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Some of the unique labor laws in California include the minimum wage for the state, as well as the laws regarding how overtime is paid. According to law firm Fox Rothschild, California has a minimum wage that is one of the highest in the country. The state also requires that overtime be paid at time and a half for any hours over 40 that are worked in a week but also any hours over eight worked in a day.
Fox Rothschild also states that California labor laws outline the specific information that can be included on an employee's paycheck. An example of this would be that only the last four digit's of an employee's Social Security number can be included; including the entire number is considered illegal. The law also requires that paychecks include the name and address of a business where employees can cash their paychecks on demand without a discount.
California labor law also requires that employees who resign from a job with more than 72 hours notice be paid their final wages on their last day of employment, according to Fox Rothschild. Those that do not give more than 72 hours notice must be paid within 72 hours of when the notice is given. Employees who are laid off or involuntarily terminated must be paid immediately upon their termination. These requirements includes all wages earned as well as any accrued but unused vacation time.


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With the biting economic times, many people have turned to side hassles to supplement their income. While many have resorted to securing a job or two to work during their free time, others need a business that they can depend on and dedicate all their time there. While offline business, characterized by rooms with dozens of boxes to unpack and deliver products to their clients is what they envisioned, others dream is to start and run their online business. The internet is what you will rely on to initiate and run the business online successfully. A couple of times this will only cost you little or absolutely nothing.
Online businesses may range from small to massive endeavors. All that it entails a business to flourish is to focus on your strengths and to build a client roster.
Mistakes That Hinder Online Businesses from Thriving
Before selling online, you must first identify your customer needs that require being met. From there, you have to work on building credibility. Even though these are not enough to get you off the hook, people make many mistakes that either see their businesses fail shortly after takeoff or do not make maximum profits. As a rule of thumb, never overestimate your profits. Also, do not be a 'myriad of solutions' to your clients. Other things to avoid are;
- Not having a business plan – Instead, identify your customers and their needs, what your online store is selling, and at how much clients are willing to pay for products and services.
- Do not focus too much on little things that won't propel the business to success.
- Not being money conscious – Know exactly how much the business needs to run, identify your burn rate and what to do to gain more. Get equipped with a financial plan.
- Undervaluing your product – Set your prices for whatever you are selling online, so that as the business grows, you keep adjusting your price points.
- Rushing to hire – Overtime you will find that there is a mismatch in skill set, therefore ensure you take your time to study your business needs and hire employees with the right skills and who are committed to the company's mission.
- Failure to effectively use social media marketing – Whether you own an online store or only providing services, start your marketing and build your brand on social media, to find your audience and create a customized one with little cost or entirely nix.
- Other mistakes include underrating the obsession that the business needs to succeed, failure to taste one's products using minimal financial or resource risk, and instead utilizing the strategies that worked for others.
What Are The Steps To Start And Excel In Your Online Business?
You are now ready for takeoff, having known the dos and don'ts to kick start your online endeavor, however, what are other steps to start and excel in your new business?
- a) Plan and write a business plan
Come up with a plan of activities that encompasses your marketing analysis, how you will fund your product production and a SWOT/TOWS analysis for the business.
- b) Domain name registration and website setting
If your online store is outside reputable e-commerce sites, ensure the domain of your choice is available and ready for use. Then, set up your website either by yourself or outsourcing the task to a professional.
- c) Legalize the business
Here, there are steps that are required to make it completely legal. Such measures may differ from a state to another. You may refer your state-provided requirements for legalizing your online store. Remember failure to have it legal can subject you to hefty fines by the state.
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(PNS) -- While the tragedy at Virginia Tech has stunned the nation, for the Korean-American community the news that the shooter was one of their own has caused both shock and humiliation. Many say they fear a backlash against Koreans in retaliation for the murders.
On April 17, one day after the shooting, news reports identified the shooter as Seung Hui Cho, 23, a U.S. resident alien from South Korea. A senior at Virginia Tech majoring in English, Cho has been described by classmates and professors as a loner who rarely spoke. Reports stated that he had been undergoing treatment for depression prior to his deadly outbreak.
The Korean blogosphere filled with rumors that Cho's parents committed suicide following the news of his crimes, statements that the Korean embassy in Washington, D.C. insisted were false. Bloggers also wrote of their anger and remorse over the news of Cho's rampage. Some denounced Cho as a murderer who destroyed the image of the Korean community.
Others tried to learn more about Cho through the Internet. A statement on one Korean blog, purportedly attributed to Cho, read simply "hurt... sadness; all the worse because I can't tell anyone. I hate this situation."
South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun released a statement immediately following the announcement of Cho's identity. "We are shocked by this unimaginable tragedy. I want to extend my personal condolences to the bereaved families and my prayers for the quick recovery of those injured."
Yet while Koreans have expressed their sympathy over the deaths at Virginia Tech, many are also afraid they will become targets of revenge attacks aimed at the Korean community. These fears are felt all the more deeply as Korean-Americans prepare to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the riots that erupted in Los Angeles, which targeted Korean-owned businesses.
Korean media in Washington, D.C. reported that a majority of Korean businesses had closed early following Cho's identification. A report in the Chosun Daily noted that Korean students at Virginia Tech locked themselves inside their dorm rooms, too afraid to come out. The same report stated that some Koreans had even begun preparing to leave the country.
There is also a growing concern among Korean politicians and families that the events at Virginia Tech will negatively effect ongoing deliberations over a visa waiver program for Koreans coming to the United States.
Other Koreans say they are bothered by the media's fixation on Cho's nationality. Kathy Song, a reporter with the Korean-language daily Korea Times in New York, says she worries that this will only increase racial prejudice towards Korean-Americans.
According to Korean news sites, Cho's family left behind a difficult life in Korea, coming to the United States, where they opened a small laundromat in the Washington, D.C. area. Their long hours and Cho's inability to speak Korean complicated communications with his parents, something Korean psychologists say increased his feeling of isolation and depression.
Hana Lee, a South Korean student at the University of California, Los Angeles, told the Korea Times in Los Angeles that many Korean students feel isolated on American college campuses. "It's easy to feel lonely here if you don't have friends because of the culture, which stresses individualism and independence."
Hilary Finchum-Sung is an academic advisor at University of California, Berkeley who studied in Korea for several years. She speculates that given their work schedule Cho's parents might not have had the time to adequately address their son's psychological issues. "I know this happens a lot, and can cause loneliness and depression to develop as well as anger issues."
The suicide of Korean student Ji Un Lee, 18, earlier this year in Tacoma, Washington, is a grim reminder of the emotional stress Korean students sometimes experience. Like Cho, Lee felt isolated from her college community, while her anxieties were compounded by pressure from parents and family to succeed.
Dong Woo Seo, a physician at Han Byul Mental Hospital in Seoul, says that although these kids can sometimes appear to be quite normal, the pressure they feel can turn into deep seated anger and frustration.
Though mental health issues remain a taboo for many parents in the Korean community, Seo says the tragedy at Virginia Tech may serve as a reminder that they need to be more aware of emotional and psychological pressures their children face.
As a token of their regret and sympathy, the Korean- American Coalition, which represents Korean organizations throughout the United States, has created a fund for the victims of the shootings. Sponsors say they hope the Virginia Tech Fund will help ease some of the suffering of those families affected, and help to begin the healing process.
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MSF hospital is forced to shut down over Saudi strikes
SHAFAQNA – An MSF-run hospital was forced this week to closed down its doors in Sa'ada, leaving the city without any medical facility, after its administration judged the situation much too dangerous. Oblivious to calls for restraints, Riyadh has continued to target MSF in Yemen, in what its officials have called legitimate airstrikes against enemy targets
The international medical charity said in messages posted on Twitter that its facility in the Razeh district of Sa'ada was evacuated after two raids struck 20 meters from the hospital on Tuesday.
The MSF said its staffers are "scared" to resume work in the hospital, which was also attacked in January. Four people were killed and 10 injured in the strikes back then.
Missile strikes have reportedly hit at least three MSF clinics across Yemen.
Yemen has been under military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March last year. The Saudi military strikes were launched to bring fugitive former President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi back to power.
