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In a bit of good news for 2013, the American Automobile Association (AAA) predicts that the price of gasoline will be lower this year than in 2012. Last year was the highest price on record at an average price of $3.60 per gallon, nine cents higher than in 2011. Even though the price was accelerating at the end of 2012, AAA forecasts a lower average for 2013. Since their prediction did not include the price of diesel fuel, I turned to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (USEIA) to see what they had to say.
At one time, diesel fuel prices were somewhat lower than those on gasoline, but since 2004, this has no longer been the case. On January 2, 2013, the price on diesel fuel was $3.915 per gallon, about ten cents higher than on the same date last year. However, here again there was more good news. USEIA is predicting an average price of $3.83 for the year. Several factors can affect this of course, i.e. the price of crude, refining costs, and taxes; but the big unknown is the weather. If we have an unusually cold winter, the demand for heating oil could negatively affect the supply and price of diesel fuel. Diesel fuel and heating oil combined make up a category called "distillate fuel" and are produced together, setting the stage for a possible tug-of-war for available supplies.
Notwithstanding the possible impact of weather, the forecasts are encouraging and hopefully will be a positive omen for 2013. Couple that with the fact that several carriers are having very good results with natural gas-fueled vehicles, and we just might have a decent fuel year. It would be nice to have a year when supply chain managers did not have to worry constantly about the price of fuel and its impact on their operations.
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The name of this parasite is New Guinea Flatworm and it's an invasive species from the island of New Guinea. It's believed that the worm was accidentally introduced to American soil a few years ago, causing the invasive outbreak we're seeing now. Experts believe a contaminated batch of flowers sent up from the South Pacific may be to blame.
It can grow to be two or three inches long and is very flat across its entire body, being less than 2 mm in thickness. Both ends of the body are pointed, but the head-end is more pointed than the tail-end. It's usually a dark brown to a black color, often with an orange stripe down its back, and a light grey underside.
The mouth of the parasite is at the center of its body. And, this type of parasite feeds on land snails, as well as worms and slugs. They've even been purposefully introduced to some area (outside of the U.S.) to help control snail populations.
This parasite carries a variety of infections that, when caught by a human, can turn into a deadly strain of meningitis, severely affecting the brain and spinal cord. Usually, the flatworm will infect mice, rats, and other small animals with the viruses, which can then easily be passed onto humans. And, unfortunately, if this flatworm manages to get inside your home, it may infect you directly, causing long worms to thrive in your lungs. And the worm doesn't have to crawl into your mouth or anything else of sci-fi proportions; you only need to come in contact with one to get infected.
Long worms living in your lungs will give you a terrible cough and a general feeling of weakness.These parasites are literally eating you from the inside out, littering your body with other infectionsand diseases while they're at it. If you come in contact with a long worm or if you're randomly experiencing these symptoms, you need to be treated immediately. The experts also say that this flatworm knows no bounds as far as a preferred environment. Due to lack of vegetation, these parasites are less likely to infest in urban areas. However, experts say that just because they're from a subtropical area originally doesn't mean they won't be tempted to spread into cooler regions of the United States.If you see a New Guinea Flatworm in the Florida are, stay clear of it. Take a picture and contact your local authorities immediately. If you'd like to kill the parasite for fear of your own safety, pouring boiling water on the worm will kill it.
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When IBM embarks on an aid initiative, it doesn't mess around. The global computing giant is teaming with international development charity Practical Action to form Energy Aid, aimed at bringing sustainable power to millions around the globe who rely on dangerously primitive energy sources. The effort, launched out of IBM's U.K. base, has the support of the United Nations, members of Parliament and Start, the Prince Charles to promote sustainable living.
How desperately is something like this needed? Get this: According to IBM, every year, 2.7 billion people "cook with biomass, wood, dung, coal and other solid fuels" – and in the process some 1.4 million of those people die from exposure to indoor smoke. That's more people than die from Malaria, IBM said.
Work on Energy Aid began more than a year ago, at the IBM Start Summit in London, and IBM said a key component of the initiative is getting as many different organizations involved. "Providing universal energy access is one of the most important challenges of our time but no one organisation can do this alone and collaborative approaches are now needed," Stephen Leonard, IBM chief executive for the U.K. and Ireland, and chair of the Energy Aid trustees, said in a statement.
Energy Aid listed three key strategies in its effort: undertaking a global awareness campaign; creating an open knowledge base, with data, resources, technologies and research widely accessible; and, of course, the all-important fund raising. "The Energy Aid fund will raise and invest money into deserving long-term game-changing projects," IBM said. "Operating as a patient investor in high-risk environments, the fund will identify opportunities to create economically viable and sustainable markets, which in turn will attract private investment to achieve extensive scalability."


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Discussion in 'Macintosh Computers' started by aaronl23, May 26, 2005.
I was wondering how many people out there own one or like to own one.
I own as of one day an Apple Powermac G5 1.6 Ghz 1.25 gig of ram and an 80 gig hard drive. Should I update even more. It has 10.4.1.
I have the original dual 1.8 (8 slots, PCI-X) with the 9600 (64mb), 1gb ram, 160 and 200gb HDs, 8x superdrive, AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth 10.4.1 and a 20" aluminum cinema display. All I can say is that this has probably been my favorite mac to date. My only gripe is:
The number of HD slots, two isn't enough for me, and I dislike external drives. I didn't want my CD and DVD collections getting stolen at college, so I ripped all my CDs into iTunes (89gb) and all of my DVDs together amount to over 300gb (encoded into 1gb files) So half of my files are on an external drive, and the rest are on my 200gb secondary drive. I really wish Apple had designed the case to fit more HDs, rather than having to shell out $89 for an attachment and then another $89 for a SATA card. My old Quicksilver had 4 bays, and 5 if you count the zip. But I suppose that is the trade off, because my G5 is ultra quiet.
I do. Dual 2GHz. 4 Gigs RAM. Love it
I have had a dual 2.0 with a gig of ram and a 20in acd since last august and i still love it, i have no problems with it at all as far as hardware and os x, just a few individual program crashes. I would strongly recommend it to anyone, and especially since it is the least expensive g5 system available from apple i would definitly get one or if you could afford the higher systems go for them, i could only imagine how amazing they must be.
