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An open letter: AIDS 2020 Conference Coordinating Committee
// Policy & Politics
We are proud of the communities we are – people living with HIV; men who have sex with men, transgender people, and other LGBTQI people; racial and ethnic minorities, indigenous people, immigrants and refugees; sex workers and people who inject drugs. We are scientists, clinicians and community advocates. We represent an international community, a United States and other countries around the globe that are resisting divisive politics and united in this historic and collective fight to end the HIV epidemic. Within the United States, we represent Oakland, San Francisco, southern states and major cities across the nation. In this capacity, we are honored to assume the responsibility as the leadership body of the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020) and take on the role of the Conference Coordinating Committee (CCC).
In just under two years, our HIV community will gather in Oakland and San Francisco for AIDS 2020 which comes at a critical moment in the global fight against HIV. Moreover, this conference is occurring at a critical point in the history of the host country, the United States. Never has it been more important to make our collective voices heard.
With great challenge comes great opportunity. We know from experience that the conference has the power to unite diverse voices to confront harmful policies and draw international attention and resources to ending the epidemic. We came together in Vancouver in 1996 to usher in the HAART era. We came together in 2000 to face AIDS denialism in South Africa. Now, the selection of the US is giving us the opportunity to stand up and seize this moment – and leverage this powerful platform – as a united community and to drive meaningful change.
We had broad community support from organizations and persons living with HIV in San Francisco and Oakland to hold the meeting in the Bay Area. Moreover, key political leaders in California all committed their support to AIDS 2020. We believe in this opportunity so much that we are committing our time over the next two years to fulfil important roles within the AIDS 2020 CCC and to make this committee one that is responsive to the needs of all people living with and at-risk for HIV.
In assuming our roles on the CCC, we commit to planning an impactful AIDS 2020 agenda that allows us to celebrate and learn from our successes while constantly pushing for advances in science, programs and policy. Over the coming months, we will be seeking your input, and working closely with the International AIDS Society and partners to ensure that the conference is as accessible as possible to all who wish to attend. We are committed to a global gathering that gives a voice to all communities, shares solutions, and advances the conversation to end this epidemic.
We are excited to head to the Bay Area of California, a part of the world deeply entwined with the history of the global AIDS response – an international hub of both activism and science. The Bay Area has been at the forefront of advances from basic science to treatment and prevention breakthroughs and has been at the frontlines of advocacy, fighting back against unacceptable policies. Through the unique partnership of Oakland and San Francisco we can show two sides of the same coin—the successes that San Francisco has had and the struggles that Oakland is still facing.
Every host city or country comes with its own immigration challenges and we recognize the specific challenges we will face in the US. However, strong political commitment is the backbone of a meaningful and impactful conference. It was the unparalleled political leadership demonstrated by the State of California that helped secure the bid. California, and Oakland and San Francisco in particular, have a long history of resisting unjust policies, including immigration reform and refugee quotas.
With the selection of the Bay Area for AIDS 2020, we have the chance to elevate US and global HIV concerns on to the national and international stage. That includes shining a spotlight on and working to reform unjust policies that restrict entry into the US and other countries and perpetuate a climate of stigma and fear. This is a rare moment to put HIV and those most affected, including people of color, minorities and the economically disadvantaged, at the center of political discussion. It won't be easy, but we will rise to the challenge and work together – as we always have – on fighting prejudice, racism, sexism and isolationism wherever it happens
While we recognize that we take different approaches to achieve the same goal, what has fundamentally made our community strong was the mutual underlying respect for one another. We are all fighting the same fight against HIV and we look forward to joining forces as the AIDS 2020 CCC to do this together.
The AIDS 2020 Co-chairs
Anton Pozniak, International Chair
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust
Cynthia Carey-Grant, Local Co-chair, Oakland
formerly Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
Monica Gandhi, Local Co-chair, San Francisco
Signed by your AIDS 2020 CCC members:
Adeeba Kamarulzaman
University of Malaya
Andrew Ball
Beatriz Grinsztejn
Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Disease – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Carole Treston
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Chris Beyrer
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Erika Castellanos
Global Action for Trans Equality
Hyman Scott
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Javier Bellocq
The Global Network of People Living with HIV
Jintanat Ananworanich
Military HIV Research Program
Joe Hollendoner
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Judith Auerbach
Steffanie Strathdee
Kathie Hiers
AIDS Alabama
Kevin Osborne
International AIDS Society
Mandeep Dhaliwal
Manuel Venegas
Marama Mullen
International Community of Women Living with HIV
Marina Klein
McGill University Health Care
Mary Ann Torres
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations
Midnight Poonkasetwattana
Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health
Morten Ussing
The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS
Shannon Kowalski
International Women's Health Coalition
Trevor Stratton
International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Community
Vuyiseka Dubula
Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management, Stellenbosch University
Posted on October 23, 2018 February 24, 2019 Author Eliza WeeCategories Policy & Politics
The AIDS 2020 Town Halls are open to the public. They are an opportunity for anyone with questions or concerns about the 23rd International AIDS Conference and to learn more about conference structure, history, and planning. Read more
Local Planning Group Co-Chairs Elected
The Steering Committee is excited to announce the election of Dr. Larkin Callaghan and Rev. Rob Newells as Co-Chairs of the AIDS 2020 Local Planning Group. Read more
We are proud of the communities we are. In just under two years, our HIV community will gather in Oakland and San Francisco for AIDS 2020 which comes at a critical moment in the global fight against HIV. Read more
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The Frederator Studios Blog: The Teenage Roblog.
There is some unbelievably cool stuff going on out there on the internet, and luckily, some of it's happening to Frederator productions. Over at the blog for My Life as a Teenage Robot (aka The Teenage Roblog), webmaster XJWriter has been posting some of the neatest fan art in creation. Today's crossover for The Powerpuff Girls (developed by yours truly back in the day) and MLaaTR particularly caught my eye. MLaaTR creator Rob Renzetti was a prime mover on Craig McCraken's show, so it's particularly satisfying to see the fans loving them both.


