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Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents
Guy Diamond, Suzanne Levy, Katherine B. Bevans, Joel A. Fein, Matthew B. Wintersteen, Allen Tien, Torrey Creed
OBJECTIVES: The goals were to develop and to validate the Internetbased, Behavioral Health Screen (BHS) for adolescents and young adults in primary care. METHODS: Items assessing risk behaviors and psychiatric symptoms were built into a Internet-based platform with broad functionality. Practicality and acceptability were examined with 24 patients. For psychometric validation, 415 adolescents completed the BHS and wellestablished rating scales. Participants recruited from primary care waiting rooms were 12 to 21 years of age (mean: 15.8 years); 66.5% were female and 77.5% black. RESULTS: The BHS screens in 13 domains by using 54 required items and 39 follow-up items. The administration time was 8 to 15 minutes (mean: 12.4 minutes). The scales are unidimensional, are internally consistent (Cronbach's α = 0.75-0.87), and discriminate among adolescents with a range of diagnostic syndromes. Sensitivity and speci-ficity were high, with overall accuracy ranging from 78% to 85%. Patients with scores above scale cutoff values for depression, suicide risk, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms were ≥4 times more likely to endorse other risk behaviors or stressors. CONCLUSIONS: The BHS addresses practical and clinical barriers to behavioral health screening in primary care. It is a brief but comprehensive, self-report, biopsychosocial assessment. The psychiatric scales are valid and predictive of risk behaviors, which facilitates exclusion of false-positive results, as well as assessment and triage.
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Diamond, G., Levy, S., Bevans, K. B., Fein, J. A., Wintersteen, M. B., Tien, A., & Creed, T. (2010). Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents. Pediatrics, 126(1). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-3272
Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents. / Diamond, Guy; Levy, Suzanne; Bevans, Katherine B. et al.
In: Pediatrics, Vol. 126, No. 1, 07.2010.
Diamond, G, Levy, S, Bevans, KB, Fein, JA, Wintersteen, MB, Tien, A & Creed, T 2010, 'Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents', Pediatrics, vol. 126, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-3272
Diamond G, Levy S, Bevans KB, Fein JA, Wintersteen MB, Tien A et al. Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents. Pediatrics. 2010 Jul;126(1). doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-3272
Diamond, Guy ; Levy, Suzanne ; Bevans, Katherine B. et al. / Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents. In: Pediatrics. 2010 ; Vol. 126, No. 1.
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ShootLive – the winner is….
In the late 90s, there was a lot of pressure on photography agencies. It seemed likely that sports rights holders would lock out photographers – and create/sell their own photography. We pursued a strategy to work closer with these rights holders – and provide them with solutions that might benefit their business.
Hutchison 3G had just paid £35 million for exclusive rights to deliver video clips from FA Premier League matches on to their new mobile phones. Many other operators were introducing colour screen handsets – and Vodafone were having some success with their Vodafone Live! service. Added to this, one of the most popular services on mobile were SMS text alerts for goals being scored in matches.
In an earlier post, I talked about how many people it took to send a picture back in the mid-80s. At the end of the 90s, the photographer did everything – from taking the picture to cropping, captioning and transmitting. Photographers were adept at this, but the process was neither quick enough or clean enough to integrate with a timely service to mobile phones. I wanted to see if we could break the process back down in to its component parts – and then speed it up to deliver a picture of a sports incident in double-quick time.
The process was called NMSP (New Media Stills Production) – and it developed in to the award-winning ShootLive.
We had an excellent team at EMPICS to help develop this. People like Dan Winters, the CTO (who also came up with the catchier ShootLive name) and steered the project. We also developed partnerships with Nikon, who helped us with remote cameras, and Toshiba who provided wireless technology and super-light (for the time) laptops. There were rights holders like Manchester United, Arsenal, Sandown Park Racecourse, Nottingham Forest, The Open Golf Championship and the Football League who gave us access to their venues.
The process allowed the photographer to focus on taking pictures. They were either wirelessly connected (or connected via Firewire) to a laptop which was closed and in a bag. This computer took their motor-driven sequences of pictures and sampled them down to a small resolution. These low resolution images were large enough to be cropped and feature on websites and mobile phone screens. Back at base (which could be anywhere) the images arrived on an editor's screen in less than 10 seconds from camera click. The timestamped images were cropped, colour corrected and captioned within another 10 seconds – and could then be transmitted on to websites and phones. The crops and alterations made on the edit station were relayed back to the photographer's laptop in the bag – and the high resolution file was then processed and transmitted for use by our newspaper clients.
At an event, there could be as many as 14 cameras sending in images in this way. So we had to develop the code that would process the images from the photographer – plus the edit station and server to handle the processing of the images back at base. Finally, at the end of the event, all original image files were archived and relayed back to base (either on DVD or via high-speed broadband).
We spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the development. In 2003, we won the national CBI/Real Business award for Technology in Business supported by Vodafone. At a similar time, we were approached by the Press Association. They were interested in our technology to support the successful sports data business they had created, PA Sport. They acquired EMPICS in 2004 – and a significant part of the price they paid was down to the development of ShootLive.
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(Fredericktown) Melanie Allen has been named the new assistant superintendent of the Fredericktown School District. Allen is currently a principal in the Farmington School District. She says she's looking forward to taking on the additional responsibilities of being an assistant superintendent.
Allen says she is very familiar with the Fredericktown School District.
In addition to being a principal at both Farmington and Fredericktown, Allen was also a principal in the North County School District. She'll be one of two assistant superintendents in Fredericktown. Shannon Henson is the other. Hear more with Allen below.


