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Is blocking negative SmarTrip balances really necessary?
WMATA announced a surprising set of changes to SmarTrip: riders will no longer be able to "go negative" a few dollars, like they can today.
Why is WMATA making this change? At a recent meeting, the Board asked for the price of SmarTrip cards to be reduced from $5.00 to $2.50. According to many groups that serve low-income riders, the price of a SmarTrip card is a burden for some.
The recent fare hike included a new differential between SmarTrip and paper farecards, in an attempt to charge casual riders (like tourists) more than regular riders, but that makes SmarTrip ownership even more necessary.
The current arrangement lets riders still leave the system if their fare costs more than the amount on the card, but they can't enter the system if the card has gone negative. In other words, if you have $1.50 on your card and take a $3.25 trip, the faregates will let you out and your card will show -$1.45, but you will have to refill the card before you can ride again. This avoids the need for riders to use the Exitfare machines to get out, which only take cash (and currently don't work with SmarTrip at all).
However, if cards only cost $2.50, riders might be able to buy a card, spend more than $2.50, and throw the card away, basically cheating Metro. Therefore, WMATA plans to change the system so that negative balances are no longer allowed. Exitfare machines will start working with SmarTrips, but they still will only take cash.
Some of you warned about this when the SmarTrip cost reduction was announced. However, I agreed with Jamie, who argued this probably wasn't a real danger:
Does anyone really see droves of people buying a new smart trip card for every Metro trip for the purpose of gaming the system on the order of, er, a dollar? Really? Have you even been to a CVS before? That would effectively double the time involved in any given trip.Since the cards still cost $2.50, people would not only have to take the time to buy all these cards, but be regularly riding them for trips over $2.50. Furthermore, CVS and Giant sell the cards for $10, including $5 of stored value (which will become $7.50 of stored value after the price drop). That makes it hard to pull this scam at most of the places SmarTrips are sold, unless these hypothetical fraudsters are willing to spend a lot of real legitimate money for every dollar they cheat WMATA out of.
You know, you can just jump the turnstile if you are among the tiny portion of society that gets off on small-scale heists. People do that often enough without having to go to CVS, and they save as much as $5 instead of just a buck!
[And] I don't see someone trying to save a dollar on Metro fares laying down $100 or so in advance [to buy cards in bulk]. Totally conflicting mentalities.
Metro would almost certainly win, anyway, given they are holding that cash for some time and some of them will likely end up unused.
I think it would have been better for WMATA to keep allowing negative balances, and instead of spending a lot of time and contractors to reprogram the machines and add SmarTrip targets to the Exitfares, just have someone run an analysis of the numbers of negative SmarTrips that get abandoned (such as never used again within 6 months). If it turns out to be more than a tiny nuisance, then go ahead and make this change. Otherwise it might be much ado about nothing.
As an alternative, I wonder if WMATA could program the faregates to not let a rider in with a balance of $0 (or, perhaps that's already the case). Then, a rider can't just buy 20 cards and use each one for a throwaway ride costing more than $2.50. Instead, they'd have to buy the cards, take the time to put $1 on each card, and then take each one for a rider costing more than $3.50.
Would anyone really do that to save at most $1.45 a trip ($5.00 max fare minus 25¢ SmarTrip discount plus 20¢ peak-of-the-peak)?
Probably the easiest place to pull this would be for riders at more distant stations with parking, since those stations allow easy purchase of SmarTrips and many rides from those stations indeed cost over $2.50. If this turns out to be a real problem, perhaps there are some easier solutions that are more targeted, like selling cards there for $5.00 with $2.50 of stored value already on them. Or WMATA can just go ahead with this change once it becomes clear it's a problem. I still doubt it will start an epidemic.
On another note, I suspect the Board will be irritated to hear about this, because unless I missed the discussion, it didn't come up when they were suggesting the change. At the time, staff told them that cards cost about $1, but then later corrected that to say they cost $3.40.
In other words, they initially made the decision believing they were still selling the cards for more than cost and that it wouldn't force any other changes, but instead, WMATA will lose money on each card, and riders have been inconvenienced, possibly unnecessarily.
by David Alpert on Aug 25, 2010 4:02 pm • link • report
Maybe IÂ'm old-fashioned or itÂ's a Midwestern thing, but I canÂ't believe how many people are claiming they never carry any cash around with them. I always have a little cash in my wallet. You never know when you might need it...
Now every rush hour will include people tapping and not being let through, and having to turn around and shove their way through an angry mob to get to the exit fare machine. And then be late to work.
Thanks metro, wonderful customer service.
Announcing decisions via press release, with no prior public discussion, is just the kind of opaqueness that we (used to?) all complain about with Metro. I thought things got better with the fare hike process, but I guess not.
They need to do auto-fill by credit card like ez-pass if they're going to have this policy.
Also, does (or did) the parking machines allow negative balances? That's a flat $5, so clearly that would be easily exploitable.
As an alternative, I wonder if WMATA could program the faregates to not let a rider in with a balance of $0 (or, perhaps that's already the case).I'm almost 100% sure that's currently the case. To enter the system with a SmarTrip card, it needs to have at least the minimum fare (either reduced or peak, depending on time. I can't promise it will check the peak-of-peak surcharge.)
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you were asking.
Another note, this piece of information was buried in a press release regarding the morning peak of the peak fare taking effect. Not exactly the most visible way to do it.
Agreed. I often see the same people not have any money on their Smartrip cards and the operator just lets them by every day. It makes me wonder I bother to pay the fare.
Rant: Typical WMATA madness. The key thing they want to do is TAKE things away rather than improve any aspect of their customer experience. is this a push to put your credit card on your smarttrip? And I can't wait for the lines as people struggle to get out.
I can see the logic -- forcing people like me to keep $5 or $10 more on their smarttrip might give them a nice float. What they forget is I am going to be so turned off that non-essential use of WMATA is going to drop.
Or, to put it more directly: the last time it was possible to save money by throwing away a Smartrip card with a negative balance, people did. And enough people did that to make Metro change the rules to prevent it. So those of you who are saying "Nobody would do that." are wrong.
According to the press release, they are changing the fare gates so that you must have the minimum value for a trip on the card in order to gain entry. Sounds logical to me.
I think with SmarTrip cards costing the authority more than the value they're being sold for coupled with the ability to get free trips if you don't reuse your card combine to a very strong motivation to change the policy.
Honestly, though, I always thought the negative balance minimum was equal to the value of the card for a reason. If the new cards cost $2.50, why not allow a negative balance down to -$2.50?
And what happens when the unknowing person pays with a creditcard/debitcard tries to exit but does not have enough value on the card and does not have cash.
Every garage user has an incentive to rack up time.
