significant experience on the roster. Miller sat out minicamp with a foot injury. Carroll said it wasn't serious, but the Seahawks will need to be careful with Miller through camp to get him to the season while continuing to develop second-year player Sean McGrath and rookie Luke Willson.
Who will win the weakside linebacker job?
Carroll pointed to this spot as one of the most open position battles at the end of minicamp. As the offseason ended, Malcolm Smith had a tenuous hold on the spot, which was held last year by K.J. Wright, who has moved to the strong side to take over for the departed Leroy Hill (with Bobby Wagner entrenched in the middle).
The use of Avril and Irvin at linebacker, however, could greatly change the complexion of this spot, making it possible the Seahawks often have just two players listed as linebackers — Wright and Wagner — actually on the field.
Can the Seahawks survive training camp without any more off-field issues?
The Seahawks are in an unaccustomed position as one of the Super Bowl favorites, which also brings with it an unfamiliar national spotlight. The Seahawks got a taste of the potential downside of that when Irvin was suspended, bringing with it a number of national stories questioning the team's maturity and ability to handle the increased expectations of this season.
Making it through to the regular season without any more hiccups will help convince the skeptics the team truly is ready to make a legitimate run to the Super Bowl.
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On the day we left Greenville, after I picked up one last microfilm document printout at the library, we headed for Standing Springs before heading back north. I knew that many members of the Bud Mathis Moore family are buried in the Standing Springs churchyard, as are many members of associated families such as Cox, Long, Baldwin, and others. Below are pictures of the present-day church and churchyard. Photos of individual tombstones from the churchyard will be appearing on my Graveyard Rabbit Afield blog.
The Furman Moore History of the Moore Family indicated that the original farm was near Log Shoals Bridge, and the land deed named Stony Creek (in some areas, such as where it meets W. Georgia Road near Standing Springs, it is called Rocky Creek). Using Standing Springs, Stony Creek, and Log Shoals Bridge (which has a road named after it) as reference points, I found N. Moore Road on Google Maps. I do not know exactly how far the farm extended in various directions, but I figured that the intersection of N. Moore Road and Stony Creek (Log Shoals Road is a bit to the north) was most likely part of the old farm. Below are the map, the intersection of N. Moore Road and Stony Creek, a couple of pictures of the area, and a couple of pictures of Stony Creek.
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Standing Springs Churchyard and the Site of the Old Moore Homestead
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Republican Mick Mulvaney has won the state S.C. Senate District 16 race over Democratic opponent Mandy Powers Norrell.
According to unofficial results from the S.C. State Election Commission, Mulvaney won with 53.7 percent of the vote, which was 25,125 votes. Norrell trailed with 21,626 votes, or 46.22 percent of the vote. This includes votes from Lancaster and York counties.
Two incumbents faced off against newcomers in the race for District 4 and District 6 school board seats, and late Tuesday night both incumbents had retained them.
Peter Barry's campaign to keep his District 4 seat against the Rev. AnThony Pelham was successful, as the final tally gave Barry 2,355 votes to Pelham's 1,022 votes.
With functional voting machines and lines that kept moving throughout the day, Lancaster County voters encountered few problems at the polls on Tuesday.
Rick Crimminger, chairman of the county election commission, said wait times in lines at polling places varied depending on the precinct.
By Tuesday afternoon, the wait time in Lancaster was about an hour, while it was averaging 90 minutes in Kershaw and Heath Springs. The longest wait, he said, was in Indian Land, where voters waited an average of three hours.
Lancaster County voters said yes to a new sales tax that will help pay for construction of a new courthouse.
According to unofficial results, 16,299 voters voted "yes" for the tax, while 11,386 voted against it. The tax will add 1 cent to Lancaster County's 7 percent sales tax.
The county is expected to begin collecting the tax in May 2009. It will be collected for no longer than seven years to pay off bonds used to build the courthouse. Officials estimate that a new courthouse and parking garage will cost $33 million.
Democrat D.W. "Cotton" Cole defeated Republican incumbent Wesley Grier on Tuesday for the County Council District 3 seat.
Cole had 1,766 votes and Grier had 1,698 votes.
District 3 covers the Buford community, as well as the Camp Creek, Tradesville, Unity and Pleasant Dale communities.
Cole, a retired Lancaster fire chief, watched intently Tuesday night as the results came in on the big screen at the Lancaster County Administration Building.
At that time, he didn't know how the numbers were going to play out.
Republican Deborah Long was leading Democrat Fred Thomas at press time in the race for the S.C. House District 45 seat, which covers parts of Lancaster and northern York counties.
As of 11:30 p.m., Long had 7,174 votes in Lancaster County, while Thomas had 6,758 votes.
York County numbers were unavailable, but they usually favor the Republican candidate.
Complete State Senate District 16 results:
Mick Mulvaney (R) - 53.70%
Mandy Powers Norrell (D) - 46.22%
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Tuesday's ballot will feature an amendment question that could change the age a woman can legally consent to sex in South Carolina.
The state's constitution has the age of consent for an unmarried woman set at 14, while the state Legislature has it set at 16, which is what the courts go by.
The amendment would remove the age of consent part of the constitution.
It's easier for legislators to change a state law than it is to change the constitution, Attorney General Henry McMaster told WSPA last week.
South Middle School has its own TV stars and news producers.
About 15 students participate in the school's daily news program, WSMS, which is in its first full year. The South Middle family can hear lunch menus, weather and other information on the show, broadcast each morning at the school.
The newscast is written, produced and broadcast by students, with assistance from their advisor, teacher Justin Thomas.
It was a night of glitz and glamour at the Healthy Woman fall fashion show with a twist.
Many of the models, held at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster's Bradley Arts and Sciences Building on Tuesday, were breast cancer survivors. The goal of the show was not only showing off pretty clothes, but raising awareness of the disease during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which was October.
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THE FLATS – Vikram Hundal rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the second set of his match to put away Jonas Kuwert, 7-6, 7-5, for the clinching point, lifting Georgia Tech to a 4-2 victory over Old Dominion Friday afternoon in the season opener for both teams at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
Hundal, a sophomore from Alpharetta, Ga., earned his first singles win of the spring in straight sets from the No. 3 slot in the Tech lineup, while sophomore Eduardo Segura and freshman Nathan Rakitt also took straight-set victories at No. 4 and 5, respectively, getting a victory for Tech in its brand-new facility.
Segura and Rakitt won their matches quickly to stake the Yellow Jackets to a 3-0 advantage. Segura, from Madrid, Spain, put away Zvonimir Podvinski, 6-0, 6-4, while Rakitt, from Marietta, Ga., defeated Wesley Barrett, 6-2, 6-1.
But the Monarchs, led by former Tech assistant Aljosa Piric, rallied back when Danta Terenzio defeated Tech freshman Garrett Gordon, 7-6, 6-0, at No. 6, and Carlos Lopez Villa knocked off the Yellow Jackets' top player, Juan Spir, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 1.
The match was in the hands of Hundal and senior Juan Melian, who both appeared headed to third sets after winning the first set of their matches at No. 3 and 2. Hundal took matters into his own hands, breaking Kuwert's serve twice to complete his win in straight sets for the Jackets.