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In this module, you will introduced to Azure Backup. Azure Backup can be used to backup and restore your virtual machines. You will also learn about Azure to Azure replication. This will enable you to replicate virtual machines from one Azure region to another Azure region. This will protect against regional outages.
Use Azure Backup for virtual machines, and migrate virtual machines from one Azure region to another.
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How Retailers Are Coping with Construction and Labor Woes
Supply chain, permitting, and labor woes continue to hinder pipelines
By Steve Manning
After T-Mobile finalized its acquisition of Sprint in the spring of 2020, it converted 5,800 Sprint retail stores that summer. It was an impressive undertaking—especially given certain world-changing events occurring at the same time—and it was only the beginning of an even larger one. T-Mobile has spent the last two years going down to the studs and rebuilding those stores, integrating its own design and technology.
While the telecom giant is making steady progress, it's nonetheless suffered the gamut of issues hindering retailers in this late stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. "Between supply chain and labor and inflation, we've had to manage through it," said Jim Arca, T-Mobile's Director of Construction. "It's one roadblock or another that's been thrown out in front of us."
What are the forces hindering store development today? How are companies dealing with them? To answer these questions, we spoke with Arca and John Morris, President of The Beam Team, a full-service general contractor.
Unpacking the Red Tape
One of the most nettlesome challenges retailers face is ongoing delays in permitting processes. The product of staffing shortages, remote work, and the virus itself interrupting already lengthy bureaucratic timelines, these delays can set projects back by months or longer. "We've had some jobs where it was a misspelling on the address or something like that, and then they have to go literally start over the process because of one little clerical error that occurred," Morris said.
The delays may be getting shorter, but even short delays can wreak havoc. At T-Mobile, Arca saw an average permitting lead time of eight weeks reach 10 weeks, then as high as 14 weeks during the Omicron surge. "At the beginning of the year, we really weren't getting permits," he said. "It was taking 13, 14 weeks. We've seen that drop back now to where on average it's around 12 weeks, but we've never planned for that long in our timeline."
To mitigate these interruptions, The Beam Team created a new position managing its permitting processes across the country. "It helps a lot," Morris said, especially when it comes to competing against local contractors who enjoy a more familiar rapport with their local officials. "They [new role] kind of coach our field staff who might be dealing directly with somebody at the office, and just how you deal with permitting folks and get things done. We definitely felt it was worth the investment."
Surviving Supply Chain Delays
Effective management of supply chain delays, much like effective management of the permitting process, requires coordination, communication, and foresight. Morris spoke to the need to make sure orders are clear and correct before they're sent out, while stressing the importance of backup plans and secondary providers—especially, Arca added, for mission-critical materials.
Transparency with vendors is essential to dealing with unforeseen externalities, like staffing shortages on the shipping side. "What we're finding a lot is it's not that the materials are missing, it's the drivers to get the materials there," Morris said. "Just providing a lot of transparency and communication as to what the expectations are on delivery times and stuff like that is key."
"Labor Availability is Terrible"
Labor issues continue to plague every level of the development pipeline. One counterintuitive problem Arca described is a raft of contractors filing for bankruptcy: even though there's no shortage of work available, firms that didn't prepare themselves for slowdowns earlier in the pandemic found their employees leaving for other work. "It's created a bit of an issue, where projects that normally take eight weeks have gone 10, 12, 14 weeks because our GCs are not there doing the work," he explained. "Those that self-perform more work, and took advantage of the government programs, and kept their payrolls, and kept the people employed are in better position than those that probably didn't take advantage of all those opportunities."
Morris was able to put the impact of higher labor costs in perspective with some statistics. Over a 12-month period, average pay rates for equivalent positions increased 6.3 percent, while temporary labor rates have increased 5 to 30 percent, depending on the area. Workers comp insurance went up more than 20 percent and health insurance has increased 12 percent. Overall, recruiting expenses have increased by over 200 percent.
He explained that at The Beam Team, they've discovered one shocking secret to withstanding the effects of the labor crisis: being good to work with. "We pay on time. We work really well with our contractor partners. That's important now, as things are moving so quickly—there are a lot of contractors that are tracking down their payments and things like that… We've seen good loyalty back from what we've provided over the years."
"Just be good partners," he continued. "Offer a lot of transparency. They're experiencing the same things we are with cost increases, so we're trying our best to be a partner and share in those cost increases with them."
Investing in the Long Term
Internal hiring remains challenging as well. Even when a company manages to staff up, it might find itself burdened with untrained workers eager to leave at the earliest opportunity. "There's a lot more people getting into this industry, because it's a hot industry and there are high-paying jobs," Morris explained. "And as they jump from job to job, they typically will find themselves getting pay raises because employers are trying to steal people."
T-Mobile Internship Program
At the same time, he warned that employers who lure away their competitors' employees end up shooting themselves in the foot. "If you're an employer, and you're trying to steal some people, you may throw some dollars at them," he said. "But if your company doesn't have a good culture and you don't have good training, then these will be short-term employees. That word gets around. So I think people got over that pretty quick—you could go make some more money somewhere else, but it doesn't equal happiness and job satisfaction. It doesn't equal long-term career growth. So that's what we try and focus on."
T-Mobile is especially interested in its employees' long-term career growth. Recalling the rigorous training program he went through earlier in his career, at ExxonMobil, Arca lamented the dearth of comparable programs today. "When you talk to the schools that have construction management programs, they don't ever talk about the retail side of it," he said. "They always talk about the general construction side of it, the industrial side of it, the commercial side of it, never the retail side."
To remedy this, T-Mobile launched an internship program for students pursuing construction management degrees. "There's a need for it and not a supply," he said. "One of the things that I truly want to advocate is to spend more time trying to bring on more subject matter experts, through school, and then teach them more and mentor them in this space. Because there are truly not enough of them."
Steve Manning
Steve Manning is a journalist based in Idaho. When he's not writing, he can usually be found at the theater or taking his dog on a hike. If he could only go to one restaurant for the rest of his life, it would be Al's Place in San Francisco.
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Q: PHP - how to use locks for synchronisation? I have a MySQL database and an online website (with PHP running on the backend).
If user A sends money to B, but B sends money to A in the same time, there is a race condition.
There are several other more complicated race conditions than just sending money (e.g. trading several items simultaneously for several other items - each item corresponding to a row in a MySQL table).
In PHP, is there a global lock I can use which I can refer to by a user's ID?
Pseudo code of what I want:
lock_acquire($user_A->id);
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Is there such a function in PHP?
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Super Chikan at Meisenfrei, Bremen DE on 2016-03-16, unfortunately without the amazing LaLa Craig.
James "Super Chikan" Johnson (born February 16, 1951, Darling, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues musician, based in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He spent his childhood moving from town to town in the Mississippi Delta and working on his family's farms. He was fond of the chickens on the farm, and before he was old enough to work in the fields, he would walk around talking to them. This led his friends to give him the nickname "Chikan Boy". At an early age, Johnson got his first rudimentary musical instrument, a diddley bow. As he grew up, he came up with new ways to improve and vary the sounds he could make with it, and in 1964, at the age of thirteen, he bought his first guitar, an acoustic model that had only two strings, from a Salvation Army store in Clarksdale. As an adult, Super Chikan began driving a truck for a living. During the long stretches on the road, he began composing his own songs. When he showed some of the songs to his friends, they convinced him to go to a recording studio and record them. He then started playing with some renowned local musicians, but he decided he would rather perform on his own than try to conform his style to that of his bandmates. He did so, and in 1997 he released his debut album "Blues Come Home to Roost" influenced by such musicians as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and Chuck Berry. He is best known for performing regularly at Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero blues club and for being Freeman's favorite blues performer.
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Over 400 Canadians Have Been Hospitalized From The H1N1 Virus This Flu Season
The H1N1 flu virus has hit hard this year and over 400 Canadians have been hospitalized.
The swine flu influenza has resurfaced in Canada and it's hitting hard this year. Over 400 Canadians have already been hospitalized from the H1N1 virus this flu season and 24 people have even died from influenza. The Government of Canada confirmed that the virus is back and is highly prominent this time.
READ ALSO: Government Reports Confirm H1N1 Flu Virus Is Back And Here's Where It's Hitting Canada The Hardest
This flu season, there have been 414 hospitalizations due to influenza, which includes 71 intensive care unit admissions, CTV News reports. According to the recent government data, those numbers are over double last year's figures.
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It's been ten years since the H1N1 strand of the flu virus was significantly problematic in the nation. It caused a major pandemic back in 2009. The particular strand of H1N1 hitting Canadians this year is similar to the problematic thread in 2009.
It has been several years since this particular H1N1 strand has affected Canadians, but the Public Health Agency of Canada warns Canadians that were previously infected that they most likely won't have immunity to it anymore and could be hit again by the virus.
Via The Government of Canada
"The severe illness that we're seeing is unexpected, and to be honest, unprecedented from previous years," Dr. Tanya Holt, head of pediatric intensive care at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, told CTV News. "We're seeing more admissions to the intensive care unit and what we know is that the kids that have been admitted to the ICU, none of them have had the vaccine."
With the high number of hospitalizations due to the H1N1 flu virus this season, Canadian hospitals have been feeling the pressure. "We've almost had a doubling of presentations to the emergency department and that's caused… prolonged wait times for patients who are coming for evaluation," Dr. Harley Eisman, medical director of the hospital's pediatric emergency service, told CTV News.
"Our peak numbers have been over 300 patients a day. (The) sweet spot for an emergency like ours is about 200 patients a day, so we've really seen an increase in volumes," he added.
The Public Health Agency of Canada's data reveals that the flu season hasn't even peaked yet, despite the virus hitting many Canadians hard. This means that more people will be prone to the H1N1 flu in the coming weeks.
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, advises Canadians to get vaccinated. "This particular virus is a match to the strain contained in this year's influenza vaccine," she told CTV News. "I do encourage Canadians over the age of six months to get the vaccine. It's not too late".
How can you detect the H1N1 virus? Symptoms are often similar to what you normally experience with other flu viruses. You could get hit with a fever and muscle pain, as well as experiencing other typical cold symptoms like headaches, a cough, a sore throat, nausea, and a stuffy nose. The Canadian government recommends seeking medical attention if flu symptoms get worse.


