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Why we don't want to simplify the income tax code
To the Editor:
Congressman Tim Griffin appeared on Fox News recently to talk about the effort in the House Ways and Means committee to simplify the income tax code, eliminate loop holes, lower the rates, etc. He said that the Senate Finance committee is in similar agreement to which the Fox reporter replied, "I can't imagine any American would against that..."
Wake up people! In 1986 Congress simplified the code, removed loop holes, and lowered the rates. Nearly 30 years later our tax code is more complicated than ever approaching 80,000 pages of code. Since 1986, Congress and lobbyists have raked in BILLIONS of dollars from corporations and the wealthy in exchange for special exemptions in the tax code.
A case in point; In December 2011, Public Campaign released a report utilizing data from the Center for Responsive Politics, Citizens for Tax Justice and SEC filings showing that from 2008 to 2010, 30 companies spent a combined $495 Million dollars on lobbyists. Twenty nine of those companies paid no income tax.
Call me suspicious, but I think Congress is chomping at the bit to "simplify" the code again to start the next inflow of money...
We DOn't want to simplify the income tax code, we want to eliminate it, along with the ability for Congress to sell tax code changes in exchange for campaign contributions. HR25/S122 - The FairTax bill would do exactly that.
The FairTax bill is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level and dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality.
Call your representatives in Congress today and tell them you don't want them to simplify the income tax code, that you want them to abolish it and pass HR25/S122.
James R. Donnell
Cameron Park, Calif.
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Jonny's TurnAround - Traditional RI Beach Cottage
|Per night:
|$75 - $225
|Per week:
|$575 - $1,000
|Pets allowed:
Two bedrooms with full size beds, 1 bath, it also offers sleeping for two more (full size futon) in "Little Puerto Rico" - an additional Florida room with 2 sets of sliding glass doors to keep cool or enjoy the heat of the woodstove on a cool evening.
Fully furnished, Smart TV included. Hardwoods throughout. Brand new kitchen and appliances. Skylights and AC.
Enjoy sunrise and your morning coffee/tea in the front alcove overlooking the flower beds. Grill up dinner in the spacious backyard and enjoy dinner on the patio table.
2 adult and 1 kid kayak available for your use. South county bike path nearby with beautiful 8 mile stretch of safe biking ending near beautiful Narragansett Town Beach.
Less than 1/2 mile to Newport, the Block Island Ferry, Watch Hill and Misquamicut as well as 40 minutes to Foxwoods... the area offers every attraction possible.
Personal Trainer owns property and will offer training sessions and use of facility on premises, when available, for an additional fee. Also offering private fishing charters from an USCG licensed captain when available for a reasonable rate.
Brand new washer and dryer on the premises. Enclosed outdoor shower. Plenty of on site parking.
Close to Newport, Block Island, Watch Hill, Mystic and more!
Availability Calendar
|May 22 2014
|Sep 01 2014
|3 Nights
|Sep 01 2014
|May 20 2015
|2 Nights
|Dec 01 2014
|May 22 2015
|2 Nights
|Check In: 2 p.m. Check Out: 10 a.m.
|Deposits: Summer Rentals: 50% due to reserve, balance in full due 6/1.
|Payment Options: Cashier's Check, Mastercard, PayPal, Personal Check, Visa
|Other Fees: Optional $75 cleaning fee. Pay to have house cleaned or leave it as clean as you found it and not pay.
- 2 Double Beds
- 1 Sofa Bed
- Air Conditioning
- Hardwood Floors
- Kayak
- Parking Included
- Beach Chairs
- Heating
- Linens Provided
- Patio
- Beach Towels
- High Speed Internet
- Outdoor Shower
- Wood Stove
- Full Kitchen
- Alarm Clock
- Coffee Maker
- Radio
- TV (Antenna)
- Blender
- DVD Player
- Refrigerator (Full)
- Toaster
- CD Player
- Microwave
- Stereo
- Washer/Dryer
- Charcoal Grill
- Oven
- Stove
- Bicycling
- Restaurant
(<1 mile)
- Hiking
(5 miles)
- Golf
(10 miles)
- Gym/Fitness Center
- Snorkeling
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- Miniature Golf
(5 miles)
- Horseback Riding
(10 miles)
- Beach
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- Tennis
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- Windsurfing
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- Ice Skating
(10 miles)
- Boating
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- Ocean
(1 mile)
- Bowling
(6 miles)
- Water Park
(12 miles)
- Fishing
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- Basketball Court
(2 miles)
- Shopping Area
(6 miles)
- Whale Watching
(14 miles)
- Grocery Store
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- Parasailing
(3 miles)
- Racquetball
(7 miles)
- Winery
(14 miles)
- Kayaking
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- Sailing
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- Children's Pool
(8 miles)
- Aquarium
(20 miles)
- Live Entertainment
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- Scuba Diving
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- Movie Theater
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- Casino
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Reviews for this vacation cottage rental in South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Bill Zobrist
Nyack, NY
Cozy home, great owners
July 3, 2014
My family has been vacationing in the Westerly and Charlestown areas for years and Pegin and Jon are the two nicest owners I have ever met. They were delightful people and tried as hard as they could to make every aspect of our stay terrific. The house is a great value.
Jena Donnelly
Our weekend getaway
June 21, 2014
My husband and I decided for a last minute getaway with our two kids. Pegin was more than accommodating making us feel right at home. The house is one of a kind with a lot of character! Great privacy, yet centrally located.
Deanna Laffan
Springfield, MA USA
Relaxing getaway
September 15, 2013
Jonny's TurnAround was the perfect retreat for our trip to RI. Pegin was amazing and so helpful and accommodating. Took advantage of the kayaks and clam rakes one day at the nearby beach and had a blast. Outdoor shower was incredible and could not bring myself to use the indoor one at all. Just what the doctor ordered for a wonderful and relaxing week, can't wait to go back!
Bonnie Schneider Cataldo
New York, NY
Home away from home
August 22, 2013
We finally planned our first family vacation with our 2 12 year old daughter. After searching for hotels, we thought renting a home might be more accommodating to our needs. Best decision ever! Jonny's TurnAround was centrally located to Newport, Block Island, Providence, the beach/bay, and just about everything else! We even found a lobster stand up the road and made a tasty dinner one night! It was wonderful to be able to put our daughter to bed after a long day and enjoy a cocktail in the yard or 'Rico' room. Spacious, clean, and full of charm - this stay will be a special memory for our family!
Story Fish
Falmouth ma
Swamp Yankee
May 20, 2013
This place gives out the ambiance of beach houses in the 50's and 60's. AWESOME!!!!
James Russo
Turners Falls Massachusetts
Green Hill Getaway!
May 16, 2013
My partner and I stayed at Jonny's Turnaround in Green Hill for several days last July and we had a blast. We enjoyed very much the charming but very private little cottage including the comfortable sleeping amenitites, indoor and outside shower (the outside shower truly refreshing after a warm summer day at the beach!!), and full kitchen. The cottage was conveniently located just a mile or so from the local beaches and was just a short ride over to the Charlestown Mini Super where we purchased most of our groceries. We even lucked out even further as Jon and Pegin took us out fishing for fluke at a couple of Jon's hot spots and we caught more than enough nice size fluke for an amazing dinner that Pegin and Jon prepared for us!! Jon and Pegin were really patient with us newbies to the salt water fishing scene and by the end of the trip we felt like "pros" ! Let me tell ya, you have not lived until you have dined on Pegin's fresh fluke picatta that Pegin paired with pasta and homeade pesto made from basil grown out of her own garden!! Jon was also kind enough to let us use his outdoor grill for the next night's sea food supper! For value paired with comfort the combination is unbeatable, in fact we have already booked our vacation for this coming summer!