"We came out pretty strong in doubles today, all three of them were pretty solid," said Tech coach Kenny Thorne. "Then we clinched the match in singles without our two seniors. That's a good position for our underclassmen to be in, and against a rapidly improving program in Old Dominion. Aljosa is doing a fine job with that team. Honored to get our first win in our new facility,"
Tech got the doubles point easily, with Melian and Rakitt taking an 8-3 win at No. 2 over Ochagavia and Kuwert, while Gordon and Segura knocked off the 34th-ranked team of Barrett and Schweig. Spir and Hundal, the No. 3-ranked team in the nation, fell behind 4-1 in their match against Lopez Villa and Cetinel at No. 1, but rallied for an 8-6 win and a doubles sweep for the Yellow Jackets.
Tech hosts Lipscomb in the nightcap of Friday's double-header at 7 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Old Dominion vs Georgia Tech
Jan 18, 2013 at Atlanta, Ga.
#59 Georgia Tech 5, Old Dominion 2
Singles competition
1. Carlos Lopez Villa (ODU) def. #32 Juan Spir (GT) 6-4, 6-4
2. Juan Melian (GT) def. Albert Ochagavia (ODU) 7-6, 1-6, 6-1
3. Vikram Hundal (GT) def. Jonas Kuwert (ODU) 7-6, 7-5
4. Eduardo Segura (GT) def. Zvonimir Podvinski (ODU) 6-0, 6-4
5. Nathan Rakitt (GT) def. Wesley Barrett (ODU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Dante Terenzio (ODU) def. Garrett Gordon (GT) 7-6, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #3 Juan Spir/Vikram Hundal (GT) def. #23 Carlos Lopez Villa/Can Cetinel (ODU) 8-6
2. Juan Melian/Nathan Rakitt (GT) def. Albert Ochagavia/Jonas Kuwert (ODU) 8-3
3. Garrett Gordon/Eduardo Segura (GT) def. #34 Wesley Barrett/Tim Schweig (ODU) 8-3
Match Notes:
Old Dominion 0-1; Georgia Tech 1-0 (National ranking #59)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (5,4,6,1,3,2)
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Q. I enjoy reading your column, but feel that you did not share the whole truth (when you wrote about supply budgets last week) about budgets with many of the families who read your work.
Schools that receive Title I funds, like the one I work in do not ask for donations or hold fundraisers like my friends whose children attend non-Title I schools. My friends are tired after working all week, and must do more for their schools than Title I parents in terms of fundraising.
Many Title I schools do not even have PTA organizations because there is nothing needed to fundraise for when all is provided as computers, supplies, after-school tutoring, and the Boys and Girls Club free of charge to families.
Taxpaying parents are receiving less per pupil funding than Title I students. The great secret is that families who pay taxes get to fundraise and donate to provide equal funding as Title I students receive.
A. I think it is important for everyone to understand school funding, though when you understand it you see some very stark differences in the ways schools are funded. School funds can come from a variety of sources.
First, some school districts receive more state funding than others because they have strong property tax bases. These are called basic aid districts, and include Laguna Beach and Newport-Mesa in Orange County.
Districts with schools designated Title I receive additional federal money because of high poverty levels among the student population. This is separate from state funding.
But to say those schools do not have a PTA because they do not need to fundraise is a little too narrow of a view, in my opinion. These schools and these families do not have a PTA because these parents usually are unable, or perhaps unwilling, to organize in this manner.
I have worked at Title I schools and the kids are usually on their own. If we get into our political parties and start pointing fingers at the adults in these situations it is important to leave two groups out of those finger pointing matches: the children and the teachers.
We, as teachers, are there to help any and every child. The children in these schools are often being raised in poverty. There are plenty of studies to show that if these children receive a quality education they can escape from the cycle of poverty, and this is where Title I funding originated – to try to give targeted help to these children.
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Recital features German songs, arias
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Stella Hastings, soprano, will sing an all-German program of art songs and arias for a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, in the Sharon Kay Dean Recital Hall in McCray Hall on the Pittsburg State University campus. The free concert will be followed by a reception in the McCray Hall lobby.
Hastings will collaborate with pianist Barbara York; Raul Munguia, violinist and conductor of the SEK Symphony; Denissa Rivas de Munguia, flute; and members of the symphony for the performance.
Hastings, an associate professor in the PSU Department of Music, said the program will feature works by Bach, Schumann and Beethoven.
In addition to her work at PSU, Hastings maintains an active professional career as a conductor and vocalist on local and national levels. She also performs regularly as a member of the Grammy-nominated choral ensemble, Conspirare, under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson.
Mrs. Hastings holds degrees from the University of Kentucky and the University of Texas at Austin. Her studies have also included work at the Aspen Music Festival and various master class performances.


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Thank you for your interest and your question.
Hydrocele is a fluid-containing sac that arises in the lining of the testis. Variocele is dilation (enlargement) of the spermatic veins. Both of these conditions can mimic testicular cancer as they occur as masses near the testis.
The only clear risk factor for development of testicular cancer is cryptorchidism (undescended testis). Other risk factors that have been suggested in small reports but not confirmed in larger trials include HIV infection, viral infection of the testis, and vasectomy. We are not aware of any association between the development of testicular cancer and either variocele or hydrocele.
Small varioceles or hydroceles may allow testicular self-examinations but larger ones may obscure palpation (feeling of) the testis. In the latter situations, there are several option for men to continue careful screening for testicular cancer. One option is surgical excision of the variocele or hydrocele. Another option is yearly ultrasound examinations, and a third option is checking bloodwork for laboratory values that may be elevated in some testicular cancers (e.g., Beta-HCG and alpha fetoprotein).
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GOP infighting as farm bill suffers
With farmers rallying at the Capitol Wednesday and the Senate showing no appetite for disaster aid substitutes, divisions are surfacing more among House Republicans over their leadership's decision to block action on a five-year farm bill.
Fresh from the summer recess, farm state lawmakers set off what was described as a spirited discussion at Monday's meeting the GOP whip team, and the echoes continued at a Tuesday session of the full Republican conference.
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Freshman Rep. Rick Berg (R-N.D.), who has been hurt politically at home by the farm bill impasse, helped to trigger the whips' discussion. But grayer heads—and traditional team players— backed him up including Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Randy Neugebauer (R-Tex.), as well as House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.)
"Members had been home. People know the clock's ticking," Cole said of the exchanges. "I believe we have a product ready to move," he told POLITICO. "We have an opportunity to do something that is not partisan. I think we ought to do it."
"Of the 100 agriculture districts in the House, 73 are in our hands. A majority of our conference would vote for it," Cole said. "Politically it's the smart thing to do and institutionally it's the right thing. It may not be perfect but we ought to have the courage to put it on the floor and let Congress work its will."
Neugebauer said his fellow conservatives demanding still greater cuts from food stamps were missing the point that the nutrition program will continue without change under the continuing resolution to be voted on Thursday, while the existing farm program will begin to unravel if nothing is done before Sept. 30.
"If you don't do anything, the food stamps continue regardless of what you do on the farm bill," Neugebauer said in an interview. "But if you let the farm bill expire on Sept. 30, the farm policy part of it expires, and you don't get any reforms which were actually passed in a very bipartisan way out of the House Ag Committee."
Berg, who met Tuesday as well with Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-N.D.), told POLITICO he remains frustrated but hopeful "there is a different momentum in the House from 24 hours ago." And Cantor? "I certainly think he's more attuned to it today," Berg said.