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Intuit QuickBooks Payroll
QuickBooks Payroll provides the tools you need to manage your company's payroll tasks in an easy-to-use website, but it lacks functionality and flexibility found in competing services.
byKathy Yakal Aug 18, 2020
US Street Price $39.00
Clean, simple user interface
Accelerated setup
Smooth payroll process
Automatic payroll
Deep integration with QuickBooks Online
TSheets integration
New HR support from third-party providers
Slim employee portals
Online help files not focused enough
Extra charge for 1099s
Mobile apps don't replicate desktop experience
As you might expect, QuickBooks Payroll integrates with QuickBooks Online exceptionally well, but it can also be used as a standalone payroll-processing service. In fact, no other product offers such a successful partnership between accounting and payroll. QuickBooks Payroll has added new features and functionality in the last year, including auto-payroll, seamless TSheets integration, an accelerated setup process, and robust HR tools through third-party providers. Like other Intuit products, QuickBooks Payroll offers a simple, understandable user experience. But it lacks the flexibility and depth of some of its competitors, most notably Gusto and OnPay, our Editors' Choices this year.
QuickBooks Payroll Pricing
Intuit has altered its lineup since we last reviewed its payroll sites: There are now three subscription levels rather than two. Here we review QuickBooks Payroll Core, the least-expensive version of QuickBooks Payroll, at $45 per month plus $4 per employee per month. Its primary features include unlimited payroll runs, automated payroll taxes and filings, garnishments and deductions, and reports.
QuickBooks Payroll Premium ($75 per month plus $8 per employee per month) adds same-day direct deposit, workers' comp administration, remote time-tracking, expert setup review, and the HR Support Center. For $125 per month plus $10 per employee per month, you can subscribe to QuickBooks Payroll Elite, which includes 24/7 expert product support and "white glove" customized setup. It also offers a personal HR advisor, remote project tracking, and Tax Penalty Protection. Intuit is currently running a promotion on all of its payroll subscriptions; the base price is 50 percent off for three months. There's also a 30-day free trial.
QuickBooks Payroll is roughly comparable to Gusto when you consider the differences in base and per-employee charges. But it's more expensive than OnPay, which costs $36 per month plus $4 per employee per month with no add-on charges (QuickBooks Payroll charges for 1099s). QuickBooks is pricier than Patriot Software ($30 per month plus $4 per employee per month) but less expensive than the new Hourly, which is the most expensive payroll solution we reviewed ($80 per month plus $14 per month per active user).
Early Assistance With QuickBooks
Onboarding is by far the most challenging, complex element of any payroll system. QuickBooks Payroll Core offers extra assistance with this when you need it. If you're using the site to pay your first employee(s) and don't have any previous payroll data, you should be able to go through setup on your own (though chat and phone support are available from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST Monday through Friday). Since my last review, Intuit has added more flexibility to its setup process. You can now start running payroll without having completed absolutely every step of setup (though some information is, of course, mandatory).
The setup wizard first asks if you've paid any employees previously in your current business. If not, it asks for your next pay date and payroll contact. Then it opens the site's main screen, which includes a series of steps needed to complete setup (employee records, tax information, bank account connection, and an electronic signature).
If you've already been paying employees or you live in a state that has complicated payroll tax requirements, you can enter that historical data on your own or request help from a payroll agent. You can ask for assistance online from the QB Assistant, a bot that "converses" with you about your questions, but most of the answers we received from it were about QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. Opening up the voluminous QuickBooks Support pages didn't help much, either, since responses were not prioritized by usefulness. Many were posted by Intuit representatives, but others came from random individuals in the user community, which I wouldn't necessarily rely on. As mentioned above, though, chat and email help is also on offer.
Most competitors provide you with extensive help for setup as a part of their service. Whether this is more or less than what QuickBooks Core provides depends on the individual site and the situation.
The QuickBooks Payroll User Experience
QuickBooks Payroll Core is unique in this category of sites in that it is one element of an all-encompassing small business accounting website, QuickBooks Online. So if you subscribe to payroll as a standalone application, you won't see all of the entries in the QuickBooks Online navigation pane (like Expenses, Sales, and Banking). In fact, the toolbar looks quite bare in this case. There's a horizontal toolbar at the top of the page whose links take you to individual sections of the site, including Overview, Employees, Benefits, and the new COVID-19 Resources.
If you've used or are currently using QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Payroll Core's screens should look familiar to you. They offer a user interface and navigation scheme that's very similar to QBO's. Even if you're new to Intuit accounting websites, you'll probably have little difficulty finding your way around, as QuickBooks Payroll Core uses standard conventions like buttons, drop-down lists, fill-in-the-blank data fields, and interactive links. It's a pretty plain-looking site, though. Payroll is serious business and doesn't need excessive adornment, but the only screen that uses icons and graphics and color is the Overview. More appealing visuals might help.
Adding your employees is the most time-consuming step in setup. Some sites, including OnPay use separate areas of the site for tasks like creating pay schedules and defining benefits and other withholding. Others, including QuickBooks Payroll and Square Payroll, take care of those tasks in the employee records. QuickBooks Payroll Core presents one lengthy screen for entering all of your employee information, though when you go in to edit or view an existing record, it's divided into three sections.
The first section, Pay, is the most involved. You enter a name, hire date, and email address, and then move on to pay schedule. Here, as in other areas of the site, QuickBooks Payroll Core uses simple language to describe each item, often posing it as a question, like "How often do you pay Tina?" You choose from the four most-common options, then give it a name, and enter the next pay date and the last day of work for that period. If you want to use that payday for other employees you plan to enter, you can check a box to do so. You can run an unlimited number of payrolls..
"How much do you pay Tina?" is the introduction to the next task. You can enter an hourly rate, salary, or commission-only and then choose any other earnings types that might apply (overtime, bonus, reimbursement). QuickBooks Payroll Core offers 20 standard rates and lets you create unlimited additional earnings types.
If you provide benefits, such as sick and vacation pay, you have to fill in the blanks to describe the formula for accruing them. Deductions or contributions and garnishments are next. You're limited to HSA plans, health insurance, retirement plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts, though you can add loan and cash-advance repayments and other after-tax deductions. The final three questions here are easy: You're asked for the employee's W-4 withholding allowance, birthdate and gender, and payment method (direct deposit or check).
The next two tabs open screens that are far less complicated. You click Profile to add contact information (custom fields like OnPay offers would be welcome here) and Employment for information like hire date and work location. All of the data you just entered appears under the Employee details tab on the Employee screen. The other tab, labeled Paycheck List, opens just that. You can invite employees to access their W-2 and paycheck information from a separate, password-protected site. Patriot Software offers more data and tools for employees on its portals.
