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Strategies for Carbon Neutrality
Seattle hopes to become the world's first climate-neutral city. It's no small task: The City must account for, and reduce, the carbon footprint of everything from transportation to trash for hundreds of thousands of people. City Council President and YES! Magazine board member Richard Conlin is blogging about the city's efforts.
Moving from a carbon-based economy to a carbon-neutral economy requires a sophisticated array of strategies. There is no magic bullet—no single simple solution—that will get us there, and every approach has limitations. There are a variety of ways to characterize the types of strategies—I will draw from several different approaches to paint a picture of what I see as the six options.
Efficiency improvements. This is the most readily accessible, and builds on many technologies that we already have experience with. At its simplest, it involves taking steps like insulating buildings and improving the mileage performance of vehicles. These are often so cost effective that we save money by implementing them, and yet our legacy of cheap energy has caused us to neglect them. Let's take automobile gas mileage as an example of the steps that could be taken.
For many years, the American automobile fleet actually decreased its fuel efficiency. Partly this is due to shifting to larger cars, but there was also a basic neglect of easy technological fixes—and this is one of the reasons that the American auto companies lost so much market share to leaner overseas competition. The easy fixes must be followed by a more sophisticated approach, including moving towards smaller vehicles, hybrids, and all electric vehicles. There's no reason we can't cut vehicle carbon emissions in half or more and save money too.
Redesign. Improving efficiency necessarily involves design improvements, but at some point a threshold is crossed requiring redesign of both the component part and the system it operates in. Shifting to electric cars is an example—while the vehicle operations may dramatically reduce the emissions, it is also necessary to set up charging stations and generate the needed electricity. If we can implement a charging network and develop renewables as the source for the electricity, the carbon benefits of moving to this technology could be enormous. It's important to keep in mind, however, that even electric cars will generate carbon emissions in their manufacture, in maintaining the roads they travel on, and in developing and operating even a renewable based energy system. Again, there is no panacea, but there could be very substantial benefits with the right system design.
Shifting modes. Keeping with the automobile as the example, another step towards reducing emissions would be to reduce the number of automobile trips people take. Shifting to bicycles, walking, and transit will greatly reduce carbon emissions (although not eliminate them, especially the embedded carbon in developing and operating transit systems). In addition, reducing the necessity for trips can be an even more productive option. Telecommuting generates much less carbon than actually going to a workplace; delivering a quantity of packages to a neighborhood is much less carbon intensive than everyone going to the store and returning home. And developing compact communities, where employment, housing, shopping, and recreation can be accessed with greatly reduced transportation miles, can be very effective.
Waste Not: Seattle's Road to Zero Trash
There's simply no room for waste in a carbon neutral city.
Unlike efficiency improvements, which are often invisible to the user, or even redesign, which usually requires system changes, mode shifts can require both changes in individual behavior and changes in social and economic systems. And these can be easy (liking walking a short distance instead of driving), or very complex (like redesigning urban areas and adding transit systems, or reconfiguring work and school assignments and patterns to reduce travel).
System thinking. Redesigning whole systems is the most challenging change strategy, but this kind of rethinking will be necessary. A good example is the food system. The food system and agriculture generate somewhere between 15 percent and 20 percent of America's carbon emissions (depending on the study and what it counts). American food travels an average of 1,500 miles from farm to plate. Then there is the processing, storage, marketing, and shopping involved, not to mention the embedded carbon in each element of this system. Growing food at home can reduce a whole array of emissions; emphasizing local food has similar impacts; no-till and organic practices generate other reductions. But none of these by itself will achieve a dramatic reduction in carbon in the food system—there has to be a complex array of approaches that looks at the system as a whole, takes apart each component, takes into account the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of change, and slowly turns the ship around towards a less carbon intensive system. The carbon reduction comes, not from a single element, but from all of the changes being done together.
Carbon sequestration. These four types of strategies must all be implemented in order to achieve significant carbon reduction. We must work on all of them, and all will take time to achieve. But even together, they will not reach the carbon neutral goal. That will likely require a fifth strategy—taking carbon out of the atmosphere. Some scientists are working on sequestration strategies (like injecting carbon into underground storage) that have all kinds of issues or risks, but there are also very practical sequestration strategies around agricultural practices and forest restoration that can be implemented, and will have to be.
Carbon offsets. Finally, let me mention a sixth strategy: carbon offsets. Essentially this involves buying someone else's carbon reduction in order to balance the carbon we are generating. Offsets can be helpful in the near term, by supplying capital for energy conservation measures that would otherwise not be realized, but in the long run they are not going to solve the problem. Unless they truly involve buying sequestration, offsets cannot be part of a long range carbon neutrality strategy.
That's a quick summary of the tools we have available to us. Before digging into the details of how to use them, the next article will focus on adaptation: what we must do to address the fact that climate change is already happening.
- from Richard Conlin's blog.
How an average American family cut their carbon.
As marketers learn to fake climate-friendly food, how do we spot the real thing? Anna Lappé says it's a question of values.


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Energy1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
New Harvest Ventures
We are dedicated to the development and utilization of alternative energy projects and technologies in environmentally and economically challenged regions of the United States. Our services will be employed via consulting agreements.
This logo will be reviewed by numerous public and private sector constituencies ranging from government, investment firms, engineering groups, clean energy components manufacturers, etc.
I would like the enclosed 'sample' PDF files to generally keep the same wholesome look/feel but be modified to remove the cow and be changed over to either solar panels or a sun and or a windmill. In addition, the words "New Harvest Ventures" needs to be gracefully captured on the logo plate. The logo should convey that we are farmers in essence looking to harvest a growing field of clean energy related opportunities.
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The way to do it in hardware fully is to output an analog voltage and run that voltage through a logrithmic V-I converter to drive an led.A V-I converter can be an opamp; but the simplest would be to utilize a transistor's b-e junction non-linearity. Simple as that.
Hi dhenry.Can you point me towards any example circuits that show how to 'utilize a transistor's b-e junction non-linearity' in this way? Also how do you work out the curve that a particular transistor would give you?Btw, I plant use this if possible in two scenarios - One is pwm source > non linear correction > mosfet (to control 12 led strip)The other is pwm source > non linear correction > transistor + constant current source (to control a single hight power led)Do you think your example can integrate with both these systems?Many thanks
I was just thinking about the implications of not having pwm anymore.
On the other hand, you could use a DAC. These usually have a voltage output and you could use that as the input to a linear I-V converter.Similar restrictions as above apply, however. The ratio between drive current and light output also is not linear, so now you really have to do some math That's just another neat idea. Of course
Do you know of any drivers or pwm generators that are similar to the ws2801? Ie can be daisy chained on the spi bus or similar? I really like how modular and expandable these chips are.


