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It seems James Tedesco just can't catch a break.
Wests Tigers' euphoria at blitzing competition heavyweights Manly took only 24 hours to crash to a sobering halt with confirmation of an ankle injury that is set to sideline the electric and in-demand fullback for an indefinite period again.
A day after the 34-18 win over the Sea Eagles at a drenched Leichhardt Oval, Mick Potter was left with the task of patching together his back line for Saturday's meeting with North Queensland and beyond after Tedesco and veteran five-eighth Braith Anasta (suspension) were both scratched.
The outlook on Tedesco is far more serious – the talented 21-year-old has ligament damage in the ankle he injured in the second half of Sunday's demolition of Manly, a setback that continues his cruel run with injury since his debut two years ago.
Tedesco's star has been rising in the opening five rounds of the competition, forming what has the makings of a lethal combination with young halfback Luke Brooks. But his emergence has again been punctuated by injury and on the same ground where his first-grade debut game came awfully unstuck in 2012 because of a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.
He was seeing a specialist on Monday afternoon, and the visit and further scans on Tuesday are expected to confirm another lengthy break on the sidelines.
After missing almost the whole 2012 season recovering from knee surgery, Tedesco returned last year only to play for months through the pain of a crack in his fibula. It was a season in which he made his representative debut in the City-Country Origin match, and his latest injury appears set to rule him out of contention for this year's edition of the annual rep game in Dubbo.
"Tedesco will have further scans on his ankle tomorrow morning and could potentially be sidelined for an extended period," a club statement said on Monday.
"While it is clear that Tedesco will miss this Saturday's clash against the Cowboys, an exact return date will not be known until club medical staff receive the results of tomorrow's scans."
The Tigers are desperate to retain Tedesco, who is off contract at the end of the season, with a long-term view, amid reported interest from a cashed-up Canterbury in need of a top fullback.
Anasta has received a grade-two shoulder charge for his hit on Manly winger David Williams, and will be banned for a week with an early guilty plea, but risks a two-match suspension if he challenges the charge.
Hit with injuries during a forgettable campaign last year, the Tigers were already without the option of including Tim Moltzen (knee) and Curtis Sironen (foot), both of whom are not due to return till at least next month.
Potter will name his line-up to take on the Cowboys on Tuesday, and the absence of 32-year-old Anasta creates an opportunity for new recruit Blake Austin. The 23-year-old utility, who joined from Penrith, has been impressive at five-eighth in the NSW Cup and slotted a last-gasp winning field goal in the second-tier side's 27-26 win over Manly on Sunday.
Another option for the Tigers is playing back-rower Liam Fulton in the halves alongside Brooks, where the 2005 premiership winner has been utilised in times of need.
Evergreen winger Pat Richards looms as the lead candidate to fill Tedesco's shoes.


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Board of Supervisors Meeting Podcast Transcript: April 20, 2009
Welcome to the podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors meeting on April 20, 2009.
The Board, in a unanimous 10-0 vote, marked up the proposed Fiscal Year 2010 Budget, which begins on July 1, 2009. Formal adoption of the budget is scheduled to take place April 27. The Board's Budget Markup package was presented by Board Chairman Sharon Bulova, who noted that this budget was one of the most challenging ever experienced in Fairfax County.
The FY 2010 marked up budget proposal includes a real estate tax rate of $1.04 per $100 of assessed value. In addition, a stormwater services fee of $0.01 per $100 assessed value (in addition to the real estate tax rate of $1.04 per $100 of assessed value) will be imposed to provide support of stormwater services' operating and capital project activities through the creation of a new Stormwater Service District. Coupled with a 12.6 percent decline in the average residential assessment, the resulting average tax bill will be a modest reduction from the current fiscal year.
Of the $106.4 million reductions in the County Executive's Budget, this package restores $22.73 million by reallocating funding budgeted for fuel ($6.3 million), reducing some of the amount originally needed to absorb state cuts ($5.1 million) and reallocating part of the Penny for Affordable Housing ($10.3 million) to restore critical Human Services and Public Safety programs. Regarding the Penny for the Preservation of Affordable Housing, this reallocation should not be interpreted to mean that the board is retreating from its commitment to affordable housing. In fact, some of the reallocation allows the Board to restore what otherwise would have been cuts or the elimination of housing, or housing-related, programs.
Based on current market trends, it appears that real estate assessments will realize further negative growth in FY 2011 and that overall county revenue will most likely decline in FY 2011. As a result, funding for county and schools spending will be further limited in FY 2011.
Prior to marking up the FY 2010 fiscal plan, the Board approved the FY 2009 Third Quarter Review. This quarterly review required several adjustments impacting both revenues and disbursements for the remainder of FY 2009.
The FY 2010 plan marked up by the board provides for a balanced budget based on a General Fund Revenue reduction of 0.20 percent from the FY 2009 Adopted Budget Plan. Total General Fund Disbursements are projected to total $3.33 billion, a decrease of $92.05 million or 2.69 percent from the FY 2009 Revised Budget Plan. Excluding adjustments in the current fiscal year, the actual decrease from the FY 2009 level is $22.28 million or 0.66 percent from the FY 2009 Adopted Budget Plan.
The FY 2010 Schools transfer for operations totals $1.63 billion, which represents no increase or decrease from the FY 2009 transfer level. In addition, the Board of Supervisors budget restores reductions in some key programs that impact the schools including School Resource Officers, Clinic Room Aides and Head Start. The Board of Supervisors also increased school bond sales to $155 million per year from the county executive's recommended $140 million level.
As a result of the board actions, the net change in positions in FY 2010 is a decrease of 306 positions from FY 2009.
For more information on the FY 2010 Budget, including revisions made during the April 20 markup session and budget guidance for FY 2011, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/budget.
That's all for this podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, thanks for listening.