Almost all that's left in setup is to enter your federal, state, and local payroll tax information, which can actually be quite a challenge. QuickBooks Payroll submits the filings and payments themselves, but you have to supply the background details. Patriot Software offers a lot of help in this area, links to state and local agencies that can help provide the minutia required. Intuit's payroll agents can help with this element of the onboarding process.
Contractors are separate entities in QuickBooks Payroll. You create their records—which, of course, are far more abbreviated than those of employees—on a separate screen. You also have to do a separate payroll run for them. OnPay, for one, lets you handle both types of workers in the same procedure.
Payroll Runs
As is true of all the competition, actually running a payroll in QuickBooks Payroll Core should only take a few minutes, depending on how many employees you have and how varied their earnings types and hours are. You click the Run Payroll link from either the Overview or Employees screen to open your list of employees. Make sure there's a check in front of every worker who needs to be included in that run and enter the number of hours in the box in the appropriate column (regular pay, holiday pay, commission, and so on).
With that screen still active, you can do a couple of things to check your work or make changes. Click the gear icon in the upper-right corner to see a checklist of the earnings types available. Click in the box in front of any you want to add or delete. If you want to make sure a worker's withholding is correct, click the pencil icon next to his or her Total Pay. The screen that opens provides a comprehensive look at that paycheck, showing current (this paycheck) and year-to-date pay, employee taxes and deductions, and employer taxes and contributions.
If for some reason that paycheck should not accrue vacation and sick leave, you can uncheck that box. At the bottom of the screen are totals for time-off hours used and available. Click OK if you've made changes you want to save or click Cancel (or the big X in the upper-right corner) to close and get back to the Run Payroll page.
When you're satisfied that your payroll is correct, click Preview payroll (or Save for later if you want to exit and come back). The next screen provides a comprehensive look at that payroll before you approve it. At the top of the page is your total payroll run cost, which is then broken down by net pay, employee, and employer in numbers and on a pie chart. Below that is a table listing employees paid in that run with columns for Total Hours, Total Pay, Employee Taxes and Deductions, and Net Pay.
The final column, labeled Compare to Last, opens a small table that does just that: It compares the current paycheck to the previous one. You can also click the pencil icon to see a comprehensive list of compensation and withholding again before you click Submit Payroll (or Save for later). All that remains is to enter check numbers if necessary, print pay stubs, and then click Finish Payroll to go back to the Overview.
Like many competitors, QuickBooks Payroll Core now offers automatic payroll. Next-day direct deposit is also available. And it's added an unusual feature that I haven't seen anywhere else—the ability to turn off automatic payroll tax payments.
QuickBooks Payroll on Mobile Devices
QuickBooks Payroll is available as an Android app and an iOS app, but neither is as comprehensive as the desktop interface nor as thorough as those provided by OnPay and Gusto. I couldn't see any changes made since the last time I reviewed this service.
The Android app opens to four icons. You can enter hours and run a payroll, but you can't make any other changes to the run. You can, however, preview your payroll and see what checks and direct deposits need to be or will be processed. The Pay History icon opens a list of previous payrolls; you can drill down on these dates to see underlying detail. Taxes and Forms shows forms and payments that have been submitted. In addition, you can see very abbreviated employee records—just contact and basic pay information.
The iPhone version is different. It opens to your list of employees, with a bar graph showing totals for the most-recent four payrolls. Clicking on an employee's name opens the same brief record as in the Android version, and a Payday link in the upper-right takes you to a payroll run. You click on a worker's name to enter hours, click to preview, and click to approve.
A link in the upper left of the screen opens your navigation menu. Besides payroll, you can access tax information and payroll history, but there's also a link to Settings, which was absent in the Android version. Here, you can set reminders, set up Touch ID or Passcode, toggle sounds and contact photos on and off, and opt to have the app remember your payroll hours.
Good Reports
Reports are impressive in QuickBooks Payroll: There are 19 of them, with limited customization options—usually just date range. It's a better, more focused group than what Square Payroll offers. They range from Employee Details to Payroll Summary to Total Payroll Cost to Workers' Compensation. You can print them or export them to Excel; Gusto offers more options here, however. If you're using QuickBooks Payroll Core integrated with QuickBooks Online, you'll have access to many more reports, some of which intersect with payroll issues.
Like its competitors, Intuit has rolled support for payroll-related COVID-19 issues into its existing site. It supported the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), and it built in features to administer the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). It also provides a link to the COVID-19 Crisis Response Center, powered by ThinkHR and Mammoth.
QuickBooks Payroll Core automatically prepares and files your W-2 forms. It, of course, has the information you need for 1099s, but you'll run into some extra costs here to have them dispatched to the IRS and your contractors. Before January 16, the first three forms are $12.99. Forms 4 through 20 are $2.99 each and Forms 21 and up are free. On January 16, the prices go up to $14.99, $3.99, and free. Alternatively, you can purchase a 1099 kit from Intuit ($58.99 for 10 forms and envelopes); you'll have to print and mail them yourselves. Most sites offer this service as a part of their subscription prices.
Future Features?
It's smart to start slowly when you're introducing a new application—especially one as exacting as payroll. QuickBooks Payroll Core is fleshed out enough to successfully run a complex payroll, and its level of detail and usability are good, and even excellent in some places. There have been some exciting additions to the QuickBooks Payroll line as a whole since last year, like the seamless integration of Timesheets, automatic payroll, and faster payroll setup. It's missing some of the flexibility and depth offered by sites like Gusto and Workful, however, including robust employee portals, focused online help, custom fields (and more detail) in employee records, and a meatier mobile presence.
Gusto and OnPay are our Editors' Choices this year for online payroll services. We reviewed Gusto's Core level, which combines a smart set of features for a wide swath of small businesses with a clean, understandable user experience that simplifies the most complex element of accounting. OnPay does the same and adds impressive customizability. It's also the most versatile of the sites we reviewed, offering specialized support for numerous vertical industries.
For more reviews of financial services for yourself and your small business, take a look at our roundups of the best online accounting services and tax software.
Intuit QuickBooks Payroll Specs
Mobile Admin App Yes
Submits Federal, State, Local, and Payroll Taxes Yes
W-2s Yes
1099s No
Time Tracking Yes
HR Add-Ons No
Free Trial Yes
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The New York Times on Wednesday said that with the addition of The Athletic, the digital sports publisher it acquired for $550 million, it has surpassed 10 million paid subscriptions, well ahead of its initial goal to reach that milestone by 2025.
Why it matters: The achievement reinforces the Times' position as the world's largest subscription news company. The Gray Lady is now targeting "at least 15 million subscribers by year-end 2027."
Driving the news: The Times, for the first time, said it will begin distinguishing the number of subscribers (people who subscribe to its content) from actual subscriptions (the number of individual subscription products people pay for).