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Resolution on Proposed Amendments to the USA PATRIOT Act
WHEREAS, at its 2003 Midwinter Meeting, the American Library Association passed a Resolution On The USA PATRIOT Act And Related Measures That Infringe On The Rights Of Library Users; and
WHEREAS, the American Library Association holds that, in a library, the subjects of users' interests should not be examined or scrutinized by others; and
WHEREAS, the American Library Association affirms that privacy is essential to the exercise of free speech, free thought, and free association, the foundation of our democracy; and
WHEREAS, all the states and the District of Columbia protect the confidentiality of library records; and
WHEREAS, several bills have been introduced in Congress (such as H.R. 1157, H.R. 3352, S. 1158, S.1507, S. 1552, and S. 1709) that would amend sections of the USA PATRIOT Act to address concerns of librarians and library users; and
WHEREAS, legislation has been introduced in Congress (such as H.R. 3037, The Antiterrorism Tools Enhancement Act of 2003) that would further erode the civil liberties of the public, the privacy of library users, and congressional and judicial oversight of the implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act; and
WHEREAS, legislation that further expands administrative authorities to obtain records without a court order was included in the 2004 Intelligence Authorization legislation, without due deliberation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the American Library Association supports legislation currently in Congress that will amend sections of the USA PATRIOT Act that abridge historic rights of library users so that those rights will be restored in full; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the American Library Association opposes any further initiatives on the part of the United States government to constrain the free expression of ideas or to inhibit the use of libraries; and, be it further
RESOLVED, that the American Library Association urges the United States Congress to oppose legislation, regulations, or other initiatives that threaten or further abridge the rights of inquiry and free expression.
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Just how all-American is Chinese food? We've been placing delivery orders since the 1920s, and there are now more than 41,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., nearly three times the number of McDonald's, according to Chinese Restaurant News.
With this expansion, Chinese kitchens have pushed well beyond General Tso's chicken, introducing creations like Mission Chinese Food's fiery kung pao pastrami as well as more regional dishes, from western-style cumin lamb with hand-ripped noodles to Sichuanese pepper frog legs. The result is a reinvigorated debate over what makes for authentic Chinese food, plus plenty of tantalizing, adventurous eating.
You'll find restaurants setting the bar higher in immigrant enclaves like New York City's Flushing neighborhood and California's San Gabriel Valley, but also in Vermont, Chicago, and Salt Lake City. Some are family-owned, hole-in-the-wall joints, while others have spawned celebrity chefs like Peter Chang, originally from Hubei Province.
Hunan Taste in Maryland is on the stylish end of the spectrum, with traditional design elements (calligraphy, red walls) and dishes to satisfy all comers. Choose from a Chinese menu that includes tea tree mushroom casserole and stir-fried leeks with dried bean curd, or go for the comfort of the American menu's sweet-and-sour spareribs. It's not unusual for Chinese restaurants to have differing menus or special unlisted preparations available on request.
"There are so many cool dishes that aren't being put out front; experimenting can be intimidating, but it's worth it," says Scott Drewno, executive chef of The Source, Wolfgang Puck's contemporary Asian restaurant in D.C. Drewno says he fell in love with Chinese food at age 21, while working with Puck in Vegas. Now he has put his own spin on Chinese: sesame-miso cones filled with ahi tuna; pork belly dumplings with black vinegar and chili oil; and lacquered duck with sweet-and-sour huckleberries.
The Source hosts a great-value Saturday dim sum brunch and special events; you can learn to make the dumplings yourself as part of a class timed to Chinese New Year (typically late January or early February). Dumplings are considered symbols of luck, wealth, and prosperity—a key part of the holiday feasting.
Here's a first bit of good fortune: our short list of the best Chinese restaurants across the U.S. See how many you've tried, and share your favorites in the comments below.


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that and i thought it was funny. i know there's a bunch of people who just say "well obviously castle is the best theme, so i'll never have to use this ever", and then forget about automatic crossbows and i dunno... magic or something.
and 5 votes for each just means the votes are thus far tied. it's a close race, which is good/bad. after a while, i'll just see who's winning in the arguments that this thread will eventually spawn. then i will declare them victor, and B's rules will become the official unofficial rules for automatic fire in brikwars. basically what this means is that if anyone mentions "and in this battle report, this fig had a short-range machinepistol", we all know exactly how it works.


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For the pastry dough: Whisk the eggs and vanilla in a small bowl to blend. Mix the flour, sugar, lemon zest, and salt in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub in with your fingers until the butter is the size of small peas. Add the egg mixture and mix with a fork until the dough comes together. Gather the dough into a ball. Divide the dough in 2 and flatten into disks. Wrap the dough disks in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Meanwhile, for the filling and cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Line 2 heavy large baking sheets with parchment paper. Finely chop the figs and raisins in a food processor. Add the honey, orange juice, cinnamon, and lemon zest, and pulse just to blend. Scrape the fig mixture into a medium bowl. Stir in the walnuts. Transfer the fruit mixture to a pastry bag.
Roll out 1 disk of dough on a floured work surface to 1/8 to 1/4-inch thickness. Using a 2 1/2-inch diameter biscuit cutter, cut out dough rounds. Gather the dough scraps into a disk, then cover and refrigerate while assembling the cookies. Spoon the fruit mixture in the center of each dough round. Lightly moisten the edges of the dough with the egg wash. Fold the dough over the filling and press the edges to seal. Arrange the cookies evenly apart on the prepared baking sheets. Brush the tops of the cookies with egg wash. Bake until the cookies are pale golden, about 18 minutes.
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SD Panel Reviews County's Ballot-counting Error
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Secretary of State Jason Gant has appointed a task force to review a ballot-counting problem that occurred in Davison County during South Dakota's June primary.
Gant says the task force will meet Friday in Mitchell to talk with the Davison County auditor and a representative of the company that makes the ballot counter used in the primary.
Gant says ballots from randomly selected precincts will then be counted several times to test the scanner's accuracy. The same ballots will be scanned later Friday in Sioux Falls with Minnehaha County's counting machine.
Gant says a final report will be issued by Sept. 14.
Davison County officials have said the ballot-counting problems did not affect the outcome of primary races.


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2 Millionth Cummins Engine for Ram Truck BuiltPosted in News on January 6, 2014
McDonalds might have billions and billions served (That's a heck of a lot of cheeseburgers to haul) but Cummins just achieved a milestone that will get your heart racing faster than any cheeseburger ever could. They have now built over 2 million Cummins engines for Ram (formerly known as Dodge Ram) Trucks and to help commemorate the occasion, the hard working people at Cummins have decided to give us a glimpse into what goes into making a legendary straight-six Cummins come to life.
Some of you might not be a fan of Dodge… sorry, Ram Trucks but there is no denying that Cummins has built a quality product and literally changed the world of diesel pickup trucks ever since they built the first 6BT 5.9-liter 12-valve Cummins that was destined to sit between the frame-rails of a 1989 Dodge Ram D250. Almost a quarter century later, Cummins is still a big player in the Diesel Pickup Truck market and although the competition continues to build V-8 diesels, Cummins' current 6.7-liter Direct Injected 24-valve Inline-6 still holds true to the philosophy of "Six in a row makes her go."
Check out the video of the 2 millionth Cummins engine for a Ram Truck take shape and come to life!


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How it's done
Once you have decided you need new premises for your business and you've narrowed down the potential locations, you need to lease or buy a property that works for you. Here are the questions this page will help you answer.
What commercial properties are currently available?
This property search tool will help you to identify local commercial listings that are best suited to your specific needs. Whether you are looking to lease, or buy, the listings are mapped and updated daily by commercial real estate firms across the country. Use the filters to narrow your search and find the perfect property that will position your business for success!
What are the fundamentals of commercial real estate?
In this section we provide five essential commercial real estate fundamentals to keep in mind when searching for the right space for your business.
Always have options
Don't stop looking until you find at least two or three places that work. The extra effort will pay negotiating dividends later.
Understand the costs
Don't sign any lease until you know the entire picture, including all expenses and maintenance.
