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On Shared Laundry Etiquette...
At some point or another, we've all had to deal with shared laundry facilities, be it at the dorms or in an apartment complex. And there is always a time (usually when the dirty laundry basket is overflowing) when every single machine is in use...or rather, when there's a finished load just sitting in the machine. So what do you do if you're waiting for your neighbor to get their clothes out of the washer or dryer so you can do yours? Even after you wait for a few hours to pass and the clothes are still in there, is it OK to remove them?
In the past, we drew a hard line at removing clothes from the washer, as being greeted by a sopping wet pile of clothes on top of a dirty machine is the last thing we'd want to see ourselves. A friend of ours had a neighbor who was really bad about switching loads, so she would transfer the wet load to the dryer for him and chalked up the cost of drying ($1.25) as being "neighborly." (Her neighbor was always so mortified when he finally came in to transfer the load himself, he would leave a stack of quarters outside her door with an apologetic note for the wait). We admit that one time we did unload a neighbor's laundry from the dryer and felt so guilty about it that we ended up folding all of their clean laundry and leaving it in their basket.
What do you think is the right course of action? Share your advice and laundry stories in the comments!
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Never load a neighbor's things into the dryer!!!!!! I have things that must hang dry. It would be so unfortunate to be caught up in something and forget about my load, only to find favorite items shrunken. I say if your neighbor is neglectful for hours, put the wet clothes on the machine. And if you take theirs out of the dryer, lay them out nicely. The neglectful neighbor is the one breaking the etiquette rules (and that person is often me!)
I think it is totally okay to remove clothes if they are holding up the line. In my apt building's shared laundry, everyone knows that it's the law of the land when it comes to cycling quickly from washer to dryer. If you snooze, your stuff will be waiting for you in a pile on a table or in a dryer. No one takes offense.
I have absolutely no problem unloading the machines. I've always lived in buildings with too few machines for the number of tenants, and you could wait all day for an open machine if you don't unload. I set a timer for the length of each cycle so I can be sure to unload my laundry immediately. I don't expect my neighbors to be as OCD, but I do expect them to be timely. If clothes are sitting in the machine I want for longer than 10-15 minutes, I'm unloading. Do I like it? No, not at all. But I value my time more than my dislike of touching others' clothes.
That's my biggest issue with shared laundry rooms in apartments. Yes, it's convenient (and I kinda miss having laundry at my new place), but it's SO incredibly annoying when people don't keep on top of it. I understand if you got busy or you forgot, that happens, but you should feel lucky if your clothes are still in the machine when you go to check on them.
In my old place, if I went down to the laundry room and found that the two washers were off and filled with wet clothes, I'd wait. The wash cycle usually takes about 30 minutes, so I'd come back in another 30 minutes. If they were still there when I came back the second time, OH WELL! My turn! Out go their clothes and in go mine. If the dryers are empty, I'll put the clothes in there. If not, then they go on top of the dryer.
There have been many many times where I'd get through 4 loads, washed and dried, and still have someone else's laundry in piles on top of the machines. Is it rude to just toss someone else laundry aside? Yeah it is. Is it rude to hog the laundry room with all of your clothes because you're either too lazy or have poor time-management skills? Yeah, it is.
I remember doing laundry in college was brutal so I always ended up being super punctual about getting back to the machine or I would bring an assignment to read as I waited for my clothes to wash and dry. My rule was take it out if in the dryer, but never take out someone's wet clothes. Other people however would take your wet clothes and some people would remove your clothes and steal your time!
yeah don't try and do the "nice thing" by drying them. If you ruin an expensive piece of clothing, i don't think the $1.25 in quarters will be what they're worried about.
Plus the folding and all that, sorry to say but I don't want other people touching my clothes. I mean it seems like a nice gesture but i don't know if you're a clean person or if you just scratched your a** with your hand and then proceeded to fluff my towels...
My basement neighbour has taken a load of mine from the washer and put it in the dryer. Usually, if this was in an apartment building, I wouldn't have an issue with it. but we share a house and I am her only neighour! Why couldn't she have just come and knocked on my door and said "Hey, your washer load is done. Mind if I put it in the dryer?"
I agree that it's a scary thing to happen if you weren't planning on drying the clothes in the dryer!
I just have issues all around with my neighbour, but mostly because she is so shy and won't just talk to us upstairs.
She also doesn't keep the laundry room tidy. She rarely empties the lint trap, and the waste basket has been filling up and filling up for ages. It's her responsibility to maintain that room and it's aggrivating to watch it get dirtier and dirtier!
I just want her to move out!
this is why i do laundry on the weekdays... we only have 2 sets of washers and dryers per floor and sunday always seems to be laundry day.
I usually leave it in the washer if it's still there. I wouldn't want someone throwing my stuff in the dryer for me, as sometimes I want to air dry clothing.
If it's left in the dryer for too long though, I have no problem taking it out and folding it for them. I think I wouldn't want others to fold my laundry for me, though, which is why I make sure I'll be around to get it when I start laundry.
I have had the unfortunate (and aggravating) displeasure of coming home to my wet laundry sitting on top of the washer, or my dry laundry sitting crumpled, when I have for the person that did that to my laundry folded theirs neatly if they weren't there to take it out.
I think that if you leave your laundry unattended, it's fair game to be taken out.
I live in a building that has 1 washer and dryer on every other floor - so there are about 12 apartments for every laundry room.
I have no problem with taking the laundry out of the washer and putting it in the dryer if it's done (tho I don't start the dryer) - and if it's sitting in the dryer when I'm ready to dry, it comes out - wet or dry.
my building has over 60 apartments and 3 washing machines/2 dryers. so...it's inevitable that people are going to remove your stuff. i keep a stopwatch with me so i don't forget, because the one time i DID forget, someone took all my clean clothes out of the dryer and just tossed them onto the most filthy surface imaginable - even though my laundry bag was sitting right there.
and, the laundry CART was sitting right there - we have two metal laundry carts for the transferring from wash to dry. why wouldn't they have put my stuff in there??
people suck. period.
i positively hate taking people's stuff out, but sometimes ya just have to. i just make a point to not let their underthings sit on the top of the pile for everyone to see. i will drape a larger article over everything. i think that's a nice thing to do considering i'm handling their stuff. i HATE thinking someone is touching my stuff.
last weekend i had to take my neighbor's stuff out because she was late, and she walked in as i was doing it! oh man, i said to her how i HATE doing that, but that i was just in such a rush...she understood, but now i feel sheepish every time i see her!