"We're moving towards an emphasis on individual subscriber growth rather than the growth of digital subscribers," CEO Meredith Kopit Levien said on an investor call.
She noted that a bundled offering that includes things like games, sports, cooking and more creates "an even more compelling value proposition" for customers to engage with the Times every day "regardless of the news cycle."
The Times' chief financial officer, Roland Caputo, said that as the company continues to market the bundle, "the number of individual subscribers becomes a less useful number to measure."
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"The driving motivation of moving toward a more intentional marketing of the bundled offering is higher (subscriber) retention but also higher ARPU (average revenue per user}," Caputo said.
By the numbers: By the end of last year, the Times had 7.6 million paid subscribers, the vast majority (6.8 million) were paid digital-only subscribers.
In total, those subscribers paid for roughly 8,789,000 individual subscriptions across its print and digital products, with the vast majority (8,005,000) being paid digital-only subscriptions.
The Times said that it surpassed 10 million subscriptions total with the addition of The Athletic's paid subscribers. The Times said The Athletic had around 1.2 million subscribers when it announced the deal to acquire the company.
For the first time ever last quarter, the Times added more paid digital subscribers to its non-core news products, which includes things like games, cooking, and its consumer reviews site Wirecutter, than its core news product.
In total, the Times added 375,000 new digital subscriptions, 204,000 in non-news and 171,000 in core news.
On Monday, the Times bought "Wordle," a viral online word game for a price "in the low-seven figures," to contribute to its offerings.
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Depleted uranium weapons, and the untold misery they wreak on mankind, are taboo subjects in the mainstream media. This exclusive report should break the media embargo imposed on the American people.
Despite being a grossly under-reported subject in the mainstream, there is intense public interest in depleted uranium (DU) and the damage it inflicts on humankind and the environment.
While this writer has been actively investigating DU weapons and how they contribute to Gulf War Syndrome, the corporate-controlled press ignores the illegal use of DU and its long-lasting effects on the health of veterans and the public.
In August 2004, my ground-breaking four-part series on DU weapons and the long-term health risks they pose to soldiers and civilians alike was published in a Washington, D.C. based newspaper. Information provided to me by experts and scientists, and the articles that were published threreafter, have increased public awareness of how exposure to small particles of DU can severely affect human health.
Leuren Moret, a Berkeley-based geo-scientist with expertise in atmospheric dust, corresponds with me on DU issues. Recently Moret provided a copy of her letters to a British radiation biologist, Dr. Chris Busby, about how nanometer size particles""less than one-tenth of a micron and smaller""of DU once inhaled or absorbed into the body, can cause long-term damage to one's health.
David worked as a component fitter on fighter planes and bombers but had to quit due to health problems. He says he developed a cough within weeks of starting work.
Today, David suffers from a variety of symptoms like those known as Gulf War Syndrome, including respiratory and kidney problems, bowel conditions and painful joints. Medical tests reveal mutations to his DNA and damage to his chromosomes, which, he says, could only have been caused by ionizing radiation. He has also been diagnosed with a terminal lung condition.
Honeywell denies DU was ever used at the plant in Yeovil, Somerset, where David worked for 10 years until 1995. David claims that DU's existence at the plant was denied because it is an official secret.
David has asked the High Court for more time to gather evidence. The hearing is due to resume in April. "I don't have any legal representation," David said, "so I am representing myself. It is a real David versus Goliath case.
"I am confident I will win. I hope to set a precedent for other cases of people who have suffered from the effects of depleted uranium," he said.
Moret's letters on the particle effect of DU is based on research done by Marion Fulk, a nuclear physical chemist and former scientist with the Manhattan Project and the National Laboratory at Livermore, Calif. Fulk, who has developed a "particle theory" about how DU nano-particles affect human DNA, donates his time and expertise to help bring information about DU to the public.
When Moret's correspondence to Dr. Busby was posted on the Internet over the New Year's holiday under the title "How Depleted Uranium Weapons Are Killing Our Troops," some 6,000 people read the letter in the first two days. The following Monday, a producer from BBC's Panorama program contacted Moret to arrange an interview.
If the BBC follows up with an investigation on the health effects of DU, it may be hard for the U.S. media to maintain their cover-up. More than 500,000 "Gulf War Era" vets currently receive disability compensation, many of them for a variety of symptoms generally referred to as Gulf War Syndrome. Experts blame DU for many of these symptoms.
The U.S. government has known for at least 20 years that DU weapons produce clouds of poison gas on impact. These clouds of aerosolized DU are laden with billions of toxic sub-micron sized particles. A 1984 Department of Energy conference on nuclear airborne waste reported that tests of DU anti-tank missiles showed that at least 31 percent of the mass of a DU penetrator is converted to nano-particles on impact. In larger bombs the percentage of aerosolized DU increases to nearly 100 percent, Fulk told me.
Particles in the nano-meter (one billionth of a meter) range are a "new breed of cat," Moret wrote. Because the size of the nano-particles allows them to pass freely throughout the organism and into the nucleus of its cells, exposure to nano-particles causes different symptoms than exposure to larger particles of the same substance.
Internalized DU particles, Fulk said, act as "a non-specific catalyst" in both "nuclear and non-nuclear" ways. This means that the uranium particle can affect human DNA and RNA because of both its chemical and radiological properties. This is why internalized DU particles cause "many, many diseases," Fulk said.
The military is aware of DU's harmful effects on the human genetic code. A 2001 study of DU's effect on DNA done by Dr. Alexandra C. Miller for the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda, Md., indicates that DU's chemical instability causes 1 million times more genetic damage than would be expected from its radiation effect alone, Moret wrote.
Dr. Miller requested that questions be sent in writing and copied to a military spokesman. She did tell me that it should be noted that her studies showing that DU is "neoplastically transforming and genotoxic" are based on in vitro cellular research.
Studies have shown that inhaled nano-particles are far more toxic than micro-sized particles of the same basic chemical composition. British toxicopathologist Vyvyan Howard has reported that the increased toxicity of the nano-particle is due to its size.
For example, when mice were exposed to virus-size particles of Teflon (0.13 microns) in a University of Rochester study, there were no ill effects. But when mice were exposed to nano-particles of Teflon for 15 minutes, nearly all the mice died within 4 hours.
"Exposure pathways for depleted uranium can be through the skin, by inhalation, and ingestion," Moret wrote. "Nano-particles have high mobility and can easily enter the body. Inhalation of nano-particles of depleted uranium is the most hazardous exposure, because the particles pass through the lung-blood barrier directly into the blood.
"When inhaled through the nose, nano-particles can cross the olfactory bulb directly into the brain through the blood brain barrier, where they migrate all through the brain," she wrote. "Many Gulf era soldiers exposed to depleted uranium have been diagnosed with brain tumors, brain damage and impaired thought processes. Uranium can interfere with the mitochondria, which provide energy for the nerve processes, and transmittal of the nerve signal across synapses in the brain.


