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WASHINGTON - Military Outreach USA, a partner of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), recently launched a program to encourage communities to connect with local VA facilities and help VA provide support to homeless or recently homeless Veterans and their families.
The Adopt-a-VA program, which began in February, connects individuals and community organizations, such as schools, faith-based groups and businesses, with a local VA Homeless Program case manager at the VA Medical Center or community-based outpatient clinic in their area to help meet Veterans' non-medical needs.
"VA remains committed to preventing and ending Veteran homelessness, but we cannot achieve this goal alone," said Anthony Love, senior advisor and director of Community Engagement for VHA's Homeless Programs Office. "Partnerships are critical to providing the support needed to help Veterans exit homelessness, and to identifying local housing and employment opportunities that help them remain stably housed. Military Outreach USA's Adopt-a-VA program makes it easier than ever for everyone to get involved and support Veterans in their communities."
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Since 2010, VA's efforts to end Veteran homelessness have resulted in a nearly 50 percent reduction among this at-risk population across the country. Between 2015 and 2016, Veteran homelessness decreased nearly 17 percent, four times the previous year's decline. The efforts of state and local governments, federal partners and nongovernmental organizations have been instrumental in producing these outcomes.


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Both Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum have as their youngest child an infant affected by chromosomal abnormalities. Sarah's child has Trisomy 21, Down Syndrome, and Rick's youngest child has Trisomy 18. I had never heard of Trisomy 18 before but this is a very, very sad condition to have, with limited life expectancy, severe disabilities, etc.
To get a clearer idea of what Trisomy 18 is, go to read the article at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-checkup/post/bella-santorum...
Quoted in the article is Robert Marion, chief of genetics and developmental medicine at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. Almost half the children born with the condition die within the first three months of life, Marion notes. "Ninety percent die in the first year," he says, "And the ten percent who survive have severe developmental problems."
"Marion adds that Trisomy 18 is "almost always diagnosed prenatally, and those pregnancies are almost always terminated." Even when pregnancy is continued, he says, "Almost all males die in the first and second trimesters, and most females" die during that time, too."
But if Sarah and Rick had their way, not only would there be no contraception available, but abortion and perhaps amniocentesis would also be outlawed. It should be noted that both Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 21 increase in frequent with an increased age in the mothers. And therefore both are more likely to be prevented with effective birth control after the mother reaches the age where childbirth is more likely to lead to difficulties.
I seriously feel very, very sorry for Rick and Sarah over the conditions of their youngest child but Rick and Sarah are terribly poor spokespeople for lecturing families about following their biblical advice on birth control, family planning, etc.
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Another shining example - the infamous Duggar family with 20 kids. The last baby was born prematurely and spent months in the hospital. Yet I'm pretty sure that Michelle Duggar is still willing to pump out more kids...because her religion teaches that the only value a woman has is as a breeder. When she goes through menopause, I guess she will basically be a non-person.
The Duggars recently came out in support of Rick Santorum. I guess they think that everyone should be willing to risk genetic defects, premature birth, and death to please their nasty sky daddy.
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Illinois farmer walks through tech advancements
Precision agriculture adoption is a journey—a path that has gotten gradually smoother, year by year. A few farmers, such as Illinois corn and soybean producer Ken Dalenberg, have been on that path since its rocky beginnings.
"We have come a long way, but in some ways, we are reinventing the wheel," he says. "We have come from grid soil sampling, variable-rate fertilizer and chemicals—but today, we can almost do anything imaginable with controllers and GPS."
Dalenberg discussed his observations about the evolution of precision ag technology during the past 20 years at the InfoAg conference this past summer. He operates Scattered Acres Farm in east-central Illinois where he has helped test and develop many precision ag products on the market today. Some of his other achievements include serving as a founding board member of the U.S. Soybean Export Council and working on the 1990 and 1998 farm bills.
Inventors with vision. During the late 1980s, Dalenberg and other farmers saw a need for precision ag equipment that didn't even exist yet. They were grid-sampling with GPS and developing variable-rate fertilizer plans. But without a yield monitor, there was no way to know if their decisions paid off.
Enter engineer Al Myers. While many people were building yield monitor prototypes, Myers' was the one that caught traction with farmers, which helped him establish Ag Leader.