In college, we just left our basket on top of the machine in question - if someone needed the machine and you weren't there to collect your stuff, they just put it in your basket and set it aside.
Of course, this system depends on respectful people.
I've lived in many apartment buildings, and never even considered either folding someone's laundry or paying to dry it.
If it's left in the washer, it gets thrown in their basket or inside/on top of a dryer (if the top is clean). Same deal if it's left in the dryer- throw it in the basket or on top of the dryer. In my opinion, if you're too careless to come back when the machines are done, you're probably not someone who's obsessive about their clothes never being in a pile or being touched by someone else. I would fully expect that if I left my laundry it would get moved, and that's why I always leave my basket(s) in the laundry room. It is ridiculous to wait (possibly all day) for someone to come take care of their laundry. I once had a roommate who would forget her laundry in the washer or dryer for days at a time. Bad news....
...bear in mind that I spent 5 years in active duty USAF and had to deal with extremely limited laundry facilities there - in basic training we even designated certain guys in the flight to do the laundry for everyone else.
...so I've had to push other guy's laundry through the dryers or their wet clothes would probably still be sitting there - after a while, you don't really care who sees or touches your old jockstrap.
I usually wait about 5 minutes before shuffling someone's laundry to the dryer or on top of a (clean!) machine. My apartment building only has one washer and one dryer, so I think it's ridiculous to wait much longer.
I would have to say "no" to having someone fold my clothes, too. They're my private items, and for some reason it just creeps me out to have a (possible) stranger folding my underwear. If I wasn't there one time, I fully understand the need for my pile of clothes to be set carefully aside.
That said, I think the most annoying laundry room lack of etiquette is people not cleaning out the lint traps. I swear no one else does it but me in public facilities. Oh, and people using bleach.
The worst lack of etiquette? I've found various unmentionables in apartment laundry machines, and one time the neighbors got drunk enough to actually get sick in one of the machines. Not cool!
I maintain the laundry room in my house, the downstairs apartment has access to the laundry, but it is part of our apartment.
Generally I have little problem with the guys downstairs. I would never dry stuff for them and the one time they did mine I told them not to, just to throw it either on top of the dryer (which I keep clean) or in one of our basket. They are single guys so I often have to clean the lint trap for them. My biggest problem has been 1) them using my laundry soap (I have to hide it pretty much, because one just said 'o I've been using your laundry soap for the past 4 months, is that ok?')
and them filling the room with their garbage (him: 'the trash was getting smelly so I put it in here' me: 'you realize this is my apartment' him: 'oh so I cant put it in here?')
If clothes are left in the wash and haven't been moved in an hour, I put it in a dryer, without turning the dryer on. If they're in the dryer and haven't been picked up in an hour, they go on top of the folding table. Everyone knows the rules of the game. You snooze...you get wrinkled laundry.
I have no problem taking stuff out of the dryer. If there is a basket, I put it in the basket. If not, I just set it on top of the dryer. Folding someone else's laundry is kind of creepy, especially it there is underwear and stuff like that.
I only take stuff out of the washer if it has been there for more than, say, a day. If it is still there when my load is done, then I just put it back in the washer.
If the person has not returned to retrieve their items (wet or dry) in a reasonable amount of time, then yes I will remove. I set a kitchen timer so I'm there right when it's finished and not holding up others. We're all in the same boat with laundry. No one likes doing it, so make it as pleasant as possible.
what laundramat?!?! I'm going there! $5? Awesome!
i live in a smaller complex with one washer and dryer -
i definitely follow the "leave it on top of the dryer" rule.
there's no harm done.
i would never dry a load for someone... because i wouldn't want most of my things dry..
and i would NEVER fold someone's stuff - that's just overkill and weird.
i always leave my basket behind just in case someone else comes down. i think its obvious they can put my things in the basket.
as long as you don't throw it on the floor or something - who cares!
13 people live in my building with one washer and one dryer. Yes, it is ok to remove the clothes from the washer or dryer. No one would manage to get laundry done otherwise. I always return the clothes to the machine where I found them when I am done.
Don't dry clothes for people. Half of my cold water wash needs to air dry. Just move the clothes out of your way, carry on, and return them to where you found them.
I don't have this problem anymore since I stay by my laundry at all times (shady neighbors) and do my laundry on off-peak hours.
But in the past, I've always been diligent about immediately removing my clothes, going so far as to setting timers on my phone for when the loads will be done. That way I'm there within 5 minutes. But, if I ever was late, I really wouldn't mind if people respectfully removed my laundry, and either placed it on a cleaned off top of the washer (maybe on a towel), or in the dryer. No sense ruining their day waiting for me. When I lived with 8 people and only 1 washing machine, we did this all the time, and would place the wet clothes in a clean hamper just for that purpose.
I can see why people would get upset (EEK, someone touched my things!) but when you are the lazy laundry culprit, you can't really complain, now can you?
That laundry room is so beautiful! If only mine were anything like that.
I think that would be really weird if one of my neighbors folded my laundry... and I'd be pissed if they put my expensive lacy unmentionables through the dryer!
I wish apartment buildings had centrifuges, like the swimsuit-drying ones. They take 30 seconds and your clothes are almost dry. And they take up way less energy than dryers. And they don't shrink clothes!
Thanks for the walk down (bad) memory lane!!!
Getting my own washer and dryer was one of the main reasons I bought my condo.
no one owns the shared-use laundry facilities, so if one person is thoughtless/forgetful/absent, it's ok to put their stuff in a neat pile on a clean surface and proceed with your own laundry. i think that's what 'shared-use' means.