But to get the max rail fare -- and for your math to work -- you have to travel someplace. Someplace far. And that really limits the universe of people who are going to take advantage of this.
What I really predict is we going to have a rash of station managers letting people out when they complain "no credit card machine on the exit fare box". Typical WMATA. Their executive is so poor they can't even figure out how to make money.
This goes back to what I hate most about wmata. It's not the prices, it's the complete lack of logic and/or the flat-out lying/purposeful miscommunication.
The Board shouldn't just get "irritated." They should actually intervene and stop this.
by Richard Layman on Aug 25, 2010 6:29 pm • link • report
Do you guys take cabs without enough money to pay the fare and assume the driver will let you go negative? Eat at restaurants and go negative?
Be adults and make sure there's enough on your card before you enter the gates.
"Walk you over to the machine and add value if you have a cc"; how many stations have 1) a smarttrip exit fare machine that 2) takes a credit card and 3) works. OH, and stand in line as well.
"Be adults and make sure there's enough on your card before you enter the gates": exactly how do I do that? ask the station manager? Pray?
As an experiment once, I tried to add $1.20 via a credit card to my smarttrip, and there was some minimum the machine would not go below (I have a prepaid CC that I was trying to use it, and I figured it was worth a shot)
Clearly, metro does not want any who does not use SmartBenefits to use this system. Think of how much nicer it will be when you get rid of those pesky non-federal riders.
The logic in allowing it for SmarTrip was that the exitfare machines did not take SmarTrip, therefore you needed to exit in order to add more value. Once that's the case, the difference between making the minimum value to enter the system either be the minimum value (5 cents) or the minimum fare is rather trivial when the overall cost of the card is $5.
An unstated benefit of letting people enter the system w/o the minimum fare is it reduces lines at the smarttrip machines. Important during rush hour and other busy times. Metro has put in a lot more machines, so that is less important a policy reason, but those machines frequently seem have problems (especially w/credit cards).
I think someone at GGW posted a few weeks ago that transaction times for CC on smarttrip machines has been greatly reduced. I noticed that on one transaction.
However, preventing SmarTrip cards from going negative is a terrible idea:
1) The only way to see how much you have on your SmarTrip card is to swipe it at a faregate or at a fare machine. It is really easy to forget how much you have on your card until after you've entered the system, at which point there's no way to get back out unless you have cash,
are allowed to run a negative balance, or hop the faregate.
2) Regular riders know that it's not hard to jump the faregates. Since the exit fare machines don't take credit cards or SmartBenefits and there are never very many of the machines, regular riders would be much more likely to jump the faregates if their SmarTrip card won't let them out. They would do this not to save money, but simply to save time and inconvenience.
I suspect this would cost Metro more than the predicted losses from abandoned cards.
3) How much money will Metro spend to upgrade the exit fare machines? If it is more than the predicted loses from abandoned cards (have they even estimated this using real numbers?), then why bother?
Instead, Metro should make sure that:
1) you can't enter the system without the minimum fare (it sounds like this is already the case)
2) put an initial balance of at least one minimum fare on the card no matter where you buy it
3) allow customers to exit the system at the same station where they entered, within a short amount of time, without paying any fare.
I think what JCM meant was that the station manager would walk you over to the entry faregates and make you add value.
by Matt Johnson on Aug 25, 2010 8:00 pm • link • report
by Matt Johnson on Aug 25, 2010 8:00 pm • link • report
@Andrew. You can check you balance on the website, or at the farecard machines. How is that not good enough? I have a hard time picturing a mass of DC commuters hopping gates because metro won't loan them a couple of bucks every time they run their balance down. More likely, people will just keep a bit of a cushion on their card.
Moreover, since it now takes noticeably longer for your SmarTrip to register, you can easily do this over and over again with plausible deniability on the off chance that a station manager or Transit cop stops you. You can now go through the whole motion of putting your wallet to the SmarTrip sensor, with the SmarTrip in it, and skip on through, secure in the knowledge that a fare won't be deducted because you didn't keep it on target for the required 2 seconds (or whatever the new duration is).
Thank you! You're exactly right.
Also, why does it make sense to allow a rider to go negative at the faregate, only to be refused exit at the parking facility? This causes major traffic jams at parking exit plazas. The rider now has to back their vehicle up, park their car again, re-enter the station and do what JCM suggested in the first place. Only select stations have credit card processors at the exit plazas and those that do only have one lane accepting credit cards.
Just make sure you put enough money on your SmarTrip to get through the system. I don't see what the gripe is here.
The one benefit of going negative is that every trip has three different fare levels, and that can get confusing or time consuming. Going negative allows you some buffer. (or when it miscalculates a transfer from the circulator)
Alternatively, I think most frequent riders will just keep more money on their card. Most of us (especially those with smartrip cards) do not buy single fare anyway.
Charge a penalty for allowing your SmarTrip balance to go into the negative?
Why are you giving WMATA such an idea?!
1. Why was there no public discussion in advance? Why is there no justification for the change (with evidence)?
2. Metro should have implemented automatic refills (like EZ Pass), and refills online, first.
3. All Metro exitfare machines need to accept credit/debit.
4. It would probably be less disruptive to prevent riders from entering the system without a minimum fare. Then they still have access to fare machines that accept plastic, rather than being trapped inside.
by Chris Adams on Aug 26, 2010 8:04 am • link • report
If you don't have cash, you don't ride.
On the other hand, I think it's a perk that WMATA should consider keeping. Unless the addfare machines are changed to allow you to increase your balance beyond what is required, this new policy will require two trips to machines when your balance goes below zero, instead of just one as is the case now. Again, I guess that's just what paper ticket users face, but I would think that WMATA would want to increase throughput of people, not hold them up.
I don't think it's quite fair to frame this as an issue of being "adult" or not. It's sort of "holier than thou" to point out that you never let your balance get below zero so other people should also always be as conscientious as you. It's also just plain odd to sort of boast about the fact that you carry no cash with you. I'm tempted to say "do you want a medal or something?"
(And, yeah, an E-ZPass type system, and the ability to claim SmartBenefits online would pretty much set most complaints to rest, reduce lines at ticket machines, and make this whole fiasco go away. I'd recommend that the new rules not go into effect until this system is working.)
I disagree with that. It wasn't a perk for the riders because Metro was too lazy/cheap/nearsighted to provide smart card exitfare machines. They had to allow a neg. balance or that awful Kingston Trio song would become relevant again.
Whoever said if it costs more to update the exitfare machines to allow smart card and credit than the (as-yet unpublished) money lost from those criminal masterminds who are making billions off of throwing away $2.50 smart cards w/ neg. balances then scrap it, was absolutely correct.
