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The early history of the Qashqai people remains obscure. They speak a Turkic dialect similar to that of Azerbaijan, and may have migrated to the Fars province from the north during the thirteenth century, possibly driven by the Mongol invasion. Karim Khan Zand appointed the chief of the Chahilu clan as the first Il-Khan of the Qashqai. The most important subtribes are the Qashguli, Shishbuluki, Darashuri, Farsimadan, and Amaleh. The Gallanzan, Rahimi, and Ikdir produce rugs of intermediate quality. The rugs woven by the Safi Khani and Bulli subtribes are considered among the highest quality rugs. The rugs are all wool, usually with ivory warps, which distinguishes Qashqai from Khamseh rugs. Qashqai rugs use asymmetric knots, while Gabbeh rugs woven by Qashqai more often use symmetric knots. Alternate warps are deeply depressed. Wefts are in natural colors or dyed red. The selvedges are overcast in wool of different colors, creating a "barber pole" pattern, and are sometimes adorned with woolen tassels. Both ends of the rug have narrow, striped flat-woven kilims. Workshops were established in the nineteenth century already around the town of Firuzabad. Rugs with repeating boteh and the Herati pattern, medallion, as well as prayer rug designs resembling the millefleurs patterns of Indian rugs were woven in these manufactures. The Herati design may sometimes appear to be disjointed and fragmented. The Qashqai are also known for their flatweaves, and for their production of smaller, pile-woven saddle bags, flat-woven larger bags (mafrash), and their Gabbeh rugs.
The Shishbuluki (lit.: "six districts") rugs are distinguished by small, central, lozenge-shaped medallions surrounded by small figures aligned in concentric lozenges radiating from the center. The field is most often red, details are often woven in yellow or ivory. Darashuri rugs are similar to those of the Shishbuluki, but not so finely woven.
As the truly nomadic way of life has virtually come to an end during the twentieth century, most Qashqai rugs are now woven in villages, using vertical looms, cotton warps, or even an all-cotton foundation. They use a variety of designs associated with the Qashqai tradition, but it is rarely possible to attribute a specific rug to a specific tribal tradition. Many patterns, including the "Qashqai medallion" previously thought to represent genuine nomadic design traditions, have been shown to be of town manufacture origin, and were integrated into the rural village traditions by a process of stylization.
The revival of natural dyeing has had a major impact on Qashqai rug production. Initiated in Shiraz during the 1990s by master dyers as Abbas Sayahi, particularly Gabbeh rugs raised much interest when they were first presented at the Great Persian Exhibition in 1992. Initially woven for home use and local trade, coarsely knotted with symmetric knots, the colours initially seen were mostly natural shades of wool. With the revival of natural colours, Gabbeh from Fars province soon were produced in a full range of colours. They met the Western demand for primitive, naïve folk art as opposed to elaborate commercialized designs, and gained high popularity. In the commercial production of today, the Gabbeh rug patterns remain simple, but tend to show more modern types of design.
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Gray Grabs 4th Rockpile Title, Payne a 2nd Successful Summit at 57th Mt. Washington
Bob Fitzgerald June 18, 2017	Mountain Running, National News, Regional News, Road Race Leave a comment 378 Views
57th Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race
Mt. Washington Auto Road
June 17, 2017 – 9:00 a.m.
(All Photos by FitzFoto/NERunner)
Colorado Runners Gray and Payne Dominate 57th Northeast Delta Dental Road Race
Gray gets fourth straight title while Payne gets her second win at Washington.
PINKHAM NOTCH, NH – Shannon Payne has special memories of the Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race. After winning it in 2014, she struggled with injuries for a year. While she did race in the 2016 edition of the famed race to the summit, she was not 100% back yet. This year, she dominated the race in warm conditions, taking the lead in the first mile from fellow Coloradan, Brandy Erholtz and leading the rest of the way. Payne finished in 1:11:19, four and a half minutes ahead of Erholtz.
"This was my first big mountain race ever when I ran it in 2014. To come back and win it again this year was such a great feeling. Mount Washington will always be special to me," noted Payne.
Just behind Erholtz was New Brunswick, Canada's Shelley Doucet, who finished in 1:16:33 in her first big mountain race ever. Doucet just started running three years ago and followed up an impressive finish at this year's Boston Marathon with today's strong result.
Rounding out the top ten for the women was Apryl Sabadosa (Westfield, MA) in 1:19:24, Amber Ferreira (Concord, NH) in 1:21:12, Laura Brustolon (Littleton, MA) in 1:22:46, Kim Nedeau (Leverett, MA) in 1:23:01, Kelsey Allen (Wendell, MA) in 1:26:07, Kristin Barry (Scarborough, ME) in 1:26:43 and Ashley Busa (Portsmouth, NH) in 1:26:55.
In the men's race, it was the Joe Gray show for the fourth year in a row. Gray (Colorado Springs, CO), who was the 2016 World Mountain Running Champion, led the race the whole way. In the first mile, Kenyan Francis Wangari matched Gray step for step. They were followed by 2012 winner Sage Canaday (Boulder, CO), 2014 Nordic Olympian, Noah Hoffman (Park City, UT and training in Hanover, NH) and former winner Eric Blake (New Haven, CT). As the race continued, Wangari began to fade and was overtaken by Canaday who kept the pressure up on Gray for the next few miles.
As the runners reached Mile 5 of the race, Gray began to increase his lead, with an unrelenting pace in the day's heat, finishing in 58:58. Gray is one of a small group of runners who has broken the one-hour mark on the Auto Road. Canaday finished in 1:00:45 in second place, followed by Blake in 1:01:36, Wangari in 1:07:03 and Hoffman in 1:07:13. (Photo: Women's winner Shannon Payne (USA above) with Fred "Mountain Goat" Ross, streaker champion at 40 straight)
The rest of the top ten for the men were Drew Best, (Amherst, MA) in 1:08:36, Brandon Newbould (Nottingham, NH) in 1:08:48, Nick Aguila (Manchester, NH) in 1:09:18, Nacho Hernando-Angulo (Bay Shore, NY) in 1:09:38 and Simon Gutierrez (Alamosa, CO) in 1:10:14. (Photo: Whirlaway's Brandon Newbould, right)
1047 runners finished the race, with the end of the field brought up by 97-year-old George Etzweiler (Photo below), who finished in a time of 4:05:27. Etzweiler, of State College, PA, continues to break age records at the race as he returns each year. This year his grandson accompanied him.
Complete results for the race can be found at http://www.coolrunning.com/results/17/nh/Jun17_57thNo_set2.shtml
Complete information about the race is provided at the race website, http://mtwashingtonautoroad.com/mount-washington-road-race.
Fifty percent of all proceeds from the race will be donated to the Coos County Family Health Services in Berlin.
Northeast Delta Dental has sponsored the race up the historic Mt. Washington Auto Road since 2001. The dental insurance company, headquartered in Concord, N.H., with sales offices in Saco, Maine, and Burlington, Vt., provides dental benefits to more than 850,000 people in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, including individuals and families, and organizations of all sizes. Northeast Delta Dental's President & CEO, Tom Raffio, has run the race in a personal best of 1:50:51. In 2012, Northeast Delta Dental increased its already strong support for the event, making it officially the Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race.
Since 2012, the race has donated more than $80,000 to the dental programs of Coos County Family Health Services. Based in nearby Berlin, N.H., this community-based organization provides innovative, personalized, comprehensive health care and social services to everyone, regardless of economic status.
(Photo: Dave McGillivray, left)
To learn more about the Northeast Delta Dental Mount Washington Road Race, visit http://mtwashingtonautoroad.com/mount-washington-road-race or on Facebook at facebook.com/mountwashingtonroadrace
(Photo right: Newcomer and Nordic Olympic skiier Noah Hoffman of Utah (L) with 3x Mt. W. winner Eric Blake of CT
First opened in 1861 as the Mt. Washington Carriage Road, the Mt. Washington Auto Road is the country's oldest manmade attraction. Located on Rt. 16 in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, just north of the Mt. Washington Valley and minutes south of Gorham, the Auto Road has a long and winding history, much like its 7.6-mile trip up to the summit of the highest peak in the Northeast. For more information, visit www.MtWashingtonAutoRoad.com or call 603-466-3988.
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Finally announcing her mayoral ambitions, Stintz stumbles out of the gate
By: Metro Published on Tue Oct 29 2013
But as much as her decision has felt like an inevitability for months, Stintz's announcement was still notable for just how badly she seemed to position her campaign to replace Mayor Rob Ford. Right out of the gate, Stintz seems to have set herself up for failure.
An exaggeration? Consider this: "I believe in the fiscal agenda of Rob Ford." That's what Stintz told the Toronto Star when asked about her reasons for running.
"I worry that another four years of Rob Ford may not move the city forward," she added, but the qualifier hardly matters — she may have sealed her fate with that first bit, where she both gave the mayor way more credibility than he deserves and indicated that she won't have a fiscal agenda all her own.
That's a big problem for someone who wants to lead the city. Successful politicians tend to do well because they set themselves apart from the field. Stintz, though, seems primed to position herself as something resembling a slightly toned-down version of Rob Ford — the Bud Light to the mayor's Budweiser.
It's not likely to work. By aligning herself with Ford on fiscal issues, Stintz is asking voters to reject him primarily on the basis of his various scandals. It's a dangerous strategy, threatening to turn the entire 2014 campaign into a referendum on whether Ford's headline-grabbers should preclude him from holding office.
That kind of campaign isn't going to do much good for the city.
Instead, Stintz and the rest of the field need to talk less about Ford's character and more about the issues. Instead of implying that Ford simply isn't fit to be mayor, tell voters why he's not a particularly good mayor. Instead of lending Ford undue credibility on budget issues, attack his inconsistent approach and inability to make progress in major areas. Go after his budget boasts on the basis that many of them simply aren't true. Point out that he has been far from accountable, and has no real vision for the city.
Stintz, though, seems to have charted a different course. A course that apparently starts with "I believe in the fiscal agenda of Rob Ford." A course that assumes what Toronto really wants is a mayor who's just like Rob Ford, but a little less so. Good luck getting voters excited about that.
This post was originally published at http://www.metronews.ca/views/toronto/ford-for-toronto-matt-elliott/2013/10/29/finally-announcing-her-mayoral-ambitions-stintz-stumbles-out-of-the-gate.html on 2013-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
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Add all the ingredients in the blender add some water ( not much - you don't want the chutney to be watery consistency) blend till it is nice and smooth...almost creamy. Use it with parathas or sandwich or in bhel puri, sev puri and dahi vada.
This is a very multi- purpose chutney - adds the oomph in a meal !! One of my favorite use is with grilled cheese sandwich.....add a slice of cheese and a tbsp of chutney between two slices of bread and grill....it is a simple and divine snack - add some chips and a glass of mango lassi and you got a meal. You can store this in your refrigerator for 2-3 weeks.
Wat a flavourful chutney,love it.
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Can I borrow some chutney to enjoy with my paranthas I made tonight?? Love it!
What fantastic flavors for a chutney...love this!
I can imagine about 100 dishes that this would go well with. I need to get on this asap! Love the rich, vibrant color.
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I love fresh coriander, luckily here I have a market where I can find it. You have great recipes, I'm following you immediately. Hello from Rome, Italy!
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Your photographs are beautiful. All these days, I was using only point and shoot camera. Couple of weeks back I brought Nikin D5100. I am struggling to use my new camera. I am also reading the same book(plate to pixil) right now. Or I should say that I have been trying to read (didn't get a chance to pass more than 10 pages). I would like to learn more about your points on photography. Thanks for visiting my blog.


