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Hard Times Cafe
1821 Riverside Ave (at Cedar Ave, Twin Cities), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 55454
Minneapolis vegetarian cafe with an extensive menu that includes vegan pancake, stir fry with choice of tempeh, tofu, or seitan, and greasy spoon style dishes like breakfast eggs, toast, and hash brown. Strong organic coffee. Open Mon-Sun 12:00am-4:00am, Mon-Sun 6:00am-12:00am.
Category: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, Ovo
Reviews (36)First Review by condekedar
excellent Banh mi - Edit
We love this place! Everything we've had is really good especially the bahn mi (Vietnamese sandwich).
Hangover Heaven - Edit
I was skeptical at first and confused with the ordering process, but the food was awesome. After visiting a few bars the night before, this was exactly the breakfast needed to recover. Huge helpings, delicious, greasy, well-seasoned vegan breakfast. Loved it.
Pros: Comfort Food, Vegan Breakfast, Well-Seasoned Tofu Scramble
Cons: Write your own tickets
Great Options - Edit
Stylish place to eat.
If you need early-morning beans, here it is - Edit
Lots and lots and lots of beans. I could not finish the whole plate. I liked the large selection and the prices, but wasn't crazy about the room-temperature water I got with my meal. Great hours.
Why so many beans?
Good Times at Hard Times - Edit
We enjoyed our experience at Hard Times Cafe. The food was great and affordable with many options to choose from including all day breakfast. There was also a variety of vegan baked goods and a wide range of sodas and warm drinks. It was kind of loud but the staff was friendly and they had board games!
Pros: many vegan options, great baked goods, unique atmosphere
rice and bean realness - Edit
Ordered a tempeh lettuce tomato sandwich with red bean chili for 9.25. The Sammy was really good, and the soup was on point and spicy. Everything was well seasoned. Couldn't finish it. My friend got a plate of rice and beans which was only $3 and was about 10 inches wide. Three times as many rice and beans and she could eat. So worth the price.
Pros: open til early am , has wheelchair access ramp , is near many Pokemon go pokestops
Cons: rice and beans had zero seasoning, but for $3 who
Good value. Big menu. Quality depends on who is cooking. - Edit
Update in June 2016: The staff behind the counter told me that they are no longer using honey in any items marked "vegan," including their bread and buns. They have not updated the menu to reflect this (the first page of the menu still has the bizarre statement that items marked vegan might include honey), however, and two of the guys didn't even realize what was written in the menu, so it's unclear whether this is a deliberate change in policy or just happened to be the case today, so vegans are advised to ask about honey just to be sure (until they update the statement on the first page of the menu).
Original review, from 16 Oct 2012:
First off, vegans beware that Hard Times, for some strange reason, takes the liberty of redefining the word "vegan" to mean simply "no meat, eggs, or dairy." Apparently they don't realize that "vegan," by definition, means no animal products whatsoever, because they state on their menu that some of their items marked "vegan" include honey. So be careful.
That said, the food is tasty. Much of what's on offer is comfort food, but they also have some more salubrious selections. There are several vegan desserts.
Service varies depending on who you happen to get standing in front of you, ranging from really extra-good to pretty apathetic.
The location is very convenient to the Minneapolis campus of UM.
If they were to fix the erroneous "vegan" definition, clean the bathroom, and keep the tables wiped, i'd give them 4 cows.
As for the loo, well, i think "punk rock gas station" is a fair description.
Pros: Very affordable, extensive menu, delicious (depending on who is cooking)
Cons: Menu says some items marked "vegan" contain honey, quality of preparation varies a lot depending on w
Crunchy dive deliciousness with patience and cash - Edit
You might not want to go here if you've never been here before because it's sort of a dive and has an energy that says: only those who know, will dine here. What's there to know? How to order, how to be patient and how payment is cash only.
After that, if you can find a menu... You're golden. The food here has maybe 5 healthful options!? The rest is comfort diner style college kid feed me I am mad hungry portions of food. Check your nutrition goals at the door and you're good.
Most people come for a beverage and pastry/ cookie/ muffin... But with crazy hours and an extensive menu... While there, you may order up some huevos rancheros or tofu scramble or hash browns or something else you didn't know you wanted until you say the orders other diners hauled to their tables after their names were beckoned.
Food is simple but fresh and good, satisfying and tasty. Bring cash. It would be a shame to miss out on something that peaks your tastebuds' interests!
Pros: Hours and prices and portions , Vegan friendly, Vegan baked goods
Cons: Divey , Cash only
yum yum yum! - Edit
Love this place and the vibes and the prices and the food is great! I had a vegan seitan philly cheese steak and an iced chai latte with soymilk :) Free wifi!
Pros: free wifi, sweet culture, delicious cheap food
Cons: wish parking was easier/cheaper
Phenomenal! - Edit
Excellent vegan and vegetarian choices. Breakfast served all day. Amazing espresso drinks and tea varieties. Hip interior. Cheap street parking in front. Highly recommend!!
Super cool - Edit
Hardtimes has a expansive menu of vegan items ranging from breakfast to desert. It's hard to complain with prices this low and food this good.
Pros: Cool staff, Great food, Home to memories
Cons: one jerky server I've met
Hard Times Cafe Best for Vegan Comfort Food! - Edit
The best place for vegan comfort food. Prices are amazing, staff very supportive of vegans; bakery even offers great vegan muffins, cupcakes & cookies . Great, friendly casual atmosphere. Very generous portion sizes. Very convenient also, closed only 4-6 am every day. Down side: cash only.
Pros: Great food veg/vegan., Very inexpensive., Large portions.
Cons: Cash only.
yum! - Edit
Cheap veg/vegan diner food. What more could you want! Biscuits and gravy are my jaaaaaam. Cash only.
eh. - Edit
So this place had pretty good food, I will admit. However, due to its atmosphere I probably won't be going back.
Pros: good food
Cons: creepy atmosphere
Awesome Bakery Case - Edit
At first I was turned off by the looks of the place, and then I tasted the food. Awesome. One of my favorite vegan places in Minneapolis. I am in love with the vegan rancheros and the bakery case. The gyro, biscuits, and others are good but those are my faves. Walk in, write your order on the ticket, pay cash only, and get a vegan cupcake while you wait. Day old muffins are usually $1 and huge. I can always count on hard times for cheap, tasty vegan muffins and cupcakes.
I added pictures for all six pages of their menu since they don't have a website.
Pros: Cheap, Tasty, Hours
Cons: Cash Only, No website
ugh. - Edit
Terrible atmosphere. Very unfriendly staff. Blaring obnoxious heavy metal music.
Greasy spoon with metal soundtrack - Edit
This place is great. Punk. Rock.
There's a sign on the door letting you know they have a puncture repair kit in case you've got a flat tyre on your bike.
And they played the whole of Iron Maiden's 'Somewhere In Time' album while i was in there. So for music, and pleasant regression to teenage metal days, five stars.
As for the food, I had the seitan fajita's and a side salad. The portions were large and the prices were cheap.
Awesome place!
Pros: Music, inexpensive, vegan friendly
Deliciousness at a Reasonable Price - Edit
Super cheap with delicious vegan options and options for non-vegans. I had the vegan pancake which was the size of my plate and super thick. The vegan pancake with organic maple syrup and a cup of coffee came to a total under $6, and man was it filling!
Even though some may see the interior of Hard Times Cafe as dirty, I see it as original, down-to-earth, and as if you are just at a friend's house. It is simple and the food makes up for any "eyesores" you personally encounter.
This will definitely be a regular restaurant for me from now on!
Pros: vegan options, prices, pancakes
delicious, affordable, funky, real! - Edit
Hard Times is just awesome - period. Came twice in two days, and if i lived in MPLS, I'd be here at least a couple times a week.
I had a wonderful bahn mi sandwich with house-made seitan, and the vegan biscuits and gravy breakfast with hash browns and tofu. All wonderful. The breakfast plate (image uploaded!) is a massive asking of food for $7.50.
