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Los Angeles is on track to become the largest city in the United States to ban the sale of fur clothing and accessories.
On Tuesday, the City Council voted unanimously for the ban, directing the Los Angeles City Attorney to formulate a policy that would render fur sales illegal. The council expects that the city attorney will return with the requisite language in about a month. The ban will take effect two years from the day it is signed into law.
Council member Bob Blumenfield, who introduced the motion, said: "This is L.A. taking a stand and saying we will no longer be complicit in the inhumane and vile fur trade that's been going on for years."
The average temperature in Los Angeles hovers around 75 degrees Fahrenheit, so fur is … maybe not as necessary as in, say, Alaska. But the City Council members hope that their vote could see a ripple effect.
"We're trying to set an example for the rest of the state and the rest of the country," Mr. Blumenfield said.
Los Angeles is now one of several cities in California, including San Francisco and West Hollywood, that have banned the sale of fur.
P.J. Smith, the senior manager of fashion policy at the Humane Society of the United States, called it a wonderful day for the fur-banning brigade. He said that he expected Los Angeles's status as the second largest city in the United States, and a fashion hub, would persuade more cities to join the ban.
"I've been doing this job for about 10 years, and if you would have told me just two years ago that Gucci, Versace, Burberry, InStyle magazine, London Fashion Week, Norway, the Netherlands, São Paulo would be going fur-free, I wouldn't have believed you," Mr. Smith said. "But it's happening."
He said that he did not necessarily expect colder cities to follow suit: "I don't think it's happening in Moscow."
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But Mr. Smith said that within the United States, cities were competing with each other "almost to see who's the most compassionate city out there."
"San Francisco's colder, and when San Francisco banned fur sales, it was considered the compassion capital," he said. "Then you have L.A. turning around and claiming that title back."
Of course, not everyone in the city was happy about the news. Harry Naim, a proprietor of the downtown store Furs by La Fayette, said that he was absolutely against the ban and was very angry about it.
"We have been in business for 30 years and suddenly some stupid people decided to ban it," he said of the fur clothing he sells. "I don't think this bothers anyone. Why do they want to kill the business I've built?"


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Steamed idli is sliced thick and deep fried in oil till golden brown in color. Fried idli is then seasoned with chaat masala and served with mint cilantro chutney.
Makes: around 2 Servings of Fried Idli.
Steamed Idli 4
Chaat Masala Powder 1/2 tsp
Mint Chutney 2 Tbsps
Salt to taste
Oil for Deep Frying
Method of preparation:
Slice the idli into three pieces and keep aside.
Heat oil in a deep vessel on medium heat.
When oil is hot, slowly drop the idli pieces into the oil.
Fry till the idli turns golden brown in color.
Remove the idli onto absorbent paper to remove excess oil.
Immediately sprinkle chaat masala powder and a pinch of salt.
Serve fried idli with mint chutney.
Notes: Make sure idli fried well on all sides.
Suggestions: You can also steam the idli batter in a small wide vessel instead of using idli moulds and cut the idli into various shapes once steamed.
Variations: Also serve with tamarind chutney or red chutney.
Other Names: Fried Idli.

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2020 Southwest Regional
A near-once in a lifetime Regional Fly-in/opportunity.
Don't miss this chance to be there and see some of the most beautiful red-rock country in the world: Navajo Indian country; at the entry point for float trips downriver through the Grand Canyon; near blazing-red rock slot canyons; among red rock arches: on the largest reservoir in the US, with it's towering cliffs…and more.
It's Page Arizona.
And, certainly, even better, you get to socialize with your friends: us-all.
We'll gather on October 7, and have our always wonderful southwest time togther. After our activities and socializing for four days, we'll disperse on Sunday, October 11.
As some of you know, we have only one rule for our SW Regionals: Rule Number One: There are no rules. You join in with the group for everything. Or, you do whatever you want, when you want. We don't care. If you do your own things, we'll see you for dinner.
Lots of things to do. Some of them near-free, some more expensive. Our thought is to find many interesting things we can do together for free or nominal cost + one or more things that are more expensive: your choice (remember Rule Number One?).
Page has a good airport, with commercial airline service. Getting there isn't strenuous, so no excuses about not being able to easily arrive for our regional. We'll pick you up at the airport. There'll be plenty of cars, so rent one only if you want to.
There're more things to do than we have time for…Here're some.
- We'll have airplanes there. Here's a heck of a good idea from former Club Prez, Cliff Van Vleet. We'll load up and fly north 50 miles to perhaps the most famous red rock arch in the country: Rainbow Bridge. A five hour round trip by boat, which would be great: about an hour by Shortwing. Different than seeing it first-hand, under the arch? Sure. But, flying is what we're about. Wonderful.
- John Wesley Powell, for whom the huge lake is named, was, among many other things, a one-armed Civil War veteran. He lost his right arm at Pittsburgh Landing, a fight during the Shiloh battle. In spite of this, he led several boat trips down the then uncharted Colorado River. We'll visit his museum. Here's the link: https://www.powellmuseum.org .
- The "ancient ones", called Anasazi, were Indian tribes that lived, and for some time flourished in the US southwest. The Navajos are thought to have been one of Anasazi tribes. We'll visit a Navajo Indian village and learn about this part of the heritage of our southwest. https://www.navajovillage.com
- There are plenty of places that we can drive to for several hour or half day excursions. We'll look further into these in the next month or so.
- Glen Canyon Dam: Carl-Hayden visitor center and dam tour. The visitor center displays the building of the dam. The tour takes us inside the dam itself. visitor-center.html#.Xjmg9WhKhnI
6) A half day, smooth water river trip 15 miles down the Colorado River among high red rock cliffs. Of the tours we've found, this half day rafting trip down the Colorado River from Page looks to be something we should do. Towering cliffs, just like those on downstream into the Grand Canyon. https://www.riveradventures.com/horseshoe-bend-rafting-trips/horseshoe-bend-rafting- experience/half-day/
7) Boat tour on Lake Powell from Antelope Marina to Lower Antelope Canyon.
8) Private tour to a slot canyon: Secret Antelope Canyon and/or Horseshoe Bend overlook. We may also be able to drive to the Horseshoe Bend overlook. https://horseshoebendtours.com/
9) Dinner Cruise in wahweap Bay. This may or may not be available for our October dates. But, they may extend their season. We'll see.
And, perhaps the most important part of any of our regionals. Lots of time to lean back, relax, chat, and enjoy each other. We'll detail the activities and costs for the things we can or plan to do in the May issue of the Supplement or in our official publication, The News.