At least 10,000 people, among them 2,236 children, have been killed and more than 16,000 others injured since March 2015. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the impoverished country's facilities and infrastructure, destroying many hospitals, schools, and factories.
Yemenis have carried out attacks in retaliation, inflicting heavy losses on Saudi forces.
On Thursday, Yemen's al-Masirah television network claimed a number of Saudi forces were killed in a missile attack, targeting a military base in the central province of Ma'rib.
It came a day after a similar attack on the al-Tadaween camp, where Saudi forces had gathered, killing a number of Saudi forces and injuring several others.
In the face of such despicable war crimes, the International League for Yemen War Crimes has vowed to bring every, and all criminals of war before justice.
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Alright babes! It's been wayyyyyy too long! I've been gone now for just over a week, I feel like I've been on the NON-STOP CRAZY TRAIN! A girls gotta have her vacation time, right!? Well, I promise I haven't neglected you! I've been enjoying, decompressing, and gathering pics to share with y'all!
I spent a fabulous 4 days in gorgeous Miami beach FL. with my favorite people. My family:) I left last Saturday to meet up with my folks, who had been staying at my godfathers new place at the Trump Towers. Yowwwwwzzzzzz, it is stunning. I mean……. Ridiculous. W were just a little bit north of south beach, which I actually that was better. You aren't caught up in the crazy mess all the time.
The beaches here are like no other! Crystal blue, warm, clean, and full of fun little sandbars. Heaven, seriously. You all know…I am a total brown doggy, and lovvvveeeee the sun and ocean, so I was in fullllllll! We love miami, cuz it's got such a Latin culture attached to it. Argentinians everywhere (my peeps) everyone is tan and wearing the hottest bikinis, the guys are super fit, the seafood is excellent, and it truly has a very traditional sense of family as well. Maybe it's the Latin thing. Whatever it is, we freakin love it here. In fact, I'm currently trying to get my folks to retire here!!!;)
A lot of people can't stand the humidity…I say, BRING IT BITCH!
I can't lay out without putting on my fave sun cream… Maui Babe!
A plus to the heat… You don't want to way anything hot, heavy or fattening. All I wanted, was fruit, salads, and fresh cold pressed juices. My first day there, I grabbed the rental, and headed to a friends juice bar in South Beach. Well. I've gone JUGO NUTTZO.
Jugo Fresh is a local spot serves an amazing product. Amazing raw, fresh juices and foods. It's reputation with the locals has skyrocketed and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it!
I got enough juices to last me 4 days. I wasn't planning on juice cleansing while in Miami, but I knew my body just wanted this freshness, at least 2x a day. I love incorporating cold pressed juices in my everyday diet. Keeps me regular, hydrated, and full of nutrients while naturally detoxifying. That green juice above, was my FAVORITE! so delicious. if ever in Miami…pleaseeeeeee check it out! Jugo Fresh has something for everyone.
I made sure to fit in a workout every morning while at the Trump. I gotta tell ya.. This gym was SICK! Best part was…I was practically the only person in there every morning. "Thank you… I love having the gym to myself, byeeeeee."
I spent 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours there quite early doing a combo of cardio and GPP workouts. Super killer. I guess it does help having that beautiful beach view while working out. Lol.
My cute ass parents. We took a day in the afternoon to shop and have drinks.
I bought a thong bathing suit. Don't even think about judging. Lol. That is how we do it in South Beach. Mmmk. Maybe it's a South American thing. Xo
This is how I did my hair every day and night we went out. A JLo bun. That's right. My hair is a frizzy ass mess in this weather, and frankly, it's too damn hot to wear it down. I'm kinda feelin' it. Thoughts? I used one of those spongy circular things to make the bun look bigger and like I had more hair than I actually do. Hehe. Y'all need one. Buy on that matches your hair color. They are the bomb!
Here's the Miami gang. This trip was FANTASTIC! it felt so great just to lay out, be with fam, and have no set plans. I'm rooting for this place, for my parents retirement. I know it's not for another 10 years, but a girl can dream;) special thanks to my godparents;)
ST. HELENA! ( Napa valley)
3 days of this gorgeous place for my best friends wedding.
This was the venue. Probably the greatest place ever! Farmstead restaurant at Long Meadow Ranch. This place was nothing short of perfect. They not only had their vineyard, but also a farmers market, olive oil tasting, an organic farm attached, a gorgeous farm to table restaurant, etc, etc. wow.
The wedding was fairly small. About 80 guests made their way to St. Helena to celebrate the nuptials of Chris and Brooke. We all pretty much booked our stays through Air bnb. If you haven't yet heard of air bnb, you need to get it together. It's the best application for phone or iPad that helps you find rentals through private owners for a getaway. It's amazing.
If you've never made your way to the wine country, and are planning on it….be aware! Hotels are really expensive! For $250 a night…you're in a motel. yeah, I know. It was my first time there. I was shocked. Lol
Anyway, searching through the listings of private rentals, we came across this little gem:) a cute little cottage less than 1/2 a mile from the venue.
We just barely made it to the rehearsal lunch on Friday afternoon after a super long day of travel. Thank god we made it, cuz that food was unbelievable. You could immediately tell, that Brooke & Chris' main objective for this party was to feed people food and wine they would never forget!
Delicious!!!! All of it! I took a pic of the menu, but it's on my other camera. (Ugh. Yeah, remember..the one that won't let me download them on the computer!)
It just kept getting better. I practically ate myself dumb on the actual wedding day! I had 4 days of super fit and clean eating in Miami, then I come to Napa, and lose my shit! Lol. How could anyone pass up homemade Mac and cheese, cheddar biscuits, pulled pork sandwiches…rib eye… The list just keeps going… Ummmmm. Oh and, I only went for a quick hungover run on Saturday morning, other than that, no workouts on this trip. ( juice cleansing as I write this) lol. Did I meant ion…I blacked out Friday night. Rare form. Goooood lord.
Not quite ready but I kept picking at them like they were. I can't go to napa for the first time and not taste every grape I see;) it really was just stunning to see all of this agriculture around me. I snuck into the farm next door to check out what was harvesting, and I found my heaven!
Sky high sunflowers…
Beautiful red Swiss chard, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash…
The big day was finally here. All gathered in Brooke's house to get ready. Lots of hair..makeup….pictures…champagne…salads…(trying to be skinny before getting in our dresses) 😉
And crude shit talking. We turn into gross sailors when we all get together. Hilarious. Can any of you relate? I sear, it's not that weird. Right?
Friends for life. I can't wait to see the professional pics! I loved the idea of wearing the same color scheme but having different dresses. It really looked perfect, especially for the country vineyard look we were going for. I love that I just said "we" lol, as if I was the the one making the decisions. I mean, "they".
You will probably see a glass of wine in every damn picture I post. I mean.. It's the wine country. This was my break from picture taking with the group. The guys were up, so I shimmied my bridesmaid ass over to the bar. Lol.
The never ending supply of amazing Long Meadow Ranch wines. Oh..and open bar. I swear…I didn't get too crazy here.. Just wine at dinner and maybe some drinks at the after party;) I was busy shaking my ass and dirty dancing all over that place. Lots of " Brian, I'll jump and you pick me up and twirl me, ok!?" The most loving and supportive couple. I love you guys and thank you for allowing me to be such a part of your beautiful day! Have fun in Hawaii!!!!! Xo
What do y'all think? I would say over all, a pretty amazing week of friends, family, celebrating, and relaxing! Glad to be back home and back to my regimen. All in all, I only ate naughty for 2 days… I can make up for it;) remember… It won't kill you to have a couple cheat meals. Enjoy it…Get over it, and recover.
Be on the lookout for my next post. I will sharing a couple of new and delicious recipes as well as a Spartan Race giveaway!!! 2 free entries as an athlete!! Woohoo! I did it last year and I felt like I could rule the world afterwards!!!
Have a great Monday babes!
Love uuuuuuu.


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We live at a time when as I learned this weekend you can actually buy a small, color TV for $37 or a lawnmower for $99. But go to a ball game, or the movies, or the hospital, and watch how prices suddenly change: The cost of a soft drink swells to six times more than usual; one aspirin tablet in a hospital room suddenly costs more than a combo meal at a drive-through.