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Connecting Japan and the United Kingdom
Bridges spoke with Satoru Yoshida, Director at Japanese Financial Solutions Limited on ties between the United Kingdom and Japan
Bridges: You connect Japan and the United Kingdom. How would you describe the current economic relationship between the two countries?
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Yoshida: After the United Kingdom left the European Union, the first free trade agreement signed as an independent trading state was the Japan-UK Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement which came into effect last year. With Japan as the 4th largest non-EU trading partner of the United Kingdom, we believe the economic relationship of the two countries is not only significant, but also set to grow deeper than before.
According to the Department for International Trade, as a non-EU country, Japan is ranked 4th for number of the Foreign Inward Investment projects into the UK in 2020-21, 3rd for number of new jobs created, and 2nd for number of disclosed safeguarded jobs. This indicates the robustness of the economic relationship between the two countries, even during the adversities caused by COVID-19.
Bridges: As a London-based firm in a competitive industry, what added-value does Japanese Financial Solutions Limited bring to its clients?
Yoshida: We have been providing a precise and hands-on service to clients from a wide range of industries through our team of Japanese and British staff since 2002. Our service is highly personalized to meet each client's needs, and we closely monitor satisfaction to ensure continual improvement.
We have been providing a precise and hands-on service to clients from a wide range of industries through our team of Japanese and British staff since 2002. Our service is highly personalized to meet each client's needs, and we closely monitor satisfaction to ensure continual improvement.
Satoru Yoshida, Director at Japanese Financial Solutions Limited
Bridges: As we approach 2022, what can clients expect from Japanese Financial Solutions Limited in terms of services and solutions?
Yoshida: Both the COVID-19 pandemic and the progression of AI are changing the fundamental nature of how professional services are provided, as well as the expectations of clients. We expect such changes to accelerate in 2022. London is a progressive and international city, with a business environment that changes rapidly. Our goal is to continue handling clients' affairs swiftly and comprehensively. Rather than offering a piecemeal service which consists of producing financial statements and tax returns, our aim is to optimize IT to increase efficiency and provide total solutions fitting our clients' needs.
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Vistaprint leverages Mimecast and Office 365 to provide one global user experience
Founded on a vision to simplify marketing and promotion for small businesses, Vistaprint now generates over $1.8 billion in annual revenues and employs over 10,000 people. Much of this growth was fueled by a very familiar technology: email. Vistaprint and its umbrella corporation, Cimpress, use email both to give its customers a common user experience worldwide and to coordinate the work of its many specialized business units. Yet its meteoric growth was met with unforeseen obstacles that threatened to complicate operations and limit Vistaprint's success.
Vistaprint reinvented supply-chain management by aggregating large numbers of customized orders and farming them out to Cimpress's numerous specialized production facilities. In this process, Vistaprint makes products – ranging from business cards to building-sized banners – at a fraction of the typical cost.
Messaging has played a vital role. "We use email to acknowledge and fulfill customer orders, engage with third-party fulfillers, and coordinate with print shops," says Jim Mangan, Vistaprint's Lead Systems Engineer. "Sometimes these people aren't set up for FTP or secure transfer. All they have is email, so that's what we have to do."
Relying on email at this scale brings its own challenges. "When I started here we handled 5,000 messages a day," recounts Mangan, "all text, so maybe 5KB each in size at most. When we went to HTML emails, message sizes shot up to 120KB to 500KB, a lot more for our systems to churn through. And as we added customers from the EU, we went from 5,000 messages a day to 70,000 or 80,000."
In 2012, Vistaprint replaced its aging EMC SourceOne archiving platform with Mimecast's Cloud Archive, and its Trend Micro Internet Messaging Security solution with Mimecast's Targeted Threat Protection. Three years later, the company completed its migration from Exchange 2010 to Office 365, hosting its mail tenant in Switzerland to simplify EU compliance, and connecting to Mimecast's UK-based grid.
Even with the improved scale, security, and email data governance that Mimecast gives Vistaprint, Mangan and his team have found their mail operations much more manageable. "We used to have to shut SourceOne down every night for an hour or two for an incremental backup," he says, "and every weekend for up to 18 hours for a full backup. We also had to run four Trend Micro IMS servers, two for each Exchange Server. Having an integrated solution for both security and archiving that is on all the time – that we don't have to manage – is a very good thing for us."
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Airbus : Boeing says timing of 737 MAX return in hands of regulators
Boeing moved on Saturday to ease tensions with regulators over the return to service of its 737 MAX, saying it was up to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and its global counterparts to approve changes to the jet in the wake of two accidents.
The FAA told its staff this week to take whatever time was needed to review the grounded plane after Boeing said it expected the FAA to certify the 737 MAX in mid-December.
"We put some targets out that still line up to December ... type certification," Stan Deal, chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, told reporters.
"The FAA has said they are not going to put a time frame on it and we are going to track behind them on this," he told a news conference ahead of the Dubai Airshow.
Boeing's mid-December estimate sent the planemaker's stock price soaring on Monday, though it also said it would not win approval for changes to pilot training until January.
U.S. officials privately said this week that Boeing's timetable was aggressive -- if not unrealistic -- and was not cleared in advance by regulators.
On Friday, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson indicated the agency would decide in its own time whether to unground the plane that was involved in two fatal crashes in five months, killing 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
"This effort is not guided by a calendar or schedule," Dickson wrote in a memo seen by Reuters.
Dickson is due to attend the Dubai Airshow this week.
Speaking on the eve of the show, the head of Boeing divisions spanning jetliners, defence and services expressed sympathy for the relatives of victims of the two crashes that led to the plane's worldwide grounding in March.