I do my best to leave my basket in the laundry room, but my building renovated it and unfortunately it is awkward to leave my basket down there.
With the transferring to a dryer issue, I will transfer the clothes to the dryer but I will not pay for their load. I can barely afford to do my own laundry. Luckily we have four dryers so I don't usually run into the problem of there being no dryers at all.
... I should do laundry tonight...
I lived in New York for over 20 years and used a commercial laundromat. In the early days, I did use a wash-and-fold, but realized how much money I was wasting. It's not really practical if you have a child. In the laundromat, if I could avoid moving someone's wet or dry laundry, I would. On the other hand, if someone's negligence was holding me up, their wet or dry laundry would go into an available hamper. People would race each other to get their laundry into the machines first, so they wouldn't have to be there all day. It helped everyone stay real. I never saw anyone upset by finding their laundry in a hamper, but I saw a lot of people upset about the unavailability of the machines.
One tip for those who use commercial machines -- be nice to the attendant. They are generally people not too happy about their jobs and their place in life. If you always speak to them pleasantly and they get to know you, they may volunteer to transfer your laundry from machine to dryer, as long as you give them the necessary coins. Don't ask them directly; it's an imposition. Just say that you have to do an errand, and you might be held up. Ask them to do you a favor and just keep an eye on your clothes until you get back. If they volunteer to transfer the clothes, that's great, and offer them a tip later if it all works out. Don't overuse the prerogative.
Now I have my very own washer and dryer, and it is a dream not to have to lug a pushcart down to the laundromat and sit in an ugly, uncomfortable room while my laundry is going through the cycles. It's so nice to have I keep most of my stuff clean, rather than let it pile up.
I am one of those terrible people who leaves their clothes too long. Rarely, but yes. I don't mind when someone takes my clothes out to do their own load.
I do hate it when my underwear goes missing, though.
just saw this at a rehab center (accidents/strokes etc)...they had a mock-up of a kitchen and laundry where patients re-learned skills. on top of the dryer/washer were a few dry-erase boards with velcro attached pens...when you put your laundry in, you wrote your room number on the board and placed it on the washer lid. if you did not return, laundry was removed and put in a basket, and a dry-erase board (with the room number) placed on top. same rules for the dryer...
Where I went to college, if you were smart you didn't leave your laundry unattended at all. There was one rather ugly incident in which a student poured chocolate sauce in another student's drying laundry load while she was out of the room. But, some students did invariably forget to return promptly, and those waiting for machines would give them 10-20 minutes before removing their clothes.
As for apartments, I've only lived in buildings where everyone has their own hookups and provides their own machines (or uses the nearest laundromat). That's worked perfectly, except for the time one crabby tenant got mad at me (the resident building manager) because my roommate, who was moving out the next day and had a 1200-mile drive ahead of her, was still doing laundry at 10 p.m.
I'm so happy to have an apartment w/ my own laundry--of course, it wasn't always this way, and i concur with others that if you leave your laundry, it's fair game to be moved.
My building has 2 washer and 2 dryers for 24 units. There's a sign in the room that says if you leave your stuff for more than 10 minutes after it's done, it's fair game for removal from the machines. I got annoyed recently when one of my neighbors filled both washers- I arrived to do my load as he was turning on the second one. So when his wash was done I went out and started mine, and then went out when his drying was done and he hadn't retrieved it yet... fifteen minutes later I caught him and he said he had just started both loads on another full dry cycle because they were a bit damp. 45 more minutes waiting for a dryer! Whenever I have more than one load, I do them consecutively so other people have a chance to do their wash too.
I would be pi$$ed if someone put my stuff in the dryer! I'd much rather they leave it sitting on a table. A lot of my stuff I don't dry so it doesn't shrink.
In college, I would usually wait a few minutes in the laundry room to see if someone came to take out their clothes and if not, I had no problem taking their clothes out and setting them on the table. I always watched the clock when I did my laundry (especially since I usually had another load and I didn't want to lose my machine), but if I was late, I didn't mind if people got out my clothes as long as they didn't end up on the floor just. I understood where they were coming from.
How are you supposed to know if they're coming back. They could have left all together or fallen asleep. If I carved out several hours to sit there and do laundry, I don't want to waste time.
amazon sells a little washer made by Haier for $199. you attach it to the sink and 40 minutes later clean clothes that are so well-spun that they will dry hanging over night. the machine is quiet and small enough to store in the closet when you aren't using it.
i've had this machine for about 2 months now and can't imagine how i managed before. the wash load is small but for one person you can get everything in about 4 loads max. per week.
I made the mistake of folding someone else's laundry in college. She must have been an ultimate street mud wrestle because her clothes and sheets were covered with massive brown stains. Never again.
Also, I hate bleach. Someone in my building uses it and now several of my shirts and towels have stains. And that stuff is toxic. Focus.
OMGosh, this one really got everyone going, - funny. New york law is if you snooze you lose - your laundry gets tossed aside.. ususally I throw it in one of the dryers and let the person sort it out and turn it on. Have never had an issue and have lived in apartments for over 20 years..
I'm the Landlady at my house (actually the hubs is the landlord i like to consider myself the overlord hehehe....) since we offer free laundry to our tenants i have no problem setting the rules. as unfair as they may seem, i'm footing the bill and let me tell you, some months i swear they are taking in loads as extra income.
no one leaves the laundry unattended in a "done" machine or it gets pulled out and put on the drying table. Overlords are exempt from this rule (since we are paying the bills).
no one is to use chlorinated bleach (including overlords) since it is so messy it is almost a guarantee that i'll put my jeans in a puddle!
lint trap is to be cleaned before and after each and every load since the previous tenant sent his load up in smoke!! (really scary!) garbage can is provided within arms reach.
all cleaning supplies are to be kept neat and clean on individual shelf with names written on the bottles. believe me i check to make sure they aren't using my stuff, its annoying and rude to use someone else's. i'm paying for the water, i'm not paying for the detergent.
(we are upgrading our facilities, i dream about a LG front loader. once we upgrade i'll be supplying the HE detergent.)
overlord promises to clean the machine and dryer weekly (and i do).