"The original technology I brought to market in 1992 is the same technology behind the current Ag Leader yield monitor," Myers says.
Many enhancements were added later, he adds, including trouble-free moisture sensors, real-time on-screen mapping capabilities, performance analysis software and more.
Downsizes and upgrades. Dalenberg and other early adopters watched as these slow-but-steady improvements came through the 1990s and 2000s. Early challenges included erratic GPS signals, plus a lack of proper software and hardware solutions to allow them to do what they wanted.
"Everything had to be created as we went," he says.
But little by little, the technology got smaller, faster and more intuitive to use. Dalenberg points to mobile technology evolution as a prime example. The cellphones of yesteryear came with a tangle of wires, were stored in a bulky bag and had only one function. Today's smartphones, in contrast, are much smaller but pack enough computing power to rival most laptops and home PCs.
Memory storage is another good example of a technology that has made incremental improvements, he says. Data transfer has seen an evolution from floppy disk to CD to USB stick to wireless transfer.
"We've come a long way in making data instantaneous and easy to share," Dalenberg says.
Most farmers don't have 20 years of experience using precision ag, but Dalenberg says 2004 was a year when a lot of farmers jumped on the technology bandwagon.
"That's about the time auto-steer really took off," he says. "If there was one thing that caught farmers' attentions, it was auto-steer. There are still people today who use yield monitors but don't do anything with the data, but they still use auto-steer religiously."
Despite the progress he's seen in the past two decades, Dalenberg has little doubt that there's much more to come in the future.
One trend that will help bring about the next round of technological improvements is open architecture. This allows more "plug and play" opportunities that will permit fluid interaction among equipment. Data ownership is also guaranteed to be a hot button topic.
"We still have mountains of information that has yet to be analyzed and used in a profitable manner. We will see many more changes as the industry continues to discuss ownership of data and how that data can be used," Dalenberg says.


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The bride-to-be is a daughter of Wade and Suzanne Pritchard of Taylorsville, and is an upcoming Associate of Arts graduate of Toccoa Falls College in Georgia.
The groom-to-be is a son of Paul and Violette Bridgman, who are Christian missionaries in Okayama, Japan.
A December wedding in Louisville is planned.
Mary Lou Florence, program technician with the Bullitt/Spencer/Jefferson County Farm Service Agency, will retire with 27 years of service to the agency on Nov. 30.
Eileen Collins and Austin Webster, both of Morrison, Wis., were married July 15 in Wayside, Wis.
The groom is originally from Taylorsville.
Spencer County resident Joe Paul Smith traveled to Chicago for the 34th running of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. The 26.2-mile run was on Oct. 9. At the age of 62, Smith has now completed 37 marathons. Also running on this trip were Steve Hagan of Bardstown and Mandy and Eddie Benton of Lexington. All are members of the Kentucky Hill Runners.
Parents Andrew and Tabitha Prater and big brother Jacob Prater, all of Taylorsville, announce the birth of Hannah Ruth Prater on Sept. 29 at 10:03 a.m.
Hannah was born at Baptist Hospital East weighing 8 pounds, 10.8 ounces and was 20 inches long. She is the granddaughter of Dennis and Judy Bowman, of Taylorsville, and Lanny and Shelia Prater, of Fisherville.
Charlie and Elaine Buis of Russell Springs and Terry and Deshea Templin of Pikeville announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Riann Elizabeth Templin, to Jason Paul Hood, son of the Rev. Johnny and Joyce Hood of Taylorsville.
The couple will be joined in marriage at 3 Trees Church in Russell Springs on Friday at 7 p.m. A reception will follow in the Hillside Students Center located at the church. All family and friends are invited to attend.
Jacob Redmon announces the birth of his baby sister, Aleigha Paige Redmon. Aleigha was born on Sept. 28, 2011, at Norton Suburban Hospital at 7:47 p.m. She weighed 8.13 pounds and was 20 inches long. She is the daughter of Chris and Candi Redmon, and the youngest sister of Ashley, Brittany and Merissa Redmon. Her grandparents are Kathy and Kenny Thompson, Janet Montgomery, and Daniel and Freda Biggers.
Army National Guard Pvt. Brandon T. Jensen recently graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga.
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Melissa Iannuzzi and Chris Coyle, both of Taylorsville, announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
Chuck and Gina Stidham of Taylorsville announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jennifer Stidham, to Ryan Thornhill.
