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Friday, December 11, 2009
Bottoms Up Reading Challenge
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29 comments:
- Kathy Martin said...
This is the challenge for me! My TBR hit 430 books yesterday. I need to have a reason to get to some that have been sitting around for quite a while. I'll be blogging about my progress on my blog -- http://inside-dog.blogspot.com/ My goal is to read two a month.
- December 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Elie said...
Kathy-430-wow! Glad you will be participating!
- December 11, 2009 at 5:54 PM
- Emily said...
This is such a good idea! I think for my personal challenge, I'm going to take it a step further- pull a book off the bottom of my TBR pile and, if I can't manage to read it by the end of the month, just pass it on to a good home. I picked ten books off my TBR pile for the Fall into Reading Challenge and so far have only managed to read three of them- I think that means these other books may just not be as good a fit as I thought when I got them. Thanks for hosting this challenge!
- December 13, 2009 at 5:07 PM
- Elie said...
Emily, that is a great idea! I think that is a good policy.
- December 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- Mariana S said...
Sounds Great and is a very good idea. Count me in ;)
- December 28, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Misty said...
I have an insane amount of books I own and need to read, and my goal this year is to read 60% owned, at least (I love my library, but this is becoming a problem.)
So of course I am in.
- January 9, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Kris said...
Ok I'm in on this challenge. I have a quickly growing TBR pile and I really need to get to them!
- January 9, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Zombie Girrrl said...
This is awesome! I so need to invert my pile. Count me in!
- January 9, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- throuthehaze said...
Count me in!
For some reason I keep spelling Bottoms wrong...I assure you I do know how to spell though lol.
- January 9, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Ailsa said...
This sounds like a really good challenge! At the moment, I'm not home, so I've only got a few books with me. Can I join in with the challenge later on?
It sounds like such a good idea! I hope you have fun doing it.
- January 10, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Alessandra said...
I'd like to join, too! My TBR is getting out of control (according to my calculations, I'm at about 320 now, but I haven't added the latest books I received for Christmas, lol). I have been blogging very little in the past few months due to insane workload - but I think I can post a monthly recap with books read for this challenge.
I'll get back to you with an official sign-up post when I make a tentative list.
- January 10, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- vvb32 reads said...
i think i'll join you. but i'll go for at least one a month for now. i'm getting out of control with challenges along with books.
- January 22, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- LibraryMal said...
I have 630 books in my TBR pile. I think this is a great idea and would love to participate!
- January 24, 2010 at 6:25 PM
- Elie said...
Velvet and LibraryMal, glad you decided to join up. I will send you an email for your interview questions.
- February 1, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Lisa Richards/alterlisa said...
Definitely count me in. I've been playing around with getting all my reviews in one place on a blog just for me and my TBR pile has multiplied like rabbits. Well into a thousand. I manage to send out 6 to 10 books a month but have been getting in 20 to 30 so it has taken over my life.
alterlisa AT yahoo DOT com
- February 1, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Tori [Book Faery] said...
Count me in for this!
I've got about 40 books so far in my TBR pile (which is growing larger and larger by the day), and if I can't finish some of these, I think I might start giving them away to other people.
2-3 a month sounds reasonable, though the book reviews may be a bit slow just because I'm usually bogged down with course work.
- February 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Cinnamon said...
I'll join. I've got more than I can count.
- February 22, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Lenore Appelhans said...
Is it too late to join? My TBR is sad, sad, sad and I do feel bad, bad, bad for all those buried books!
- March 2, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- FICTION STATE OF MIND said...
great idea, and I feel less guilty about my 250 plus books :) Im also on a strict No Buy policy this month on books i have to put a dent in what i have, are all genres welcome? I'm only reading fantasy this month. I have and Arc from last July's sandiego comicon! Just started it: The warded man, really good
- March 5, 2010 at 3:07 AM
- Natasha A. said...
I'm in!
I definitely need to start concurring the pile!
- March 9, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Elie said...
It is never too late to join! Welcome new readers. I have not been reading off the bottom as much as I would like. In the mean time, my pile keeps growing!
- March 11, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- mountie9 said...
Since you just profiled my work mate and friend Natasha A -- I think I would like to sign up for this challenge!
- March 22, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Libby's Library said...
What a fantastic idea.
Can the books we read from this challenge, also be used toward other challenges? If so, then I'm in:-)
- March 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM
- Elie said...
mountie9 and Libby, I will be emailing you! Glad you decided to sign on!
- April 6, 2010 at 7:28 PM
- Elie said...
The books you read for this challenge can definitely be counted for other challenges!
- April 6, 2010 at 7:29 PM
- Holly said...
The top of my reading stack is too important to me, I don't think I could participate in this challenge.
- May 8, 2010 at 4:52 AM
- Carina said...
I'm definitely in on this one. So many TBR books!
- May 10, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Unknown said...
I'm definitely in. I have so many TBR books.
- July 19, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- LindseyRayy said...
ooh! this sounds cool! count me in, i have too many books in that pile. it may be close to the end of the year but i know i can do it. my goal is...28.
- September 4, 2010 at 1:35 PM


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STOCKHOLM, December 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Proactive Gaming, boasting to take fun seriously, was awarded the 2012 super-Gazelle Monday, as Sweden's fastest growing company."
The latest success-story in Swedish e-gaming, was presented the award by Prince Carl-Philip in the annual event at the Swedish concert hall - the same venue as for next week's Nobel Prize ceremonies.