Deal said Boeing is in discussions with host airline Emirates over the impact of delays to its much larger 777X, for which the Dubai carrier is by far the largest customer.
Boeing is also talking to Emirates about the future of a tentative order for 40 787 Dreamliners, which is among a number of orders left in the balance since the last Dubai show in 2017.
Emirates has taken a tough stance on new orders ahead of the Nov. 17-21 show but industry sources say it could agree to confirm at least some of the 787s in exchange for a deal with Boeing that would allow it to cancel or defer some delayed 777X.
It is also expected to confirm orders for some Airbus jets.
MultiChoice : Announces Three New Channels Coming To DStv This Month
MultiChoice group has announced the launch of three new channels - CuriosityStream, CBS Justice and Da Vinci.
CuriosityStream and CBS Justice will air for the first time in Africa on DStv channels 185 and 170 respectively, to ensure fans of Factual Entertainment and True Crime stories enjoy their favourite programming on familiar channel destinations, while kids education channel Da Vinci offers informative and fun learning.
This news follows the recent announcement that the company has reached an agreement with A+E to extend the carriage contract for History and Lifetime which continue to air on DStv alongside the new channels.
In October, the company hinted at plans to launch channels aimed at delivering new titles and genres that viewers will enjoy, including among others blue chip documentaries, history and entertaining factual shows.
'We're thrilled to finally announce the launch of these channels that will expand the line-up of new programming for our DStv customers to enjoy,' says John Ugbe, CEO MultiChoice Nigeria. 'CuriosityStream will give our viewers informative entertainment that the family can enjoy together and it's with great pride that we are able to launch CBS Justice, a new true crime channel which is part of the CBS AMC Networks EMEA portfolio of channels. We're also delighted to expand our kids offering with Da Vinci just ahead of the holiday season.'
CuriosityStream is the award-winning, global media company that delivers the world of factual entertainment in one mind-expanding place. Launched by John Hendricks, the visionary founder of Discovery Channel, CuriosityStream lets viewers explore their passions and discover new ones, or just indulge their inner geek with thousands of films and series covering space, art, volcanoes, history, travel, cars, architecture, dinosaurs and so much more.
MultiChoice is debuting CuriosityStream in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing the channel's library of landmark originals and exclusives directly to DStv viewers who are looking for the kind of engaging factual shows and original and exclusive films and series not available anywhere else, as well as shows from some of the best filmmakers around the world including Deep Time History, the History of Food, Age of Big Cats and Breakthrough and more.
'CuriosityStream is thrilled to premiere on DStv, collaborating with MultiChoice as our inaugural bundled distribution partner in Africa,' said Clint Stinchcomb, President and CEO of CuriosityStream. 'MultiChoice is a global leader in finding innovative ways to deliver programming to its viewers whenever and wherever they want it. Those viewers are hungry for high-quality, engaging and entertaining factual shows and CuriosityStream is proud to offer our channel to that important media market.'
Curiosity is innate to all humankind. We all want to know 'why?' CuriosityStream will become DStv customers' definitive source for shows covering the full breadth and depth of the factual genre - from history and nature to science and technology to society and lifestyle. Launching on DStv channel 185, CuriosityStream is the culmination of Hendricks' four-decade quest to create the definitive experience for satisfying curiosity and supercharging the imagination.
Looking at some of the world's most compelling true crime cases, CBS Justice, which is a joint venture between AMC Networks International - UK and CBS Studios International, will launch in Africa on DStv channel 170, and will feature a curated selection of original and acquired programming.
The launch line up of CBS Justice will include original productions The Real Prime Suspect, Donal MacIntyre's Murder Files, Secrets of a Psychopath, Evidence of Evil; and acquisitions Cold Justice, Fame Kills and Stalker!. All the cases brought in front of DStv viewers will be presented and investigated by leading experts such as Jackie Malton (The Real Prime Suspect), the real-life inspiration behind Helen Mirren's character in the award-winning UK drama Prime Suspect, and undercover investigative journalist and professor of criminology, Donal MacIntyre (Donal MacIntyre's Murder Files).
Afcon : Rohr ranks Kalu's goal best
German coach Gernot Rohr has picked Samuel Kalu's winner in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Benin Republic at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo 0n Wednesday as one of the best goals under his spell as Super Eagles' manager.
The win coincided with Rohr's 40th match in charge of the Eagles since his first match in the 1-0 home win against Tanzania in an international friendly on September 2, 2016.
Though Kalu's goal was 59th goal scored by Nigeria in both friendly and competitive matches since the former Bordeaux coach took over the reins of the Super Eagles, the 66-year-old was excited like a kid given a chocolate bar as he purred over the magical goal scored by the Bordeaux striker against Benin.
With the game tied at 1-1, the 22-year-old Kalu swanned through the Beninese defence to score what was his second goal for the Super Eagles after being among the goals in that 4-0 lashing of Libya in the 2019 AFCON qualifying match played in Uyo over a year ago on October 10, 2018.
'The goal from Kalu (against Benin) was wonderful with an extra ordinary dribbling and wonderful shot,' admitted Rohr who has won 20 of his 40 matches with the Super Eagles.' Of course, I have seen other great goals from the Super Eagles but Kalu's goal too is a beautiful as some of the best goals I've seen.'
Under Rohr, the Super Eagles have impressed on the road on the continent without losing any of its six previous World Cup and AFCON qualifying matches by claiming stunning wins against Zambia (2-1); Seychelles (3-0) and Libya (3-2) while they recorded an identical 1-1 draw in the other three matches against Cameroon, Algeria and South Africa.
'Our expectations for the Match Day 2 game against Lesotho on Sunday in Maseru is to recover very well after the tough win against Benin in Uyo,' Rohr further said.
'We had two players injured. Samuel Chukwueze had a knock on his knee and Ola Aina has a calf problem but we see how it goes before we travel.
'I'm very okay with the performance of the team against Benin and I'm very impressed with both Kalu and Ola who were not in the team that played 1-1 with Brazil in the friendly in October.
'The good thing about the Super Eagles is good spirit and solidarity among the players because irrespective of the starting 11, we still have the same ideal and commitment.
'This is encouraging for the future and we would go to Maseru with the same commitment,' he noted.