I have really changed up the laundry room since i started living there full time, added better lighting, tables and shelves, so far "the rules" haven't been an issue. i think the female tenants appreciate having a clean place to do their thing without fear of having their clothes stolen or lost, the guys maybe not so much....
don't ever put stuff in the dryer b/c you might ruin their clothes.
the other night, i was faced w/ this issue. my building has 2 washers & dryers. one of the dryers broke. oddly, the girl took her wet clothes back to her apt. mine were still washing. when i came down to put mine in the dryer, she came back with her wet clothes!!! i was nice & let her go first. that was at 8. by 11, she had still not taken her stuff out of the dryer. so, i put her dry clothes in the broken dryer. the folding table already had a pile of clothes on it. i was up till 3am walking up & down the 4 floors.
I wouldn't put someone's clothes in the dryer and if I ever got caught folding a female neighbor's panties, I'd be mortified!
My laundry room has a plan where you can put down your name, date and time you want to wash (and which machine, as we have more then one). This saves a lot of hassle. I can only recommend it and this way I put my name down for a few weeks and then I always (have to) do my laundry on that day.
Yes, it happens that people do not look and put laundry in even when its 'your' time, but then I do not feel bad at all to take it out.
But if someone always keeps their laundry in for hours and doesn't change it take it out. If you know who it is maybe you can ask them when they will finish?
Ps. I would not just put it in the dryer though and turn it on because I for one only put towels and bed clothes in the dryer but hang t-shirt ect. because they stay in better shape that way.
I give them 15 minutes and if they still haven't come to collect, I just put it on top of the machine. I think you need to give them a little wiggle room, but my complex only has 1 washer and 1 dryer, and so you can't wait on other people who forget. No one has complained so far.
I wouldn't put someone else's wet clothes in the dryer, but I would move them. Folding them once dry somehow seems creepy, whereas putting them in a basket, while adding wrinkles, feels better somehow.
I used to share a washer and dryer with some extremely uptight neighbors. The laundry room was adjacent to their apartment while I was on a different floor. On their more frenetic days, they would call me and yell at me that my loud of washing had been done FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES and I was so inconsiderate to leave the clothes there and if I didn't get up there RIGHT NOW they were going to throw my wet laundry DOWN THE STAIRS and that would teach me once and for all, what did I think of that, HUH?!!
Stay away from meth, folks.
Now I'm in a different apartment with my own laundry machines, hooray. The walls are thin here, though, and my neighbors have a habit of running laundry in their place at midnight, or 6:00 am, which I think is rude because it is pretty noisy. I wouldn't crank my stereo at midnight.
If everyone just leaves a basket in the laundry room while their stuff is in the machine, it's not really a problem.
Oh and if there's someone who never leaves a basket, I'm into the passive-agressive note-leaving to encourage them to do so.
Luckly I don't have to share right now.
When I did, I always put the wet clothes in the dryer. I NEVER EVER turned the dryer on, never. I put the cloths in the dryer because it was usually the only clean place to put them.
Most times I had to put the wet clothes back in the washer so I could use the dryer.
I once did a site inspection of an apartment building that had fancy laundry machines that called your apartment when your cycle was finished.
But seriously? Just go to a laundromat. You'll be done much quicker and it's cheaper for us since the rip-off machines at our complex are old and can't dry a small load of laundry in under two cycles.
In the dorms at our college, you'd never get a machine at all if you waited for other students to remember to come back to get their laundry. Generally if it was still in the washer 15 minutes after the cycle ended, we'd take it out and put it in an empty dryer but not start it; the owner could start it or not when he came back. If it was the dryer that was needed, clothes went on the folding tables (there were two big ones, and maintenance kept the room clean). Everybody knew that if you weren't there when the cycle ended, the machines were fair game and you'd better expect to find your clothes in a different location when you came back. I always just set a timer in my room for 10 minutes before the end of the cycle so I'd make sure I was back in time.
You leave it, Im evicting it. Im not one to wait at all. Its nice if theres a basket otherwise its going on the bench. Its irritating because theres 12 aparments and two washers (one that breaks ALOT). I awalys leave a basket too.
Our condo complex has 16 units (only 2 washers & 2 dryers). I woke up at 7:30 am to do laundry when I noticed there was a finished load sitting in the washer. I took it out and set it in the dryer, but didn't start it. I proceeded to wash my clothes. 45 minutes later, I returned to put my clothes in the dryer when I noticed the person still hadn't started their dryer. So I took the clothes out of the dryer and put it in their basket. I went back upstairs to clean up the apt/condo, when my roomie woke up. We chatted, she went on her laptop, made some calls, etc. She mentioned that she put her laundry in last night before she went out, and that she would need to put in in the dryer before she goes to work.
I told her that I was in the process of drying my clothes, and that I had no idea it was her laundry sitting there in the washer, and that it is now sitting in her basket on top of the dryer.
She got angry and went psycho... saying "you shouldn't move other people's laundry, now it has mold growing on it, I have to do my laundry again" etc etc etc. I told her that it was a courtesy on my part to put in the basket. I told her I had placed it in the dryer, but no one ran it for 45 mins, and I wasn't going to wait any longer. MY TIME IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANYONE ELSE, and to wait was rude. We had this convo at 9:30am. I told her mold hadn't grown, as the clothes have been sitting in the basket for 45mins. She still went psycho, and I calmly said, "Not my problem."
My thing is- why didn't she stick her clothes in the dryer when she got back from her evening out? Why did she wait an hour from the moment she woke up til the moment she went to work to put her clothes in the dryer? She stuck em in, and left for work. I warned her that someone might move it and put it in the basket... but she's said "No, no one is gonna move it."
She came and apologized, but she's still thinking that when she comes home around 11pm, her laundry will be there waiting for her in the dryer. Good luck!