This sounds like more Metro madness. More costs, more expenses, less budget, and less services-- a business model Madoff would be proud of.
I think the point is that this is something that was unnecessarily taken away and, in turn, we're given BS reasons for making the change. Frustration comes from the fact that they should be making changes to improve service, safety and customer service. This change does none of those things and we have yet to see any changes that DO effect service, safety and customer service to accompany higher fares. I think people would be less frustrated over this is wmata would make changes that MATTER, rather than spending time and money (to change the exit fare gates) to fix things that are completely inconsequential to the three main (and, in my opinion critically important) criticisms of their system.
I'm just waiting until the day that poor Charlie can't get off the Metro because he doesn't have cash to refill his smarttrip card, and rides forever below the streets of DC, with his wife passing him food through the doors at the stops.
(And I agree with those posters who feel that Metro should focus first on making sure the existing fare collection equipment is working properly - I am a bus commuter and would estimate that I ride free at least once every two weeks due to non-functioning fareboxes.)
Now, let me bring up another issue. How many times do people actual look to see if they were charged correctly for their exit fare. I would bet less than 20% actually look to see if they were charged correctly. I have actually been overcharged 9 times in a given month. I would like to challenge people to actually monitor their charges. I know it may sound difficult, but keep in mind how many people use smart trip daily, how many times their software have been tampered with and you will see there is a margin for error. This could be in fact why some are going into the negative. I say, why does WMATA not create a system where you can look online and see what you were charged each time at each station. I fear then they would have to take accountability for their errors.
Food for thought!
SmarTrip cards cost $3.40, apparently. That means that WMATA will lose 90 cents on each card sold at $2.50.
by Matt Johnson on Aug 26, 2010 11:51 am • link • report
DCer10 - I actually didn't see anyone ranting about how special they were for keeping money on them. I did see those people getting frustrated with the "holier than thou" comments of those who don't and were incredulous that they should be expected to have a buck in their pocket.
Chris - BART, of course, charges based on distance. I believe most commuter rail systems (MARC, VRE, Amtrak, etc.) do. The concept is not new, it's not limited to WMATA, it's not worth complaining about. Metro was not intended to be a subway, a la NYC. It was intended to be more analogous to a commuter rail system. So distance-based pricing made sense.
The primary word in Chris' comment is the conjunction and.
I am also unaware of any subway system which charges people based on how far they are going and what time they are traveling.
by Matt Johnson on Aug 26, 2010 12:07 pm • link • report
No wonder people are constantly pissed of with them.
Where is the Riders Advisory Council (I think that's the name) on issues like this? Does WAMTA even think to float ideas like this by them - or any kind of rider-based focus group - if only to hear reactions be able to prepare for them? Or, ideally, to find out if there are holes in the 'official' logic behind a proposal?
Does this Riders group even exist any more? Did it ever exist, or did I dream it up? If they do exist and are not used as a sounding board, what is the group's purpose?
The RAC meets the first Wednesday of every month, including next Wednesday. All meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity for public comment. The meetings start at 6:30 and are in the committee room at WMATA HQ, 600 5th St NW.
by David Alpert on Aug 26, 2010 5:00 pm • link • report
You realize that if there is a system entry on your SmarTrip card, but no corresponding exit you will either have to get a station manager to fix your card the next time you try to enter or you can swipe an exit faregate before swiping the entry faregate and you would be charge the maximum fare. IÂ'm not sure if youÂ'd be allowed to add fare at the fare machines (outside the turnstiles) if you were still shown as being in the system. Either way any benefit that may have been gained is lost.
Is it really that big of a deal to know your balance? For everyone stating that they only see their balance when they swipe on the way in, what about the swipe on the way out? ThatÂ's when I check my balance, and IÂ'll add fare then if necessary (i.e. less than $5 on my card). That way I avoid missing a train because I was standing in line at the fare machines as well.
I never, ever check to see if I was charged correctly on my SmarTrip card (love how Metro saves the extra "T"--talk about efficiency!). In fact, I have to remember to look every now and again to see how much I have.
For that reason, I know I've gone negative in the past, because I've been denied entry on my next ride and wondered why until I noted the negative balance.
I am disturbed if what you say is true: that I may be being mischarged for my rides. To be honest, I don't even know how much my fares are anyway, so I wouldn't know if I were being charged correctly or not.
And if one is mischarged, how would one go about getting it corrected? If it's only 10 or 15 cents, then who would bother? Seems like a devious transit agency could extract a lot of money a little bit at a time that way.
A) Smartrip cards are not permanent. They break, regularly.
B) When yours breaks, you are out not just the $5.00 {or $2.50} but also your balance on the card. For whatever excuses err reasons WMATA refuses to allow you to trade in a card at a sales window; be that JGB, Metro Center, wherever. If you do try, you'll be blown off.
C) So when [not "if"] your DumbCard card dies, and you need a new one to get home; you have to buy a new one, and put more money on it.
Contrast this to paper farecards. You *can* trade them in if they fail. You get a new card *on the spot*... You do NOT pay a premium, just the fare value. And you can buy one at every entrance to every station -- what a concept!
D) Now, if you want to mail in your dead DumbCard, in hopes you'll get credit... But Wait! First you need to register it, and thus your travels. Big Brother needs to know your Name/Address/Bank Account/DoB/DNA sample; because terrorists won't buy a paper farecard, after all..
E) An interesting Public Records request would be: how many dead cards are out there? And what's the total lost [to the riders; WMATA got paid..] value on them? You can define "dead card" as "not used in last 120 days..."
While doing your records request, ask how much money WMATA [i.e us...] forked over to pay for Cubix's lawsuit, and *why* WMATA pays for a supplier's problem.
Great Job but you forgot one
If your card breaks during the first part of a roundtrip you have to pay the extra 25 cents surcharge for the paper card then your regular fare on your return trip.
WMATA should put the smartrip vending machines in all stations or get some new Add Fare machines that they can sell them.
WMATA should be replacing all of there broken s**t I have got smartrip cards that were lemons and had to go through the bulls**t of registering the card though it stopped working after 3 days of purchase.
The cards should come with a warranty like other products.
The cards should be made of thicker plastic there is no reason it cant be done except someone being cheap.
I can't remember all the times I've lost money on Metrobus after putting fare on my card via the fare machine, only to have the machine steal it - it wouldn't show on my card - I've been riding for several years I know how to use the machines. It happens too often to be a miscalibration issue. And no, registering your card doesn't guarantee you a refund, either.
How does allowing a negative value on the card help poor people? It doesn't. If you have negative value on your card you have to pay back that value in addition to the fare you're paying for your current trip. Making people payback all that sum at once isn't helping poor people. All the money Metro makes from this policy goes to Metro directly, I know because I was told so by a bus driver.