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text: COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan on Tuesday insisted his team would not be taking Australia lightly despite the youthful look to the tourists squad. The skipper will be without injured opening bowler Lasith Malinga for the two Twenty20 matches against Australia but said he wanted his younger players to take the opportunity to perform for the side. Australian usually play very hard. They may be a bit inexperienced. But they are tough opponents, Dilshan said in Colombo ahead of the first T20 on Saturday in the central town of Kandy. Sri Lanka hope to have slingy paceman Malinga back for the start of the five-match one-day series on August 10, which will be followed by three Test matches. Malingas loss is felt a lot, said Dilshan. But I see it as a good chance for the younger players to step-up and perform. The hosts were runners up to India in the World Cup earlier this year and boast a strong blend of youth and experience, but Australian T20 skipper Cameron White said his team would battle hard. Sri Lanka are in very good form. They will be very hard to beat in their own backyard. But we will give them a good fight, said White, who was dropped from Australias one-day and Test squads for the Sri Lankan tour. Sri Lanka go into the series with local coaches heading all departments in the team, a departure from the recent past, when head and assistant coaches were mostly foreigners. Former Sri Lankan bowler Rumesh Ratnayake has stepped in as interim coach for the Australian tour, after former coach Trevor Bayliss quit in April to return to Australia. Rumeshs influence, although for a short time, has been very good. The younger players feel comfortable to walk up and talk to the head coach, and discuss their shortcomings. I hope we do well, Dilshan said. The T20 series will not have the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) due to a lack of the necessary cameras, but Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Upali Dharmadasa said they were hoping to have the technology for the Test series. He said Sri Lanka were also keen to have ball-tracking technology also included in the UDRS.


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Monday, July 18, 2011
How To Teach Facebook to an Eighty-Five Year Old
The need for my mother to get on Facebook came from a clear realization of the suffocating effects of being homebound following a fractured ankle. (I wrote about this some time ago.) I was not sure how this would go. But thanks to the tireless efforts of her care team (including my sister and brother), after 9 months she can now bear "20%" weight on her ankle. Sadly, this still means she remains homebound more often than not and is stuck watching the mind-numbing boob-tube in a geri-chair for way too many hours. She found the monotony discouraging and so many others in a similar circumstance, she grew depressed and despondent regarding her condition. And having some of her kids over 1000 miles away didn't help things.
So, in a burst of social media enthusiasm, I had an idea: maybe Facebook could offer her a chance to see the outside world and to re-connect with her long lost friends and family. Easy enough, right?
Getting someone who's depressed, concerned and cautious about their health to ambulate to, turn on, and "engage" with a computer for any length of time is not easy. For those of us relative youngsters, this is a snap. But for the older generation: if you want to succeed having them use this medium, I've found you have to stick to it. Here's some of the obstacles I encountered:
Physical and Cognitive Challenges
For many elderly, computers are uncomfortable distractions that require fine motor skills that should be used elsewhere. Simple things like getting to the darn thing, sitting, then moving a mouse, clicking, typing are challenging enough. Add the difficulties seeing the screen to the mix and it really gets interesting. Next, asking a computer Luddite to type a URL in the address line of Internet Explorer to go to Facebook? Patience becomes your middle word.
But if you persevere and carefully guide them across these hurdles, another hurdle quickly arrives: "What was my password again?" Cognition moves slower at eighty-five. So make sure they have a note pad and pen nearby to jot a few "reminders" down. Also, if you want to have any chance at all at teaching someone how to use Facebook from a thousand miles away via phone, use the "speaker" function on the phone to communicate: they simply can't type on a keyboard and talk to you on the phone at the same time any other way.
Despite lots of effort to cross these physical and cognitive hurdles, I still found my mother never made it back to the computer after our first session. The hurdles proved too challenging for her to adopt Facebook after one try. Too little reward for too much effort, I guess. But the doctor in me just wouldn't give up, so we tried something different: we set up "Facebook tutorial sessions." I called her to arrange a time to sit before the computer and then called her to walk her through the process again. And again. And again. And again. Each time, a few more Betz cells were activated. Things that took two hours before, took 1 hour the next time, then thirty minutes, then fifteen. Slowly, it seemed, the burden and anxiety over the computer was lifting.