This pub is a long schlep uphill from the town centre ,so it may be easier to catch a bus if crawling the real ale outlets.The building is unremarkable ,and Ember Inns have done the full corporate internal makeover ,it's open plan with chintzy wallpaper,a coal affect gas fire to the right with flatscreen above,lots of gaming machines,a rank of high tables to the left and a raised area with fitted high bench seating opposite the bar,which is the haunt of the few people drinking all day with most other tables occupied by diners on my Thursday lunchtime visit,including a rear raised area.
There is a commitment to real ale here and on entry you are met by three handpumps drawing the regular ales Bateman's Silver Hare,Brakspear Bitter and Old Hooky.Make sure you push past these pumps and inspect the further 8 handpumps down the long side of the bar where,besides the regulars doubled up,there were guests from Daleside Leg Over,Liberation Blonde,Wadsworth 6X,Red Squirrel Legally Blonde and Harviestoun Bitter and Twisted (very decent shape) which are all drawn from the Ember seasonal ale list and the cask marque seemed warranted.
Too corporate and sterile to be a pub for a long beer driven session but a decent selection of ale make this pub worth visiting,especially given the paucity of real ale options in town.The regular quiz night might result in a more pubby atmosphere some evenings.
Still very much as review below. A well-kept Ember Inn with very heavy food trade, but enthusiastic about beer and seems to carry a very good range in fine form.
A ten minute stroll out of town leads you to the 2012 GBG-listed Easington. This is a tidy roadside Ember Inn, surrounded by middle-class housing and on our visit the car park had been commandeered by an enterprising soul selling Christmas trees. It's a lot bigger inside than you'd expect and is basically a single large area with a number of alcove areas. Décor-wise it's standard Ember Inns, basically JDW+ with leaded windows at front and large pleasant garden at rear. The barman was refreshingly friendly and non-corporate. Six different ales were available over eight pumps (two doubled): Brakspear, Adnams Xmas beer, TT Landlord, Old Hooky, Stonehenge Eye Opener and Project Venus 'Venus Black' (specially formulated by female brewers for M&B). My Venus was exceptionally good and I would have happily stayed for another if I'd had time at that point. Most of the customers early Saturday afternoon were of the family foodie brigade but there is plenty here for the discerning drinker and well-worth the trot up the hill from Banbury town centre.