All buses include visible notices saying you cannot ride the bus if you don't pay your fare, yet somehow Metrobus drivers allow people to ride with negative values? Ride On doesn't allow anyone to ride with negative values on their cards. I don't know who these policies are helping, but it's definitely not poor people.
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hormones to more 'normal' levels so that the menstrual cycle can occur in a
'normal' manner. In my experience, this often occurs very successfully, although
the further the body is from 'normal', the longer it may take, and the less the
likelihood of success eg women with irregular periods achieve a 28-day cycle
much faster and more successfully than women who are completely without periods.
As the
majority of my patients come to see me because they are trying to conceive or
want to regulate their periods, I tend to concentrate on the first category of
symptoms. I usually use a mixture of Chinese and traditional Western herbs:
agnus castus (chasteberry) – I give this
separately, to be taken first thing in the morning, when it seems to be most
effective. There is some debate as to whether vitex is appropriate for PCOS, but
the majority of herbalists use it and find it effective. Reports from my
patients indicate that it can maintain menstrual regularity on its own once this
has been achieved with the other herbs, and it also reduces hair growth.
sinensis (Chinese angelica/dong gui) and Paeonia
lactiflora (peony root/bai shao) – these two are often used together in
traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of menstrual irregularity and
combine well with Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root) – although this
should not be used medicinally if there is high blood pressure.
herbs that might be used include:
officinalis radix (dandelion root) –
Western herbal medicine places great emphasis on the liver and a PCOS formula
would often contain 'hepatics' or liver herbs. Examples are milk thistle,
barberry, schisandra berry and dandelion root. The latter is used to increase
bile flow and biliary excretion of conjugated hormones, and also to increase
production of sex hormone binding globulins (SHBGs), which basically 'mop
up' free testosterone in the body, thus reducing its effects, including acne
and hirsutism (see Jargon-buster box).
racemosa (black cohosh root) – recent
research has shown this herb contains three types of hormonally active compound,
one of which suppress luteinising hormone secretion after prolonged
lupulus (hops) – this has an action
similar to black cohosh, but is used where stress and nervous tension accompany
pratense (red clover) – contains
phyto-oestrogens and also acts as an alterative (blood purifier), so is useful
where acne is a problem.
perforatum (St John's wort) – used where
depression, other than that of PMS, accompanies PCOS.
these both occur as a result of excess androgens I will discuss them together.
In PCOS there is an excess of testosterone produced in the follicles which is
converted to dihydrotestosterone in the target tissues by the enzyme
5-alpha-reductase, and it is this action that causes the acne and male-pattern
hair growth. The herb saw palmetto (Serenoa serrulata) has long been used
for blocking this conversion in the male prostate, and logically should be of
use in PCOS. However, actual experience is very variable, with some women
reporting improvements but others experiencing a worsening of the symptoms.
indicated herb, or group of herbs, is Epilobii herba (E. angustifolium,
E. parviflorum, E. hirsutum), which has been used in Europe for prostate
problems. Recent research in Germany has shown that an infusion (ie a tea) can
inhibit the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, so again logically this would be a good
herb to use, although so far it has not been used in PCOS long enough for there
to be any results either way (Ed's note: I have used it with some success for
acne, and it actually tastes quite pleasant – a first for a herbal
So try
either and see what happens. In my experience, if the menstrual cycle can be
regulated or initiated, then the acne will improve although not, for some
reason, the hair growth.
are best controlled by a mixture of dietary change (eg the GI diet), lifestyle
change (eg lots of exercise) and supplementation. I normally recommend a
minimum of hemp seed oil (for the essential fatty acids it contains – see here)
and a B-vitamin complex. More might be required eg chromium, depending on the
person. Some herbalists also use herbs to regulate blood sugar and lipid levels;
examples are Gymnema sylvestre, an Indian plant known as the 'sugar
destroyer', Galega officinalis (goat's rue – NB guanidine,
active ingredient in goat's rue, was the inspiration for metformin)
and Trigonella foenum-graecum (fenugreek).
To sum up, I hope I have shown that although PCOS is poorly understood, herbs can successfully be used, alongside supplements, lifestyle and dietary change, to treat the symptoms and successfully manage the syndrome.
Jargon-buster: conjugated hormones and SHBGs
hormones are steroids ie fats and are therefore water insoluble – which
is why they need the sex hormone binding globulins or SHBGs (which are
water-soluble proteins) to move through the bloodstream. In order to get
rid of used or excess hormones the liver conjugates, or joins, them with
another molecule to make them water soluble. They are then excreted via
the bile duct into the gut. If they hang about in the gut too long these
conjugates are broken down by bacteria in the gut and the hormone
component is reabsorbed into the hepatic portal vein. This is known as
entero-hepatic recirculation. So by increasing bile flow you are helping
to both improve the clearance of excess hormones via the liver and reduce
the amount of entero-hepatic recirculation. Improved bowel function also
helps to reduce insulin levels.
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Gene M. Youngblood
Gene M. Youngblood, 84, of Parkersburg, died March 16, 2013, at the Worthington Manor.
He was born Nov. 16, 1928, in Ft. Worth, Texas, a son of the late Marvin E. and Bernice Baines Youngblood.
Gene retired from E.I. DuPont as a chemical engineer after many years of service, and was a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. He was a Korean War veteran serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was actively involved with the Boy Scouts of American as a Scout Master for Troop 92, then served the Scouts in various capacities and also received the Silver Beaver Award on April 20, 1991. He was a faithful member of New Hope Baptist Church, where he was active in the New Hope Choir. He also enjoyed whitewater rafting with his wife for more than 30 years.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Hartshorn Youngblood; two sons, David L. (Jill) Youngblood of Parkersburg and Robert K. (Sallie) Youngblood of Parkersburg; three grandchildren, Stephen Youngblood, Krysta L. (David) Oxley and Michael D. (Jeni) Youngblood; one brother, James L. (Katie) Youngblood of Rogers, Ark.; and one sister, "Patsy" (Keefer) Welch of North Carolina.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Jack E. Youngblood.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at New Hope Baptist Church, with the Rev. Tom Stevens officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. today at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, and one hour prior to the service Tuesday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made in Gene's memory to the Boys Scouts of America, Allohak Council 618, 1340 Juliana St., Parkersburg, WV 26101.
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Can you read this Korean text?
Can anyone read this Korean text? Trying to buy tickets on Jeju Air's English website but a dialog box pops up in Korean. [more inside]
Search for flights, excluding codeshare options
Is there a website like Kayak, but with the option to filter by the airline that operates the flight (i.e. to exclude codeshares)? Or is it possible to do this on Kayak? I have some United credit to spend, and it's proving non-trivial because I can't spend it on flights operated by Continental et al.