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The other great realization was that having someone at their side helps them gain confidence, too. My sister played a pivotal role with my mother in this respect. She helped reinforce what she was doing and helped speed the tutorials along considerably. Bottom line: the medical philosophy of "see one, do one" proves equally effective when using Facebook, too.
So we'll see. I still haven't received a spontaneous message from my mother yet, but we'll keep trying. At least it gives her a chance to see and do something different. And, who knows?
Maybe she'll soon become an internet junkie, too.
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- rlbates said...
If she wants someone to play scrabble with on FB, I'm in. :)
- Mon Jul 18, 07:05:00 AM CDT
- Jen Anderson said...
Oh my gosh just what I said all along for my mother while she sat in hospital and as a retired RN herself she wanted to whip those young nurses and DRS into shape - she was letting themabd me know she was not happy with her care - so I concluded she needed a distraction she wanted to research and wanted to show us what was wrong etc via laptop cell phone etc. I taught her over free long distance telephone while at work or home how to use the computer she had bought from future shop - it was tricky trying to describe buttons to her but you know she was so amazing so ready to try more even orderd computer magazines corrected me on somethings. It is her life line and connection to seeing hearing us and us to her. She at one point was showing other old folks a computer is as easy as 1-2-3 as she said to me. I think more seniors should have this opportunity like it or not it's the companion many bave needed for years - it for some can enhance the quality of life for years to come - yes I'd love to help other seniors with a computer someone doesn't need -,in the near future hope it is possible. I'll never forget seeing mom for the first time in years via her web cam - a real touching experience of wanting to reach through there and give her a big hug for her amazing efforts - so proud of her I am and her birthday 1929 July 23 I hope to be with her getting a new laptop and giving her cell phone. A hot red Blackberry Torch - she's very excited for that! Just hope I can get there with the dogs and the heat it might be tricky : ) p.s. all the times she called when she was stuck on the computer all the times she called me at work in the ER I cherish them as good memories and hope more of the same to come with the new laptop she will be learning new things with ....she loves the idea of security monitoring people in her room with her laptop webcam incentives go learn more are a must : )
- Mon Jul 18, 07:57:00 AM CDT
Good for you, even if your mom just follows your family posts she will feel more connected, and you know mom, eventually they HAVE to comment :)
- Mon Jul 18, 08:49:00 AM CDT
I got my 79 year old mother an iPad - and she loves it. We do FaceTime every day, which is so much better than just a phone call. I convinced her to get the iPad instead of a computer for the very same reasons you mentioned in your article - having to move to the computer (iPad is portable) - having to log on and type a url address every time. With the iPad she just has to hit the "mail" icon and she has her email - hit the "f" icon for Facebook and she is on and can see her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's posts and more importantly see pictures! I told her there is no way to screw up an iPad, so I think it is more elderly friendly than a computer.
- Mon Jul 18, 09:39:00 AM CDT
- DrWes said...
Anony 09:39 -
Great tip. Thanks.
- Mon Jul 18, 10:15:00 AM CDT
Ditto to the comments shared by Anon...I did the same with an elderly in-law - got the newest iPad with the camera. I typed up a cheat sheet of user tips in 36 bold font, laminated it and put it on the inside of the iPad case. Now my father-in-law can FB, Skype and see all the newest family photos. It has been absolutely liberating for him! He's now convinced he can handle Scrabble and Monopoly...we'll see about that adventure.
- Mon Jul 18, 12:51:00 PM CDT
- Solitary Diner said...
Do you want to teach my 60-year-old mother how to use Facebook too? My patience has proven to be too short to be successful with her (for many of the reasons you so accurately described in the post).
- Mon Jul 18, 06:03:00 PM CDT


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For example, the monthly reductions in allotments that took place this month loom larger given that eligibility for food stamps is limited to those at or below the poverty line: a gross income of $15,030 for a two-person household, to $23,050 for a family of four. The CBPP report calculated that the Nov. 1 cut reduces the average amount recipients have to spend on each meal by 10 cents – from $1.50 per meal to $1.40 per meal. For a family of four, the cut amounts to the loss of 21 or 22 meals a month.