Dual 2.5 since Christmas. Love it.
Gen 1 Dual 2.0 with 2.5 GB of RAM.
I love it! Best computer I have ever owned.
Just got a dual 1.8 refurb w/ a 20" LCD, I'm still learning the ins and outs but so far so good. Best (and most expensive) computer I've ever owned.
I do and I do a Rev A Dual 2GHz.
Sounds like everyone loves to have one!!
Wouldn't it be easier to ask who owns one and doesn't like it? Maybe even better to see who owns one and doesn't like it, but not because it is a defective unit.
Dual 2,5s Rock
Ditto! See sig for specs - AWESOME MACHINE!!!!!
i really like my D2.7 with 7gig ram...
really fast and problem-free...
the only thing i don't like is the inability to watch DVDs of different region codings more than 5 times on the superdrive...
there are ways of getting around that limt.
I have a rev. A dual-2.0 (since September 2003), 3.5 GB RAM. Fantastic Mac, no problems.
owner of a dual 2.0 since last tuesday I love this thing, it destroys my 15" powerbook in performance (I do video work), but even in everyday things I notice a difference. I'm proud of my new powermac, I'll never buy a non-tower desktop again
I have a Dual 2.5 with 4 Gigs of ram.
I've got a dual G5 and love it. Wouldn't trade it for anything else, except a faster PowerMac of course
Dual 2.5 since August 2004. It's been a great machine!
Opening up a G5 is much easier than the G4. How Apple managed to top themselves is an amazing feat of engineering. So simple yet incredibly ingenious.
I own the PM in my sig... I've completely switched over to using my two Macs 100 percent of the time... I only use a PC at work now (not by choice). My PC in my sig is gathering dust.
I LOVE my PM... Even though it's only dual 1.8s versus the dual 2.7 or even dual 2.3, it seems to be much faster than my PC (or my PC at work P4 2.8 Ghz).
Dual 2.7Ghz, 1.5Gb of RAM. Love it!
I have a Dual G5 what's not to love?
Apple's PowerMac G5 is the best computer ever. Wickedly fast and very quiet. Need 2 optical bays and 4 HD bays with integrated hardware RAID controller and it'll be perfect.
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Dollar Store Sunglasses, Blazer: Talbots (via Goodwill), Vintage Jumpsuit: Downtown Threads, Belt: Target, Micheal Antonio HeelsA jumpsuit isn't exactly a practical piece for me to have in my wardrobe but I just couldn't say no to when I saw it at Downtown Threads. It's not sexy in a "conventional" way, in fact if you're not careful you could end up
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Am I ready to wear this to the office? No. But who knows, a couple more spins around the block in this one piece and you just may see me doing my best Travolta impression in the produce section at the co-op.
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GUISELEY may have won plaudits in a losing cause at Chorley recently, but Mark Bower would gladly take points above polish tomorrow.
The fifth-placed Lions entertain Garry Flitcroft's Magpies just two-and-a-half weeks after their narrow 1-0 loss at Victory Park when the Lancastrians claimed a fortituous Vanarama North win.
With the season at the sharp end, the Nethermoor boss is under no illusions that points make prizes with tomorrow's Roses clash having the look and feel of a play-off game in all but name.
Both combatants are striving to extend their seasons, which has become somewhat of a tradition for Guiseley, seeking to enter the play-off lottery for the fifth successive campaign this term.
But equally, Bower is mindful of the wafer-thin margins of the current table, with his side – who play their game in hand at home to North Ferriby on Tuesday – just a point clear of the side just outside of the play-offs in Tamworth.
On the flip side, Guiseley can leapfrog third-placed Chorley, who have beaten them twice already this term, with victory, with the stakes supremely high tomorrow.
Bower, targeting two home wins against Chorley and Ferriby to rubber-stamp play-off participation at this level for yet another season, said: "It is a big opportunity for us to get in there before the last game of the season and if we can perform like we did against Chorley a few weeks ago and create the chances we did, then I am sure we can win the game.
"But I have got to say I would certainly swap a performance for a result, although we did play well and on another day, could have possibly scored two, three or four goals.
"But credit to them, they took a chance when it came and they have proved they are a very good side.
"At the business end, it's all about getting the points on board."
Analysing the current state of play with the table, Bower added: "It's very tight and on Saturday night, we could be sat third or sixth and we have just got to concentrate on doing our job and getting the right result.
"Both of us want to be in the play-offs and know a win will go a long way towards securing it and regardless of what has gone on before, it is just a big, big game and these are the sort of games you want to be involved in towards the end of the season, games that mean something.
"There's a lot riding on it and there's a lot of experience in our dressing room and hopefully that will stand us in good stead for these occasions and will be enough to get us through."
Ben Parker remains sidelined for Guiseley, although Danny Ellis and Alex Johnson should be in contention.
Harrogate Town play host to second-placed AFC Fylde, while Bradford PA play their fourth game in eight days at home to Worcester City.
In the Conference, ninth-placed FC Halifax play their final home game of the season against Torquay.
ALL ROADS lead to Lincoln Moorlands for Pontefract Collieries, hoping to toast promotion to the NCEL Premier Division with victory at the strugglers tomorrow.
It's been a story to behold for several Yorkshire sides at Division One level, more especially Colls, who claimed a famous 2-1 derby win at Hemsworth MW in midweek.
Goals from evergreen captain Nigel Danby and Aaron Joseph saw Colls prevail, despite fielding an outfield player in goal all game in Iwan Keeley, with Craig Parry unavailable.
Colls' high-flying rivals AFC Emley are in derby action at home to Selby Town, while Wayne Benn's Hemsworth play host to more White Rose opposition in Eccleshill.
Yorkshire Amateur entertain Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, while Knaresborough are at home to Rossington Main.
In the top-flight, it's been a fantastic new year for Nostell, with Paul Lines' side having hauled themselves away from trouble in fabulous fashion.