How do I get money refunded from an airline?
I feel I just got screwed out of about $500 by an airline. Of course they don't see it that way. What resources do I have to get this money back? If not, what else can I do? [more inside]
Follow the yellow brick road!
I need to find the most affordable flight from south Georgia to California. I seem to have too many variables though. How do I find the best flight from multiple possible departure airports to multiple possible arrival airports? Throw flexible dates in there as well just for fun. [more inside]
Whats the best way to buy a flight for a vacation without getting screwed?
Whats the best way to buy a flight for a vacation that you know you are going on (greater than 3 months in the future)? I am tired of getting screwed for being prepared. [more inside]
How can I take that later flight?
I need to have a flight pushed back, any suggestions? Ok so I am away and I need to go home but I just found out that I have to leave later in the day than when my flight departs. I am flying United and I bought the tickets through their site, they are the cheapest tickets you can get, no refunds, etc. Is there anyway I can take a later flight without spending more money? Does anyone have any experience with this? (I'm going Salt Lake City to Chicago)
If it's MyAir.com, why can't I book a flight?
Why can't I purchase a cheap air ticket on Italian MyAir.com from the US? [more inside]
All Around the World
Any of you guys have experience with RTW (round the world) air travel tickets? Any particular ones to recommend? I have been looking into STA off and on, and several other options have been uncovered. But it seems all the data I can find is depressingly out of date. I tried futzing around on this webboard, but, not knowing much at all about airports, pro-level flying, and the like, I was incredibly intimidated to the point of "not knowing where to start." [more inside]
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BioWare Survey Asks for Fan Feedback on 'Mass Effect 3' Multiplayer
by Joseph Leray
BioWare released a survey two days ago soliciting feedback from "Mass Effect 3" players about the game's cooperative, wave-based multiplayer mode. Specifically, BioWare wants to know how players responded to the layout, visual style, and perceived difficulty of "Mass Effect 3"'s nineteen Firebase maps.
Player feedback like this new survey will help BioWare identify and address trends, unsurprising from a company already well-known for keeping tabs on players. Given the success of "Mass Effect 3" and publisher Electronic Arts' modus operandi, the safe money is that the company is looking to refine its multiplayer modes for presumable inclusion in the the next "Mass Effect" game.
BioWare haven't announced any plans for multiplayer in the next game -- or, really, any details at all -- but I wouldn't turn my nose up at the idea.
The survey includes a question about each map's difficulty, which may seem odd at first: the four different levels of competition (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum) have a much larger impact on difficulty that map choice. However, like all games, a meta-game has developed around "Mass Effect 3," and the most dedicated players have a set of best practices for online multiplayer. It's pretty common, for example, to use a handful of Geth Juggernauts on maps like Firebase Glacier or Reactor to plug up short hallways while other players support -- if you dig your heels in, you can pretty reliably weather a Platinum match.
I haven't filled out the survey myself -- there are a lot of maps in "Mass Effect 3!" -- but here's my quick and dirty feedback: I really liked the multiplayer. It allowed me to play around with a bunch of different builds even though my Shepard was a Vanguard during the entire trilogy, and getting the right combination of skills and gear for each character felt like playing bunch of micro-RPGs instead of one huge one.
I also liked the way the promotion system expanded the "Mass Effect" universe: it's nice to think that other people are involved in the fight against the Reapers, even on remote military bases on the other side of the galaxy from whatever mission Shepard is on.
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Ever try to win an argument with a Scottie? I did. Angus was not very vocal but when he barked he was loud. One day, he just kept barking. Not a string of excited barks but just a steady "Woof", "Woof", "Woof". One bark about every two seconds. It was driving me crazy.
I approached him and snapped my fingers which usually gets me some response.
Nope, nada, nothing. He just kept on "Woof" "Woof" "Woof".
So then I went for the verbal approach. Here is the conversation:
"Angus, no barking"
"Stop it"
So finally, I went for the physical approach. I grasped his snout in my hand (not hard) and made him look at me. Which required me to move my head back and forth as he moved his eyes back and forth to not meet mine. (I know in the dog world this is not okay but in my world I wanted him to focus on me and what I was saying.)
Finally, I had his attention.
"Angus, no barking"
Well, the only benefit to grasping his snout was that the barking was now muted. But I had to get the last word in.
"Angus, NO"
As he looked into my eyes, his lips moved like he was going to blow a bubble and the smallest, tiniest, littlest, "oof" came out. It sounded like a breath of air. "oooph". I knew it was technically a bark but really, how could you say anything as it was so quiet.
I stared back into those big brown "innocent" eyes with quiet resignation. We both knew he won as he got the last woof in.


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Every municipality in New York State that issues dog licenses must also appoint an animal control officer to control the dog population, whether domestic or feral.
Municipalities that don't issue dog licenses have the option of appointing an animal control officer. But there is nothing in the law about the control of domestic cats, and the feral cat populations can get rather high in many municipalities.
The Town of Bethel has developed a plan to help cat owners spay or neuter their cats and, at the same time, help tamp down the feral cat population.
Councilmember Vicky Vassmer-Simpson explained the program, called "Too Many Cats," at the town meeting on May 9. She said that one day per month the town's animal control officer, Henni Anker, will take the town animal control van to a veterinarian in Ulster County who has offered to spay or neuter owned cats for $65 each. The owner is expected to pay $35, and the Bethel Local Development Corporation (BLDC) will pick up $30.
Vassmer-Simpson said, "$65 is a very good price, and you can also get a rabies shot, which is important because the cat colonies that form in the area can be a health hazard."
The van will carry eight cats in carriers and leave at about 7 a.m. and return at about 6 p.m. If the program fails to attract eight owned cats, Anker will take feral cats from the community, and they will be returned to the wild after they are spayed or neutered. The cost for spaying or neutering feral cats will be $20.
Vassmer-Simpson said, "There are black cats running all over Kauneonga Lake. They're killed by cars and die of terrible diseases, and we're hoping we can do something about it."
She said anyone who wants to donate to the cause can make a tax-deductible donation to the BLDC, specifying that it go to fund the Too Many Cats program.
Building report
Also at the meeting, supervisor Dan Sturm read the monthly building report and said spending on construction projects in April of 2011 amounted to $296,500. In April this year, it was $467,000, which represents an increase of 42%. He said, "Over all, we are currently up 40% over last year," which he said was a good economic indicator. He added that two new homes began construction in early May and were not reflected in the report.


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That should allow you to answer a), b) and c). For d) you need to determine if:
P(A and B)=P(A)P(B)
(when A and B will be independednt and not if this does not hold) and you have sufficient data to do so.
from that link....