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Michelin event to open 2001 SEMA/ITE Show
Tire Business Staff
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 2, 2000) — Michelin North America Inc. and the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) announced, on Oct. 31, an agreement to co-host a series of events showcasing environmentally-friendly automobile technologies.
Held for the first time outside France, the ``Michelin Challenge Bibendum´´ will feature a display of alternative-fuel vehicles powered by fuel cell, solar, hybrid, diesel or natural gas engines.
The performance stages of the event will begin in Los Angeles on Oct. 27, 2001, where vehicles will be rated on criteria such as acceleration, handling, noise and fuel economy, as well as interior and exterior appearance.
The entries will arrive in Las Vegas the following day and will then be put on display on Oct. 29, 2001 — the opening day of the 2001 SEMA/International Tire Exposition — as attendees arrive at the Las Vegas Convention Center. An environmental vehicle conference and an awards program also will take place that day.
Michelin hosted the first Challenge in France in September 1998 to highlight advances in auto industry environmental efforts and mark the centennial birthday of "Bibendum," the tire maker´s "Michelin Man" mascot. The second event — which drew 32 entries from nearly all of the world´s major vehicle manufacturers and top design houses — was held this past September in Paris in conjunction with the International Mondial Auto Show.
While Charles R. Blum, SEMA president, said the event and complementary environmental conference "brings a whole new dimension to SEMA," a Michelin spokesman noted that the "continuing development and refinement of new vehicle technologies and the sustainability of our resources is important to everyone´s future."