Uniting gaming and gambling both in a 3D-platform, and in a new all-device web-based platform for poker, bingo, lotteries and social entertainment games, the young company has boosted sales dramatically since the start in 2006. Only 0,5% of all Swedish companies match the Gazelle criterion, set up by the leading Nordic business magazine Dagens Industri. In the finals, Proactive Gaming stunned the opposition when becoming the super-Gazelle with a staggering growth of 3 473%, and a positive operating profit in the last four years.
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Carl R. Trueman
In recent months, atheism has become big news, and has also demonstrated its tremendous market potential. Books by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris have proved very popular; Dawkins and Harris, at least, have proved to be best sellers. I have lost count of the number of times I have seen people sitting on the train or on a bench reading one of their works. As to Hitchens, he is surely one of the sharpest journalistic minds at work today, and nothing he writes is, in my experience, less than stimulating and thought provoking. And this readable atheism is no preserve of the nonfiction section of Waterstones or Borders. With Phillip Pullman's popular fantasy novels, such as The Amber Spyglass, atheism has found its very own C. S. Lewis: a gifted writer of exciting adventure stories, which might well be described as epics of anti-Narnianism.
Atheism is, of course, nothing new. Nor is the use of compelling and exciting prose to communicate such. Throughout the centuries, some of the greatest masters of prose have been committed to striking at the very foundations of orthodox Christian belief. Whether we think of the great literary genius of John Milton or the firebrand pamphlets of the amazing Tom Paine, Christianity has often been thumped by master wordsmiths. And, of course, there was Friedrich Nietzsche, the eccentric genius of late nineteenth-century German philosophy, whose aphorisms and spellbinding epic, Thus Spake Zarathustra, can fail to fascinate only those with the dullest of literary and philosophical sensibilities. There is, however, an interesting shift taking place in the kinds of arguments which the new, trendy atheists are making.
Old-style agnosticism and atheism, as variously exemplified by the works of David Hume or A. J. Ayer or even Bertrand Russell, tended to focus on the alleged impossibility of certainty about God or, as in the case of Ayer and Russell, the impossibility of speaking about God in any meaningful way. The arguments reflected the philosophical paradigms of the day—rational, empirical, linguistic, and logical. In other words, religion in general, and Christianity in particular, was regarded as making far-reaching claims which simply could not be justified in terms of what can and cannot be known, and what can and cannot be said, given the frameworks of plausibility at work.
Now, there is certainly this element in the work of Dawkins and Hitchens. Both men regard religion as empirically unjustified. In other words, one cannot work from the way the world actually is to the notion of some all-powerful, intelligent creator. That the world possesses order and beauty does not require the existence of a supreme being, let alone the God of Christian revelation. So far, nothing new. If this was all the burden of their argument, we would have nothing but an updated rehash of tried and tested arguments from the past.
What makes Dawkins and Hitchens so fascinating, however, is not so much the tightness of their logical argumentation or their marshalling of empirical evidence, but the force and power with which they make their cases against religion. Why spend so much time proving the nonexistence of something? Why not do something more constructive with life? Why not build bridges or run marathons or even collect string? Devotion to the debunking of that which does not exist is a strange and parasitic activity. After all, I don't believe in unicorns or the tooth fairy, but I really do not have the time or the energy to write long books articulating my position and ridiculing those who hold such beliefs.
The clue to what really drives such atheists lies in the obvious answer that they would give to the question, Why do you bother? As Hitchens puts it in his subtitle, the answer is that religion spoils everything. In other words, what drives this new atheism is the same thing that drives the various philosophies collectively known as postmodernism, and also that which drives so much of modern Western culture: taste. This new atheism dislikes religion because it sees its results as being profoundly distasteful. It was Nietzsche who launched an attack on Christianity, not from the perspective of the limits of human knowledge, but from the perspective of taste. He regarded Christianity as false, not because it embodied a set of incoherent and unverifiable beliefs, but because it advocated a morality, a "slave morality," as he called it, which exalted everything that turned his stomach: forgiveness, meekness, mercy, obedience, long-suffering. It was all too distasteful to him. For Nietzsche, Christianity spoiled everything by introducing effeminate values which subverted that will to power wherein lay humanity's true greatness.
These new atheists are the heirs of Nietzsche, with one significant change. For them ironically, it is not some alleged effeminacy in religion that makes them nauseous, that spoils everything. In fact, it is the exact opposite: their atheist crusade is driven by fear of the violence and oppression which they see as an essential part of religious fundamentalism. Lumping together suicide bombers in the Gaza Strip with right-wing televangelists in America, they see religious devotion—indeed, religion as a whole—as leading to results that are profoundly distasteful. For them, you only have to look at what religion does to the world to see how disgusting it is.
They see themselves as engaged in a struggle over the nature of what exactly a civilized, or tastefully organized, society should look like. And religion, because of its distasteful results, can play no part in that. Hence, these new atheists have called for the banning of parental instruction of children in religion. For them, such instruction is not wrong because it tells children a harmless myth, as per the existence of Santa Clause or the Giant Pumpkin, but because it cultivates a set of distasteful values that will undermine the fabric of society. For them, it is indeed a form of child abuse.
How should we respond to these sons and daughters of Nietzsche, these arbiters of taste and aesthetics? First, we need to realize that the battle is not simply, or even primarily, an intellectual one. It is a moral one. The long war against God is really one against his sovereignty over us and our accountability to him. Arguments only get us so far. When Dawkins and Hitchens argue against religion, they are really saying that they find God's claims on their lives to be distasteful. There is a battle over tastes, over aesthetics, going on here. And, in this context, I am persuaded that familiarity with Nietzsche as a philosopher is far more significant for understanding the current age than almost any other philosopher one could name. Taste is far more important than truth in contemporary society, and Nietzsche is the man who can help to explain this.