Going through other people's stuff is just plain rude. Having said that, so is leaving your clothes in machines beyond 10-15 minutes. I was washing my clothes today, and came on time to put them in the dryer. The dryers were full still, so I went up to my apartment for a total of 7 minutes to allow for people to remove their stuff from the dryer. I come back down, and this guy had put all my stuff in the drye so he could use the machines! It is extremely rude! It is plain bad manners to touch other people's stuff: it's like he went through my closet. I was so angry I held my tongue but I should not have. It is only courteous to wait a couple of minutes.
My neighbor has a tendency to leave his laundry to rot on occasion. I can hear him cursing and shouting through the floorboards. He smokes so much I've started using air freshners in my apt. He turns the lights off in the laundry room which I find terrifying fumbling around in the pitch dark basement for the switch. He turns the dryer off and opens the door after I've just put items in to dry. I then discover my laundry left open and just as wet as when I put it in there a half hour later. Early this morning I noticed bare foot prints in the snow leading away from the house and then it seems who ever it was returned to the house. It was -30 C today. I'm starting to wonder if he has a serious drinking problem.


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The Brief, Tragic Reign of Consumerism—and the birth of a happy alternative
Posted Jul 24, 2013 by Richard Heinberg
You and I consume; we are consumers. The global economy is set up to enable us to do what we innately want to do—buy, use, discard, and buy some more. If we do our job well, the economy thrives; if for some reason we fail at our task, the economy falters. The model of economic existence just described is reinforced in the business pages of every newspaper, and in the daily reportage of nearly every broadcast and web-based financial news service, and it has a familiar name: consumerism.
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FAQ: What is the Identity of the Designer?
The Long Answer:
The scientific theory of intelligent design cannot name the identity of the designer, but only detects the past occurrence of intelligent design in the natural world. Intelligent design theory cannot name the designer because it works off the assumption that all designers in general create a certain type of information when they act. While we can detect that type of information in the natural world to infer intelligent design, finding that type of information does not give us any more information about the designer other than that the designer intelligently designed the object in question. Consider the following diagram:
In this diagram, many types of intelligent agents could produce identical objects with high levels of CSI. Intelligent design theory can only find the object containing high levels of CSI and works backwards. While it can detect that the object was designed, it cannot discriminate what kind of designer designed the object, nor determine any specific properties about the designer, other than that it was an intelligent agent. All intelligent design theory can infer is that the object was designed. Intelligent design, as a scientific theory cannot identify the identity of the designer.
Intelligent design proponent and biochemist Michael Behe explains how we don't have to know the designer to be able to recognize intelligent design:
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The conclusion that something was designed can be made quite independently of knowledge of the designer. As a matter of procedure, the design must first be apprehended before there can be any further question about the designer. The inference to design can be held with all the firmness that is possible in this world, without knowing anything about the designer." (Michael Behe, Darwin's Black Box, page 196-197).
A scientific theory makes claims about the natural world based upon observations of the natural world and employing empirically-based mechanisms to explain those observations. A scientific theory cannot make claims which go beyond things that are possible to observe and cannot employ mechanisms which in principle could not be empirically-justified.
Every theory therefore has empirical bounds and limitations. In other words, a theory can only explain those things which are possible to observe and explain using empirically-based mechanisms and the tools and technology available to us. Theories simply are not capable of explaining things beyond their empirical bounds and limitations.
A theory also cannot help the bounds that it has--those bounds are imposed upon it by the laws of physics, the nature of reality, and the ability of humans to innovate and empirically observe the natural world. The fact that a theory has bounds does not make it any less scientific, or any less potent within its empirical bounds; it just means that a theory is constrained by what it is possible to observe in the natural world.
For example, it would be foolish to ask the quantum physicist, "How does quantum tunneling explain how chlorophyll makes plants green?" or to ask the botanist, "What does our current understanding of mechanisms of photosynthesis tell us about fundamental particles that compose atoms?" Such questions extend beyond the empirical bounds and limitations of a theory and the tools used by the scientists in each respective field.
Intelligent design is a scientific theory that also has a particular scope. Intelligent design cannot be faulted if its scope is limited; nor can it be ignored or dismissed on answers it provides to questions within its scope simply because it fails to address a question we would prefer to lie within its scope, but doesn't. Asking intelligent design to answer questions outside of its scope is to make a category fallacy. It is like asking a bachelor to whom he is married, when a bachelor is by definition unmarried. To fault intelligent design theory for not explaining enough, when its empirically-based scope limits what it can explain, is to fall trap to the same mistake.
But what happens when questions are posed to the intelligent design theorist such as, "Who is the designer?" This is surely an interesting and important question. But for the scientist, the question must be asked, "What is the explanatory scope of intelligent design theory?" or more specifically, "How much can intelligent design theory explain based upon observations which are possible from the natural world?" Intelligent design bases its inferences on observations finding the type of complexity produced by intelligent agents when they operate. As noted, when it finds this sort of complexity, it cannot infer more than the mere conclusion that life was designed.
Not identifying the nature of the designer or the methods used is not a cop-out nor does it stem from an unwillingness to be honest about motivations. It results solely from the pure empirical limitations of scientific investigation:
Thus, scientifically, one only can state that life was designed by an unidentified intelligence. Many people may believe that the identity of the designer is the God of the Bible, however these are religious claims, and presently outside the scope of scientific inquiry.
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Roberta Williams' King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (Windows 3.x)
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DescriptionPlay as both Rosella and Queen Valanice in this seventh installment in the King's Quest saga. As Rosella seeks the love of her life, Queen Valanice tries to rescue her from the land they have discovered themselves in. Play as each of them in alternating chapters as the story unfolds.
Alternate Titles
- "國王密使 7" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
- "מסע המלך VII - הכלה ללא הנסיך" -- Hebrew title
- "KQ7" -- Common abbreviation
- "King's Quest VII: Die prinzlose Braut" -- German title
- "King's Quest: The Prince-less Bride" -- working title
- "King's Quest 7: Невеста тролля" -- Russian spelling
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- Game with Creator's name
- King's Quest series
- Protagonist: Female
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|Feb, 1995
|93 out of 100
|Feb, 1995
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|ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)
|Jan, 1995
|11 out of 12
|PC Games (Germany)
|Dec, 1994
|88 out of 100
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|84 out of 100
|Jan 13, 1995
|Computer Gaming World (CGW)
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|PC Player (Germany)
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|76 out of 100
|Power Unlimited
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|7.1 out of 10
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|Sep 05, 2003
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BugsIn order to release Roberta Williams' King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride in time for Christmas '94, Sierra didn't spend much time on beta testing. The game was very buggy and it was literally impossible to finish it without the patches that were released a few months later. Due to the large amount of bugs and a the lousy save interface, they released version 2.0 of the game, which worked faster, was less buggy and had an enhanced save interface, in 1995.