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Gordon R. Ultsch, Ph.D., has withdrawn from the mayoral primary.
" I have decided to withdraw from the mayor's race in Cape Coral. While I have no doubt that I could do the job well, it is clear to me that campaigning and fund-raising are not a part of my world, but are necessary to be elected to office," he said in a prepared statement.
Remaining candidates for mayor are Daniel "Dan" Ashby, Alan "AJ" Boyd, David P. Carr. Vincent A. Cummings, Marni Lin Sawicki and incumbent John J. Sullivan.
Running in District 1, also on the primary ballot, are James "Jim" Burch, Steven L. Golub, David R. Headd and Graham Madison Morris.
The top two vote getters in these races will advance to the general election in November, which also will feature the District 4 and 6 council seats.
Running in District 4 are incumbent Chris N. Chulakes-Leetz and Richard Leon. Running in District 6 are incumbent Kevin M. McGrail and Richard "Rick" Williams.
Every registered voter gets to vote in every race on the ballot in both the primary and the general election: City council races are non-partisan, and all council members are elected citywide although officials must live in the district they represent.
See our first election Q&A on page 8A of the Weekend Breeze.


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Volunteering at Winship
As a Winship Cancer Institute volunteer, your positive-minded involvement and genuine concern can work wonders for our patients.
You can change a patient's emotional outlook, give hope to a family, or simply provide a helping hand so that our staff can focus on the patient's care and treatment. Current volunteer opportunities are available at the following locations: Winship Cancer Institute (Clifton Road campus), Emory University Hospital Midtown, Emory Proton Therapy Center, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, and Emory Clinic at Buford.
Volunteer Roles
Volunteer opportunities are available in the areas of Ambulatory Infusion Center, Bone Marrow Transplant/Hematology, Medical Oncology, Patient & Family Resource Center, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and the welcome/concierge desks.
Volunteer roles include:
- Hospitality
- Hospitality Cart
- Runner
- Clerical/Administrative
- Welcome Desk/Concierge
- Front Desk
- Musicians
Do you sing or play a musical instrument? Volunteer to share your talent as a group or individual with the patients, family members and caregivers at Winship.
(Additional volunteer requirements apply to this opportunity. Please contact Volunteer Services for more information.)
Volunteer Benefits
Volunteers who have worked at Winship say the greatest benefit they receive is their own sense of accomplishment and personal satisfaction. At Winship, we recognize our volunteers' time, talents and dedication with the following:
- Free parking at Winship Cancer Institute while performing volunteer work
- Use of the Patient and Family Resource Center
- Copy of the Winship Volunteer Quarterly Newsletter
- Invitation to the biannual Volunteer Recognition Awards event (December & April)
- Career and education letters of reference after a minimum of six months of service
- Immunizations from Emory Employee Health. All volunteers are required to receive a seasonal flu shot during the months of September – March. In addition all volunteers will be required to take an annual TB test.
- Volunteer uniform to be worn during your volunteer shift. NOTE: A $25 uniform payment is required by each volunteer.
Volunteer Requirements
In order to volunteer at Winship Cancer Institute, volunteers must meet the following prerequisites:
- Commit to fulfilling a 6 month period of volunteer service with a minimum of 8 hours per month (the equivalent of two 4 hour shifts per month).
- 18 years of age or older
- Provide proof of up to date vaccinations, and if applicable, complete and pass a TB test
- Receive the flu vaccine from Emory Employee Health (September – March)
- Complete and pass a criminal background check
- Complete and pass the online volunteer assessment
- Complete a volunteer interview
Cancer Survivors and Caregivers
In addition to the above requirements, volunteers who are cancer survivors are required to have been out of treatment for at least 6 months prior to volunteering. Additionally, volunteers who have had a family member recently pass away from cancer will need to delay volunteering for at least 12 months.
Ready to volunteer?
We will work with you to place you in a volunteer position that fits your interests, experience, and desired level of patient contact.
To get started, make sure you:
Step 1: Review the volunteer benefits listed above.
Step 2: Review the volunteer requirements listed above.
Step 3: Review the Online Volunteer Manual (PDF).
Step 4: Complete the Online Volunteer Assessment. You must achieve a score of 80
or higher on the Online Assessment to be eligible to volunteer.
For more information, please contact Volunteer Services at (404) 778-2405.
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The foreign language Oscar race has kicked off with South Korea among the first countries to unveil its choice.
But its selection, helmer Kim Tae-gyun's "Crossing" (Keurosing), a drama about a North Korean defector, has already caused controversy.
"Crossing," produced by Camp B, has been accused of plagiarism by local helmer Lee Kwang-hoon, who has applied for an injunction preventing the film's continued release. It began its Korean run June 5. Camp B denies the charge.
The Korean Film Council (Kofic) will select another contender if "Crossing" is found guilty when the issue comes to court in three weeks.
Pic beat four higher-profile contenders that had been shortlisted — "The Good the Bad the Weird," "Forever the Moment," "Sunny" and "The Chaser."
The seven members of the jury assembled by Kofic said "Crossing" was the most appropriate contender "considering the characteristics of past winners and the traditional preferences of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." Jury also considered its potential for distribution and commercial success in the U.S..
The Academy has invited 96 countries to submit films for foreign-language Oscar consideration. Deadline for submission is Oct. 1, the nominations will be announced Jan. 22, and the award ceremony takes place on Feb. 22.


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IU SLIS Alumni Reception
From Annual 2008
Indiana University's School of Library and Information (Science (SLIS) will host its alumni reception on Sunday evening, June 29th, 5:30-7:30pm at Tortilla Jo's, 1510 Disneyland Drive, in the Disneyland Downtown area. All IU SLIS grads are welcome to come to enjoy an evening of meeting and greeting fellow SLIS alumni/ae; bring a guest if you wish. Some of our SLIS faculty will be there along with some of the members of our SLIS Alumni Board. Come to meet new people and greet former classmates. We'll provide a nice selection of food and beverages for YOU, our guests. Check out the guest list: http://www.slis.indiana.edu/alumni/events.php?id=47 See you there! Sarah Burton SLIS Alumni Events Director MLS'94


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Reading Mitch Albom is like eating a box of turkish delight. The contents are prettily packaged; each segment is enticing, sweet, marginally gooey. Swallow the whole thing and you end up feeling the need for something astringent - and possibly feeling nauseous as well.
This novel/fable/procession of platitudes from the author of Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet In Heaven is a sequence of mini-chapters, large font, blank pages, space-filling designs. A bite dressed up as a banquet.
We begin with the premise that only God can measure things. So when a young fellow called Dor invents the world's first clock (a bowl with a hole in the base), he's banished to a cave. This happens 6000 years ago, when midwives use rolling pins to help with childbirth.
Millennia later, Dor gets a chance to redeem himself, by teaching a potentially suicidal adolescent and a terminally ill adult the Meaning of Life. Meet Sarah the teenager, agonising over body image and boyfriend; Victor the tycoon, sending his staff searching for the secret of immortality.
Dor faces a steep learning parabola, as he tries to bone up on the 21st century in quick ... time. He wanders through our world, hunched and white-bearded, carrying an hourglass and wailing intermittently. Nobody reports him to the authorities.