Second, we should be careful not to give further fuel to the opposition through intemperate reactions. Rather, by loving our neighbors and walking humbly before the Lord, we can put the lie to the claims they are making. It is interesting that the new atheist's knowledge of Christianity seems limited only to famous Christians, high-profile scandals, and the lunatic fringe. They never mention the small churches working to spread the gospel in the toughest parts of the cities, or the countless individual acts of love that anonymous Christians do every day as part of their daily walk. While the atheists and their arguments will always be with us, we should do out best not to provide them with material for future books.
Third, we should pray for their conversion. Something is surely going on in the heart of men so obsessed with a God in whom they claim not to believe. Are they simply out to make money by writing a best seller? There are easier ways for such talented men to do that. So why are they obsessed with God? Suppressing the truth in unrighteousness is hard work. Pray that sooner or later they will run out of energy for doing it and come to acknowledge that which, deep down inside, they have known to be true all along.
The author teaches church history at Westminster Theological Seminary. Abridged from The Monthly Record, November 2007. Reprinted from New Horizons, March 2008.
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|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Ubisoft Montreal
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Ubisoft
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Oct. 08
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
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by Pete Richards
March 6, 2008 - From the people who brought you Far Cry: Instincts - but not the original Far Cry - comes the sequel to the 2004 game. Ubisoft Montreal is currently putting the finishing touches on Far Cry 2 and is promising some pretty groundbreaking stuff.
Don't expect any mutants in Far Cry 2. Ubisoft Montreal has worked hard to create a game that epitomizes realism in every aspect - including storyline. Jack Carver is gone, as Ubisoft found that most Far Cry fans didn't care much for the character; they have instead incorporated a number of characters you can play as. Far Cry 2 will give the player the option to choose from about 12 different mercenaries, each with their own look and background story. The story of Far Cry 2 begins with your character being deployed into war-torn Africa to take out a warlord known as The Jackal, who has sparked a conflict between two rival factions. Adding a completely new element to the game, your character early on catches malaria, facing you with a completely new problem. To help rid yourself of the disease and slow its affects on your health, you must explore the map and ask civilian NPCs for medicine while completing missions. As you travel, you will have to take on different tasks in different areas - many of which will involve killing NPCs and blowin' stuff up - which will all effect the environment around you. The game will also give you an infamy rating, which will affect how NPCs react to you, how your team regards you, and how much health you have. Because you'll be getting your medicine from the NPCs in the game, you will have to keep your infamy level down or they will refuse to interact with you. If this problem arises, you may have no other choice than to turn your character into a complete tyrant, killing NPCs to steal their medicine to keep yourself alive.
Using the original Far Cry as their main inspiration, developers wanted to continue the feeling of venturing to an exotic location. With the amount of games set in the jungle released in the past few years, Ubisoft took Far Cry to a whole new continent. Developers actually traveled to Kenya to get a sense of the country and try to capture it in the game. By experiencing the environment first-hand and taking photography, developers were able to re-create the atmosphere and wildlife not only in sight but in atmosphere. Their visions of the savannahs and woodlands as well as inspirations from the jungles of Congo are all terrains that will be found within the game's map. The map you will be working with in Far Cry 2 equals 50 square kilometers.
Ubisoft has developed a completely new engine for Far Cry 2 called Dunia, meaning "world," which will take advantage of multi-core processors and support DirectX 9 as well as DirectX 10. The world you roam in will have naturally changing weather patterns that will actually reflect how you are doing in the game - if you are growing ill and your infamy level is high, the skies may remain dark and dreary. Wind will naturally pick up and slow down depending on the climate, and wind effects will actually be able to help spread fires and break objects and vegetation when really fierce. All of the trees are destructible and can catch fire and dilapidate as a normal tree would, and when you or an enemy shoots at the trees, they will destruct accordingly as branches and bark fly off in the may lay.
Ubisoft has announced there will be over fourteen vehicle types in the game, and with a large map to cover, you will need them to get to where you need to go quickly. Dune buggies can take you pretty well all over the map as you whip through high-grass areas. There is also a hand-glider, which you can use to coast off of tall cliffs and look over the map from a birds-eye view, as well as cover large ground quickly. Ubisoft has done good work of promoting this feature of Far Cry 2, and it will probably be among the most popular aspects of the game as you get a sense of the openness of the map and allow you to view everything from enemies to free-roaming wildlife. With the fourteen different vehicle types, there will be over 40 different variants of the vehicles which may come with different paintjobs or bulletproofing as well as technical aspects like two or four-wheel drive. So while some vehicle types are the same, different ones will drive differently and have different attributes.
There will be approximately 30 - 40 different weapon types to perform various forms of destruction. What is unique about the weapons system in Far Cry 2 is that the game will implement weapon degradation as you use them, just as a normal weapon would in reality. If you overuse a gun, it could jam at any moment during the game and possibly at the worst possible time. If you do not take care of your weapon or use one for a prolonged period of time, it could come back to haunt you. In the course of battle, when you shoot an enemy or blow him up, the dead body will react or fly though the air in ragdoll-like animation. Ubisoft has taken great measure to make the experience of Far Cry 2 as realistic in animation, environment, gameplay, and the experience of war. During a gunfight, you will also have to take protective measures to keep your health up. If you get shot, you will have to pry the bullet out quickly with your knife. If you accidentally catch yourself on fire, you will have to wipe the flame off your sleeve with your hand.
With a number of previews and screenshots already available, Far Cry 2 looks amazing. There is still no word on online features, though Ubisoft says all of the single-player features of the game will be available in multiplayer. Time will tell how Ubisoft lives up to the hype surrounding this game and if they can deliver all they're promising when the game hits stores this September.