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For more information about the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, including full meeting minutes and documents, visit the county Web site: www.fairfaxcounty.gov
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TYLNEY Hall Hotel near Hook is to open its gardens again in aid of the National Garden Scheme (NGS).
The next charity open day will be held on Sunday, June 8.
The National Garden Scheme has raised and distributed more than £35 million for various charities such as Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Crossroads, Help the Hospice and The Queen's Nursing Institute, plus many more.
The June open day will take place between 10am and 4pm and guests and visitors will have unlimited access to Tylney's 66 acres of gardens and will have the chance to enjoy light refreshments.
There will also be a chance to enjoy the gardens on Sunday, October 5, when the gardens will be preparing for the winter months.
The Garden Open Day costs £4 per adult and is free for children.
All proceeds go to the National Garden Scheme and there is no booking required.
Log on to tylneyhall.co.uk for more information.


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by Michael Bond
During the 20th
century, subtle changes to global money systems turned currency from a
sustainable means of exchange into one of the most destructive agents on Earth.
However, most of us were so busy struggling to get some money that this
mutation of currency was mostly overlooked.
The deadly aspect of our modern money system stems from the way money is
now created.
Modern money is
created via credit by the creation of debt. If you borrow $1,000,000 from a bank, the
$1,000,000 is not transferred to your account from existing currency
held at the bank. The $1,000,000 is created into existence by the loan. You get $1,000,000
to spend, but you still owe the bank a $1,000,000 debt. The money created
is balanced out by the debt created. As the loan is paid back to the
bank, the repayments do not go into bank coffers but cancel out the
original debt owed to the bank. The repaid loan money is literally cancelled out
of existence again. So where do the banks get their profit from lending?
From the interest that is paid to the bank during the repayment of the
The interest paid on
loans is the fatal flaw in our modern currency systems. Say during the
term of the above loan, there is $200,000 generated in interest. This
means that while the original million is created and then cancelled out,
there is an extra $200,000 that must be found somewhere. The only
possible place this interest money can now be found is from
circulating money generated by a different loan. This, of course, means that even the
capital of the second loan cannot be paid back, as there is now a
shortfall of money in circulation. The second loan amount - plus its interest
- can only be repaid via
money generated from yet further loans, and so on.
In short, the world is
now obliged to pay back to banks more money than the banks ever create
in the first place, an obviously impossible task. This is why economies
must grow at between 2 – 6 % per year or they will disintegrate.
Economic growth is not for the benefit of the average person as is
commonly believed. Economic growth is solely to create enough currency
to keep the faulty global economy treading water so it doesn't collapse.
This is also why the
global economy grows at about 4%, while global debt grows at about 10%
per annum. Note that the gap between economic growth and debt is getting
increasingly wider every year. Politicians proudly report strong
national economic growth statistics, perpetuating the illusion that this
implies some kind of bonus for the average person, yet they
systematically ignore ballooning national debt as though it is
At the current
growth ratios of economies to debt, within three decades the annual
global increase of debt will be larger than the gross global income.
This is not conjecture, it is simple mathematics.
Clearly the
global economy will collapse long before this ridiculous scenario
arrives. Unless fundamental changes are made to the present economic
system, in less than two decades the global economy will destroy itself.
No amount of productivity, foreign trade, gold mining, hard work or anything else
can change that fact.
In the pre 20th
century economy, increased productivity created more money in
circulation. In our
present economy, money in circulation controls productivity. If money supply is scarce,
then commerce seizes up. Borrowing ever larger amounts of money is now the only way to
keep the economy running. However, this short-term economic fix only
creates a larger currency shortage down the track, because of the
problem created by interest.
The global environment
is being systematically destroyed, not because of shortages of
commodities, but because of shortages of currency in circulation. Our
present system of money supply has killed millions more people and
destroyed much more of the environment than nuclear weapons ever have.
Between now and the year 2020, unless the global economy is completely
restructured, there is no other possible outcome except the greatest
global disaster in known history. Over the next 10 to 20 years,
environmental destruction will escalate exponentially as we race towards
the meltdown of civilisation as we know it. Ironically, the harder we
try to alleviate this financial shortage, the faster we create it.
What is the solution?
Fundamental changes need to be made to align the global money system
with reality. Money supply must be restructured into a sustainable means of exchange
that serves countries rather than destroys civilizations.
During the 1970's
public opinion forced the most powerful government on Earth to stop a
war. Only a massive groundswell of public opinion putting pressure on
our respective governments can avert the disaster that our global
currency system is driving us towards. Time is quickly running out. Each passing year sees increased destruction of the environment
and the human spirit.
A copy of this document is available from
Michael Bond is a promoter of social and environmental reform.
His book Eve of the Apocalypse sheds light on
the present global situation and its affect on individual people.


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Leyton Orient have agreed to sell winger Moses Odubajo to Brentford in a record equalling transfer deal.
The O's were always likely to face a battle to hold onto their star talent after missing out on promotion following their play-off final defeat at Wembley.
Odubajo attracted plenty of interest from Premier League clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur, but has agreed to join newly-promoted Championship side Brentford.
The deal matches the fee received for Gabriel Zakuani in 2006 when he moved to Fulham and although undisclosed is in excess of £1m.
The 20-year-old's performances for Orient last season helped them finish third in League 1. Odubajo netted 12 goals, including a spectacular strike at Wembley in their defeat to Rotherham United, during 57 appearances in the campaign.
Odubajo made 116 appearances for the O's after making his debut for the club in 2011 against Dagenham & Redbridge in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
Brentford's was the only serious offer for the Greenwich-born wideman, who had made his intention to play in the Championship clear to the club.
Orient chairman Barry Hearn is currently in talks with Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti over the sale of the club.
This is likely to be a priority but manager Russell Slade will be keen to find a replacement for Odubajo with pre-season training set to start next week.


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THE great Poole bin swap is due to get underway in June as the council starts a massive replacement programme which will take months to complete.