IntroIn the Disney-inspired intro, Rosella sings a song and is depicted having only 3 fingers and a thumb on each hand. Unlike Disney movies, the opening sequence is the only song in the entire story.
King GrahamRoberta Williams' King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride is the only game in the series not to feature King Graham in any capacity, although he's listed in the voice credits. This may be indicative that the character was originally included, but cut do to time constraints in an effort to push the game out for a Christmas release. However, rhere is a line of dialog recorded by Danny Delk on the game's CD wherein King Graham says "Ladies! I was getting worried! You're 15 minutes late for lunch!"
King's Quest referencesAlthough the packaging assures potential buyers that no previous King's Quest experience is required to play the game, Prince Edgar from King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella appears in a pivotal role, but his presence is explained during the game for those players unfamiliar with the previous game.
TitleTwo other subtitles that the designers considered for the game were What's Lava Got to Do With It and Rosella Vs. The Volcano.
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- Hints for KQ7 (The puzzles in King's Quest 7 can be tough. These hints will help you solve them!)
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The Weekend Watch is an open thread where you can share what you've recently watched, offer suggestions on movies and TV shows we should check out (or warnings about stuff to avoid) and discover queue-filling goodies from other FSR readers. The comments section awaits. I'll get the ball rolling with the movies/TV my eyeballs took in this weekend.
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This will probably be difficult to believe for some of you, but we walk into every movie hoping it will be the best movie. We may criticize a trailer or point out early concerns, but once we sit down and the movie starts digitally unspooling before our eyes our hope every single time is to experience something fantastic. When a film succeeds on that front we shout it from the highest virtual rooftops, but that isn't always the outcome. The pure flip-side of this of course are the movies we leave absolutely despising. Usually the films in this group aren't exactly surprises — think Blended, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Sex Tape, Hercules — and while we hoped for better we ended up with pretty much what we expected. But sometimes the movies we expected more from end up being major disappointments too. A quick poll of the staff revealed a pretty varied list of films fitting this description, some of which are viewed as unqualified successes by the rest of us. Keep reading to see ten of the movies that left us unsatisfied, underwhelmed and ultimately disappointed.
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2014's summer movie season comes to an end in a week or so, but while some folks will be editorializing about the box office being down 15-20% compared to last summer and others express surprise that a movie like Guardians of the Galaxy could be days away from becoming the year's highest grossing domestic hit, we here at FSR have a different agenda. Simply put, we saw a lot of great movies this summer, and we hope you did too. The year's best "big" movie (per me anyway), Captain America: The Winter Soldier, missed the summer cutoff as it opened in early April, but there were still some fantastic blockbuster-type flicks that entertained the hell out of us over the past four months. Of course, there were also some brilliant smaller films too. An informal staff survey revealed a mix of both to be our favorites of the summer. Keep reading to see which movies moved us the most from May through August.
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There's no shortage of love for the way Marvel has crafted its Cinematic Universe, especially from yours truly. They've created an entire market for themselves by weaving nine — soon to be ten — movies together into an impressive spandex suit. From Iron Man in 2008 to this year's unofficial summer kick-off movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier, every Marvel movie is the next piece in a much larger puzzle. Like clockwork, we wait in darkened theaters through lengthy credits to get to the end, where a little tease usually awaits for what comes next. Each film is built with the next stage in mind. It's a phenomenon not limited to Marvel, though. They simply seem to have perfected it. Warner Bros. is about to set off on a voyage to build its DC Comics universe. And Michael Bay this summer rebooted his entire franchise and took Transformers in a new direction. Every major summer tentpole film is now trying to hook you years in advance. Studios spend money on these movies specifically because they spawn franchises and propel stars who go on to lead other tentpole movies. They sell merch and home video copies and get endlessly streamed the minute they hit the web. The concept isn't lost on any of us (more like it's hammered in), especially this week following Comic-Con. We are reminded that these movies are made within the confines of a well-oiled business machine. With their formula, Marvel has your movie ticket money locked up probably […]
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Warning: Spoilers for the ending of Snowpiercer Somewhere along the way, purchasing a ticket for Bong Joon-ho's long-awaited Snowpiercer became a populist act that echoes the content of the film itself. Months of coverage followed Harvey Weinstein's threat to cut the festival favorite. Knowing the kind of backlash that would ensue, Weinstein opted not to cut the film himself but instead asked Bong to shave 20 minutes off and add an explanatory voice-over to bookend the film. Bong refused, and the web backed him by reporting on the story, supporting the director's vision and pushing for its unblemished release. While The Weinstein Company narrowed the rollout of Snowpiercer from a wide to a limited opening, no cuts were ever made, and it would seem that the voices of many overcame the far more powerful voice of one. It's a strange case of life mimicking art, with movie fans and erstwhile supporters of artistic integrity using collective action against a major cultural gatekeeper. After traveling worldwide mostly without incident, film fans and prospective moviegoers pushed Snowpiercer to pry open the door and enter the American moviegoing scene on its own terms. But, as the film itself shows, the relations of power are never quite as simple as they seem.