Pete Richards
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- The screen is pretty good, and I rarely have a problem clicking on links and buttons using my thumbs. The fact that it's resistive feels like an advantage in this incredibly cold Swedish winter. Next to a Nexus One, however, it's obvious that the color reproduction could be better.
- The Mozilla-based MicroB browser really is awesome. Scrolling and zooming is so smooth and quick that it feels like surfing on the iPhone, only this time you're using the real web. By far the best web browsing experience I've had on a mobile device.
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- The camera is actually worse than the 3-year-old N95 camera in a number of ways: terrible colors in low light, terrible metering, light leaks making the subject in focus appear washed out, and the field of view is narrower than the N95 camera. In comparison, here's a photo taken by the N95. Both are 5-megapixel cameras.
- The standby time is a joke. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but sometimes I can just keep the phone in my pocket during the whole day and it will discharge in less than 8 hours. I first kept all accounts logged in (Skype, VoIP, Jabber), but have since then compromised a bit and only keep Jabber online. Still, the battery isn't impressive.
- The horizontal layout is annoying most of the time. When I'm out and about, it feels awkward that I can't use the phone with one hand. I understand the "handheld computer" legacy (I even owned an N810), but feel that my typical use is much more like a regular smartphone than a portable computer. Ideally, all applications should support both layouts.
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- The physical unlock switch is only comfortable to use when in horizontal layout. It's nearly impossible to reach with one hand if you just want to make a quick call.


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Regulations set by Central Government state that the above changes cannot be applied to claimants of a pensionable age. A person is a pensioner if they have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and they are not, or, if they have a partner, their partner is not in receipt of income support, income-based jobseekers allowance, income-related employment and support allowance or universal credit.
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If you are entitled to some help towards your rent, you may be able to apply for an additional award known as a Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP). You can also do this if you receive a Housing Element within your claim for Universal Credit. DHPs are paid on top of Housing Benefit or Universal Credit to people who find that the shortfall between their benefit and their housing costs causes them exceptional hardship.
DHPs can only be paid up to the maximum amount of eligible rent that is due, and cannot be paid for some service charges included in the rent, for example water charges. They are also only intended to be a temporary top up, so will not be paid indefinitely. It is expected, during any period of Discretionary Housing Payments award, that you take measures to make paying your rent more affordable. Those measures would include; trying to negotiate a lower rent with your landlord, finding alternative accommodation that you can afford, increasing your income (either taking on employment or increasing the hours you already work), claiming other Benefits which you have not already claimed but to which you may be entitled or reducing your current expenditure (cancelling ongoing contracts e.g. TV Subscriptions, mobile telephone contracts or clearing outstanding debts).
The amount of money the Council is allowed for DHPs is limited, and therefore awards are made at the Council's discretion, and each application will be considered on it's own merits.
You must make any application for a Discretionary Housing Payment in writing, giving us the reasons why you cannot afford the shortfall between your benefit and your housing costs. We will notify you of our decision in writing. If we turn you down you can ask us to consider your application again, but there is no formal right of appeal.
Please download the DHP form (207kb) here.
Fraud Open or Close
We have a duty under benefit regulations to ensure that benefit is only paid to bona fide persons.
We carry out investigations where it is felt that claimants are receiving benefit to which they are not entitled. Benefit fraud is a crime and is dealt with in the appropriate way. This action could be prosecution in Court, possibly leading to a criminal record or imprisonment. Anyone found committing benefit fraud will have to pay back any money to which they had no entitlement and some may have additional action taken against them.
If you know, or suspect, that a person is claiming Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Support that they are not entitled to please contact us immediately. For example someone could:
- Claim benefit for a property and live somewhere else;
- Have other people living in the property but they have not told us about them;
- Are working and claiming Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance;
- Have failed to declare to us ALL of their income; or Have failed to inform us about their savings or investments (including property that they own).
If you believe someone to be claiming benefits fraudulently, you can call us or contact the Department for Work and Pensions.
General Benefits and Council tax Information Open or Close
The Housing Benefit scheme is administered under legislation and regulations issued by central government to assist residents, on a low income, to meet the costs of their rent.
There are several types of benefits you may be able to claim to assist with your rent including rent rebate, rent allowance or Local Housing Allowance (LHA). You can also use the benefits calculator to calculate your Housing Benefit entitlement before applying and we have also introduced our own Debt Recovery Policy (223kb).
- Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) – 0844 848 9800
- Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre – 01246 231441
- Advice Derbyshire – 0844 848 9800
- 2 Shires Credit Union – 01909 500575
- National Debt line – 0808 808 4000
- Release – 01773 306289 or 07932 088331
Need Assistance with your claim?
We may be able to offer you with assistance in applying for Benefits or maintaining your data. If you are unable to visit one of our Contact Centres and would like a Visiting Officer to assist you, in your own property, please contact us on 01246 242436.
We can visit you to offer you assistance with completing a new claim form, providing details or evidence in support of your new claim or a change in circumstances. We would generally contact you, prior to visiting, to arrange a mutually convienient time and would always carry photographic Bolsover District Council endorsed ID.
Local Housing Allowance Open or Close
If you are a private tenant, renting property or a room from a private landlord and you are on a low income, you may be able to claim and receive Local Housing Allowance (LHA).
How do I claim?
You must contact us for an application form or download one on the 'Benefits' page. You can visit us in person or telephone us for advice. Complete your application form and return it with all the relevant original documents as soon as possible. The claim form tells you exactly what you need to send us. You may also claim as part of another claim for a separate government benefit, allowance or Pension Credit.
LHA is a way of calculating Housing Benefit. The calculation is based on the area in which you live and the number of bedrooms your personal circumstances require. It ensures that tenants in similar circumstances, residing in the same area and receiving the same amount of financial support and receive a consistent amount towards their housing costs.