Around 67,500 households in the borough will receive letters this weekend informing them that by the end of the year their 140-litre blue recycling bin will be swapped for a 240-litre bin.
And their 20-year-old large black refuse bin will be replaced by a smaller 180-litre bin. Accompanying this will be The Blue Book, a definitive guide on what can and cannot be recycled.
A government grant of more than £1million aimed at helping councils with a weekly refuse collection means this will be retained along with the two-weekly kerbside recycling collection.
"Recycling costs the council tax payer more than £100 less per tonne," said Shaun Robson, pictured, head of environmental and consumer protection, Borough of Poole. "That's between putting things in the black bin and into the blue bin."
He added; "Part of this message is an environment sustainability message, there's also a financial message of getting good value for council tax payers. We all know how much pressure our range of services are under."
With recycling rates remaining steady at around 40 per cent of the town's waste, they are hoping to increase that figure.
Cllr Xena Dion, cabinet portfolio holder for a prosperous and sustainable Poole said: "There are always exceptions such as people with large families or who have got medical needs and produce additional healthcare waste."
She said: "We will look at each case individually. Where there are people with additional needs we will consider them."
Residents will not have to take any action, bins will be swapped on normal collection days, however if a household wishes to retain their small blue bin they should call 01202 261700 by May 23.


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Franklin, Tenn. March 29, 2012 –Dan Slipkovich, Co-Founder, CEO and Board Chair for Capella Healthcare, has been named one of Nashville's 2012 Health Care Heroes by the Nashville Business Journal, which announced the 5th annual listing on March 26.
Winners will be profiled in the May 18th edition of the Nashville Business Journal and will be honored at an awards luncheon on May 10th at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. According to the NBJ, the accomplishments of Nashville's "…thirty most influential leaders, innovators, strategists and caretakers …is helping to grow the region's health care industry and reinforcing Nashville as the health care capital of the nation.
With over 30 years of hospital experience, Slipkovich is a nationally recognized leader within the healthcare industry. He has led hospitals across the country of varying sizes and scopes – from small, rural facilities to large, urban academic medical centers. He has served as CEO and Board Chair of Capella Healthcare since co-founding the company in 2005.
A member of the Board of Governors for the Federation of American Hospitals, which represents over 1,100 hospitals, Dan also serves on the organization's Audit, Rural Healthcare, and Legislative committees. Through his involvement with the FAH as well as the American Hospital Association and the Nashville Health Care Council, he is an active contributor to the national discussions that are helping to shape the industry's future.
In 2011, he was awarded one of the region's first National Outstanding Eagle Scout Awards by the Boy Scouts of America's Middle Tennessee Chapter, in recognition of his professional and personal accomplishments. Earning Eagle Scout recognition at age 13, Dan is a lifelong supporter of Scouting and credits this experience with having made a significant difference in his life, impacting both his personal values and professional accomplishments.
About Capella Healthcare
Capella Healthcare partners with communities to build strong local healthcare systems that are known for quality patient care. Based in Franklin, Tenn., Capella owns and/or operates 13 general acute-care hospitals in seven states. With the philosophy that all healthcare is local, Capella collaborates with each hospital's medical staff, board and community leadership to take care to the next level. The company has access to significant leadership and financial resources, investing in its family of hospitals to strengthen and expand services and facilities. For more information, visit the website at www.CapellaHealthcare.com


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Hello All, Since Easter Sunday has just pasted I thought I might do a blog about college life and holidays. Most college kid do end up getting their fair share of homesickness, especially during the holidays. How do we cope with it? Hang out with friends! From my experience here at UAT you'll be able… Read more »
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Six months of difficult renovation work culminated Friday of Loudonville Fair Week at ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the new Strive Chiropractic Office and Dr. Dakota Zickefoose.
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This is something long needed. There are so many templates, and very few of them (even the useful ones) seem to be linked from the main template pages. Good idea. -- Sulfur 17:23, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- You mean, something like Special:Allpages...? :)
- If this is really just a "list of all templates", I don't know if we need another one that is less reliable than the automatically generated special page - and if this is kept, it should at least be moved to Category:Memory Alpha templates. -- Cid Highwind 18:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- You're right, we really don't need a category that just duplicates the function of Special:Allpages. What I wanted to do is categorize the templates into sub-categories. Thus, Category:Template should really only contain other template sub-categories, such as Category:Navigational templates, Category:Episode templates, Category:Maintenance templates, etc. And you're also right about the supercategory; it should be Category:Memory Alpha templates. My mistake there... sorry! -- Renegade54 22:48, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
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Not my suggestion, but taken from Category talk:Templates:
- Category:Memory Alpha templates (Category:Templates needs to be moved there)
- Category:Memory Alpha navigational templates (Category:Navigational templates needs to be moved there)
- Category:Memory Alpha maintenance templates
- Category:Memory Alpha episode templates (although I personally don't know what this might be...)
-- Cid Highwind 18:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Support! (at least the first 3) -- Renegade54 19:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- Mental note: It should be noted that we have quite a few unused templates that are just lounging around that should be saved or tossed at some point--Alan del Beccio 01:30, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


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Nagarjuni Caves - three Ajivika rock-cut temples
Main characteristics
|34 (list of all attractions)
|Ancient shrines, Rock cut architecture
|Architecture, History, Archaeology
|Asia, India, Bihar, Jehanabad district, 24 km north of Gaya, 1.6 km east-north-east from Barabar Caves
|Around 230 BC
|Alternate names:
|Nagarjuna Caves, Nāgārjunī
Often Nagarjuni Caves are joined with the nearby Barabar Caves in one group of monuments. They share many similarities and have several unique peculiarities. Unfortunately bad criminal situation in the area has not helped to boost the popularity of this mysterious monument.