Welfare play host to Bridlington in Crofton tomorrow, while Tadcaster travel to easybeats Retford.
Liversedge visit Staveley, while basement boys Glasshoughton are at home to Heanor.
Garforth, who produced a brave performance in their West Riding County Cup final loss to Bradford Park Avenue at Valley Parade, go to Athersley Rec.
Thackley host Parkgate.
IT PROMISES to be another tense afternoon for Frickley in their Evo-Stik Premier survival quest tomorrow.
The Blues, one point clear of fourth-from-bottom Stamford, head across the Pennines to visit Ramsbottom.
The South Elmsall outfit are entreched in yet another desperate relegation battle, not for the first time with the great escapologists hoping to do it again.
There's little to play for in the First Division North but pride, with Doodson Sports Cup finalists Farsley seeking to end a six-match winless league streak at home to Kendal Town and find some form ahead of the final.
Harrogate Railway visit high-flying Northwich Victoria, while just a point separates Ossett Albion in 17th and Ossett Town in 18th.
Tomorrow, Albion visit Warrington and Town host Droylsden.
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The prize of $1,500 and publication by W.W. Norton & Co. is awarded for an exceptional second collection of poems.
Since the prize is given biennially, the contest is not conducted during the 2011-12 academic year. Manuscript submissions will be accepted from August 1 to October 15, 2012. The next winner will be announced in April 2013.
The contest is open to U.S. women poets who have already published one book of poetry. (The first collection should have been a full-length book, printed in an edition of 500 or more copies. Chapbooks do not qualify.) Although a writer may submit a manuscript that has been submitted to other contests, any manuscript under option or under contract to another publisher is not eligible
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Alan has been a professional audio engineer for over 28 years and a technical production manager for over 15 years working on many high-end productions and tours including concerts, festivals, dance shows, musicals, orchestras, corporate and all other genres of the live performance industry.
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This post is going to be in tandem with the following video:
So, to recap there are two (or three, but really it's more two) types of variegated threads: multi-color and monochromatic.
Multi-color is exactly what it sounds like, when you have two colors in one thread. In the case of this tutorial, I'm using "Lily" from the Harry Potter Collection by Mo.
Monochromatic are threads that have more than one shade in their color family. In this case, you're seeing (specifically, although others are around) Honeysuckle and Loden (which I botched horribly on my video) by Weeks Dye Works and Bubblegum by The Gentle Arts.
In most cases, I tend to stitch the Dutch method, that is \\\\\\\\ followed by ////////. However, with variegated threads you want to (In general) complete each X one a time to take full advantage of the color range.
The above was done working each X individually. Notice how the blue fades into a purple fades into a red very very nicely. This gives you the full spectrum of color.
The above was done working in the Dutch method. Notice how the colors are kinda indistinguishable and it looks a little bit like when you get to the bottom of a snow cone that had two different syrup flavors? Not overly pretty.
Now we get into the fun part. I'm going to show you pictures of what the completed project as well as a diagram for how I achieved the look.
1) Stitching in straight rows, completing each X at once.
In the case of the Lizzie-Kate "4 Seasons," the grass is intended to look a bit like rows of field that grow wheat. By working it this way, you get the look of a plowed field. You can use the same effect for vertical growth for things that grow vertically (like trees or buildings).
2) Stitching an outline.
This is similar to tip #1, in that you are going down and back. However, instead of doing straight lines, you follow the outline of the object. For instance, in SamSarah's "Something Wicked," I used this method on the tree. It wasn't horizontal or vertical, so I followed the outline just like the natural grain on the tree. (Please ignore my very obvious stitch mistake). I did a similar thing with the pumpkins to a less obvious effect, thanks largely in part to how subtle the variegation is.
3) Creating a spiral effect.
This is pretty simple. You start like you would by stitching the outline, however instead of going down and back, you keep going. This effect is best for round objects and flowers. In the case of SamSarah, it's the stars.
4) Creating a fade effect.
Creating a fade effect works in some cases. The only time I've used it (so far) was on the flower in Princess and the Pea's block. For this what I did was I started at the bottom center and then worked my way up in a kind of zig-zag pattern so that the color was evenly spread out as it faded to from light to dark.
5) Creating a splotchy effect.
I prefer to call this a "Crater" effect. In this instance, I worked two rows at once in groups of 4 squares. What this does is disperses the color better. You still get the groups of color, but it doesn't come out blocky, but instead splotchy. I used this to great effect on SamSarah's "Something Wicked" and to lesser effect (due to the subtlety of the variegation) on Cross-Eyed Cricket's "Master and the Macabre." This can be very tedious, but the look is *well* worth it, in my opinion.
5) Random stitches
This is the weirdest of the choices and perhaps the most difficult to explain. Basically you work in a section at a time and just stitch at random. Put your next stitch wherever you like. I used this effect on Thumbelina to create the water.
6) Stitching the Dutch way.
This is similar to Tip #1, so no diagram. This works well for grass or tree leaves, as it gives a mottled look. I used it in "The Mysterious Halloween Town" by The Frosted Pumpkin. You still have the rows like in Tip 1, but it's more blendy.
These are really just a few of the tips to try when working with variegated flosses. There are all kinds of choices out there, and there isn't a right or wrong to however you choose.


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Matthew McConaughey & Camila Alves: NYC Lovebirds!
Matthew McConaughey holds hands with his wife Camila Alves as they head out together on Saturday afternoon (July 13) in New York City.
The 43-year-old actor and his 30-year-old designer love left their hotel and headed to work.
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"Happy Birthday to legendary #UT coach & late friend Darrell Royal. Catch his excellent biography doc on @Hulu," he recently tweeted.
That same day, Matthew suited up to film a new commercial for Dolce&Gabbana with the always lovely Scarlett Johansson.


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What will consumers have to do when the great American Telephone & Telegraph monolith divests itself of its 22 operating companies on Jan. 1? ''Nothing - nothing at all,'' says AT&T spokesman John Geoghegan.
If you pick up your phone to wish your friends a happy new year, the telephone service should be the same whether you place your call before or after the glowing ball makes its descent from the Allied Chemical Tower into Times Square.