Marguerite R Long
Ann Arbor, Michigan
cozy cottage, great setting
May 15, 2013
The house had all needed for our week. The surrounding area provided activities galore: beach and ocean swimming, pond swimming, hiking, canoeing and kayaking, and fishing, fishing, fishing.
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Barb Andrews, who received her community paramedic certification in August, coordinates North Memorial's program.
At a recent check-up with his primary care physician, an elderly patient—we'll call him Jack—presented with weight loss, dizziness and loss of appetite. His medical history revealed a perfect storm for adverse health outcomes: He lives alone, and his only child (now middle aged) is attentive and compassionate but lives out of state. He has no connection to the community, no other family or social support nearby. He has high blood pressure, congestive heart failure and memory issues, and he is taking long-term anticoagulation medications.
Jack is the kind of patient who has fallen through the cracks in the health care system. He doesn't qualify for home care but is unable to manage his own health well. As a result, he is at high risk for hospitalization or ER visits. He's also the kind of patient who might be well-served by a community paramedic.
In 2011, Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law the Community Paramedics Bill, creating this new category of health care worker as one way to address health needs, particularly in underserved parts of the state. Minnesota is the only state in the country that has passed a law creating this new classification.
Physicians' eyes and ears
In this new role as community paramedics, specially trained paramedics may provide health screenings, mental health assistance, wound care, wellness care, immunizations, disease management, and medication compliance and reconciliation. Most will visit patients in their homes, although some will work out of mobile clinics. "I see the community paramedic as a provider who, under a physician's medical license, can be the eyes, ears and even hands of the physician in the home setting," says Michael Wilcox, M.D., medical director of the community paramedic program at Hennepin Technical College (HTC) and associate medical director for North Memorial Medical Center's ambulance service.
Currently, HTC has the only community paramedic certification training program in the United States. To be accepted into the program, candidates must have worked as a paramedic full time for two years or more and have a letter of approval from the medical director of the ambulance service for which they work and under whose license they will likely practice. They must complete 112 hours of didactic and 196 hours of clinical training, which includes community assessment work, coursework in chronic disease management and pharmacology, refreshers in pathophysiology, and clinical rotations in primary care clinics, hospice facilities and at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. As of January, Minnesota had 24 certified community paramedics; nearly 80 more are likely to receive certification this year.
A different mindset
One of the challenges for community paramedics is changing the mindset of professionals trained to react in emergency situations. When they visit a patient, they are no longer wearing their ambulance services hat, says Kai Hjermstad, a certified community paramedic who serves as HTC's training director. "EMTs and paramedics are credited for being reactive within an emergency setting, but as community paramedics—even if we are only doing it very part time, as most of us are—you have to slow down, get to know your patient, and make a well-thought out plan for him or her," he says. "It's totally different from what we are used to, where a call comes in and we race out to the truck and we go off with our lights and siren."
Barb Andrews, a veteran paramedic and ER nurse, received her community paramedic certification last August and now coordinates the community paramedic program at North Memorial, the first organization in Minnesota to implement such a program. She and eight other community paramedics each spend about one day a week visiting patients who are referred through North Memorial's primary care clinics. The majority of patients are those who do not qualify for home care or other services.
One of the first patients Andrews and her team saw was Jack. "We started by going to his home, organizing his medications, figuring out what he was taking and not taking, and how it was affecting his health," she says. They found Jack's INR to be abnormal and that he was taking twice the amount of Lasix and blood pressure medication prescribed by his doctor, even though his doctor had temporarily discontinued those drugs because he was dizzy and losing weight (Jack had forgotten his doctor's instructions).
Andrews and her team came up with ideas for improving the situation. They put Post-it notes on bottles of medication Jack was not supposed to be taking and moved them to the top shelf of his kitchen cabinet, away from his other meds, and they started doing blood draws for his INR checks because he was missing his clinic appointments. With respect to his weight loss, they learned that Jack didn't like to cook and often didn't remember to eat. "These were just a few things that helped us come up with a plan," Andrews says.
An evolving role
Although the concept of the community paramedic is new in this country, it is not elsewhere. In Canada, Australia and New Zealand, for example, emergency services personnel help treat patients with nonemergent conditions in order to prevent them from developing complications. When the idea of the community paramedic began percolating in Minnesota, it was to help keep ambulance services afloat in rural areas, allowing paramedics to stay busy during their downtime between runs. Then proponents started seeing it as a way to alleviate some aspects of the shortage of primary care providers in certain parts of the state.
"We realized we had a large need in the metro area, too," says Buck McAlpin, director of government affairs for North Memorial. North Memorial got its program up and running in October 2012. It currently serves Minneapolis and western Hennepin County. "We needed to set the program up in a larger care system to understand how to run it with billing, integrate with EPIC (the electronic medical record system at North Memorial and many other area health systems), set up care delivery models and get used to working within a larger medical home framework," he says, adding that they plan to add services.
Currently, North pays its community paramedics; others are paid through their county health departments or they volunteer their services. A 2012 law established a payment methodology for community paramedicine. McAlpin says once the federal government provides the state with matching dollars for these services, Medical Assistance will start paying for them.
In the meantime, the community paramedic idea continues to gain traction. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development awarded HTC, North Memorial, Allina and HealthEast a $250,000 Job Skills Partnership grant to train 100 community paramedics over the next three years. The Minnesota Department of Health's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care has provided funding to train the six paramedics in Park Rapids, where North Memorial has an ambulance service. Other paramedics from Hibbing, Cambridge, and Maplewood, as well as North Dakota, Idaho, Maine, Florida, California, Missouri, and New Jersey are signing on as well (many participate in classes remotely).
From Andrews' perspective, community paramedicine is poised for success. Jack, the elderly patient receiving care through North Memorial's program, is now receiving Meals on Wheels and gaining weight, is more compliant with his medication regimen, and is receiving other services from VA. "I have been in emergency care of one variety or another for 20 years, and throughout the past two decades, I've always felt like I was putting a Band-Aid on the patient's issues," she says. "With this program, I truly feel like we are making a difference."


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His Holiness
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The need for a Dharma Guru
Man in his search for enlightment and knowledge was longing to see God.
In order to reach God he was to lead an ideal life- the life that gives him the inner and outward happiness with perfect tranquility of mind.
Such life would lead him to salvation in the other world also.
This ideal embraces all aspects of Dharma;
Dharma is the way of life, manners, and virtues necessary for ideal life.
Its characteristic principles are courage, forgiveness, conquest-of-mind, non-coveting, cleanliness, non-discrimination, education, honesty and wrathless ness.
For achieving all this, man was to move in the company of Sadhu-Saints or the God-fearing.
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Self-contemplation, Concentration, Worship, Devotion all became futile without a Guru's initiation.