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If you are looking to create microservices, schedule tasks, or you plan on running scripts in ubuntu, you will need a tool that will allow for such things.
Tmux is a tool that allows multiple sessions that can be "detached" from and thus continue running even when no terminal windows are open.
First lets start with Tmux. There is a great detailed explanation of Tmux at the link provided. Thank you for your wealth of general knowledge Wikipedia.
Pleasantries aside, To install tmux simply open a terminal session and type
sudo apt install tmux
Flow through and finish the installation. Press Y for yes when necessary and when the installation completes, you are done installing tmux. Tmux is a safe reliable tool.
Play around
If you are new to tmux play around with it a bit. You can use the commands below to do a decent number of things that is more than enough for further parts in this series.
Start a new session type >> tmux
Keep a session running and leave tmux type >> ctrl + b then d
Kill a session you are in >> ctrl + b then type >> kill-session
Rename a session >> ctrl + b then $
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So after nearly a week of no posts you're probably wondering what's up at Bag Of Songs, I no internet access to update during the week so I'll kind of summarize with some photos and a little accompanying mini mix for you today. The beginning of the week started off having to get upo at 4:00 AM in lovely freezing 10 degree weather to board a 7:00 AM flight to Memphis for a work trip. Arrived right on time and spent the morning seeing a bit of Memphis and then checked into my hotel to await the arrival of my coworkers who were all on later flights. As the hours passed and no one arrived it became pretty obvious that their flights into Memphis didn't go nearly as smoothly as mine, taking anywhere from 7 to 12 hours for a 2 and half hour trip. The next morning brought another extra special treat, a fire alarm going off in our hotel at 7:00 AM. Everyone had to climb down the stairs and evacuate the building until the firemen arrived and the all clear was given to re-enter. Thankfully there was no big fire, just a smoke alarm going off for some reason or other. Wednesday night was my birthday and a group of my friends joined me for a night out on the town on Beale Street, Memphis equivalent of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, where a great time was had by all. Thursday night was the trip home arriving in Philadelphia just in time to head over to the North Star Bar and catch a set by the always amazing Jealous Girlfriends. Finally, after that it was arrival home.
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Second leg of my flight was much worse than the first – we ran into a jetstream which caused the plane to get jerked about like crazy while I was trying to sleep. I did watch a couple of episodes of House and Fawlty Towers though. Hugh Laurie and John Cleese are made of win.
I got dragged into a detailed inspection of my checked baggage upon arrival because I was carrying food (the usual assortment of Indian provisions, microwaveables and most importantly INSTANT NOODLES) and I had an item (cumin seeds) confiscated for the first time ever! Good thing I have a spare at home.
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In Iraq, the Shiite physician Ibrahim al-Jaafari appears set to become the country's new prime minister. The leading Shiite political coalition named Jaafari Tuesday as its candidate to be their official candidate for Prime Minister after his leading opponent, Ahmad Chalabi, withdrew from the race. Jaafari has spoken of increasing ties with Iran where he lived in exile during the 1980s. He is a member of the religious Dawa party. Patrick Lang, the retired chief of Middle East intelligence for the Pentagon said the selection of Jaafari marks the "desecularization of Iraq" that it enlarging Iranian sphere of influence in the region. Lang predicted Jaafari selection will enflame the Sunni resistance because it fears that Iraq's new government will be dominated by hard-line religious Shiites.
In other Iraq news, European nations have pledged token additional support to help train and equip security forces in Iraq. This came following a request from President Bush during his trip to Brussels.. France pledged just one military officer to help in coordination at NATO headquarters. The NATO commitment is much smaller than the Bush administration had originally hoped.
Meanwhile President Bush met with European leaders on Tuesday and asked them not to end its embargo on Chinese arms sales. Bush warned that selling arms to China could "change the balance of relations between China and Taiwan." The European Union has had an embargo on arms sales to China since the massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
In Virginia, federal prosecutors have accused a 23-year-old U.S. citizen of plotting the of assassinating President Bush with members of Al Qaeda two years ago while he was studying in Saudi Arabia. The man, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, had been jailed for over 20 months in Saudi Arabia where he was reportedly tortured Until Tuesday no charges had been filed against him. Law enforcement sources said the plot against Bush never advanced beyond the talking stage. One source involved in the case told the Washington Post that the U.S. government had hoped Saudi Arabia would bring charges against Abu Ali, in part because of the lack of evidence linking him to any al Qaeda activities. According to the Washington Post this is the first case in which the U.S. government would have to rely, in part, on information gathered solely by a foreign government. Abu Ali's attorney Edward MacMahon's said the allegations of torture promise to play a role as the case progresses. According to the Washington Post, Abu Ali is not charged directly with plotting to kill Bush but the allegation is part of a broader indictment that includes conspiracy charges. Outside the courtroom, Abu Ali's mother accused the Bush administration of spreading lies about her son. If convicted of all charges, Abu Ali faces up to 80 years in prison.
Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, Democratic Congressman Edward Markey last week reintroduced legislation calling for a "Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act." The legislation would formally prohibit the practice of "extraordinary rendition" by which prisoners in U.S. custody are allegedly sent for interrogation to foreign countries that practice torture. Over the past few years U.S. agents have detained or kidnapped numerous individuals and sent them to jails in Syria and Egypt without any formal legal proceeding.
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Even penguins get the flu
Even penguins get the flu - it's not known, however, whether the virus makes these birds very sick....After I read this article in Science News for Students, I decided to use a waddle of eight penguins to depict incoming flu vRNPs. A group of penguins on land are called a 'waddle', those in water are called a 'raft'. I used the analogy in the summer of 2015, at the IMLS retreat of University of Zurich to a largely non-expert audience made of developmental biologists, molecular biologists, and proteomists. After a few slides, the oohings and ahhings I heard from the audience indicated I made a good choice.
Influenza virus is a member of the Orthomyxoviridae family. It is an enveloped, single-stranded negative-strand RNA virus with eight vRNPs protected within a M1 matrix shell. Each vRNP consists of oligomeric nucleoprotein (NP), viral RNA, and viral polymerase. vRNPs are up to 110 nm in length and packaged in an ordered fashion inside the M1 shell, adopting a 7+1 arrangement with seven vRNPs surrounding a central vRNP.
Cellular loss-of-function reveals viral phenotypes
Have you ever been injured only to find how easy it was to move your body before the injury? There is a revelation that a part of your body existed! In normal cells viral uncoating happens seamlessly, like a fit runner or well-oiled machine. When the left kneecap or a gear is destroyed, the runner will stumble and the machine will stop. Our lab takes a similar approach to study the effect of cellular deprivation on virus entry. We use CRISPR/Cas or siRNA to deprive the cell of an essential-for-the-virus cellular function and observe the detrimental effects it has on an incoming virus.
The 8 viral ribonucleoproteins debundle in the cytosol
To infect a new cell, flu virions endocytose into vesicles and travel inside the endocytic pathway until they reach the late endosome. At low pH the viral HA activates and fuses together the viral and late endosomal membranes. Histone deacetylase 6 and the aggresome processing machinery disassembles the M1 shell (Banerjee et al., 2014) allowing vRNPs to escape into the cytosol. vRNPs then undergo a debundling process which can take place on the surface of a late endosome as well as in the cytosol. As M1 is removed from vRNPs they decrease in size and are observed as homogenous spots in the nucleus that correspond to single vRNPs. We found that TNPO1 removes residual M1 from the vRNP surface and promotes debundling. TNPO1 binds to M1 by recognising a PY-NLS (Twyffels et a., 2014) at the M1 N-terminus. Following separation, individual vRNPs import into the nucleus by binding to importin α/β.
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Once you stop a virus dead in its tracks, it is easier to dissect mechanistically what is going on. Assay development is key in virus entry research and requires a lot of trial and error. Critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication is also key. Flu is hard to work with compared to herpes simplex, a virus that I worked on for almost a decade before switching to flu. Flu dislikes genome manipulation, and this has so far limited the fields' options for live fluorescent imaging of incoming vRNPs or M1. Our study will shed light on recent studies that showed vRNPs transport to the nucleus as a bundle (Chou et al., 2012), or that they separate as they leave the endosomes (Qin et al., 2019).
Raloff J. (2014) Even penguins get the flu. Science News for Students. https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/even-penguins-get-flu
Miyake Y, et al. (2019) Influenza A virus uses transportin 1 for vRNP debundling during cell entry. Nat Microbiol.
Chou YY, et al. (2013) Colocalization of different influenza viral RNA segments in the cytoplasm before viral budding as shown by single-molecule sensitivity FISH analysis. PLoS Pathog 9:e1003358, and erratum (2013), 10.1371/annotation/8f53e7f2-2348-436f-b37e-a883a01e9bbd.
Qin C, et al. (2019) Real-time dissection of dynamic uncoating of individual influenza viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 10.1073/pnas.1812632116.
Banerjee I, et al. (2014) Influenza A virus uses the aggresome processing machinery for host cell entry. Science 346:473–477.
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Mnairogekko Chahoua
Chahouas, also called Chewies, Mossy (New Caledonian or Short-snouted) Geckos or Mnairogekko Chahoua are arboreal and nocturnal similar to the Crested Gecko. They are native to the island chain of New Caledonia in the Coral Sea (See History for maps).
Temperature and humidity: New Caledonia is a temperate rain forest with trade winds. The mild temperatures makes the native species very compatible with our home temperatures of 65F-78F. Many people keep Chahoua in a planted vivarium and so provide UVB light for the plants. I have noticed that mine will bask if given the opportunity and a warm spot of around 85. Like all cold-blooded species they are unable to thermoregulate (they are ectotherms-meaning they depend on their environment to help them regulate temperature from the outside) and require cool areas in the tank as well as warm. In addition they are sensitive to overheating and do not want sustained temperatures that are over the mid eighties. Humidity requirements are higher than the typical home and misting once a day, plus providing a humid hide or damp soil substrate and drinking bowl is required. Use a hygrometer and try to maintain 50-70% humidity. A larger shallow bowl placed in the cage will often be used by the Chahoua for bathing but will also require more maintenance as they will almost always defecate in it. If the cage is sprayed, leave one side dry so that the geckos can dry their skin if needed. Night time drops into the mid-high 60's are fine.
Appropriate caging size in Exo Terra tanks: Juvenile 12x12x18, Adult 18x18x24, two adults 24x24x36. Vertical space is more important than horizontal space as these geckos like to climb. Natural substrates like peat and coir mixed together with leaf litter or ABG Mix hold humidity better than a reptile carpet or paper towels. It can also be used as a base for live plants or small insects to create a bio-active self-cleaning environment. Springtails and Isopods are two commonly used insects that act as cleaners for fungus and organic matter in a vivarium. Cork logs or stacked flats, Mopani wood, bamboo tubes and leafy vines are good cage furnishings for climbing and hiding. I keep a shallow large bowl for water that will get bathed in and defecated in and so need regular changing, an elevated magnetic shelf for a food dish and a smaller water dish for drinking. Elevating helps keep the food free of Isopods who can swarm a food bowl with Lemming-like persistence-leaving a nasty bowl of food and dead Isopods in the morning. It also keep the Chahouas from walking or defecating in the dishes.
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Color changes as an M. Chahoua matures
Their colors change dramatically as the gecko ages. Baby Chahoua hatch out looking black and white. Young juveniles typically have brown, black, white, with slight areas of red toned color (including peach and pink) in some cases. They are very plain compared to adult individuals. Theories about baby coloration include the neutral color giving them the ability to camouflage into rocks and tree roots after hatching out of eggs buried in the ground and while living at a lower elevation of the forest while they are young.
As they age their colors will become more visible and seem to spread as the brown and white areas change. The earth tones also turn to shades of green and often retain a lacy pattern. The colors and patterns vary from gecko to gecko and can be subtle and earthy to flashy and bright. The snout to vent length averages 5.5 inches and the weight ranges from 55-90 grams.
Feeding: Their diet in the wild consists of insects, smaller lizards and fruit. In captivity their care is similar to the crested gecko (care sheet) but they do tend to like more protein in their diet and unlike a Crested Gecko, who will often refuse bugs, the Chahoua will almost always be happy to hunt them. In fact during growth and egg shelling periods they can become snappy unless given extra insects. Crickets seem to provide the most enrichment since the chahoua will chase them all over the enclosure, but Dubia roaches can also be used and have more protein to shell. Insects can be provided 2 times per week and should always be dusted with calcium. Once a month a mineral supplent such as Miner-all can be used. A powdered diet such as Pangea Complete Gecko Diet or Black Panther Zoological can be used every other day for most of their dietary needs. Treats of fresh diced or pureed fruit can be given once or twice a month. Mangos, papayas, bananas, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and figs are popular but my experience is that sometimes the fruit is well received, other times it gets ignored. Try a puree or smoothy of blended fruit if diced doesn't go over well. Ripe to slightly over-ripe, sweet fruit is best.
Breeding: Shelling females should be provided with a nest box and extra calcium should be provided in her enclosure. Even females who have never been with a male will produce infertile eggs once they reach sexual maturity. The eggs are heavier in calcium than other New Caledonian species like the Crested Gecko. Accordingly, Chahouas need more calcium in their diet. Dusting insects right before feeding them out as well as gut loading them 12-24 hrs before feeding helps. An open dish of calcium can also be left in the cage. If you are thinking of breeding, keep in mind that a female needs to be 2.5-3 years old before she can safely produce fertile eggs. A younger female will be in danger of developing Metabolic Bone Disease due to critical calcium loss.