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%% Nicholas Czarnek
% 14 March 2014
% SSPACISS Laboratory, Duke University
%
% extractReddFeats.m
% The purpose of this function is to extract features surrounding events in
% REDD dataset based on events sent in.  It is assumed that the last
% columns of the input dataset is timestamps.
%
% Inputs:
%   houseData         - input dataset.  if this is the mains file, features
%                       will be extracted from the aggregate load. if this is
%                       the components file, features will be extracted from
%                       each component
%   colOfInterest     - which column do you want?
%                     - if this is a vector, the returned dataset has
%                       concatenated features with targets corresponding to
%                       column number
%   eventTimes        - what are the times of interest?
%                       these should be UTC format
%   timeBuffer        - do you want to leave any space between the event and
%                       the calculation windows?
%                     - this is in units of seconds
%   calculationWindow - how many samples are needed per feature?
%   keepTargets       - logical 1 to maintain targets from input data
%                     - 0 to reassign
%                     - note that this requires a singular colsOfInterest
%
% Outputs:
%   houseFeats        - prtDataSet
%                     - column 1: difference of gaussian means before and after
%                     - column 2: gaussian mean before
%                     - column 3: gaussian std dev before
%                     - column 4: gaussian mean after
%                     - column 5: gaussian std dev before
%                     - column 6: max absolute difference from Gaussian
%                                 means. useful for transients
%                     - column 7: times

function houseFeats = extractReddFeats(houseData,colsOfInterest,eventTimes,...
  timeBuffer,calculationWindow,keepTargets)

houseFeats = prtDataSetClass;

% Sort events for convenience.
eventTimes = sort(eventTimes);

[~,eventIndices] = ismember(houseData.data(:,end),eventTimes);

eventIndices = find(eventIndices);

if keepTargets && ~isempty(houseData.targets)
  newTargets = houseData.targets(eventIndices);
end

currentFeats = prtDataSetClass;

%% Label the indices of the events.
[dataIdx,~] = ismember(houseData.data(:,end),eventTimes);
dataIdx = find(dataIdx);

%% Create arrays of the last events.
nearestLast = [min(houseData.data(:,end));eventTimes(1:end-1)];
nearestNext = [eventTimes(2:end);max(houseData.data(:,end))];

[lastId,~] = ismember(houseData.data(:,end),nearestLast);
lastId = find(lastId);

[nextId,~] = ismember(houseData.data(:,end),nearestNext);
nextId = find(nextId);

for colOfInterest = colsOfInterest
  %% Loop through all of the events.
  for eventIdx = 1:max(size(lastId))
%     ticStart = tic;

    dataIndex = dataIdx(eventIdx);

    lastPoint = lastId(eventIdx);
    nextPoint = nextId(eventIdx);

    % Calculate the features before and after the event
    %% Gaussian mean and std before the event
    beforeEnd = max(dataIndex - timeBuffer - 1,1);
    beforeStart = max(beforeEnd - calculationWindow,1);

    meanBefore = mean(houseData.data(beforeStart:beforeEnd,colOfInterest));
    stdBefore  = std(houseData.data(beforeStart:beforeEnd,colOfInterest));

    %% Gaussian mean and std after the event.
    afterStart = dataIndex + timeBuffer + 1;
    afterEnd   = min(afterStart + calculationWindow,dataIdx(end));

    meanAfter = mean(houseData.data(afterStart:afterEnd,colOfInterest));
    stdAfter  = std(houseData.data(afterStart:afterEnd,colOfInterest));

    %% Gaussian difference.
    meanDiff =  meanAfter - meanBefore;

    %% Max spike level - could be useful for transients.
    maxData = max(houseData.data(beforeStart:afterEnd,colOfInterest));
    maxSpike = max(maxData - meanBefore,maxData - meanAfter);

    %% Fill in the dataset.
    currentFeats.data = [meanDiff meanBefore stdBefore meanAfter stdAfter maxSpike eventTimes(eventIdx)];

    if ~keepTargets && ~isempty(houseData.targets)
      currentFeats.targets = colOfInterest*ones(currentFeats.nObservations);
    end

    %% Concatenate onto the full dataset.
    houseFeats = catObservations(houseFeats,currentFeats);

%     ticStop = toc(ticStart);
  end
end

if keepTargets && ~isempty(houseData.targets)
  houseFeats.targets = newTargets(1:houseFeats.nObservations);
end