God gets a poor press. So does cryogenics. You can see The Time Keeper as wondrously wise or pretentiously puerile. "Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour." Bet you never thought of that before - especially in such unfortunate phrasing as the second sentence.
It's all written in Albom's characteristically staccato style, with swerves into cod-Biblical. The Tower of Babel makes a guest appearance. People say, "it is still unwritten", or "the simple joy of living between sunrises was gone".
Dor's story is singular and intriguing, but cluttered with Thoughts For The Day. There are arresting instants: relativity in a hairdresser's; time sifting from the tops of skyscrapers. There are emetic images: "The stains from Dor's tears gathered together, forming a pool of blue on the rocky floor."
Undemanding, blandly comforting, self-indulgent, ultimately not terribly satisfying. Like that turkish delight.
David Hill is a Taranaki writer.


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Remapping remote control key codes greater than 255
- 1 Key mapping using ir-keytable/xmodmap/xkb
- 2 Key mapping using event_key_remap
- 3 Building the xf86-input-evdev driver
- 4 Determining the codes generated by your remote control
Key mapping using ir-keytable/xmodmap/xkb
Note: Please see HID_Remotes for other solutions that may be simpler than event_key_remap.
Key mapping using event_key_remap
Version 11 of the X protocol only supports single-byte key codes - so key codes above 255 are ignored. Unfortunately, buttons on many keyboards and remote controls, particularly those intended for "multi-media" purposes, generate key codes higher than 255 for many of their buttons. These codes are simply ignored by X and will not work.
This issue has been raised as a bug at bugs.freedesktop.org and support for more key codes is on the wish list for version 12 of X.
Until version 12 is released, however, Gianni Ceccarelli has created a patched version of the 'xf86-input-evdev' driver which allows key codes to be remapped from one value another. Details are on his page here. If you require version 2.6.0 or later of the evdev driver, you should use the code-remap-2.6.0 branch.
Building the xf86-input-evdev driver
The instructions below are based on Mythbuntu 10.04 and may need to be varied slightly for your distribution.
Installing git
If you do not have git installed, the following command will install it for you:
sudo apt-get install git-core
Downloading the patched driver
These commands will download the source for the modified 'xf86-input-evdev' driver:
git clone git://www.thenautilus.net/xf86-input-evdev cd xf86-input-evdev git pull git://www.thenautilus.net/xf86-input-evdev code-remap-x.y.z
where x.y.z is the version number you require. Check out the git summary at http://www.thenautilus.net/cgit/xf86-input-evdev/ to find out what the latest version is. Version 2.4.0 worked with Mythbuntu 10.04 but stopped working after upgrading Ubuntu to 12.04, as indicated by the error message "Failed to load module "evdev" (module requirement mismatch, 0)" in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Building and installing version 2.8.0 worked with Mythbuntu 12.04.
Building the driver
./autogen.sh ./configure make sudo make install
If the driver is being built on a system which is not normally used for development then the 'autogen' and the 'configure' steps above may complain about missing tools and libraries. The command:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
will normally fetch everything that is required, but some other packages may need to be installed depending on your system and/or distribution. Keep running 'autogen' until it runs cleanly without complaining and then do the same for 'configure'.
(Note: To build version 2.6.0 you will also need xserver-xorg-dev, xutils-dev, libtool, and autoconf:
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev xutils-dev libtool autoconf
will get you the required packages. To build version 2.8.0 of the evdev driver you will need libudev-dev as well.)
Instructing X to use the patched driver
By default, the 'make install' script above copies the new driver into /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules, though this can be overridden if you want to. For the default case, this path needs to be added to the ModulePath for X:
Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection
Now restart X (eg reboot the machine or restart gdm etc) and check that the new module is being used:
grep evdev_drv /var/log/Xorg.0.log
The output should be something like:
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
This shows that the evdev driver is being loaded from /usr/local/lib, and not /usr/lib.
Configuring xorg.conf
Gianni describes how to use event_key_remap with HAL configuration on his web page; an alternative method is to add the following entries to your xorg.conf file:
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "your-layout-name" ... add the following line to the existing lines in this section ... InputDevice "RF remote" "SendCoreEvents" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "RF remote" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "your-device-id" <-- for example, "/dev/input/event4" Option "event_key_remap" "402=111 403=116" EndSection
In order to always have the same "Device" option set, you can create the following udev rule:
cat /etc/udev/rules.d/100-mythtv.rules # HDPVR # Video device KERNEL=="video[0-9]", ATTRS{product}=="Hauppauge HD PVR", SYMLINK+="HDPVR-VIDEO" # Blaster device SUBSYSTEM=="lirc", ATTRS{product}=="Hauppauge HD PVR" SYMLINK+="HDPVR-BLASTER"
Then the InputDevice section listed above would look like such:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "RF remote" Driver "evdev" Option "Device" "/dev/HDPVR-BLASTER" Option "event_key_remap" "402=111 403=116" EndSection
The magic line is the 'event_key_remap' option which has been added to the 'evdev' driver by the patches. In the example above, codes 402 and 403 (which are ignored by X since they are above 255) from the remote control are respectively mapped to codes 111 and 116 (which will be handled properly by X).
You will need to modify the 'event_key_remap' line with all the various codes that you need for your own remote control handset.
In order to find out which device is your remote, use the next section Work out which devices are involved.
Determining the codes generated by your remote control
All the commands below are for Mythbuntu 10.04 (Ubuntu 10.04 TLS) and may need to be varied slightly for your distribution.
Work out which devices are involved
Use the command:
ls -l /dev/input/by-id/
to list the devices which have been detected. You should see something like:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2010-06-12 19:47 usb-Topseed_Tech_Corp._USB_RF_Combo_Device-event-kbd -> ../event3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2010-06-12 19:47 usb-Topseed_Tech_Corp._USB_RF_Combo_Device-event-mouse -> ../event4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2010-06-12 19:47 usb-Topseed_Tech_Corp._USB_RF_Combo_Device-mouse -> ../mouse1
In this example, the TopSeed RF receiver generates keyboard events on /dev/input/event3, and mouse events on /dev/input/event4 - but the device numbers on your system may vary. The following steps will need to be repeated for each of the relevant 'event' devices (ie 'event3' and 'event4' in the example above) - ignore the 'mouse1' device.
Determine the key codes generated by your remote handset
Make sure that the MythTV front end is not running before you try the next step, otherwise it will capture the events that you are trying to watch. Use the command:
evtest /dev/input/event4
This will do two things. Firstly, evtest prints out a list of all the key codes that the device reports it can generate. This may not be accurate, but is a good start. As an example, the TopSeed TSBX-2404 remote control reports:
... other lines snipped ... Event code 389 (DVD) Event code 396 (Memo) Event code 397 (Calendar) Event code 402 (ChannelUp) Event code 403 (ChannelDown) Event code 405 (Last) Event code 416 (?) ... further lines follow ...
This reveals that the 'Channel Up' button on the remote handset is expected to produce key code 402.