Avoid emotion
Ask for a pro forma copy of the lease or purchase agreement as soon as possible and read it in detail. All commercial property deals are unique, so make sure you and your advisors pay attention to the details in the agreement.
Compare, compare, compare
Create a comparables analysis in an electronic spreadsheet that allows you to compare the relevant details of prospective properties. If you're leasing a property the basics include: leased square footage, unit lease price, incremental expenses (including maintenance), lease term required (how many years), plus pros-and-cons notes about each property. The notes will come in handy later if you need a tie-breaker when you're making the final decision.
How do I use this information?
There are many things to consider when buying or leasing a commercial property for your business. However, the most important considerations can be divided into three categories. The first is the physical property itself, including its location as well as the building and any improvements. The second consideration is the legal component and the third is costs. Here's some key questions you should seek to answer when assessing your options.
The property
- Is the space ideally located with respect to your customers, competitors, vendors and suppliers?
- Does the space meet your business requirements (e.g. size, facilities, growth potential, access, street visibility, signage, parking, security, broadband, utilities etc.)?
- Is the physical condition of the building suitable? Is there any visible or structural damage? What internal and external repairs are required, how much will they cost and who is responsible for paying them?
The legal stuff
- Do the municipal planning controls allow you to do what you need to do on the property? Are there zoning laws or building codes or covenants, that limit the changes or alterations you can make to the property? Have you checked with the municipal planning department to make sure?
- Have you determined if there's an opportunity for expansion or subletting if your business needs change in the future? What is the penalty for terminating your lease early?
- Have you engaged a real estate lawyer to do a title search, review the mortgage agreement and finalize all paperwork?
The costs
- What insurance coverage is required for the premises? Do you know what is covered by your landlord's insurance and what your business is liable for?
- What provincial and municipal taxes apply to the property?
- Have you identified all the possible operational and capital costs associated with the property over time, even the unlikely ones?
- Can you afford to lease or buy the property you are interested in, even if there are tough times?
What else do I need to know?
While we are providing you with a range of valuable information about local opportunities, the fact is that there are many other valuable sources of information to help you do this. In this section we provide you with links to other websites that will supplement our information and help your business find new opportunities.
Selecting commercial property
Choosing a commercial building
Tips For Choosing Commercial Property
Leasing commercial property
How To Lease Commercial Real Estate
Buying commercial property
Don't forget about due diligence
Buying vs leasing commercial property
Buying vs. Leasing Commercial Real Estate
One delicate decision: To lease or buy your space
Hiring a commercial real estate broker
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By Quentin Fottrell
Populist anger pushed Bank of America to abandon its proposed $5 debit-card fee last year. But for some customers, experts say new fees the bank plans to introduce in its place may be even worse.
America's second-largest bank may roll out higher monthly charges on customers who fail to maintain a certain balance, buy other products, or bank strictly online, the Wall Street Journal reports. Accounts currently being tested in Arizona, Georgia and Massachusetts carry monthly fees ranging from $6 to $25 a month — well over the debit-card fee. (Bank of America and the American Bankers Association did not respond to requests for comment.)
These higher monthly checking fees would be charged to customers who can least afford the higher rates, experts say. But the bank will spare its most valuable customers, says Odysseas Papadimitriou, chief executive of CardHub.com. "If they execute this correctly they will only alienate their most unprofitable customers," he says.
As a result, this could be even worse than the debit card fee debacle, some contend. With the earlier $5 fee, customers could still choose to abandon their debit cards, but giving up a checking account really isn't an option. Ironically, free checking accounts had been subsidized in part by the transaction fees charged to merchants each time a debit card was used, says Ben Woolsey, spokesman for CreditCards.com. Now that those transaction fees have been reduced, the subsidy is going in reverse: customer checking fees are being used to cover the cost of debit cards, he says.
The debit-card fee, along with the Occupy Wall Street movement, inspired thousands of customers to abandon big banks for credit unions. Though switching banks can be arduous, customers have less and less patience for requirements to buy certain products or maintain certain balances, especially if they can't afford it, says Woolsey. Nearly one-in-three adults said they would leave their bank if it introduced similar fees or any other overnight charges, according to a survey by consulting firm The Research Intelligence Group."Consumers now understand that they have choices and can vote with their feet," says Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.


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Sir Richard Branson's Private Game Reserve in South Africa is located in the Sabi Sand Reserve bordering Kruger National Park. Stay in either Rock Lodge which sits atop the summit of a koppie set against the backdrop of the Drakensberg Mountain range far in the distance, or Safari Lodge which was built against the banks of the dry Mabrak riverbed. Both are excellent bases from where you can discover the Big 5 during twice daily game drives and safari walks.
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Another trip around the sun ?
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Nice! More please!
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1:43 had to go back trice i thought that was a Jedi mind trick...
can it be done?!
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Ok all,
Great bunch of slashes. He definitely throws buckets! But...
Someone watch that again and tell me how many of those airs he lands....I count 2, and one of those is cut in the sequence...
Jus say'n
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haha, I am pretty sure its reversed . But the movie is pretty sweet for sure!
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yeah, cool vid, but I gotta agree with sc on this one. posting a bunch of airs and no landings isn't really honest....
that said, i can't even come close to even getting that high strapless, let alone with board in hand...
that's why i wear boots. it's simpler that way.
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I'll bet if you really tried you could miss as many airs. Just put your mind to it.
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New TDZ vid: http://vimeo.com/67690210
Anyone want to retract any of those comments about not landing strapless tricks? Sure, there are several (insane) jumps in this vid that they don't show the landing, but there are plenty where they do. My fave is around 2:00 where Rebstock boosts a big backroll, switches his stance on the way down, lands frontside and sticks it. I also love when he boosts while riding in (instead of out) and lands the trick on the wave face or just in front of it.
Mind you, they are doing some of these tricks in large winter swell that many kiters wouldn't go out in at all. I got to watch them filming at least part of this one day while kiting in February.
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TypoXP 2.0
TypoXP 2.0 is the next version of my previous popular wordpress themeTypoXP.
The key feature of this release is Widgetized. With this theme, even a new user of WordPress will get nice experience using TypoXP theme.
TypoXP has some modifications, like: TypoXP Reloaded, TypoXP Kirk Walsh,TypoXP Revisited. There's also some several translation version to many languages.
I hope this latest release not redundant with current modifcations version. In fact, it might be easier for them to extend. I still keep simplified the CSS/Layout, so it should be easier to extend or modify it.
To get the advantage of this theme, you have to install WordPress Widgets plugin. For WordPress 2.x+, this plugin is already embedded.
Check out the demo here»
- 1st Oct 2007 (v.2.0.2).
Minor correction on CSS, supporting WordPress 2.3. Please check FAQ below if you have modify previous TypoXP 2.0, to see the changes.
- 18th May 2007 (v.2.0.1).
Correcting bug on widget after upgraded to WordPress 2.2
- 21th April 2007. First released of v.2.0
Henrik Schack has done a great work doing the Localization TypoXP using Danish translation.
Please get yours here TypoXP 2.0 Localization (include Danish sample translation "da_DK.mo").
Plugin Supported
TypoXP 2.0 are prepared to display/working properly with this plugins.
- WordPress Widgets, from WordPress creator (as main feature). On WordPress 2.2, this widget are already embedded into WordPress it self.