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The Summer Box Office Challenge Week 9: Does 'Transformers 4′ Stand a Chance Against 'Snowpiercer?'Features By Rob Hunter on June 23, 2014 | Be the First To Comment
Welcome to week nine of our 2014 Summer Box-Office Challenge! Think of it as a summer-long contest for movie-lovers — you'll make predictions and guesses as to which summer movies will rule the box-office each week, we award points and at the end of the contest the three top point-earners will each win a Blu-ray/DVD prize pack! First place will win ten (10) Blu-ray/DVD titles released throughout the coming summer, second place wins five (5) and third place wins two (2). We'll have bonus questions each week as well to help bolster your point totals and keep you in the running. The majority of you chose correctly last week and picked the Think Like a Man sequel to win the weekend box office, but it looks to be incredibly close with 22 Jump Street earning just one million dollars less. The estimates show Think banking $30m — a nice round number sure to change slightly once the actuals come in later today — and Jump falling less than 50% in its second weekend to bring in $29m. (It's rare but not unheard of for estimates to be off by more than $1m, so it's possible our results below may change significantly.) As for last week's bonus question, Roman Polanski's Venus In Furs earned less than $32k bringing in only $26k for its opening weekend. We'll update once the actuals come in later today, but here are the top five players based on the estimates. [EDIT: The actuals are in, and Think Like a Man 2 […]
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Want to see director Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Mother) and his latest movie Snowpiercer, starring Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell and John Hurt? Do you also live in Austin, Texas? Final question: are you free this coming Saturday evening? On June, the Alamo Drafthouse is hosting a Rolling Roadshow in which guests will roll out to beautiful Burnett, TX, aboard a vintage steam train to watch an exclusive advance screening of Snowpiercer. And because we love this idea, we want to send one (1) reader and a guest along for the ride. To enter to win the pair of tickets, all you need to do is email neil[at]filmschoolrejects.com with SNOWPIERCER in the subject line. In the body of the email, please include your name and a phone number where we can reach you. A winner will be chosen and contacted by the end of Wednesday, June 18. For more information about the event, visit Drafthouse.com.
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For director Bong Joon-ho, the future looks bleak. Based on the French graphic novel, "Le Transperceneige," Snowpiercer takes audiences a mere twenty-six years into the future when an attempt to stop global warming leaves the world frozen and uninhabitable. The only humans left alive now exist on a self-sustaining train that endlessly circles the earth making their new home feel more like prison than salvation. For those segregated to the back of the train, life is a constant struggle where every meal (and moment) is regulated by a select few lucky enough to have boarded at the front. The Snowpiercer is ruled by it's omnipresent inventor, Wilford, and his unflinching rules are upheld by Mason (Tilda Swinton) who is equal parts comical and terrifying. Trying to survive under this constant oppression, it is not long before those in the back of the train decide it is time to overthrow their self-appointed rulers. This rag-tag army, as led by the surly Curtis (Chris Evans), band together to push their way to the front and try to figure out why they are being treated like second-class citizens.
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October may be the official month of horror movies, with a pillowcase of spooky releases slated just before Halloween each year, but that doesn't mean you are free from cinematic terror in the off-season. Especially since the summer has become an unexpected time slot for surprise horror hits like The Conjuring. This summer's crop of horror films features a number of film festival selections as well as films from popular horror directors like Ti West, Scott Derrickson and the Dowdle Brothers. If you'd like a quick refresher on what horror films to expect for the next few months, or if you just want to watch the trailers that will haunt your late-night television commercials now and get it over with, here's a list with their unnerving trailers attached. Keep in mind that the dates listed below are for the U.S., though if the films are successful enough, they'll surely be available eventually wherever you are. You can't hide:
The 10 Must See Movies of June 2014Features By Jack Giroux on June 3, 2014 | Be the First To Comment
May was a rough time for major releases. With The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and A Million Ways to Die in the West, the first month of summer blockbusting got off to a messy start and ended with an equally toxic finish. Although I'm not a fan of Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past, they have their supporters, so maybe May wasn't as bad of a month as I'm pegging it as. Maybe it's just that when a studio comedy as tedious and frustrating as A Million Ways to Die in the West comes around, it's always going to poison the whole calendar page. Thankfully this summer is about to receive a large improvement, because there's a terrific blockbuster coming out this Friday. While the Tom Cruise-starring action movie isn't tracking so hot, let's hope the tides change and people flock to Edge of Tomorrow. Plus, there's a solid amount of releases this month you should plan to see. Here are the must see movies of June 2014:
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'Snowpiercer' Stills and Concept Art Offer a Glimmer of Hope While Waiting For the Film's ReleaseMovie News By Samantha Wilson on August 20, 2013 | Comments (2)
While it's still unclear when the U.S. will be able to see Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer, which is still enjoying a record-breaking run in South Korea, we can all wait and twiddle our thumbs while the Weinstein Company trims and re-edits the movie and occupy ourselves with these new stills and gorgeous concept art. Many of the photos take us inside the grimy train where people huddle in the dark – but Tilda Swinton almost looks stately in her bug glasses and fur coat. In sharp contrast to the train, Alison Pill appears to rule over a bright, cheery classroom as the grooviest schoolteacher in an otherwise desolate landscape. I'd like to think that shot of the man in the suit looking puzzled is a direct reaction to watching her dance. The concept art shows beautifully inked images of the train and its insides, and perhaps glimpses of scenes that we haven't been shown yet. And hopefully, that won't get cut in the "new and improved" version of the film that we may get thrust upon us. Hopefully, these images will be enough to tide you over for awhile, because it doesn't look like we'll be seeing Snowpiercer until early next year, so take a look after the break.
Harvey Weinstein to Cut 'Snowpiercer' So People in Iowa Will Understand itMovie News By Adam Bellotto on August 6, 2013 | Comments (16)
To those who'd like to see Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer and don't currently live in Korea, I've got some bad news. The film still has no release date for the Western world, but Harvey Weinstein, eager to add insult to injury, has just stepped in to make things much, much worse. According to film critic and programmer Tony Rayns (via Australia's Inside Film), Weinstein, who's in control of the film's international distribution, has instructed Bong (The Host) to shave 20 minutes off his 126-minute film, or it won't see a release in North America, the UK, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. That's awful. But what's even worse is Weinstein's reasoning behind the cut. Rayns tells why: "[The Weinstein Company] people have told Bong that their aim is to make sure the film 'will be understood by audiences in Iowa … and Oklahoma.'" Reportedly, the cuts would come from the film's character work, leaving Snowpiercer as a bare bones action flick.