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Banks County Primary School receives state honor
Reception to be held on Dec. 13
Banks County Primary School has been named a Title I Distinguished School by the Georgia Department of Education and state superintendent of schools Kathy Cox for the fifth consecutive year.
The announcement was made at the November meeting of the State Board of Education.
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$100,000 given in food stamps
October was a bad month for Banks families. Renota Free, director of Banks County Department of Family and Children Services, reported at the November board meeting that 456 families had received $101,084 in food stamps. The amount was an increase of more than 33 percent over last year and a record for the county.
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Santas helpers hit stores in record numbers
Across America, the day after Thanksgiving is the day millions of Santas helpers hit the stores. In Banks County, it was no different as thousands of shoppers from across the Southeast snarled traffic and filled stores, hotels and restaurants at Banks Crossing.
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The first planning and zoning hearing since Pendergrass withdrew from the Quad Cities Planning Commission in April brought some large requests for city officials to consider on Tuesday.
On the table for the council to discuss were three requests ranging from a large commercial development to a variance request to allow an additional mobile home on a residents property.
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Hester Sartain has taught Sunday School at Jones Chapel Church for more than 50 years. Photo by Margie Richards
Lessons in faith
For more than five decades, Hester Sartain has taught class on faith, on life
Hester Sartain remembers walking up the steps of Jones Chapel Church in the early 1950s, balancing her youngest daughter Susan on her hip, when several church leaders stopped her to ask if she would consider teaching a Sunday School class.
I told them I would, she remembers.
But even Sartain couldnt imagine shed still be teaching Sunday School at Jones Chapel more than 50 years later. Today at age 93, shes teaching some of the grandchildren or even great-grandchildren of those in her first classes.
I start every class the same way with prayer, says this veteran Sunday School teacher. People dont depend on prayer enough today they just dont understand its power in our lives.
Thats just one of the many lessons Mrs. Sartain has worked to instill in the hundreds of sixth, seventh and eighth graders shes worked with most often over the years.
Mrs. Sartain gives a lot of credit for her values and faith to two women who were tremendous influences in her life; her mother-in-law, Alice Bond Sartain, and her own mother, Era Fitts Carey.
I can honestly say I love everybody, she says. If someone hurts me, I pray for the Lord to take away any bitterness or bad feelings, and He does....I try to live every day in obedience to God.
I tell them (students) every year, Yall need a young teacher, she said, but her students, or church leaders, dont seem to agree. Since the death of her older sister, Allie Dudley, in 2003, Mrs. Sartain is the oldest member of Jones Chapel United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Sartain has lived in the home her husband Joe was born in for most of her own life. Parts of the home are more than 200 years old.
Her mother-in-law reared nine children there on her own after her husband passed away when she was carrying Joe. Mrs. Sartain and Joe lived with her and helped to care for her in her later years. The couple continued to live on in the family home after her mother-in-laws death.
She and Joe were married 52 years when he passed away in 1987. Just a few months before that, Mrs. Sartain lost her own mother at age 97, known in the community as Miss Era.
Sartain comes from good stock. Her mother, Era Fitts Carey and father, Sanford Munroe Carey, reared 12 of their 13 children to adulthood in the Shiloh Community of Madison County; a remarkable feat in an age of typhoid and influenza epidemics which often robbed parents of several children at a time.
More remarkable still, Sanford and Era not only lived to ripe old ages, but each of their dozen children also lived to be elderly, living in the community they grew up in. Only three have passed away. Mrs. Sartain is the eldest survivor, and at 93 remains active in her garden, her church and with her family. In fact, sometimes shes a little too active for her familys liking.
We do worry about her, daughter Lillian Chandler said.
Sartain has three children; Joe Bond Sartain, an attorney in Gainesville, Chandler, a retired high school teacher, and Susan Young, a school counselor. She has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Her daughters gave her a walking stick to take on walks with her, but Mrs. Sartain feels it often slows her down too much.
Chandler said to get around this, her independent mother sometimes tucks the walking stick under her arm or balances it over her shoulder.
On Mrs. Sartains wall is one of her favorite prayers by Helen Steiner Rice, which she shares with everyone. It reads, Good Morning God, you are ushering in another day, So here I come to ask you God, if youll renew me too. Forgive me the many errors that I made yesterday and let me try again, dear God. But Father, I am well aware I cant make it on my own. So take my hand and hold it tight, for I cant walk alone.
I get up every day with a prayer, Mrs. Sartain said. I wouldnt be able to make it without that.
Murder or Mistake?
Joseph Gabriel stands trial for the shooting death of Dana Brookshire
Was 25-year-old Dana Brookshire murdered, or was she the victim of a terrible accident?
Thats what a jury of 12 county residents must decide after they hear closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of Brookshires live-in boyfriend, Joseph Gabriel, 22, who law enforcement officials say intentionally shot and killed her in the early morning hours of Nov. 23, 2003, at their duplex apartment on Peachtree Street in Colbert.
District attorney Bob Lavender told jurors when the trial began Tuesday morning that a 911 tape, letters written by Brookshire showing a somewhat tumultuous relationship between the couple, evidence of spent and live ammunition located all over the apartment and a drug addiction problem by both of them would all help to prove the prosecutions case for murder.
But defense attorney Michael Nation, a public defender assigned to Gabriels case, maintained Brookshires death was a terrible, terrible tragedy, the result of Gabriels being startled from sleep and on edge because of an attempted break-in which had allegedly occurred a few days earlier in the apartment next to his.
Gabriel, dressed casually in a light-colored pullover sweater, blue and white button down shirt and khaki pants, appeared composed as he faced the jury Tuesday. He turned once or twice to acknowledge several family members seated in the rows behind him, but showed very little emotion otherwise.
In his opening statement, Lavender told the jury that the couple had been dating for six to eight months and living together for little more than a week when Brookshire was killed with a single blast to the chest by a 45-caliber Ruger semi-automatic pistol. The bullet tore through her chest from right to left, coming to rest lodged just underneath the skin in her back.
The one thing Dana Brookshires family had to be thankful for last Thanksgiving is that she didnt suffer, Lavender said.
Nation emphasized that Gabriel has never argued the fact that he shot Brookshire, but he maintains it was an accident, that he shot his girlfriend with the gun he kept by his bed after being startled from sleep by the sound of her coming back in from a night-time walk to get some air.
The prosecution began the process of reconstructing the scene of Brookshires death with expert witnesses and Madison County sheriffs deputies who were first on the scene.
But the most dramatic moment of the trial came after lunch on Tuesday, when 911 director David Camp took the witness stand to play a tape of the 911 call placed by Gabriel at 2:40 a.m. on Sunday morning, Nov. 23.
Brookshires mother, Debbie Beasley, cried quietly as the tape was played, eventually leaving the courtroom. Other family members also cried.
Gabriel, in his first real show of emotion, brought both his hands to his face as he heard his distraught voice on the tape stating several different versions of what had happened, including that he didnt know the gun was loaded.
My gun accidentally went off and shot my girlfriend, Gabriel said right after the call began and gave his address as 307 Peachtree Street in Colbert.
Gabriels shoulders began to shake and he too began to cry quietly as his voice on the tape called Dana, Dana, Dana,... over and over as a dispatcher tried to assist him in administering CPR.
I cant get the blood out of her mouth, Gabriel could be heard to say at one point on the tape. Earlier, Gabriel told the dispatcher he didnt know if Brookshire had a pulse or not. I dont know, Im fixin to go into shock, he said.
Shes laying in the hall, I dont want to touch herI aint never seen nobody shot that way, he was also heard to say. Other parts of the conversation between Gabriel and the dispatchers were too blurred to be heard clearly from the audience.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime scene specialist Lannie Cox took numerous photos of the apartment on the morning of the shooting, noting there were several rounds of live ammunition, as well as spent shell casings, found in the living room, bedroom and other areas of the home. One shell casing was also found on the kitchen floor and a bullet hole was noted in the living room wall. Cox also confiscated letters and other items found around the apartment and in a burn pile in back of the duplex.
For the rest of the story see this weeks Madison County Journal.