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Your user type determines which HPP settings you have access to. If you don't have access to the Setup tab, contact CardPointe Support or your HPP administrator for assistance configuring the following settings for your HPP.
Configure your credentials, upload your logo and configure the transaction type (authorization or capture).
Configure which payment types you would like to accept (for example, credit cards and checks).
Set the limits for transactions amounts, the number of declines allowed, and your velocity threshold.
Create billing plans to provide for your customers to pay daily, weekly, or monthly.
Recurring Billing Plans allow you to setup payment plans for your customers with a customized schedule and amount.
Additionally customers can create profiles to manage their cards on file and see billing history. When recurring billing is enabled and plans have been created, a drop-down of the existing plans will display on the HPP for the customer to choose from.
Enable the ability for your customers to select which line item they would like to pay for on their bill.
If you are a Super User, see Advanced Configuration for more information.
After your HPP is configured as necessary for your business, you can customize the look and feel on the Design tab.
Design your HPP to mimic your company's branding for a truly unique shopping experience for your customers.
The Design tab allows you to customize your customer-facing pages as well as customize your CSS. Each tab at the top opens the design module for that page.
Payment Page This is the page that displays to your customers to input payment information.
Confirmation Pages Payment Approved: The page the customer sees when their payment is approved.
Payment Declined: The page the customer sees when their payment is declined.
Custom CSS This module allows you to implement your own CSS design for your site.
Each page in the Design tab (Payment Page, Confirmation Pages, and Email Receipts) can be modified by dragging and dropping elements. You can pull elements from the left pane (in dark blue) and drop them anywhere you like on the page, as well move existing elements around on the page.
Select a page to work on.
Click and hold the element you want to move.
Drag the element to the desired location.
Let go of the mouse. The element drops.
To delete items, click the red trashcan icon.
To update the background or the text style, click the Design Settings button (upper right hand corner of the screen). The design window opens.
To change the color of the text or the background, click the square next to the label and choose a color from the color picker.
To select a new font or font size, make a selection from the dropdown.
To see what your page will look to customers, click the Preview button in the right hand corner.
Once you are satisfied, click Save. Click Save All to save all of your pages.
You use the Connect page to configure the the payment details and the links and buttons that you need to integrate the HPP with your site or invoice.
You use the Build Your Pay Components page to configure the payment details that appear on your site or invoice.
After you configure the payment details as described below, click Build your links/button to access the Display and Deployment Options page.
Amount You can use this field to manually specify a fixed amount.
If you are using Line Items, this field is automatically populated using the line item details. See Line Items for more information.
Invoice # Enter an invoice number here to track the invoice.
Default payment type You can select Credit Card or E-Check.
Alternatively, you can specify this option in the URL by setting the paymentType parameter to cc for Credit Card or ach for E-Check.
Enter a unique Customer ID in the Customer ID field.
Configure the Line Item details that will be included on your page or invoice.
Click Add New Column to add line item details, as needed.
Click Add New Item to add new rows.
You use the Notifications page to configure custom email receipts to your customers for each transaction. To enable email receipts, select the Always send to customers checkbox.
Email Receipts Select the Always send to customers checkbox to enable email receipts.
"From" Email Name The name that will appear in the From field of the email.
"From" Email Address The email address that the email be sent from.
"To" Email Address The email address that will receive each email notification per each transaction.
Return to Website URL This adds a "Return to Homepage" button to your confirmation page.
Webhook URL (optional) Provides other applications with real-time information (approved payments only) from your HPP.
For example, you can use a webhook URL to send payment details to your accounting software (if it supports webhooks).
Configure the email settings as desired, then click Save to save your changes.
Click Build your links/button to access the Display and Deployment Options page.
You use the Display and Deployment Options page to configure the deployment options for your HPP, depending on your business need. For example, you can include a customizable Pay Now button in an email or invoice, or embed the page within a website or Enterprise Resource Planning ERP) tool, like Oracle or SAP.
To access this page, click the Build your links/button button on the Build Your Pay Components page or on the Notifications page. The Display and Deployment Options Page displays, and is added to the navigation in the left column. If you navigate to a different tab (for example, the Design tab) you might need to click the Build your links/button button again to access this page.
On this page, you can copy the custom URL or iFrame code for your HPP payment form. The form is populated with the design and payment information that you configured.
Select the Mini form type if you only need to request the customer's payment card data.
Select the Full form type if you also need to capture the customer's billing information.
Click the Copy URL to clipboard button (on the right) to copy the URL for the payment form.
On this page, you can configure a custom button to deploy the payment form.
Customize the button design settings as desired, then click Save.
Click the Copy URL to clipboard button (on the left) to copy html embed code for the button.
You can use the Send Payment Request page to email custom payment requests directly to your customers.
Email To The email address to send the payment request to.
Amount The amount of the payment that you are requesting.
Customer Name Optionally enter the customer's name to personalize the email.
Custom Fields The custom fields that display in the payment request email are inherited from the custom fields that you add on to the HPP on the Design tab.
You can specify values for each field, or delete fields that you do not want to include in the request.
When you're finished, click the Send Payment Request button to send the payment request email to the address that you specified.
The Auto Notifications section allows you to send custom email receipts to your customers for each transaction. To enable email receipts, select the Always send to customers checkbox.
"From" Email Name: The name that will appear in the From field of the email.
"From" Email Address: The email address that the email be sent from.
"To" Email Address: The email address that will receive each email notification per each transaction.
Return to Website URL: This adds a "Return to Homepage" button to your confirmation page.
Webhook URL (optional): Provides other applications with real-time information (approved payments only) from your HPP.
To view your transaction history, navigate to the Transactions tab. This page displays information for all transactions processed using your HPP.
You can sort each column by ascending or descending order by clicking the header label for a column.
Click the pencil icon in the row for the transaction.
A pop-up displays the Void and Refund buttons as well as the transaction details.
Click Void to void the transaction, or click Refund to refund the transaction.
To search for a particular transaction, use the search bar and enter any qualifying information about the transaction. You can also filter transactions based on dates using the Filter by Date block.
To export transactions, for bookkeeping purposes or general reporting, click the Export to CSV button. An Excel spreadsheet with records of each transaction will download.
The Users tab contains a list of all HPP users for your account, including their username, first and last name, email address and access level (L=Limited User or S=Super User). Only Super Users have access to the Users tab.
The main difference between a Limited User and a Super User is that Limited Users do not have access to the Users tab or Setup tab. Super Users dictate if a Limited User has access to the Setup, Design, and Connect tabs. When creating a Limited User, check the box next to the tab you would like an individual to have access to.
Select a Permission. If selecting a Limited User, check the tabs that you would like the user to have access to.
You can edit a particular user from the Users tab clicking the pencil icon or delete a user via the trash can icon.
If you have access to the Setup tab, you can configure advanced settings and features for your HPP.
The Setup tab provides access to the following pages.
Upload your Company Logo by clicking Upload Logo.
Company name Your Company Name as you want it to display on the page that customers see.
Merchant ID As provided in in the email sent after you sign-up.
To add multiple merchant IDs, click the plus sign adjacent to the Merchant ID field.
Username/Password As provided in in the email sent after you sign-up.
Gateway URL* As provided in in the email sent after you sign-up.
Authorize & Capture: This checks that the payment information valid (authorizes) and initiates the transfer of funds (captures) from the customer's bank to your account.
Authorize Only: This checks that the payment information valid.
Authorize Only - $1: This checks that the payment information valid and confirms that at least $1 is available in the account.
Test Mode (Sandbox): This option allows to test out your page, without making public to your clients.
Live: Choose this when you are ready to make your HPP public. Note that you will require different credentials than your test credentials provided when you signed up. You can reach out to CardPointe Support for this information when are ready.
Accepted card types Select the credit card brands that you accept.
Allow customers to store cards on file Select whether or not you want customers to have the option to create a profile to store their billing information. This option must be set to Yes if you want to enable Recurring Billing.
Allow payment links to be encrypted Select whether or not you want to encrypt the payment form URL that you send, so that the payment request details cannot be modified.
For Checks, select whether or not you accept E-Check (ACH) payments.
Max Declined Payments The number of declined payments a customer can attempt.
Velocity Attack Threshold The number of transactions a customer can make (failed or successful) within 30 minutes to prevent velocity attacks.
Velocity Attack Threshold Method The method for monitoring velocity to prevent a velocity attack. You can monitor velocity based on the customer's IP address, or based on the number of all transactions regardless of the source IP address.
Min Payment Amount The minimum amount that a customer can spend before a payment is accepted.
Set this value to $0.00 to not enforce a minimum amount.
Max Payment Amount The maximum amount your customer can spend on a single payment.
Set this value to $0.00 to not enforce a maximum amount.
Recurring Billing Plans allow you to setup payment plans for your customers.
A customer login allows customers to manage cards on file and see billing history. When recurring billing is enabled and plans have been created, a drop-down of the existing plans will display on the HPP for the customer to choose from.
On the Payment Type page, ensure that Allow customers to store cards on file is set to Yes.
On the Recurring Billing Plans page, set Allow recurring Billing to Yes.
On the Recurring Billing Plans page, click Add New Plan or click the Edit button on an existing plan.
Bill Every The frequency the customer will be billed.
# of Payments: The plan will bill for the specified number of payments, and then stop.
Canceled: The plan will continue to bill until it is canceled.
Plan Amount The amount included on each bill.
If you select the Customer Specified Amount option, then the customer can specify the payment amount in the HPP.
Scheduled Billing day This option only displays if you chose If you chose Month(s) for the Bill Every field. This field sets the day of the month the bill will be sent.
Enter the day of the month to bill the customer. if you leave this field blank, then the bill will be sent monthly on the same day as the original bill.
Click the Billing Schedule Preview to review the plan.
Close the window. The plan automatically saves.
Set the Make line items selectable option to Yes to allow your customers to select which line items on an invoice they pay for. If this option is set to No, the customer can only pay the amount on the bill and for a specific line item.
When you Design the payment page for your clients, you have the option to pre-populate some fields. You might want to hide these pre-populated fields from the payment page to make the page simpler and easier to understand for your customer.
To hide these, set the Hide pre-populated fields option to Yes. By default, this option is set to No.
For questions or support for your HPP, contact our CardPointe Support team by email at cardpointesupport@cardconnect.com or by phone at 877.828.0720 > option 1 > option 1.
Have questions about our Hosted Payment Page solution? We have answers! Select a question below for more information.
A hosted payments page (HPP) is a secure checkout page that captures payment information from a merchant's customers. It often includes a 'Pay/Buy' button or a 'Donate' button that allows users to make payments to the merchant.
Why do I need a HPP?
If you would like to accept payments online, our HPP could be the solution for you. The HPP is a simple, customizable page for your customers to enter their payment information.
Using a third party gateway, like CardConnect, to host your payments page lowers the potential for fraud, maintains PCI compliance, and reduces your exposure for PCI requirements.
The CardPointe HPP accepts credit cards and eChecks.
Do I need a programmer to implement CardPointe HPP?
Not at all! Rather than receiving a long, technical document to hand-off to a programmer to develop, CardPointe HPP's design engine allows you to design an online, custom pay page in minutes. You can easily upload your logo, choose colors, fonts, layout and add custom fields -- all without a programmer.
Check out the Design your HPP section of the CardPointe HPP guide to see what you can do!
How do I set up a HPP?
First, you'll need to let us know that you're interested in using the HPP. You can contact us by filling out this form.
From there, we will send you the information you need to setup your HPP. Full details for setting up and customizing your own page can be found in the complete guide, CardPointe HPP.
How do I make changes to the HPP once it is set up?
Simply contact CardPointe Support (cardpointesupport@cardconnect.com | 877.828.0720 opt 1 > opt 1) to make any desired changes.
Are transactions processed by the HPP accounted for in CardPointe?
Yes, transactional date from CardPointe HPP is included in the CardPointe Platform -- with up to 10 custom fields that assist you in reporting and reconciliation.
How do I connect the HPP to my website or invoicing system?
When you save your design and custom payment buttons, the HTML code for you HPP is displayed. Simply paste the HTML code into your website and the insert the payment button code on your invoices.
What are some examples of custom fields I can add to a form?
We also have a drop-down form builder, so you may add options for billing or service locations. For example, you can add and track payments by store locations, a region or by the name of a service provider. These custom fields are sent directly into CardPointe.
Does the HPP work on mobile devices?
Yes! CardPointe HPP is a mobile responsive form, meaning the page automatically adjusts if the customer is using a phone or a tablet.
Notifications and web hooks - what are the options and how do I use them?
When a transaction occurs, CardPointe HPP can send an email to a user at your company which contains the details of the transaction. Web hooks allow the transaction data to feed other systems, such as your accounting or billing system, saving your staff time on data entry and improving reconciliation with CardPointe. Once a payment is received, email notifications are sent and web hooks can be triggered.
Can I pass my own custom fields into CardPointe HPP?
Yes. If you have custom data that you want to make sure is tied to a transaction, you can create hidden fields in CardPointe HPP, and those fields can then be "saved" with the payment made by the consumer. If you use our web hook service, which uses JSON, the hidden fields will be passed back with an approved transaction, so you can use them and correlate them to the payment that was just approved.
If I already have paid a programmer for my current HPP, why would I change to CardPointe HPP?
There are benefits of not having a programmer to design your payment page. For example, you can make changes quickly and directly to your HPP, saving you time and money. You have complete control over the look and feel of your HPP, and can change or update it at any time.
What is the cost of the HPP?
If you are a gateway customer of CardConnect, it is included in your monthly gateway fee.
What if I want to integrate CardPointe HPP into my enterprise systems (Oracle, SAP, etc.) or need functionality that may not exist in the current HPP?
Our preferred partner, CoreCommerce, offers a robust eCommerce solution that provides business owners with the ability to create and manage online stores — complete with custom features and dedicated customer support.
Reach out to CardPointe Support (cardpointesupport@cardconnect.com | 877.828.0720 opt 1 > opt 1) to learn more!


Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2003 Sep;67(9):617-24.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program: 35 years of birth defects surveillance at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Correa-Villaseñor A1, Cragan J, Kucik J, O'Leary L, Siffel C, Williams L.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program (MACDP) is a population-based birth defects surveillance program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that has been collecting, analyzing, and interpreting birth defects surveillance data since 1967. This paper presents an overview of MACDP current methods and accomplishments over the past 35 years.
MACDP actively monitors major birth defects among infants born to residents of five counties of metropolitan Atlanta, an area with approximately 50,000 annual births. Cases are ascertained from multiple sources, coded using a modified British Pediatric Association six-digit code, and reviewed and classified by clinical geneticists.
MACDP has monitored trends in birth defects rates and has served as a case registry for descriptive, risk factor, and prognostic studies of birth defects, including studies of Agent Orange exposure among Vietnam War veterans, maternal use of multivitamins, diabetes, febrile illnesses, and survival of children with neural tube defects. MACDP has served as a data source for one of the centers participating in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, and for developing and evaluating neural tube defects prevention strategies related to the periconceptional use of folic acid supplements.
Since its inception, MACDP has served as a resource for the development of uniform methods and approaches to birth defect surveillance across the United States and in many other countries, monitoring birth defects rates, and as a case registry for various descriptive, etiologic, and survival studies of birth defects. MACDP has also served as a training ground for a large number of professionals active in birth defects epidemiology.