The first sign that something has happened should come in your January phone bill, which will probably be a three-in-one affair: one bill for local calls from the local phone company; one bill for long distance from AT&T Communications; and, unless you already own your telephones, a bill from AT&T Information Systems for equipment rental. Billing for other long-distance carriers, such as MCI, will continue as before.
The hotly debated long-distance ''access charge'' will not appear until April 3, if then. Local service rates are expected to rise, but the rate-increase mechanism will proceed independently of the divestiture date. New charges for interstate directory assistance are also in the regulatory pipeline, but will likewise be independent of the divestiture date.
If you need repair service after Jan. 1, the first thing you need to do is to determine whether the problem is in the telephone instrument or in the line. If your phone works when plugged into your neighbor's jack, the problem is on the line, and you should call your local phone company for repair service.
If the problem is the phone itself - and the phone is an AT&T instrument - you will be able to mail it to AT&T for repair, drop it off at one of 900 Phone Centers across the country, or - for a rather steep price - have an AT&T technician in for a house call. If you bought another brand of phone, repairs are up to you.
Around May 1984, the local phone companies will start polling customers as to which of the long-distance carriers they prefer - AT&T, MCI, Sprint, or another. Alternative long-distance carriers will be phased in on an equal-access basis (with no 12-digit numbers to be punched in first) in September. Once a customer has designated a specific carrier, all his calls will be routed over it. But for some rural customers, AT&T will be the only long-distance service.
Many details have yet to be worked out: whether local phone companies will handle billing for long-distance carriers other than AT&T, for example, and what will happen to customers who do not designate any particular long-distance carrier. For those with questions, AT&T is making available a toll-free number: 800-555-5000.


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Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart went toe-to-toe last night. But you didn't see everything. Much of the interview had to be cut for time. But this is the internet, where all we have is time. So, here now, is the complete interview.
Follow the links and watch the whole thing. Perhaps it's his outsider "non-reporter" status, but Jon Stewart gets to the heart of issues more thoroughly than most "real" news reporters. He's not Tim Russert, but sometimes I wonder whether, in terms of confronting hypocrisy anyway, he isn't the closest thing we have we have right now. "Roll the tape."
Memeorandum has links to the 3 part series of videos, and to many other posted reports and opinions.
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Now comes some mind reading. Step inside my Gypsy tent, as I look deep into my crystal ball. As the incense haze clears, I predict that your top performing people and businesses all have typical in well-known.
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Thank you so much for following me and my verbal diarrhea on this virtual journey. It has been exciting and I am very grateful for all the love you have shown me.
The time has come for some changes, mainly because my blog name A Cuppa for my thoughts has proven to be a bit of a tongue twister and gets mixed up. My blog address http://beeraycoffeethoughts suffers the same problems.
So the best solution to this problem and to help you remember me easier, I have decided to rename and move to a new writing platform. I have re-branded myself and am now known as..
The reason I think this new name rocks is because;
- I am Beeray or at least that's what most of my near and dear friends call me. My given name is too long and too common so that wasn't going to be a good substitute for my new blog. Even Beeray was taken. So with some help, I decided to stick to BeeRaise because if you say it fast enhough is sounds like Beeray's
- Basically BeeRaise represent Beeray (that's me) and my thoughts......in short its Beeray's crazy verbal diarrhea.
Sorry, I know I have used the word diarrhea twice (thrice if you count this one too). I sound a little cray, cray but I am not crazy. I just write crazy stuff. Stuff that comes to me in the most unexpected and inconvenient time possible.
So if you ever see me writing notes on my tissue, grocery shopping receipts or on other pieces of paper, that's me thinking that I have gotten the next brilliant post idea that will be a sure entry for Huffington Post.
To cut to the chase, please follow me and stay tuned and please carry on reading and commenting and sharing and yada yada yada with my new website. It's got cool new'er stuff and I promise you shan't be disappointed.
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You may conduct a variety of inspections at your facility: quality control and regulatory standard, recommended and required, documented and undocumented. If you generate a hazardous waste, conducting periodic inspections of certain critical risk areas is a good idea. If you are a Large Quantity Generator or a Small Quantity Generator of hazardous waste, you are required to conduct weekly inspections of your hazardous waste accumulation containers. I will use this article to address the weekly inspection requirements required by US EPA regulation for accumulation containers of hazardous waste at LQG's & SQG's, it will not address…
- The inspection requirements for tanks. For more information on these management units an LQG should refer to 40 CFR 265.195 and an SQG should refer to 40 CFR 265.201.
- The inspection requirements for the two remaining hazardous waste management units after tanks and containers: Drip Pads [40 CFR 262.34(a)(iii)] and Containment Buildings [40 CFR 262.34(a)(iv)].
- The inspection requirements of individual states, I will explain the regulations of the US EPA only. Check with your State for clarification of these regulations unless you reside in Iowa, Alaska, or Puerto Rico since they lack approved programs to enforce RCRA.
To fully understand the inspection requirements it helps to appreciate the path that leads you to it. You begin at 40 CFR 262.34(b) for an LQG and 40 CFR 262.34(d)(2) if an SQG; these are the accumulation time limit regulations for hazardous waste generators and are the starting point for most regulations applicable to generators of hazardous waste. In this case both regulations point to 40 CFR 265.174—Inspections which is part of Subpart I—Use and Management of Containers. 40 CFR 265 is designed for Treatment Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDF's) that do not yet have a permit – thus "interim" – however, many times LQG's and SQG's are subject to these requirements as well.
At 40 CFR 265.174 you find this: At least weekly, the owner or operator must inspect areas where containers are stored, except for Performance Track member facilities, that must conduct inspections at least once each month, upon approval by the Director. To apply for reduced inspection frequency, the Performance Track member facility must follow the procedures described in §265.15(b)(5) of this part. The owner or operator must look for leaking containers and for deterioration of containers caused by corrosion or other factors. Let's take a look at this succinct and critical regulation one piece at a time.