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Prisoners in American correctional facilities have been infected by COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate. Estimates from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy report that prisoners are infected at a rate 5.5 times higher than the rest of the general population. Close quarters without the ability to social distance as well as swaths of people moving in and out of correctional facilities make for prime locations for infection to spread.
This graphic visualizes the states with the highest COVID-19 rates for prisoners in correctional facilities in America. Of all the states in the country, Arkansas has the highest COVID-19 infection rate among prisoners. The analysis shows that the state has seen 4,502 cases per 10,000 prisoners. In terms of COVID-19 deaths, New Jersey has the highest death rate at 34 per 10,000 prisoners. Florida has had 161 prisoners die of COVID-19, the highest in the country.
While hopefully the COVID-19 vaccine helps slow the spread of the virus, individuals in correctional facilities continue to be at risk.
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May 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Widely varied accounting rules, lack of information, and insufficient disclosure all contribute to why Standard & Poor's (S&P) calls cross-border pension comparisons "virtually impossible."
When the information necessary to properly evaluate a particular pension is not present, analysts then are left with little choice but making additional estimates and assumptions, leading to varying results. These "adjustments are necessary," the S&P said, when comparing rated companies for their pension obligations.
whether a pension surplus is an asset.
S&P says the exact amount of pension liabilities is not known on any balance sheet date "because pension liabilities are based on highly selective assumptions" about mortality rates, staff turnover, retirement dates, and discount rates.
The agency's coverage of European pensions attracted a lot attention to the firm as of late. In February, S&P warned it might downgrade a dozen European companies because of pension liabilities (See Pension Woes Pop Up Across the Pond).
Then in March the agency said it "views unfunded liabilities relating to defined benefit pension plans and retiree medical plans as debt-like in nature." This approach was then criticized by various rating agencies and asset managers. One such criticism came from BNP Paribas. In a European Utilities and Pensions research note, the French bank said that although it recognizes S&P's point in respect to the inflexibility of pension payments, it is "not persuaded by the arguments used in S&P's complicated approach to the subject." Instead, the report says BNP has "more sympathy with Fitch's approach to this difficult area of analysis"(See BNP Paribas Calls Out S&P Credit Analysis ).