Comer Christmas Parade set for Saturday
The annual Comer Christmas parade will be held Saturday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m.
The day will start with a fun run, sponsored by the recreation department, and the Christmas festival at Comer Elementary School. At 11 a.m., the Comer Volunteer Fire Department will serve up its famous barbecue chicken dinner, first-come, first-served, organizers say.
Also prior to the parade, there will be choruses featured from all Madison County schools under the direction of Paula Drake, Jennifer Scoggins, Susan McCormack, Franleata Sorrells and Shirley Dillard and the gospel quartet Fourgiven will perform.
Santa Claus will make an appearance during the parade.
On Sunday night, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. the annual lighting of the Comer Christmas tree will take place on the median. All the choruses from Madison County schools will also be at this event to perform. Merchants and Farmers Bank will provide refreshments and the churches of Comer will have the program.
Come have Christmas in Comer on the first weekend in December, organizers say.
Kids picture deadline extended
The deadline for submitting photos for our annual childrens Christmas section has been extended to 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13.
The kids section will be published in The Madison County Journal on Wednesday, Dec. 22 (not the Dec.16 issue as previously stated).
The newspaper will accept photographs of children age 8 years and younger through The child must live in Madison County. Photos of grandchildren will be taken only if the child resides with the grandparents in Madison County. Please submit the following information along with the childs photo: the first and last name and age of each child shown, as well as the parents names, their city of residence and phone number.
Black and white or color photos can be used, but no Polaroids or photographs printed out from a computer onto laser paper will be accepted, as they do not reprint well. Digital photos with the above information may be e-mailed to email@example.com.
The photos may be dropped off at or mailed to The Journal office in Danielsville and may be picked up there after the publication runs in the paper. (If the office is closed, photos may be dropped in the slot beneath the front porch window.)
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Digest dilemma has impact on county revenues for 2005
Will county taxpayers get their property tax bills by the end of the year? Well, thats still up in the air. But county board of assessors chairman John Bellew said that remains his goal.
We will have tax bills mailed hopefully by the end of the year if the state approves our preliminary figures, said Bellew Monday.
The board of assessors was flooded with some 1,700 tax assessment appeals this year from property owners unhappy with how their land was valued by appraisers.
A county digest, or total land value, cannot be submitted to the state for approval until pending appeals total less than five percent of the 14,000 parcels in the county.
Any holdup on the digest sets the annual county revenue process behind because tax rates cannot be set until a digest is finalized. Bills cant be mailed until tax rates are set. And local tax revenue for the county government and county schools cant be collected until bills are mailed.
So both the county commissioners and school board have discussed borrowing money if necessary due to the digest delay.
Bellew has had to push his projected date of digest completion back more than once this fall due to the ongoing appeals process. But he said Monday that the board of assessors is now reaching the finish line, noting that the assessors brought pending appeals under the required 700 mark last week when they issued second notices to 107 property owners. Those property owners have 21 days to appeal the second notice.
Bellew said assessors are hoping to get approval of the preliminary digest from the state government and move forward with required advertising of digest figures. If that happens, then tax bills could be mailed before the end of the year, he said.
While many individual property assessments have been lowered through the appeals process, the overall land value for the county will be up significantly in 2004. Earlier this year, assessors projected a 29 percent increase in overall land value. Bellew said that figure is now about 23 or 24 percent.
The ongoing digest dilemma has been the source of much tension in the county government in 2004. And county commissioners recently filed a request with a Superior Court judge to determine whether there are sufficient legal grounds for the removal of three of the four members of the board of assessors: Bellew, John Mallonee and Gerald Coutant.
That lengthy BOC complaint included numerous charges against the assessors, with the basic theme that the group failed to perform their duties and requirements and meet the qualifications imposed upon them by law in numerous aspects.
The attorney for the assessors was supposed to file a response to those charges with the office of the Clerk of Superior Court this week.
A hearing on the matter is set for 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 16, before Judge John Bailey in the county Superior courtroom in the government complex in Danielsville.
Bellew, who lost the race for the BOC chairmans seat to Wesley Nash Nov. 2, said Monday that if the judge answers the question of who has authority over hiring and firing the county appraisal staff the BOC or the board of assessors then he will resign from his position as chairman, adding that what he sees as the primary problem between the two boards will have been resolved.
If we can have a ruling on who hires and fires, then Im out, said Bellew, whose term as chairman is scheduled to expire at the end of 2005. Ive got to take care of my own personal business.
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Journal of Function Spaces and Applications
Volume 2013, Article ID 578326, 11 pages
Recent Developments on Hybrid Time-Frequency Numerical Simulation Techniques for RF and Microwave Applications
1School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Morro do Lena, Alto Vieiro, Apartado 4163, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal
2Institute of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Received 11 October 2012; Accepted 11 December 2012
Academic Editor: Davide La Torre
Copyright © 2013 Jorge F. Oliveira and José C. Pedro. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper reviews some of the promising doors that functional analysis techniques have recently opened in the field of electronic circuit simulation. Because of the modulated nature of radio frequency (RF) signals, the corresponding electronic circuits seem to operate in a slow time scale for the aperiodic information and another, much faster, time scale for the periodic carrier. This apparent multirate behavior can be appropriately described using partial differential equations (PDEs) within a bivariate framework, which can be solved in an efficient way using hybrid time-frequency techniques. With these techniques, the aperiodic information dimension is treated in the discrete time domain, while the periodic carrier dimension is processed in the frequency domain, in which the solution is evaluated within a space of harmonically related sinusoidal functions. The objective of this paper is thus to provide a general overview on the most important hybrid time-frequency techniques, as the ones found in commercial tools or the ones recently published in the literature.


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I've been really impressed so far in setting up the system. The performance is great and the default setup is enough to get things going fairly easily. I did noticed my user wasn't added automatically to the DEFAULTUSER modified reports and forms security. You may want to add that setting to your user ID in Microsoft Dynamics GP>>Tools>>Setup>>System>>User Security.
I've heard a lot of buzz from the academic community wanting to use myGPcloud for classroom instruction. The Dynamics Academic Alliance at Microsoft gives universities freebie licenses to get them hooked on their software and Dynamics GP is no exception. I'm actually using myGPcloud in my classroom where I teach at a local community college. If you're a college or university myGPcloud is the way to go.
Step 5 – Setting up Inventory and Purchase Order
Looks like we are to the heavy lifting. Setting up inventory and Purchasing isn't too difficult but there are a lot of things to consider. Whether or not the company has inventory items stocked in a warehouse or if there's just a list of service items billed to clients, setting up these modules correctly is critical to the future usage.
Inventory setup
I don't see anything regarding this. Maybe this will come with version 2 but you really should do some thinking here. Microsoft Dynamics GP>>Tools>>Setup>>Inventory>>Inventory Control.
The default Decimal Places and Segment ID for Sites should be identified here. When you select a Segment ID for Sites at this point you are stuck with using that segment forever. That is used to link posting account defaults for different sites.
If you don't enter a segment ID here you will get this error when trying to set up different sites.
Skip if you don't want to go cross eyed (or are not an accountant):
For example regarding posting account defaults, if you want COGS and Revenue to have different posting accounts for each site you should select this segment of your chart of account to be the determining factor. I.E. Segment 2 has all your divisions of 000, 100, 200, 300, etc. When entering transactions to the site the posting accounts will have the 000-4000-000, 100-4000-000, etc. variable.
Unit of Measure
The documentation looks good. I would mention the setups done in inventory are difficult to change to say the least. Think the setups through and how the business may like to do things in the future. I'd consider using the term "each" like it shows in the documentation as a base. Another silly thing in Dynamics GP is this Unit of Measure is case sensitive. If you don't want to capitalize EACH each time you could make it all lower case or at least proper case. This will be defaulted in pricing setup so it's not that big of a deal.
Side story: One of our clients called and wanted to change the base unit of measure. They had the unit of measure schedule set up in "Cases" of 12, 24, etc. They now wanted to take a few items from each case and create a variety case. Since the items were not inventories in a "Each" (meaning 1 unit) fashion we had to totally reconfigure the system to meet their current needs.
Creating a Site
The documentation shows the site screen I showed you above. It's not required to set things up with different sites so if you don't have more than one location you may want to set it like the documentation says. I try to make things too difficult some times.