Description of caves
Gopi (Gopi-ka-Kubha, milkmaid) is a cave available by stepping up a flight of megalithic steps. It has got the largest chamber in group. Cave contains several important inscriptions, some of these testify that son of Ashoka – Dasaratha (reigned in 232 - 224 BC) – has devoted these caves to Ajivika – thus these structures might be some 50 years younger than caves at Barabar. It is possible that the cave was used also in the middle of the 19th century by some Islamic eremites. Cave is 12.3 m long and 5.8 m wide, both ends of chamber are semi-circular. Roof is vaulted, up to 3.2 m high. Also this cave has polished walls and floor.
North from Nagarjuna Cave there is the second cave – Mirza Mandi (house of Mirza). Next to it there is a dry well – this can explain the other name of it - Vahiyaka, Vapuiyaka Kubha, Vapya-ka-Kubha – cave of the well. Nearby there are remnants of several buildings – possibly viharas - Buddhist shrines. Cave contains inscription: "The Vahiyaka Cave was assigned by Dasaratha, His Sacred Majesty, immediately after his consecration, to the venerable Ajivikas, for as long as sun and moon endure." (4) Other caves have similar inscriptions, just the name of cave is different.
Through an enormous crevice one can reach the third cave – Vedathika Kubha (Vadithi ka Kubha, Vadathi ka Kubha).
Although caves might have been created for Ajivika, it is possible that some caves containes Buddhist stupas at some time as well.
See Nagarjuni Caves on the map of India!
- The Barabar Caves. A Passage to India by David Lean - last accessed in 21.03.2010.
- Nagarjuni Caves. Indian Travel Portal - last accessed in 22.03.2010.
- Adwaita P. Ganguly. India, Mystic, Complex, and Real: A Detailed Study of E.M. Forster's a Passage to India : His Treatment of India's Landscape, History, Social Anthropology.... 1990.
- Vincent Arthur Smith: Ashoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India. Clarendon, Oxford 1920.


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Queensryche 'Take Hold of the Flame' in Snowy Massachusetts
The snowstorm wreaking havoc on the Northeast didn't stop Queensryche from bringing their best to the Palladium in Worcester, Mass., on Saturday night (Jan. 23), nor did it stop the fans who came from all over to fill the house front to back. The band first lit up the stage with a frenetic rendition of the speedy "Guardian" off 2015's Condition Human, quickly following that with "Operation: Mindcrime," which is always an audience favorite.
The setlist then got truly interesting as Todd LaTorre went into "Best I Can," "Damaged" and "The Killing Words." LaTorre truly took on these Geoff Tate classics and made them his own. All of the inflection and raw emotion was there in his voice as if he had written the songs himself and they sounded even more powerful with his commanding vocal abilities. "Damaged," being the first Promised Land track LaTorre has performed live with the band, proved he could handle the more modern Queensryche songs just as well as the classics, and showcased his deeper vocal range with aplomb.
All of the songs were enhanced with two large LED screens of videos and images to bring some multimedia depth to the band's work. Proving the strength of the new material, the band performed the emotional "Bulletproof" off the new album and lost no energy from the crowd before ramping things up further with "Empire," featuring a blistering solo by Michael Wilton. Keeping in the theme of Empire, one of the highlights of the night for any true Queensryche fan was "Anybody Listening," yet another song not yet performed by Todd until this tour, silencing any doubters about LaTorre's rightful place in the band.
Next up was "In This Light" — the only song off the self-titled 2013 album — which drew a great audience reaction as LaTorre himself pointed out after the song. Of course, following this newer track the band dipped back into the the classics with a high energy performance of their namesake song "Queen of the Ryche." Todd called Meliah Rage / Let Us Prey singer Marc Lopes up to the stage to enhance the opening high note before delving fully into the 'Ryche classic.
Drummer extraordinaire Scott Rockenfield kept things going, showcasing his tightest drumming skills and kept the rhythm flowing between songs. As If the audience wasn't pumped enough, the following performances of "Jet City Woman" and "Take Hold of the Flame" could only take them higher as these songs always do before the band walked offstage. With so many classics played many wondered what the band would be back with for an encore. It was certainly no disappointment and they were back in no time to further solidify their set with "Screaming in Digital," a song that never shows its age and always inspires awe in the crowd.
The ever-popular "Eyes of a Stranger" ended the night on a high note, not that it needed it with this set. Queensryche once again proved that their appeal is still strong following the split with Tate and the departure of guitarist Chris DeGarmo many years before that. The enthusiastic audience showed that many fans of old, as well as a new generation, are happily here to support them even through the worst weather. The band didn't need to ask if there was anybody listening that night!
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As I walked out the doors of the new Dish it up! Ballard store, I noticed that Lopez Island Vineyards has a booth at the Ballard Farmers Market almost directly across from the shop. Vivian was recently waxing poetic about their Siegerrebe after having it poured for her at The Herbfarm's One Hundred Mile Dinner. Unfortunately, wineries are not currently allowed to pour their wines at farmers markets so I knew I wouldn't be able to sample their goods that day.
That's why I am thrilled that this Sunday December 12th from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. the winery will be offering a special tasting at Dish it up! The shop regularly features a different wine each week. This tasting will be really exceptional, though. Brent Charnley, President and Winemaker of Lopez Island Vineyards will be in the house! He will be pouring not just one, but FOUR of the winery's treasured wines. They are somewhat unique in that one of these wines is grown here in the Puget Sound AVA, and several are organic.
Featured Wines
Brent will be pouring these wines from Lopez Island Vineyards (tasting notes are adapted from the Lopez Island Vineyards website):
Madeleine Angevine: Originally this grape hails from the Loire Valley of France, also a marine influenced region. The wine is barrel fermented in older oak barrels to add to the complexity. An added bonus – the grapes are grown under organic and Salmon Safe certifications.