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The Guru's grace neutralises the poison of self-pleasure- leading him to ecstatic bliss.
The Guru instills in his disciple the light of self-knowledge.
Guru is dispassionate, engaged in spiritual discussion and meditation; he should be free of doubts, thus living in god. Initiation by such a master alone is fruitful, and leads the disciple God-ward. Guru- is thus in our culture, equal to God Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwara the Trio who light the lamp of knowledge in man.
He is the person who can show the right path of Mukthi. Guru Bhakti is the only path on which we can tread to attain Bhakti in Parameshwara.
Coming to the community the Gowda Saraswaths who settled on the Konkan coast were the followers of Madhwa philosophy in which, Sri Vishnu the preserver is Sarvotham in the universe.
The Dwaita Philosophy advocated by the great Madhavacharya is the evolution of the investigation about the evolution of souls and their ultimate destiny'.
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The Gowda Saraswaths of South Kanara and Kerala transferred to the newly formed Kumbakonam Math.
The people residing in Cochin invited their junior guru Sri Vijayendra Thirtha Swamiji of Kumbakonam Math to Cochin for Chathurmasya vrita in about 1539 1540 and requested him to initiate a Brahmachari among them to Sanyasa Ashram.
In 1541, Sri Hanumantha Bhaktha was selected and taken to Kumbakonam.
The new Sanyasin was named Yadavendra Thirtha who eventually became the head of the newly formed Kashi Math at Banaras on the banks of holy Ganga.
It was Sri Vijayendra Thirtha, with his Guru's permission, who persuaded the people of Cochin to buy the land at Benaras and established the Math.
Yadavendra Thirtha, the first Guru was the founder of the principal Math at Banaras and he was gifted with another at Bhatkal also.
The Swamiji resided in Bhatkal and his Samadhi is on the bank of River Gopi.
The Second Guru, the Shishya of Sri Yadavendra Thirtha was
Sri Keshavendra Thirtha who established a Math at Basrur.
Another one was gifted to him by Shishyas near Kundapur.
He attained Samadhi at Basrur.
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The Symposium brought together an impressively large number of participants from all over the globe; however, as agreed among the Symposium contributors, the proportion of African participants was smaller than expected. Participants confirmed the need to increase the number of African researchers, scientists and engineers actively participating in radio astronomy meetings and conferences both in Africa and outside its borders.
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Hello again! If I have 15 top level product categories, can they be positioned vertically instead of the default horizontal menu as it is implemented in all your examples. Is it something that can be toggled in the admin? Many thanks for you courtesy and continued patience.
Hello, Chuvak.
We already have vsecret layout with vertical menu like you described – http://buyshop.ethemeuk.com/magento/themeview/?id=vsecret&redirect=0
You can set this option in the admin panel.
Best regards, support team
This is great, thank you, but I still would like to preserve the horizontal menu for CUSTOM BLOCK, DOWNLOAD NOW, etc in addition to vertical SHOP BY CATEGORIES… is it possible?
And also, is it possible to have ADD to CART button disabled on some products replaced with a custom text like "Available for purchase in store only" with the price still displayed?
Please, submit ticket with your request to our support – http://etheme.ticksy.com/ Our support stuff will help you.
Best regards, support team
That wasn't a technical issue but rather a pre-sale question! I think that answering this questions in the public forum will not only help me but rather entire community of the potential customers. Please reconsider and try to answer these questions here for everyones benefit. Thank you.
Unfortunately in our case this is technical issue and i can't answer because i don't know how to do this. Our ticket system will allow to forward/assign such request to our programmer. Let me know if you have any other questions that i can help you.
Best regards, support team
VERY DISAPPOINTED and VERY UNHAPPY FROM YOUR SUPPORT. The answers of those questions which should be just Yes or No, I get reply after 6 days. No doubt that your theme is nice and attractive, but what is the point when we don't get support. I was planing to sell loads of your theme very soon to my clients, but that will really led me down when it comes to a single question and the answer is after 6 days. We pay the same amount of money for other themes and we get a great support.
If your team is not answering my questions in the forum then I will start asking question here as I have seen you are much active in themeforest.net comments section.
Once again VERY UNHAPPY FROM YOUR SUPPORT FORUM.
Hello, intelstyle.
Thank you for your feedback. Sory for inconvinience, let me check the history of your ticket. Can you specify its number? I will analize it by myself and "punish" responsible persons. Waiting for your ticket number. How can we help you now?
Best regards, support
I will appreciate if you improve response time and to the point answer that will really help us.
Sory for the inconvininience and dealy. Your tickets will be replied during next 1-2 hours. The problem is caused by our ticket system Sometimes we loose unreplied posts of our customers. We will think how to imporve it. Thank you for your notice.
Best regards, support team
All your tickets were replied. Again, sory for the delay and inconvinience.
Best regards, support team
hi. within this theme, can we easily change the front view with just one click? i mean now i am using the ST. Patrick setting, if i wanna change to pick another one, can i do that by clicking just one button?
Hello, ftz.
Yes of course. You can have one database with diferent options (as on our demo webserver).
Best regards, support team
I have opened a ticket but fear I will have to wait until after the weekend to get my issue sorted out.
I tested the theme on another site but now I have moved it to my live site the subcategories are always visible instead of only being visible when you hover the mouse over them. This now covers part of my slider and looks very bad so needs to be fixed but I don't know how to do this.
I don't understand what has changed as it was OK on my test site.
I really hope for a response soon
Hello, virginia10thk.
This is technical issue and we will be able to help you only via our ticket system. Unfortunately our support is available 10.00 – 20.00 GMT + 2 (Monday – Friday). So, i'm assuming that you will be replied only on Monday. We will try to process your ticket asap. Let me know its number. Thank you. Sory for the inconvinience.
Best regards, support team
Hi, my ticket number is an old one as I just added my latest issue to it rather than open a new one. The id id Ticket #41091
Just a quick update about this issue as I think it comes from the latest update as I have just now put it onto my test site and am getting the same problem but changing it back to an older version eliminates it and it works correctly. I hope that I receive a response quickly on Monday so that I can take my site off maintenance which is what I have done until this is sorted out. Only logged in admin can see the site so I have provided this information in my ticket #41091.
ok, your ticket will be one of the first in queue on Monday.
Best regards, support team
So much for my ticket being one of the first in the queue this morning. I worked out that it is in the style.css file in the skin buyshop folder myself so I am going to fix it myself so thanks for nothing!!!
Virginia, sory for the delay and inconvinience. Its my fault – i didn't assign your ticket to our developer (already done it). You will be replied tomorow.
Best regards, support team
submitted my tickets since yesterday and still no responce i cant even log into the ticket page cos i am being redirected…please how do i configure the other pages..its redirecting me to a internal service page..HELP URGENT>>>>>
Hello, tegaenai.
Our support is available 10.00 – 20.00 GMT + 2 (Monday – Friday). I'm assuming that you will be replied on Monday. We will try process your ticket asap. What is its number?
Best regards, support team
still not gotten any response from your support team..just tell me what to do…only my home page is functional..all other pages are being redirected…
What is the number of your ticket? I will check by myself its status.
Best regards, support team
How can i help you?