"At least weekly…" – The US EPA does not define what weekly means; it has left the clarification of its meaning to the individual states. However, based on my experience, it is safe to assume that this does not mean once per calendar week, but rather: every seven days. In other words, if you complete an inspection on Wednesday December 21st and the next week on Thursday December 29th, eight days separate the inspections and you have committed a violation. Also, the regulations do not say anything about suspending the requirement during facility shut-downs (either planned or unplanned). Therefore, the weekly – every 7 days – inspections must be completed even when you are shut-down for the holidays or maintenance if you have hazardous waste on-site.
"…inspect areas where containers are stored," – This applies to anywhere within your facility that hazardous waste is generated, treated, accumulated, or stored; with one exception. It does not apply to containers in satellite accumulation areas since 40 CFR 262.34(c) does not make compliance with 40 CFR 265.174 a requirement for hazardous waste containers managed in an SAA. A container is defined at 40 CFR 260.10 as: any portable device in which a material is stored, transported, treated, disposed of, or otherwise handled. Thus it could include anything from a test tube to a 500-gallon portable tank to a 5,000-gallon tank mounted on a transport vehicle.
"…except for Performance Track member facilities…" – Forget it. The National Environmental Performance Track is kaput. Read its obituary here.
"…must look for leaking containers and for deterioration of containers caused by corrosion or other factors…" – The sole reason for the inspection is to determine the condition of the containers. However, I recommend you take advantage of this opportunity to confirm your compliance with the following requirements as well: labeling, date of accumulation, closed containers, condition of containment system (if required by your state), emergency communication and response equipment (as applicable), warning signs, and adequate aisle space. Be sure to correct any errors you may find immediately and document the response action you take. If damaged containers are found you must immediately transfer or manage the waste per 40 CFR 265.171.
Interesting that there is no requirement for generators of hazardous waste to document inspections or keep a log. However, your state may require some form of documentation to prove you have been completing inspections as required. I recommend you document your inspections and maintain records for at least three years.
Besides fulfilling the regulatory requirement, completion of a weekly inspection of your hazardous waste containers (I recommend you include SAA's) is a good way to maintain regulatory compliance and provide a safe work environment. Employees who complete these inspections should receive training on the applicable regulations and what it is they should be looking for


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Motorola launched five Android devices last night at a press event themed around the tagline "Get Ready." They may as well have added a word to the meme and made it, "Get Ready, BlackBerry." From the execs on stage to the stats projected behind them to the devices they unveiled, the message was pretty clear: Why settle for an outdated BlackBerry for business when you can have a newfangled Android phone for work and play?
Great message. Too bad the business device that's leading the charge, the Droid Pro, was so disappointing.
My time with Droid Pro was pretty limited, and I fully intend to take a closer look at the phone at tonight's press event, so maybe my first impressions won't pan out. But the entire time I was playing with a Droid Pro last night I kept wondering what happened between the Droid, Droid 2, and the cheap-feeling slab with the BlackBerry-knockoff keyboard that I was holding.
I didn't much care for the original Droid but that was largely because I didn't like its keyboard. The device itself was a solid performer that sold well and whose marketing campaign was largely responsible for most average Americans slowly coming to think that any smartphone not made by Apple is a "Droid" (as opposed to an Android phone, a Droid Incredible, a T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, etc). The Droid 2 took everything I didn't like about the original - i.e. the keyboard - and made it better. Enough better that D2 is my current pick of Verizon's litter.
But this thing, the "Pro"? What happened? The screen is underwhelming, the keyboard looks and feels like - to use Engadget's term - a KIRF ripoff of a BlackBerry keyboard, and the whole thing just feels a lot more like an entry-level messaging phone than the device that will finally nudge RIM out of the boardroom with its sleek styling, power-user friendly QWERTY and enterprise ready features and security.
Maybe I'm wrong. Happens all the time. I'll go into tonight with as open and critical a mind as possible and start over with the Droid Pro. But for now, it feels like Moto picked the right time to talk about how Android is creeping up on RIM's stronghold and how Motorola can leverage Google's OS to deliver a new breed of business devices to the executive class ... but they picked the wrong piece of hardware to back up their talk with.


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''Why does your Mr. Reagan want to take away our revolution?'' asked the Nicaraguan peasant holding a small daughter in his arms. The paramount concern of this and other poor peasants (campesinos) we visited recently in Nicaraguan villages is why the land they have and the health care they now receive are being threatened by US-supported rebel attacks from Honduras.
What the American Embassy in Nicaragua describes as ''that nasty little war on the border'' is really an unprovoked invasion by supporters of former Nicaraguan dictator Somoza, with tragic human consequences. Approximately 500 campesinos have been murdered and thousands driven from their villages. Coffee farms have been destroyed and millions of dollars in food and farm machinery lost by the people.
If this terrorism is intended to weaken the Sandinista-led nation, it is having the opposite effect. Peasants repeatedly told us of their strong determination to protect improved life opportunities brought about through four years of development.
At one rural cooperative families greeted us with guitar music, poetry, and lunch, proudly showing us their extensive fields of corn and beans. They are among the thousands of peasant families who have received title to land and who are working to make Nicaragua self-sufficient in basic grains by 1984.
Two miles from the Honduran border at the Hermanos Martinez Cooperative, other families are building their resettled community after fleeing the ''contras'' who had murdered 20 of their relatives. Two of their leaders could scarcely contain their enthusiasm over the achievements of the year: scores of new houses built by the peasants themselves with government-supplied materials, regular health care, child nutrition centers, and 100 acres under cultivation. Only the ''bad nerves'' caused by the ''contra'' threat remain.
The state farm we visited at Daraili had been virtually destroyed by the rebels just two weeks before we arrived. In the shadow of gutted buildings and burned crops villagers and children who had escaped death told of their resolve to remain on the land. They are among the 70,000 members of the independent farm worker organization which works state and private farms. In such farms and cooperatives peasants work the land and build their future bewildered by the US government to the north.
In Managua US officials attempted to excuse the US sponsorship of the destruction we had witnessed. But they contradicted the justification offered by President Reagan for aiding the murderous contras by admitting that Nicaraguan arms aid for El Salvador's revolution had virtually ended months ago.