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To find the molarity of the unknown acid, first we had to create a standard solution, the solution we created was Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH). We wanted a 0. 1 molar solution of sodium hydroxide so to get this we had to dissolve 4g of NaOH into 1000cm? of water, but we didn't want 1000cm? we wanted 250cm? so to work out how much sodium hydroxide would be needed you need to do the same equation to the number of grams (g) than with the volume of water, so to get 1000cm? down to 250cm?
You divide it by 4, so you divide 4 by 4 which gives you 1, so one gram of NaOH is needed to make a 0.
1 molar solution in 250cm? of water. Next is making the solution, the equipment needed to make this standard solution is: a balance, beaker, volumetric flask, glass rod, wash bottle. And the ingredients for the solution are NaOH and distilled water. To make NaOH solution is to measure out 1g of sodium hydroxide and place on a scrap piece of paper which is on the balance, it isn't essential that you get exactly 1g just approximately 1g.
Then put some distilled water into a beaker enough to dissolve the sodium hydroxide, transfer the sodium hydroxide from the paper to the beaker and dissolve by swirling and stirring. Once dissolved transfer this solution to a volumetric flask, and wash out the beaker and glass rod which was used to stir the solid NaOH into the water, now add distilled water to the volumetric flask, up until the bottom of the meniscus is on the 250cm?line and shake and mix it up a little, then you have made your solution.
In my solution it wasn't 1g, I weighed 0. 99g. The next stage is to calculate the molarity of your solution.
To work out the moles it is moles= grams ? relative molecular mass (RMM) so for my solution it will be 0. 99? 40 (40 is the RMM of sodium hydroxide, this is calculated by adding the mass of each atom in the compound together, so for NaOH it is Na=23 O=16 and H=1. 23+16+1=40 this is where the 40 comes from.) 0. 99 ? 40= 0. 02475 rounded to 4 decimal places is 0. 0248 that is the molarity of the 250cm? but molarity is always measured in 1000cm? so now you have to times 0. 0248 by 4, 0. 0248 x 4= 0. 992, and that is the final molarity of your solution so my molarity is 0. 992M.
Now is to titrate you solution with the unknown acid, to do this you need: a clamp, a beaker for acid, a beaker for your standard solution and another beaker for waste, a conical flask, 50ml burette, 25ml pipette.
Once all the equipment has been set up you now need to add your unknown solution into the burette and leave the tap open and put the waste beaker under it to make sure there is no air bubbles in the burette, turn the tap off and fill the burette up, now take the pipette filler and fill up your pipette with your standard solution and put that in the conical flask, add a colour indicator to the conical flask and put the conical flask under the burette open the tap, and you are looking for the first colour change that lasts for approximately 10 seconds, repeat the titration until you have 3 results within .
1 of each other. In my titrations I did 4, the first result was 22. 6ml used, the second was 23. 1ml, third was 22. 7ml and the final one was 22. 8ml. Now the calculation for the molarity of the acid can be solved. The first step in working out the concentration of the unknown acid is balancing the equation. The equation for our experiment is: NaOH + HCl i NaCl + H2O and this equation is already balanced because there is 1 atom of Na on each side, 1 atom of O on each side, 2 atoms of H on either side and 1 atom of Cl on each side.
So this reaction is a 1:1 reaction. The reasons this is a 1:1 reaction can be found in the periodic table, the RMM of each side of the equation has to be the same and to work this out you need the atomic mass, Na=23, O=16, H=1 (x2) and Cl=35. The atomic mass is the larger of the two numbers on the periodic table found with an element. The total of these atomic masses is 76.
And it is exactly the same on the other side it is just that the compounds are different, this is due to the groups on the periodic table that they are in and that determines the bonds between atoms. The equation to work out the concentration of the unknown acid is: moles x 1000 ? average titration. The average titration is all the titration results added together and divided by 4, but we are going to discard the 23. 1ml result because it isn't close enough to the other three so is recognised as an anomaly, so (22.6 + 22. 7 +22. 8)? 3 = 22. 7cm? so now using the equation you can work out the concentration of the acid. (0. 0248 x 1000)? 22. 7 = 0. 1093, the actual concentration of the acid was 0. 0984. My predicted concentration is 0. 0109 above the actual concentration this could be due to inaccuracies with the measuring of the mass of NaOH to begin with also wrongly measuring the amount of my standard solution was used to titrate the acid.