As the LHA is based on your housing needs (rather than your actual housing costs), you can decide if you want to rent a property where the rent is above or below your LHA rate (128kb). Where the rent is more than your LHA rate you would be required to pay the difference between your assessed LHA rate and your actual rental liability.
LHA applies to:
- Claimants who claimed for the first time after the 7th April 2008;
- Claimants who have changed address after the 7th April 2008; (Please note that this also includes people who have changed rooms within the same property) Claimants who are reclaiming after a gap in their claim of at least one week;
- LHA does not apply to:
- Existing Housing Benefit claimants (who do not fall under any of the above);
- Tenants of Housing Associations or other Social/Charitable Landlords;
- Council Tenants;
- Tenants who live in Hostels (NACRO)/Houseboats/Mobile Homes or Caravans;
- Tenants whose tenancy began before 1989;
- Tenants whose rent includes a substantial element of Board/Lodging;
- Tenants in shared ownerships;
- Any letting that is 'exempt' accommodation; (where the care, support or supervision provided by the Landlord and is on a more than 'minimal' basis)
- All 'non-LHA' tenants will continue to be assessed under the 'pre LHA' Housing Benefit scheme.
The LHA rates are decided by the Rent Officer. This was also the case with the 'pre April 2008' Rent Officer Decisions. The Rent Officer will set the rates annually each April, taking into account the Consumer Price Index (CPI) when determining the forthcoming years rates. The figures are then passed through to us to advertise to our customers and to use in the assessment of claims.
The amount of LHA you receive is determined by: The area you live in, this is known as the Broad Marker Rental Area (BRMA); and Who lives in your House with you, known as the size criteria.
You can find out which BRMA you property is located in by clicking here. You can also calculate your 'size criteria'.
Central Government have introduced 'caps' to the amount of LHA from the 1st April 2011 and the government website Gov.uk will provide you more information on this. This means that no area in the UK will receive LHA rates above the following:
- £250.00 per week for a one bedroom property
- £290.00 per week for a two bedroom property
- £340.00 per week for a three bedroom property
- £400.00 per week for a four bedroom property
Current LHA Rates
LHA rates are frozen for a period of one year and reviewed annually in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This will replace the previous requirement to review the LHA amount used for each individual based on their unique annual anniversary date. This date was previously determined based on their date of claim, date they changed address or the date there was a significant change in their household circumstances.
Current LHA rates 2020/21
Non-Dependants Open or Close
A non-dependant generally is a grown up Son or Daughter, Friend or Relative that lives within your household.
If you have a non-dependant adult, living in your household, your Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support could be subject to a non-dependant deduction, dependent upon their income, age, and your disability status. This is because it is assumed that the non-dependant will contribute towards your rent, rates and/or Council Tax.
There will be no non-dependant deduction where the claimant is:
- registered blind or has recently regained their sight
- receiving the care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payments (PIP) - at any rate
- receives Attendance Allowance - at any rate
When a deduction is made:
One non-dependant deduction will be applied per non-dependant (or non-dependant couple) in your household. For non-dependants in renumerative work the level of deduction is based on their Gross earnings rather than their NET earnings. The lowest deduction will be applied for any non-dependant NOT in work, regardless of their income from state benefits or private pensions.
Non-dependants with no deduction:
- A non-dependant aged under 18
- A non-dependant in receipt of Pension Credits (either kind)
- A non-dependant aged under 25 receiving a passported benefit (excluding 'main phase' ESA)
- A Youth Trainee
- A non-dependant in prison or similar detention
- A non-dependant who has been in hospital for 52 weeks or more
- A temporary resident or visitor
- A full time student (during a period of study)
- A full time student (during a vacation period providing they are not in remunerative work during this period of time)
For any non-dependant in work a deduction will be applied to your Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Support dependent upon the level of their Gross income.
Overpayments Open or Close
An overpayment is when benefit has been paid to someone but they are not entitled to receive it. It is therefore important that you notify us of any change in circumstance as soon as possible in order to avoid being overpaid Housing Benefit. We have the discretion to recover all overpayments, except in some cases when the overpayment has come about as a result of 'official error'. Overpayments that are caused by 'official error' cannot be recovered, unless it was reasonable for the tenant or landlord to have known that they were being overpaid. Overpayments can be recovered from either the person who caused the overpayment, or the person who received the overpayment.
How are overpayments recovered?If Housing Benefit is still in payment; it is likely that we will recover any overpayment by reducing the amount of benefit you receive each week. Using the amount reduced from your benefit to reduce the outstanding overpayment. You must then make up the difference to your Landlord to avoid accumulating rent arrears.If Housing Benefit is no longer in payment; it is likely that we will issue the person from whom we are seeking recovery with an invoice for the overpaid amount. An arrangement should then be made with our recovery department to pay back the overpaid amount.If Housing Benefit payments have been made to the Landlord; we may ask the Landlord to repay the amount in certain circumstances.If you are on Social Security benefits; we can ask the Department for Work and Pensions to make deductions from your benefit to recover the overpayment.If you have vacated our area; we can ask your new Local Authority to recover the overpayment from your Housing Benefit that is paid by them.
The decision on how we choose to recover the overpayment is at our discretion and can not be appealed. If an invoice remains unpaid, or someone does not keep to an arrangement to repay the debt, over time this will lead to further action being taken. This may include pursuing the debt in the County Court.
What if I cannot afford the recovery rate being taken?
If you want us to look again at the amount we take from your Housing Benefit please contact us. In order to reach a decision, to reduce the amount we take, we may ask for more information.