Item Class Setup
I agree with setting up a default class. I also usually set up all the different types of inventory items I have as well. It speeds up entering new items a lot (unless you import items and then it doesn't really matter).
Another version 2 thing. Items don't have a bolded heading so I didn't realize I was onto something else. Picky me.
So I sell my hugs for big money. Don't judge me. I take paypal, credit card, etc.
I usually do as the documentation says and use the GO TO button on the Item Maintenance window. This gives all the steps needed to get through setting up an item.
I set up a default price so I don't have to enter the price manually each time. My hugs are expe
nsive as you can see.
Unless you do what I say in the above in inventory control, site setup will not be available.
Purchasing setup
Nothing much to say here. What unit are you purchasing the product in.
Purchase Order Processing Setup
I'd say you need to go to the POP setup window first. Microsoft Dynamics GP>>Tools>>Setup>>Purchasing>>Purchase Order Processing. There are a few options on this window that may apply.
The documentation goes through this ok but I'd suggest some good night time reading by looking at the POP manual if there are any questions.
Click on the ? at the top right and choose printable manuals. I better make that clearer on my next blog. That's where you find all the printable manuals for GP.
Here's my PO for my hugs.
And here's my invoicing of that PO. It should be easy but there are a lot of issues that come up in this process. I'd contact your partner if things are not clear on this front after reading the user guide.
For example, the distributions cannot be changed in the receivings summary window. The distributions need to be changed on the line item. I circled it in the above screen.
This is a big step in Dynamics. Inventory effects many modules and Purchasing is the basis for any distribution type company.
I'd spend some time reading the printable manual as a night time story. You might learn something. And if not you'll surly fall to sleep soundly.


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Nov 23 (Reuters) - Remy Cointreau CEO Valerie Chapoulaud-Floquet tells a news conference:
* Says Chinese market confirming rebound, mid-Autumn festival was excellent for all brands, expects good Chinese New Year in February.
* Says Remy Martin cognac sales growing double digit in U.S., "very confident" over cognac prospects in U.S in H2. Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Reporting By Dominique Vidalon)


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Karl Lagarfeld's silhouette is now on every Coca Cola Light bottle
"Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight" one of Lagerfeld's famous phrases.
Would you buy it? Do you prefer this bottle? I personally always love when Coca Cola does things like this. It's very creative and refreshing, a great way to renew people's attention.
Manolo Blahniks 2010-11 shoes are going to be extreme, he describes them as "a whole new silhouette. I've never done anything like it before"
He continues: "They're inspired by the silent movie vamps who I am obsessed with. Nobody knows who they are except me because I'm mad. I'm just obsessed with them!"
How fantastic! Finally something new! Can't wait, What do you think? Are you excited?
I just finished watching The Blind Side and it was awesome! I loved it. I was prepared for a horrible drama (and I was preparedfor crying my heart out), but it ended happily :)
I loved Sandra Bullock's performance! IN CRE DI BLE!
But what I loved the most (I must admit) was Lily Collins (in the movie: Collins Oher)'s fashion. It's a very preppy-ish style with greys, pinks and solid (pastel) colors. Very private school-ish. But I LOVED it.
These are just a couple of movie stills I found on the internet, but you get the idea. Chemises, high waist grey skirt (love it!), cute loose dresses. Very pretty.
I must say, I hope we see more of Lily Collins (which just in case you didn't know, she's Phil Collins -singer/rocker-'s daughter)
Do you like her? Do you like her style?
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New Company Aims To Reward Consumers For Their Personal Info
Truth is, there are advertisers and marketers out there just slavering over our personal information on the Internet, trying to get their hands on as much as they can so they can better pitch their products to us. From our Facebook profiles to our Internet searches, that info is like gold. And now there's a company attempting to give consumers some reward, instead of just advertisers.
Bynamite is a start-up based in San Francisco that is attempting to help consumers reap some of the benefits from all that info we put out into the Internet universe, in effect allowing us to get a handle on one of our biggest resources — ourselves!
"There should be an economic opportunity on the consumer side," Ginsu Yoon, a co-founder of the company, tells the New York Times. "Nearly all the investment and technology is on the advertising side."
While the idea is interesting — a beta program where users can basically see how the commercial Internet sees them in terms of advertising preferences — even the company's owners aren't sure it will be successful or work how they want it to.
"I may be wrong about the product and our company," Yoon said. "But I'm absolutely convinced that the direction is right, giving people a way to identify and use this store of value that is their personal information."
If it does end up enabling consumers to use their info to trade for things of value, this kind of program sounds like a sweet match for anyone freaked out over how their personal information is used, or at least they could make some money while they're being used.
Unboxed – Rewarding Consumers for Providing Personal Data [New York Times]
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Garland Mayor Douglas Athas and District 4 Council Member B.J. Williams have been appointed to federal advocacy committees for the National League of Cities (NLC). Both appointments were announced by NLC President Matt Zone, Council member, Cleveland.
Mayor Athas was appointed to the 2017 Community and Economic Development (CED) committee, which has the lead responsibility for developing NLC's federal policy positions on issues involving housing, community and economic development, land use, recreation and parks, historic preservation and international competitiveness.
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Williams says Garland's representation on the TIS committee is an important step toward rebuilding the city's aging infrastructure.
"The City of Garland's representation and active participation in this important policy advocacy committee is critical to our city's success in obtaining adequate resources in order to implement long-term strategies for promoting progressive economic development," said Williams.
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(Forwarded from the Atlanta & Hawkinsville Railroad)
The passenger depot at Inman. The Southern Railway called this station "Ackert". Photo by Neal Brown.
This abandoned railway line was originally chartered as the Atlanta and Hawkinsville Railroad in 1886. Despite the A&H's intent to build from Atlanta south to Cordele, GA, the line only went as far as Fort Valley by 1888. The line ran parallel to both the Central of Georgia mainline and the Southern Railway mainline between Atlanta and Macon.
During its early years, several passenger trains were run along the line, as evidenced by the 11 passenger stations found along the route, including one in both Atlanta and Fort Valley. The line was renamed to the Atlanta and Florida Railroad before ultimately coming under the control of the Southern in 1895.
The Great Depression in the 1930s resulted in the loss of many lines and the Southern made the decision to redirect traffic from this line to their mainline between Atlanta and McDonough, then to Williamson, where an existing connection with this line was utilized in order to give access along the remainder of this line south to Fort Valley. Despite the new traffic pattern, a 1932 timetable shows at least 6 trains running along the line before the abandonment of the northern portion of the line in 1938.
The southern portion between Williamson and Fort Valley saw continued use for local traffic by the Southern up until the mid-1970s, when the northern end of the line between Williamson and Roberta was pulled up in 1977.
Today, the segment between Roberta and Fort Valley still sees service, as a local shortline operator serves a sand mine in that area.
Thanks to Eugene Cain for contributing information about this route.
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Portions of this line still exist around Fort Valley, but the Southern removed the rails on the northern portion of the line before the second World War. Much of the roadbed has been lost but some is still visible today.
Neal Brown
Fort Valley, GA
There is another railroad station for the Atlanta and Florida still in existence in Fayette County. The station is in the town of Kenwood, between Riverdale and Fayetteville - it is just hard to see behind all the saplings that are growing up around it. It is on the aptly name Olde road just east and south of the old store fronts.
Larry DeBert
Fayetteville, GA
@Larry - Where is the station in Kenwood located? We should get pictures before it is gone!
Steve Matta
Marietta, GA
The Kenwood station is located about 8 miles south of Riverdale. Go down Georgia 85 until you come to Highway 279. Make a right turn and then make a right turn onto Olde Road. The station will be on your left.
Larry DeBert
Fayettevlle, GA
Part of the right of way is currently used a walking trail in Kenwood Park, just off of Hwy 279. The path is on the Eastern edge of the park.
Very interesting. I found your site after looking up the origins of "Ackert" after I passed the old railroad depot on a bike ride. Using satellite imaging from 1955, I put together what I believe to be a fairly accurate map of the line from Atlanta to Inman. I attempted to plot out the stops as well; some I know exactly where they are, others are educated guesses.