As for the people complaining about the bathrooms, they really should travel more. And maybe try leaving the suburban areas of the United States. Punk rock gas station is about right - tons of graffiti and about a hundred layers of paint, but it was fine - the toilet was as clean as a lot of people's homes (be honest -.when was the last time YOU scrubbed your toilet?) and it had soap, running water, and paper towels. What are you doing in there that you need it cleaner? (waaaaait - pretend i didn't ask that, i don't want to know.)
Pros: delicious food, huge portions, super vegan friendly
Cons: no web presence
Easy-going at Hard Times - Edit
I first visited the Hard Times Cafe in June 2012. I went with three friends, making us a party of three vegetarians and one vegan at the time. My friends were experienced with the restaurant, and helped me order.
The first thing to know about eating at Hard Times is that it's cash-only. There are a few ATMs nearby, so don't worry if you forget to bring cash. The second thing is that you write your own order. Take a menu and a piece of paper and pen, and have a seat. You write down what you want, with any modifications, the price as listed in the menu, and your name. Give it to the cashier, order your beverage (I highly recommend the lemonade!), and pay.
The cook calls your name when your order is up, and when I picked up my first-ever plate there, I was impressed. I tried the falafel platter for $6, and it really was a platter. It had enough food for two very hungry people, or three "just hungry" people. The appearance and taste of the food was great, and my friends and I had a good time people-watching (since you never know who will walk in there, laughing, and sharing our huge plates of food with each other.
When you've finished your food, you bus your own table and leave.
The baked goods are incredible, and the coffee/espresso drinks are to die for. Grab one or both on the way out =)
Pros: Amazing food, Cheap prices, Open 6a-4a
Cons: Cash-only, Employees can be apathetic
Unique place - Edit
It's a little confusing as to how to order. Just come in, grab a menu, write your order on a slip of paper when you're ready, then seat yourself. The place is grungy but the food is great!
Hard Times Cafe - Edit
This grungy restaurant has plenty of seating and many different vegan options to chose from. The breakfast was excellent, tofu scramble, and the desserts were good as well. The vegan muffin and chocolate chip cookies. Hope to be back soon.
The restaurant is a bit dirty and looks run down, and the restroom is dirty but I hope this doesn't reflect the cleanliness of the food and if you can put up with the dirtiness to have a good meal then it's not to bad.
If you are use to restaurants such as, Real Food Daily-Santa Monica, CA or Angelica's-New York, or even Mizuna's-Spokane, WA then this place is not for you.
Not too bad - Edit
My first time to Hard Times was a bit of a mixed bag, but based on what it is I will for sure go back. The guy behind the counter was really nice. The cook was a bit cranky, but I enjoyed what she cooked, so I will give her the benefit of the doubt and assume a bad day. Both people ironically match the ambiance, which I think is fine. It's kind of a dive, which I think is either the intent or the result and is supported by the people working there and the clientele. Either way it's pretty cool. The vegan selections are pretty clear, so I think I would call it vegan friendly as well as vegetarian.
Pros: decent food, cool ambience
Bathrooms bad! Food good! - Edit
My husband and I had visited several times, often doing the 45 minute drive to do nothing else but eat here! Until...I used the bathroom. Now I cannot eat here again. If they let the bathrooms be so vile, what state do they allow the kitchen to be in? Please owners read the reviews! This is such an easy fix! This place is not for the squeamish.
Pros: portions, price, variety
Cons: bathrooms, music volume
Support all vegan cafe! - Edit
This place is great. My husband and I come to MPLS fairly often to visit family and there are few all-vegan eateries. The staff is friendly and efficient, the food absolutely delicious and the coffee as good as it gets. Feels good to support a place doing all the right things. Would be nice if they cleaned once in a while, but, hey, guess we can't have everything.
Pros: great value, tasty food, big portions
Cons: dirty, music too lout
yum - Edit
I actualy went here last nigth before a concert and I loved it. The food was good and I thought the music was good(though I can pretty much get into any type of music). I've read in other reviews that the staff kinda seemed to be rude and I didn't experience any of that. I'll deffinetly go again
ewww - Edit
I got a tofu breakfast sandwich and coffee. It was greasy and bland. This place is unfortunately a typical dirty hippie establishment. One man took off his shoes and was cleaning them at the table, and another was eyeing my bag trying to spark up a conversation/asking me to take his picture and 'just come over here for a sec'. If you want to go here you probably shouldn't wear nice clothes because people will stare.
Pros: coffee good, soymilk available
Cons: dirty, creepy, rude
Huge selection of vegan food. - Edit
Three of us went here for lunch today, we are all vegans. There were so many choices on the menu it was almost hard to choose. Of the things we got I would say that the gravy was definitely the best. Next time I think I would just order the gravy on whatever else I was ordering. The vegan muffins were OK, but a little bland. The hash browns were pretty tasty but next time I would order them extra well done.
Pros: Great selection, Friendly Service
Cons: grungy atmosphere
It's a dive bar but the food is so awesome! - Edit
Once you get past the not so friendly staff and the dirtiness of the place the food is quite wonderful. It's far from healthy fare but super delicious. They have a lot of great vegan choices and I've never been disappointed. I really love this place. It's a great place to people watch too. There's always an interesting array of people eating here. Hard Times is a really unique place and an asset to the Twin Cities. Just use the bathroom before your visit!
Pros: All vegetarian, Lots of vegan options, excellent food at a good price
Cons: A bit dirty but cool atmosphere, Staff can be rude, Bathroom gives me the heebie jeebies
GREAT asset to Minneapolis. - Edit
I was super intimidated to try this place after reading the reviews on this site. However, I was hungry and in a city that had a veggie place. How could I *not* go?? I went there on Friday late morning. There were a few people in dining inside, but the place wasn't packed. I was a little confused where to pick up the menu and what to do exactly, but I got it figured out.
The barista was extremely friendly contrary to what I've read on this site. And I'm not some cute tiny little vegan chick with a great sense of style. I'm just a normal girl-next-door type of person so there is NO way he was being extra nice to me.
I was feeling hungry so I ordered the full-size hashbrowns (for about $3) and a bowl of the mushroom barley soup (also about $3).
A few minutes later my food was ready and my name was called. The cook was also friendly and she smiled when I came to retrieve my food.
Holy smokes!! The food portions are ridiculously huge. My plate of hash browns (which are shredded in house) was enough to feed a family of 8. There must have been 10 potatoes worth of hash browns on that plate. They were delicious, but I felt sad for throwing so much of it away. The bowl of soup was a HUGE bowl, too! And it came with FOUR slices of bread!! The soup was good, but could have been better had fresh (rather than canned) mushrooms been used. However, what would you expect for that price??
I personally liked the decor of Hard Times. I thought it was fun, funky, and a great place to hang. The bathroom was a bit skeezy, but seriously - it's what I would expect from that place.
I was also fine with the music (I heard the cook and the barista talking about it. The guy said he found it a record shop in Iowa City earlier that week). So obviously it's chosen by whoever is working. On this particular day it wasn't loud or overbearing. It was at a pleasant level. I really enjoyed my experience and can't wait to return to try something a bit more adventurous.
Pros: Friendly Fun Atmosphere, Inexpensive, LARGE portions
Great Breakfast Food - Edit
My husband and I stopped here for breakfast. The guy taking my order was really helpful and nice. I got the vegan biscuits and gravy and the vegan breakfast bagel (so what! I was hungry!!!) The food was amazing. I actually ate it out in the parking lot. It certainly wasn't health food, but it was delicious.
I would recommend getting your food to go. Also, pee before you leave the house.
Pros: Great food, Inexpensive, Friendly staff
Cons: Not someplace you want to stay to eat
No complaints here. - Edit
Hard Times is just right for what it is, and the poor reviews I've read for it usually seem to come from people who were expecting something very different. It's a all-night, collective dive diner that happens to offer really good vegan food. The restaurant and facilities are not pretty, and service with a constant smile doesn't seem to be a priority, but if you want good eats at (almost) any hour then Hard Times is perfect. The staff isn't ridiculously chipper, but I've never had a problem with anyone being too surly or rude, either. This is not a place I would bring my grandmother for Sunday brunch. If I needed to use the bathroom, I'd probably rather wait till I got home. The background music is the choice of whoever is working at the time, so it may not be to your specific tastes (it's often not to mine). But the food I've ordered has always been good, the prices are very reasonable, and they offer a fair selection of vegan pastries, cookies, etc. in their dessert case.