Self Employed Open or Close
If you are self employed and on a low income you may be entitled to Housing Benefit. In order for us to determine if you are eligible we will need to look at your net weekly income from your self employed earnings and any other income and capital that you may have.
In order to support your application for Housing Benefit we request that you provide your last six months income and expenditure accounts for your business. These do not have to be audited by a professional accountant but should show all of your weekly/monthly income and expenses. If you have only just become self employed we will require a 13-week forecast of your projected earnings and expenditure. We will then review your claim after this period to ensure that the income we are using for you is correct and that you are receiving the right amount of benefit.
If you have not kept records of your self employed accounts you should complete a 'Self Employed' proforma and provide this in support of your application for benefit. However, it is advised that for future purposes that you keep weekly/monthly records of your income and expenditure as this will be required to assess any future benefit entitlement. You may also be required to provide these in support of your Income Tax returns.
Students Open or Close
Most students in full-time higher education cannot claim Housing Benefit. If you are a student you can only claim if you are:
studying part-time; or
under 19 and on a course which is NOT a higher education course; or
a single parent; or
a student with a disability; or
60 or over; or
one of a couple, both of you are students and you have dependant children.
Universal Credit Open or Close
Universal Credit is a new benefit that has been introduced by the government and is currently being rolled out across the country. It replaces six means tested benefits and is designed to help people who are unemployed or on a low income. These are referred to as 'legacy' Benefits. It affects people of working age. The means tested Benefits that Universal Credit has replaced are as follows:
- Housing Benefit
- Job Seekers Allowance (Income Related)
- Employment and Support Allowance
- Income Support
- Child Tax Credits
- Working Tax Credits
From the 21st November 2018 all properties within the Bolsover District Council area now fall under 'Full Service' Universal Credit legislation. This means that you are no longer able to submit a NEW claim for Housing Benefit unless you meet any of the following criteria:
- You are of Pension Age
- You already receive a Severe Disablement Premium within an existing 'legacy' Benefit
- You are residing in Supported Accommodation
If you are needing assistance towards paying you Housing Costs, and none of the above criteria applies to your circumstances, you should now instead claim for Universal Credit. You can apply for Universal Credit here.
If you are currently claiming universal credit, or think this may affect you in the future, then you need to start preparing for the full service rollout. Universal Credit is a fully digital service - this means that you have to claim online and your claim thereafter is managed online. As a part of your Universal Credit claim you must have access to an email account as you will receive all of your claim correspondence through email.
You will need to have a transactional bank account / Building Society account / Credit Union account to receive your Universal Credit payments. Your Universal Credit will be paid monthly in arrears; this means you will need to start to plan to budget monthly.
Further information regarding Universal Credit is also available on the Governments website
Council Tax Support
Whether you claim Universal Credit, or Housing Benefit, you will still need to apply for Council Tax Support directly with Bolsover District Council.
More information on Council Tax Support, and the claims process, can be found under the Council Tax Support drop down on this webpage.


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Published: May 22, 2012 on The BespokeBlog
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Frej (pronounced 'fray'), the Williamsburg pop-up that only opens for three nights a week in a schizophrenic venue that wants to be many things to many hipsters, is the first New York restaurant of its ilk that fires on all cylinders. While influence has clearly been drawn from the Danish restaurant with a hat-trick to its name, Frej defies its own transient nature and distinctly feels like it is in the right place, at the right time … as Sam Elliot says in The Big Lebowski, it just "fits right in there."
The two chefs — one raised in Sweden, one in Sydney, and both formerly of Corton — have come up with the perfect equation. The formula? It's "5×2 = >$45," meaning: they advertise five courses on their menu, but in reality you'll likely get about ten dishes. Given the quality of the food, this is the most preposterously great value in tri-state fine dining you're likely to find. But the $45 price of entry is only one of the reasons to go now.
You see, now that they've finally been discovered and reviewed by the big boys, it will be even harder to snag a coveted seat at the seven-table, Monday-Wednesday night restaurant that is bookable only via email. But you owe it to yourself to try. The food and overall dining experience really is that good.
If you had to label the food, you could call it New Yorkic™, as it combines the sensibilities of New Nordic cuisine with the produce of the New York area. And, they were so taken with Jane Herold's earthenware, they use it exclusively in the restaurant. Sure, it resembles the now oft-duplicated dinnerware of that Danish restaurant, but it's handmade in New York. Just like the food.
Operating out of a kitchen that is literally the size of your average closet, with very minimal equipment and no assistance in sight, these two chefs are cooking the food they like to eat and operating by their own rules. The result is subtle, yet intensely flavored dishes that are minimally plated but wholly memorable.
Highs from my meal in late March included a dish of "sunchokes, pear, elderflower and beef liver," in which the ingredient listed last provided a tantalizing and binding flavor that had real staying power. Also stunning was a non-advertised course of "periwinkle, pork jowl, cabbage purée, pickled kohlrabi and bittercress."
But my favorite dishes of the night included one featuring the most translucent, sweet and succulent Maine shrimp I've tasted, a seriously divine fried veal sweetbread dish, with that trendy, orange-skinned Scandi rockstar (sea-buckthorn), padded out nicely with rosehip and miner's lettuce. The cooking of the sweetbreads was perfectly judged, as were the textures surrounding it — something they pay very close attention to in their cooking. I was also enamored by a surprise dessert of (quite firm) goat milk custard that was flanked by seaweed shortbread crumbs, poached pear, allspice and crisped pear skin. It was one of the few savory desserts I have really savored.
The reason nearly all of the dishes are triumphant is that the chefs use a small number of high-quality, local suppliers and only select the best ingredients. Here, 'best' does not mean the most expensive produce, but rather off-cuts of meat and under-loved vegetables from which they will be able to tease out new and complex flavors, and that won't cost and arm and a leg (although, in some cases, it may actually be leg they're after).
