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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Lib Tech TRS C2 BTX
13 Jun, 2010
Location: Breckenridge, CO
Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers.
Setup: I rode the Lib Tech TRS C2 with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 151cm.
First Impression: The addition of C2 to the TRS really delivers a total ripper series.
Weight: Average
Flex: The TRS is that good middle of the road, medium flex that lets it handle the entire mountain from the park to freeriding. It's stiffer in the nose and tail but softer torsionally between the bindings so you can get quick response from edge to edge. The TRS for 10-11 has C2 technology which is banana rocker between the bindings and camber from the inserts to the contact points.
Turning: The TRS was easy to initiate into each turn with quick edge to edge response. It's one of those board that lets you enjoy the ride whether you want to go slow or cruise fast. Both short and long radius turns felt comfortable on the TRS and you definitely felt the board power through each turn and deliver you into the next turn.
Stable: The addition of C2 technology to the TRS gave it more stability than when I rode it with BTX two years ago. On the really bumpy, choppy snow it didn't absorb as well and felt the board get bumped around but that could also be the smaller size. On hardpacked groomers, no problem handling some speed down the mountain but a bigger size would have been more suitable for charging.
Pop: Decent pop off the rollers and for ollies. I took it on a couple boxes in the park and no catching, easy to maneuver even though the base was a bit sticky.
Switch: Riding switch was okay on the TRS, not the same as if it was twin but with the directional sidecut you had to adjust to how it handled.
Overall Impression: The TRS continues to be the do-it all board, total ripper series it was named after and I think the C2 addition makes it even more of a do-it all board for the mountain. For bigger mountains I would have sized up but for park laps at Breck the 151cm was fine for handling and freeriding.
Shay's Honesty Box: The TRS continues to dominate the mountain as a ripper and was a blast to ride at Breckenridge. This was the first time I've encountered the slow base with the TRS, it definitely needed a wax and was really slow to ride because of it.
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18 Comments
June 14, 2010
Hi Shay,
Good review… I used to have a TRS BTX (model 2007) and right now I still have my Lando (model 2008) and despite that Lib Tech are super fun board, I am so agree with you for the base wax… mine needs wax almost after every ride, it seems that there base do not keep the wax on and the cosmetic chips a bit… but for the rest this is a Fun board
"This was the first time I've encountered the slow base with the TRS, it definitely needed a wax and was really slow to ride because of it."
June 16, 2010
The TNT bases don't hold wax very well on Libs. The sintered UHMW or whatever it's called is a harder base and holds wax much better. I wish they'd put it on all their boards. I've really liked the Wax-Infused base on the Gnu Street Series. I have a T-Rice and my buddy has a Street, he waxes once to my three. He used to ride an MCKink which has the TNT base and HE would wax three times to my one. I've heard the same from other people who ride Libs. I only buy Mervin boards with the sintered base (not TNT) for that reason. The TNT base is much softer too, but easier to fix gouges, where as the sintered base takes a beating without much damage, but is harder to work with.
Regardless, I LOVE MERVIN!!!
June 16, 2010
Oh and good review Shay, your blog kicks.
June 16, 2010
Hi Keither,
THANKS for the clarification! I know more now why my Lando is Hight Maintenance on base… My Lando 2009 must be a TNT base since the 2010 Lando is TNT 😉
Make sens now,… and will make sure to look at it, if I go again with Mervin, I and get at least Sintered base
August 22, 2010
FYI,,lib bases in general are slow and don't hold wax well regardless of whether or not it's TNT.
Burton and Rome bases are MUCH higher quality, faster, and hold wax better.
September 06, 2010
@ Yan, sorry but that is total bullshit, more than half of Burton's bases are junk, you need to spend at least $500 on a Burton to get a decent sintered base. Rome's bases are sintered, but it's a cheaper plastic, unlike the Lib's UHMW sintered bases. And Lib's bases aren't slow at all, just the TNT base doesn't hold wax as well as the others. You're only slow if you don't wax 😉 Just like any other board. In my opinion, my TRice has the best base I've ever ridden. Fast and Bombproof. I don't know how many times I've ridden over or landed on a flurry of chocolate chips and and sharkfins then instantly thought "That's it, my base is done, my edges are gone" only to take off my board and look underneath to find minor scratches.
FYI, burton and rome have the highest return rate percentage wise for core snaps and delams. Ask any shop that carries them.
September 14, 2010
i want…… got a2009/10 trs btx and it is the best deck i've had. rides a bit like my old uninc with the channel set up, similar flex but i had 2 of those in 1 season, base diecut seperation and snapped core put me off burton but they replaced both times. went back to lib and staying there. awesome and in powder just off the hook!would like to try c2btx buddy's got trice and swears by it. yeah man great boards, want a new lando! and yeah wax before you ride everytime it's better in the long run and the more you wax the better the base gets, you do notice if you don't. shred on!
September 16, 2010
Any thoughts on this vs the Travis Rice 2011? What are the differences? On spec they seem pretty similar.