US officials acknowledge that the peasants strongly support their government, and that the Sandinistas would easily win the scheduled 1985 election were it to be held now. Though these officials tar the Sandinista government with the ''Marxist-Leninist'' label, they also acknowledge the economic pluralism fostered by the country's leadership. Three quarters of the economy is still in private hands. The real surprise is that in the face of unrelenting pressure from the US government the Nicaraguans have maintained a very open society, initiated a participatory development process based on a mixed economy, and remain quite candid about their mistakes.
The US makes a facile but unconvincing case for its policy in Nicaragua. We left shocked at the unprovoked human destruction the US supports there and the weak reasons offered to justify it. In a moment of candor, one US embassy official stated that ''geopolitical considerations require that we eliminate the Sandinista virus in our backyard.''
Clearly, what the US government fears is not Sandinista export of their revolution through subversion, but the very existence of the Nicaraguan revolution itself. The example of a humanitarian revolution, supported by the people, is itself seen as a threat to US interests. A nation which freed itself from a US-supported dictator is now creating a society based on economic pluralism and meeting the basic human needs of its people. And policymakers in Washington see this as a threat.
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Five prominent health systems, known as The Healthcare Transformation Group (HTG), sent a letter to the White House's Office of Management and Budget urging a prompt review of the unique device identifier (UDI) rule.
Like Pew, HTG believes further delay of the rule's release will impair the Food and Drug Administration's ability to conduct important surveillance of medical devices.
September 6, 2013
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Director, Office of Management and Budget
725 17th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20503
RE: Release of the Unique Device Identifier Final Rule
Dear Director Burwell:
We are writing to strongly urge you to promptly complete review of unique device identifier (UDI) regulations developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Once established and adopted into clinical practice, this UDI system will serve as the foundation to improvements in medical device safety, enhanced care quality and supply chain efficiencies. The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act required that the administration finalize UDI regulations by June 19. Further delays finalizing the UDI rule will only postpone the significant benefits to patients and health systems afforded through UDI implementation.
In 2010, five healthcare systems—Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic and Mercy—formed an action-oriented collaboration to share best practices and drive needed positive change across the healthcare supply chain. The collaboration, called the Healthcare Transformation Group (HTG), evolved as an extension of each member's involvement in healthcare's movement toward standards adoption. HTG members share this common foundation: accelerate change across the supply chain, enhance patient safety, improve supply chain efficiencies, drive the adoption of GS1 Standards with suppliers, and communicate in the marketplace through one voice.
We fully support release of the UDI regulations, and expect to promptly incorporate this new device identification system into a number of key processes. The HTG Research and Development Team will be working to establish a standard language and network of data sets within our healthcare systems. The project, which is an expansion of a UDI demonstration project currently underway with the FDA, will eventually provide a pathway to integrate UDI into each HTG healthcare system's clinical processes.
Through UDI implementation and incorporation into electronic health information, the UDI system will enable the tracking of medical devices through their distribution and use; create data sets for research and safety surveillance; support comparative effectiveness research; facilitate better management of product recalls; and help generate health system savings. The UDI rule's finalization is the first step to achieving these benefits and must promptly occur in time for the next updates to electronic health records standards and policies.
Should you have any questions or if we can be of assistance to help realize the important benefits of the UDI system, please contact me at (626) 405-6700 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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James Francis
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Performance Evaluation
Classified Employees
Working Test Period
Pursuant to Section 4A; 4-5.1 of the New Jersey Administrative Code, all regular appointments to a title in the career service shall be subject to a four-month probationary "working test period." The working test period begins on the date the employee is appointed from a certification list.
- The working test period does not include time served under a provisional, temporary, interim, or emergency appointment.
- An approved leave of absence shall extend the working test period for a period of time equal to the leave when the employee returns to work.
- Employees appointed to entry level law enforcement titles shall serve a 12-month working test period. A law enforcement title is one that encompasses the use of full police powers.
- While serving in a working test period, an employee shall not be eligible for a promotional examination from the title.
- The supervisor shall prepare progress reports during the employee's working test period, a first report at the end of the second month, a second report at the end of the third month and a final report at the conclusion of the test period. Employees shall be furnished with a copy of all progress reports. The original shall be retained in the employee's personnel file.
- The University may extend the probationary period for an additional two months.
Performance Evaluation System Procedures
Classified employees are evaluated annually consistent with the process set forth by the NJ Department of Personnel and any applicable negotiated agreement. There is a standard fiscal year rating period, which runs from July 1 to June 30 of the next year. An interim evaluation is completed at the end of December and a final evaluation is completed at the end of June.
Employees whose overall work performance is deemed unsatisfactory for any given evaluation period shall be placed on a structured improvement plan and re-evaluated at the midpoint of the next evaluation cycle. Employees who fail to perform satisfactorily during their initial evaluation period or who evidence a pattern of unsatisfactory evaluations in a subsequent year(s) shall be subject to termination at the end of the current assessment period, or before, if warranted.
Performance Improvement Plans
A performance improvement plan is a formalized, structured plan of action designed to assist employees in bringing their levels of performance up to standards required for their particular jobs. Standards of performance should be established for all major job tasks, so that employees know exactly what is expected of them in the performance of their job duties.
When a Performance Improvement Plan is Required
A performance improvement plan is required whenever a gap exists between the employee's actual performance and the expected levels of performance as described in the established performance standards.
Procedures for Implementing a Performance Improvement Plan
The following steps should be taken when a performance deficiency exists:
- The supervisor identifies the specific area(s) where the employee's performance is below standard. Examples of areas in which improvement may be required are: accuracy of work, quality of work, productivity levels, organizational skills, written and/or oral communication skills.
- The supervisor schedules a meeting with the employee to discuss the specific area(s) needing improvement.
- The supervisor prepares a list of the specific improvements that the employee needs to accomplish to bring performance up to a standard level.
- The supervisor identifies appropriate methods and possible sources of assistance to help the employee improve performance; e.g., specialized training, restructuring of tasks, monitoring, coaching. The Organizational Development and Training office in the Division of Human Resources will provide consultation in identifying training opportunities for the employee, if desired.