Still, for $45 a meal (excluding drinks, tax and service), I'm not quite sure how they can be making any money out of what is essentially a ten-course tasting menu of seriously considered small plates. This is likely the reason that Frej is only a pop-up … at some point, someone will be smart enough to snag this duo's dynamic food, and help them open a more traditional restaurant. Let's just hope they are able to stay true to their vision and the roots they've now firmly planted.
The list of all the dishes from my meal can be found below, and the current menu is available on their site. I don't know if they always dish out two times what they promise, but if you happen to get a reservation, hopefully you'll get lucky twice.
A word to the wine: they stock a full bar, and have a nice, concise wine list consisting of about ten versatile wines that pair nicely with a variety of flavors and range in price between $29-$49/bottle. We had a $39/bottle Loire red blend of Pineau d'Aunis and Gamay (called 'Poivre et Sel' from Olivier Lemasson), which was very pleasant for the duration of the meal.
Advertised Menu
– Smoked brook trout, egg yolk, dill, chickweed, rye bread
– Sunchoke, pear, elderflower, beef liver
– Soft poached egg, scallop, porcini, cauliflower
– Beef cooked in hay, rutabaga, apple cider
– Cardamom parfait, raspberry, walnut
Additional Courses Served
– Periwinkle, pork jowl, cabbage puree, pickled kohlrabi, bittercress
– Fried veal sweetbread, sea-buckthorn, rosehip, miner's lettuce
– Maine shrimp, baby potatoes, sprat milk, bee pollen
– Skate, fennel puree, pickled baby carrots, pearl onions, bronze fennel fronds
– Goat milk custard, seaweed shortbread, poached pear, allspice, pear skin
Photo credit: all photos are courtesy of Spanish Hipster (thank you).
*Note: I have dined at Frej once; our party paid for the entire cost of the meal; we were not given any 'extras' that other tables weren't given also (to our knowledge); and were not known ahead-of-time by the house*


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First Release of MokoSync
After weeks of developing I am releasing the first version of my PIM Sync tool MokoSync.
At the moment it only supports Outlook and OM2008.12, but it has an AddIn- Interface and so other PIMs and Freerunner OSs can be easily supported.
The sync logic is also not complete. Currently all data on your Freerunner will be deleted and all data from Outlook will be transfered into the OM2008.12 PIM stack.
So, but now how you install it.
On Windows:
You need the Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 and GTK# (you get it here) to run MokoSync
Download the setup at http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/download.php/644/MokoSync_0.1.zip, extract it and install it.
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Install Mono 2.0.1 and Gtk# 2.12.5 on the OpenMoko. Instructions are here.
Then install the ipk from http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/download.php/656/mokosync_0.1_arm.ipk.
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You need an established network connection between the Freerunner and you PC.
Start MokoSync on your PC and on the Freerunner. On Windows MokoSync is ready to use and you only need to press "Sync" to start the server process.
At the Freerunner it depends if you are using the standard IP settings (192.168.0.202 for the Freerunner, 192.168.0.200 for the PC). If not click on "Config" and at the "Sync Transfer Addin"\Client click also on "Config". At the Server box enter the IP of your windows machine.
After leaving the configuration, you can start the syncronisation. BE CAREFUL!! ALL YOUR CONTACTS AND CALENDAR ENTRIES WILL BE DELETED!!!
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Undergraduate students who are permanent California residents may apply for Cal Grants by filling out a Cal Grant GPA verification form, available from all California high schools, other California College Financial Aid Offices, or Chapman's Financial Aid Office. GPA verification forms must be completed by the institution where the student last completed 24 units. The form must be postmarked or electronically uploaded by March 2nd. Most schools submit the GPA verification online to the California Student Aid Commission; please refer back to your school for more information about the process.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Alex Ovechkin's 11th career hat trick powered the Washington Capitals to a 5-1 victory over New Jersey Saturday.
Ovechkin scored twice in a four-goal third period for the Caps, who had lost to the Devils Thursday.
Eric Fehr and Troy Brouwer also scored in the third period for Washington, and Mike Ribeiro had assists on two of Ovechkin's goals.
Ovechkin opened the scoring in the second period but Ilya Kovalchuk tied it 1-1 at 19:22 of the second.
Braden Holtby stopped 21 shots for the Caps.
New Jersey's Johan Hedberg made 21 saves but allowed all five Washington goals.


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- Goneferalinidaho said...
I love this photo.
- February 21, 2012 at 10:13 PM
- Rot said...
Same here.
Reminded me of all the houses I saw as a kid...all crammed into rows and rows of houses in blocks and blocks of neighborhoods.
- February 22, 2012 at 6:06 AM
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Joe Budden Is Stump'D: Doesn't Know Why A Group Of Asians Are Protesting! "A Bunch Of Chinese Ppl.. Sittin Indian Style. Maybe There Looking For Bruce Lee" [Fixed]
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Getting a sibling when you are already an adult requires you to re-think and adjust to many things.
I am 43 years old and have been married for 25 years. We have three daughters. The eldest two are both married and pregnant. The youngest is 16 and getting ready for college. We have been very happy with our lovely family.
Over the past two years my periods have been receding. I thought I was approaching menopause, and my husband and I stopped using birth control. We are still having sex a few times a month. Over the past few weeks I have been feeling really unwell. The doctor confirmed yesterday that I am fourteen weeks pregnant.
As you can imagine this has been quite a shock to all of us. We have discussed it and of course for me and my husband there is only one option – to have the baby. My older daughters were surprised but they have accepted it.