Best regards, support team
Hello, My client asked me few changes in your theme. I did some of them but I have couple question 1) How/where can I add the name of the product in catalog mode product list. (Which FIle) 2) How/where can I remove the price in the product list. List.phtml doesnt have prices. (Which File) Best Regards
Hello cilkaydem,
Please submit your questions to http://etheme.ticksy.com/ in pre-sale category.
Best regards, support team
Hi! I'm considering buying this theme. I'd like to know if there is a way to remove the border/frame around the product images? If not, is there a way to make them square corners instead of round corners? Thank you.
Hello timothynguyen,
Yes. You can remove border in product listing by disabling "Product border shadow (listing)" feature in admin panel.
You can see it in "Clean" demo.
To change corners you should edit source files.
If you have more questions please submit ticket @ http://etheme.ticksy.com/
Best regards, support team
Thank you. How about removing the frame around the product photos on the product detail page?
Hello timothynguyen,
There is no such feature in admin panel. It need some custom work.
Best regards, support team
Is there a custom CSS area that I can do this?
Hello timothynguyen,
Please submit ticket @ http://etheme.ticksy.com/ Our developer will point you to right place.
Best regards, support team
Also, is there a way to adjust the height of each thumbnail, instead of using square. For example, if we're selling wine bottles, fitting the bottle image in a square box would show too much empty area on the left and right of the image and the whole image would be too small. Thank you.
Hello timothynguyen,
To change image ratio you have to edit source files.
If you have more questions please submit ticket @ http://etheme.ticksy.com/
Best regards, support team
On the new iPad, on the product detail page, once I click on the main image to view the enlarged details, the box that contains the enlarged image would not go away when I click outside of it. In fact, I couldn't find a way to make that box go away. It covers the product information and the Add to Cart button… Am I doing something wrong? This is a very nice theme and it has the exact layout that I need, but I'm concerned about those small things that would ruin usability of the whole interface. Please advice. Thank you.
Hello timothynguyen,
I don't see this issue on my iPad emulator. Can you email me screenshots with this issue? (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Best regards, support team
Emulator only shows you how the theme layout on the device, not how it functions… On the iPad, you cannot scroll your finger around the picture and see the zoomed/enlarged image – you can only tap on the image and see the enlarge portion of that image, then tap on another area of the image to see another area, etc.. The pop-up enlarge image just doesn't go away because there is no mouse-out action.
Hello timothynguyen,
Thank you for your detailed description. I will find iPad to test this issue and fix it asap.
Best regards, support team
2) Worst support! I was asked them send VSecret files to my email and received this answer:
Hi, Dmitry We need admin access to check your problem. Best regards, support team.
Hello alfaodg,
Did you use latest theme package? It's located in upload/Configsets/vsecret.xml. To apply it's settings go to Admin panel -> eTheme – BuyShop -> Theme maintenance -> Load preset configuration.
Best regards, support team
What has happened to the Twitter feed it isn't working on my site or even on your demo?
Hello virginia10thk,
Twitter change API. Our developer is working on update. We will release it ASAP.
Best regards, support team
Looks like Twitter shut down their 1.0 API on 11th June 2013 (2 days ago).
It seems all you have to do is edit this file:
Just change line 21 to:
public $host = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/";
Hello pyerro,
Our developer is working on update. We will release it ASAP.
Best regards, support team
please how to i request for theme customization assistance and what are the charges
Hello tegaenai,
Please email your list of changes to email@example.com. I will reply you with estimates.
Best regards, support team
Hello, I am looking at the demo themes, it seems that themes are all messed up. Especially the DARK one, no images can be seen on the homepage. What's wrong with that ? Could you deliver the update you talked about 12 days ago ? If no, when will it be ? Thanks.
Hello meneer,
We release new update to demo. It's waiting for approval now.
You should clear you browser cache. It will fix the issue.
Best regards, support team
Hello etheme,
Thanks for your feed-back, indeed, it works now. About the release, could you give me a more precise date ? Your theme interests me amongst others but the team in charge of installation is waiting after me regarding the theme I have to indicate them. We need something stable because other details have to be checked and also to avoid useless financial costs.. Thanks.
Hello meneer,
Theme update is uploaded to themeforest and waiting for approval by moderator. I believe it will be approved on next business.
Best regards, support team
- Author has had an Item Featured
- Europe
- Exclusive Author
- Sold between 250 000 and 1 000 000 dollars
- Has been a member for 1-2 years
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
Dear customers,
Twitter API issue was fixed in last update (Jun 17).
Best regards, support team
Do you have any news about implementing price countdown timer ?
Hello, AerExpress.
Definitely we will work on this update.
Best regards, support team
Do you have any idea when this update is going to be released ?
Frankly speaking i can't give you any garantees and terms. We are sorting by requests the most popular features. Next update will be after a month but i'm not sured that it will be included in the next update. We have more important requirements.
Best regards, support team
Any way to disable the dropdown of sub-categories in the Simple Navigation since the new theme update?
Hello, jorgb.
This option is available only in the newest version with mega menu.
Best regards, support team
I have the newest one with Mega Menu installed. But I disabled the Mega Menu and choosed the Simple one. But when visitor now hoover over a categorie url the sub categories are showing.. I dont want that.. It needs to be like before..
Please, submit ticket with your request here – http://etheme.ticksy.com/ Provide your credentials and our support stuff will help you.
Best regards, support team
Did that – Ticket #64616
I have some presales questions. 1. Is it possible that related items will show price and add to cart button? 2. On the product page is it possible to show related items instead of up-sell products (replace up-sell products with related products) 3. Is it possible to activate both features on product page – like cloud zoom and big picture?
Thank You in advance.
Hello, chips8.
1. There is no such option through the admin panel. 2. There is no such options through the admin panel but this is easy update (manually throught the corespondent files). 3. There is no such option.
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Captain named acting chief of Abbeville police
Captain named acting chief of Abbeville police
Independent Mail
Abbeville County has vacancies in its two highest-ranking law enforcement positions, and Abbeville city police Capt. James "Skipper" O'Bannon appears to be a candidate for both jobs.
O'Bannon, who narrowly lost in his November 2012 bid to become sheriff, will be on the ballot in a special election for that position May 14. The election will decide the successor to longtime Sheriff Charles Goodwin, who resigned in January.
Meanwhile, O'Bannon has been appointed acting chief of police following this week's resignation by Chief Neil Henderson. The resignation by Henderson, who had served in the position since 2003, is effective immediately. Officials at the administrative offices and the police department declined to comment on the situation Thursday.
Attempts Thursday to reach O'Bannon, a 19-year veteran on the force and a captain since 2008, were also unsuccessful.
Mayor Sarah Sherwood was out of town and not available for comment.
The Abbeville City Council is expected to discuss the issue at its next scheduled meeting on Tuesday.
City manager David E. McCuen, who was appointed by the city council Jan. 8, was out of the office Thursday and unavailable for comment. Attempts to reach city clerk Kathy Wilson, who also serves as the chief of human resources, were also unsuccessful.
O'Bannon earned a criminal justice degree at Piedmont Technical College and graduated from the South Carolina Police Academy. He was promoted to captain in 2008. He served earlier as a patrolman, detective, narcotics officer, school resource officer, and supervisor of shifts. He has also served as a volunteer at the Abbeville Fire Department and EMS of Abbeville County.