- The supervisor establishes a realistic timetable for completing improvements, including periodic dates when performance will be reviewed and progress assessed if different from the midpoint of the next evaluation cycle.
- Following the meeting, the supervisor provides the employee with a written summary of the improvements required, along with target dates for a review of progress and completion of improvements.
- The supervisor follows through with the implementation of the performance improvement plan, the review of performance, and constructive feedback to the employee.
If there is no significant improvement
Performance evaluations should be ongoing and the feedback the employee receives should be immediate, specific, and constructive. Performance deficiencies that persist after the implementation of an improvement plan should be reflected in the employee's formal performance evaluation. If serious performance deficiencies persist after appropriate intervention has occurred, disciplinary steps may need to be taken for failure to perform job duties, up to and including termination.
Unclassified Employees
Professional Staff
The performance evaluation process is a critical part of the reappointment process. It begins with a self-evaluation consisting of a brief description of job duties and an analysis of accomplishments for the assessment period that demonstrates the staff member's personal and professional growth and development. In addition, the professional staff member specifies his/her goals for the next evaluation period. The evaluation document is reviewed at each level of supervision and a written evaluation and recommendation concerning reappointment made up through the divisional vice president. The President reviews the document and has final approval authority concerning reappointment.
Managerial Staff
The performance evaluation process for managerial staff occurs in the spring of each year. It begins with a self-evaluation in which the manager provides a written analysis of accomplishments for the current fiscal year and includes suggested goals for the next fiscal year. In addition, the manager outlines the areas in need of improvement for the coming year.
The evaluation document is reviewed at each level of supervision and a written evaluation and recommendation concerning reappointment made up through the divisional vice president. The President reviews the document and has final approval authority concerning reappointment. This document also informs the decision concerning salary increases for the manager.


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Modern Physics and Ancient Faith
This eloquent philosophical book argues that rather than detracting from religious faith, science has proven a great deal of religious doctrine, and modern physics has helped illuminate old beliefs while continuing to augment theology.
Readers who disavow religion as so much dogma will find the author's arguments logically compelling. "For a person to accept as knowledge only what he had discovered and proved for himself from direct personal experience would put his knowledge at the level of the Stone Age," he says, dismissing cynics like chaff in the wind. He then embarks on an intellectual journey ranging from the laws of nature to Quantum Theory and along the way takes up free will and discusses whether computers can understand anything. Essentially he equates those who have blind faith in religious "proofs" with those professing scientific explanations denouncing religion.
The author's ability to explain complex scientific theory in an enlightening manner makes the book worth reading even for people who reject on its face any religion-versus-science debate. Skeptics will feel themselves pulled by the clarity and logic of Barr's discussions. His description of entropy, illustrated by how energy is dissipated by a rolling ball, is beautiful in its simplicity and hard-hitting in its conclusion.
Barr, professor of physics at University of Delaware's Bartol Research Institute, does not argue from a static position: instead of claiming that some issues are beyond science, he points out that in some instances "because the price of following facts is often perplexity," scientists must be patient and bide their time until equipment and theories are developed that can explain some phenomena.
He maintains that instead of harming the credibility of great religions, science has instead mitigated the concept of materialism and strengthened arguments for religious belief. Barr further asserts that religion expects followers to seek rational explanations for belief, not merely accept long-held ideas under the guise of faith.
The breadth of his sources is diverse and intellectually satisfying: Galileo, Augustine, and Stephen Hawking are appropriately noted and their theories and explanations are used to illustrate the author's contention that science has indeed illuminated religious thinking while diminishing materialism.
Reviewed by
Joe Mielke
Disclosure: This article is not an endorsement, but a review. The author of this book provided free copies of the book to have their book reviewed by a professional reviewer. No fee was paid by the author for this review. Foreword Reviews only recommends books that we love. Foreword Magazine, Inc. is disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255.


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If you've made a mistake or filed an incorrect tax return, it's best to tell us about it before we find out in some other way. This guide will help you put your tax returns right.
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If you tell us about your tax problems, the penalties (if any) will be much lighter than if you wait for us to find out ourselves. Learn here what your obligations as a taxpayer are, what to do if you've made a minor or genuine error, and what a voluntary disclosure is and the benefits of making one.
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From introducing new concepts to creating class scrapbooks, use Google Presents as a visual way of sharing information. View my
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Create your own Google Presentation.
Go to
Google Docs
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Be sure to make use of the Speaker Notes for narrative, notes, background information and citations. These can be printed along with the slides.
To view the Speaker Notes, choose View > Speaker Notes.
Speaker Notes can also be used for posting comments or peer evaluations. Teachers can use them for posting grades. Explore a short example at
The Giver
New Concepts
. Use the Presentation format for creating short, self-guided tutorials. Introduce the topic. Provide definitions. Show examples and non-examples. Provide some practice. Review the concept. Show practical applications. You could even link to a Google Doc worksheet or activity on the last slide.
Practice and Review Concepts
. Use the Presentation format as a flash-card type environment.
Slide 1 is the problem and slide 2 is the answer. Slide 1 is an image and slide 2 is a labeled image. Slide 1 is the first step and slide 2-5 are the subsequent steps. Slide 1 is the word and slide 2 is the definition and example. End with a link to a Google Doc worksheet or a Google Sites form quiz.
Display the problem on the slide, then just the Speaker notes to display the answer and an explanation.
Student Presentations
. Ask students to create presentations of information. Rather than simply providing slides, ask students to write a narrative in the Speaker Notes. Also, be sure that students cite their sources.
. Two students work together. Each takes a different side of the issue. Slide 1 the topic, Slide two provides the a list of opposing issues. Slide 3 introduces the first issue, Slide 4 provides one side, Slide 5 provides the other side of the issue. Slides 6-8 provide another issue related to the main topic and so on.
. Ask students to create a persuasive presentation. Use the ReadWriteThink
Persuasive Map
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. When creating scrapbooks, use the slide for the visual element of the project. Then, use the Speaker Notes for the narrative.