- WordPress Recent Comments, in case you don't like standard WP recent comments
- Ultimate Tag Warrior, great tagging
- Most Viewed Widget, widget to display on sidebar of your most popular page/post. This plugin require WP-Postviews to be installed
- WP-PostRatings, nice AJAX post rating
- WP-UserOnline, to display online user
- FAlbum Recent Photos, sidebar widget for Flickr's photos. You have install FAlbum plugin first, to make this plugin work (display your Flickr photos and photosets on your site)
- Optimal Title, for better SEO title
- Sideblog, for short Aside blog
- Sociable, to make your reader easier
- Math Comment Spam Protection, protecting you from comment's spammer
Btw, if you've found a plugin which considered to be important and affect the theme, please let me know.
Recomended Plugin
This plugins are not directly affected the theme. But I strongly recommend to install to get your blog are more friendly to SEO, etc.
- Another WordPress Meta All in SEO Pack, keywords and description plugin, for SEO.
- Google Sitemap, your Google will love it
- Google Analyticator, yes, you'll need this to know your visitor profile
- there's some plugins are quite important. I guess you'll find it yourself
With all supported plugins above, your blog would be complete enough as a good blog.
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There's some ID changes on WordPress 2.3. So please add this to style.css
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(a) Each inventory shall list, as of the date of death of the decedent or the date of appointment of the guardian of the ward, as the case may be, the real and personal property which has come to the knowledge of the representative and any cause of action on which the representative has a right to sue. The inventory in a decedent's estate under supervised administration or in the estate of a minor or disabled person shall be verified and shall comply with the provisions of this rule.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Section 14-1 [755 ILCS 5/14-1], each inventory shall state the approximate total value of the personal estate (exclusive of those assets included in the inventory pursuant to paragraph (g) of this rule), the approximate annual income from the real estate in the possession of the representative, and that the bond of an individual representative complies with the provisions of Section 12-5 [755 ILCS 5/12-5].
(c) Consecutive item numbers, commencing with Arabic 1, shall be assigned to each item inventories and carried forward into the first account. Numbers so assigned shall be supplemented by additional consecutive item numbers for items added in subsequent inventories and accounts. A value need not be assigned to an inventoried item other than a bank account or similar property normally described in terms of an amount.
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(i) Descriptions of real estate shall include the legal description and approximate size of each parcel, street address if any, the improvements thereon, and years for which taxes have not been paid. If any real estate is encumbered, the inventory shall include a description of the encumbrance and the principal balance owing at the date of death or at the date of appointment of the guardian, as the case may be. If a beneficial interest in real estate is an asset of the estate, the name and address of the trustee and other identifying information shall be stated. As to each parcel of real estate listed, the inventory shall state whether the representative is in possession, and, if not, the reason for not being in possession. (See Section 20-1)[755 ILCS 5/20-1].
(ii) Descriptions of stock shall include the number of shares, class of stock, exact corporate title and state of incorporation if necessary for the purpose of identification. Description of bonds shall include the total face value, name of obliger, kind of bond, rate of interest, date of maturity, interest dates, coupons attached or date to which interest is paid and endorsements. Descriptions of notes shall include the face amount and unpaid balance, date of note, date of maturity, name of maker, interest dates, rate of interest, date to which interest is paid, endorsements and, if secured, a description of the security. Descriptions of other securities (such as mutual funds, unit investment trusts, etc.) shall contain information consistent with the foregoing.
(iii) Descriptions of partnership interests shall include the partnership name and address and the interest of the estate.
(iv) If any tangible or intangible personal property is encumbered, the inventory shall include a description of the encumbrance and the principal balance owing at the date of death or at the date of appointment of the guardian, as the case may be.
(v) Descriptions of causes of action shall include the name of the person against whom the cause of action exists, its nature, and if suit has been instituted, the title, name of the court where pending and case number.
(e) Each inventory in a decedent's estate under supervised administration shall be filed with the clerk. Each inventory in the estate of a minor or disabled person shall be presented for approval to the judge to whom the case is assigned.
(f) An amended or supplemental inventory shall be filed if:
(i) Real or personal property has been erroneously described in a prior inventory;
(ii) Assets have been improperly included in or excluded from a prior inventory; or
(iii) Additional assets have come to the knowledge of the representative.
A supplemental inventory or an amendment to an inventory need not repeat assets correctly described in a prior inventory.
(g) In addition, each inventory of a guardian of the estate of a disabled person shall list separately any joint tenancy accounts and other assets in which the disabled person has an interest but which would not be subject to administration in a decedent's estate, and shall state the nature of the interest. The court may issue an order (1) freezing any or all assets so listed until further order of the court, and (2) requiring the guardian to give notice to all other persons who may have an interest in those assets.
(h) In a decedent's estate under supervised administration, authority to the representative to pay all or part of a distributive share before 6 months after issuance of letters will be granted only after filing of the inventory.
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text: RussiaFeed News Videos BREAKING: ISIS claims responsibility for terrorist knife attack in Russia Published 2 years ago on August 19, 2017 By Adam 0 Views Share Tweet A terrorist brandishing a knife wounded seven civilians in the Russian city of Surgut. Russian police killed the terrorist before he was able to inflict more harm on innocent people. While early reports suggested the man was mentally ill, the international Salafist terrorist group ISIS, also known as Daesh has claimed responsibility through one of their online propaganda outlets. Surgut has a population of 348,643 Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Related Topics:RussiaISISterrorismSurgutimgx Up Next BREAKING: ISIS claims responsibility for terrorist knife attack in Russia Don't Miss The New Prince: What does Charlottesville teach about America's class consciousness? 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Vote Up0Vote Down ReplyAugust 19, 2017 17:28GuestSimonYeah sure right. Give it a rest. As if there are so many cases of that having happened in the US. Gun nuts – please keep your philosophy in your own country. And by the way – there WAS a guy there with a gun, and he did intervene and stop the carnage, and he was trained and authorised by the power of the State to do so. Vote Up0Vote Down ReplyAugust 19, 2017 20:08GuestD.DWhere in the above article does it say that anyone was murdered? Vote Up0Vote Down ReplyAugust 19, 2017 20:36GuestJan MorrisIt appears that the innocent people were merely injured, and not murdered, but the principle is the same. Responsible people carrying loaded guns can reduce violent crimes. Vote Up0Vote Down ReplyAugust 19, 2017 17:37 Latest Trump Demands Tribute from NATO Vassals The one thing that we should all understand, and which Trump perfectly and clearly understands, is that the members of NATO are a captive audience. Published 5 days ago on March 22, 2019 By Strategic Culture Foundation Authored by Tim Kirby via The Strategic Culture Foundation: Regardless of whether one loves or hates President Trump at least we can say that his presidency has a unique flavor and is full of surprises. Bush and Obama were horribly dull by comparison. Trump as a non-politician from the world of big (real estate) business and media has a different take on many issues including NATO. Many, especially in Russia were hoping that "The Donald's" campaign criticism of NATO would move towards finally putting an end to this anti-Russian alliance, which, after the fall of Communism really has no purpose, as any real traditional military threats to Europe have faded into history. However, Trump as President of the United States has to engage in the "realpolitik" of 21st century America and try to survive and since Trump seems rather willing to lie to get what he wants, who can really say which promises from his campaign were a shoot and which were a work. So as it stands now Trump's recent decision to maintain and build US/NATO bases across the world "and make country X pay for it" could mean anything from him trying to keep his campaign promises in some sort of skewed way, to an utter abandonment of them and submission to the swamp. Perhaps it could simply be his business instincts taking over in the face of "wasteful spending". Making allies have to pay to have US/NATO forces on their territory is a massive policy shift that one could only predict coming from the unpredictable 45th President. The one thing that we should all understand, and which Trump perfectly and clearly understands, is that the members of NATO (and other "allies") are a captive audience, especially Germany, Japan and South Korea, which "coincidentally" are the first set of countries that will have to pay the "cost + 50%" to keep bases and US soldiers on their soil. Japan's constitution, written primarily by American occupation forces forbids them from having a real military which is convenient for Trump's plan. South Korea, although a very advanced and wealthy nation has no choice but to hide behind the US might because if it were to disappear overnight, then Gangnam would be filled with pictures of the Kim family within a few weeks. In the past with regard to these three countries NATO has had to keep up the illusion of wanting to "help" them and work as "partners" for common defense as if nuclear and economic titan America needs countries like them to protect itself. Trump whether consciously or not is changing the dynamic of US/NATO occupation of these territories to be much more honest. His attitude seems to be that the US has the possibility to earn a lot of money from a worldwide mafia-style protection scam. Vassals have no choice but to pay the lord so Trump wants to drop the illusions and make the military industrial complex profitable again and God bless him for it. This level of honesty in politics is refreshing and it reflects the Orange Man's pro-business and "America will never be a socialist country" attitude. It is blunt and ideologically consistent with his worldview. On the other hand, one could look at this development as a possible move not to turn NATO into a profitable protection scam but as a means to covertly destroy it. Lies and illusion in politics are very important, people who believe they are free will not rebel even if they have no freedom whatsoever. If people are sure their local leaders are responsible for their nation they will blame them for its failings rather than any foreign influence that may actually be pulling the real strings. Even if everyone in Germany, Japan and South Korea in their subconscious knows they are basically occupied by US forces it is much harder to take action, than if the "lord" directly demands yearly tribute. The fact that up to this point US maintains its bases on its own dime sure adds to the illusion of help and friendship. This illusion is strong enough for local politicians to just let the status quo slide on further and further into the future. Nothing is burning at their feet to make them act… having to pay cost + 50% could light that fire. Forcing the locals to pay for these bases changes the dynamic in the subconscious and may force people's brains to contemplate why after multiple-generations the former Axis nations still have to be occupied. Once occupation becomes expensive and uncomfortable, this drops the illusion of friendship and cooperation making said occupation much harder to maintain. South Korea knows it needs the US to keep out the North but when being forced to pay for it this may push them towards developing the ability to actually defend themselves. Trump's intellectual "honesty" in regards to NATO could very well plant the necessary intellectual seeds to not just change public opinion but make public action against US/NATO bases in foreign countries. Japan has had many protests over the years against US bases surging into the tens of thousands. This new open vassal status for the proud Japanese could be the straw to break the camel's back. Predicting the future is impossible. But it is clear that, changing the fundamental dynamic by which the US maintains foreign bases in a way that will make locals financially motivated to have them removed, shall significantly affect the operations of US forces outside the borders of the 50 States and make maintaining a global presence even more difficult, but perhaps this is exactly what the Orange Man wants or is just too blind to see. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest High-ranking Ukrainian official reports on US interference in Ukraine It is not usually the case that an American media outlet tells the truth about Ukraine, but it appears to have happened here. Published 6 days ago on March 20, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch The Hill committed what may well have been a random act of journalism when it reported that Ukrainian Prosecutor General, Yuriy Lutsenko, told Hill.tv's reporter John Solomon that the American ambassador to that country, Marie Yovanovitch, gave him a "do not prosecute" list at their first meeting. Normally, all things Russia are covered by the American press as "bad", and all things Ukraine are covered by the same as "good." Yet this report reveals quite a bit about the nature of the deeply embedded US interests that are involved in Ukraine, and which also attempt to control and manipulate policy in the former Soviet republic. The Hill's piece continues (with our added emphases): "Unfortunately, from the first meeting with the U.S. ambassador in Kiev, [Yovanovitch] gave me a list of people whom we should not prosecute," Lutsenko, who took his post in 2016, told Hill.TV last week. "My response of that is it is inadmissible. Nobody in this country, neither our president nor our parliament nor our ambassador, will stop me from prosecuting whether there is a crime," he continued. Indeed, the Prosecutor General appears to be a man of some principles. When this report was brought to the attention of the US State Department, the response was predictable: The State Department called Lutsenko's claim of receiving a do not prosecute list, "an outright fabrication." "We have seen reports of the allegations," a department spokesperson told Hill.TV. "The United States is not currently providing any assistance to the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), but did previously attempt to support fundamental justice sector reform, including in the PGO, in the aftermath of the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. When the political will for genuine reform by successive Prosecutors General proved lacking, we exercised our fiduciary responsibility to the American taxpayer and redirected assistance to more productive projects." This is an amazing statement in itself. "Our fiduciary responsibility to the American taxpayer"? Are Americans even aware that their country is spending their tax dollars in an effort to manipulate a foreign government in what can probably well be called a low-grade proxy war with the Russian Federation? Again, this appears to be a slip, as most American media do a fair job of maintaining the narrative that Ukraine is completely independent and that its actions regarding the United States and Russia are taken in complete freedom. Hill.TV has reached out to the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine for comment. Lutsenko also said that he has not received funds amounting to nearly $4 million that the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine was supposed to allocate to his office, saying that "the situation was actually rather strange" and pointing to the fact that the funds were designated, but "never received." "At that time we had a case for the embezzlement of the U.S. government technical assistance worth 4 million U.S. dollars, and in that regard, we had this dialogue," he said. "At that time, [Yovanovitch] thought that our interviews of Ukrainian citizens, of Ukrainian civil servants, who were frequent visitors of the U.S. Embassy put a shadow on that anti-corruption policy." "Actually, we got the letter from the U.S. Embassy, from the ambassador, that the money that we are speaking about [was] under full control of the U.S. Embassy, and that the U.S. Embassy did not require our legal assessment of these facts," he said. "The situation was actually rather strange because the funds we are talking about were designated for the prosecutor general's office also and we told [them] we have never seen those, and the U.S. Embassy replied there was no problem." "The portion of the funds, namely 4.4 million U.S. dollars were designated and were foreseen for the recipient Prosecutor General's office. But we have never received it," he said. Yovanovitch previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Armenia under former presidents Obama and George W. Bush, as well as ambassador to Kyrgyzstan under Bush. She also served as ambassador to Ukraine under Obama. Former Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), who was at the time House Rules Committee chairman, voiced concerns about Yovanovitch in a letter to the State Department last year in which he said he had proof the ambassador had spoken of her "disdain" for the Trump administration. This last sentence may be a way to try to narrow the scope of American interference in Ukraine down to the shenanigans of just a single person with a personal agenda. However, many who have followed the story of Ukraine and its surge in anti-Russian rhetoric, neo-Naziism, ultra-nationalism, and the most recent events surrounding the creation of a pseudo-Orthodox "church" full of Ukrainian nationalists and atheists as a vehicle to import "Western values" into a still extremely traditional and Christian land, know that there are fingerprints of the United States "deep state" embeds all over this situation. It is somewhat surprising that so much that reveals the problem showed up in just one report. It will be interesting to see if this gets any follow-up in the US press. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest President Putin's anti-fake news law is brilliant, but the West makes more Western media slams President Putin and his fake news law, accusing him of censorship, but an actual look at the law reveals some wisdom. Published 7 days ago on March 20, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch The TASS Russian News Agency reported on March 18th that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new law intended to block distorted or untrue information being reported as news. Promptly after he did so, Western news organizations began their attempt to "spin" this event as some sort of proof of "state censorship" in the oppressive sense of the old Soviet Union. In other words, a law designed to prevent fake news was used to create more fake news. One of the lead publications is a news site that is itself ostensibly a "fake news" site. The Moscow Times tries to portray itself as a Russian publication that is conducted from within Russian borders. However, this site and paper is really a Western publication, run by a Dutch foundation located in the Netherlands. As such, the paper and the website associated have a distinctly pro-West slant in their reporting. Even Wikipedia noted this with this comment from their entry about the publication: In the aftermath of the Ukrainian crisis, The Moscow Times was criticized by a number of journalists including Izvestia columnist Israel Shamir, who in December 2014 called it a "militant anti-Putin paper, a digest of the Western press with extreme bias in covering events in Russia".[3] In October 2014 The Moscow Times made the decision to suspend online comments after an increase in offensive comments. The paper said it disabled comments for two reasons—it was an inconvenience for its readers as well as being a legal liability, because under Russian law websites are liable for all content, including user-generated content like comments.[14] This bias is still notably present in what is left of the publication, which is now an online-only news source. This is some of what The Moscow Times had to say about the new fake news legislation: The bills amending existing information laws overwhelmingly passed both chambers of Russian parliament in less than two months. Observers and some lawmakers have criticized the legislation for its vague language and potential to stifle free speech. The legislation will establish punishments for spreading information that "exhibits blatant disrespect for the society, government, official government symbols, constitution or governmental bodies of Russia." Insulting state symbols and the authorities, including Putin, will carry a fine of up to 300,000 rubles and 15 days in jail for repeat offenses. As is the case with other Russian laws, the fines are calculated based on whether the offender is a citizen, an official or a legal entity. More than 100 journalists and public figures, including human rights activist Zoya Svetova and popular writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya, signed a petition opposing the laws, which they labeled "direct censorship." This piece does give a bit of explanation from Dmitry Peskov, showing that European countries also have strict laws governing fake news distribution. However, the Times made the point of pointing out the idea of "insulting governmental bodies of Russia… including Putin" to bolster their claim that this law amounts to real censorship of the press. It developed its point of view based on a very short article from Reuters which says even less about the legislation and how it works. However, TASS goes into rather exhaustive detail about this law, and it also gives rather precise wording on the reason for the law's passage, as well as how it is to be enforced. This law is brilliant, for it hits the would-be slanderer right where it counts – in the pocketbook. We include most of this text here, with emphases added: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on blocking untrue and distorting information (fake news). The document was posted on the government's legal information web portal. The document supplements the list of information, the access to which may be restricted on the demand by Russia's Prosecutor General or his deputies. In particular, it imposes a ban on "untrue publicly significant information disseminated in the media and in the Internet under the guise of true reports, which creates a threat to the life and (or) the health of citizens, property, a threat of the mass violation of public order and (or) public security, or the threat of impeding or halting the functioning of vital infrastructural facilities, transport or social infrastructure, credit institutions, energy, industrial or communications facilities." Pursuant to the document, in case of finding such materials in Internet resources registered in accordance with the Russian law on the mass media as an online media resource, Russia's Prosecutor General or his deputies will request the media watchdog Roskomnadzor to restrict access to the corresponding websites. Based on this request, Roskomnadzor will immediately notify the editorial board of the online media resource, which is in violation of the legislation, about the need to remove untrue information and the media resource will be required to delete such materials immediately. If the editorial board fails to take the necessary measures, Roskomnadzor will send communications operators "a demand to take measures to restrict access to the online resource." In case of deleting such untrue information, the website owner will notify Roskomnadzor thereof, following which the media watchdog will "hold a check into the authenticity of this notice" and immediately inform the communications operator about the resumption of the access to the information resource. The conditions for the law are very specific, as are the penalties for breaking it. TASS continued: Liability for breaching the law Simultaneously, the Federation Council approved the associated law with amendments to Russia's Code of Administrative Offences, which stipulates liability in the form of penalties of up to 1.5 million rubles (around $23,000) for the spread of untrue and distorting information. The Code's new article, "The Abuse of the Freedom of Mass Information," stipulates liability for disseminating "deliberately untrue publicly significant information" in the media or in the Internet. The penalty will range from 30,000 rubles ($450) to 100,000 rubles ($1,520) for citizens, from 60,000 rubles ($915) to 200,000 rubles ($3,040) for officials and from 200,000 rubles to 500,000 rubles ($7,620) for corporate entities with the possible confiscation of the subject of the administrative offence. In addition, the law introduces some new elements of offence, one of which stipulates sanctions for creating obstacles to the functioning of life support facilities, transport or social infrastructure, communications, energy and industrial facilities and credit institutions by way of disseminating fake news. In such instances, fines will range from 100,000 rubles to 300,000 rubles ($4,570) for citizens, from 300,000 rubles to 600,000 rubles ($9,150) for officials and from 500,000 rubles to 1 million rubles ($15,240) for corporate entities. Another element of offence imposes tighter liability for the cases when the publication of false publicly significant information has resulted in the deaths of people, has caused damage to the health or property, prompted the mass violation of public order and security or has caused disruption to the functioning of transport or social infrastructure facilities, communications, energy and industrial facilities and banks. In such instances, the fines will range from 300,000 rubles to 400,000 rubles ($6,090) for citizens, from 600,000 rubles to 900,000 rubles ($13,720) for officials, and from 1 million rubles to 1.5 million rubles for corporate entities. While this legislation can be spun (and is) in the West as anti-free speech, one may also consider the damage that has taken place in the American government through a relentless attack of fake news from most US news outlets against President Trump. One of the most notable effects of this barrage has been to further degrade and destroy the US' relationship with the Russian Federation, because even the Helsinki Summit was attacked so badly that the two leaders have not been able to get a second summit together. While it is certainly a valued right of the American press to be unfettered by Congress, and while it is also certainly vital to criticize improper practices by government officials, the American news agencies have gone far past that, to deliberately dishonest attacks, based in innuendo and everything possible that was formerly only the province of gossip tabloid publications. The effort has been to defame the President, not to give proper or due criticism to his policies, nor credit. It can be properly stated that the American press has abused its freedom of late. This level of abuse drew a very unusual comment from the US president, who wondered on Twitter about the possibility of creating a state-run media center in the US to counter fake news: ….and false way. Something has to be done, including the possibility of the United States starting our own Worldwide Network to show the World the way we really are, GREAT! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2018 Politically correct for US audiences? No. But an astute point? Definitely. Freedom in anything also presumes that those with that freedom respect it, and further, that they respect and apply the principle that slandering people and institutions for one's own personal, business or political gain is wrong. Implied in the US Constitution's protection of the press is the notion that the press itself, as the rest of the country, is accountable to a much Higher Authority than the State. 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- The East Central University women's basketball team picked up their seventh road win of the season, with a 74-59 win over Southern Arkansas at the Watson Athletic Center that gave them sole possession of first place in the Great American Conference standings.
The Lady Tigers (16-4, 11-3 GAC) were led by junior Alycea Price, who tallied a career-best 16 points and added four rebounds. Sophomore Taylor Fischer was a catalyst in the first half, going 4-of-5 from beyond the arc for a season-best 12 points. Sophomore Dilan Webster and senior Kodi Morrison each added 11 points, while junior Ashley Robison garnered a career-high 16 rebounds.