Dry Rosé: Think rose is only good for sipping on summer days? Shame on you! Rosé is terrific for holiday dinners (think cranberries) and is a versatile food wine. This one is made from Syrah and Cab Franc and is another organic selection.
Malbec: Produced with certified organically grown grapes from the famous Doc Stewart vineyard on the Wahluke Slope. The heat of this region combined with the sparse sandy soils creates some of the more powerful red wines in our state.
Cab Merlot: This year's blend is 85% Cabernet, 10% Merlot and 5% Malbec, a wine of depth and complexity with flavors and aromas of blackberry, cherry, tobacco, oak, cedar and smoke. This is a full bodied wine, ideal for chasing away the winter's dark edges.
Interested in giving these wines a try? The Dish it up! Ballard location is located at 5320 Ballard Avenue Northwest in Seattle. The Ballard Farmer's Market will be in full swing right outside the shop's doors. Wine from Lopez Island Vineyards will be available for purchase at their booth at the market as well as at Dish it up! Tasting takes place from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 12th.
Disclaimer: I work at Dish it up! Even if that were not the case, I would recommend this tasting of Washington wines.


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Well apparently, a lot of people, so a big question about the upcoming Wii U is will Nintendo adopt them. Now I'm not going to say whether or not they will, I obviously don't know; but I did have an idea of what I think is an interesting approach.
If you remember, last year after E3 it was discovered that Nintendo had filed a patent for a Massive Single Player Game http://www.gamespot.com/news/nintendo-applies-for-massively-single-player-patent-mentions-wii-3d-6328634 in 2010. There were a lot of ideas about what this could mean for a game, Animal Crossing being a popular target. However I like to dream big and I wondered what this idea, could mean if applied to Nintendo's entire online infrastructure for the Wii U. Now I'm no tech wizard, I don't deal in source codes, algorithms and moon sapphires. So I don't know how feasible any of this is actually is, its more of a wishlist, so bear with me.
Nintendo City
This would be the central hub for not only the online system, but the game system as well. Forget the boring menu's when you boot up the system, you are dropped into this city and it serves as the menu interface. This city is a large open space, that the player is free to move around and interact with(play mini games based on Nintendo franchises etc.). You have access to everything the system offers, there is a space for say Netflix, perhaps have it look like a movie theater with some posters of Nintendo characters starring in fake movies for laughs.
Have it feature a virtual Nintendo World Store, where you can buy games that your Mii views as games lined up on shelves. Now at a glance, its sounds similar to Playstation Home, a place with a bunch of people being jerks to each other. Sounds like a good time right? I think so too, but others might not enjoy it and that's where the features of this patent comes into play.
Massive Single Player
Nintendo has confirmed an account system and we all know, their not giving up the Mii's anytime soon. So I imagine, each account exist in this city as a Mii. Now initially your Mii is alone in this city, but as you add friends, they become visible and you can interact with them. Of course the option to also go to public locations, where you can interact with anyone would exist as well. As the patent suggest, while the general population of users are invisible, you can see their impact on the city. When I build my Toad House McMansion in your neighborhood, you would be able to see it. When I drunkingly fall asleep on your lawn after having too much Lon Lon Milk, you would see the brown patches I leave in my wake.
Now I'm not really an advocate of trophies and achievements, I feel they don't bring anything to the table and only serve as a not as good replacement for in game rewards. However I believe there is an interesting way in this setup to sort of use that system. Imagine a system wide combination of achievements, leaderboards and user content; take for example you beat Mario 100% in the shortest time of any of player. In the city, there would be a billboard of your Mii and your time, that would just stay there until someone else beat it.
A place where you can watch the best user videos from Smash Brothers, see profiles of tournament winners, user of the day(or something)recognition. Give people goals to shoot for in games and instead of "bing you got 10 points" you get a billboard that people might be looking at for the next 5 years. I think that's a little better, it brings back the days of the arcade high score, but its global instead of in a dinky 7-11.
Now this is obviously not going to happen lol, but I think it would be cool if it did. An interesting twist on the status quo of a console online system.


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Earth''s hot past points to drastic global warming
Washington, Jan 14 : A new analysis has concluded that the magnitude of climate change during Earth''s deep past suggests that future temperatures may eventually rise far more than projected if society continues its pace of emitting greenhouse gases.
Building on recent research, the study examines the relationship between global temperatures and high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere tens of millions of years ago. It warns that, if carbon dioxide emissions continue at their current rate through the end of this century, atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas will reach levels that existed about 30 million to 100 million years ago, when global temperatures averaged about 29 degrees Fahrenheit (16 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial levels.
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) scientist Jeffrey Kiehl said that global temperatures might gradually rise over centuries or millennia in response to the carbon dioxide. The elevated levels of carbon dioxide may remain in the atmosphere for tens of thousands of years, according to recent computer model studies of geochemical processes that the study cites.
Kiehl focused on a fundamental question: when was the last time Earth''s atmosphere contained as much carbon dioxide as it may by the end of this century?
If society continues on its current pace of increasing the burning of fossil fuels, atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are expected to reach about 900 to 1,000 parts per million by the end of this century. That compares with current levels of about 390 parts per million, and pre-industrial levels of about 280 parts per million.
Kiehl applied mathematical formulas to calculate that Earth''s average annual temperature 30 to 40 million years ago was about 88 degrees F (31 degrees C)—substantially higher than the pre-industrial average temperature of about 59 degrees F (15 degrees C).
The study will appear as a "Perspectives" piece in the journal Science. (ANI)
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JOLIET, Ill. – A perfect 6-0 record during the busy week of Apr. 14-20 has earned University of St. Francis sophomore Danielle Hoffman (Tinley Park, Ill./ Andrew) Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week accolades.