Two events A and B are independent if and only if Pr(A ∩ B) = Pr(A)Pr(B).
Given P(A) = .4, P(B) = .5, and P(A or B) = .7,
a)find P(A and B) P(A and B)=P(A)+P(B)-P(A or B)=.4+.5-.7=.2
b)find P(A/B) P(A/B)=P(A or B)/P(B)=.7/.5=1.4
c)find P(B/A) P(B/A)=P(A or B)/P(A)=.7/.4=1.75
d)are A and B independent? Why, or why not?
Not independent because P(A or B) does not equal P(A)P(B)


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MPAA ratings board is awful. If they were to rate themselves, they'd get an NC-17 for "pervasive failure, and some smoking."
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"Most expendable" here does not mean "worst."
If it did, this would be a slideshow about John Lannan, Laynce Nix, Freddy Galvis, Erik Kratz and one of the many middle relievers who struggled for the Phillies so much in 2012.
Instead, "most expendable" in this context is closer to its dictionary meaning. Per merriam-webster.com, "more easily or economically replaced than rescued, salvaged, or protected."
The Phillies certainly, by that definition, have some expendable players on the roster.


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June 12, 2013 – Erich R. Mackow, PhD, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, has been elected as a Fellow into the
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According to the ASM, Academy Fellows are eminent leaders in the field of microbiology and are relied on for authoritative advice and information on critical issues in microbiology. Fellows are elected through a highly selective peer review process based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. Dr. Mackow and other newly elected fellows nationwide were recognized at the annual ASM General meeting in May.
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"Hemorrhagic disease caused by dengue and hantaviruses is a serious problem worldwide, and we hope our continued work at Stony Brook leads to therapeutic approaches for reducing the lethality of these diseases and the development of attenuated viruses for vaccine development," said Dr. Mackow, the keynote speaker at the 2013 International Congress of HFRS, HPS and Hantaviruses in June.
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After another promising start to a season, the New York Mets have fallen into the same trap that seems to catch them every year.
After beating the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 30, the Mets record stood at 43-36, above and beyond expectations. After their latest collapse, they enter play Tuesday against the Miami Marlins with a 53-56 record.
Going 10-20 in the heart of the season is not going to cut it for any team with playoff aspirations, let alone the Mets.
Many will want to try and pinpoint the reason to why the Mets have faltered in the last month. One person they should not be looking at is manager Terry Collins.
If anything, Collins is the one responsible for putting the Mets in position to contend before the calendar rolled into July.
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SOLD: Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies w/ Upgrade EH Gold Pin Tubes
Will Ship To: US/Canada
Up for sale is a mint condition Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies tube amplifier with built in USB DAC. The amp comes with all original accessories (stock Sovtek tubes, solid state power supply unit) and packaging materials. I will also be throwing in the upgrade EH Gold Pin Tubes that I bought from Woo Audio along with the amp.
For people who might be thinking of buying the new WA7TP tube power supply, this amp should be eligible (purchased in October 2013) for the early bird offer allowing you to purchase that tube power supply at a discounted price of $349 if you are interested in doing so.
Absolutely love this amp and the synergy it has with my TH900 headphones. Only reason for selling is that I haven't found myself listening to too much music lately and have been spending more of my time gaming. I feel that a tube amp setup is too overkill for gaming purposes and will probably be downgrading to something more suitable for that purpose (probably solid state).
Feel free to PM with any questions you may have.
Shipping costs are already included in the price!
P.S. Also, might be interested in trading for a Fostex HP-A8. Let me know if you have one.
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Time to pop that Louis XIV!!!
I saw a six minute film about the inequity of wealth in America that has had almost 4 million viewings. Those 1%ers have more money than I thought.
Hmm, a slight aside: read of a nurse who lived in Riverside County (a housing tract) and drove to Santa Monica every day to work, right next to another nearly identical housing tract, choosing her home for the "lifestyle". (Where the neighborhood "rules" mandated what color she could paint her shutters, and how high her grass (lawn) could grow!) It cost her a fortune in time, and gas (30% of her earnings!!). YEp, "lifestyle choices" ARE contributory to a number of our "problems" today.
Excellent video, puts things in perspective.
Thanks. I knew there was a huge disparity. I just didn't know how big. It is much bigger than I thought.
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Neighbors sue Omya over waste dumping
PITTSFORD Chemically treated waste that Omya Inc. is dumping into abandoned quarries threatens drinking water supplies and the nearby Otter Creek, a citizens group alleges in a new lawsuit.
The 13-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Rutland on Friday by Residents Concerned About Omya says the company's disposal of calcium carbonate tailings is "an imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment" in violation of federal and state law.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction prohibiting Omya, which mines calcium carbonate for use in the paper, paint and other industries, from any further dumping of the waste. It also seeks an investigation into the waste to determine a safe method of disposal.
"We want Omya to comply with state and federal law, which means stop dumping waste into the quarries," said Patrick Parenteau of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic at the Vermont Law School in South Royalton, which is representing the neighbors.
Parenteau said the lawsuit also seeks to ensure that the now-unpermitted waste goes into a fully certified solid waste disposal facility and that the existing waste is no longer leaching chemicals into the groundwater.
The Law Clinic warned Omya in November that it would file a lawsuit unless corrective action was taken. The Law Clinic filed a companion lawsuit last year in Superior Court against the state, which is still pending.
"There has been no response whatsoever from either the Agency (of Natural Resources) or from Omya," Parenteau said.
James Reddy, Omya execu-tive vice president for North American operations, said he was disappointed by the lawsuit.
Reddy said recent action by the Legislature, backed by other environmental groups, should have resolved the tailings issue.
The new law requires Omya to file for a waste disposal permit with the Agency of Natural Resources.
He said the company continues to disagree with allegations that the plant's tailings pose any health risk.
"This is done in the other 49 states exactly this way and it's been done in Vermont this way forever," Reddy said. "The groundwater always tests clean; everything is fine is our opinion."MORE IN News
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Come on Aggie.<quoted text>
Dismal job creation and a horrible unemployment rate, yawn.
Look at the pretty picture and tell me if you see a pattern.
Any pattern? Anything at all?
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#6309 Apr 7, 2013
Come on Aggie.
Look at the pretty picture and tell me if you see a pattern.
Any pattern? Anything at all?
#6310 Apr 7, 2013
Hey Amirite? Amirite?
You know I'm not lying. It's all true, Baby!