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Introduction of the euro this month will both ease and complicate how U.S. Web retailers do business in Europe, experts on both sides of the Atlantic agreed.
A single currency will ease conversion into dollars, give goods a universal value and eventually increase the Internet customer base. "Eventually" is important, the experts said, because European direct marketers are having a hard time exploiting the Internet's potential, largely because the potential isn't that great yet.
"Europe is off to late start," Emily Nagel Green, managing director at Forrester Research in the Netherlands, told a recent meeting of the Federation of European Direct Marketing in Brussels. "According to our analysis of e-commerce, online retail sales by 2001 could total $4 billion. BTB trade in 2001 will be around $56 billion."
Euro coins and notes won't go on sale before Jan. 1, 2002, and won't formally replace local currencies before July 1, 2002. The euro exchange rate can be used for traveler's check payments, credit card purchases and other noncash transactions.
The 11 so-called euro zone nations are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. So far, Britain, Denmark and Sweden aren't participating, and Greece didn't meet economic requirements for membership.
E-commerce in Europe is expected to develop differently than in the United States. While Europe's Internet penetration is currently 4 percent, Nagel Green said, it's expected to reach 13 percent in 2001, although it's already much higher in some smaller markets, particularly Scandinavia. Most Europeans access the Internet at work.
On the plus side, a London-based IBM executive said, is the euro and the Internet will take off together and online shoppers will be more ready to recognize the euro and be comfortable using it.
For the next three years, however, that advantage will have the negative side effect of triangulation — products sold on the Web must be converted from dollars into euros and then into marks or francs, which isn't too different from the currency conversion in use now.
What worries U.S. merchants most, however, is a cultural factor — how quickly will Europeans accept the euro during the three-year transition period when it can only be used in cashless transactions?
"What does a price tag of 57 euros mean to most online customers?" asked one British financial services executive. Less than the dollar, he added, which at least is familiar. And at that, he noted, Americans have a hard time selling goods in Europe denominated in dollars.
To the extent that consensus exists, experts said preparing for the euro won't hurt U.S. Web merchants in Europe but won't bring them any tangible benefits soon. But companies that don't implement the needed conversions and other preparations could face future problems.


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Eat Seasonal Winter Foods to Keep You Healthy
Holy more weight gain! Continuous months of indulging and mindless eating and drinking. So, how are you going to handle the arrival of winter? Fear not. Winter is a great time to detox, leading into the lightness of spring. Don't forget to get your vitamin D. The days get their shortest come winter.
Researchers at Aberdeen University found that obese people had 10% less vitamin D than people of average weight. The study also found that excess body fat absorbed vitamin D so the body couldn't use it. Scientists now believe that there is a direct correlation between obesity and low levels of vitamin D. With that, get out there, even in the cold, and get your sunshine, if only for 10 minutes per day. Move your booty and continue exercising regularly. It can be as simple as taking a walk out in the snowy terrain. Sometimes you may not feel like it due to the cold weather, but hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
Enjoy winter foods. Move toward the more warming winter foods and also emphasize the more warming spices and seasonings including ginger and peppercorns.
Here is the Seasonal Winter Food List:
Avocado, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Chicory, Endive, Escarole, Fennel, Grapefruit, Horseradish, Jerusalem Artichoke, Kale, Kiwi, Kohlrabi, Kumquats, Leeks, Lemons, Mandarin Oranges, Onions, Oranges, Parsnips, Pears, Persimmons, Potatoes, Radicchio, Rutabaga, Satsumas, Shallots, Sweet Potatoes, Tangerines, Turnips, Winter Squash*
Enjoy them all. Try new things.
Just remember, don't let the couch lure you into curling up with the unhealthy comfort foods like creamy dairy-based soups or gluten-based pastas. There's plenty of dairy-free, Paleo-friendly cream soup recipes on Pinterest, and most grocery stores carry a few options of gluten-free or grain-free pastas.
*These were found using the following link, where you can learn more about seasonal produce: http://localfoods.about.com/od/whatsinseason/a/WinterFruitVeg.htm