Hoffman helped the Saints to three conference wins over Robert Morris University (Apr. 16), Calumet College of St. Joseph (Apr. 17) and Purdue University Calumet (Apr. 19) with three of her victories coming at No. 2 singles and another three at No. 2 doubles with two different partners. She won all three of her singles matches in straight sets and in doubles, went 2-0 with senior Leah Fuessel (Mokena, Ill./ Lincoln-Way East) before winning another match with sophomore Ewelina Szwed (Romeoville, Ill/ Romeoville).
Closing out the regular season with three straight league wins to improve to 12-9, the Saints earned a No. 3 seed in this week's seven-team CCAC Tournament. Hoffman, who earned her first career CCAC weekly award, improved to 16-9 in singles play and 16-12 in doubles action on the season with her six wins last week.


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Apple at the Crossroads
As Pentium and Athlon chips keep getting faster, the difference in clock speeds between standard PCs and Apple's PowerPC-based Macintoshes keeps getting larger. Raw clock speed may not really matter that muchapplication speed is more importantbut it sure seems the existing PowerPC G4 line is running out of steam.
Apple has a few choices. The easiest one would be to move forward with the PowerPC technology if Motorola or IBM can offer effective future solutions. Recent rumors indicate that Motorola's 64-bit G5 processor (which is 32-bitcompatible) will ship early next year and will scale to 2-GHz and greater speeds down the road. That may happen, but there is uncertainty, as Motorola's semiconductor unit is having financial difficulties. In fact, other rumors are out that Apple may take over its PowerPC chip design and development and outsource chip manufacturing.
The company may eventually have to migrate to a new processor, such as the Sun SPARC, which would maintain Apple's unique position in the market. But this move might leave the company vulnerable to the same problems it faced with the PowerPC.
Another option is a move to Intel or AMD processors, which would open up Apple to industry-standard parts and multiple suppliers, thus lowering Apple's cost of goods. (Apple is already using many industry-standard interfaces and components in its Macintoshes today.) This lets hardware and software makers develop products more easily.
I see a few routes to this last option: Apple could bypass the Pentium 4 and go directly to Intel-based 64-bit computing (IA-64). Both the Itanium (the first IA-64 chip) and the McKinley (due next year) could provide a performance advantage for the applications that Apple has been promoting lately. Apple could again claim a jump start on its Windows-based rivals.
On the downside, the Itanium and the McKinley are expensive, and portable versions won't be available for some time. Developers would also have to port their code to the chip. If Apple pairs up with AMD and its future 64-bit Hammer chips, software will still need to be ported. It's also possible that PC and Mac enthusiasts might accept AMD 32-bit processors in future Apple desktop systems.
Apple could also choose to work with Transmeta on its Crusoe processors, which are now being used in some Windows-based notebooks. Since the basic chip isn't an x86 chip, it performs "code morphing" to run Windows applications. Perhaps Apple and Transmeta could use code morphing on PowerPC binary code so that developers wouldn't have to port their applications. Whatever path it chooses, Apple is at a crossroads, and its decision could affect the future of computing for all of us.


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Gators pick up record-setting win over Kentucky
Published: Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 2:19 p.m.
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After players cut down the nets and the seniors kissed the Gator logo at center court, No. 1 Florida headed to the locker room to reflect on its 84-65 win over No. 25 Kentucky at the O'Connell Center.
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The Gators (29-2, 18-0 SEC) finished off a historic regular season Saturday by becoming the first team in Southeastern Conference history to make it through an 18-game schedule undefeated. Florida won its 23rd straight overall and 32nd straight at the O-Dome, making it through a home schedule unbeaten for the second straight season.
"For me as the coach it's the greatest regular season I've ever been a part of," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "What these players have done, going all the way back to the second game of the year with a depleted roster at Wisconsin, and then going to UConn and losing both point guards in that game and having to play a lot of our non-conference schedule somewhat banged up, guys not there … these guys have done a remarkable job."
Florida raced to a 49-28 halftime lead and appeared headed for a laugher. But with Florida up 53-32 early in the second half, Kentucky (22-9, 12-6) made one last push to spoil UF's Senior Day. The Wildcats went on a 15-0 run, cutting UF's lead to 53-47 on a hook shot by freshman center Dakari Johnson.
But Florida senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin, as he's done all season, hit the big shot to change momentum. Wilbekin's 3-pointer extended UF's lead to 56-47 with 11:50 remaining. From there, the Gators maintained a lead of seven or more points the rest of the game.
"I couldn't ask for it to end any other way," Wilbekin said. "Picture perfect. When I was sleeping last night, this was how I imagined it happening. It's sad that it's my last game here but I'm so happy right now."
Florida's seniors all played prominent roles in the outcome. Senior center Patric Young scored a season-high 18 points and added seven rebounds. Senior forward Casey Prather scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half, overcoming a twisted ankle early to come up with big baskets in transition down the stretch. After Prather beat Kentucky down the court for a three-point play, extending UF's lead to 70-57, he drew a high-five from the bench from Donovan.
"Our guys get excited and I get excited for them," Donovan said.
Wilbekin overcame first-half foul trouble to finish with 13 points and four assists, while senior forward Will Yeguete had five points and seven rebounds.
"When you come here as a freshman, you don't really know what to expect," Yeguete said. "And when we look back, I don't think we thought about being in this situation as seniors. We've led this team and we've done a really good job staying together. Now we're just excited for postseason."
Young fueled Florida early, scoring 11 of UF's first 26 points by consistently beating Kentucky's big men down the court. The 6-foot-9 center from Jacksonville was locked in early following UF's emotional Senior Day ceremonies.
"If anything, it really fired me up," Young said. "I was excited to go after the whole ceremony, get the ball tipped up and get it going. My teammates found me. I knocked down some shots. I missed a few. Got fouled. My teammates were able to find me and I was able to make plays tonight."
Kentucky couldn't play the role of spoiler. Freshman forward Julius Randle had 16 points and 10 rebounds for his 18th double-double of the season. But Kentucky couldn't get the ball inside enough and had some questionable shot selection down the stretch. Freshman twins Andrew and Aaron Harrison went a combined 6 of 21 from the floor for the Wildcats with seven assists and five turnovers.