The teams started the first half slowly, with ECU scoring two points on free-throws and SAU adding a shot from the floor in the first minute. Neither team scored for the next minute and it was the Lady Tigers that got the scoring going with a 13-2 run over the next 3:30 to take a 15-4 lead with 13:15 left to play. ECU kept the lead in double digits for the rest of the half and went into the locker room with a 40-23 advantage.
The second half was a much closer battle, with the Lady Muleriders (0-19, 0-14 GAC) out-scoring ECU 34-36 in the second half. The Lady Tigers lead by at least 10 for the entire stanza, with SAU cutting a 20-point lead to 10 in the first six minutes of the game with an 8-2 run. However, the Lady Tigers countered with a 7-2 run and never let the Lady Muleriders get closer than 10 points the rest of the game on their way to a 74-59 win.
"I feel like we played well in racing out to a 17-point lead in the first half," said head coach Kent Franz. "We then hit a three right away in the second, but then I feel like we coasted the rest of the half and I was disappointed in that. I am happy that we came away with the win because road wins are hard to come by in this conference, but we will have to play a full 40 minutes from now on if we want to win."
While ECU did not tally a shooting percentage of over .500 for the second time this season against SAU, the Lady Tigers did hit 41.9% (26-of-62) of their overall shots and 46.7% (7-of-15) of the triples they attempted. ECU also held the Lady Muleriders to a 32.3% (21-of-65) mark overall and 18.8% (3-of-16) from beyond the arc.
The Lady Tigers will finish out a two-game trip in the state of Arkansas, Saturday, Feb. 9 when they battle with Arkansas-Monticello at 2 p.m. in Steelman Fieldhouse.
Tonight's win and a loss by Southwestern Oklahoma State pushed ECU into lone possession of first place in the GAC standings. The Lady Tigers were in a three-way tie for first with Southwestern and Ouachita Baptist, who was idle tonight, but are now a half-game ahead of OBU and Arkansas Tech.


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Just a quick note to say that we've been experiencing some trouble with the download credit system... specifically, the system that grants free download credits to every user every day. The number of users has gotten to the point where the system is getting a bit backed up. On Feb 17th this backup led to some people not getting their free DC as expected.
Due to the backup, be aware that the time that you receive your free daily DC may have changed. Also be aware that it may change from day to day (your credits may refill at 1:00pm one day, and then at 2:30pm the next).
That being said, it shouldn't really make much of a difference when your credits are topped off: let's say they get topped off at 9:00pm. You don't need to log in at 9:00 pm and user your credits right that night so that they get topped off the next day. Rather, you can log in the next morning, and use your credits then, and they should still get topped off again around 9:00pm. The process works on a 24-hour cycle, not a date cycle... does that make sense?
If you are experiencing further trouble with the system, please see this post.
I am very sorry for any trouble or inconvenience that you have experienced, and am determined to make things work better! Thank you for your patience while I work to rebuild this system to be more dependable, and less confusing!


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I tell you EG x3. If you have the funds, straight bet them to reach the same payout if you were to hit all of them. Fok you would be killin it. Betting that much, you'll get the rush.
The first parlay I hit many years ago was 10 bucks...... 6 team baseball runline parlay. Paid out $1560. I was a 5 team, 6 team betting machine. Runlines, also. I don't know how many times I lost just because the team didnt win by 2.
Anyways, I know you know your garbage. It's hard enough to hit em straight, and your killin it. stack them chips
Not seein much yet in NBA,but one bet U198 Lakers. I was gonna play it anyway under and has dropped 1.5 pts this morning from 199. Like lakers also to close it out,but on ML only.
Leaning Bulls right now,but nothin confirmed yet.
Good Luck today 25 Dimes!
Hey ED,what you shoulda done is straight bet every parlay game also.
Parlays are the devil.
Originally Posted by Plisskin76: Crush,I'm heading to green valley again if ur around. Prolly be there round 7pm.
I'll catch you next time, Plisskin....... Good luck tonight! Let me know how it goes when you have a chance to hit that poker room.


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16″ WestThursday, October 13th, 2011
A couple of months ago the Sammy Ofer Wing of the NMM was opened to much hoo-ha. I've refrained thus far from making any serious judgement on the museum itself as I just can't believe 'that's it' – empty space, 'virtual' objects and a single gallery of big-hitters dominated by a giant white block. The excellent Ocean Liners exhibition has been turned into a massive gift store, the whole of the former front closed off – there just has to be more than this. The boast in the first cabinet of the greatest-hits room claims over 2 million objects. When I was there the mutter around me was definitely of the 'well let's see some of them then…' variety.
And my postbag's reflected it. Pretty much everyone thinks the actual building is really good, but WestCliffGB sums it up when he says "beautiful, but not really, really working.' As a museum it's a great cafe, restaurant and gift shop.
But now I see there is a new gallery – Traders: the East India Company and Asia – which I haven't got to yet (I think it's opened, but can't be sure) so I have renewed hope that we'll start to see some actual objects rather than massive open spaces with nowt going on in them.
So it's about time I mentioned what is working – and working really well. The cafe downstairs is excellent, with friendly staff, good coffee and nice snacks. I've not dared have any of the fabulous-looking cakes, but the juices especially are fresh, tasty and actually pretty cheap compared with other places.
It gets a bit nutty in the afternoons – unsurprising, really, given the proximity to the park – and my only complaint is not actually with the cafe itself but with whatever idiot thought of creating a groovy water feature at kiddie-height that is forbidden to kiddies.
Don't these people know that children are drawn to water like looters to Footlocker, especially toddle-deep moving water? There are now big stripy bands across the top and bottom to prevent paddling (as though that's going to stop it…) which I'm sure the architect didn't have in mind for the minimalist look of the thing, but I place any blame firmly at said architect's feet.
Oh, bloody hell, I've gone off on one again and I haven't even mentioned the subject of today's post yet. Central Greenwich's secret restaurant, 16″ West. It's upstairs from the cafe and I suspect it's going to suffer from the basic problem that you have to know it's there, which is a shame since it's becoming one of my favourites.
I actually visited for lunch on their very first day, but I was keen to go in the evening too, to see what the difference would be, so it's taken until now to get round to it.
It's in one of those big glass rooms just above the entrance hall, which means that you have to walk up the slope from King William Walk. At night this feels slightly 'naughty', as though you're getting to go somewhere you shouldn't normally be, though if you're hoping for a quick sneaky at the three and a half exhibits actually on view forget it; it's a dead-end, I've tried. So have sundry gaggles of teenagers who, periodically, during the meal mooch past the benighted upper level, only to mooch back again ten minutes later.
As it's got glass walls you might expect a fabulous view of the park, and, during the day, you get a nice bit of green but not really a 'view' as such – not least because it's set back, so there's a three-foot concrete wall in the way. I suspect that this might improve in the winter when the trees shed and we'll get glimpses of vista, though of course it will get dark more quickly and once it's dark all you get is yourself reflected in the glass anyway.
As regulars readers will know, I'm no fan of minimalism in restaurants. 16″ West gets the benefit of the doubt because it's a modern building which might look a bit weird if they added much plush to it (though personally I'd have given it a go…big white swags of gauze over the windows at night might make it feel a bit more homely) but all the same I could have done with a nice crisp tablecloth given the prices they're charging – during the day I'm fine with the canteen feel; at night I want a bit of luxury.