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Promoting Bike Week from 16 June, Head Teacher Julie Peach and children from Malvern Primary School, Huyton who cycle to and from school every day.
Councillor Graham Morgan, Knowsley Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economic Development and Governor at Malvern Primary School said:
"Cycling to school is fun and it's a great way for children to exercise which makes a real difference to their fitness and encourages them to continue with a healthy lifestyle as they grow up. It is also increases their road safety awareness and skills.
If parents walk or cycle their children to school there will be less cars arriving at the school gate which makes the school a more pleasant and safer environment for everyone."
- As part of Bike Week schools across Knowsley are encouraging parents to leave their cars at home and either walk or cycle their children to school
- A number of Knowsleys schools now have cycle parking thanks to funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
- Malvern Primary School has installed new cycle sheds to encourage more children to cycle to school.
- As part of Bike Week, Year 5 children can enter a competition to win a mountain bike.
- Bike Mechanics Sessions will also take place
- Evelyn Primary School, Prescot is launching its new bi-travel week which combines walking and cycling to school.
- Pupils will be encouraged to walk to school with their parents or use the cycle parking at the school.


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Commercial Vehicle Insurance Quotes and Coverage
Commercial vehicle insurance is an important coverage for any company or organization that uses business vehicles to transport people, goods, materials or equipment. Here in the Shreveport, LA, area we have commercial operations of every imaginable kind, from oilfield contractors to caterers, who use business vehicles for wide ranging purposes. Your needs will vary depending upon how you and your employees use vehicles for business.
Some companies, for example, have staff members who drive a company car, while other employees may drive a contractor's van or a delivery truck. Churches often have passenger vans or converted busses that transport parishioners to retreats or mission trips. Nearly every business has at least one commercial vehicle that must be insured for business use.
A McInnis Insurance agent can help to identify the right commercial auto package for your business. We believe that there is no "one size fits all" insurance policy, and our role is to get to know your organization, help identify your particular coverage needs, and then provide commercial vehicle insurance quotes from the companies that are the best match for your requirements.
Whether you are based in the Shreveport, LA, area, elsewhere in Louisiana, or anywhere in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, or Tennessee, we can provide a complete business insurance package including commercial auto, professional liability and more.
What Vehicles Can Be Covered by Commercial Auto Insurance?
Commercial vehicle insurance can provide coverage for any business auto, van or truck, including:
- Pick-up trucks
- SUVs
- Limousines
- Delivery trucks
- Passenger vans
- Tow trucks
- Wheelchair vans
- Cargo vans
We can also write a commercial policy for you if you use a personal vehicle for your work. For example a caterer that uses a van for both personal and business use will need commercial auto insurance in addition to personal auto.
The type of commercial vehicle insurance you need depends upon several factors. For example, if you are insuring a truck, your McInnis Insurance agent will determine whether that truck is a light duty vehicle or a heavy duty commercial vehicle. Other questions will include who will be driving the truck and under what conditions. And if you have four or more vehicles, you will need a commercial fleet policy.
What Coverage Is Included in Commercial Vehicle Insurance?
Commercial auto policies are tailored to the needs of the business. At a minimum, you will need liability coverage for both bodily injury and property damage. This coverage will protect your business assets in the event that one of your employees is involved in an accident and an injured party files a claim or law suit against your company.
In addition to your commercial liability coverage, your agent may also recommend:
- Collision coverage: This part of your policy will help you to repair or replace your business vehicle in the event of a collision with an object such as a roadside sign that causes extensive damage to your vehicle.
- Comprehensive insurance: Also known as "other than collision" this coverage will pay for damage to your vehicle from causes such as theft, vandalism or extreme weather.
- Equipment floater: This floater provides additional insurance for equipment used in your business, such as forklifts or bobcats.
Contact a McInnis Insurance agent today to obtain the commercial vehicle quotes and other information you need to make an informed decision about your business auto coverage.


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CFE Film Series: The Nasty Girl
Ryerson University
122 Bond Street
Toronto ON
Sonja is a German high school student who participates in a writing contest and endeavors to write an essay about her town's history during the Third Reich and its resistance to it. To her dismay, and more so the town's, she uncovers instead definite collaboration during the period. As she digs deeper, she must struggle against the town's vocal and violent opposition to her search for the truth.
"Verhoeven paints a convincing picture of a small town with a big secret and asks serious questions about a still sensitive subject."
-- Gary Duncan, Eye for Film
"this is a perceptive and insightful film that deserves a long look."
-- Patrick Peters, empireonline.com
"a comedy as clear as aqua vitae, affording a compelling look at German dis-remembrance."
-- Rita Kembley, Washington Post
Introduction by Blake Fitzpatrick, Chair, School of Image Arts
Co-sponsored with the Documentary Media Research Centre at Ryerson University
Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you require accommodation to ensure inclusion in this event.
This event is free and no registration is required.


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Quinci Goes IN on a Trick on Latest Eppy of Buppies!
Oh no she didn't. That trifling trick Bitsy (I Wanna Be a Soap Star's impressive Ashlee Holland) breaks two cardinal rules in this episode of Buppies. She steals another sistah's shoes, AND she makes a black woman get her hair wet!
Creator Julian Breece and Tatyana Ali (Quinci)'s new web soap is not about to let up!!! Then there's what's jumping off between Eliot (Preston Davis) and Truth (Damen Wigfall) upstairs. Let's just say, you can tell this isn't a Procter and Gamble production! Buppies airs Tuesdays at 3 pm ET at BET.com! Tell your friends! Watch the episode after the jump!
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I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I feel like most of this organization/Montessori type stuff is more for me. I know she could care less about cute little themes among other things. However, she doesn't seem to cause as much trouble and stays focused on one thing for longer when "everything is in it's place". So, there's that. :)
As usual, I get tons of ideas for the crafts I make for Myka on Pinterest. That's where the sensory tree cards came from below. (For once, not that it's a competition, but...I think mine turned out better than the original pin. It's supposed to be a sensory book, but a hole punch is just about the only crafting supply I DON'T have.)
She's trying to hand one of the magnets to me. You know, from across the room and all because I have Go-Go Gadget Arms. ;)
I think I may hang up the magnet/chalk/dry erase board (how cool is that?!) above the alphabet and numbers at some point. Speaking of the letters and numbers, all of the cute little winter printables came from the 1+1+1=1 blog, which you can check out HERE and it will take you directly to the page I got them from. I might also print out some of the Polar Lands items from the 2 Teaching Mommies page HERE. (I may have a problem. lol)
Here is a closer look at the snowman alphabet and penguin numbers. There were extra snowmen that you can do whatever you want with, so I decided to use them for colors/matching. The snowmen and snowflakes are living in the green tray on the bottom left at the moment.