Next, start pressing buttons on the remote handset. As you do so, you will see output such as the following:
Event: time 1276380069.599655, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value c008d Event: time 1276380069.599675, type 1 (Key), code 362 (Program), value 0 Event: time 1276380069.599682, -------------- Report Sync ------------ Event: time 1276380101.623667, type 4 (Misc), code 4 (ScanCode), value c0224 Event: time 1276380101.623695, type 1 (Key), code 158 (Back), value 1 Event: time 1276380101.623698, -------------- Report Sync ------------
The example output above shows that the 'Program' key generates key code 362, and the 'Back' key generates code 158. Although these codes may be obvious from the initial event listing that evtest gives when it runs, this may help to identify which button on the handset is which, since it is not always obvious what the buttons are called - especially in the case of buttons bearing symbols or icons.
Work out what you want the keys to do
Use this command:
xmodmap -pke
to dump out the X key mapping table. The output lists all the key codes from 8 to 255:
keycode 8 = keycode 9 = Escape NoSymbol Escape keycode 10 = 1 exclam 1 exclam onesuperior exclamdown keycode 11 = 2 at 2 quotedbl twosuperior oneeighth keycode 12 = 3 numbersign 3 sterling threesuperior sterling ... more key codes listed here ... keycode 109 = Linefeed NoSymbol Linefeed keycode 110 = Home NoSymbol Home keycode 111 = Up NoSymbol Up keycode 112 = Prior NoSymbol Prior keycode 113 = Left NoSymbol Left keycode 114 = Right NoSymbol Right keycode 115 = End NoSymbol End keycode 116 = Down NoSymbol Down ... then more key codes until ... keycode 254 = keycode 255 =
This table shows, for example, that key code 111 is handled as 'Up'.
Therefore, if you have a button on your remote handset which generates key code 402, for example, and you want that button to be treated by X (and therefore MythTV) as 'Up', then you need to remap key code 402 to code 111 in your 'event_key_remap' line in 'xorg.conf'. Repeat for each button on the remote handset that you need to remap.
User Notes
Just as an FYI, you can remap *any* key to another key, you are not limited to keys above 255. For example, here is what I have remapped:
Option "event_key_remap" "272=104 352=104 128=9 273=9 139=58 96=31 18=26 32=40 46=54 33=41"
And to further explain, in evtest <device> pressing the check mark on my remote (ATI Remote Wonder) yields:
Event: time 1309016366.536995, type 1 (Key), code 96 (KPEnter), value 1 Event: time 1309016366.537004, -------------- Report Sync ------------ Event: time 1309016366.537020, type 1 (Key), code 96 (KPEnter), value 0 Event: time 1309016366.537022, -------------- Report Sync ------------
Then from the output of xmodmap -pke I see that keycode 31 is mapped to 'i I i I' so, as you can see, I have mapped my check mark button (code 96) to the 'I' button (keycode 31) as shown in my xorg.conf snippet.


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YHA York
York at a glance:
2 million renovation
Walking distance of the city centre
New caf bar
32 rooms with en suites
State-of-the-art seminar/education facilities
Wi-Fi is now free for everyone!
24 hour reception
The 2 million renovation of the grand Victorian mansion at YHA York is now complete. All 45 rooms have been refurbished to a high standard, ensuring our customers a comfortable nights stay, and the number of en suite rooms now stands at 32. At the new York you'll find a new cafe bar, conservatory and state-of-the-art seminar facilities available for private hire. YHA York is back and better than ever.
Standing in its own spacious grounds, YHA York provides the perfect base for exploring the beautiful historic City of York, with its world class attractions, shops, restaurants and mediaeval streets, all clustered together within the city walls and below the imposing York Minster.
York is soaked in history. The Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans have all left their mark. Stay in this attractive Victorian hostel and beat the traffic by strolling into the centre along the River Ouse. Visit the Minster, the National Railway Museum or the Jorvik Viking Centre. Premium rooms, great food and comfortable bar makes for a perfect city base.
With 200 beds this hostel can get very busy, so book early.
We have one accessible bedroom on the ground floor of the courtyard annexe with an accessible en-suite bathroom.
We also have:
Step-free access into hostel
Portable induction loop
Ground floor bedrooms in the main and courtyard annexes
En-suite rooms
Accessible public WC
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Bar
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- Breakfast Not Included
- Café
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- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free City Maps
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- Games Room
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- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Meals Available
- Meeting Rooms
- No Curfew
- Outdoor Terrace
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
• Hand soap is provided next to all sinks. Towels are not supplied as standard but can be rented or purchased from reception. Bedding is supplied in all rooms.
• Free Wi-Fi is available in social spaces
Please note that our breakfast price is £6.25.
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Cancellation policy: Cancellation notice must be given at least one full day prior to arrival date. In case of a late cancellation or No Show, you will be charged the first night of your stay.
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From City Centre take the A19 north, turning left at the Old Grey Mare onto Water End, then 300m. From the A1237, take the A19 towards the city and turn right at the third set of traffic lights. Poster at Station exit gives directions to hostel.
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Hi Folks,
Not sure how active these forums are these days but I figured I'd try anyway.
I've had Genetica 3.6 Pro for quite some time but I haven't had much time to dedicate much time to properly absorb all of the its features and power until now.
I'm trying to create an HDRI Horizontal Cross out of an existing HDRI Mirror Ball and I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it. I look at the help and the video tutorials and some of the HDRI related posts in these forums but I'm still stuck.
In a nutshell, I'm trying to:
1. Open an existing .HDR file (5120 x 2160)
2. Convert it to a Horizontal Cross maintaining as high a resolution as possible
I can open the HDR via File > Open. When I select Render > Render Environment Map, the dialog appears but I don't see the HDR image I opened. Would greatly appreciate any assistance from fellow Genetica members.


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The Syrian Foreign Ministry is expected to announce today Damascus' stance following contacts between the Minister of Foreign Affairs Walid Muallem and League of Arab States Secretary General, Nabil Arabi regarding the signature of the protocol of cooperation between Damascus and the Arab League. The Syrian regime yesterday replied to the Arab League it was ready to sign the protocol of monitors, in exchange for immediate cancellation of the AL's decisions including the suspension of Syria's membership in the AL and the end of economic sanctions.
Sources said the Arab League expects Syria to sign today on the protocol in Cairo, after the Arab organization responded positively to a number of Syrian demands, including prior coordination about the task of the observers.
The Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci was quoted as saying "there is a collective action at the level of the Arab League in order to give Syria a chance to restore its credibility through its active and positive participation in resolving the crisis."
A spokesman for the Syrian Foreign Ministry Jihad Makdisi, told reporters in Damascus, "There is an exchange of letters between Syria and the Arab League to reach a certain vision of the protocol which can facilitate the work of observers in Syria, and maintain at the same time the interests of Syria and its sovereignty. " "We are considering these contacts and messages," he added. Asked if a decision was already taken, Makdisi replied: "If there are good intentions, the road will be paved to sign the agreement."
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AUSTIN — Two players buried deep on Texas' depth chart will look elsewhere for playing time.
Tight end Darius Terrell and defensive back Eryon Barnett both will transfer from the program before next season, the Longhorns announced Tuesday.
Terrell, a sophomore from DeSoto, had just one reception in nine games during his UT career. He was behind M.J. McFarland, D.J. Grant, Dom Jones and Barrett Matthews in the competition for a job at tight end.
Barnett, a junior from Euless Trinity, also played in nine career games at UT, mainly in kick and punt coverage. He was not expected to be part of the Longhorns' rotation in the defensive backfield next season.