Fayetteville, GA
I visited the Kenwood station the other day and it's still standing but in bad condition. I took a few photos that I would like to share. Also please check out this link. There is a photo of the Kenwood depot (not sure of the date taken ~ 1930s) http://fayettehistoricalsociety.com/HISTFAYETTEPHOTOS.html.
Also, is there a good resource about this line? I want to possibly do a documentary about it. Thanks
T Bethel
Fayetteville, GA
The Georgia Department of Transportation has a project to improve the intersection of SR 16 and Vaughn Rd./Rover-Zetella Rd. and I am doing part of the environmental review for this project. In doing my background research, I noted that the topographic quad for the Zetella area had a feature running north-south just east of the intersection and it was labeled "Old RR grade." I believe this is the old Atlanta to Fort Valley line. Is anyone familiar with the history of the line in this specific area or can you connect me to someone who is? In doing an initial reconnaissance of the area, I also noted a small depot-like building just west of the corridor as depicted on the map and north of what is now Railroad Dr. Any information/direction provided would be helpful.
Griffin, GA
What you've found is indeed the old Atlanta and Florida Railway grade through Zetella. It appears that SR 16 once crossed the railroad line with a bridge and once the railroad was abandoned, the bridge was just filled it.
The building you found south of SR 16 was indeed a depot whose archictecture is very similar to the other surving depots along the line in Zebulon and Meansville.
Alpharetta, GA
Using old aerial photos, I traced the rest of the line to Atlanta: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?way=164879063
A few bits are still visible on current aerials, but most of the line has been redeveloped.
This is great history! I am about to open "The Railroad Café" in Fort Valley, GA in the old 1901 passenger depot.
I am sharing this link and much more railroad history on my Facebook Page as I come across it from now on.
Jeff Hall
Cordele, GA
An 1883 map of Spalding County does not show this railroad since it was built after 1886. However, you can see the main road was south of where highway 16 is now located in the Zetella Community as you approach the Rover-Zetella Road from Griffin. I grew up in that area and walked over many portions of the old railroad bed.
Keith Lassiter
Milner, GA
The table below can be found at the website http://railga.com/sr95ttatlfv.html
Southern Railway
Atlanta - Fort Valley timetable 1895
This was the former Atlanta & Florida Railroad route.
From: Travelers' Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada, January 1896.
The table below can be found at the website http://railga.com/sr1917tt5.html
1917 timetable
From: Official Guide of the Railways, April 1918.
I remember playing on the old roadbed in front of my uncles house, Grady Harper, in Zetella when I was a kid in the late 40s, early 50s. I would dearly love to find an image of the bridge that used to cross above the railroad for Hwy 16. Can anyone help? When I worked for a land surveyor in the early 60s, we'd frequently come across portions of the old roadbed in the area between Zetella and Vaughn. Just found out that Vaughn was once Kallulah Junction, and even called Cresswell, before being called Vaughn. It appears as Kallulah Junction in the early timetables.
Ken Cochran
Griffin, GA, AZ
I am on a journey to take pictures of all of the standing depots left in Georgia. I have pictures of the Riverdale Depot and others. Do you have any information on the Riverdale Depot like the year it was built.
Griffin, GA
The Atlanta and Florida as I understand went as far as Perry. the part south of Fort Valley must have went to the Central at some point. The trains out of Atlanta went to McDonough then to Griffin and to Williamson after the line from Williamson to Atlanta was abandoned before WWII. Then in the summer of 1971 a trestle south of Zebulon collapsed as a train went over it. The Engineer was RL Bob Turner and my brother was a trainman. Both have passed on. From then on the town of Zebulon would only get a switch from the Griffin and Columbus local about once a month. Then that part was abandoned about 1979.
David Pharr
Does anyone have any photos (old or recent) of depots like or similar to Ackert, GA? Other depots are/were Georgia- Kenwood, Zenith, Riverdale and Pine Grove, they should be the same. In Tennessee- Chewalla. In Alabama- Bellamy, Piper, Coleanor. Steens, Mississippi. Similar are- Belle Ellen, AL, Cardiff, AL, Seddon, AL. Probably were others in other states but I haven't found evidence of any so far.
I'm researching to restore the Sandy Level, VA depot built by Southern Railway between 1900 and 1910 on the Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad, leased by Southern Railway and predecessors from 1880 to 1914. Almost same as Ackert, GA. Exactly the same as Cardiff, AL, that was built in 1913 and burned within a few years. Depot is in bad condition on passenger end but freight end is better.
Tim Witt
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Do you have any pictures or information about Atlanta to Fort Valley?


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Bryan Gruley recommends 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey
I was captivated by Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." The great tale, the bittersweet humor, the impassioned prose, and especially the rendering of tragic injustice appealed to my adolescent suspicion of authority - a trait that has stayed with me into (relative) adulthood.
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March 18, 2013
BOSTON (AP) — Emerson College is hosting a panel that will explore whether video games and media have an impact on gun violence in the United States.
The event will be held Monday evening at Emerson's Semel Theater in Boston and is free to the public.
Scheduled to sit on the panel are: a Parents Television Council official; the Media Coalition's executive director; a child and adolescent psychiatrist; and a former professor who wrote a book about raising confident, creative children.
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Hard-driving Spartans tackle tough job market
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Faced with one of the worst job markets in years, many of today's college students have come to realize that their careers essentially begin the moment they step on campus.
"There's this attitude that has persisted for decades that, 'I'm going to college, I'm paying all this money, so when I get out I'm going to have a job,' but that's not necessarily the way it is anymore," said Dylan Rogers, a recent Michigan State University graduate. "It's not enough to simply get your degree; you have to do more these days."
Rogers, who landed a job as a family support worker at Community Mental Health in Lansing, is part of a new wave of young people who understand the need to begin paving their career paths as early as possible. Rogers went through a difficult job search last year; a new crop of MSU graduates will hit the labor market after graduating May 6.
After bottoming out a couple years ago, the national job market for college graduates has rebounded slightly but remains relatively anemic – making competition for jobs fierce, according to MSU's annual Recruiting Trends report.
So how does a college student get a leg up? Here are four important tips to help secure one's future, told through the eyes of hard-driving Spartans. (Click on the links to read more. To see a video on the students, click here.)
For Rogers, volunteering had been part of his precollege life – including building houses for the poor and helping hurricane victims – and he continued on this path when he came to East Lansing.
How's this for hard work: 20-year-old Audrye Tucker maintains four paying jobs, films her own documentaries and, come May, will still manage to graduate in four years with two bachelor's degrees and a specialization.
As a biochemistry and molecular biology major at MSU, Dennis Miner managed to get four years of undergraduate scientific research experience on campus. This helped him obtain a one-year paid internship at Pfizer Global Manufacturing – a great career stepping-stone.
Be tenacious in your job search
Even when his prospects looked dim, business student Sarada Weerasinghe failed to give up his quest to find an all-important internship. Eventually his determination paid off: Weerasinghe landed not only an internship, but also a full-time position at a major accounting firm.
Michigan State University has been working to advance the common good in uncommon ways for more than 150 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU focuses its vast resources on creating solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges, while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.


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Stars' Coach Drops Kwarasey ,3 Others
Coach Kwesi Appiah has named seven players who missed the recent World Cup and dropped four key players who were in the tournament in Brazil from his squad for next month's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Goalkeeper Razak Brimah, Baba Abdul Rahman, Jeffrey Schlupp, Awal Mohammed, Yussif Chibsah, Solomon Asante and David Accam are the seven returnees invited for the matches against Uganda and Togo.
Sulley Muntari, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Michael Essien and Adam Kwarasey were dropped from the squad following the explosive problems at the World Cup which resulted in the sacking of two players at the competition in Brazil.
Long-serving Samuel Inkoom, who was not among the players who caused problems at the World Cup, was also excluded from the 24-man squad.
But the Black Stars squad seems not to have changed much as most of the key players inlcuding captain Asamoah Gyan, Kwadwo Asamoah, Andre Ayew and Christian Atsu were part of Kwesi Appiah's 23-man squad.