When you come in, your write down your order (plus the price and your name) on a slip of paper and give it to whoever is working the counter and pay (cash only). They relay this to the cook while you find your own seating, and when your food is ready the cook will call you up to the counter to get it. You add your own condiments and such here as well.
I highly recommend the vegan biscuits and gravy.
Pros: Great food, mostly veg/vegan, Good prices, Open 23 hours a day
Cons: Unpretty, Don't accept credit cards, Street parking only
Awesome Dive Bar/Restaurant - Edit
Wow was this place interesting - its dive bar beyond dive bar, but so neat. This place has a community type-feel, like a local hang out for a diverse range of people. I really liked the feel here; there were random things on the wall, random writings on the wall, etc.
I thought the food was good, although I didn't like a spice that was on my Vegan Philly Cheese Sandwich. The other two individuals with me absolutely loved their entrees. The Vegan Chocolate Mint cookie was amazing; apparently the brownie was quite good as well (my friends loved it).
Prices were VERY reasonable - CASH ONLY.
Good Food - Edit
I have only been there once, but I was able to try a little bit of three different dishes. I had a black bean burrito and I tried some of my friends dishes, the falafel platter and grilled cheese. All were great dishes and I would love to go back and try more as there is quite a lot on the menu.
The place is a bit rundown, as others have commented, but it is called "Hard Times Cafe." I think the atmosphere caters to a specific crowd and it suited me and my friends quite well.
I would definitely go again when I travel up to the cities.
Pros: Cheap, Good Food, Good Atmopshere
must visit place - Edit
This place rocks. Its setup is kind of odd, but i wouldnt expect anything less from a collective like this. the food was amazing. i had a vegan helter skelter and a vegan pancake. the pancake was insanely huge. bigger then the plate it was served on. both items were delicious. it IS greasy breakfast food, what you would expect to eat at a diner for breakfast that served vegan food. i wasnt looking for the healthiest of options, so i didnt mind the increased taste. oh, and the oj was delicious. they also had a large selection of teas and coffees. it is right next to some uni, so its a popular hang out for college kids. the music wasnt loud. i read a little bit of my book while i waited for my food, which did take a bit of time, but i didnt mind the atmosphere, thus waiting wasnt that big of an issue. the kitchen is small, and i would rather have food prepared for me, and a longer wait, then prepared food with no wait. service is best described as efficient. dont go here if you want bougie type service, but they seemed willing to help if asked. overall, a great place. ill be back before i break out of this cold place. oh, atmosphere is kind of like saturn in santa cruz or pokeyz in san diego.
Pros: food, cheap, atmosphere
Cons: kind of long wait, parking
One-of-a-kind awesome - Edit
Hard Times is the ultimate punk-rock all-night vegetarian cafe and restaurant. At any given moment expect to see intellectual punkers, hobos with coffee, and everyday folks playing chess. The atmosphere is pure 1970s grunge, with a kick. The music is a bit too loud, but tolerable; the food is well-priced and tasty, with various comfort-foods, gyros, tacos, burgers, hummus and desserts. They can make pretty much anything vegan and everything is vegetarian. Waits for food are long and the service isn't the friendliest, but it's crisp and mostly efficient. Come to Hard Times for the food and the vibe. It's a Minneapolis institution.
Pros: Atmosphere, Food, Open 6 a.m.-4 a.m.
Cons: Loud music, Curt service, No parking
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Liquid Natural Gas rivals coal in terms of both financial investment and greenhouse gas emissions. Yet it manages to go almost unnoticed by Australian environment campaigners.
EVER HEAR OF THE Ichthys gas project? With US$20 billion in debt provided by 41 financial institutions, it is nothing less than the largest project financing ever arranged in international markets. Where red Western Australian desert meets lonely turquoise shores, far out to sea will sit the world's largest semi-submersible platform structure (pdf), with enough steel to build 15 Sydney Harbour bridges, and an undersea pipeline spanning 850 kilometres back to a Darwin liquefaction and export facility.
The remoteness of Ichthys and other similarly unfamiliar names as Gorgon and Prelude will make them non-events to many of us. But for anyone concerned with energy and environmental issues, liquid natural gas, or LNG, could be the biggest fossil fuel industry expansion to ever fly under your radar.
You can define 'big' several ways. Let's start with money. Ichthys alone makes up almost a quarter of the lending to fossil fuels since 2008 that we at Market Forces have managed to find. The debt for Ichthys exceeds all the bank financing of coal ports in Australia in the past six years.
And that's just the beginning. The investment for the rise of LNG is estimated to exceed $200 billion, which would make Australia home to 54 per cent of the world's LNG capacity.
So what of the environmental impacts? In terms of carbon emissions 'big' is something of an understatement.
If you're worried about climate change, you're probably familiar gas being described with wholesome phrases like 'transition fuel' and 'cleaner gas', typically coming from those trying to sell it to you. Even to the weary ears of the climate concerned, the muzak siren song of gas can sound preferable to the dirty polka of coal.
But the relative 'cleanliness' of gas is best enjoyed through the combustion of conventional natural gas. Some new gas projects are unconventional, using fracking to extract coal seam gas. Concerns surrounding fugitive emissions (uncontrolled releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas) have some viewing unconventional gas as potentially as carbon intensive an energy source as coal.
And even this is prior to the gas being cooled to below -160°C, pumped onto ships and transported around the world. Considered alone, a liquefaction plant refrigerating 18 million tonnes per year of condensed gas (like APLNG) is roughly equivalent to building a new 700 MW coal fired power station, such as Callide B in Queensland.
Drilling, fracking, piping and refrigerating LNG would increase Australia's emissions by the equivalent of 47 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (mt CO2e) per annum by 2020. This part of the LNG supply chain alone would cancel out Australia's five per cent greenhouse gas emissions reduction target twice over.
At Copenhagen in 2009, the world didn't agree on much, but it did agree that going beyond 2°Celsius of global warming was an unacceptable risk for humanity. The most recent IPCC report estimates that the carbon budget remaining for 2°C is approximately 469 billion tonnes CO2e from 2012 onwards.
Looking across the industry, an average tonne of LNG produced will lead to total emissions of 3.81 tonnes CO2e, including emissions from production and end use combustion.
Industry researchers Bernstein estimate that yearly LNG capacity could reach 100 million tonnes by 2020 and 162.8 million tonnes if all projects planned in Australia are approved, financed and built (pdf).
In this scenario, the life-cycle emissions of Australia's LNG would total 18.01 billion CO2e, or 3.8 per cent of the remaining carbon 2°C carbon budget. Put another way, by 2020 the annual emissions resultant from Australia's LNG industry would exceed Australia's domestic emissions and rival the impact of opening up the Galilee Coal basin for exports, another carbon catastrophe in waiting.
Emissions from proposed fossil fuel projects relative to Australia's predicted emissions in 2020
Let's also not forget that unconventional gas and LNG plants bring many other environmental impacts. Setting fire to your water might be a cool party trick, but drinking neurotoxins is generally ill-advised. And as for constructing massive LNG plants in coastal areas, we now have Gladstone Harbour as a shining example of what can go wrong. So by all means, let's be concerned about the climate impacts of LNG but not forget that across the entire life cycle, this industry poses environmental and economic threats.
So who are the financiers of these projects?
Due to the international interests behind LNG, Export Credit Agencies (semi governmental institutions that invest according to the interests of their country) represent more than 40 per cent of the financing. Prominent among the Export Credit Agencies are the US Export Import Bank, the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation and the Export Import Bank of China. The rest of the debt for these projects comes from commercial banks and that's where the big four Australian banks play a prominent role, contributing $19.6 bn of the debt financing since 2008.
Breaking the banks
Australians don't really know how much LNG costs, but we're about to find out. The Australia Institute is one of few voices to call out the fact that opening up Australia gas market to the rest of the world means that domestic prices will increase to match global parity. That means a tripling of gas prices in Australia.Can Australia become the world's leading LNG exporter?