#6311 Apr 7, 2013
Both political parties are missing the point. If you want to get out of poverty, you have to teach and reinforce innovation, so that people know how to make something out of nothing. That is what we have moved away from, and we do it with excessive paper, and layers of red tape. Government teaches that it is better to live on the system, then to live off of the system. Complicating all of it, is this "democrat", "republican" party affiliation, instead of focussing on our core values as Americans. We have models for the industrial revolution. We are missing models for our population today. You cannot live in America in pure capitalism- all the wealth will go to the few at the top. You cannot live with pure socialism/communism, you will destroy innovation and motivation. We have to find ways to blend the two, and we can't do that until we get out of the "republican", "democrat", party affiliation, where we stay stuck. Paralyzed might be the better word.
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#6312 Apr 7, 2013
Better - not hardly. For so long, people have looked at Obama's presidency as a continuation of another disastrous president - Jimmy Carter,but now Obama is looking more and more like FDR, whose policies extended the Depression far longer than it should have been and it looks like Obama's polices will extend this recession in the same way with illogical Keynesian policies of "spend our way to prosperity" when any economist worth his pay knows that does not work. And please don't try and pass off that tired old argument about women only receiving 75% in pay compared to what a man gets.
Any one who has ever looked at the data knows that statistic is a misleading lie. It does not take into account education, years worked, time taken off for child rearing or actual job descriptions. When all those variables are taken into account the worst that can be said is a woman makes 98% of what a comparable man makes, some show the woman making 105% compared to the man's 100%.
"Liberals are closet raaacists!"
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#6313 Apr 7, 2013
Seriously, how does one GET as brainwashed as you? Look at what Obama is doing now with the loans for homes to those with weak credit???? Oh, my gosh! That's what got us here in the first place. Now, start with the excuses and support. UGH.
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#6314 Apr 7, 2013
Just the debt is enough. Consider the joblessness, taxes, healthcare, etc. Seriously, no one is listening. Obama is responsible. It's his watch. He wanted this, he got it and IT"S HIS. If a conservative were doing this junk, you libs would be killing people in the streets. Your double standard is astounding.
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#6315 Apr 7, 2013
Aggie, your post explains EXACTLY why conservatives know that liberals are lunatics. They live by a double standard and I am beginning to think that NOT ONE of them is intelligent to understand that. It's incredulous.
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#6316 Apr 7, 2013
I didn't say you are right. I said you are HIGH!:)
#6317 Apr 7, 2013
What people are going to remember about Obama's presidency is that the American people rejected completely the Republican Party's insulting candidates. They are going to remember that the American people rejected completely the notion that "hey! let's do more of the same things that got us into this mess in the first place!"
People will remember that Obama was able to keep this country afloat DESPITE the fact the the Republican 112th Congress felt that their only job was to get that president out of office by any means possible when what America needed was responsible leadership and a Congress working to solve America's problems...problems that we CLEARLY remember were caused by the last Republican President that Americans were foolish enough to allow into the White House.
You've taken your position - and you scrape together whatever critisism you can muster against our current president - but you really MUST stop decieving yourself about what really happened. It did happen - it's not up for debate.
A Republican President recklessly came dangerously close to collapsing the entire economy of the entire country, and then a Republican Congress threw a giant hissy fit and obstructed progress towards repairing the damage. And - despite that - Obama has had a fair amount of success.
Right now all Americans are going to feel the effects of Sequestration - which the try to blame on Obama. Unfortunately that little bit of illusion is no longer viable to them since Boehner admitted that Obama did not want sequestration and the Republicans did. Again - they want Americans to suffer so that they will blame it on Obama so they can leverage this action towards polical power. It's irresponsible, it's dangerous, it's immoral and unconscionable. And it is exactly true.
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#6318 Apr 7, 2013
Considering the graph is credited to the "Office of the Democratic Leader"
- I'm not impressed. I went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to try and confirm that chart. Couldn't do it. Looked up Office of the Democratic Leader - all it tried to link me to were Nancy Pelosi web sites - so where did you find that graph? So me the link and then we can talk.
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#6319 Apr 7, 2013
Admit it. That picture is tatooed on your forehead. i KNOW it is.
#6320 Apr 7, 2013
I haven't formed an opinion on this yet.
At first glance I don't like the sound of it. However, the FHA is under the Administrative Branch, they insure a large portion of the loans made. The housing market really has been holding back the economy. Cautious and careful move to loosen that market could be very beneficial, both to young people and the economy at large. Going wild with loosening credit would be very dangerous and distasteful.
So, the Devil is in the details, and I don't know the details yet. We'll have to see exactly what is being proposed and what safeguards are intended to keep things from getting out of hand again.
How can you be so brainwashed as to reject something that may (or may not) be extremely beneficial without even knowing anything about it?
#6321 Apr 7, 2013
That chart has been around for some time. The numbers used to create the chart were originated from the Office of Budget Management if I recall. In fact they made a chart that had the same info in it, it was just graphically ugly. Pelosi added some color and there it is.
Do a Google Image search for Bush Obama Jobs and you'll find it. Some time back I posted a link to the OBM version of it - it wasn't easy digging through their immense number of documents to get to the original report and graph.
#6322 Apr 7, 2013
Actually, I think it was CBO numbers that were used to make that draft rather than OBM. It's been awhile.
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#6323 Apr 7, 2013
Because one of the main points is that "income level and employment" not be considered. That is part of what got us into this in the first place with the Clinton Justice Dept coming down on banks for not granting home loans to people who couldn't afford them - all in the interests of "fairness". And Federal Housing officials want assurances that lending institutions will not be held accountable for loans to riskier lendees who later default. It is a recipe for disaster.
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#6324 Apr 7, 2013
What people will remember about Obama is that he promised Hope and Change: and then Forward and when the Hope and Change didn't happen, then took our country forward into socialism. He'll be credited with implementing a healthcare program that bankrupted our country. He'll be remembered for NEVER taking responsibility for any failures even though they happened on his watch. He'll be remembered for improving his golf handicap while the promises he made to help people fell by the wayside. He'll be remembered as winning the presidency because he didn't have any serious opponents. He'll forever be known as the first black president who had NO qualifications, but was elected president anyway. Oh! He'll also be known as the president who won the Nobel Peace Prize only because he is black.
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#6325 Apr 7, 2013
lol Oh! It WON'T be Obama's fault. It will be Bush's fault. Well, if YOU think it's a good idea, it will be Obama's GREAT idea. If it sucks, well, it will be Bush's fault. Obamabot.
#6326 Apr 7, 2013
We spent over $50 Trillion Dollars making war and have nothing to show for it.
Those Trillions of dollars wasted in Vietnam, Panama, Nicaragua, Granada, Iraq, Columbia, Mexico, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have only made us enemies around the world, allegedly justifying spending additional Trillions to protect us from those enemies we create.
Now that's wasted money.