Korean 'Snowpiercer' Trailer Offers Plenty of ActionMovie News By Adam Bellotto on July 25, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
There's still no US release date for Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer, but that hasn't stopped the powers that be from dangling the film in front of our faces (those of us in the United States, that is) like a carrot, tied to a string yet just out of reach. And the latest carrot comes in the form of a new trailer for the film, showing off plenty of action, foreboding voice-over and some some seriously brutal axe-murdering. Check it out after the break.
'Snowpiercer' International Trailer Pits Chris Evans Against Tilda Swinton In an Apocalyptic ShowdownMovie News By Rob Hunter on June 12, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
There are few directors with a track record as consistent as Bong Joon-ho, and while it could be argued that he hasn't made all that many films yet I'll always prefer quality over quantity. His debut feature remains his only truly average one with Memories of Murder, The Host and Mother all being near brilliant examples of genre filmmaking at its best. It's been a long four-year wait since his last film, but Bong's newest is finally ready to be shared with audiences. Snowpiercer is his biggest film yet with a globe-spanning storyline and an international cast. The story, based on a French graphic novel, is a post-apocalyptic tale about a train carrying the last human survivors across a landscape enduring a new ice age. A clear line exists between the classes, and as the train races along the tracks a violent uprising is brewing in the back cars. Take a ride with the Snowpiercer trailer below. (And note, this international trailer isn't of the highest quality.)
'Snowpiercer' Character Posters: The Future May Be Bleak, But Tilda Swinton Still Manages to Look NutsMovie News By Kate Erbland on April 16, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
While Bong Joon-ho's upcoming Snowpiercer is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the only living survivors of a massive, ongoing Ice Age all live together on a trans-continental train that continually circles the globe, it looks like certain things haven't changed – namely, that Tilda Swinton has still somehow managed to look insane, otherworldly, and completely engrossed in her character. Sure, there are some shades of Golden Girls here in this first set of character posters for the film, but this look at Swinton and the rest of the cast is eerily compelling. Just how bad are things on this train? (Yes, yes, pretty bad, as there is a revolution stirring.) After the break, check out the rest of the character posters, including Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Kang-ho Song, and Octavia Spencer.
Things Look Pretty Bleak in This First Image From Bong Joon-ho's 'Snowpiercer'First Look By Kate Erbland on January 16, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
One of the year's most intriguing new films, Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer,has just released its first official photo, and it looks just as gritty, bleak, and claustrophobic as we would expect from a film that is set on a post-apocalyptic, world-traversing super-train that is powered by "a sacred perpetual-motion engine" that's creeping steadily closer to an inter-class revolution. The first look features Song Kang-ho, one of the filmmaker's perpetual stars, who definitely seems to be stuck in the Snowpiercer's poor class. Will he help lead a revolution? Or will that be left up to some of the film's other talented stars, like Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, John Hurt, Ed Harris and Octavia Spencer? Who knows! (We kid, the film is based on a French graphic novel called "Le Transperceneige," and anyone who has read it obviously has some insight into just what will happen aboard Snowpiercer). The Film Stage (via ComingSoon) first posted the official image, and both outlets have also posted some gorgeous concept art from the film for your visual enjoyment. Snowpiercer is expected to hit theaters sometime this summer.
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I got a 30 ml bottle from Aura Cacia at Whole Foods for $17. I use it daily and it's been at least a month and I've still got more than 3/4 of the bottle left.
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Just in case you aren't sick of all those dance games just yet, Nintendo announced plans to release a sequel to Country Dance for the Wii gaming system. It's a video game that makes the player get up and move, trying to copy what they see on screen in order to pass levels. It's one way to get active, and have an excuse to dance a-long to your favorite country music songs.
Artists featured this time around include Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Ashton Shepard, George Strait, and even Eric Church. It's sounding like a game country music fans will have to try out at least once, right? More artists, songs and features will be announced at a later date as the release date gets closer. It's real easy to play Country Dance 2, as all you have to do is pick up the Wiimote and match what you see on the tv screen.
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Education and the Political Economy of Environmental Protection
AbstractWe develop a political economy model that might explain the different environmental performance of countries, through educational choices. Individuals decide whether to invest in additional education according to their expectations regarding future environmental quality. They also vote on a tax that will be exclusively used to finance environmental protection. We show that the model may generate multiple equilibria and agents' expectations may be self-fulfilling when the public policy is endogenous. Then, we analyse the long-term implications of a public policy that would favour education and make it possible to select the higher equilibrium.
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WINNEBAGO COUNTY (WREX) - A Machesney Park man is in jail after investigators say they found more than half a dozen homes filled with marijuana plants. Police seized 800 plants from homes in both Rockford and Machesney Park.
If you think only harder drugs like cocaine and heroin bring in the big money, a special agent with the drug enforcement administration says think again. Winnebago County Deputy Chief Dominic Iasparro say Ryan Link,31 used seven homes to run a pot business. "The homes were set up with sophisticated irrigation systems, heated lighting systems. Some of the lighting systems were on automatic tracks where the lights would automatically cover the length of the basement back and forth automatically. "
Iasparro adds that no one lived in any of the houses except for one. Police say Link set up shop in empty Rockford homes on Rome Avenue, Allington Avenue, 17th Street, Crosby Street and Quincy Street. There were two more houses in Machesney Park on Ventura Boulevard and Wimbledon Road where Link lived. One of his neighbors, Carol Hayes never suspected this, but still she isn't shocked. "I'm not surprised that it is going on because I don't think there are any places you can live anymore which are crime-free."
Iasparro says Link's operation made a lot of money. Each pound of pot sells for up to $4,000 on the street. With 800 plants, Iasparro says profits could have reached into the millions. "When you add up the number of plants that were recovered, and we estimate that each you get approximately one pound of marijuana from a plant through its growing cycle, so if you add that up the profits are huge."
Link turned himself in after police put out a warrant. He's in jail on a $1 million bond.
The houses he's accused of growing pot in have all been closed, some condemned because of the nature of the operation.
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