"We appreciate the efforts of both Darius and Eryon during their time at Texas," UT coach Mack Brown said in a statement. "We understand their reasons and support their decisions. We wish them the best of luck in the future."


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Mediterre Fiere del parchi del Mediterraneo
7-11 May 2008
The Apulian Regional Government and Federparchi (the Italian Parks Federation) are pleased to welcome you to MEDITERRE, the Mediterranean Parks Fair - this year's event will be taking place in Bari in May 2008.
After the great interest it aroused and the encouraging numbers of participants in previous years, Mediterre aims to continue the exchange of ideas and experiences, and to underline the vital importance of co-operation in nature conservation and sustainable local development.
MEDITERRE is aimed at national and local authorities, conservation agencies, scientific and research institutions, enterprises and associations working to protect the natural environment of the Mediterranean basin.
The various exhibitors will have the opportunity to publicise the natural attractions, tourist facilities, cultural riches and typical products of their protected areas, as well as their "best practices" in protecting nature and the environment.
MEDITERRE thus aims to be a unique international opportunity, a time to compare points of view, and this has already led to a series of new strategies and approaches to help build a more sustainable habitat for all of the inhabitants of this planet.
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SANTA ANA – An Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday ordered the partial release of a grand-jury transcript of the behind-closed-doors session that led to the indictment of a Huntington Beach man on multiple counts of murder for the Oct. 12, 2011, massacre at a Seal Beach beauty salon.
Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals said a balancing act between the public's right of access to the judicial system and the defendant's right to a fair trial led him to conclude that nearly 100 pages of the transcript should be unsealed and made publicly available. But he found that nearly 30 pages, mostly arguments from prosecutors, contained information that might be prejudicial and therefore should be kept under seal.
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Scott Evans Dekraai, 42, was indicted on eight counts of special-circumstances murder in January for the early-afternoon shooting spree at Salon Meritage where eight people were killed, including his ex-wife, Michelle Fournier, 47; her friend, Christy Lynn Wilson, 47; and salon owner Randy Fannin, 61. Other customers and employees killed in the shooting frenzy were Victoria Ann Buzzo, 54; Lucia Bernice Kondas, 65; Laura Lee Webb Elody, 46; Michele Fast, 47; and David Caouette, 64,
A Seal Beach patrol officer arrested Dekraai a few blocks from the carnage. "I know what I did," Dekraai told the officer, according to a search-warrant affidavit.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announced a few days later that his office would seek the death penalty for Dekraai.
On Friday, defense attorneys argued that Dekraai's right to a fair trial would be threatened by continued prejudicial pre-trial coverage in newspapers and on television if the transcript of evidence presented in secret to the grand jury was made public.
Deputy Public Defender Martin Schwarz contended that the core of the evidence will be the prosecution's case when Dekraai goes to trial, now scheduled for Oct. 15, 2012. He said that evidence was presented without rebuttal to the grand jury and was not subject to objections for admissibility. Defense attorneys are not allowed to be present during grand- jury sessions, which eliminate the need for a preliminary hearing.
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Goethals noted local media outlets have already reported the story extensively and the publicity will likely continue through trial. He said much of the information contained in the grand jury transcript has already been reported on, and therefore its release would not be prejudicial.
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Goethals also said he will keep confidential all exhibits introduced to the grand jury during the indictment process. He gave all sides until May 3 to consider appealing his decision before the 98 pages would become public record.
Dekraai sat quietly at the counsel table, listening to the arguments with his hands chained to his waist in a mustard-colored jail uniform.
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He added that he didn't care to have the grand-jury transcripts released. "There are things that I really don't want to know about," he said.
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This post is by Mark Faggiano, founder and CEO of TaxJar – a service built to make sales tax compliance easier for multi-channel ecommerce sellers. Even if you're not based in the U.S., there are some international implications of sales tax you should be aware of!
When you started selling online, chances are you got into it for the thrill of selling your handmade product, making a profit on a thrift store find, or the joys of online arbitrage.
When lost in the thrill of the sale, it's easy to overlook the nagging administrative details you'll face. And one of the most vexing of those can be sales tax.
This in-depth guide will walk online sellers through the basics of sales tax, help you determine where, when and how much you're liable for sales tax, and detail some common scenarios and problems.
Read on for more information. Or if you have a specific question, feel free to skip ahead.
The Basics of Sales Tax in the United States
Forty-five states in the United States, and the District of Columbia, levy a sales tax. Merchants who have "sales tax nexus" in these states are required to charge sales tax to buyers. (More on the tricky issue of nexus further down in the Collect Sales Tax if You Have "Sales Tax Nexus" section.)
Sales tax is considered a "pass-through" tax, because the merchant is only holding the taxes collected before remitting it to state and local taxing authorities at a set time (usually either monthly, quarterly or annually depending on gross sales).
State and sales tax funds are used to fund state projects and initiatives, including schools, roads, public safety departments, etc. Many states get a majority of their revenue from sales tax, which is one reason they've been taking a closer look at ecommerce sellers. (More on this in the Current Sales Tax Issues Facing Ecommerce Sellers section).
In the U.S., there is no "federal" sales tax. Instead, individual states administer sales tax. Because of this, all 45 states (and don't forget D.C.!) that levy a sales tax have different rates, rules and laws. Sales tax rates can vary by county and locality, too.
One example of how state sales tax rules vary is that some states require you to charge sales tax on shipping charges, while others do not. Another example: some states might require you to renew your sales tax permit periodically, while others do not.
While this comprehensive guide will walk you through many common scenarios, always remember that you should contact an accounting professional about your specific company and situation.
Your state's taxing authority (generally called the state's "Department of Revenue") can also answer general sales tax questions. Here's a map with info on how to contact each state's taxing authority.
The 5 W's of Sales Tax for Online Sellers
We already covered the "why" of collecting sales tax: it's the law and states require it. But who collects sales tax? From where do you collect sales tax? When do you have to collect and remit sales tax? And what amounts do you have to collect? Let's dig in.
Collect Sales Tax if You Have "Sales Tax Nexus"
You are required to collect sales tax in a state where you have sales tax nexus. Sales tax nexus is just a fancy, legalese way of saying "significant presence" in a state.
While every state is slightly different, most states maintain that a merchant has sales tax nexus if they meet the following criteria:
- Have an office in the state (including a home office).
- Have a contractor or salesperson in the state.
- Store inventory, have a warehouse or distribute your products from a warehouse in the state.
- Do business in the state such as at a craft fair or tradeshow.
- Have an affiliate in the state.
- Drop ship from a 3rd party provider in the state.
Like we mentioned above, states generate a good deal of their revenue from sales tax. So it's in their best interest to collect as much sales tax as possible. For this reason, most states interpret sales tax laws as broadly as possible.
Here are 3 common sales tax nexus examples:
- You live and run your ecommerce business in Texas. Because you have a physical presence in Texas, you have "sales tax nexus" there, and therefore are required to collect sales tax from buyers in the state of Texas.
- You live and run your ecommerce business in the state of Florida, but you hire your sister in Georgia to help you. Because you operate out of Florida and have an employee in Georgia, you now have sales tax nexus in Florida and Georgia and must collect sales tax from buyers in both states.