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But it is. "You're always going to have parents that are not confident," says Charles Valan, vice president of strategic print services at Interpublic Group of Cos.' Universal McCann, New York. "Entry-level parents is where advertisers have an opportunity to establish their loyalties."
Three top titles in the space -- Parenting, American Baby and Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing's Parents -- all boast portfolios that can offer marketers significant title-adjacencies. Alongside them are the likes of themed products from Martha Stewart (Kids and Baby), and Disney Publishing's Family Fun and indie player Working Mother.
Last year, as the average magazine audited by Publishers Information Bureau posted a 3.2% ad-page loss, Parents' pages rose 6.5%, and pages for sibling title Child rose 21.4%. At Time Inc., Parenting's pages rose 5.8%, while sibling Baby Talk's rose 9.2%, and Meredith's American Baby shot up 16.8%. All those titles, save for American Baby, remained in positive territory for the first seven months of this year.
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The latest move in the space comes from longtime ad-page leader Parents, which in late July signed on a partnership with Growing Family Network. GFN, through its First Foto arm (as the name suggests, it shoots what the company terms "the first official photos in hospitals"), leverages an early contact with new parents into product-sampling opportunities for marketers.
"It gives Parents the opportunity to reach out to parents at a pivotal time," says G&J Executive Vice President Dan Rubin, who touted a significant subscription-sales advantage for the magazine and "added value" from its association with sampling programs, which deliver small packages of key products to the moms.
The deal is particularly sweet to Mr. Rubin, as it entails grabbing a partnership from a company formerly affiliated with category competitor Time Inc. (where he was a former executive).
"We weren't getting anywhere near the value we needed out of the relationship" with First Foto, says David Kieselstein, president of Time Inc.'s Parenting Group. (However, it touted the subscriptions it got from First Foto in July's Circulation Management.) Mr. Kielselstein's group includes its own sampling concern, First Moments.
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"The game is to get the name first," says Reed Phillips, managing partner of media investment firm DeSilva & Phillips. "They figure if you're the first one in, you're the one with the long-term relationship with the new mother."
"It's still an extremely close race between the two," says Cindy McKnight, vice president and associate media director at Interpublic's Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Boston. But she also said that Time Inc.'s portfolio best hits mom "in all of her stages."
"[Time Inc.] narrowed the gap," she says, by grouping its titles and increasing circulation. (Parenting bulked up its circulation file last year, with the acquisition of about active 390,000 subscribers from the defunct Family Life.)
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The wild card, though, is the entrance of Meredith. American Baby's positioning places it in competition with Baby Talk rather than up against Parents and Parenting, and in what Vice President and Publishing Director Joe Lagani identifies as "the pre- and post-natal market" -- children up to 2 years old. But he says that Meredith, too, is looking to take a page from Parenting's new positioning, with the start up of "the Simply series," and sections called Simply Beauty, Simply Style and Simply Home.


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If you've got a great, active, visualizing sense of imagination, then SimEarth: The Living Planet might appeal to you -- and that's because it's so archaic and outdated that, when played today, you'll be forced to rely on your own innate creativity to fill in all the blanks it leaves through its limited visuals, restricted interface and lack of any real payoff for anything you achieve.
Though playing it for more than ten consecutive minutes is probably achievement enough for a game like this.
Will Wright didn't just jump right into the creation of mega-hit simulation designs like Spore and The Sims -- getting to those pinnacles of achievement in the genre was a long road, and SimEarth was one of pitstops along that path to progress that's probably best left in the past. It was an ambitious undertaking -- a follow-up to the successful SimCity that, in the early '90s, sought to expand the concept of building and managing a virtual town to building and managing an entire virtual planet. But, because it was still the early '90s, that massive scope was difficult to realize.
And so SimEarth takes a whole lot of imagination to still appreciate today, as it kaleidoscope of little square tiles all smooshed together to represent land masses, oceans, urban metropolises centers, sources of dense animal population are a far cry from the well-defined, easy-to-identify landscapes that make modern sim games much more instantly accessible. You're essentially just staring at a random grid, and figuring out what each little tile represents would take an in-depth study of the game's included Operations Guide -- which, while 13 pages long, is still not an exhaustive enough explanation for this incredibly dense and complicated design.
The interface, too, is equally obtuse -- if not more so. Because if you're able to wrap your brain around what you're seeing on the screen and successfully envision it as a world you're working to create, then you'll still be hard-pressed to know how to go about creating it. Each little option, bordering around the left and bottom of the main display, is unlabeled and unexplained. Only by trial and error will you discover how to terraform land masses, adjust civilizations' energy investments, rain down natural disasters and the like.
But, even then, it never really feels like you're achieving anything. There are some set scenarios included in this edition of SimEarth (which comes to the Virtual Console by way of Hudson's TurboGrafx-16, which explains some of its difficulty) -- but those scenarios are still too open-ended to really get a handle on how you're doing.
There's one where you're terraforming Mars, to make it suitable for human life. But how do you know when you've done it? There's one where you're placed in charge of a planet of nothing but daisy flowers, and tasks to make more daisies grow. OK, but for how long? And then there's one where you're put in control of Earth itself in 1992, and a talking cartoon Earth stares out at you from your TV screen and declares that it's up to you to solve all the world's problems -- war, famine, poverty, disease. No big deal, right?
Don't worry, though, because Cartoon Earth Guy's got great advice to get you started -- he says to focus on boosting the media. Yeah, because all the world's worries are going to go away if we could just get some better primetime TV.
The Verdict
Back in 1992, SimEarth was an ambitious and admirable undertaking that SimCity fans embraced and enjoyed as the next step in the evolution of the simulation genre -- at the time, its restrictions, limited graphics and difficult interface were just the standard. No one would have known to complain. But now, 17 years later, we've seen the incredible growth of accessibility in this category of gaming -- and it's impossible to go back. No tutorials, no real help. No reason to waste your time or money. SimEarth is one of those games that we should appreciate for its place in industry history, but not one we should spend time or money on to go back and play. Ignore this release.


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