We have spent $15 Trillion Dollars assisting our fellow Americans, feeding children, housing our elderly, providing medical care for the ill and injured, and otherwise "promoting the general welfare.
Now that's money well spent. Money spent at home, improving the life of our fellow Americans, and our country, is an investment in America.
America cannot withstand the coming strife created by a system that causes one single family in America having more wealth than 40 million other Americans families, and adding insult to injury, that family paying a lower tax rate than those 40 million families.
It's not just politically wrong, it's morally wrong. The Right Wings' alignment as a tool for the wealthy is Anti-Christian.
Jesus simply was against people accumulating great wealth.
King James Bible:
"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God".
Ezekiel 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Right Wingers have to work hard to avoid acknowledging the obvious - that Jesus was a bleeding heart "Libtard",
Attacking me for defending Liberals, Moderates, and Progressives changes nothing.
The Bible is clear and unambiguous - Jesus was a liberal, and those who attack liberals for professing policies consistent with Christian theology, by definition, are attacking the very teachings of the Christian Church.
When they denigrate Liberals - they denigrate Jesus' teachings.
Pointing that out is just an easy way of demonstrating only one of the hypocrisy of the Right Wing.
Pointing out how Right Wing economic policies which inevitably fail, is another.
Pointing out the Right Wings' refusal to hold their leaders to any moral standard is one more.
The Right Wings' Anti-Christian stance as regards to taxes and income distribution just results in the strongest responses.
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#6327 Apr 7, 2013
I haven't been an a$$h0!e to you, so will you tell ME your tax proposal? I'm curious because this whole tax thing is very concerning to me.
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Our story begins over 350 years ago on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Best known for its aquamarine seas, pristine beaches and vibrant culture, the island is also home to one of the most fascinating historic treasures in the Western Hemisphere, St. Nicholas Abbey.
Falling sugar prices forced the Nicholas family to sell the property in the mid-1720's to Joseph Dottin. The Dottin family was prominent in Barbadian society; the appointment of Deputy Governor of Barbados had traditionally passed from Dottin father to son for many generations. Joseph Dottin owned several properties on the island and presented each of his daughters with a plantation as a wedding gift. He gifted Nicholas to his daughter, Christian, upon her marriage to Sir John Gay Alleyne in October 1746.
Sir John, himself a prominent member of the Barbados community, served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1767-1797 while also managing Mount Gilboa Plantation and Distillery for his close friend, John Sober. Sir John Gay Alleyne did such an excellent job managing the plantation that it was posthumously renamed Mount Gay in his honour and carries the name to this day.
Under Sir John's ownership a number of changes were made to the Plantation, including physical upgrades to the Great House. By this time the Jacobean style was considered dated; Sir John added the more modern triple arcaded portico, sash windows and intricate Chippendale staircase.
In honour of the Treaty of Paris, Sit John replaced the original Cherry Trees lining Cherry Tree Hill, the entrance to the Plantation, with Mahogany trees, the first of their kind on the island, which still stand today.
Perhaps the most significant contribution Sir John made to the plantation was introducing rum distillation as a mean of economic sustainability. Like most Barbadian plantations, Nicholas' primary source of income was sugar and its related by-products. The plantation's mill produced sugar and molasses in its early years, with production changing to syrup later on. These products, as well as the distilled rum, were exported to Europe and America. At the height of production, Nicholas was considered to be one of the most successful plantations in Barbados, and likely, the Caribbean.
After Christian's death in 1782, Sir John Gay Alleyne married his cousin, Abel Alleyne, with whom he had several children. Sir John continued to live at St. Nicholas until his death in 1801 (Abel died in 1800). Christian's will had stipulated that Nicholas Plantation pass to her own children upon Sir John's death; with no surviving heirs (their only son died at age 12 while at school at Eton), ownership reverted to the Dottin Family. Political difficulties in Europe and the start of the Napoleonic War made it near impossible to track down the Dottin descendants, who resided in several different countries. During the search the property incurred considerable debt and the property was taken by the Chancery Court in Bridgetown in 1810.
Brothers Edward and Lawrence Trent Cumberbatch purchased the property from the court for £20,500, the sum of the amassed debt.
Initially, Edward's son, Edward Jr., stood to inherit the family's real estate holdings, including both his father and bachelor uncle's share of Nicholas Plantation. There was just one condition, that Edward Jr. not marry his love, Mary, the daughter of Andrew Ashe, a musician from Bath, England, for at least five years after his father's death. The family did not approve of the match - Edward Jr. was not trusted to maintain the family's property holdings; marrying a poor musician's daughter would lend no financial security to the situation. His father believed Edward's romantic interests would shift during the course of five years and hopefully focus on a more financially suitable bride. Edward Jr. chose love over money and wed Mary Ashe, forfeiting his right to the family inheritance.
Nicholas Plantation, as well as nearby Ebworth Plantation and additional land in Speightstown, passed instead to his sister, Sarah and her husband, Charles Cave, in 1834. Charles also stood to inherit half of the Cave Family's banking interests, making the couple suitable guardians of the Cumberbatch Family's property holdings. It is believed that Sarah and Charles combined the property's name, 'Nicholas Plantation', 'St. Nicholas Parish', where the Cumberbatch family lived in England, and 'Bath Abbey', where the couple married, to create the name 'St. Nicholas Abbey'.


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- four medium sized mackerel
- olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic and black pepper
- 2 good handfuls each basil, flat leaf parsley
- a good handful of nuts (your choice; pistachio, pine nuts, hazel nuts or almonds)
- juice and zest of one lime
- The mackerel are just gutted to leave them whole, so put some oil on the fish rather than putting it in a pan.
- There's rather a lot of olive oil in this recipe and what I'm going to cook with it is a lovely gutsy, feisty, salsa, pesto-type sauce that will really whip up the fish.
- You are going to cook the fish on the hob, so we put a little bit of salt on them and in they go.
- While they are cooking, make the sauce.
- It's sort of a mixture between a sauce verte, which is a South American recipe, and a pesto, which is a recipe from Italy and the south of France.
- So, lots of herbs, basil and pistachios.
- Now you can use any sort of nuts - pine nuts, hazel nuts or almonds - but I like the lovely colour that pistachios give.
- Some olive oil, of course, one clove of garlic this time, and some flat leaf parsley.
- Again, mix and match the herbs: flat leaf parsley is pretty much a staple for this one, because it does have that lovely fresh taste, but you could also put coriander in here along with the basil.
- And some lime zest and juice to give it a bit of taste, little bit of pepper and get blitzing - not too much of a purée; it wants to be quite loose and crunchy.
- Fish is done, sauce is ready, serve that with a lovely salad and it's as simple as that.