September 30, 2010
TRice is stiff as hell, I think it's a 7-8 out of ten for stiffness. Awesome for charging.
But because of banana between your feet, you can still jib it. I own a 157cm and I'm 150lbs and I can still jib it even though I'm not a big guy. It's my all around deck. It's pretty wide, like 25.8. For strictly park though, I'd size down, and maybe go with the TRS cause it's not as stiff. Or go with the Gnu Danny Kass in 153, super badass board and it doesn't have the TNT base like the TRS. Man I should work in a shop. But then I'd only sell Mervin and Capita decks and tell everyone that Burton went bankrupt 😉 Rome too, they can rot in the same hole as Burton.
October 08, 2010
You dont really seem to like Burton and Rome, do you keither xD?
November 03, 2010
Hi there,
what length do I need on the TRS?
Got the Lando from last last year. In 160 it seems to long for me, also too stiff. Felt like riding an oak tree. After some runs it got much better.
Anyway. This season I want to try a TRS in 157 or 154 ?
I'm about 5.9 tall and weigh 150 pounds.
Most of times I ride the whole mountain, not only park.
The board that I had before the Lando was a Burton Custom in 156 which felt pretty good.
One thing I liked about my Lando were the soid landings … compared to the Burton …
So, I need help as I want to order within the next days.
Best regards
November 04, 2010
Hi TB,
Depending how hard you want to charge on the whole mountain, TRS 157 and 154 can work for you. I am 5'10, 170 lbs and used to have TRS Btx 154 (fun fun but a bit too small for me to charge) since I do have the Lando 2008 BTX 160 (fun fun too but TNT base high maintenance and slow a bit) In Mervin if you want good base and have enough money try to avoid TNT base in my opinion. Seems that Gnu for you shape will have more choices like the Danny Kass C2 155, or Altered Genetic C2 155 or if you want to stay with Lib maybe Dark Series C2 155 or the new limited Banana Attach 156 if you can make a hand on it 😉
November 27, 2010
Lib tech bases suck. the reason is they use a tearing process to keep it eco friendly and they don't hold wax at all. if you don't have time to wax your board every day or two or just don't want to, its not the board for you.
they are really a high maintenance board to own. between fixing impacted edges because they use low VOC glues that are far below the industry standard, cleaning the nose and tail up with a razor blade because they don't wrap their edges like everyone else.
not to mention, to make boards like they do, they need to charge about 20% more than anyone else (so if you want a comparable board to say a custom or agent you need to shell out $700).
they created a visual technology and have marketed the hell out of it, but don't for one second think that LIB is really a value-conscious purchase. they are for people who A) don't ride hard B)have tons of money and don't mind or C)those who chain themselves to trees and watch whale wars.
One reason for all the positive praise is, more people are trying them out and technology/construction is ever expanding. What most people fail to consider is any board will ride better than your 3 year old board with old technology.
they are riding the hype wave, but it will come crashing down soon enough. people will come to their senses eventually when they buy one and their edge blows apart dropping it in the parking lot.
December 08, 2010
just got a trice 157…. tons of fun.
Decently fast, but it was super powder when i was riding it (right after a huge storm dumping 5-8 feet), therefore I was really charging.
I dont understand why mervin wont completely wrap there edges? I have asked every Mervin rep i come in contact with, and they cant answer either… one said well you dont need edges there and looked at me silly… another said its lighter weight. I say bullshit to both of them, but i still like my board. That said, i am a huge Nitro fan, and they dont seem to get any love.
July 06, 2011
shay can i ask your height and weight? just wondering because i'm considering sizes in the trs


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It was a bit better I must say. And the idea of Ginny with a shotgun did make me smile. But it seems you have problems with homonyms, and spell check can't help you there because it sees a correctly spelled word. Try to be careful of those.
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I think I might be with Winterdream on this one...I think proof reading would have made it a lot better and maybe a little more plot? It really was just complete chaos; which is entertaining at first, but it did get old. I'm sure it could be very good if you spent a little more time on it.
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Aghh...I am disappointed. The grammatical errors were a bit less, but it was still very, very awkward and shallow. I'll give you one more point, because it was slightly better than the last chapter.
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The Toshiba Satellite L750 offers many of the benefits of a full-sized laptop, such as a built-in DVD burner, USB 3.0 and a comfortable keyboard, but it's a compact 13.3 inches in size and only weighs 1.9kg. It's a good option for anyone who wants a well featured and easy-to-carry notebook for home, school or office use.
If you can't afford one of the latest slim and light 13.3in ultraportables, such as Toshiba's own Portege R830, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 or Samsung's Series 9 notebook, then the Satellite L750 is the next best thing. It costs $999, looks good, has a weight of around 1.9kg and it comes with a built-in DVD burner. Most importantly, it can supply good performance thanks to the inclusion of a Second Generation Intel Core i5 CPU.