O'Bannon is the only Republican candidate for sheriff in May 14 election.
Ray Watson, Marion Johnson, Bobby Hall Sr. and Raymond Vandiver will compete in a March 26 primary to decide the Democrat candidate for sheriff. A runoff election, if needed, is scheduled for April 9.
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The NJ Tree Foundation is very excited to announce several new supporters for our 2014-2015 fiscal year. We have recently received grants from the following agencies:
- The Environmental Endowment of New Jersey is supporting our Newark Renaissance Trees Program to improve the Passaic watershed through street tree plantings and resident education.
- The MKM Foundation has committed to funding our Camden Urban Airshed Reforestation Program for two years!
- Alliance for Community Trees has provided funding for three TD Tree Day events. These events will reforest parks in Camden City, Neptune City, and Jersey City's Liberty State Park.
- The Campbell Soup Foundation is supporting street and fruit tree plantings in Camden City and educational workshops for our fruit tree farmers.
- New Jersey American Water has provided funding for our Camden TreeKeepers workshops and a street tree planting in East Camden.
- Prudential Financial, Inc. has provided funding for street tree plantings in Newark City through our Newark Renaissance Trees Program.
- The William Penn Foundation is supporting street tree plantings along the Circuit Trail Network in Camden as well as resident education on the impact of trees on watersheds.
- Adventure Aquarium in Camden is sponsoring a street tree planting to beautify the North Camden neighborhood.
We look forward to working with fantastic partners to make this year's projects successful. Thank you to our funders for your commitment to improving New Jersey communities with tree plantings!
TD Tree Day volunteers from 2013 watch and learn during a tree planting demonstration.
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Quick facts about Nexplanon:
Nexplanon is an implant inserted beneath a woman's skin that works as a discreet, long term birth control. The implant is soft, flexible and small (2 mm in diameter, 4cm in length), and is on the inside portion of the patient's upper arm. Nexplanon prevents pregnancy by slowly releasing progestin etonogestrel, which provides pregnancy protection for up to 3 years.
Nexplanon can be placed during a simple office visit by a trained medical professional. At the time of the insertion, a local anesthetic is provided at the site of the implantation to prevent any discomfort on behalf of the patient.
Patients should be aware that Nexplanon can change the regularity, duration or intensity of menstruation. Other side effects like headache, acne and fever have a small chance of occurring as well. However, if you do not feel comfortable with Nexplanon at any time after placement, the device can easily be removed by a medical professional.


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Soon, he might become its biggest star.
That may sound a bit illogical right now, but excuse me, I've spent the whole week absorbing the philosophies of the 209's most famous export, and I'm sold. Illogical is the new normal.
There are obviously several stars in the UFC sky that eclipse Diaz in the popularity department, from Brock Lesnar to Anderson Silva to Georges St-Pierre. But that could change.
Diaz's allure is two-fold. In the cage, he's a tremendously skilled athlete with unshakeable belief in his skills and unbreakable stamina. Outside of it, he is a fascinating subject with a unique world view and an inability to hold back from saying what is truly on his mind.
In the past, the only thing holding him back from real stardom was a lack of visibility. After Diaz left the UFC in 2006 -- after two straight wins, by the way -- he began an odyssey of fights around the world, in promotions from PRIDE to EliteXC to DREAM to Strikeforce.
No matter how well he fought -- and he went 11-1 with 1 no contest since the start of 2007 -- the perception existed that he was cleaning up in the B leagues. Now back in the UFC, that argument is no longer valid.
Just a few months ago, Penn was fighting top welterweight contender Jon Fitch to a draw. On Saturday, Penn, could do little with Diaz, especially after the first round. According to FightMetric, Diaz out-struck Penn by an overwhelming total of 218-58 in the last two rounds. He also bloodied and bruised him in a way we've rarely seen.
Diaz also may benefit from his own counter-culture behavior. Polarizing is always good. Many sports superstars are loved and hated in equal measures, including LeBron James and Tiger Woods. Diaz isn't a bad guy, he's just a different breed. Like all great athletes, he is intensely driven. He doesn't have a chip on his shoulder; he has a boulder.
But he does make us scratch our heads. As you're probably aware, he missed two press conferences leading up to UFC 137 that cost him a title match and led to a matchup with Penn that he didn't especially want. The switch angered Diaz, but it also helped raise his profile. People who supported him rallied around him. And those who didn't know much about him invariably spent time trying to to learn more about him and whether he was self-destructing or simply didn't play by anyone else's rules.
By the time the UFC 137 conference call came about, and Diaz was late, he had become such a story that he was a worldwide trending topic on Twitter. And by the time his fight with Penn came about, certainly nearly anyone with any hint of interest in MMA had his interest piqued.
"He blew up out of nowhere," UFC president Dana White said. "Part of it is his attitude, but I think people love a real fighter. He's definitely a real fighter."
Diaz's words and actions are so magnetic that it appears there's no one he can't pull into his forcefield. After beating Penn, he hung out bait for welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre.
"I don't think Georges was hurt," Diaz said. "I think he was scared."
St-Pierre, who was sitting cageside, smiled and pretended his hands were shaking. But the UFC machine was already in hyperdrive.
According to White, St-Pierre approached him backstage and said he felt disrespected by Diaz. In White's words, the normally composed GSP "flipped out." He wanted Diaz, and soon. So White audibled, contacting Carlos Condit and asking him to step aside.
Condit, stuck in a terrible situation, agreed, and White had his matchup.
To Diaz, that was hardly a reward. Even though he'd won, even though he'd been granted a title fight and a big paycheck, he seemed torn up by everything that had come before it. He characterized his own performance as "poor" and "stupid," bemoaned fighting while injured, and as has become the norm, complained about money.
If you didn't know any better, you would have thought he lost the fight.
I asked him if he took any joy in what he'd just accomplished, and he said no. I asked him if moving into a title shot and getting a big payday would make him feel any better. No, he said again. Because in his eyes, he had already earned those things. In Diaz's mind, he had to be the bad guy to get what had already been promised to him.
"The only reason I'm getting this fight is because people want to see me take an ass-whipping right about now," he said. "So, alright, great. I worked for it. I'll take my ass-whipping, I'll take my money, and I'll go home."
That may not be so true though. While Penn was the crowd favorite on Saturday, Diaz heard his fair share of cheers coming in, and he certainly got a star-like reaction upon winning. Then, he moved on to the press conference. He joined it in progress, and from the moment he walked on stage until the moment it was over 30 minutes later, not a single question was directed to any of the other five fighters on the stage.
On a night when BJ Penn and Mirko Cro Cop both said they were done fighting forever, all of the buzz was about Nick Diaz. He managed to steal headlines. He managed to steal back his title shot, too.
UFC 137 was supposed to be about Diaz vs. GSP, and it was. Just not in the way we thought. Instead of the culmination, it was just a masterful setup. Should Diaz win, stardom beckons. Because now, everyone knows who Diaz is, and everyone knows how he can fight. Whatever he says, we'll be listening. Whatever he does, we'll be watching.