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, most SNAP recipients work, but at low-wage jobs that after paying for their rent and such other necessities as transportation, leave them out of enough money to buy enough food to eat. In 2007, half of all food stamp users lived in the suburbs, according to an analysis of census data by the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. Now, it's 55 percent. More than 900,000 of those enrolled are veterans. The 21 million children in households that get food stamps constitute a quarter of all American children.
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Don't mess with us Brits, we got cabbie's on our side, you won't find a more intelligent and quick witted bunch.
Cackles - fantastic
Firstly there was music long before the time of mohammed, yet even if that was the case why can't we have music now. Did mohammed teach his followers that music was a sin? If so the guy was a douche bag and should be forgotten. If not then listen to whatever you like. Nice move taxi driver.
The Church of Christ does not allow musical instruments in their services because the bible says: "Make Ye a joyful noise unto the lord." Somehow, this is a big deal for them.
And yes Matt is correct, there was music long before Mohammed was fucking underage girls. It's even possible to locate our best reconstructions of ancient Greek music, which predates Xianity. And many of our modern musical instruments have origins lost in deep antiquity.
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Degenerate the faithful
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If I was the cabby I would of turned around and said "Radio silence is an extra 100 quid."
Yeah Ed, but our cabbies like to say, "Fuck off". And they like the opportunity to do so, grin. Seek and ye shall find :)
Very funny - something about which both a Christian and an atheist could share a laugh. But what if the cab driver were an atheist and the passenger a Christian? Would it have been considered equally appropriate and funny to both if the cab driver had disgorged his fare and suggested he could find his way on faith alone? Probably not.


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Senior midfielder Luke Heinsohn (Charlottesville, Va./Coventant) got things started for the Generals (6-1, 1-0) just 3:04 into the game when he scored off an assist from sophomore attackman Tyler Goldman (New York, N.Y./Loomis Chaffee). Senior attackman Mac Means (Sewickley, Pa./Sewickley Academy) then scored twice and sophomore midfielder Garrett Paglia (Forest Hill, Md./Gilman) scored man-up from Means with 7:16 left in the opening period for a 4-0 lead.
Randolph-Macon (4-5, 0-1) got on the board when first-year attackman Robert Fox (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) scored unassisted at 6:03, but junior midfielder Drew Kenavan (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro) scored off a feed from Heinsohn at 4:49 for a 5-1 lead. Junior midfielder Joe Wood (Bronxville, N.Y./Bronxville) scored off a feed from senior midfielder Cooper Brown (Baltimore, Md./Gilman) at 3:50 and sophomore attackman Cameron Dabir (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich./Culver Academy) scored man-up from junior midfielder Tim Werner (Westfield, N.J./St. Anne's-Belfield) just seven seconds into the second period for the 7-1 lead.
The Yellow Jackets then scored three straight, including two goals from junior midfielder Justin Butler (Ocean City, Md./Worcester Prep), to slice it to a 7-4 game with 4:22 left in the half. The Generals closed the second quarter with two goals in the final 2:54 for a 9-4 lead at the break.
W&L opened the third period with a Goldman goal off an assist from Dabir, but R-MC first-year attackman Ryan Davidson (Logan Township, N.J./Kingsway Regional) scored two straight goals to make it a 10-6 game with 4:45 left in the quarter. Wood scored off an assist from Brown with 4:12 left to make it an 11-6 game heading into the final quarter.
The Yellow Jackets opened the final frame with two straight goals to slice the W&L advantage to 11-8 with 12:23 to play, but Means and senior attackman Jack Switala (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) both scored unassisted to give the Generals a 13-8 lead with 6:58 to play as W&L won its 17th consecutive game against Randolph-Macon.
Means led the Generals with four goals and one assist, while Goldman and Heinsohn each contributed one goal and two assists. Switala and Wood both score two goals and Brown posted two assists. In goal, sophomore Warren Berenis (Ocoee, Fla./Lake Highland Prep) notched 10 saves in 60 minutes of action.
Butler and Davidson notched three goals and one assist each to lead the way for the Yellow Jackets. Fox added two goals and sophomore goalkeeper Jordan DeVito (Katonah, N.Y./Somers) posted 14 saves between the pipes.
Washington and Lee returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Mary Washington for a 7:00 pm contest.