"In the second half, we took the fight to them a little bit, we made a game of it," Kentucky coach John Calipari said. "Then, all of the sudden we take the two worst shots we've taken all season. Like, you've got to be kidding me. But that's what freshmen do."
Florida, meanwhile, played with the poise of a veteran team. The Gators scored 28 of their baskets off 20 assists, finishing with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 20 to 10. Kentucky's assist-to-turnover ratio was 10 to 14.
Defensively, Florida held Kentucky to 34.8 percent from the floor in the first half and 45.1 percent for the game.
"We were unselfish," Donovan said. "We moved it. We passed it. I thought we got out on the break. We got stops."
Up next for the Gators is the SEC Tournament, where the Gators will play in the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. Friday against the winner of Thursday's 8-9 seed game.
Shortly following the game Saturday, UF's seniors held up a sign that read "18-0 and more to go."
"Hopefully we can decompress here a little bit and get a little bit of time here and try to get ready for the next step," Donovan said.
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Next week represents an interesting anniversary in cricket's annals. For it was 20 years ago on Oct 18, 1992 that Zimbabwe began its first Test match. And it so happened that I was there at Harare Sports Club.
Being a dour opening batsman I rather enjoyed the fact that Zimbabwe made 456 all out in 214.2 overs, with Grant Flower making 82, his brother Andy 59 and the 35 year-old Dave Houghton 121.
Of course, there was astonishment that Zimbabwe had been granted a place at cricket's high table at all. Most of the players themselves could scarcely believe it, thrown from their club cricket on a Sunday into this, and for one of them, the 30-year-old left-arm seamer Gary Crocker, it had all the feel of a club match as his call to play came late the night before when Ali Shah succumbed to injury. His problem was that he lived in Bulawayo. He duly drove the 400 km through the night to make his and his beloved country's Test bow.
At the time, playing as I was in that 60-over club cricket on Sundays, I was strong in my assertion that they should not have been playing Test cricket. The reasoning was political, with India the proposers and eager first visitors so that they could rely on another vote at the ICC table.
But you compare the side then with the chaotic lot present at the recent ICC World Twenty20 and you realise it was actually a decent side.
Add to those already mentioned Eddo Brandes, the chicken farmer who twice bowled his country to one-day victories over England, Andy Pycroft, a classy batsman who is now an ICC match referee, the precociously talented young batsman Alistair Campbell and John Traicos, the devilishly accurate off-spinner.
Traicos was 45 when he played in this Test, 22 years after he had played his last Test in 1970, alongside Graeme and Peter Pollock, Eddie Barlow, Ali Bacher, Mike Procter and Barry Richards for South Africa against Australia at Port Elizabeth. But Traicos was still supremely fit. In India's first innings, which on a lifeless pitch crawled along even more slowly than Zimbabwe's in a match always headed for a draw, he recorded astonishing figures of 50-16-85-5, including Sachin Tendulkar for a duck.
Traicos, Pycroft and Kevin Arnott, Grant Flower's opening partner, were all lawyers, and if you speak to Andy Flower now he will say that these type of men were huge early influences upon him, as they found remarkable balances in their lives with their ability to commit fully to work, cricket and family life.
In terms of their current team director Flower and a previous coach, Duncan Fletcher, England has much for which to thank Zimbabwe then. And it may be that Yorkshire's aggressive left-handed batsman Gary Ballance, recently selected for England's winter Performance Programme, makes his mark as a player in the near future. The nephew of Houghton, he was born and brought up in Zimbabwe before coming to Harrow School where he played in the same side as Kent's Sam Northeast.
But the politically traumatised Zimbabwe has also caused England so much anguish. Think of the 2003 World Cup, famous for the courageous black-armband protests of Andy Flower and Henry Olonga, when England deliberated for so long about whether to go to Harare to play, and a similar dilemma when touring there a year later. And since 2008 when the government, in objection to Robert Mugabe's regime, banned Zimbabwe from touring here the following year, there has been no cricket played between the countries.
An Englishman, Alan Butcher, now coaches Zimbabwe, and there are other good men - including Grant Flower, Campbell and Heath Streak - involved in the game there, but, cruelly, maladministration and financial crises still blithely walk hand in hand.
Zimbabwe returned to Test cricket last year after exile since 2005, but fixtures understandably remain elusive. Pakistan want to postpone a scheduled tour there in December, so Zimbabwe's next international cricket may not now be until March of next year. They had not played for seven months before the World Twenty20. It is just not enough.
Since their debut in 1992, Zimbabwe have only played another 86 Tests, and won just nine of them, with five of those coming against Bangladesh. It is the saddest of 20-year tales.


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Romaine, Radicchio, and Endive Salad
This salad holds up well when dressed, making it ideal for a party.
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Source: Martha Stewart Living, May 2012
- 1/2 loaf rustic bread
- 3 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup coarse-grain mustard
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallot
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- 2 pounds mixed baby romaine, radicchio di Treviso, and Belgian endive (about 5 heads romaine, 3 heads radicchio, and 3 heads endive)
- 3 ounces Parmesan cheese, shaved into curls with a vegetable peeler
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Tear bread into bite-size pieces, and toss with 3 tablespoons oil. Season with salt and pepper. Bake on a rimmed baking sheet until golden brown, about 9 minutes.
Whisk together mustard, shallot, lemon juice, basil, and remaining 1/2 cup oil. Season with salt and pepper.
Trim core ends of salad greens. Cut romaine heads in half lengthwise, and radicchios and endives into quarters lengthwise. Place half the wedges on a platter, and drizzle with 1/4 cup dressing. Top with remaining wedges, and drizzle with another 1/4 cup dressing. Scatter with cheese and croutons, and serve remaining dressing on the side.