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139.44(9) (9) Unpaid taxes bear interest at the rate of 12 percent per year from the due date of the return until paid or deposited with the department, and all refunded taxes bear interest at the rate of 3 percent per year from the due date of the return to the date on which the refund is certified on the refund rolls.
139.44(10) (10) All nondelinquent payments of additional amounts owed shall be applied in the following order: penalties, interest, tax principal.
139.44(11) (11) Delinquent cigarette taxes bear interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month until paid. The taxes imposed by this subchapter shall become delinquent if not paid:
139.44(11)(a) (a) In the case of a timely filed return, no return filed or a late return, on or before the due date of the return; or
139.44(11)(b) (b) In the case of a deficiency determination of taxes, within 2 months after the date of demand.
139.44(12) (12) If due to neglect an incorrect return is filed, the entire tax finally determined is subject to a penalty of 25 percent of the tax exclusive of interest or other penalty. A person filing an incorrect return has the burden of proving that the error or errors were due to good cause and not due to neglect.
139.44 History History: 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 63; 1985 a. 302; 1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 31; 1993 a. 16; 1997 a. 27, 283; 2001 a. 109; 2013 a. 20.
139.45 139.45 Prosecutions by attorney general. Upon request by the secretary of revenue, the attorney general may represent this state or assist a district attorney in prosecuting any case arising under this subchapter or under ss. 134.65 and 134.66. The attorney general may take any action necessary to enforce s. 139.345.
139.45 History History: 1985 a. 302; 2005 a. 25.
139.46 139.46 Lists. The department shall compile and maintain a list of direct marketers who have complied with the requirements of s. 139.345 and a list of direct marketers who the department knows have not complied with such requirements. The department shall provide copies of the lists described under this section to the attorney general and to each person who delivers cigarettes to consumers in this state that are sold by direct marketing under s. 139.345.
139.46 History History: 2005 a. 25.
subch. III of ch. 139 SUBCHAPTER III
TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX
Subch. III of ch. 139 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also s. Tax 9.69, Wis. adm. code.
139.75 139.75 Definitions. In this subchapter:
139.75(1) (1) "Business" means any trade, occupation, activity or enterprise engaged in for the purpose of selling or distributing tobacco products or vapor products in this state.
139.75(2) (2) "Consumer" means any person who has title to or possession of tobacco products or vapor products in storage for use or other consumption in this state.
139.75(3) (3) "Department" means the department of revenue.
139.75(4) (4) "Distributor" means:
139.75(4)(a) (a) Any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products or vapor products in this state who brings, or causes to be brought, into this state from outside the state any tobacco products or vapor products for sale;
139.75(4)(b) (b) Any person who makes, manufactures or fabricates tobacco products or vapor products in this state for sale in this state; or
139.75(4)(c) (c) Any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products or vapor products outside this state who ships or transports tobacco products [or vapor products] to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers.
139.75 Note NOTE: A missing phrase is shown in brackets. Corrective legislation is pending.
139.75(4d) (4d) "Enrolled member" has the meaning given in s. 139.30 (4).
139.75(4m) (4m) "File" means mail or deliver a document that the department prescribes to the department or, if the department prescribes another method of submitting or another destination, use that other method or submit to that other destination.
139.75(4p) (4p) "Indian tribe" has the meaning given in s. 139.30 (5).
139.75(5) (5) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures and sells tobacco products or vapor products.
139.75(5d) (5d) "Moist snuff" means any finely cut, ground, or powdered smokeless tobacco that is intended to be placed or dipped in the mouth.
139.75(5m) (5m) "Pay" means mail or deliver funds to the department or, if the department prescribes another method of submitting or another destination, use that other method or submit to that other destination.
139.75(5p) (5p) "Person" includes any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association. A single-owner entity that is disregarded as a separate entity under ch. 71 is disregarded as a separate entity for purposes of this subchapter.
139.75(6) (6) "Place of business" means any place where tobacco products or vapor products are sold, manufactured, stored or kept for the purpose of sale or consumption, including any vessel, vehicle, airplane, train or vending machine.
139.75(6m) (6m) "Reservation" has the meaning given in s. 139.30 (9).
139.75(7) (7) "Retail outlet" means each place of business from which tobacco products or vapor products are sold to consumers.
139.75(8) (8) "Retailer" means any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products or vapor products to ultimate consumers.
139.75(9) (9) "Sale" means any transfer, exchange or barter for a consideration. It includes a gift by a person engaged in the business of selling tobacco products or vapor products for advertising or as a means of evading this subchapter or for any other purpose, and it includes solicitation of orders for, and the sale for, future delivery.
139.75(9m) (9m) "Sign" has the meaning given in s. 139.01 (9m).
139.75(10) (10) "Storage" means any keeping or retention of tobacco products or vapor products for use or consumption in this state.
139.75(11) (11) "Subjobber" means any person, other than a manufacturer or distributor, who buys tobacco products or vapor products from a distributor and sells them to persons other than the ultimate consumers.
139.75(12) (12) "Tobacco products" means cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques; granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready-rubbed and other smoking tobacco; snuff, including moist snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine cut and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco and other kinds and forms of tobacco prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both for chewing and smoking; but "tobacco products" does not include cigarettes, as defined under s. 139.30 (1m).
139.75(12m) (12m) "Trust lands" has the meaning given in s. 139.30 (13m).
139.75(13) (13) "Use" means the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of tobacco products or vapor products.
139.75(14) (14) "Vapor product" means a noncombustible product that produces vapor or aerosol for inhalation from the application of a heating element, regardless of whether the liquid or other substance contains nicotine.
139.75 History History: 1981 c. 20; 1985 a. 302; 1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9; 2005 a. 25, 49; 2007 a. 20; 2015 a. 216; 2019 a. 9.
139.76 139.76 Imposition; exceptions.
139.76(1)(1) An excise tax is imposed upon the sale, offering or exposing for sale, possession with intent to sell or removal for consumption or sale or other disposition for any purpose of tobacco products by any person engaged as a distributor of them at the rate, for tobacco products, not including moist snuff and vapor products, of 71 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products and, for moist snuff, at the rate of 100 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products. The tax imposed under this subsection on cigars shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 cents for each cigar. On products imported from another country, not including moist snuff and vapor products, the rate of tax is 71 percent of the amount obtained by adding the manufacturer's list price to the federal tax, duties and transportation costs to the United States. On moist snuff imported from another country, the rate of the tax is 100 percent of the amount obtained by adding the manufacturer's list price to the federal tax, duties, and transportation costs to the United States. The tax attaches at the time the tobacco products are received by the distributor in this state. The tax shall be passed on to the ultimate consumer of the tobacco products. All tobacco products received in this state for sale or distribution within this state, except tobacco products actually sold as provided in sub. (2), shall be subject to such tax.
139.76(1m) (1m) An excise tax is imposed upon the sale, offering or exposing for sale, possession with intent to sell or removal for consumption or sale or other disposition for any purpose of vapor products by any person engaged as a distributor of them at the rate of 5 cents per milliliter of the liquid or other substance based on the volume as listed by the manufacturer and at a proportionate rate for any other quantity or fractional part thereof. The tax attaches at the time the vapor products are received by the distributor in this state. The tax shall be passed on to the ultimate consumer of the vapor products. All vapor products received in this state for sale or distribution within this state, except those actually sold as provided in sub. (2), shall be subject to such tax.
139.76(2) (2) Tobacco products and vapor products sold to or by post exchanges of the U.S. armed forces, to or by federally operated veterans hospitals in this state, and tobacco products and vapor products sold to an interstate carrier of passengers for hire to be resold to bona fide passengers actually being transported and tobacco products and vapor products sold for shipment outside this state in interstate commerce are not subject to the tax.
139.76 History History: 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1989 a. 56; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 22; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28; 2019 a. 9.
139.76 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. Tax 9, Wis. adm. code.
139.77 139.77 Distributors, monthly returns.
139.77(1)(1) On or before the 15th day of each month, every distributor with a place of business in this state shall file a return showing the quantity, including milliliters in the case of a vapor product, and taxable price of each tobacco product or vapor product brought, or caused to be brought, into this state for sale; or made, manufactured or fabricated in this state for sale in this state, during the preceding month. Every distributor outside this state shall file a return showing the quantity, including milliliters in the case of a vapor product, and taxable price of each tobacco product or vapor product shipped or transported to retailers in this state to be sold by those retailers during the preceding month. At the time that the return is filed, the distributor shall pay the tax.
139.77(2) (2) As soon as practicable after any return is filed, the department shall examine each return and correct it, if necessary, according to its best judgment and information. If the department finds that any amount of tax is due from the taxpayer and unpaid, it shall notify the taxpayer of the deficiency, stating that it proposes to assess the amount due together with interest and penalties. If a deficiency disclosed by the department's examination cannot be allocated to one or more particular months, the department shall notify the taxpayer of the deficiency, stating its intention to assess the amount due for a given period without allocating it to any particular months.
139.77(3) (3) If, within 60 days after the department sends notice of the proposed assessment, the taxpayer files a protest to the proposed assessment and requests a hearing on it, the department shall give notice to the taxpayer of the time and place fixed for the hearing, shall hold a hearing on the protest, and shall issue a final assessment to the taxpayer for the amount found to be due as a result of the hearing. If the taxpayer does not file a protest within 60 days, the department shall issue a final assessment to the taxpayer. In any action or proceeding in respect to the proposed assessment, the taxpayer has the burden of establishing the incorrectness or invalidity of any final assessment made by the department.
139.77(4) (4) If any taxpayer required to file any return fails to do so within the time prescribed, the taxpayer shall, on the written demand of the department, file the return within 20 days after the department sends the demand and at the same time pay the tax due on its basis. If the taxpayer fails within that time to file the return, the department shall prepare the return from the department's own knowledge and from the information that the department obtains and on that basis shall assess a tax that the taxpayer shall pay within 10 days after the department sends to the taxpayer a written notice of the amount and a demand for its payment. In any action or proceeding in respect to the assessment, the taxpayer has the burden of establishing the incorrectness or invalidity of any return or assessment made by the department because of the failure of the taxpayer to make a return.
139.77(5) (5) All taxes are due not later than the 15th day of the month following the calendar month in which they were incurred.
139.77(7) (7) The department may recover the amount of any tax due and unpaid, interest and any penalty in a civil action. The collection of the tax, interest or penalty is not a bar to any prosecution under s. 139.85 (1).
139.77 History History: 1981 c. 20; 1985 a. 302; 1987 a. 399; 1991 a. 39; 1997 a. 27; 2017 a. 324; 2019 a. 9.
139.78 139.78 Use tax.
139.78(1)(1) A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of tobacco products in this state at the rate, for tobacco products, not including moist snuff and vapor products, of 71 percent of the cost of the tobacco products and, for moist snuff, at the rate of 100 percent of the manufacturer's established list price to distributors without diminution by volume or other discounts on domestic products. The tax imposed under this subsection on cigars shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 cents for each cigar. The tax does not apply if the tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1) on the tobacco products has been paid or if the tobacco products are exempt from the tobacco products tax under s. 139.76 (2).