ABC's Fact Check examines the evidence for Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane's claim that Australia could become the world's largest exporter of LNG.
And the addition of Australian LNG will do nothing to dampen those cost increases. Quite the opposite. New Australian LNG will be the most expensive produced in the world. Projects of immense scale and complexity carry risks that are very challenging to spread across the project. Exchange rate hikes, inclement weather, labour costs and political demands have swollen projected costs.
In comparison with the initial price tag, cost blowouts average higher than 30 per cent in LNG projects, numbers that would chill the blood of any chief of operations. The consequence? Proponents are selling their stakes in LNG projects, and the federal government is warning that high costs will jeopardise future expansion of LNG plants.
British Gas is increasingly selling off QCLNG, which experienced a $5 billion blow out. Shell has sold out of Wheatstone for $1.1bn while indefinitely shelving the $20 billion Arrow LNG proposal.
And with new Australian LNG being the most expensive in the world (something to keep in mind when the industry peddles its inevitable lines about "alleviating energy poverty") it will also be the first to be unviable in the event of a depreciation in LNG prices. This makes them most vulnerable to price risk, vulnerable to cost blow outs, delays, exchange rate risk, legal and political risks, and may force proponents to renegotiate sales contracts.
You might think you've heard this song before. The melody of large project risks, cost blowouts and volatility, and companies pulling out of projects despite the industry harbouring massive expansion plans? Yeah, that's the tune of the coal export industry playing in the back of your head.
Whether LNG is cleaner than coal is suspect at best. What is not in any way ambiguous is that LNG is a dirty fuel, and if the industry gets its way, Australia is going to export a bloody great lot of it.
So while focus is currently on the coal industry's massive expansion and export plans we can't afford to ignore LNG. Coals is currently the most critical environmental campaign taking place in Australia. But LNG has the capacity to sneak in and deliver the same environmentally devastating outcomes. We need to talk about LNG.
Sam Robb is research coordinator for Market Forces, an affiliate project of Friends of the Earth Australia.
Corrections: An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to "almost all" new gas projects as being unconventional gas. Only some are. And the article incorrectly referred to liquified gas as being "hyper-cooled".


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Other Wizard's Dragons
When dealing with a new dragon, or one handled by another for a period of time, they tend to be more volatile than in their natural state. Use extreme caution, since their agitation tends to be exponential. –Handling Other Wizard's Dragons
Grimmauld Place was quite hectic with all the bustle. Harry and Ginny's anniversary party was always gigantic, always fully attended, and the talk of the wizards' dailies. Although the party took place on Hogwarts grounds proper, Ginny had all the close family and friends stay with them and the children.
To say that Ginny had become the new Matriarch of the Weasley clan was an understatement.
Upon the birth of the first grandchild, Molly had drawn her beautiful, sweaty and tired daughter into her arms and whispered, "Now you are the mum."
And Ginny knew just what to do on the first day of taking the reigns for hosting her first official gala. Owls were sent, menus were devised, seating arranged, the proverbial works. And that was years ago.
Her events become not only coveted, but enjoyed to the very highest degree.
Except for one couple.
Ron stormed around the guest bedroom of his brother-in-law's home angrily, going from one trunk to another, "Where are my socks, Hermione?"
"Seriously? You packed your own trunk. I haven't a clue." She charmed her hair up in a chignon and added drop earrings quickly without consulting the mirror.
Hermione walked over to her own trunk and pulled out a set of black pumps to wear, using the corner of it for balance as she slipped them on. "If you need a pair, call on Harry and borrow them."
Although she knew he would never ask anyone to borrow a pair (and why he didn't transfigure a pair, she assumed, was only due to his laziness), she added it knowing that this was the most they've spoken to each other in days. Correction, months, she thought to herself. Filling in the void of conversation she added. "That, or you could add removing everything from the trunk folding each piece as you put it back, and you'll end up finding it, I am most certain."
"You are such a bitch." Ron whispered, supposing he was quiet enough to get away with it.
That is when she turned on him.
Obviously, he had never really, truly seen bitch. Until now.
It was official. They were no longer.
The house was quiet, since the clock showed it was way past the time at which they were expected for the party. He had left as soon as she explained that his childish ways were no longer tolerable, and if she wanted a child with him, she would have bore one already.
She added, well before she could stop her uncustomary stream-of-conscious, that she was quite through with mothering a man-child who obviously wanted a provider instead of a lover.
And something tugged inside her. All her rage constricted and like a fire cut off from oxygen and a fuel source, and burned itself out quickly. Was her subconscious that intertwined with her daily life that she chose those paths?
They could have had common interests.
They could have had more equal roles (perhaps it was too easy for him to stay).
They could have had passion.
They could have….
Hermione reminded herself it could have been worse.
They could have been magically bound.
They could have had kids.
They could have needed to sell a house together and divide assets.
And with that, Hermione strolled out of the room and closed the door, seeking the one place where she could gain some serenity.
Hermione swooped into the Library silently and leaned her forehead against the door as it barely made the clicking latch noise. Silence. Peace.
Her head quickly slid through her shared history with Ron. They had still not gotten married. They still didn't have children—not that order was specifically required as Molly was concerned. Their fights were always so epic and in her naivety had she translated that as desire? Passion?
"Hello, Hermione." The baritone voice stroked up her spine as she turned toward it; her back and shoulder blades scraping the fancy woodwork of the door.
His eyes, the color of an angry sea caressed her as he moved in her direction. "You look beautiful." When they met hers, they burned with emotion.
"Charlie-" Hermione started, but stopped as his arms caged her to the door. His breath smelled faintly of firewhiskey, and his hair was mussed but he smelled so good and clean even so.
"Good evening, Charlie."
"Mmmmm. I love how you say my name." Charlie looked down at her as she brought up her face to peer at him quizzically. "It is so arousing, hearing you say my name. I wish I could hear you scream it."
Hermione blushed as she heard him, wondering where this was coming from. "Charlie… What on earth has gotten into you?"
"The walls." His reply was immediate.
"What?" Hermione whispered. "That makes no sense-"
"We share a common wall here, Hermione. I heard everything last night. Everything this morning…well…the slow and laborious springs squeaks dutifully creaking fifteen, or what, maybe twenty times under you last night. His grunts and snoring or his grunt and complaints about breakfast? I came here when I heard your argument about socks beginning. I couldn't take it any more…." Charlie closed the gap between them, hovering just far enough from her so as not to touch her. "You deserve better."
Hermione, speechless, turned her head to the side, her chin to her shoulder. Gods, how many times had she guiltily confessed this to herself, only to punish herself by being more attentive to Ron. Being more giving.
It was strange to hear it coming from another person's mouth. She wasn't going to argue, and she was not in a mood to be contrary.
"I want to give you better, Hermoine. Look at me." Charlie breathed the words quietly over her exposed neck. She made no move to look him in the eye again.
His breath made her body shiver from the heat of it, "But I know you are too good for me too." His hands slid down the door, lower, "Please look at me." This time, Hermione's eyes met with his and were riveted . "Please let me show you what I mean."
And before she could even begin the process of protestation, Charlie's hand had found the hem of her skirt, hiked it and was cupping her sex, and his middle finger skimming her cleft though the silk material. Hermione's knees buckled slightly at the soft, promising strokes.
Hermione registered the wrongness of what he was doing, but at the same time, she was so aroused that she was unable to move. Just as she thought she would groan, Charlie had removed his hand, jerked an embroidered sitting chair close and grabbed Hermione' knee, positioning her foot to perch on the cushion. He jerked her skirt up over her knee to expose her satiny knickers to him.
His growl was exquisite. Hermione watched his eyes dialate at the view, knowing he saw the wetness of them. And within seconds, his fingers found themselves against her stomach and under the elastic.
Charlie's fingers were so strong, and yet so nimble. Hermione whimpered as he stroked her. It was impossible for Hermione to hold back her heightening pleasure as he rubbed her skillfully.