If you operate or do business in Pennsylvania, you may be responsible for collecting and remitting payment of sales and use tax to the State of Pennsylvania. With a state tax and a number of local counties and cities charging additional sales tax, it's important to know how the system works in this state and whether you are responsible for collecting.
In this guide we will review the Pennsylvania sales tax rates, the process of acquiring a permit, how to determine if you have nexus from out of state and need to collect sales tax, and what the due dates and penalties for late filing entail.
The state sales tax rate in Pennsylvania is 6.0%.
Because the additional sales tax rates apply mostly to these two large cities and a handful of other municipalities, you will likely deal with them at some point depending on the transactions you perform in the state.
If you operate your business and do business with other people in Pennsylvania, then you are required to collect and remit payment for sales tax here. However, it's not always so simple for those who operate outside of Pennsylvania but do business in the state in one form or another. For those businesses, it is important to establish nexus.
For more information about what constitutes nexus and how Pennsylvania defines the term, they offer a detailed breakdown on the Department of Revenue website here.
One final situation to consider for nexus is if you use the Amazon FBA program to fulfill shipments for your company. Because there are 9 fulfillment centers in Pennsylvania there is a good chance that at least some of your items are stored here. It is recommended that you check inventory with Amazon to determine if this will affect you and require you to collect sales tax in the state.
What Is Eligible for Sales Tax in Pennsylvania?
Like most states, Pennsylvania charges sales tax on physical goods and only a few specific types of services. Here are some additional details on what you will be required to collect sales tax on and what will be eligible for exemption.
Physical Goods – The majority of physical goods are taxable in Pennsylvania with a number of exemptions for specific items.
Services – While the bulk of services are not taxed in Pennsylvania, there are some that may be subject to sales tax including alterations or tailoring to a suit or formal wear that was just purchased. Other services that are taxed in Pennsylvania include lobbying services, credit reporting, secretarial and editing, employment agencies, help supply, pest control, building maintenance and cleaning, lawn care, self-storage, and premium cable.
Bringing Items in from Outside the State – If you purchase an item from outside the state of of Pennsylvania and bring it into the state you may be responsible for paying sales tax on that item directly if it was not collected by the merchant.
Exemptions for Physical Goods – Sales tax is not charged for grocery store food, drugs or medical supplies, wrapping supplies, water, clothing (except formal wear), newspapers, and any sales to the government.
The State of Pennsylvania maintains an up to date document with a list of all applicable sales tax and exemptions on their website for review of these items in greater detail.
Register for sales tax permit through Online PA100 website.
Print out the PA-100 form for offline registration.
There is no charge to apply for a sales tax permit, though if you are also registering a business at the same time, you will need to pay a fee for that depending on the type and location of your business. Be sure to have business information and licenses ready at the time of application.
For Those in State – For the majority of transactions, the 6% state tax will apply. The state is origin-based so your location will determine what you charge. This simplifies things greatly for those who live and operate in-state.
Shipping Charges – In Pennsylvania, the shipping is taxable only if the items being shipped are taxable. This applies to handling as well.
Filing Your Return – The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has an online portal through which you can pay your sales tax due here.
Like many other states, Pennsylvania offers a discount for paying on time all of your sales and use tax owed. If you pay on time, you will receive a 1% deduction on your return. This discount is only available for amounts over $20,000 if you pay via EFT.
The deadline for payment will be determined by the filing frequency assigned to you at the time you receive your permit. This will be affected by the total amount owed with each return.
Quarterly: For those with less than $600 in liability for the third quarter of the previous calendar year, you will pay quarterly.
Monthly: For those who owe greater than $600 from the third quarter of the previous calendar year, you will be required to pay on a monthly basis. Pennsylvania also requires those whose liability was greater than $25,000 in that time period to prepay each month 50% of that estimated liability for this time period.
Semi-Annual: If your liability for the third quarter of the previous calendar year was less than $75, then you can pay semi-annually.
If you pay your sales tax remittance late, there is a 5% late fee per month overdue up to a maximum of 25% penalty. If you underpaid or did not pay your tax due, then there is also a 3% per month of tax unpaid penalty up to 18% maximum. There are additional penalties as well for fraudulent returns and repeat offenders to the above situations.
If you operate in the State of Pennsylvania and know you'll need to collect sales tax there for upcoming transactions, there are a number of things you'll need to keep track of. From data review to sorting of transactions and determining the best rate for each sale made into the state, it's important that you get it right. That's why TaxTools sales tax software is a good fit for so many sellers who do business in the state. If you have an ecommerce site or other online platform, it can work with your existing system and help you get the sales tax collection process right. Contact us today to learn more or to sign up for a free trial.