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Update 9/4/12: Reducing Bradley's potential sentence, protests planned nationwide, supporters arrested at DNC
If Judge Lind doesn't drop Manning's charges, Coombs calls for a sentencing cut. In a supplemental Article 13 motion to hold the military accountable for PFC Bradley Manning's illegal and punitive conditions at Quantico, defense lawyer David Coombs has motioned to – in the event that Judge Denise Lind doesn't drop the charges outright – cut Bradley's sentence due to the treatment.
As The Guardian's Ed Pilkington explains,
"Coombs argues that a stash of about 700 emails that have been disclosed to the defence reveal that military commanders in the brig completely ignored the professional advice of psychiatrists and other medical experts who had examined Manning and found him at no risk to himself and others. Instead, the commanders pressed ahead with harsh conditions that some critics, including the UN, define as torture.
On the back of the new information, Coombs has refined his demand to the military court in a reflection perhaps of his growing confidence in the evidence that he has amassed. He has repeated his call that in the light of Manning's alleged mistreatment at Quantico all 22 charges against him should be dropped, but he now adds that at very least the soldier should have 10 days lopped off any sentence for each of the 265 days he was held in harsh conditions at Quantico. That amounts to just over seven years."
The Article 13 motion will be argued at the November 27 – December 2 hearing at Ft. Meade. (Read more…)
Protests planned in at least 32 cities nationwide, September 6. Activists in 32 cities across the country prepare to rally for Bradley Manning at Obama campaign offices. Veterans and anti-war activists alike will deliver a letter to be forwarded to Obama's national headquarters in Chicago On August 16,. protesters in Oakland, Portland, and elsewhere along the West Coast occupied Obama campaign offices to deliver the letter and bring attention to Manning's plight. Eleven were arrested that day.
Click here to find a rally near you!
Hundreds protest at the Democratic National Convention for Bradley Manning. As with the anti-NATO demonstrations this year in Chicago, Bradley Manning featured prominently in protests of the DNC in Charlotte. Hundreds called for Manning's freedom, and some were arrested in the process.
As the New York Times reports, Navy veteran and longtime Manning supporter John Penley was arrested, but he continued to demand freedom for the accused Army whistle-blower. (Read more…)
2 thoughts on "Update 9/4/12: Reducing Bradley's potential sentence, protests planned nationwide, supporters arrested at DNC"
Here is the comment I left at the New York Times:
I'm genuinely surprised that you seem to think that Dick Cheney and George W. Bush did to US servicemen—and innocent Iraqis and Afghanis— is legal. Did you know that two million people had access to those cables, while everyday Americans do not? Who has blood on his hands? Manning or Cheney? Who sent our brothers and sisters to this war? Who put them in harm's way?
Not Manning.
US Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount and installed President Cheney in 2000.
Then in 2004 Ohio delivered the Presidency to the genocidal old party, apparently by hacking the election servers.
I'm very interested in the law, and I support Brad Manning.
On another note, a more musical one…
Here is my 9/11 tribute and Brad Manning is one hero who has a special place in it. It's a series of six music videos and dedications. God Bless Bradley Manning and God Bless the true American heroes all around us, including those whose quiet work does not get noticed.
***I should note that my comment was left in response to someone who had a number of "likes" as he/or she said "I can't believe anyone is supporting Bradley Manning, what he did can't be legal."


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Peanut Butter Cups
These look so delicious and are completely homemade. This recipe is from "Radmegan," Megan O. Andersen. I think that these would make the perfect chocolate treat at Christmastime. Ingredients: 1 16-oz jar Peanut Butter, Smooth 1 2-lb bag high quality chocolate chips, milk or dark 1 1/2 cup powered sugar 2 tbsp butter, softened Cooking
Christmas Tree Biscuits
Kids will love helping to make these gorgeous Christmas tree biscuits. Using a simple to make biscuit dough, these trees are decorated with Jaffas as baubles and a little icing sugar. Ingredients: 250g butter, softened 3/4 cup caster sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups plain flour 100g dark chocolate, melted 1
Reindeer Cupcakes
Reindeer Cupcakes These would look good with the reindeer pops for your Christmas treats! Courtesy of Make 'n Mold Website. SUPPLIES 1 ¼ cup Make'n Mold milk chocolate flavored candy wafers ¼ cup Make'n Mold vanilla flavored candy wafers 12 chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting 12 sandwich cookies 24 pretzel knots 12 red candies 2
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Quarterly Report
Forward-Looking Statement
This report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include plans and objectives of management for future operations, including plans and objectives relating to the future economic performance and financial results. The forward-looking statements relate to (i) the expansion of our market share, (ii) our growth into new markets, (iii) the development of new products and product lines to appeal to the needs of our customers, (iv) the retention of our earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business and (v) our ability to avoid information technology system failures which could disrupt our ability to function in the normal course of business by potentially causing delays or cancellation of customer orders, impeding the manufacture or shipment of products, or resulting in the unintentional disclosure of customer or our information.
Important factors and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the effect of economic and market conditions, the impact of the consolidation throughout the healthcare supply chain, volatility of raw material costs, volatility in oil prices, foreign currency exchange rates, the impact of healthcare reform, opportunities for acquisitions and our ability to effectively integrate acquired companies, our ability to maintain its gross profit margins, the ability to obtain additional financing to expand our business, our failure to successfully compete with competitors that have greater financial resources, the loss of key management personnel or the inability to attract and retain qualified personnel, the impact of current or pending legislation and regulation, as well as the risks described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which include this report on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.
The forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results, performance and/or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements, express or implied, by the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and that in light of the significant uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements; the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that our objectives or plans will be achieved.
We manufacture and market single-use medical products used principally by acute care facilities within the United States. Our product lines are divided into two markets, Clinical Care and Patient Care. Our Clinical Care market includes custom procedure trays, minor procedure kits and trays, operating room disposables and sterilization products. Our Patient Care market includes patient bedside products, containment systems for medical waste and laboratory products.
Our market approach encompasses ongoing strategic relationships with group
purchasing organizations ("GPOs"), integrated delivery networks ("IDNs"), acute
care facilities, surgery centers, clinical decision makers and procurement
managers within acute care facilities, national and regional distributors and
other end users of our products. Our internal structure supports a market
presence which encompasses: i) a marketing team comprised of product line
managers for each of our key product categories, ii) an Executive Health
Services team, that directly maintains our relationship with GPOs and IDNs, iii)
regional managers who supervise both Clinical Care and Patient Care sales
representatives and maintain relationships with larger acute care facilities and
iv) sales representatives which maintain a direct presence with the end users of our products and manage compliance levels on GPO and IDN contracts. While we view the end users of our products as the critical decision point driving our market penetration, approximately 61% of our products are sold through two large national distributors.
We have supply agreements with substantially every major GPO and IDN in the country including Novation, LLC ("Novation"), Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P. ("Premier") and MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, LLC ("MedAssets"). The supply agreements with GPOs and IDNs set forth the major terms and conditions, including pricing, by which their members may purchase our products, and typically have no minimum purchase requirements with terms of one to three years that can be terminated on ninety days advance notice. A majority of our acute care facility customers are members of at least one GPO. The supply agreements we have been awarded through these GPOs designate us as a sole-source or multi-source provider for substantially all of our product offerings. While the acute care facilities associated with the GPOs and IDNs are not obligated to purchase our product offerings, many of these supply agreements have resulted in unit sales growth for us. Acute care facility orders purchased through our supply agreements with the three largest GPOs in the healthcare industry, Novation, Premier and MedAssets, accounted in aggregate for $56,111 or 52% of our total net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2013.