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Direct losses from weather disasters
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Changes in the frequency and intensity of storms, floods and extreme temperatures affect the financial sector, including the insurance sector, through the amount of compensation payments. Examining insurance claims related to weather disasters can help to identify the sectors (e.g. agriculture, forestry, infrastructure, industry or private households) that are most affected by damage and/or could be most affected in future. A recently published report from the United Nation Environment Programme's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI, 2006) estimated that losses from weather events are doubling globally every 12 years. Even though the observed increase in losses is dominated by socio-economic factors (such as population growth, increased number of habitations in vulnerable areas, increased wealth, increased amount and value of vulnerable infrastructure), there is evidence that changing patterns of natural disasters are also drivers. It is however not known how much of this increase in losses can be attributed to anthropogenic climate change (Hoppe et al., 2006). Insurance mechanisms are key in risk management and hence can play an important role in adapting to climate change by covering the residual risks and providing incentives for risk reduction. Through their underwriting policy, the (re)insurance companies can indeed increase risk awareness and provide incentives for risk reduction. Insurance companies have inherent interests in minimising the impacts of climate change in order to maintain residual risks insurable. Through their investment policy and asset management, the financial sector as a whole (savings, loans and insurance companies as well as other institutional investors) has great influence on companies' investment decisions. They can therefore ensure that any investments made are more climate-resilient and channel money into projects related to adaptation and mitigation of climate change. On the other hand the industries with greatest exposures will have to respond increasingly with innovative products, e.g. catastrophe bonds (Bouwer et al., 2007).
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- References ABI, 2005. Financial risks of climate change -- summary report. http://www.abi.org.uk/Display/File/Child/552/Financial_Risks_of_Climate_Change.pdf . ABI, 2007. Adapting to our changing climate: A manifesto for business, government and the public. http://www.abi.org.uk/BookShop/ResearchReports/Climate_Change_FINAL.pdf . Bouwer, L. M.; Crompton, R. P.; Faust, E.; Höppe, P. and Pielke R. A. Jr., 2007. Disaster management: Confronting Disaster Losses. Science 318 (5851): 753. Höppe, P. and Pielke Jr., R. A., 2006. Workshop Summary Report. In Workshop on Climate Change and Disaster Losses: Understanding and Attributing Trends and Projections, Höppe, P. and Pielke, Jr. R. A. (eds.). Hohenkammer, Germany, 4-12. IPCC, 2007a. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Solomon, S.; Qin, D.; Manning, M.; Chen, Z.; Marquis, M.; Averyt, K. B.; Tignor M. and Miller H. L. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. IPCC, 2007b. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Parry, M. L.; Canziani, O. F.; Palutikof, J. P.; van der Linden, P. J. and Hanson, C. E. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Kovats, R.S. and Jendritzky, G., 2006. Heat waves and human health, in: Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Humans Health (eds. B. Menne and K.L. Ebi), Steinkopff, Darmstadt, Germany. Munich Re, 2007. Naturkatastrophen in Europa, unpublished data. Robine, J. M.; Cheung, S. L.; Le Roy, S.; Van Oyen, H. and Herrmann, F. R., 2007. The CANICULE- project: The excess mortality in summer 2003; Presentation. Bonn, WHO-meeting on improving public health responses to extreme heat, 22.03.2007. Schär, C.; Vidale, P. L.; Lüthi, D.; Frei, C.; Häberli, C.; Liniger, M. A., and Appenzeller, C., 2004. The role of increasing temperature variability in European summer heatwaves. Nature 427: 332-336. UNEP FI, 2006. Adaptation and vulnerability to climate change: the role of the finance sector. United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland. Also available at http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/CEO_briefing_adaptation_vulnerability_2006.pdf . Watkiss, P., 2006. The Social Costs of Carbon (SCC) Review -- Methodological Approaches for Using SCC Estimates in Policy Assessment, Final Report to Defra. Published January2006. Paul Watkiss with contributions from David Anthoff, Tom Downing, Cameron Hepburn, Chris Hope, Alistair Hunt, and Richard Tol. http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/carboncost/aeat-scc.htm .
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- Natural disasters in Europe 1980-2007
- Overall and insured losses from weather disasters in Europe 1980-2007
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In April 2009 the European Commission presented a White Paper on the framework for adaptation policies and measures to reduce the European Union's vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. The aim is to increase the resilience to climate change of health, property and the productive functions of land, inter alia by improving the management of water resources and ecosystems. More knowledge is needed on climate impact and vulnerability but a considerable amount of information and research already exists which can be shared better through a proposed Clearing House Mechanism. The White Paper stresses the need to mainstream adaptation into existing and new EU policies. A number of Member States have already taken action and several have prepared national adaptation plans. The EU is also developing actions to enhance and finance adaptation in developing countries as part of a new post-2012 global climate agreement expected in Copenhagen (Dec. 2009). For more information see: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/adaptation/index_en.htm
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They have told her that the charges are for the 'credit hold'
They are not charges. These are holds against a credit amount. They don't actually charge anything. They place a hold on an amount against the credit balance of the card. This way a guest can't go buy a diamond ring at port and charge their card to the limit and leave no way for the cruiseline to collect at the end for actual charges. It is done by virtually every cruiseline and any other business that is allowing a credit limit for a period of time before actually running your bill. Most lines hold approx $60. per day from your limit. The only reason for odd amounts is if the limit they are holding is red flagged by their system for actual charges that are nearing or exceding these limits. If they hold $60. a day and you book $500. worth of shore excursions against your onboard account, they'll hold more to be sure you're still able to cover the charges at the end. Same if you're getting $200. a day in casino chips on your onboard account. Their hold is not enough in these cases so they'll increase it. Nothing to worry about with the billing, they are not making any charges to your card without your signature authorizing the exact amount. A credit hold does not require a transaction signature, you did that when you agreed to their terms and conditions to board.
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