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SS Vyner Brooke was a Scottish-built steamship that was both the royal yacht of Sarawak and a merchant ship frequently used between Singapore and Kuching. She was named after the 3rd Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke. At the outbreak of war with Japan the ship was requisitioned by the Royal Navy, armed, and sunk in 1942.

Description
Ship designed by naval architect F.G Ritchie OBE, of Ritchie & Bisset, Singapore. Ramage & Ferguson of Leith, Edinburgh's harbour area, built the ship, completing her in February 1928. The launch by Her Highness the Ranee was scheduled for 10 November 1927 at Leith. The ship sailed from Leith for Singapore on 17 April 1928.

Vyner Brooke was flush decked  with 'tween decks, all steel sheathed in  with six watertight bulkheads. The main deck was as clear as possible of structures for deck passenger use with accommodations forward for crew and aft for stewards, clerks and ship's boys. The refrigeration plant, designed to keep the cold store two degrees below freezing, was located on the main deck. Cabins amidships on the upper deck provided for 44 first-class passengers with a  by  saloon forward of the cabins. A staircase at the after end of the saloon led to a shade deck and two de luxe cabins and a private sitting room. The ship was equipped with wireless and carried lifeboats, rafts and lifebelts for 650 people and could carry at least 200 deck passengers.

She was  had six corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of  that heated two single-ended Barclay, Curle & Co. boilers with a combined heating surface of . These fed steam at 180 lbf/in2 to a three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine built by Ramage and Ferguson. The engine was rated at 297 NHP and drove twin screws.

Cargo was handled by two three ton cranes at each hatch with a heavy, twenty ton derrick.

Royal Navy Requisition
At the beginning of the war in the Pacific Vyner Brooke was requisitioned by the Royal Navy, painted gray and armed with a four-inch deck gun forward, two Lewis guns aft and depth charges. The ship's Australian and British officers were mostly Malay Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and had been asked to remain aboard the now HMS Vyner Brooke. The ship's company, under the command of her peacetime captain, Richard E. Borton, was augmented by reservists, some survivors of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse and European and Malay professional sailors.

Sinking and massacre

On 14 February 1942 in World War II, while evacuating nurses and wounded servicemen away from Singapore she was bombed by Japanese aircraft and sunk. Some of the survivors who reached Bangka Island east of Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies were massacred by the Imperial Japanese Army. Others were imprisoned in Palembang and Muntok POW camps.