Happy Birthday to Christopher of DNC Dubai!
I guess its fitting that I deliver the eulogy to celebrate the day in your stead.
Christopher became a part of the DNC almost 2 years ago. Upon his graduation from Georgia Tech, Chris moved to Houston to be closer to his parents and subsequently joined Elite MMA, where he met many of us.
From then on, Chris has contributed much to our network. He functioned as the official photographer for Lonestar Beatdown for every event until he moved, taught the kids' classes at Elite during his afternoons, and much more during his stay in Houston.
As of this past summer, Chris has temporarily relocated to Dubai, UAE to work for prestigious Engineering and Architecture firm Gehry Design – where he is starting a new chapter in life and also a new international chapter of the DNC within the next 2 years.
It seems like only yesterday that I was living with Christopher at the original DNC Westchase at his home on Ainsdale. I learned so much from him during the year we became amongst the best of friends. See, Chris has a patient level-headed personality. Such a stark contrast from my all-over-the-place fiery temperamental disposition. Not to mention he is also one of the most well-read intelligent human beings I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Hence Chris really helped me grow as a human being and find some balance in how to think things through. For that I'm greatful.
Simply put, Christopher is truly a good man and I, along with all his close friends in the DNC and at Elite MMA and Houston dearly miss him.
Happy 28th birthday Chris! We love and miss you back home!
BTW – Chris will be back on short-term hiatus from Dubai later this month. A DNC Welcome Home Bash sure to be announced in short order, most likely on November 22nd so clear your calendars.
This entry was posted on October 29, 2008 at 6:25 pm and is filed under DNC News. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.
Aww! Happy Belated Birthday Chris! Keep the pics of your adventures in Dubai coming.