Goalkeeper Brimah takes the place of Kwarasey who has stated that he does not want to play for the Black Stars unless the goalkeepers' coach Nassam Yakubu is sacked.
The Spain-based shot-stopper and Chibsah return to the squad after playing in the friendly against Japan earlier this year and have not been called back since then.
As predicted by Ghana's leading football news website, www.ghanasoccernet.com, in-form Germany-based defender Abdul-Rahman returns to the team profiting from the axing of Muntari as Kwadwo Asamoah would be moved to occupy the midfield position the AC Milan player played during the World Cup.
Schlupp and Accam, who were part of the provisional Black Stars squad for the World Cup but missed the boat have also been given the opportunity to impress coach Kwesi Appiah.
Towering South Africa-based Mohammed Awal returns to the squad after playing in some of the World Cup qualifiers but was not named in the provisional squad for the tournament in Brazil.
Ghana will play Uganda on September 5 in Kumasi and take on the Hawks the following weekend in Lome.
The 30th edition of AFCON will be played from 17 January through to 8 February 2015 in Morocco.
Winners and runner-up of each group plus the third-best team will join hosts Morocco for the final tournament.
Ghana squad:
Goalkeepers: Fatau Dauda (Chippa United, South Africa), Adams Stephen (Aduana Stars) and Razak Braimah (Mirandes FC, Spain)
Defenders: Daniel Opare (FC Porto, Portugal), Harrison Afful (Esperance FC, Tunisia), Awal Mohammed (Maritzburg, South Africa), Baba Rahman (FC Augsburg, Germany), Jeffery Schlupp (Leicester City, England), John Boye (Erciyesspor FC, Turkey) and Jonathan Mensah (Evian FC, France)
Midfielders: Emmanuel Agyeman Badu (Udinese, Italy), Rabiu Mohammed (Krasnodar, Russia), Yusif Chibsah (Sassuolo, Italy), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus, Italy), Mubarak Wakaso (Rubin Karzan, Russia), Atsu Christian (Everton, England), Asante Solomon (T.P. Mazembe FC, Congo DR.), Gyimah Edwin (Black Aces, South Africa), Afriyie Acquah (Parma FC, Italy) and Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille, France)
Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE), Jordan Ayew (Lorient, France), Abdul Majeed Waris (Spartak Moscow, Russia), David Accam (Helsenborg, Sweden)


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Special guest contributor and baby gear expert Vanessa Antonelli has designed nurseries for a number of celebrities. She is also the proprietor of NessaLee Baby, a luxury baby boutique in the NJ/NYC Metro area – a store devoted to today's modern baby, including: gear, furniture, clothing and accessories.
Vanessa resides in New Jersey with her husband Jordan – writer of Dude's View – and their son Nixon – a rockstar toddler who always serves as inspiration for seeking out the best of the best for today's modern babies.
Continue reading Vanessa's top celebrity nursery trends…
Parents are paying more attention than ever to all of the small details that make up their baby's nursery. You'd think with their jet-setting schedules, celebrities wouldn't have the time for that. That's not true for this bunch. Each one has given their all to the details in their celebri-baby's digs and we've spotted some trends among them!
Re-Positionable Wallpaper
Courtney & Mario Lopez put together a black and white oasis for baby Dominic. The most memorable detail of the room is Tempaper's Damsel Damask wallpaper. What's so great about this? Well, for a baby damask is perfect, but as Dominic grows he might find it a little feminine for his boyish taste. By choosing Tempaper (aha – Temp as in temporary), they can easily take it down and replace it with the wall covering of his choice.
However, this wouldn't be a trend if only one person did it. Rewind to the birth of Tori Spelling's 4th and you'll find that Tempaper's re-positionable wallpaper completed Finn's Hollywood-esque nursery.
Monogrammed Cribs
Most modern nurseries showcase the baby's name, monogram or initials somewhere on the walls. Between paint, wood, acrylic and even lights, we thought we saw it all. Then Melissa Joan Hart and Giuliana Rancic took that idea one step further. Each had their little man's monogram adhered to the side of their Petit Nest crib for a striking and modern effect.
Custom Furniture
This month, two tiny starlets already entered the world and though they live on opposite coasts, they already have something in common. Well, aside from their famous parents.
Danielle & Kevin Jonas commissioned a custom crib created for their princess Alena Rose that was inspired by Snow White, while Emily Blunt & John Krasinski chose the custom Hollywood Regency Cambas Design crib that's made in Los Angeles. We hope to see both of these finished nurseries very soon!
Crib Placement
Sisters Kourtney & Kim Kardashian may have very different personal fashion senses, but their nursery design style for their baby girls' is more similar than they might think. At first glance they look nothing alike. Penelope's nursery is sweet pink with a pop of turquoise and a simple, but modern Oeuf Sparrow crib in white.
North, on the other hand, sleeps in Nurseryworks' clear acrylic Vetro crib, which is touted by many as a piece of art. Both girls also have a Nook Pebble Mattress, but what else do they have in common? The crib placement! The cousins' cribs are both positioned off the walls. Penelope's is in the center of the room and North's is setback in front of a mirror. This is something that won't work in small spaces, but with the proper square footage – makes a grand impression.


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John 4:25-42
"The woman said to him, 'I know that Messiah is coming' (who is called Christ). 'When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.' Jesus said to her, 'I am he, the one who is speaking to you.'"Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, "What do you want?" or, "Why are you speaking with her?" Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, "Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?" They left the city and were on their way to him…….Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I have ever done." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world."
Do we know about Jesus or do we really know Jesus?
Can we be as bold as the woman and go tell our friends?


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If you're using the Babbel website www.babbel.com, just click on the Courses option in the menu bar to see what's available.
If you're using a mobile app on an Apple iOS device, select the menu icon in the top left corner of the Babbel App home screen, and select Courses to see what's available.
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Have you ever received those emails..."You're invited to take a survey and we'll pay you $5 for your time" only to click the link, complete about 10 pages worth then to find out that you didn't qualify? Didn't qualify? Then why in the world did you send me the invitation in the first place?
When I started doing GPT's, along the way I accumulated a few survey sites. It was exciting to get those first few emails taunting me with the $5 PayPal rewards. I diligently clicked those links only to find out that I didn't qualify. After a few weeks of rejection...the self-esteem can only take so much...I stopped clicking and started deleting them whenever I received then. Last month, I saw one that caught my eye...$100 for a 30 minute phone survey. I thought, "well, if I don't "qualify" no big deal, but what if I do. That's $100 for nothing. So I set up my appointment and they called, right on time I might add. It felt like it was about an hour's worth of talking but I listened to the questions, answered honestly as possible and the whole time I was thinking "any minute she's going to tell me I didn't qualify." Before I knew it, the survey was over. That was a Tuesday. Thursday afternoon there was a $100 check in my mailbox. I couldn't believe it. First of all, I qualified...second of all, I actually got paid!
From that point forward, I have clicked every survey invitation that I get and lo and behold, I qualified...most of the time. Here are a few of my favorites, so try them out if you're not already a member. If you are and you haven't "qualified" in a while, maybe now is the time.
MyView $31.00
I like MyView the best because their surveys pay straight to PayPal and they range from $2 to $5 (maybe more, but that's what I have received). The only drawback is it can take anywhere from 2-6 weeks to actually receive the money in PayPal. They also do product testing which is always fun around my house.
Lightspeed 1175 Points
Payouts start around 500 points. They offer surveys for the whole family, too. My 9 year old daughter received an invitation for a home survey. She received $10 in the mail and once she completes the 2 week survey, she will receive an additional $50.
E-Poll Surveys 1100 Points
$5 Gift cards start at 3500 points or you can donate to charity at 2500 points.
Synovate Global Opinion Panel 2320 Points
Prizes start at 5000 points. Most of these surveys seem pretty easy to qualify for.
Vindale Research $2.00
This is a mix of surveys and GPT. Most of them are trials, but they do have some surveys. Unfortunately, their minimum payout is $50.00.
Looking for money across the internet. Looking high and low and everywhere in between.
Survey Says!
Have you ever received those emails..."You're invited to take a survey and we'll pay you $5 for your time" only to click the link, complete about 10 pages worth then to find out that you didn't qualify? Didn't qualify? Then why in the world did you send me the invitation in the first place?