We source our products from our four production facilities in the United States and from foreign suppliers, principally based in China. Our domestic production facilities and foreign suppliers have sufficient capacity to meet current product demand.
We conduct injection molding production and blown film production in our Gallaway, Tennessee and Clarksburg, West Virginia facilities, respectively. We conduct minor procedure kit and tray assembly operations and custom procedure tray assembly operations in our Arden, North Carolina and Toano, Virginia facilities, respectively. The principal raw materials used in the production of our product lines include resin and cotton. Our production facilities consume over 50 million pounds of resin, namely polypropylene and polyethylene, per annum. Cotton is purchased by our foreign suppliers and converted into finished products, principally operating room towels and laparotomy sponges. We purchase finished goods that contain over 10 million pounds of cotton per annum.
Hospital utilization, economic pressure on acute care facilities and volatility in commodity prices continue to impact our revenues, average selling prices and gross profit. We have addressed these conditions by evaluating our product lines, investing in our sales and marketing teams, reducing our operating costs and differentiating ourselves in the market by emphasizing our ability to add value to our customers by improving their patient outcomes. Additionally, we have made concerted efforts to evaluate our profitability within product lines and in certain markets which may result in temporary reduction in revenues in favor of increased profit margins. We remain committed to being a trusted strategic partner to our customers known for delivering innovative solutions to the healthcare community to improve the quality of care and enhancing patient experiences.
During the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, we reported revenues of $107,241 and $112,237, respectively. Our net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per basic and diluted share during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 amounted to $279 or $0.02 per diluted share, and ($137) or ($0.01) per diluted share, respectively. Net income during the three months ended June 30, 2013 was partially offset by $408 in interest expense, net of applicable taxes, related to the write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the repayment of all amounts owed under the Prior Credit Agreement.
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 COMPARED TO THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012: The following table sets forth net sales by market for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012: Increase (decrease) due to June 30, June 30, 2013 2012 Price/Mix Volume/Mix Clinical Care Market $ 71,187 $ 69,963 $ 440 $ 783 Patient Care Market 38,845 45,502 (736 ) (5,921 ) Sales Related Adjustments (2,791 ) (3,229 ) 773 (336 ) Total Net Sales $ 107,241 $ 112,237 $ 477 $ (5,474 )
The increase in our clinical care market was primarily attributable to higher domestic market penetration associated with our custom procedure trays and minor procedure kits and trays product categories. This increase was partially offset by declines in our operating room products.
The decline in our patient care market was primarily attributable to lower domestic market share associated with our containment systems for medical waste, patient bedside plastics, laboratory and protective apparel product categories. A significant portion of the reduction in domestic market share was the result of our strategic decision to discard certain business that conflicted with our profitability improvement initiatives.
Gross profit was $17,721 and $16,945 during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Gross profits as a percentage of net sales was 16.5% during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 15.1% during the three months ended June 30, 2012. The improvement in gross profits was attributable to a decline in the cost of raw materials and products sourced from overseas vendors and a change in the mix of products sold.
Resin-related product lines which include containment systems for medical waste, patient bedside plastics and laboratory represent approximately 33% of our revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2013. The primary raw material utilized in the manufacture of these products is plastic resin. We continue to experience volatility in resin costs consistent with the changes in global market prices of oil, natural gas and other factors. Our gross profit during the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2012 was favorably impacted by $209 due to lower resin prices.
During the three months ended June 30, 2013, we imported approximately $11,925 of finished goods and certain raw materials from overseas vendors, principally those in China. Our main imports are operating room products, which include operating room towels and laparotomy sponges, minor procedure kits and trays and surgical instruments used in our minor procedure kits and trays and certain containment products and patient bedside disposable products that we do not produce domestically. The products we import from China include cotton and plastic resin as raw materials.
While we do not directly purchase unfinished cotton, it is the primary raw material utilized by our overseas vendors in the production of our operating room towels and laparotomy sponges. Our gross profit during the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2012 was favorably impacted by $758 due to lower costs of products sourced from overseas vendors.
Selling, general and administrative expenses amounted to $15,612 and $15,944 during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease is primarily related to a $325 reduction in professional services and a $191 reduction in sales commissions, which were partially offset by an increase of $184 in all other selling, general and administrative expenses.
Distribution expenses, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses, amounted to $2,076 and $2,140 during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The decrease is primarily due to a reduction in labor-related costs, principally overtime expenses.
Interest expense amounted to $1,656 and $1,224 during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase in interest expense of $662 was due to the write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the Prior Credit Agreement.
Income tax expense (benefit) amounted to $174 and ($86) during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Income tax expense (benefit) as a percent of income (loss) before income taxes was 38.4% and (38.6%) during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Borrowing Arrangements
On May 17, 2013, we entered into our New Credit Agreement. A portion of the proceeds of our New Credit Agreement was used to repay and cancel all amounts due under the Prior Credit Agreement. Upon such repayment, the Prior Credit Agreement was terminated. The New Credit Agreement provides for a maximum borrowing capacity of $65,000, consisting of the following loans; (1) a $11,505 secured term loan fully drawn by us on May 17, 2013, (2) $5,000 in secured Delayed Draw Term Loans and (3) up to $53,495 in secured revolving loans, which may be reduced by the amount of any outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loans drawn by us. The revolving loans are used to finance the working capital needs and general corporate purposes of ourselves and our subsidiaries and for permitted acquisitions. If our Excess Availability (as defined in the New Credit Agreement) falls below a specified amount, we will be required to comply with specified financial covenants relating to; (1) after financial statements are delivered for the month ending July 31, 2013, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.00 to 1.00, measured on a month-end basis and (2) until financial statements are delivered for the month ending July 31, 2013, minimum earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for certain month-end periods (such financial covenant, the "EBITDA Covenant"), including negative $800 for the one month period ending April 30, 2013, $700 for the two month period ending May 31, 2013 and $3,000 for the three month period ending June 30, 2013. If we draw a Delayed Draw Term Loan, we will be required to comply with a maximum leverage ratio covenant ranging from 3.00 to 1.00 to 3.25 to 1.00, measured on a month-end basis. In addition, we had committed to certain post-closing conditions, including providing monthly financial statements, annual updates of financial projections and the filing of a mortgage on our Brentwood, New York corporate headquarters (which took place on July 16, 2013).
As of June 30, 2013, our Excess Availability under the New Credit Agreement was approximately $10,505 and as a result, we became subject to the EBITDA Covenant. We are in compliance with the EBITDA Covenant because our (loss) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization were: (1) ($405), for the one month period ending April 30, 2013, (2) $2,181, for the two month period ending May 31, 2013 and (3) $2,772, for the three month period ending June 30, 2013. As of June 30, 2013, we had not drawn a Delayed Draw Term Loan and were in compliance with the EBITDA Covenant and therefore we (1) were not subject to any other financial covenants under the New Credit Agreement and (2) were in compliance with all applicable covenants under the New Credit Agreement.
