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With our active calendar, it's easy to identify and remember events that you want to know about. Click an action below to learn how to do it. VIEW and SEARCH for EVENTS: Browse the calendar and change the layout Search for events Use filters to find events by location Use the Mixed-in Calendars list to display events by category TAKE ACTIONS on EVENTS: Add events to your personal calendar Set email reminders Set text message reminders Forward events to associates Arrange to be notified if events change Print the calendar SUBSCRIBE to CALENDARS: Receive calendar updates by email or remove yourself from our email list Receive a calendar RSS or Atom feed Add this calendar to your calendar list in iCal, Sunbird, or similar calendar program SUBMIT EVENTS: Submit events Submit event revisions or updates VIEW and SEARCH for EVENTS:   Browse the calendar and change the layout You can navigate to a date in the future or past, as well as change the view of the calendar. From the "View:" box, select the view you want from the drop-down list. To view the previous or next time period, click the navigation arrows. The set of arrows that appears depends on the view you choose.   Search for events At the search box near the calendar, you can type terms in the box to search for events. Search for events that contain certain terms. Type a search term or terms into the search box, and then click Go. An orange search results bar appears above the calendar. If the search results bar looks like this, click Show List of Events to see a list of the matching events. If the search results bar looks like this, search for a different term. Click Clear to start a new search. Clicking clear removes the search criteria and displays all the calendar events. Tips - When the previous and next buttons at the top of the calendar are active, click them to see matching events in the past or future. - You can use search and filtering together to find specific events. - To learn more about interpreting and getting better search results, click Help in the search results bar.   Use filters to find events by location You will see a Filter near the calendar marked "Location". You can select values in this filter to find events you're interested in by location. Select a value from the Location list. In this type of list, you can select only one value. An orange search results bar appears above the calendar. If the search results bar looks like this, click Show List of Events to see a list of the matching events. If the search results bar looks like this, select different filter values. Click Clear to select new values. Click clear to remove the filter criteria and display all the calendar events. Tips - When the previous and next buttons at the top of the calendar are active, click them to see matching events in the past or future. - You can use search and filtering together to find specific events. - To learn more about interpreting and getting better search results, click Help in the search results bar.   Use the Mixed-in Calendars list to display events by category You will see a Mixed-in Calendars list on the calendar page. You can use the list to display and hide events by color-coded categories, such as event type or region. Select or clear the check box next to a category of events to display or hide those events. If the list is large, the All or None links below the color-coded list might help you display the events you want more quickly.   TAKE ACTIONS on EVENTS   Add events to your personal calendar See an event that you want to be reminded of? Add it directly to your own personal calendar. Select one or more events on the calendar. or  Click Add to My Calendar. In the Event Actions window, select your calendar type. Tips - If your personal calendar type isn't listed, you can download event information in the form of an iCalendar (.ics) file. iCalendar is a standard format that you can import into most calendar programs. To download event information, under Event Actions, select Download event info. - To learn more about adding events to calendars or downloading event information, click the Help link at the top of the Event Actions window.   Set email reminders Afraid you'll forget about an event you see on our calendar? Send yourself a reminder. Select one or more events on the calendar. or Click Email Reminder. In the Event Actions window, type your name and email address. Click Set Reminder. Tip To learn more about setting reminders, click the Help link at the top of the Event Actions window.   Set text message reminders Is your cell phone what keeps you connected? Select the txt msg options to receive event reminders and other information as text messages. Select one or more events on the calendar. or In the Other event actions list, select Remind me by txt msg or Txt me event info. In the Event Actions window, type your cell phone number and select your carrier. Click Set Reminder. For reminders, also select when you want to receive them. Tip To learn more about sending event information to your cell phone, click the Help link at the top of the Event Actions window.   Forward events to associates Want to notify an associate of an event? One click takes you to a web page where you can email information about the event to up to ten associates. Select one or more events on the calendar. or In the Other event actions list, select Forward to associates. In the Event Actions window, type your associates email addresses and a note. Click Send Email to send a message that contains the event information and your note. Tip To learn more about forwarding events to associates, click the Help link at the top of the Event Actions window.   Arrange to be notified if events change Having an event on your personal calendar doesn't do much good if the event time or location changes after you add the event. For events that really matter, arrange to be notified in case something changes. Select one or more events on the calendar. or In the Other event actions list, select Notify me of changes. In the Event Actions window, type your name and email address. Click Set Notification. Tip To learn more about event notifications, click the Help link at the top of the Event Actions window.   Print the calendar One click opens the current view of the calendar in a printer-friendly window. Click Print at the top of the calendar. In the printer-friendly window, on the File menu, click Print Preview. If necessary, adjust the page size and orientation, and then click Print. Tip To see colors in the printed version, set your Internet browser to print background colors SUBSCRIBE to CALENDARS   Receive calendar updates by email or remove yourself from our email list You can add yourself to the distribution list to receive weekly calendar updates. On the calendar, click Subscribe. The Subscribe to email section appears at the top of the subscription options. Enter your email address in the box, and then click Subscribe to Email. To remove yourself from our distribution list, click the opt-out link at the bottom of the email message. You can subscribe to the calendar in these other ways: Receive an RSS or Atom feed of the calendar Add the calendar to your calendar list in iCal, Sunbird, or similar calendar program   Receive a calendar RSS or Atom feed When you subscribe to the calendar's RSS or Atom feed, calendar updates come to you. You can easily subscribe from your news reader program. What are RSS and Atom feeds? On the calendar, click Subscribe. On the Subscribe page, click the RSS or XML button. If you use Safari, the feed displays right in the browser. If you use Internet Explorer or Firefox and click one of the buttons, the code shows for your calendar, and you can copy/paste the URL into your news reader. Firefox may not be able to display the Atom feed. If that's the case, you can get the URL from the RSS feed, and after you paste the URL into your reader, replace .rss with .xml.   Add this calendar to your calendar list in iCal, Sunbird, or similar calendar program You can subscribe to this calendar by adding it to your calendars in iCal, Sunbird, or similar calendar program that can accept iCalendar feeds. When you subscribe this way, you have a live copy of our calendar right where you need it. Our updates automatically show up in your subscribed view, and you can easily see where our event schedule conflicts with your personal or business schedule. In your calendar program, choose the command for subscribing to a calendar (or remote calendar). In iCal this is on the Calendar menu; in Sunbird it's on the File menu. Where the dialog box asks for the calendar address, enter the following URL: http://www.trumba.com/calendars/nc_fire.ics Tip To find the name of our calendar, click the RSS button. The URL for the calendar shows calendarname.rss. Just replace .rss with .ics to get the iCalendar feed's URL. SUBMIT EVENTS   Submit events You can submit your own events for publication on the calendar. We reserve the right to review submissions before we publish events. Click the SUBMIT link (it's just to the right of the HOME link). The link may look a little different from the one in this picture. In the event submission form, type your personal information. Type the event information. You provide a description and location, and select a category and the date or repeating dates for the event. Click Submit. Tip To learn more about filling out the event submission form, click the Help link at the bottom of the form.