139.78(1m) (1m) A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of vapor products in this state at the rate of 5 cents per milliliter of the liquid or other substance based on the volume as listed by the manufacturer and at a proportionate rate for any other quantity or fractional part thereof. The tax does not apply if the tax imposed by s. 139.76 (1m) on the vapor products has been paid or if the vapor products are exempt from the vapor products tax under s. 139.76 (2).
139.78(2) (2) On or before the 15th day of each month, every consumer who during the preceding month has acquired title to or possession for use or storage in this state of tobacco products or vapor products upon which the tax imposed by s. 139.76 has not been paid shall file a return showing the quantity of tobacco products and vapor products acquired. At the time when the return is filed, the consumer shall pay the tax.
139.78(3) (3) If any return is not filed within the time specified in this section, a penalty of 5 percent of the tax, with an additional 5 percent for each additional 30 days or fraction thereof up to a maximum of 25 percent is imposed, but the penalty for failing to file timely shall not be less than $10. The department may for good cause shown extend the time for filing the return without penalty.
139.78(4) (4) Sections 139.30 to 139.44 relating to enforcement of the excise tax imposed by s. 139.31 apply to enforcement of the use tax imposed by this section.
139.78 History History: 1981 c. 20; 1985 a. 332; 1987 a. 312 s. 17; 1991 a. 39; 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2007 a. 20; 2009 a. 28; 2019 a. 9.
139.79 139.79 Permits; distributor; subjobber.
139.79(1)(1) No person may engage in the business of a distributor or subjobber of tobacco products or vapor products at any place of business unless that person has filed an application for and obtained a permit from the department to engage in that business at such place.
139.79(2) (2) Section 139.34 (1) (b) to (f), (4) and (9) applies to the permits under this section.
139.79(3) (3) Any person holding a cigarette distributor permit under s. 139.34 may obtain a distributor permit under this section at no charge, and any person holding a cigarette jobber permit under s. 139.34 may obtain a subjobber permit under this section at no charge.
139.79 History History: 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 27; 1989 a. 56; 1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27; 2019 a. 9.
139.80 139.80 Refunds, credits. If tobacco products or vapor products upon which the tax has been reported and paid are shipped or transported by the distributor to consumers to be consumed outside the state or to retailers or subjobbers outside the state to be sold by those retailers or subjobbers outside the state or are returned to the manufacturer by the distributor or destroyed by the distributor, the tax may be refunded or credited to the distributor, as prescribed by the department. Any overpayment of the tax imposed under s. 139.78 may be refunded or credited to the taxpayer, as prescribed by the department.
139.80 History History: 1981 c. 20; 2019 a. 9.
139.801 139.801 Bad debt deductions.
139.801(1)(1) In this section, "bad debt" means an amount that is equal to the purchase price of tobacco products and vapor products, if such amount may be claimed as a deduction under section 166 of the Internal Revenue Code. "Bad debt" does not include financing charges, interest on the wholesale price of tobacco products and vapor products, uncollectible amounts on property that remains in the seller's possession until the full purchase price is paid, expenses incurred in attempting to collect any debt, debts sold or assigned to 3rd parties for collection, and repossessed property.
139.801(2) (2) A distributor who pays the taxes imposed under s. 139.76 may claim as a deduction on a return under s. 139.77 the amount of any such taxes that are attributable to bad debt that the distributor writes off as uncollectible in the distributor's books and records and that is eligible to be deducted as bad debt for federal income tax purposes, regardless of whether the distributor is required to file a federal income tax return. A distributor who claims a deduction under this section shall claim the deduction on the return under s. 139.77 that is submitted for the period in which the distributor writes off the amount of the deduction as uncollectible in the distributor's books and records and in which such amount is eligible to be deducted as bad debt for federal income tax purposes. If the distributor subsequently collects in whole or in part any bad debt for which a deduction is claimed under this section, the distributor shall include the amount collected in the return filed for the period in which the amount is collected and shall pay the tax with the return.
139.801(3) (3) A distributor who claims a deduction under this section shall submit with the return under sub. (2) all of the following:
139.801(3)(a) (a) A copy of the original invoice for the sale of tobacco products or vapor products that represents bad debt.
139.801(3)(b) (b) Evidence that the tobacco products or vapor products described in the invoice under par. (a) were delivered to the person who ordered them.
139.801(3)(c) (c) Evidence that the person who ordered and received the tobacco products or vapor products did not pay the distributor for them.
139.801(3)(d) (d) Evidence that the distributor used reasonable collection practices in attempting to collect the amount owed under par. (c).
139.801(4) (4) Any person who possesses tobacco products or vapor products for which the taxes imposed under this subchapter have not been paid and have been claimed as a deduction under this section shall file a report as prescribed by the department, pay the taxes imposed under this subchapter on tobacco products and vapor products, and be subject to this subchapter in the same manner as is provided for persons who hold valid permits under this subchapter.
139.801 History History: 2005 a. 25; 2019 a. 9.
139.802 139.802 Preferred claims. If the property of any purchaser of tobacco products or vapor products from any permittee under this subchapter is seized upon any intermediate or final process of any court in this state, or if the business of any purchaser of tobacco products or vapor products from any permittee under this subchapter is suspended by the action of creditors or put into the hands of any assignee, receiver, or trustee, all amounts that are due from the purchaser to any permittee for taxes imposed under this subchapter that the permittee has paid to the state for tobacco products or vapor products purchased from the permittee shall be considered preferred claims, and shall be paid in full, and the permittee shall be a preferred creditor.
139.803 139.803 Refunds to Indian tribes. The department may refund the taxes collected under s. 139.76 in respect to sales on reservations or trust lands of an Indian tribe to the tribal council of the tribe having jurisdiction over the reservation or trust land on which the sale is made only if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
139.803(1) (1) The tribal council has filed a claim for the refund with the department.
139.803(2) (2) The tribal council has approved the retailer.
139.803(3) (3) The land on which the sale occurred was designated a reservation or trust land on or before January 1, 1983, or on a later date as determined by an agreement between the department and the tribal council.
139.803(4) (4) The tobacco products or vapor products were not delivered by the retailer to the buyer by means of a common carrier, a contract carrier, or the U.S. postal service.
139.803(5) (5) The retailer has not sold the tobacco products or vapor products to another retailer or to a subjobber.
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Anthony Elliott
The first Grand Prize winner of the Emmanuel Feuermann Memorial International Cello Solo Competition, Anthony Elliott continues to garner critical acclaim for his performances as a concert cellist and soloist. Presently he is a Professor of Cello at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He has appeared as a soloist with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, and the CBC Toronto Orchestra, just to name a few. A number of his CD recordings are available at www.cdbaby.com, and his recent recording of the Complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations is available from Block M Records at ITunes.
He has appeared at major festivals including Sitka Summer Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Texas Music Festival, Musicorda, New York's Bargemusic Series, Chamber Music International of Dallas, Houston's DaCamera Series, the Victoria International Festival, Kent/Blossom Festival, Aria International Festival, and the Gateways Festival. Chamber music appearances have included collaborations with the present and former concertmasters of such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony.
Also an acclaimed conductor, he has conducted symphony, opera, choirs, ballet, and chamber orchestras. His multi-faceted career has taken him to 49 states, Canada, Japan, China, England, France, Holland, Germany, and Austria.
Cello students of Anthony Elliott hold prominent positions in major symphony orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, as well as the Chiara, Pacifica, Anderson, Jupiter, Degas, and DaPonte String Quartets. Many have won important competitions and awards, including the Avery Fisher Career Grant. He has given master classes at the Aspen School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Indiana University, Oberlin Conservatory, Peabody Conservatory, the Meadowmount School, and the Interlochen Arts Academy.
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(P) and © 2010 John Mellencamp. Under exclusive license to Rounder Records. Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc., 100 N. Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. All rights reserved, etc.
All Songs Written By John Mellencamp - Belmont Mall Publishing (ASCAP). All rights administered by EMI April Music, Inc.
Recorded In Savannah, Memphis, And San Antonio With 1 RCA 77 DX Microphone (Savannah & San Antonio) or 1 RCA 44 (Memphis)- Mono To An Ampex 601 ¼" Reel To Reel.
Mastering: Gavin Lurssen At Lurssen Mastering, Hollywood, CA.
June 19th, 2010 - Rounder Records will release No Better Than This, an album from John Mellencamp of all new original songs that was recorded at a variety of historically significant locations around the South. The album, set for release August 17, was produced by T Bone Burnett who earlier collaborated with Mellencamp on the much-lauded Life Death Love and Freedom. Time Magazine called it "his best in a decade" and Rolling Stone ranked it #5 in its listing of the 50 best albums of the year.
No Better Than This was recorded over the course of a few break days afforded Mellencamp when he was on a tour of minor league ball parks last year, sharing the bill with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. The album was recorded on vintage equipment – a 55 year-old Ampex tape recorder with just one microphone -- in Savannah at the First African Baptist Church, in Memphis at Sun Studios and in San Antonio in room 414 of the Gunter Hotel.
Mellencamp wrote the thirteen songs included on the album during a thirteen-day span last spring. "I was tightly focused," he related, "I got up every day and wrote and wrote and wrote." The songs reflect various American traditions including blues, folk, western, gospel, rockabilly and country and address such themes as the need for hope, the nature of relationship and narratives that recount extraordinary occurrences in everyday life.
The First African Baptist Church is the first Black church in North America dating to pre-revolutionary times. The original congregation and ministry were slaves; the church, in fact, provided sanctuary to runaways before emancipation. Mellencamp, who has a residence in the area, has long been familiar with the church and the role it played in the Savannah community. He and his wife Elaine were baptized there before the sessions commenced.
While Sun Studios actually is a working recording facility, its equipment has been updated since the days of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis so Mellencamp's team used the Ampex machine and established a makeshift recording booth in a construction shed in a vacant lot next door. Mellencamp and his musicians did, dutifully, arrange themselves on the studio floor in accordance with markings that had been laid down by Sam Phillips many years before for optimal presence.
Room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio is where Robert Johnson first recorded for Brunswick Records in November of 1936; Mellencamp's version of Johnson's "Stones In My Pass Way" was the first track on Trouble No More, an album of blues and folk songs released in 2003. The room has been carpeted in the intervening years so a hardwood floor was placed over the carpet to better approximate the ambience heard on Johnson's records. Mellencamp sang facing the corner of the room that Johnson had almost 74 years earlier.
After the sessions were completed, Burnett took the mono tapes back to Los Angeles and mastered them, per Mellencamp, "in a way that made them coherent." Sequencing of the album was accomplished by Burnett in a moment that could be likened to an epiphany. Mellencamp was present when his producer recited the running order of all 13 songs in a moment of inspired spontaneity.
Following the release of No Better Than This, Mellencamp and his band will embark on a lengthy tour of theaters throughout North America that will get underway in October and continue into the late spring of 2011. These performance dates will include a showing of It's About You, a film that Kurt Markus made during the album sessions and while Mellencamp was on tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. The concerts will showcase Mellencamp's music in the context of a small group as well as discreet solo acoustic and full rock band segments, reflecting the range of approaches heard on the new album.