- Most states have ruled – either definitively or vaguely – that 3rd party fulfillment constitutes nexus. This means that if you store your goods in a warehouse in a state, then that constitutes sales tax nexus. So if you live in Wisconsin, but store your goods in California for the purposes of faster shipping, then you have sales tax nexus in both Wisconsin and California.
Example #3 can be especially cumbersome for more complex ecommerce business, such as Amazon FBA sellers, whose goods may be stored in all 16 states (and counting) where Amazon has a fulfillment centers and where states charge sales tax. Using 3rd party services can create a huge administrative burden on unsuspecting ecommerce merchants.
Sales Tax Nexus Checklist
Here are some questions to ask yourself if you think you might have sales tax nexus in a state:
- Do I live in this state and operate my business from home? _____
- Do I operate my business in this state? ______
- Do I have an employee in this state? _____
- Do I have an affiliate in state? _____
- Do I have a sales representative, independent contractor or other agent for my company in state? _____
- Do I store my products in state? _____
- Are my products distributed from a distribution center in this state? _____
- Did I sell at a craft fair, exhibition or trade show in this state? _____
- Do I work with a drop shipper located in this state? _____
If you have questions about whether or not you have sales tax nexus in a state, contact a reputable accounting professional or your state's department of revenue for clarification.
How to Collect Sales Tax
So you have sales tax nexus in a state. Now what?
Long story short, you're required to collect sales tax from buyers in that state. But, as with everything sales tax, how much you collect is not that simple.
Your first order of business is to get legal with the state, and register.
Register for a Sales Tax Permit
To lawfully collect sales tax, you need to register for a sales tax permit in the state(s) where you have nexus. (This is sometimes called a sales tax license.)
States require any merchants who sell taxable items in a state to register for a sales tax permit. You'll find registration instructions at your state's department of revenue. These permits are usually either free or fairly cheap to obtain.
When you receive your sales tax permit, your state will also give you instructions on when and how to file your sales tax returns. (We'll talk more about this in the How to File Your Sales Tax Return section.)
States consider it unlawful to collect sales tax in their name without a permit, so don't skip this step.
A note on taxable items: Some items aren't subject to sales tax in certain states. For example, most clothing is tax exempt in Minnesota, while grocery items are tax-exempt in Arizona. Always check with a state's department of revenue if you suspect you are selling tax-exempt items. In general, states get very strict about the definition of a tax-exempt product.
Determine How Much to Collect
Your next step is to determine how much sales tax to collect. Once again, this is easier said than done, especially for online sellers.
States set a sales tax rate, and then localities can add a percentage on top of those rates. For example, in the 90210 zip code, the tax rate is the 6.5% California state-wide rate, a 1% Los Angeles County rate, and an additional 1.5% local rate, for a total of a 9.0% sales tax rate.
If you run a Beverly Hills boutique, then your sales tax compliance is easy enough. You'd charge 9% sales tax to a buyer. For example, if someone bought a $200 pair of sunglasses in your boutique, you'd charge them $218. That's $200 for the sunglasses and $18 in sales tax at the 9% rate.
But this can get tricky for online sellers, especially sellers with sales tax nexus in multiple states.
This is because the rules are different for sellers selling to buyers within their own state (where their business is based) vs. sellers selling to buyers in other states where they have sales tax nexus.
But first, a little background.
Origin-Based Sales Tax States and Destination-Based Sales Tax States
When it comes to determining tax rates, most states fall into one of two major buckets: "origin-based" sales tax states and "destination-based" sales tax states.
In layperson's terms, this means that some states require in-state sellers to collect sales tax at the rate effective at the point of "origin" (i.e. your office or place of business) while most states require in-state sellers to collect sales tax at the rate of the "destination" (your buyer's address).
Here's a map of origin-based and destination-based states in the U.S.
Now that you've wrapped your mind around that, let us caution you that this map only applies to sellers selling within their own home state.
To make matters more complicated, most states are destination-based when it comes to out-of-state sellers.
What does this mean? Let's look at a few examples:
(Note: When we talk about out-of-state sellers, we mean sellers who do have some sort of sales tax nexus in a state but who don't have their main place of business in that state.)
You live in Texas (an origin-based state) and sell to a buyer in Texas – Let's say you live in (or have a warehouse or office in) Irving, Texas, but sell to someone in Archer City. Texas is an origin-based sales tax state, so you would charge any buyer in the state of Texas a rate of 8.25%. (That's Texas's state-wide 6.25% rate plus Irvin County's 1.0% plus a local Dallas MTA rate of 1.00%.) You do not need to take your buyer's address in Archer City into account.
You are based in Georgia but sell to a buyer in Tennessee (an origin-based state) – This scenario assumes you have sales tax nexus in Tennessee (perhaps you sell through Amazon FBA.) This is where things start to get complicated for out-of-state sellers. Even though Tennessee is considered an origin-based state, you, as a seller based in Georgia, would charge your buyer the sales tax rate at her "ship to" address in Tennessee. For example, say you are based in Albany, Georgia and your buyer lives in Maryville, TN. You would charge her the 9.75% Maryville tax rate.
Of course there are exceptions to any rule when it comes to sales tax. Arizona, California and New Mexico are all origin-based, all the time. That means that even if your business is based out of state, you'll need to charge any buyers in those three states based on the "origin" of the item within that state. Here's one more example:
You live in Florida, but sell on Amazon FBA and sell to a buyer in Arizona – You have sales tax nexus in Arizona because Amazon FBA stores your products in a warehouse in Phoenix (Maricopa County.) If you sell to a buyer in Arizona, you would charge them the sales tax rate based on the location of the Phoenix warehouse, not based on the buyers location. Remember, this method is only valid for these three states: Arizona, California, and New Mexico.
We hope this explanation didn't send you screaming for the hills. Sales tax is complicated. Luckily, most online platforms will assist you in collect the right amount of sales tax. However, it's always up to you – not the channel(s) you sell through – to determine if you are collect the correct amount of sales tax from your buyers. We'll say again that it's generally a good idea to contact a good accounting professional if you have any questions about your specific business situation.
What to Do with the Sales Tax You've Collected
By now you've secured your sales tax permit and figured out how much sales tax to collect. Your next step will be remitting the sales tax you've collected to the state or states where you have sales tax nexus.
Make a note of the sales tax due dates your state's department of revenue provides when you register for a sales tax permit. You might find that one state wants you to file a sales tax return every month while another only wants to hear from you every quarter.
Reporting How Much Sales Tax You've Collected
Before you can file, you must figure out how much sales tax you've collected.
Once again, this isn't as straightforward as it sounds, even if you run a fairly simple ecommerce business.
To report how much sales tax you collected you need to:
- Figure out how much sales tax you collected through every channel you sell on.
- Figure out how much sales tax you collected in each state where you have sales tax nexus.
- In most destination-based states, breakdown how much sales tax you collected by county, city or other taxing jurisdiction.
These steps can get really complicated and involve spreadsheets and tax tables. Or you can use our solution, TaxJar, and let us take care of all of these for you. We'll import all of the sales tax you collected through all of your ecommerce sales channels and then break it down into sales tax return-ready reports. We'll even file your sales tax for you. More about that in the next section.
How to File Your Sales Tax Return
When it comes time to file, you have three options: you can file on paper (antiquated and slow), file online, or (if you use TaxJar) AutoFile. Since nobody wants to deal with paper any more, these last two versions are preferred by states. So we'll deal with them.