Brought to you by Sheryl Roland
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6 comments:
- Ashley said...
Great blog!!! I personally can't stand GTP sites. I've never made any money at them. I never qualify for the surveys and the offer just forget them they take way too long.
- November 29, 2007 at 4:08 PM
- Tammy said...
I hate those surveys! It drives me batty when I take the time to go to the site and then I can't do the survey. Have a great weekend!
- November 30, 2007 at 5:25 PM
- tracy said...
Hi! You have a very informative blog and I love it. I would like to ask though (since I find you very experienced in earning money online), how do I know that the sites are not a spam?
- December 5, 2007 at 1:32 AM
- Tammy said...
Hi! How have you been? I hope you have a great weekend! Tammy
- December 7, 2007 at 4:44 PM
- Dian H said...
I like your blog, very good subject matter. I did have a problem with the MyView site. There seems to be no place to register. When I click on the link in your blog it just goes to a login screen that gives some information about the site but no information or button to use to register with the site. I even tried to just look up the site through Google and get the same screen. Perhaps there is a problem with the MyView site or maybe they don't want anyone else to register.
Thanks for the information
- January 24, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- Sheryl said...
Thanks Dian H. I think you get to MyView through Surfbounty.com. I was already a member of MyView, but now the email says, brought to you by SurfBounty.com. I will try to find a referral link.
- January 25, 2008 at 12:20 AM


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To a large degree, it is the quality and growth of a company's earnings that drive its stock price. Therefore, it is imperative that investors understand the various indicators used to measure profitability. The income statement is the principal source of data to accomplish a profitability analysis, which should cover at least a five-year period in order to reveal trends and changes in a company's earnings profile. (To learn more basics on the income statement, see Understanding The Income Statement.)
Tutorial: How To Analyze Earnings
Accounting Policies
With regard to the income statement, investors need to be aware of two things related to a company's accounting practices. First, the degree of conservatism, which indicates the degree of investment quality. The presentation of earnings depends, basically, on three accounting policies: revenue recognition, inventory valuation and the depreciation method. Briefly stated, a completed sale, last in, first out liquidation (LIFO) rather than first in, first out liquidation (FIFO) valuation and shorter term depreciation periods, respectively, would produce higher quality reported earnings. (For related reading, see Inventory Valuation For Investors: FIFO And LIFO.)
Investors will be alerted to any changes and their impact on performance figures in a company's accounting policies in the notes to financial statements. Investors need to read these qualifying remarks carefully.
While the so-called "bottom line" (net income) gets most of the attention from financial analysts and investors in any discussion of profit, the whole earnings process starts with a company's revenue, or net sales. The growth of this "top line" figure is a key component in producing the dollars needed to run a company profitably. A healthy sales growth rate generally defines a growing company and is a positive investment indicator.
For investors, all sales increases are good, and can occur as a result of sales growth through more unit volume from existing products or services, the introduction of new products or services, price increases, acquisitions and, for international sales, the impact of favorable exchange rates. However, some increases should be viewed more favorably than others. There's no question that greater unit volume is the best growth factor, followed by product-line expansion and new services. Price increases, especially those above the inflation rate, have their limits, as does sales growth through acquisitions. As applied to companies with foreign operations, the currency translation effect into U.S. dollars, either positive or negative, will even out over time.
Positive investment quality in the sales account comes from growth in better unit volume and the maintenance of reasonable pricing.
Margin and Cost Analysis
In the income statement, the absolute numbers don't tell us very much. A simple vertical analysis (common size income statement) - dividing all the individual income and expense amounts by the sales amount - provides profit margin and expense percentages (ratios) for the whole income statement. Looked at over a period of five years, an investor will have a clear idea of the consistency and/or positive/negative trends in a company's management of its income and expenses. The success, or lack thereof, of this important managerial endeavor is what determines, to a large extent, a company's quality of earnings. A large growth in sales will do little for a company's profitability if costs grow out of proportion to revenues.
The term margin is used to express the comparison of four important levels of profit in the income statement - gross, operating, pretax and net - to sales. Aside from monitoring a company's historical profit performance, these profit margins (ratios) also can be used to compare a company's profitability metrics to those of its direct competitors, industry figures and the general market.
Unusual Items
Also known as special, extraordinary or non-recurring, these items, generally charge-offs, are supposed to be one-time events. When they are, investors must take these unusual items, which can distort evaluations, into account, particularly when making inter-annual profit comparisons.
Unfortunately, in recent years, companies have been taking so-called "big-bath" write-offs with such regularity that they are becoming commonplace rather than unusual. Large multi-year charges on the income statement are increasingly distorting corporate earnings. Needless to say, evidence of undue use of major charge-offs is not indicative of investment quality. This practice is another reason why some financial analysts prefer to work with operating and pretax income numbers to evaluate a company's earnings, thereby eliminating the distortions of unusual items to net income. (To continue reading manipulating the books, see Cooking The Books 101.)
Traditional Profit Ratios
In addition to profit margin ratios, the return on equity (ROE) and return on capital employed (ROCE) ratios are widely used to measure a company's profitability. ROE measures the profits being generated on the shareholders' investment. Expressed as a percentage, the ROE ratio is calculated by dividing net income (income statement) by the average of shareholders' equity (balance sheet). As a rule of thumb, ROE ratios of 15% or more are considered favorable.
The ROCE ratio expands on the ROE ratio by adding borrowed funds to equity for a figure showing the total amount of capital being used by a company. In this way, a company's use of debt capital is factored into the equation. For this reason, conservative analysts prefer to use the ROCE ratio as a more comprehensive evaluation of how well management is using its debt and equity capital. This percentage ratio will vary among companies, but suffice it to say, that investment quality is represented by a higher rather than a lower figure. (To read more, see Spotting Profitability With ROCE, Measuring Company Efficiency and Keep Your Eyes On The ROE.)
The impact of leverage is picked up in the return on capital (return on invested capital or ROIC) ratio. (To read more, check out Spot Quality With ROIC.)
Earnings Per Share
While an absolute increase in net income is a welcome sight, investors need to focus on what each share of their investments are producing. If increased net income comes as a result of profits from increased share capital, then earnings per share (EPS) is not going to look so great, and could fall below the previous year's level. An increase in a company's capital base dilutes the company's earnings among a greater number of shareholders. (To learn more, read Types Of EPS and How To Evaluate The Quality Of EPS.)
Because of this circumstance, a company's net income, or earnings per share, is expressed as basic and diluted. The former represents EPS as of the balance sheet date as per the number of actual shares outstanding and net income as of a certain date, which is generally the company's fiscal year-end. Diluted EPS captures the potential amount of shares that could be outstanding if all convertible bonds, stock options and warrants were exercised. While such a consequence is highly unlikely, it is possible. In terms of the investment quality of the income statement, a significant spread between basic and diluted EPS should be seen as a negative sign.
Logic tells us that growing, profitable companies are generally attractive investment opportunities. However, how that growth is achieved is more important than the absolute sales and income numbers. In addition, conservative accounting policies, substantive sales growth, consistent and/or improving profit margins, the absence of outsized write-offs, above average returns on equity and capital employed and solid earnings per share performance are the hallmarks of top-level investment quality. It is this set of attributes that investors should attempt to find in the income statement before they invest.


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With Day 3 wrapped and only 18 remaining, Jonathan Little has taken over the chip lead at the
Little won the Mirage Poker Showdown in May of this year, beating an impressive final table that included Phil Ivey, Cory Carroll, Amnon Filippi, and Darrell "Deep" Dicken.
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ST. CLOUD — Tammy Chamberlin, a 14-year-old freshman whose only previous running experience before 1986 was between-class sprints to avoid tardy bells, is St. Cloud High School's most promising track and field newcomer and school record holder in the grueling 2-mile race.
Chamberlin didn't break the Bulldogs' standard. She buried it. Chamberlin, 5-foot-6, 115 pounds, covered the distance in 12 minutes, 6 seconds, which was good for a blue ribbon at the Class AAA, District 6 meet last week in Orlando. The time bettered Audrey Boykin's 1985 school standard by 30 seconds.