Legs shaking, she felt herself on the edge, and Hermione whispered, "Yes." To which his fingers all stepped up the pace, four fingers pressing firmly against her mound, his hand jittering back and forth, only his middle finger still slick with her wetness flittering over her clit, making her burst loudly into her first orgasm by another Weasley's hand. But before she could even begin to come down enough to compare, the man dropped down to the floor.
Charlie was on his knees, the burly, strong man had buried his face between her legs, hoisting up her support leg over his shoulder, his hand holding her upright as he lapped at her entrance. His moans echoed as he worked his tongue quickly against her sex.
He shouldered her other leg at that moment, both legs on either side of his head as he, she realized, suckled on her. And his fingers sought her entrance, slow at first, but as they became slick, pistoning within her, not allowing her come down from the initial shockwave.
Hermione grabbed a handful of hair, partially for balance, partially to direct his head on an angle, feeling his tongue slither, and hearing him whispering to her in between licks, "You deserve this, Hermione…you should be made to come over, and over, and over…You taste so good….Fuck, you are so fucking wet for me…." And with that, he pressed up and forward as his tongue flattened right against her nub, jerking at it still and Hermione was unable to hold back her second orgasm.
She bucked and twisted against him as he wrestled her through it, speeding up his fevered pitch and she was lost to her primal reaction, she tugged at his hair hard and pressed his head dominantly to her entrance, pressing herself as hard to his mouth as she could.
Another Hermione would be ashamed, but this one rode his face for all he was worth. This Hermione took her pleasure greedily. "I want you, Charlie." She hitched breathily as her contractions wrung her insides.
He quickly begin fumbling with his zipper, not wanting to remove his mouth from her, and found a position where he could straighten his leg behind him enough to slide his zipper all the way down. Hermione tugged his head as she put her feet down, savoring his half-lidded eyes, and his tongue still searching contact with her pussy. "Do you want to fuck me?" Hermione's voice sounded so alien to herself, but he didn't seem to notice.
"Yes, Hermione… Here." He spun her onto the floor, the plush rug cushioning her luxuriously. "I want you to show yourself to me." His voice had no trace of question as he stood, tugging his waistband down.
She gazed at the man towering above her, now completely naked. His shoulders were wide, but his waist tapered with steel-cut precision. His muscled body taut with anticipation, good lords, shivered as he gripped his cock slowly and stroked himself drinking in her state of wantonness.
So she did as he asked. Her knees dropped wide and she exposed herself to him. It was so arousing, that Hermione couldn't help but to touch herself in response, grinding her fingers slowly over her throbbing core, smearing her wetness, teasing herself as well as him with her slick womanhood.
"Charlie, I need you. Please fuck-" And before she could finish her sentence, he was lining himself up to her waiting core. Her heels clasped and yanked him toward her, and their voices both exclaimed in pleasure as he pushed himself deep inside.
Hermione felt him fill her. A pain so keen, splendid and unknown disappeared when he began moving in a slow tempo. Her wetness helped him glide easier and easier until she was losing her control yet again.
Charlie could see her eyes glazing, and instead of letting her drift off during her orgasm, he did what he knew would pinpoint her focus. His hands found the span between her belly button and her mound, and pressed and pushed up gently but firmly, seeing her nub peek out above where he joined inside her.
His other hand's fingers began to flitter at the spot where they joined, and began jerking her off with his fingertips as his cock slid rapidly in and out of her. He wanted her to scream as she came apart.
He needed it. He needed to hear her scream.
Hermione's eyes shot wide open, feeling him fuck and frig her and she looked down. Charlie's knees were wide and he used all his leg muscles in order to keep him upright and still fuck her deeply.
She looked him straight in the eye as she felt her insides constrict around him, and as his fingertips worked her clit, her whole body began to convulse with pleasure. Her mouth opened and she let those overwhelming screams escape as her orgasm milked at his thick cock.
His fingers were relentless as he drew out deep, prolonged shivers deep inside her until he asked, "Inside you, or out?"
"Inside me, Charlie…Yes!" She hissed through clenched teeth, panting and watching him pound into her. And she felt as he stiffened, finding his release deep in her.
"You are mine… Mine…" His body and voice trembled as his pleasure played out, "He can't keep you from me anymore."
Hermione reached her fingers behind his neck and drew his mouth to hers. Their lips completed their bodies' circuit, and their magics mingled within their joining.
Fiercely, she teased his tongue with hers, drawing his body to press down onto her, needing his weight to keep her pinned to the floor, and with a tug to the side, she rolled him onto his back.
"I was never his. Not truly. Not like this, and never again." And without hesitation she began to move again.
Her fingertips skimmed his chest as she made her own tempo this time, riding him without restraint. Finding her body acutely aroused, she claimed him unabashedly as she built up speed, his body perfectly matched for hers, every contour made solely for her pleasure.
Sliding her hands over his chest, she flicked at his nipples and followed their caresses with her tongue, making him moan deeply, feeling the reverberations deep inside of her.
Hermione felt her passion spiral as she pushed herself upright and rode him harder. Not ever feeling this sensation before, she let it flow from her and let her body take control.
Sweating, panting, tightly-bound nerve endings sending lightening-strength shocks through her, feeling his hands reach up to tease her breasts, feeling the tugging at her nipples as she rocked up and down his length. Each time she slammed down, she felt her clit graze the firm skin over his pelvic bone exquisitely, so good, she thought, oh, so fucking good.
Succumbing to the heat, she felt her insides draw him deeper and convulse around him and she cried out. Animalistic and foreign, yet distinctly her, she continued, faster and faster. Louder and louder, until he was clenching her hips and meeting her stroke for stroke.
Charlie's hips rose up, crashing their bodies together harder and harder until he too met her orgasm with his own; his clench-jawed growl of release filling the room as he filled her with jetting throbs.
She stilled, looking down at this man, and felt their aftershocks throughout her whole body. And it dawned on her that she had never felt this way before. Her body tingled with a pleasure she, until now, had never experienced.
She moved and he guided her off of him and tucked her body next to his, rolling onto his side to look at her, stroking the palm of his free hand languorously over her abdomen. "What do we do now, Hermione?" Charlie's face clouded with concern. His frown showed his turmoil, thinking of family and the suffering that was bound to happen, not knowing that Hermione's and Ron's relationship was irrevocably severed.
"Shhh." Hermione's fingers traced his lips, then smoothed over the crease furrowed between his brows. "We've done no wrong here, Charlie. Ron and I broke our ties not too long after you walked out of your room."
His surprise shimmered over his face, and Hermione felt his whole body relax in relief. Tucking her body closer to him, she skimmed the long scar across his chest reverently with her middle finger before wrapping her arm over his chest and moulding her body to his. Then he whispered softly to her and gazed into her eyes. "Are you okay, Hermione…I mean…with my brother…?" His face thinly veiled his concern about what she was feeling, and how he should handle her and this particular turn of events.
She realized that he was attempting analyze her. "I read your book, Charlie. Don't worry, I'm not another wizard's dragon." And she couldn't suppress her tiny grin.


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Seizures in infants and neonates are common, are often resistant to currently used treatments, and can have devastating outcomes. The most frequently used anticonvulsant medications in this age group, the barbiturates and the benzodiazepines, act by enhancement of current through neuronal GABAA receptors. The focus of the current study is to characterize the development of human cortical GABAergic inhibition from late gestation through early childhood, and further to assess how this development is disrupted by conditions causing seizures in this age group. The underlying hypothesis of this proposal is that immature patterns of GABAA receptor subunit and cation-chloride cotransporter expression in human cortex result in pharmacologic properties predictive of low efficacy or even harmful consequences of the use of GABAergic agents in the treatment of premature infants, neonates, and young children.
The Specific Aims of this proposal include: 1) Define the time course of the developmental maturation of human cortical GABAA receptor subunit and cation-chloride cotransporter expression, and assess abnormalities in expression related to early-life seizures due to malformations of cortical development.