Borrowings under the New Credit Agreement are collateralized by substantially all of our assets and are fully guaranteed by us and our subsidiaries. The New Credit Agreement contains certain restrictive covenants, including, among others, covenants limiting our ability to incur indebtedness, grant liens, guarantee obligations, sell assets, make loans and investments, enter into merger and acquisition transactions and declare or make dividends. Please see Note 7 of our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the New Credit Agreement.
Cash Flows Cash and cash equivalents changed as follows during the three months ended June 30: 2013 2012 Cash provided (used in) by operating activities $ (744 ) $ 10,836 Cash used in investing activities $ (351 ) $ (564 ) Cash provided by (used in) financing activities $ 663 $ (14,703 ) Decrease in cash and cash equivalents $ (432 ) $ (4,431 )
Historically, our primary sources of liquidity and capital resources have included cash provided by operations and the use of available borrowing facilities while the primary uses of liquidity and capital resources have included acquisitions, capital expenditures and payments on debt.
Cash used in operating activities during the three months ended June 30, 2013 was primarily comprised of decreases in accrued expenses and other liabilities of $701 and increases in other assets of $5,240 and accounts receivable of $2,192. These were partially offset by net income from operations of $279, an increase in accounts payable of $2,588, a decrease in inventories of $2,414, amortization of $1,567 and depreciation of $1,213. Approximately $662 of the total amortization was attributable to a non-recurring write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the repayment of amounts owed under our Prior Credit Agreement.
Cash used in investing activities during the three months ended June 30, 2013 consisted of $511 in purchases of property, plant and equipment. The majority of these capital expenditures related to machinery and equipment for our injection molding facility located in Gallaway, Tennessee. Our New Credit Agreement contains certain restrictive covenants but do not limit the amount of capital expenditures per annum. On an annual basis, management expects to make capital expenditures on machinery and equipment to improve efficiencies at our manufacturing facilities.
Cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended June 30, 2013 consisted primarily of $706 in net borrowings on our Credit Agreement. During the three months ended June 30, 2013, borrowings under our term loan decreased $137 while borrowings under our revolving credit facility increased $843.
Financial Position The following table sets forth certain liquidity and capital resources data for the periods indicated: June 30, March 31, 2013 2013 (Unaudited) Cash and cash equivalents $ 126 $ 558 Accounts receivable, net $ 34,237 $ 32,615 Days sales outstanding 28.2 27.0 Inventories, net $ 50,249 $ 53,014 Inventory turnover 6.7 6.3 Current assets $ 91,345 $ 92,338 Goodwill $ 30,021 $ 30,021 Working capital $ 54,617 $ 52,163 Current ratio 2.5 2.3 Total borrowings $ 67,014 $ 66,351 Stockholder's equity $ 95,431 $ 94,909 Debt to equity ratio 0.70 0.70
We are committed to maintaining a strong financial position through maintaining sufficient levels of available liquidity, managing working capital and generating cash flows necessary to meet operating requirements. We believe that anticipated future cash flow from operations, coupled with our cash on hand and available funds under our New Credit Agreement will be sufficient to meet working capital requirements for the next twelve months. Although we have borrowing capacity under our New Credit Agreement, have cash on hand and anticipate future cash flow from operations, we may be limited in our ability to allocate funds for purposes such as potential acquisitions, capital expenditures, marketing, development and other general corporate purposes. In addition, we may be limited in our flexibility in planning for or responding to changing conditions in our business and our industry, making us more vulnerable to general economic downturns and adverse developments in our business.
Contractual Obligations Certain contractual cash obligations and other commercial commitments will impact our short and long-term liquidity. At June 30, 2013, such obligations and commitments are as follows: Less than 1 2 - 3 4 - 5 After 5 Total Year Years Years Years Principal payments of long-term debt $ 53,406 $ 1,370 $ 3,288 $ 48,748 $ - Capital lease obligations 27,920 1,526 3,144 3,271 19,979 Purchase obligations 17,040 17,040 - - - Operating leases 2,098 970 1,107 21 - Defined benefit plan payments 772 57 126 142 447 Total contractual obligations $ 101,236 $ 20,963 $ 7,665 $ 52,182 $ 20,426
There are approximately $602 of estimated liabilities related to unrecognized tax benefits that have been excluded from the contractual obligation table because we could not make a reasonable estimate of when those amounts would become payable.
Related Party Transactions
As part of the assets and liabilities acquired from the AVID acquisition, we assumed a capital lease obligation for the AVID facility located in Toano, Virginia. The facility, which includes a 185,000 square foot manufacturing and warehouse building and approximately 12 acres of land, is owned by Micpar Realty, LLC ("Micpar"). AVID's founder and former CEO, is a part owner of Micpar and subsequent to the acquisition of AVID, he was elected to our board of directors. As of August 2012, he no longer serves on our board of directors. As of June 30, 2013, the capital lease requires monthly payments of $127 with increases of 2% per annum. The lease contains provisions for an option to buy in January 2014 and January of 2016 and expires in March 2029. The effective rate on the capital lease obligation is 9.9%. Total lease payments required under the capital lease for the five-year period ending June 30, 2018 is $7,941. During the three months ended June 30, 2013, we recorded interest expense of $336 under the lease agreement.
The gross amount and net book value of the assets under the capital lease are as follows:
June 30, March 31, 2013 2013 Capital lease, gross $ 11,409 $ 11,409 Less: Accumulated amortization (1,740 ) (1,586 ) Capital lease, net $ 9,669 $ 9,823
A current member of our board of directors is currently a minority shareholder of Custom Healthcare Systems (CHS), an assembler and packager of Class 1 medical products. CHS is a supplier to our AVID facility located in Toano, Virginia for small kits and trays. They also purchase sterile instruments from our facility located in Arden, North Carolina. CHS sold approximately $437 and $436 in small kits and trays to us during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively and purchased approximately $213 and $263 of sterile instruments from us during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of June 30, 2013 and March 31, 2013, $237 and $265, respectively, was due to us from CHS. As of June 30, 2013 and March 31, 2013, $34 and $45, respectively, was due to CHS from us.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not maintain any off-balance sheet arrangements, transactions, obligations or other relationships with unconsolidated entities that would be expected to have a material current or future effect upon our financial condition or results of operations.


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Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
Head of Marketing and Advice
Retirement Solutions
Focus: Advice and Guidance, Financial Planning, Retirement Research
Patrick Kennedy is head of Marketing and Advice for Retirement Solutions at Voya Financial, a strategic business segment focused on guiding Americans on their journey to greater retirement readiness through employer-sponsored, tax-deferred savings plans, as well as through holistic advice, planning and a broad range of retail product solutions for customers nearing or in their retirement.
Prior to joining the company, Patrick was senior vice president and head of the Shared Resource Group for TIAA-CREF. He was responsible for financial planning and advice services, training and practice management, sales technology, field supervision, branch administration, beneficiary services, client experience, and process oversight and control.
Throughout his 30-year career in financial services, Kennedy has held senior-level positions at various companies, including Deutsche Asset Management, Zurich Insurance, Scudder Investments, Kemper Financial, First Chicago and Northern Trust.
Kennedy received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary's College in Minnesota and his Master of Business Administration from DePaul University. Patrick holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 licenses and the Illinois Insurance Producer's license (all lines). He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™.
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