File Online – All states allow you to file online, and some states even require online filing for certain sellers.
AutoFile –If you elect to sign up for AutoFile, TaxJar will automatically report, file and pay your sales tax due for you. No more dealing with math errors, spreadsheets and tax rate tables. You won't even need to remember your state department of revenue password!
No matter how you choose to file, be sure to pay on time. Penalties for late payment or failure to file can get steep. Nobody wants to pay a $50 penalty on a $2 sales tax bill.
Some states require that you file a "zero return," even if you didn't collect any sales tax over the filing period. Some states will fine you for failing to file, even if you didn't actually owe any sales tax. If you fail to file often enough, states may either take a closer look at your account to make sure you're in compliance, or assume that you've closed up shop and revoke your sales tax license.
Sales Tax Discounts
There is one silver lining when it comes to filing sales tax – the sales tax discount. Some states realize that collecting and remitting sales tax is a huge burden on sellers, and they provide a small discount if you file early or on time. While these discounts are fairly tiny, they can add up. Don't leave money on the table. If you choose to AutoFile with TaxJar, we'll claim your sales tax discount for you.
Here's a list of states that provide sales tax discounts.
Common Problems Online Sellers Face When it Comes to Sales Tax
By now you've probably recognized several ways in which sales tax can become very confusing for online sellers. These are a few of the common problems we see sellers face:
You're not sure where you have sales tax nexus – This is one of the big ones. If you have sales tax nexus in a state, but aren't collecting sales tax, then that state has the right to audit you and collect back taxes plus penalties. Consult the "Sales Tax Nexus Checklist" if you suspect you may have nexus in a state. Here's some info specifically for Amazon FBA sellers who aren't sure about how selling on FBA creates sales tax nexus.
You're not sure when sales tax nexus begins – There are situations in which you may have products stored in a warehouse in one state and not even know it. We've heard from many Amazon sellers who shipped their products to a fulfillment center in one state only to discover that Amazon had sent that same inventory to another state, thus creating nexus they didn't even know about. Keep track of your products. Specifically, if you use FBA, pull Amazon's Inventory Event Detail report to see where your inventory is located. You can also use a paid service like WhereStock.
You're not sure when to register for a sales tax permit – Sometimes you're not certain that you do enough business in a state to register for a sales tax permit. OR perhaps you think you've registered too late.
The experts in the Sales Tax for eCommerce Sellers Facebook group are happy to provide general advice for these questions, and – we'll say it again – contact an accounting professional for advice about your specific situation.
What International Sellers Need to Know about United States Sales Tax
Even though you may live outside the United States, if you sell on FBA or have established any other type of sales tax nexus in the United States (such as an office, a satellite branch of your business, or a warehouse where you store inventory), then you must comply by the sales tax laws of the state where you have nexus.
One common misconception about U.S. sales tax is that if you live in a country with a tax treaty with the U.S., then you – as an ecommerce seller – do not have to charge sales tax to U.S. customers. Click here for more common questions and issues facing international sellers with U.S. customers.
Current Sales Tax Issues Facing Ecommerce Sellers
The state of sales tax is always in flux. Here are a few common issues that crop up in the news from time to time and may impact you as an ecommerce seller:
Internet Sales Tax – This is the big one. Many state and federal lawmakers and retailers are pushing for an "internet sales tax" that would force more – or even all – online sellers to collect sales tax from buyers on purchases made over the internet. The most famous version of the internet sales tax, the Marketplace Fairness Act, died in congress in 2014. But lawmakers in this federal legislative sessions are already gearing up to propose another internet sales tax bill. Proponents of internet sales tax claim that it will "level the playing field" between brick and mortar retailers, who always have to charge sales tax, and online sellers, who only sometimes do. Opponents maintain that it's unfair to put more onerous burdens on ecommerce businesses.
As of this writing, there is no active internet sales tax bill. But be on the lookout for one. You can be sure it's coming.
States Attempting to Collect Even More Sales Tax from Even More Ecommerce Sellers – States generate much of their revenue from sales tax. And many states are currently low on funds. Because of this, states are trying new and sometimes "creative" ways to collect as much sales tax as possible.
For example, the state of Colorado attempted to require out-of-state online sellers selling into Colorado to report any Colorado buyer who bought an item tax-free. Colorado was then going to require those Colorado buyers to remit "consumer use tax" to the state. This, of course, would have put an unfair burden on sellers outside of Colorado. Fortunately, this rule will likely be struck down by the Supreme Court, but it goes to show you how far states will go in their attempt to collect as much sales tax as possible. We keep an eye on these nexus claims over at the TaxJar blog, so subscribe or check back often for sales tax news and updates.
Summing it All Up
Sales tax is complicated. But when you're armed with the basics, it does get simpler. And now that you've taken the time to digest all that, go relax, eat a pizza or play a round of golf. You've got this.
Mark Faggiano is the founder and CEO of TaxJar, a service built to make post-transaction sales tax compliance easier for Etsy, Amazon, Shopify and other multi-channel ecommerce sellers. Mark's passion is solving complex problems for small businesses. Sign up for a 30-day free trial of TaxJar and put a lid on sales tax!


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The supermarket chain is recalling its by Sainsbury's Mango Chutney 370g, with 'best before' end date of October 2017, because a small number of jars have been incorrectly packaged and may contain lime pickle.
This means the product might contain mustard seeds which are not mentioned on the label - a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard.
Customers are advised not to eat the product. Instead, affected jars should be returned to the Sainsbury's store from which the product was bought where customers will receive a full refund.


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Sergey Brin To All Elected Politicians: Withdraw From Your Parties And Go Independent
from the end-bipartisanship-now deptAs I've noted before, when I was first eligible to vote, the voter registration card required you to check off party affiliation. Along with the various parties, it had an option for "Independent." I actually found even that term to have certain connotations, and so I just left that section blank, and wondered what would happen. Eventually the state sent me confirmation of my voting status, and in the space for party affiliation it had typed out, in all capital letters: "BLANK." I thought that was great. Since then I've generally considered that to be my party affiliation: BLANK.
I tend to think that partisan politics is a big problem, and am always interested in truly independent politicians -- a few of whom always pop up every election season. This year, for example, we've got Angus King in Maine, who ran (and won) as an independent for the US Senate (as he had formerly done in winning governor of the state). I got to meet King earlier this year, and without being beholden to partisan lines on things, he seemed a lot more reasonable than many politicians on key issues. Plenty of other politicians I've met seem reasonable on certain issues, but also are often pressured to toe the party line on certain issues, even if they're apologetic about it.
In the end, the horse race "us vs. them" becomes more important than good governance, and that's a problem.
Google founder Sergey Brin seems similarly concerned about the state of partisan politics these days, noting that his "dread" about the latest election round had more to do with partisan politics, rather than any particular candidate. As such, he's urging politicians to drop out of their parties:
...no matter what the outcome, our government will still be a giant bonfire of partisanship. It is ironic since whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party.Wouldn't it be nice if we had politicians governing based on principles rather than on what will harm the other guys?
So my plea to the victors -- whoever they might be: please withdraw from your respective parties and govern as independents in name and in spirit. It is probably the biggest contribution you can make to the country.
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