This aim will be achieved through the use of quantitative Western blot analysis with infrared fluorescence detection. Frozen postmortem and surgical cortical specimens will be collected from control infants at 20 weeks gestation through 3 years of age, as well as similarly-aged infants with seizures due to glioneuronal malformations of cortical development or migrational disorders. In addition, a clinical database will be constructed and correlated with our experimental data to assess whether variables that have been shown to modulate receptor or transporter expression in experimental epilepsy models might also play a significant role in our human epilepsy population. 2) Determine the functional and pharmacological consequences of developmental and seizure-associated changes in GABAA receptor subunit and cation-chloride cotransporter expression in human cortex. An innovative experimental paradigm will be utilized which allows electrophysiological analysis of GABAA receptors from frozen human brain tissue resulting in "microtransplantation" of native human receptors into the Xenopus oocyte plasma membrane. 3) Analyze alterations in the cellular distribution of GABAA receptor subunits and chloride transporters in human cortex related to early-life seizures. Funding from this Career Development Award will permit the PI to acquire expertise in the techniques of fluorescence immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization to determine the cortical cell populations exhibiting changes in GABAergic properties during both normal human development and its disruption by seizures due to cortical malformations. Information gained as a result of this study could have direct clinical applications that produce improved medical and neurologic care of infants and neonates.
Currently used treatments for neonatal seizures that target neuronal GABAA receptors are often ineffective and, based on data from animal models, may actually be detrimental. The goal of this proposal is to characterize the development of human cortical GABAergic inhibition from late gestation through early childhood, and further to assess how this development is disrupted by conditions causing seizures in this age group. Results from this study may encourage the reconsideration of the use of GABAergic medications in the treatment of seizures or sedation in infants and neonates, and also suggest better therapeutic alternatives.
|Jansen, Laura A; Hevner, Robert F; Roden, William H et al. (2014) Glial localization of antiquitin: implications for pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy. Ann Neurol 75:22-32


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Brandon Wetherbee is the host of the talk show You, Me, Them, Everybody. He'll be at Silverlake Lounge in Los Angeles tonight at 5 p.m. with co-host Stephanie Hasz and guests Sara Benincasa, James Fritz and Zachary Lupetin
Billy Corgan made a commercial with his independent wrestling company for a furniture maker. Good for him.
My friend and editor of Death and Taxes Ned Hepburn wrote about legacy and Kurt Cobain and Corgan and how it's better to burn out than to fade away. It's worth reading. He's 100% wrong.
Though it doesn't really matter, please know that Nirvana is my favorite band and every note of 'music' I played in high school was influenced by the Smashing Pumpkins. For better or worse, I love and know these individuals in a way that makes me ashamed/who I am. So one love or whatever. I still listen to both bands. Ugh. I'm 14 forever. Moving on.
Cobain, the former front man for Nirvana, is easy to canonize. Near-perfect catalog, progressive stances on gay rights and gender issues, pretty and dead. But he was also a shitty dad and quit. He's Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" without the oddly great dance-in-an-abandoned-fair-ground-with-estranged-daughter redemption scene. He's just a pile of dust. A dumb, dead, asshole pile of dust.
Corgan, the former and once-again front man for the Smashing Pumpkins, is easy to mock. He's sung about rats in cages. Highly flawed catalog. Confusing stances on gender rights. Bald. Pudgy. Ugly. Alive. Corgan wins.
Comparing Corgan and Cobain on a musical level is the only relevant comparison. But they wanted different things. Sure, they were both influenced by Black Sabbath, but Cobain wanted to sound like The Melvins and Corgan wanted to sound like My Bloody Valentine. It's easy to sound like The Melvins on a budget. It's not easy to sound like My Bloody Valentine on a budget. After the music, there's nothing left to compare. Because one guy isn't here.
Nearly 20 years after some 27-year-old shitty dad (good dads don't do heroin) ate a gun, Corgan, a former peer of the guy that ate a gun, is happy. It's obvious. The guy is living his 10-year-old self fantasy.
Corgan is the head of an independent wrestling league. This is cool! Not ironic cool, but cool cool! He gets to play a character of his choosing in a fantasy world that other people can enjoy. He gets to hang out with his developmentally disabled brother, giving him a story line and spotlight, making both his brother happy and being progressive for the developmentally disabled (Jesus Christ, this sentence is oddly worded. I'm passionate! I'm in a cage! The cage is a rocket! Let's fly to the moon!).
In addition to making his brother happy and finding joy in wrestling, he's providing an opportunity for gifted, artistic athletes to showcase their talents. Wrestling is an under-appreciated American art form. If Corgan had a record label like Jack White he'd be praised. Mocking Corgan for supporting what he loves is dumb.
The furniture company in the commercial is based in the Chicago suburbs, independent from big box stores and provides jobs in the U.S. Is there a better company for a rock star to support?
In case you haven't seen the commercial (How could you not see it? It was on "Ellen" or some other daytime thing for people that like to dance in their living rooms.), here's the easy-to-mock ad.
Is it rock and roll? Is it cool? Probably not. It's a fun, dumb, mutually beneficial commercial that supports two local businesses and plays with wrestling stereotypes. Would it fit Cobain's legacy? No. That guy was a dick that left his daughter. Fuck that guy. Long live Corgan and his decisions that confuse people that gave up on him decades ago.
Thanks for reading and have a wonderful night.
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Billy isn't ugly! However, he is fat, bald, and alive.
Rambling article but at least I agree with your sentiments. Your friend Ned is an idiot.
Great write up 🙂 thank you!
Thank you for writing this. While Corgan's music is hit or miss at times, I've found his choices and the way he's pursued his career to be inspiring and instructive. This is a well-written tribute/rebuttal.


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PHOTOS OF THE DECK AND PROPERTY CAN BE VIEWED BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW THE HEADING CALLED 'LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION' IN GREEN - AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS WEBPAGE. (If you are unable to open this link please email me directly and I will send you the URL address)
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This beautifully furnished condo is spacious, beautifully decorated and gets lots of sun. Just walk out onto the terrace of the unit and view a magnificent garden of Palm trees and the intracoastal waterway. Step out on to the pool deck and a private stairwell from the deck leads you to a private beach. A short walk south on the beach or intracoastal walkway (just across the street) takes you to the Eau Hotel (formerly the Ritz Carlton) and the Plaza Del Mar shopping area.
The condo is 2 Bed 2 Full Bath, 1450 sq ft plus balcony in a full service ocean front bldg. The master bedroom has a very comfortable king size bed. The den/second bedroom has a queen sleeper and entrance to its own private bath and to terrace. The condo has an eat-in-kitchen that is fully equipped. The den/second bedroom now has a brand new Sony Bravia LCD 32 inch TV. Master bedroom has a new 32 inch Samsung Flat Screen Smart TV.
There is a large 70 ft long (420 sq ft) balcony overlooking the intracoastal waterway and a fabulous garden filled with Palm Trees and flowers. All rooms share the balcony through floor to ceiling sliding glass doors. The balcony is furnished with brand new and comfortable outdoor lounge chairs, tables and chairs. From the balcony you will enjoy the magnificent garden view of palm trees, flowers, a fountain and the intracoastal waterway...as well as the sunset.
The Barclay is situated on the ocean side of AIA just 0.5 miles north of the Eau Hotel and the Plaza Del Mar shopping center (walking distance). FOR TENNIS PLAYERS: Phipps Tennis park is 2-3 miles down the road on A1A and for GOLFERS: A public municipal course is also just 1.5 miles north of the condo on A1A. The Barclay also offers its own tennis court that sits on the north end of the pool deck.
Amenities include a 24 hour doorman, beautifully landscaped gardens and a 90,000 SF deck with full time maintenance staff and management on premises. There is free access to wireless internet in a communal living room/library and two complimentary computers for use at the lobby level in our computer room/business center. The business center has a photocopier, a fax and a conference table. Private wireless Internet is available within the condo unit as well.
There is a fully equipped gym (with updated fitness equipment), sauna, party room, card rooms, billiard room, game room, tennis court, hobby room, library, common area barbecue grill and gazebo with tables and chairs for barbecues, and direct access to the private beach from the pool deck.