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Bertha Hopp1930 - 2019
Bertha Hopp age 89 of Belknap Township passed away August 13, 2019 at Rogers City Medilodge.
She was born February 15, 1930 in Belknap Township to William and Caroline (Fuhrman) Brege.
Bertha married Louis Hopp on June 24, 1957 at St. John Lutheran Church. She was a lifetime member of St. John where she was baptized and confirmed. Bertha loved to knit, making booties, mittens, and wool socks for all her family. Mrs. Hopp taught Sunday school at St. John Lutheran Church for 50+ years, making mittens for all her classes. She enjoyed working in her flower garden and her vegetable garden. Bertha will be missed by her family, especially her grandchildren who would play card games with her after school. Mrs. Hopp was an excellent cook/baker, anyone that came to the house for a meal never left hungry. She made the best bread and strawberry pies.
Mrs. Hopp is survived by her children, Donna Hopp and Robert (Connie) Hopp, and Dennis (Nancy) Schellie; six grandchildren, Matthew (Kim Tulgestka) Schellie, Jessica (Scott) Wickersham, Paige (Bryan) Freed, Beckey (Andrew) Matthews, Megan (Chris) Cornett, Jesse (Brianna Bailey) Hopp; eight great grandchildren, Emma, Jacob, Luke, Matthew, Evan, Isabelle, James, and Gabriella; five siblings, Herb (Germaine) Brege, Marilyn LaFave, Elden (Barbara) Brege, Elaine (Don) Bisson, and Nancy Chrzan; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis; parents, William and Caroline; and sister, Violet Schellie.
Friends may visit at the Beck Funeral Home on Friday, August 16 th, from 4 – 8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation will resume on Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church – Hagensville from 2 p.m. until time of her funeral at 3 p.m. with Rev. Charles Schultz officiating.
Interment will follow at St. John Lutheran Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the St. John Lutheran Church or a charity of your choice in memory of Bertha Hopp.Send Condolences Back to Obituaries


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There are two facets to this idea: obligation and inspiration. But what is the schedule for creating? Must you make art every day, once a week, bi-annually?
The inspirational aspect would be that we have to do it because the urge to write/paint, dance/compose etc. is so strong that a real artist can't resist it. This is a very seductive but unrealistic idea. Inspiration doesn't happen every day and just because you don't write every day doesn't mean you're not a writer. The same goes for painters, dancers, sculptors and musicians. As a matter of fact some people think it's a bad idea to try to write every day, to schedule creativity. Read Lev Raphael's thoughts on the subject.
Artists don't create all the time. We don't do it every day. We do it when we feel like it. If we want to make something good, even great, we wait until the idea is fully cooked before we execute it. Creating every day because we've been told to leads to half-baked, mediocre art. Even commercial art that has to adhere to a deadline takes thought and thought takes time. Usually longer than a day. To make good art we must fritter and procrastinate for a while as we think. Very little good art is ever created spontaneously without considerable thought. ("Must fritter" would be a better idea.)
Like Picasso's lengthy pondering on how to render a three-dimensional effect in a two-dimensional painting which lead to his creating Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (above) which eventually evolved into cubism.
"I'm an artist, I must make art" is a grand statement that was probably made in a passionate moment and it may make some people feel important but mostly it creates pressure, making us feel like frauds deficient in passion or talent if we're not driven to make art every day. Feeling obligated isn't conducive to producing good art. It's a wise artist who waits until they're ready rather than rushing into art unprepared.
When inspiration does strike however, it's a different matter. Artists can withdraw into a zone of creativity for days or weeks, even longer. We don't want to talk or think of anything but the creation. It's like falling in love. Like Pygmalion and Galatea. Nothing else exists. That's when we "must" and do create.
But it's temporary. Thanks goodness, or we'd all be dead from too much passion and there'd be no more art at all.


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Auburn, Palmer, Southbridge, Ware highlighted as eligible districts
📸 All systems are "go" for fourth-graders Ivan Fillip and Paige Griffin of Ayer Shirley FLL team The Questioneers at the November 30 FLL Qualifier Tournament at the Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School. The event was hosted by Ayer Shirley's Andromeda One (#4905) FIRST Robotics team. (Courtesy photo)
AYER — The Ayer-Shirley Regional School District was recently awarded a Massachusetts Skills Capital Grant to help spread STEM learning and build the foundation for a technical workforce of the future. In an effort to further the mission of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics, a portion of the grant is being used to fund a LEGO Education robotics kit for eligible parents, educators, and/or parent-teacher organizations willing to start a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Jr. team in towns currently without a FIRST program.
Over the past four years, Ayer-Shirley Regional High School's FRC Team #4905, Andromeda One, has campaigned to bring a FIRST Robotics team to every Massachusetts public school district. High school students and their parent-professional mentors are running this initiative, known as MassFIRST, in the hope that Massachusetts will become the first state in the country to reach this goal.
FIRST, (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), was started over 30 years ago by Dean Kamen of New Hampshire as a means of advancing STEM education. It is comprised of four programs covering grades K through 12–FRC, FTC, FLL, and FLL Jr.–each of which offers annual organized STEM challenges and Coopertitions® to teams around the globe.
Andromeda One is reaching out to Massachusetts superintendents, STEM coordinators, teachers, PTO/PTA groups, and public libraries, seeking like-minded parents and educators to start and run local FLL Jr. teams in their own communities. Once MassFIRST has identified adults willing to start a team in an eligible town, funds from the grant are used to send them a free materials kit, the LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 Core Set (a $204 value).
FLL Jr. teams are typically made up of two to six students from kindergarten through fourth grade. Each team requires a minimum of two adult coaches and an annual registration fee of $114.
Budding STEM innovators work together to research a real-world problem and propose a solution through a Show Me poster and a working LEGO model. This year's challenge is BOOMTOWN BUILDSM.
Interested parents and educators, in conjunction with your local school district, public library, and/or PTA/PTO, in the following eligible towns are invited to email firstname.lastname@example.com as soon as possible to receive their free WeDo 2.0 set and additional information on starting a team.
According to a press release, those eligible to receive a free LEGO WeDo 2.0 kit include Abington, Acushnet, Amherst, Ashby, Auburn, Barre, Bedford, Belchertown, Bernardston, Blandford, Bourne, Braintree, Buzzard's Bay, Byfield, Carver, Chelsea, Chester, Chesterfield, Chillmark, Danvers, Dennis, East Bridgewater, East Sandwich, Edgartown, Erving, Fairhaven, Fall River, Falmouth, Farmington, Gardner, Georgetown, Gill, Gloucester, Goshen, Granville, Groveland, Hanson, Hardwick, Hatfield, Hubbard, Hull, Hyannis, Leverett, Leyden, Ludlow, Marblehead, Mashpee, Merrimac, Montague, Nahant, Newbury, Norfolk, Northfield, Oak Bluffs, Palmer, Pelham, Pepperell, Provincetown, Randolph, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Seekonk, Shutesbury, South Yarmouth, Southbridge, Southampton, Sutton, Tisbury, Tolland, Townsend, Truro, Turners Falls, Uxbridge, Vineyard Haven, Ware, Wareham, Warwick, West Newbury, West Tisbury, West Yarmouth, Westhampton, Whitman, Williamsburg, Wilmington, Worthington, and Yarmouth.
For more information on FLL, Jr. please visit www.firstinspires.org/robotics/flljr, and for additional information on MassFirst, https://frc4905.com/outreach/massfirst/.