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Kim Boekbinder and Jim Batt at Science House. Their Kickstarter campaign for Sky is Calling just went live!
Last night, Science House premiered Kim Boekbinder's mesmerizing new song (from her album of the same name, due out in March 2013), a space anthem, "Sky is Calling." Jim Batt's stunning animation, composed of NASA footage, served the song's purpose: to get people excited about this moment in the relationship between humans and space exploration.
Instrumentation for the album includes a mix of electronic and acoustic instruments not usually heard together (synthesizer and hammer dulcimer, Mbira and drum pads) and sound samples from earth and space. Some rhythm tracks have been created by importing visual data (NASA photographs) into an audio program where they are sculpted into grooves. We will be dancing to the beat of the stars.
I sat down with the artists to find out more about the project.
RJK: How did you start to become inspired by space as a subject? Have you always been interested in space and astronomy, or is this something that started more recently?
Boekbinder: I've always been excited about space! From watching the Challenger shuttles when I was very small, to reading the mountains of sci-fi that I have, to following NASA and the Curiosity rover on Twitter. Space has always been an exciting part of my life, even when it's not at the forefront. It feels like I've been waiting to write this album my whole life.
Batt: Space has always captured the imaginations of filmmakers, from early Méliès silent films onward, and I'm excited to be able to explore the possibilities that our vast cosmos inspires.
RJK: Where did the video footage come from?
Batt: With a few exceptions, the video is primarily made up of individual image frames of raw data sent back from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, currently orbiting Saturn. The eerie black and white glitch aesthetic is the result of various technical factors, data artifacts, exposure calibrations, even cosmic rays hitting the sensors, and gives us a rare unprocessed machine-vision glimpse at the solar system. The overlays are diagrams of our attempts to understand the universe in various eras, from early astrology through to blueprints of the spacecraft that enable us to reach the sky.
RJK: How is it collaborating with scientists on an artistic project?
Boekbinder: It's always interesting to talk to people who are excited about their work. People who approach things with a more scientific process teach me a different way to look at something. I can be inspired by the mystery of the cosmos, but I'm also very inspired by the facts. Mystery is romanticised as poetry, but facts are beautiful too.
Batt: Working through NASA's excellent collection of data, which is all accessible to the public, I am constantly amazed at the inspired determination shown by these scientists and engineers in their drive to achieve the seemingly impossible. Even the briefest exploration of their archives leaves one with a new appreciation for the complexity of their task, and the consistent ingenuity with which they respond to the challenge.
RJK: The intersection of art and science is a powerful combination for the imagination. You've accomplished something spectacular here by capturing the essence of what makes space exciting. The sky is calling--and we go! What are you hoping to accomplish with this effort?Boekbinder: Music is a powerful medium for communication. Because of it's emotional impact and it's ubiquity - we listen to music everywhere - songs have a way of getting into us that other methods of communicating just can't do. My hope is that by listening to a great album people will be inspired to learn more about our world, our entire universe.
Batt: Watch. Listen. Be inspired. Look up.
Rita J. King is the EVP for Business Development at Science House and the director of Science House Creative, a full service creative consulting firm. To book Science House for an event or find out about brainstorming services, contact rita [at] sciencehouse or ping @RitaJKing on Twitter.