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Supermarket Software . It is a large form of grocery store which offers a wide variety of foods and household products that are well organized into aisles. In supermarket business, accurate inventory information is essential as many of the items are perishable with limited shelf lives. If the stocks of fast selling items are less then it will lead into loss of sales and even if the stocks of low selling items are more then it will also lead in loss of sales. So it means properly organized inventory/stocks should be maintained so that items should not be over-ordered or over stocked as it does not scramble the path of grabbing better opportunities
Grocery stores have a difficult combination of high-volume sales and an inventory that largely consists of perishable goods. Almost all grocery stores are automated to some degree, although the smallest stores may be limited to point of sales (POS). The three biggest issues for most grocery stores are inventory management, POS and payroll. More sophisticated stores have began to focus on customer relationship management (CRM).
Grocery stores may receive multiple deliveries from multiple vendors every day. An efficient and accurate receiving system lets grocers verify new stock and enter it for immediate sale. Grocery stores and supermarkets typically have multiple checkout locations. While most items have UPC barcodes, some items, such as produce, are often keyed in by the cashier.
Sales on account : Increasingly uncommon, some grocery stores and supermarkets still maintain open accounts for frequent customers. The POS should update the accounts and the systems should prepare bills as required.
Check processing : The system should track the customers that have valid check-cashing privileges. It should frank checks at the POS station. Advanced POS software for supermarkets will image and remotely deposit the checks.
Code look up : Bulk items items such as produce are often not labeled. Cashiers need a look-up function to find the correct code. Advanced systems will have a picture as well as a description and will enter the code into the POS directly.
Coupon redemption : The application needs to process coupons at check out. Advance systems will verify the coupon against purchased items and will calculate percentage-off amounts.
Coupon printing : Many grocers provide coupons at check out. Advanced POS systems produce coupons based on the items purchased.
Self checkout : Some stores allow customers to scan and pay for their own purchases. Self checkout must provide an oversight station and should be fully integrated with the security system.
Sell per unit weight : The program should integrate with scales at check out. The cashier enters the code for the item and weighs it. The system calculates the final price and prints the weight, unit cost and final price on the receipt.
Delicatessen system : Stores with full service delicatessens benefit from a deli POS software system with integrated scales and barcode printing systems. The server places the product on the scale, weighs it and the system generates a label with the weight, price and a barcode.
Suspend transaction : The solution should be able to suspend a transaction and move to another transaction. Later, the original transaction can be amended, edited or cancelled.
Minor-aged employee management : The system must track the schedules of minor-aged employees and check the hours worked and breaks against regulations. The system should notify managers if scheduled hours would result in a violation. The system should produce any required compliance reports.
Inventory receiving : The system should produce inventory receiving reports by vendor throughout the day as required. It should be able to process advance shipment notifications (ASN) to speed the receiving process.
Spoilage reporting : Grocery stores and supermarkets sell perishable goods; the "sell by" dates must be tracked, expired inventory must be collected and disposed of and the process properly documented.
UPC code catalog : Building an inventory from scratch could take weeks. The inventory system must include a UPC code catalog with descriptions for common items to save time in building the inventory.
Bottle deposit tracking : Eleven states have beverage bottle restrictions; twenty-two have plans under consideration. The supermarket store software needs to track deposits and bottle sales, and produce compliance reports.?
Cash drawer management : The solution should support two-person cash drawer counting. It should be able to assign cash drawers to POS terminals so each cashier can bring a counted drawer at the beginning of a shift.
Security system integration : The system should integrate the POS system and security systems, linking security recordings with transaction records.
ID scanning : If the store sells restricted items, generally alcohol, tobacco or pharmaceuticals, the application should scan and retain ID information for buyers and verify that the format of the ID is correct. However, it is often impractical to validate the IDs against government databases.
Employee Auditing : One of the key reports is the employee audit, which looks at profitability and transactions by employee. This helps protect the bottom line and helps prevent inventory shrinkage by holding employees accountable.
CRM : Supermarkets are evolving from having check-cashing cards to full-featured. In particular, they are adopting social networking by establishing Facebook pages and tweeting coupons to registered customers.
Customer loyalty programs : As part of CRM and to further solidify customer relations, many stores have customer loyalty programs. The store system should track sales history and monitor loyalty program points awarded and redeemed.
Promotional pricing : The solution should allow sale and promotional pricing. The pricing should change in the POS and inventory automatically at a specified time and date, if desired.