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LINKS UPDATED: November 7, 2014
GREAT NEWS: The rules have changed. You no longer need an EIN or an ITIN unless you have extenuating circumstances. Read the update here: Update on Canada Tax Information with the United States. I will leave this original post up for those who still need to apply for an EIN.
Several months ago I discovered that Smashwords began withholding 30% of my earnings to give to America's Uncle Sam. If I didn't act, I'd continue to lose this money for the life of my writing career.
To claim this 30% in the future, I'd have to jump through hoops at 1,000 feet in the air and ride a wild boar through the desert…okay, nothing that drastic, but everything I read and everyone I talked to led me to believe that getting all the paperwork in order would be a time-consuming nightmare.
They couldn't have been more wrong.
But before I realised the ease of reclaiming that money, I had reluctantly accepted the fact I would lose $300 for every $1,000 I'd earn in royalties. It was hard to swallow. Just think about this for a minute:
You post a book to Smashwords for $2.99. It sells through them to Kindle who takes 30% for selling it plus $0.09 for delivering it to the customer. You're now left with $2.00. Smashwords takes about $0.14 of this for a service charge (their hand in selling it). You're now left with $1.86. From this, Uncle Sam withholds 30%, leaving you with $1.30. Withhold means claiming that money as income tax.
Let me paint a bigger picture for you. For every 1,000 books you sell at $2.99, your profit drops from a potential $2999.00 to $1300.00 after all those hands grab what they want. If you didn't have to pay Uncle Sam, you would have earned $1,860.00. It takes about 30 minutes to get an EIN and complete the proper form to reclaim that money. And you only have to do this once. In my books, $560 for a half hour's work is an outstanding pay cheque.
The imagined nightmare has discouraged many writers from dealing with the IRS, but it doesn't have to be like this. You can start claiming that 30% by following the simple steps below. It will take approximately 25 minutes of your time, one long-distant phone call, one completed form and a US stamp. Oh, and one envelope.
1) Forget about the silly ITIN everyone keeps talking about. You don't need an Individual Tax Identification Number with the IRS to claim the 30% withheld by Smashwords (or Amazon, CreateSpace, etc.). You can read more about the ITIN here. The information is mid-way down the page.
If you're set on the long, torturous method of going the ITIN route, follow the steps on that web page. I can't provide further advice because I didn't go this route.
2) Visit the IRS website and download the SS-4 form to request an EIN (Employer Identification Number). This page provides information about getting an EIN and the link to the form. It provides the option of filling it out on-line, but if you are not an American and do not have an ITIN, you cannot complete the form online. You can however enter the information into the form and print a copy for your records and to aid in the phone conversation.
3) To complete the SS-4 form, fill in the following information:
Legal Name: Spell it as it appears on official documents: driver's licence, income tax, etc.
Trade name of business: If you set up a company like I did (Quarter Castle Publishing) to sell your books, record it here. If you are using your name as the company, leave this space blank. More on companies in step 6.
Mailing Address: Enter your complete mailing address without abbreviations. In other words, spell out street, Nova Scotia, Canada, etc. Make sure you include your postal code.
Country and state where principal business is located: Again, don't abbreviate. State the province (Nova Scotia) and the country (Canada).
Name of responsible party: That's you! Record your name as you did above.
(8a) Is this application for a limited liability company: No
(9a) Type of entity (they'll ask you this on the phone): Check sole proprietor and go onto question 10.
(10) Reason for applying: check two boxes: Compliance with IRS withholding regulations AND Other (specify): On this space write the following: To obtain a reduced rate of withholding imposed by section 1441 pursuant to an income tax treaty. (I didn't make this up, but found it on a site which helped me complete the form).
(11) Date business started (they'll ask for this on the phone): If you do not have a registered company, and you are getting set to publish your first book, use the first day of this month or a day not long ago when you began working towards getting the book published. If you have receipts for work-done (such as from the editor you hired), set a date before then. If you have already self-published a book, pick that date or a date just before then. Regardless pick a date and record it somewhere as your start date.
(12) Closing month of accounting year: To make things simple, I chose December.
(13) Highest Number of employees. I was told to include yourself, so you automatically include one under OTHER. I wrote two because I'd like to hire someone next year to help, but I'm not bound to this.
(14) I checked the box because I didn't want to file quarterly. Once a year is enough.
(16) Check one: In this instance where you are publishing your own books, check other and record: PUBLISHER.
(17) Indicate principle line of merchandise sold…: books, ebooks
(18) Have you ever applied for an EIN before? I haven't, so I checked NO.
By clicking the thumbnail image of the form, you'll see how I filled it out minus pertinent information.
4) Call this number: 267-941-1099 (this is not a toll-free number; the number on the Kindle Direct Publishing site is wrong; they have 264 instead of 267; There's no one at that number; CORRECTION: I checked the KDP site (March 7, 2014) and it now contains the correct phone number.) once you have a copy of the SS-4 form in your hand. It's in Seattle, Washington, so expect a long distance charge. Follow the instructions to get the right department (you're applying for an EIN), then stay on the line and answer the clerk's questions. Provide no more information than what is asked. If you are told you need an ITIN to receive an EIN, say thank you, hang up and call back to get another clerk. You don't need an ITIN to get an EIN.
The clerk will ask most of the questions on the form, so if you have it completed in front of you, you'll be able to answer quickly. Also expect to spell out everything; they need the proper spelling of your information. Before the clerk lets you go, she will provide your EIN. Write it down, file it, add it to your business information, keep it safe. In about three weeks, you'll receive a letter from the IRS. Photocopy it, file it, and return the portion they request. It's to verify your information.
5) Celebrate! You just did what others have been putting off. You have an EIN, so you can start claiming that 30% Uncle Sam wants to keep for himself.
6) With regard to owning a company: Rumour has it you must own a company to get an EIN. If you are self-publishing, you are considered self-employed because you are earning money independently. As a self-employed individual, you are basically running your own company, so get an EIN. Individuals who own a company must register with NS Registry of Joint Stocks, except for those who use their name as their company name. I could easily use Diane Lynn Tibert Publishing and never register or pay a fee. What this says is that you don't need to be a registered company to be an official company. Treat your business like a company and it is a company.
Learn more about registering a company in Nova Scotia here. If you live in another province, check your business laws because they may be different. The important thing about earning money by independent means is to claim it on your income tax. That's what the government really wants: your money.
6) Now that you have the EIN, what now? Go to the W-8BEN form on the IRS website and enter your data. You can't save the form, but you can enter the data and print it off to mail. Print one copy for your files and a copy for each company you plan to distribute your book through.
The questions on the form to concern yourself with are:
(1) Name: Record the same name with the same spelling as you did on the SS-4 form.
(2) Country of incorporation or organisation: If you are simply a single-person company who is selling books through places like Smashwords, you simply note N/A and move on to question 3.
(3) Type of beneficial owner: Check Individual (for an individual and a sole-proprietor)
(4) Permanent residence address: Do not use abbreviations.
(5) Complete if the mailing address is different.
(6) US taxpayer identification number: Enter that lovely EIN you just got from the nice lady on the phone and check the EIN box.
(7) Foreign tax identifying number, if any (optional): I've seen others fill this in, but since it was optional, I did not enter my SIN.
(9) I certify that (check all that apply):
a. Check the box and enter CANADA in the blank.
b. Check the box.
I saw a sample form which had question 10 completed, but I also saw one that left it blank. I left it blank and still had the form approved. The information the other site had entered was: The beneficial owner is claiming the provisions of Article XII of the treaty identified on line 9a above to claim a 0 % rate of withholding on (specify type of income): Royalties – 12, Other. Explain the reasons the beneficial owner meets the terms of the treaty article: Beneficial owner is a resident of Canada. (As I mentioned, I did not enter this information)
SIGN, DATE THE FORM and enter SELF in the capacity in which acting.
By clicking the thumbnail image of the form, you'll see how I filled it out minus pertinent information.
Once the form is completed, print one for your records and one to send to Smashwords. Sign and date both copies. On the top of your page, note your username. Mail the form to:
Smashwords, Inc. Tax Compliance Dept.
15951 Los Gatos Blvd., Ste 16 Los Gatos, CA 95032 USA
If you publish directly to Kindle (Amazon.com) instead of going through Smashwords, you'll need to send a W-8BEN form to them, too. Fill it out the same way except put your Kindle Account number on the top. Mail the form to:
Amazon Digital Services
Attn: Vendor Maintenance
PO Box 80683, Seattle, WA 98108-0683 USA
If CreateSpace provides the printed version of your book, send a W-8BEN to them, too, noting your ID number. Mail the form to:
8329 West Sunset Road
Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89113 USA
Within three weeks, I heard back from Kindle, but I never did hear a peep from Smashwords. I just checked the Payee Page and found that my W-8BEN tax form was received June 12th. That's two days shy of a month from the time I mailed it to the time they processed it. I mailed the form to CreateSpace only last week, so I don't expect to hear word from them for another week or two.
You can read the IRS instructions for completing the form here: http://www.irs.gov/instructions/iw8ben/ch01.html
NOTE: W-8BEN forms expire after three years, which means you have to send another form in…you guessed it…three years time. I'm not sure if reminders from these companies will be sent out, so make a note somewhere to check into this in three years.
ALSO NOTE: Regardless if you get an EIN and fill out a W-8BEN form, if you sell directly through Kindle and they sell your book to customers living in countries other than the United States (United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Denmark) you do not get the 30% tax withheld. Taxes are withheld only when customers living in the United States buy your book.
However, I believe if you sell through Smashwords, you do get the tax withheld because it passes through too many hands. For example, if your book is sold to a customer in the UK who bought it from Amazon who bought it from Smashwords who bought it from you…well, I think you get what I mean. I saw no mention of this on Smashwords' page, so can't say for certain.
The reason Canadians do not get taxes withheld when selling a product to a customer in the United States is because we have a tax treaty with them. Not every country does.
To learn more about treaties for Canada and other countries, visit this IRS page.
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NOTE: You get the full exemption for the first $10,000 (or $3,700, I found both these numbers on the Internet) you earn. After that, you must pay the IRS 5 or 10% of your earnings (Calculated not by the amount your book sells for, but the profit earned from sales since that's all you'll see from Smashwords, Amazon and CreateSpace).
BIG NOTE: If you self-publish you are operating a business. As a part of doing business, you must complete certain paper work. Getting your EIN and submitting a W-8BEN is part of doing business. If you plan to publish a book to Smashwords, Amazon (Kindle) or CreateSpace in the next few months, take care of this business now. It takes about a month to get all the paperwork in the hands that need it.
EXTRA BIG NOTE: I am not a tax professional. I only know this from my research on the Internet and going through the experience myself. Please, use this information as a guide only; depending on your circumstances, you may have to provide additional or different information than what I had to. Also, this information is time-sensitive. The government is notorious for changing/updating forms, laws and requirements.
Are you looking for more help on your self-publishing journey? Check out the Self-publishing Resource section of this blog.