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I recently wrote a post about the fact that community management comes with a new kind of stress.
It's a different type of stress that many of us have not experienced in previous positions. There were quite a few interesting comments on that post and all were empathetic.
That brings me to this. Today I received an e-mail from a user who called me the "n-word." But it wasn't just the n-word. After that, came the "b-word." I guess she was trying to kill two birds with one stone. I am not blogging about this for sympathy because I don't need it. I don't need it because I give her words no power.
I'm blogging about this because it further indicates how far people will go under the cloak of anonymity. It also gives me the fuel to keep building my community because there are people out there, like this woman (who is masquerading as a man in the e-mail) who desperately want to see it fail and live to wreak havoc on the members who make it a good place.
Am I a little miffed? Somewhat. But, I'm more annoyed than anything. That isn't something you expect to have to deal with or see, particularly in the workplace. But, life goes on, and I'll continue to do what I do, and do it well.
Flickr community manager Heather Champ got it right when she said this: Being a community manager is like being a pinata. People beat you with sticks and you still have to give them candy.
Engaging users at all costs. How much is too much?
It's no secret that I believe strongly in taking time to engage your users in numerous ways.
From initiating small talk, to offering simple suggestions or a quick "kudos" and the occasional: "Have a great weekend," the community looks for your feedback and values it a great deal.
So, in my quest to engage engage engage, I believe I found my personal limit.
It happened last night during the Vice-Presidential debate.
After hosting a successful live blog during the Presidential debate last Friday, I promised another one for the VP debate and promoted it much of the day.
What I didn't realize is how much other interactivity I would be pulled into and how it would affect me overall.
At any rate, everything turned out fine and people really enjoyed the blog, but I was a tad bit frazzled by the end and probably missed a great deal of the debate. Even the most skilled multi-taskers can't catch everything.
So the point here is that we have to realize that we are not super-human and that it doesn't take three simultaneous messaging platforms to be a good community manager.
What makes us good is the ability to be there for our community and provide experiences they will enjoy and want to experience over and over again.