There is a large outdoor heated lap pool (see enclosed photo). The condo includes enclosed assigned indoor parking as well as an overabundance of guest spots. All amenities included (Uverse cable TV and use of all facilities). Internet and land line telephone service are optional and are not included in the quoted monthly rent. Utilities are not included in the monthly rent and range between $30 - $70/mo depending on AC usage. The unit has a brand new water cooled AC unit, a brand new stove top and a brand new wall oven. It has recently been redecorated and has new draperies, slipcovers, sofas, area rugs, tiled flooring and new wall to wall carpeting in the master bedroom suite.
The condo is centrally located on South Ocean Blvd or AIA. It is a short walk to restaurants and shops. It is just 1/2 mile north of the famous John G restaurant at the Plaza del Mar shopping center. On Saturdays there is a wonderful public green market open at the Lake Worth Bridge, just one mile down the road to the north.
An ocean side 18 hole municipal par three golf course is two miles north on South Ocean Blvd. A beautifully gardened bike and walking path along the intracoastal waterway is just across the street and runs about 5 miles north and 10 miles south. A bike room is available for bicycle storage.
The condo is only a 15 min drive to City Place in West Palm Beach where one can find boutiques, dept. stores, movies and restaurants. It is a 10 min drive to downtown Palm Beach, Worth Ave and The Breakers Hotel, 20 minutes to Boca Raton and 15 minutes to charming Del Ray Beach. The Palm Beach International Airport is only a 15 minute drive (12 miles away).
For more photos please request by email and include in the email your full name and phone number.
The condo bldg and property has recently been redecorated....new carpeting in hallways, new wallpaper and new fixtures. The 90,000 SF pool deck and tennis court has been completely rebuilt and renovated.
No smokers, no pets.
Rental can begin anytime after January 1st, 2017. Seasonal rentals must be for a min of 3 months and must begin after January 1st, 2017. Please phone us at the number below and leave a message or reply by email. A refundable security deposit of $2500 will be collected before rental begins. Rates are as follows: Seasonal (December 1st - May 1st) first three months are $4000 per month, fourth month $3500. Fifth through twelfth month @ $3250/mo or annual rent @ $3000/mo.
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Keywords: two bedroom, two bath, 1450 sf, large terrace, intracoastal views, tennis, pool, fully equipped gym, indoor private garage, 24 hour doorman, full service luxury bldg
I spend my time swimming laps in our private pool, taking long walks on the beach, riding my bicycle along the intracoastal bike path for miles, eating out in Palm Beach's fabulous restaurants, taking trips to South Beach and Boca Raton, shopping on Worth Ave, having barbecues with friends under the Gazebo on our fabulous pool deck, playing golf at the nearby municipal golf course, visiting the Norton museum and galleries, attending concerts and theater at the Kravis Center and going to the movies at City Place in West Palm Beach.
7 miles to downtown Palm Beach and Worth Ave, 12 miles to PB Int. Airport, 12 miles to City Place, 2 miles to local golf course on AIA, 1/2 mile to the Ritz Carlton Hotel and the Plaza Del Mar shopping center (location for John Gs famous seafood restaurant), 15 miles to Boca Raton and 60 miles to Miami Beach. Tennis court located on premises and at a tennis park 3 miles north on AIA.
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The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid
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Book DescriptionThis book is about the institutions, incentives and constraints that guide the behaviour of people and organizations involved in the implementation of foreign aid programmes. While traditional performance studies tend to focus almost exclusively on the policies and institutions in recipient countries, this book looks at incentives in the entire chain of organizations involved in the delivery of foreign aid, from donor governments and agencies to consultants, experts and other intermediaries. Four aspects of foreign aid delivery are examined in detail: incentives inside donor agencies, the interaction of subcontractors with recipient organizations, incentives inside recipient country institutions, and biases in aid performance monitoring systems.
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Bertin Martens is an economist at the European Commission in Brussels. He has worked for various foreign aid organizations, including United Nations agencies and the European Commission, and he is a member of the International Society for New Institutional Economics. Professor Uwe Mummert is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems in Jena, Germany. Peter Murrell is Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland and currently holds a Chair on the Academic Council of the IRIS Center. He is the author of The Nature of Socialist Economies and Assessing the Value of Law in the Transition to Socialism, and is a contributor to various journals, including the American Economic Review and the Journal of Comparative Economics. Paul Seabright is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse. His many publications have focused on theoretical and applied microeconomics, and he is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
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The Bank of Mozambique will limit the use of debit and credit cards abroad to prevent outflows of funds, the governor of the country's central bank said Monday in Maputo.
"We will establish limits on the use of credit and debit cards abroad," said Governor Ernesto Gove, adding that banks would also be instructed Monday to overhaul their computer applications.
The governor said transactions through credit and debit cards abroad increased from US$300 million in 2012 to US$800 million in 2014 and added that it was commercial banks' responsibility to explain the new rules on the use of cards to their customers.
Gove referred to the "exceptional situation" that the Mozambican economy is going through, "which implies a change of consumption habits and the import model."
The dollar, which earlier this year was trading at just over 35 meticais, was Monday being traded at 55 meticais, according to official listings, a decrease of 57 percent, which has contributed to the shortage of foreign currency in the market although the Bank of Mozambique gave assurances it would be able to cover more than three months of imports.
In the week of 23-27 November the Mozambican currency lost 21 percent of its value against the dollar, and the country is being hit by a substantial drop in the prices of some raw materials it exports, such as aluminium and coal.
"The macroeconomic fundamentals are not shaken," Gove assured, noting that in addition to the decisions already taken in mid-November to review the benchmark interest rates, the central bank would pursue fiscal measures, boost others on a monetary level and maintain supervision so as to ensure inflation remains low and the economy stable. (macauhub/MZ)
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Laker fans should slow down. They're better than they were earlier this year, but San Antonio has showed them recently how far they still have to go. The Spurs took it back in time, unleashing their vaunted Big Three on the visitors in an easy 121-97 W. Kobe played and scored 18, and it didn't matter. Tony Parker (20 points, 10 assists) blended them up and turned the Los Angeles defense into a milkshake in the first half. Tim Duncan (21 points) outplayed Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum nearly by himself. And Manu Ginobili (20 points on nine shots) turned in one of those crazy lines he's known for … Seeing Boris Diaw in his new home uniform with the Spurs makes him look like one giant white onion … At the end of the first quarter with the Lakers down six, Bynum (two rebounds) came to the bench, slammed a chair and started in on his teammates, screaming in their faces. We guess that's better than walking away from them. With a media member after the last loss to the Spurs, Bynum was so pissed off he literally walked away during the middle of an on-camera interview … Atlanta created some breathing room between themselves and Boston in the race for first round homecourt advantage, taking out the C's by five behind 30 points from Joe Johnson. You might first look at the box score, see Avery Bradley had 28 points in what is becoming an increasingly nightly thing (he actually had 24 of them by the seven-minute mark in the third quarter), and think the Celtics must've had a spectacular game. That thought would come about .5 seconds before you realized they sat all of their best guys. By "all" we really mean it: Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Mickael Pietrus, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo didn't play for one reason or another. By leaving pretty much their entire team out of a game with major playoff implications (homecourt advantage in the first round is up for grabs in the middle of the East. It's all based on record, not seeding), the Celtics made one thing very clear: they have no respect for the Hawks. Still, it really doesn't make any sense, Boston had two days off and didn't even play yesterday. Something's fishy… that lineup brought a new low to the idea of tanking … Meanwhile, the Knicks can't deal with success either. With Amar'e Stoudemire (15 points in 27 minutes) back in the lineup, and with a playoff spot wrapped up Thursday night, New York came out and let Cleveland bury them alive, 98-90. Manny Harris was a king for a night, busting out for 19 and 12. It was so bad for the Knicks that Mike Bibby's corpse was possibly their best player, scoring 12 points on four triples … The Cavs had a three-on-one fast break in the second quarter and Anthony Parker threw one of the worst passes we've ever seen. He tried to throw a lob about three seconds too late, and from five feet away he threw a missile that ended up in the fourth row of the crowd … At one point, the Knicks were losing the rebound battle with Cleveland 30-13 despite the fact that Stoudemire came back with braids in an effort to make himself more aerodynamic … Keep reading to hear about why DeMarcus Cousins was so upset …
OKC outlasted Sacramento 103-92 as Kevin Durant destroyed the box score: 29 points, 14 rebounds, seven dimes. James Harden added 20 off the bench, and Serge Ibaka continued to do what he does best: block everything in site. He had eight rejections … DeMarcus Cousins was STRUGGLING last night, like starting 3-for-14 from the field struggling, like 2Pac "Strugglin." At one point, he got so pissed at the world that he probably broke an NBA record for most times caught cursing by the cameras in a two minute stretch. Keith Smart seemed to take his side, nearly blowing out both his knees while flipping out on the bench. Cousins regrouped somewhat and finished 8-for-21 for 18 points … Early in the second quarter, the Kings TV broadcast brought Oscar Robertson on air, and he immediately took a shot at Kevin Johnson, saying the former point guard never EVER went left. Really bro? The Big O never had the greatest reputation off the court – now he's become the typical/cliche aggravated old man – and many people just downright don't like him. This was one of those instances where he just couldn't help himself. Someone's putting Kevin Johnson in the same category as me? Psshhh. He never did this! … But there was something good that came out of the conversation. The Kings' longtime jack of all trades, Jerry Reynolds, put together his all-era NBA teams, one for 1950-1980 and the other from 1981-present. The '50-'80 team was the Big O at point, Jerry West at the two, and Rick Barry, Bob Pettit and Bill Russell in the frontcourt while the '81-present team had a backcourt of Magic and Michael, along with Larry Bird, Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. No active players were considered (strange). Does that old squad have any chance in a best-of-seven? … Welp, it took long enough but the Grizzlies finally separated themselves from the worst team in the NBA. For three quarters, it was Charlotte who played like the future top-five playoff seed the Grizz are now guaranteed as. But Mike Conley (20 points) came alive late and Memphis won it, 85-80. That's now 19 losses in a row for MJ's bushel of trash despite Gerald Henderson taking it back to high school with 32 points. The Bobcats are so pathetic they might be worse than watching re-runs of CBS' "Rob." … And Dallas barely survived, winning by 10 against the Tanking Warriors (can we just rename them to that?). In a throwback game, Vince Carter had 19 points and nine boards. Big win though for the Mavs, who will probably be facing either Oklahoma City or the Lakers in the first round. Who do you think they'd rather see? … We're out like all forms of tanking.