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The California Genealogical Society will hold a class on LGBTQ genealogy Saturday, June 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the CGS office and library, 2201 Broadway, lower level, in Oakland.
Instructor Stewart Blandon Traiman, a gay man, has been studying genealogy for 30 years. He noted in a news release that LGBTQ people have always been part of history and family stories. The "confirmed bachelor," or "spinster aunt" in many people's family trees may not have been single, and might have had partners but there is no legal documentation or family acknowledgement, he noted.
The class will explore census data, newspapers, obituaries, military records, photographs, phone books, and archives for clues on ancestors' sexuality. The class will also look at LGBTQ history and individual stories that give context to available records.
Pre-registration is required. Admission is free for CGS members and $30 for non-members, which can be applied toward a one-year CGS membership the day of the class.
Organizer Patrick Carney wants to remind people that volunteers are still needed to set up and take down the giant pink triangle installation atop Twin Peaks this weekend.
The triangle will be installed Saturday, June 23, from 7 to 10 a.m. Those interested in helping out should bring a hammer and gloves. People should wear closed-toe shoes and sunscreen. The display consists of 175 bright pink tarps, held in place by nearly 5,000 12-inch long spikes. The display is 200 feet long on each leg and can be seen for 20 miles in clear weather.
A ceremony featuring political leaders, Mayor-elect London Breed, Pride grand marshals, and other dignitaries will be held at 10:30 a.m. Carney said that gay activist Cleve Jones will tell the story of the pink triangle. Two gay diplomats will also be attending: German Consul General Hans-Ulrich Suedbeck, and French Consul General Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens. He will bring Marlène Schiappa, who is France's minister for gender equality, Carney said.
Getting people to help take down the triangle is more challenging, Carney noted, because it follows the Pride parade and celebration. He said that even if people can help out for an hour between 4:30 and 8 p.m. Sunday, June 24, it would be appreciated.
The Alameda County Public Defender's office will offer help for people seeking to clear criminal records and other holistic services at its third annual Family Festival Saturday, June 23, from noon to 4 p.m. at Verdese Carter Park, 9600 Sunnyside Street in Oakland.
Public Defender Brendon Woods said that his office's clean slate program will be the centerpiece of the afternoon event, with lawyers available for free consultation and intake for cleaning criminal records to help people find employment, seek occupational licenses, and gain access to other benefits.
"Our holistic model of public defense has been incredibly successful, and we're looking forward to again partnering with nonprofits and others trying to lift up some of our most vulnerable residents," Woods said in a news release. "The best way to support our community is to provide people with good jobs and access to services and to keep them from slipping through the cracks."
The festival will also feature free food and music, face-painting, kids games, pickup basketball games, and horse rides provided by the Oakland Black Cowboy Association.
The event is co-sponsored by Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley and other groups, including the NAACP.
Author Beverly A. Potter, Ph.D., will be in San Francisco Monday, June 25, at 7 p.m. to talk about her book, "Cannabis for Seniors," at the Institute on Aging, 3575 Geary Boulevard.
Once viewed as a "street drug," cannabis has, for decades, been used medicinally in California and numerous other states. With the advent of legal adult recreational marijuana in the Golden State this year, more people can access it. According to a recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the number of people over 65 who say they use marijuana has increased by about 250 percent since 2006.
Potter earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Stanford University, and her master's degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling from San Francisco State University. In her book, she explains that in many cases, using cannabis may enable seniors to reduce dependency on narcotic pain medication and to avoid opioid addiction.
General admission is $15, or $5 for students and seniors 65 and over. A limited number of Potter's book will be available for $15, cash only, at the event.


Popular actress Thisuri Yuwanika was wed yesterday (19).
Her groom was Suraj Weerasinghe, whom she had known since childhood.
Their wedding, held at Hilton Residencies, was attended by many artistes.
Thisuri, the daughter of veteran actress - Susantha Chandramali, has twice been awarded as best actress.


This is our 31st Annual Classic Car Raffle, and we thank you for purchasing tickets. This is a volunteer effort and ALL proceeds benefit Saint Bernard Catholic Church and School in Rockport, Indiana. The drawing is August 17, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. CDT at the conclusion of the St. Bernard Summer Social. Indiana Raffle License #148052.
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New Money: Eight to One
A streamlined event strategy by the Consumer Bankers Association pays off.
Seven years ago, the events calendar for the Consumer Bankers Association looked a lot different. CBA produced eight separate meetings focused on different parts of the banking industry, including a mortgage conference and an auto-lending event.
While each was doing fine financially, CEO Richard Hunt, who was new at the time, wanted to make the most of them all, better meet member needs, and create a larger brand and event platform that would produce a higher ROI.
"I wanted to provoke a new way of thinking and challenge the status quo," Hunt says. "I also wanted to position CBA to lead the industry through and beyond the financial crisis, helping member banks adjust their strategies to meet the needs of an ever-changing consumer."
With the help of marketing and experience design agency 360 Live Media, Hunt discovered the solution: Consolidate CBA's meetings lineup into one unified experience called CBA LIVE.
The three-day meeting and tradeshow attracts more than 1,300 attendees, and close to 600 of them are bankers who have decision- making authority.
"We have geometrically improved our ability to monetize the event, because the value of the audience is much more robust than it ever was," says Hunt.
Since the launch of the CBA LIVE franchise, the association has increased event revenue 129 percent by focusing on building smart, sustainable, and customized partnerships and sponsorships.
Among the unique sponsorships are a VIP reception and dinner where a single sponsor is given exclusive access to senior banking executives, private meeting rooms so a company can meet with clients and prospects, and the ability for sponsors to give three attendees a VIP experience that includes access to an executive lounge.
CBA LIVE sponsorships and exhibits are reserved exclusively for CBA members, which means that if companies want to participate, they must first pay membership dues, which also adds to CBA's bottom line.
Hunt attributes much of CBA's success to the scarcity principle. By offering only five yearlong strategic partnerships, CBA has been able to increase the value of these individual packages from $20,000 to $200,000 per sponsorship in just six years.
"By telling [sponsors] they're going to be only one of five to have that access, we are able to build buzz, and—even better—nondues revenue," Hunt says.
CBA has been able to increase the value of these individual packages from $20,000 to $200,000 per sponsorship.
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