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Dr. OP Garg brings with him, immense knowledge and experience accumulated during his 26 year long career. Â He has achieved outstanding professional and clinical skills resulting in highly successful results in his clinical endeavours.
Medical Education:
MBBS 1983, LLRM Medical College, Meerut
MD (Medicine) 1991, AFMC, Pune University
Post Doctorate training 2 yrs in Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Fellowship in Pain Management – Aesculap Academy, Braun Germany
Fellowship in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound – Army Hospital (R&R)
Fellowship in Diagnostic Arthroscopy, Army Hospital (R&R)
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b. First Rheumatologist conversant with Gastroendoscopic procedures, he has performed about 300 Upper & 100 Lower G I endoscopic procedures at 92 Base Hospital besides treating innumerable patients inflicted with Rheumatological disorders. He has also carried out Arthroscopic procedures for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
c. First rheumatologist treating chronic Rheumatologic patients with the concept of a single window clearance for all patients presenting with musculoskeletal complaints. To fulfil this concept he underwent training in various additional expertise enumerated above.
d. Innovated various rheumatologic interventional procedures and devised new techniques and equipments to improve the patient's outcome, commended by his Commandants for these efforts. . His body of work was presented at the Rheumatology update and later, was accepted for presentation at the Asia pacific league for arthritis and rheumatism at Hong Kong, China in 2010.
e. This kind of innovative and interventional work in Rheumatology had been initiated by Dr. Garg in India for the first time and now, is being followed by others. Such comprehensive interventional Rheumatology work is in most probability, not being done anywhere in the world. He has been recommended yet again, for the Vishishta Seva medal, as these innovations have resulted in a marked reduction in the cost of therapy in many rheumatic disorders, otherwise highly expensive and unaffordable to the common man.


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