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import pygame

from Transform import *
from utilities import *

"""
    ******************************************************************************

    Class: UIComponent

    Description: Extend from this class and override the methods
    or set the callback functions upon instantiation, either works ok.

    Author: Jason Milhaven

    History:

    ******************************************************************************
"""

class UIComponent(Transform):

    """
        ==============================================================================

        Method: __init__

        Description: Constructor for UIComponent class, calls superclass constructor.
        Provides fields to be modified, and events which can be set to functions.

        Author: Jason Milhaven

        History:

        ==============================================================================
    """

    def __init__(self, posX = 0, posY = 0, sizeX = 0, sizeY = 0):
        super().__init__(posX, posY, sizeX, sizeY)

        self.__visible__ = True
        self.color = GRAY
        self.borderColor = WHITE
        self.borderSize = 2

        self.set_visible_func = None
        self.on_clicked_func = None
        self.on_hover_begin_func = None
        self.on_hover_end_func = None

    def get_visible(self):
        return self.__visible__

    def set_visible(self, v):
        self.__visible__ = v
        if self.set_visible_func:
            self.set_visible_func()

    def on_clicked(self):
        if self.on_clicked_func:
            self.on_clicked_func()

    def on_hover_begin(self):
        if self.on_hover_begin_func:
            self.on_hover_begin_func()

    def on_hover_end(self):
        if self.on_hover_end_func:
            self.on_hover_end_func()

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Laser Biophotomodulation in Patients with Neurosensory Disturbance of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve after Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study
Daniela Guarini, Benjamín Gracia, Valeria Ramírez-Lobos, Alfredo Noguera-Pantoja, Pedro Solé-Ventura
Área de Periodoncia e Implantología Oral
Área de Endodoncia
Área de Morfología
Área de Cirugía Máxilofacial
Área de Rehabilitación Oral
Área de Cariología
Área de Formación Docente
2018. Objective: To evaluate the effect of the application of photobiomodulation in a 2-year follow-up period in patients who have been intervened with a sagittal ramus split osteotomy and present neurosensory disturbance of the inferior alveolar nerve. Background: Photobiomodulation is a common clinical tool in dentistry, for its beneficial effects have been shown in surgical and periodontal wound healing, reducing of swelling and pain, neurosensory recovery, and treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders. Methods: This is a 2-year follow-up study with an experimental (Laser) group (n = 33) that received photobiomodulation, and a control (Sham) group (n = 9), placebo. All patients from the Laser group received laser applications (continuous wave of 0.353 W/cm2, 27 J in 270 sec per session) on days 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 14, 21, and 28 after surgery. Neurosensory disturbance was evaluated with five tests: Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain and sensitivity, sensitivity threshold test, two-point discrimination, and thermal discrimination. All tests were performed before (24 h before surgery) and after surgery (24 h, 28 days, 60 days, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, more than 2 years). Participants and evaluator were blinded to intervention. Variables were described with absolute frequencies, percentages, and medians. Ordinal and dichotomous variables were compared with Mann-Whitney's and Fisher's tests, respectively. Results: Clinical improvement was observed during the follow-up period for the Laser group; general VAS for sensitivity was normal in 11 participants from the Laser group at 2 years postsurgery (40.74%), while no participants from the Sham group achieved this (p = 0.0341). Twenty-three participants recovered initial values for two-point discrimination (69.7%) after 2 years of follow-up (p = 0.0025) as well as sensitivity threshold test. General VAS for pain was normal in 31 patients from the Laser group after 2 years of follow-up (93.94%, p = 0.0254). Conclusions: Photobiomodulation was effective for neurosensory recovery on sample studied.
Inglés estadounidense
Photomedicine and Laser Surgery
https://doi.org/10.1089/pho.2017.4312
BSSO
neurosensory disturbance
neurosensory impairment
photobiomodulation
sagittal split osteotomy
10.1089/pho.2017.4312
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Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy Medicina y ciencias biológicas 100%
Mandibular Nerve Medicina y ciencias biológicas 82%
varespladib methyl Medicina y ciencias biológicas 65%
Lasers Medicina y ciencias biológicas 50%
Surgery Ingeniería y ciencia de los materiales 37%
Wave Compuestos químicos 29%
Disorder Compuestos químicos 26%
Pain Measurement Medicina y ciencias biológicas 21%
Guarini, D., Gracia, B., Ramírez-Lobos, V., Noguera-Pantoja, A., & Solé-Ventura, P. (2018). Laser Biophotomodulation in Patients with Neurosensory Disturbance of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve after Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 36(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1089/pho.2017.4312
Guarini, Daniela ; Gracia, Benjamín ; Ramírez-Lobos, Valeria ; Noguera-Pantoja, Alfredo ; Solé-Ventura, Pedro. / Laser Biophotomodulation in Patients with Neurosensory Disturbance of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve after Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study. En: Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 2018 ; Vol. 36, N.º 1. pp. 3-9.
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Laser Biophotomodulation in Patients with Neurosensory Disturbance of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve after Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy: A 2-Year Follow-Up Study. / Guarini, Daniela; Gracia, Benjamín; Ramírez-Lobos, Valeria; Noguera-Pantoja, Alfredo; Solé-Ventura, Pedro.
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Lucas Torreira netted his first Arsenal goal in the Gunners' north London derby win on Sunday afternoon, winning Sky Sport man of the Match.
The defensive midfielder has quickly become a fan favourite at Arsenal for his robust style of play.
However, despite his main job being to protect the back four, Torreira has revealed Emery wants him in advanced positions as much as possible.
"Obviously when we are out on the pitch we like to create chances to score.
"In the previous match I had hit the post, going so close.
Torreira's rugged style is something Arsenal have been lacking in recent years.
The Gunners were often criticised for being perfect with the ball, but struggling without it.
And Torreira says he enjoys his role of breaking up play and bringing energy.
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It's been almost 3 years since I first introduced Stella to the iPad. She will be 4 years old this month! We continue to have successes with many other early learning apps since I've last posted to this blog. Her current favorites include LetterSchool, and PBS Kids.
I'll soon have the wonderful opportunity to take my son down the same path. Hold on to your little brothers because he's going digital, baby!
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Description: Belle has a beautiful horse and today she wants to enjoy the sunlight with him. Play this game and go in the stable, clean it up, wash and brush the horse's fur, so he can have a glowing look. After that, choose for Belle a beautiful outfit and the accessories that will help them both look amazing. Have fun with Belle and her horse!