But herewith ends the carping. Both times I've eaten here have been an absolute joy – the food has been excellent, but, even better, the service is fabulous. Friendly, solicitous and keen to please without being obsequious.
The potted Severn & Wye hot-smoked salmon with Irish soda bread is worth ordering just for the bread – the best I've tasted, though I confess to being greedy and shameless enough to ask for more when the tiny amount supplied ran out (doesn't matter where I go there never seems to be enough bread supplied with pate – something I don't get – surely it's the cheapest bit of the dish?) I was looking forward to ordering it a second time when I came again, but word had got round and they'd run out, so I had the fishcakes instead, which were pretty good too. My pal's plate of charcuterie was wolfed down.
For mains, there's a big old list of various things, all of which are sustainably and Britishly sourced, listed under 'From the Farm,' (meat) 'From England's Coastline,' (fish and seafood) 'From the Field' (vegetarian.) Between us we had, on sundry occasions, the Lamb burger, Steak, Gnocchi and Sea bass, of which the lamb burger went down best, but all were enjoyable. The sea bass was particularly tender.
I don't normally eat puddings, but I was intrigued by the cheese, one of which I hadn't heard of. I eat all cheeses (even that stuff from Blackheath Market that stinks out the entire Phantom household) but my friend doesn't like soft varieties, so we asked about the one we hadn't heard of (the Rosary Ash, in case you're wondering). A nice, hard cheese, we were told. The other one was soft, so we agreed to have the standard selection between us. Both cheeses turned out to be soft, which at least meant my greed was further assuaged.
When I pointed this out to the waiter, not in a way that was complaining (I was fine, thank you very much, I had two cheeses to eat…), more to let him know that his 'hard' cheese was actually more like Brie, he was all apologies and ran off to take money off the bill without being asked. Then he brought extra crackers for no real reason other than niceness.
The food at 16″ West is very good – one or two teething issues; nothing that probably hasn't been fixed by now. But the service is excellent, it's a real pleasure to eat here. It's somewhere I can take friends and parents and I'd be happy to book it for a special occasions, too. I just hope people get used to remembering where the hell it is, tucked away and secret as it is.


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- Saturday, July 16 at 1:00pm: Screening - The Muppet Movie with Austin Pendleton in person (Max)
- Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31 at 1:00pm: Screening and Special Event - "Muppet History 101" presented by Craig Shemin, president of The Jim Henson Legacy
- Saturday, July 30 at 3:00pm: Special Event - "Hands Up! Heads Down!" An Inside Look at Puppetry for Television presented by Craig Shemin and Stephanie D'Abruzzo, veteran Sesame Street performer
- Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14 at 1:00pm: Screening and Live Event - The Dark Crystal with puppeteer Kathy Mullen (Kira, Mokey Fraggle) in person
- Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August 21 at 1:00pm: Screening and Live Event - The Muppets Take Manhattan with production designer Stephen Hendrickson and costume designer Calista Hendrickson
- Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18 at 1:00pm: Screening and Live Event - The Storyteller, "The Soldier and the Death" with puppeteer Fran Brill
- Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18 at 3:00pm: Family Workshop - Puppet Building with Noel MacNeal
- Sunday, September 18 at 4:00pm: Screening and Live Event - An Afternoon with Jane Henson: "Look Both Ways and Go"
- Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25 at 1:00pm: Screening - Muppet Music Moments: A Weekend Celebration of Jim Henson's Birthday with music consultant Larry Grossman
If you're in the New York area, be sure to check out some of these special events and the absolutely amazing exhibit that is Jim Henson's Fantastic World! A chance to meet Fran Brill, Noel MacNeal, Austin Pendleton, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Craig Shemin, and the one and only Jane Henson is presented for you... take advantage of it if you can! I promise it's worth it!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, email@example.com


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Collinsport, an isolated fishing village on the Maine coast. At its centre lies the ominous Collinwood mansion, home of the wealthy Collins family. Those who dare to live at Collinwood find themselves the victims of ghosts, witchcraft and the supernatural, as they fight the spectre of vampirism that curses the Collins family name across the centuries.
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by Tom Utescher
Penn Charter lost five seniors from its 2011 field hockey squad, but the Quakers have a good number of talented and experienced players returning as they look to improve on a fourth-place finish in the Girls Inter-Ac League last fall. Charter has a total of eight seniors and juniors back in uniform, and the strong sophomore class is definitely ready for prime time this autumn.
Among the team's recent graduates was starting goalie Liz Cahn, and right now the leading candidates to step into the cage are Kennedy Kline and Emily Ominsky, both sophomores.
Fortunately, the young keepers will have an experienced defense in front of them, starting with sweep Molly Mornhinweg and fellow senior Anna Wills, the center back. Wills has already committed to play at Bucknell University, where her older sister, Liz, started every game for the Bison bunch as a freshman last fall.
In PC's first scrimmage of the 2012 preseason, the other starting backs were senior Allison Rogers and sophomore Sophie Eldridge.
Senior center midfielder Molly Pighini (team co-captain along with Wills) was flanked by senior Claudia Stedman and sophomore Tara Murphy. The blend of experience and young talent carries through to the forward line, where seniors Katy Decker and Katherine O'Donnell are joined by sophomore Avery Shoemaker.
Another 10th-grader who played with the varsity last year, Grace Harbison, is also a forward, and lending depth to the defensive unit are junior Gabrielle Bembry and sophomores Dolly Segal and Layne Wolfington. A promising junior athlete, Lauren Matt, is out for the season with an injury, but she'll make a highly competent manager for the squad.
Last fall, former Middlebury College hockey and lacrosse star Channing Weymouth arrived at Penn Charter as a humble assistant field hockey coach, but she quickly became the go-to woman around the athletic department. She took the reins of the varsity lacrosse team last spring, and she is now PC's Associate Director of Athletics for Girls and the head coach for field hockey.
After graduating from Middlebury in 2006, Weymouth was an assistant coach both at her alma mater and at Connecticut College.
Two 2012 college graduates are assistant coaches for the Quakers this season. PC's own Becca Foley ('08) has just emerged from Franklin & Marshall College. Her father, Ed, is an athletic administrator at Penn Charter and her brother Ted is a multi-sport athlete who is starting his senior year at the school. The other assistant, Therese Doyle, recently completed her career at St. Joseph's University, and is a product of Merion Mercy Academy.
Jenn Milano, currently a student at Philadelphia University just down the street, will also help out the Quakers.


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I just received my "Vote No on 300" mailer today. I am baffled by the claims it makes. The one that was the most ironic to me was "Facts are just collateral damage in the activist war on fracking." That people who are against fracking next to our homes and schools in Longmont are fueled by "passion for a cause" rather than by scientific evidence or facts.
The truth is that the people who are pushing this dirty industry into our city are the ones distorting or ignoring the facts. Here are the facts that have fueled my passion.
Water: The pro-frackers want us to believe that there has never been a single instance of water pollution from fracking. "Not one. And that's the truth." Apparently they're using second-grade logic, holding steadfast to this claim while looking us straight in the eye and hoping it will be enough to convince us. Information readily available to the public on the COGCC website would suggest otherwise. On Aug. 1, 2009, Mr. Norman Anderson filed a complaint with the COGCC alleging that his water well had been contaminated by fracking operations. Long story short, the state agreed and fined the Eddy Oil Co. $66,000 for its "contamination of the Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer by produced gas." (