However, my teenage daughter is very upset by it all. She does not want to speak to us, and stays out all day and as late as she can. She did say that the baby will ruin her future, but then she ran away and now she does not even look at me or my husband.
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Could someone explain to me in detail how to play the PBEM file transfers?
Do you have to have AI activated?
Can you play Steam version against PC version ... or is it easier to play both PC version?
Must all options being used be the same ... or doesn't that matter?
Please provide a line by line instruction for what each of the two players are supposed to do ...
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"[In Mary of Nazareth] Halter has created a memorable and appealing heroine."
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"A worthy heiress to Anita Diamant's bestseller The Red Tent, [Sarah is] an entertaining read, with a heroine who uses both her brain and her femininity to astonishing effect."
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"A brilliant achievement: packed with drama and suspense, powerfully engaging and thought-provoking. This is Halter at his best–by offering his own intriguing interpretation of Mary's life, he builds bridges across the millennia and across different faiths and cultures."
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"How much can a mother influence the path that her child chooses? Halter provides a dazzling new look at the most famous mother of them all–in the important years before motherhood. In the midst of the political turmoil of first-century Palestine, Mary shines forth as an advocate for liberation through peaceful means. Like the great biblical heroines before her, she is a woman of faith, courage, and action. Mary of Nazareth will inspire women of all faiths who yearn for peace and freedom."
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It was just over 40 years ago – Jan. 3, 1970 – that the last official Beatles recording session took place at London's EMI Studios, commonly known as Abbey Road, after its address. With the group on the verge of breaking up, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr gathered to complete "I Me Mine" (John Lennon was in Denmark, according to "The Beatles Recording Sessions").
Harrison's song about selfishness and greed presaged what would become the "Me Decade" of the 1970s. The cut also is worth a listen today as Abbey Road's fate is suddenly uncertain: the studio has been put up for sale by EMI, amid debt woes, the Financial Times reports.
There's too much history in the building and too much music yet to be made for Abbey Road to go the way of the LP. It's time for the music industry and perhaps even the British government to team and save Abbey Road.
The 19th Century townhouse at No. 3 Abbey Road was bought by EMI in 1929 and converted into recording studios. The space initially served classical orchestras, later branching out into Big Band (Glenn Miller recorded there), comedy (Peter Sellers and "The Goons" – surreal "Monty Python" forefathers – made records there) and, of course, rock and roll (the biggest selling album to come out of Abbey Road was Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon").
It was at Abbey Road where the Beatles convinced producer George Martin they were worth taking a chance on – even if they initially wowed him more with their personalities than their music.
Amid the stodgy atmosphere – technicians wore lab coats and there was a formal pecking order – the group made Studio No. 2, blessed with an amazing echo, a laboratory for transforming music. The Beatles, Martin and engineers like Geoff Emerick were studio innovators – creating effects like flanging, cleverly using feedback, mixing in backwards loops and introducing classical instruments to rock and roll.
In seven years, the Fab Four went from "Please Please Me" to "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" to "Abbey Road," their final album, named for the one place where they were left in relative peace to make music magic.
The studio is a shrine for fans who scrawl their names and messages on the wall outside, and cross the street as the Beatles did on the iconic "Abbey Road" album cover, much to the annoyance of motorists plying the busy thoroughfare.
But Abbey Road is a lot more than a tourist attraction and a history piece. The studio is actively used to record everything from movie scores (The "Harry Potter" soundtracks) to acts such as Regina Spektor, Radiohead and Oasis.
It's also the setting for the Sundance Channel's great "Live From Abbey Road" show, which features an inter-generational lineup of performers like Gnarls Barkley, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Suzanne Vega and Brian Wilson, all drawn by the studio's mystique – and acoustics.
Abbey Road's continuing vitality says a lot in an era where anyone with Garage Band and a laptop commands a far more sophisticated setup than when the Beatles recorded "Sgt. Pepper" using a four-track system.
So the best-case scenario here is that Abbey Road is purchased and preserved as a recording studio. Worst case, it's leveled for upscale housing.
There could, with a little creativity, be an opportunity to save Abbey Road as a working studio, with a museum element. That could be lucrative, especially considering the Beatles' continued popularity and a growing overall greater appreciation for rock history.
Sun Studios in Memphis, where Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash got their start, gives tours. John Lennon and Paul McCartney's boyhood homes in Liverpool have been preserved by Britain's National Trust and are open to the public.
Abbey Road, though, is in posh St. John's Wood, far from modest Liverpool. This is prime London property, which might be out of reach for the National Trust alone. Thankfully, there are the beginnings of a movement in the music community to keep Abbey Road going – an effort that's drawn McCartney's support.
"It still is a great studio," he told the BBC's Newsnight. "It would be lovely if somebody could get a thing together to save it."
Or, to paraphrase Lennon on the opening cut of "Abbey Road": Come together – right now – and save Abbey Road.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Just finished Mom's birthday badge. It still needs backing and a pin, but the front is finito!
|This project required roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes of my time.
Staples, a needle and thread, cardstock, and a thimble were all involved.
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- Complete: all fights ever published on songfight.org! (Currently 32 GB worth of data)
- Simple: each title as a single ZIP file!
- No fluff: each ZIP file has nothing but the songs, with not a single bit changed!
- No limits: download as much and as often as you want! The ZIP files are hosted in a place where that doesn't bother anyone. (The amount directly downloadable per month is limited, but even after that you can still download to your heart's content – you'll just be routed through a simple download page and there's a timer if you download multiple files in a row.)
If there are any problems, let me know.
PS. want to link to ZIP files from your own site? Stable links look like this: //jk.gs/songfight-download/gimme.php/<fight key>.zip