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Online Price List Portal (cost and sell with calculator)
This project received 6 bids from talented freelancers with an average bid price of $666 AUD.Get free quotes for a project like this
Project Budget$250 - $750 AUD
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Project Description
Currently we have an excel price list for our products which our purchasing team manually update and email our sales people. Our Sales People then need to manually markup the prices for their different customers. We would like to put the spreadsheet online where our Purchasing Manager can login and update pricing and add new columns when a new product becomes available. The sales manager would be able to login and select the different markup %'s to apply to each product and quantity, the sales manager should be able to save different pricing templates, for example A, B,C,D and E. For example A would be our VIP pricing and E would be our highest pricing. The Sales Manager should have the ability to approve new products that the Purchasing Manager recently added. Once the Sales Manager has approved products they are then made viewable by customers and sales people. The sales people would be able to login to another section of the same portal and select which pricing template to assign to their customer base. Sales people might assign template A to their biggest customers and template E to their small customers, for example.
Customers are then able to login to the portal and view the price list that has been assigned to them. They cant see other templates that are not assigned to them and they certainly should never see the cost price or formula used to markup the prices.
To clarify there should be the following user levels:
Purchasing Manager
Sales Manager
Sales Person
Furthermore, we already have our own PHP written online system, with our above mention users registered. We would like you to be able to create this system within the existing architecture and security. We have a menu function called Quote Request and we would use this menu button to end the new portal we are requesting. The menu function called Quote Request, should have its name changed to Price List.
We also finally want a calculator tool to be available on the price list screen so that whoever is trying to calculator a price from the price list can select quantity and options from a drop down box and receive instantly a total price with itemization available.
I have uploaded the first draft of the existing price list for you to use from a formating point of view. It would be great if you could design the Purchasing Managers section at least, so that they could cut and paste from excel columns or rows of data, to save manually entering fields in one by one. You may also suggest another way to improve this. Its also critical to have an export function to export the cost and sales price lists in an excel format similiar to the one i have attached if possible.
You will notice we have a list of terms and conditions under the price list in the excel field, its important we have the option to edit these somewhere on the portal so that they can be updated and made visible from time to time.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, the station you've all been waiting for," announced the guard aboard the 5.34am train from Exeter St David's. "Dawlish will be the next stop."
Shortly before 6am, I became the first passenger to step off a train at the South Devon station for two months.
The only line between Exeter and Plymouth had been severed in the February storms, obliging passengers to use bus-replacement services.
But the handful of passengers on the first service to run over the restored line were joyful about the return of the train.
"It's an emotional pull," said Dave Lovering, an environmental administrator from Exeter. "I've grown up with the railways. My father worked on the railways – it's in the family blood."
Phil Hoult, a property manager at Exeter University, said: "I met my wife on the platform at Dawlish station. We normally take the train to Dawlish on our anniversary, but we couldn't this year."
The first passengers were welcomed by David Crome, general manager west for First Great Western. "We never thought we'd be so happy to see a train come through Dawlish," he said. "Obviously for our customers it's been a massive undertaking for the last few months. Now they can start taking the railway for granted, which is what they need to be able to do."
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western line clings to the South Devon shore for four miles between the mouths of the Exe and Teign rivers. At the height of the February storms the sea wall crumbled, leaving the track suspended in mid-air.
Hundreds of Network Rail staff and contractors overcame formidable challenges to repair the track bed and strengthen the sea wall. In total, £15m was spent repairing the area outside Dawlish station where track had been left dangling, with an extra £20m to repair tracks either side of the town.
Speaking in Dawlish hours after the arrival of the first train, David Cameron declared the South-West of England "open for business" again, and praised the people of the town for their "patience and incredible generosity".
"It's been a Herculean effort over 56 days and 56 nights. It's been a huge task," he said.
But as The Independent revealed a week ago, some trips will actually take longer by train than the bus-replacement services. The first daily departure from London to Truro does not arrive until the afternoon – slower than the temporary bus link via Tiverton Parkway.
Tourism leaders claim that the two-month closure has cost businesses in Devon and Cornwall more than £50m.
Carolyn Custerson of Visit Devon said: "Bookings leading up to Easter are estimated as being 23 per cent down and current reckoning is the crisis has cost the county around £31m." Malcolm Bell of Visit Cornwall said: "We estimate we've lost about £18m. If the railway had stayed closed over Easter, that figure would easily have doubled."
The closure of the line connecting much of Devon and most of Cornwall with the rest of the country exposed the lack of resilience in the rail network. "There's a clear need for an alternative all-weather link," said Mark Smith of Seat61.com, the train travel advice website. "It would not be a replacement for the current line, as the wonderful section of line through Dawlish serves important communities, but an alternative."
Network Rail is due to report in June on the feasibility of an additional line. The two main proposals are for a new link a short way inland from the existing line, and for the reinstatement of the old Exeter-Plymouth line through Okehampton and Tavistock. The central part of the route, which skirts Dartmoor, was closed in 1968.
Mr Smith said: "Given the extent of the markets which could be served by reinstatement of the old Southern Exeter-Plymouth route under normal circumstances, with its use as a back-up route purely a secondary benefit when problems affect the main line, I'd favour that option."
The first through service for two months from Plymouth to London Paddington was a 1970s High Speed Train. June Gurry, a passenger from Dawlish, was on board. "In a way, we needed this to show how vulnerable the line is. It's amazing how quickly they've turned it around." She added that the town had seen "a massive increase in visitors", as the repair work became a temporary tourist attraction.
But some old problems beset the new stretch of line. The First Great Western express arrived 10 minutes late at Exeter because of "speed restrictions at Dawlish". Catherine Hayden from Brixham missed her connection to Andover because the service – operated by rival South West Trains – was not held. But she remained positive about the return of rail travel to South Devon. "It's still better than driving, and I can work on the way." Then she kindly bought me a cup of tea.Reuse content