The L750 can be considered a good all-rounder that will suit students, office workers and home users who want something with good speed and mobility, and decent user comfort and battery life. It's not perfect; for example, we think its touchpad is sometimes way too sticky to use comfortably, it has a noisy hard drive, its glossy screen can be annoying, and it takes over an hour to set up once you've taken it out of its box. But overall, there is more to like than dislike.
It feels well made, has a nice white patterned finish, and it comes with good connectivity and specifications. An Intel Core i5-2410M CPU is in the engine room and it's accompanied by 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM and a 640GB, 5400rpm hard drive. It recorded expected times of 44sec and 54sec in our Blender 3D rendering and iTunes MP3 encoding tests — these are on par with what we've seen from other 2410M-equipped notebook's we've seen such as the MSI CR640.
Graphics are handled by the integrated Intel HD 3000 adapter in the Core i5 CPU, which recorded a score of 3642 in 3DMark06. It can process Full HD graphics without any problems, which means you can easily plug the L750 into your TV via HDMI to watch downloaded video content; it's also capable of running some games, such as StarCraft 2.
The hard drive, which is a Toshiba MK6476GSXN model, makes a ticking noise that can be annoying. It performed well in our tests though, recording a transfer rate of 27.89 megabytes per second when we copied 2.12GB worth of 2-50MB files from one location on the drive to another. It also has shock protection, which is a little sensitive at first as it kicks in to stop the drive at the slightest movement, but this sensitivity can be adjusted in the Toshiba HDD Protection software utility that's provided.
Overall, we're happy with the performance of the Satellite L750 and think it will have no problems dealing with everyday office work and even the demands of busy students.
The keyboard has smoothly-finished, full-sized keys that feel soft and possess good travel. They feel a lot nicer to hit than the keys on the Portege R830, with the exception of the arrow keys, which feel a little too resistive. However, the Portege has the better touchpad. The multi-touch, gesture-supporting Touchpad on the Satellite L750 has a texture that sometimes feels like it has too much grip, making it less than a joy to use. It's designed to blend in with the palm rest and it can only be distinguished from the palm rest when you run your finger over it. We'd much prefer it to have a softer and smoother surface. We also don't like the placement of the left- and right-click buttons on the edge of the base, as they are too easy to inadvertently press.
The notebook has an air vent and a fan on its right side, which extracts all the warm air that's generated by the Core i5 CPU, RAM and hard drive. Even so, the notebook does get slightly warm. It might feel a little uncomfortable if used in your lap for a long period of time and the palmrest will also get slightly warm.
The 13.3in screen has a native resolution of 1366x768 and a glossy finish. It's susceptible to reflections, which can be annoying, especially because changing the tilt of the screen to get rid of the reflections can cause the picture to look too pale.
Around the edges, you get plenty of useful features. A DVD burner is built in to the left side and it sits next to two USB 2.0 ports; the right side has a USB 3.0 port, which offers very quick file transfers to and from external USB 3.0 drives (especially for photos and MP3s); it also has HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, VGA, and microphone and headphone ports. You also get a webcam, Bluetooth and 802.11n Wi-Fi (it's an Atheros AR9002WB-1NG adapter, which is the same adapter that's in the much more expensive ASUS N73SV desktop replacement notebook).
There are speakers located above the keyboard and they have a nice silver trim. They are adequate for a small laptop, but if you want good, loud sound you'll still have to plug in a pair of decent, amplified speakers. The only thing we don't like about the layout is the location of the SD card reader on the left side under the USB 2.0 ports. It's an inconvenient location that's hard to access without turning and lifting the notebook first.
Like most Toshiba laptops, the L750 has USB ports that support Sleep-and Charge, which can be used to charge USB-based gadgets (such as the iPhone) even when the laptop is switched off. It comes in handy while travelling as you can leave the notebook in your bag while you charge your phone. You have to make sure the laptop's battery is charged in the fist place though.
A 6-cell, 48 Watt-hour battery sits in the laptop's spine. This lasted 3hr 10min in our rundown test, in which we disable power management, enable Wi-Fi, maximise the screen brightness and loop an Xvid-encoded video. We wish it lasted a little longer, but it's not a terrible result at all. You can get a lot more life out of it if you tone down the brightness and only use the laptop for light Web browsing and word processing, for example. You could also make use of Toshiba's Eco mode to prolong its life even further.
With good looks, a compact and relatively light design, in addition to a good array of features, the $999 Toshiba Satellite L750 represents good value for money. We think it would be a good choice for a home user, student or even an office worker who wants something small, affordable and good looking.
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The main controlling systems of the body are the nervous system and the endocrine system. These systems will be discussed in the context of this article in addition to other important functions.
1Biochemical processes in mammalians in general and in humans and animals in particular are different than other analogous processes which occur in other types of animals and also are different than those which occur in plants and microorganisms. Mammalian cells have more sophisticated functions and more developed than its counterparts in other species. This is manifested especially in humans which are smarter than other creatures in the animal kingdom. Also the nervous system of mammalians and in humans in particular is more developed and is more intricate in function than other animals such as the reptiles. These primitive animals have basic structure of their nervous system that is built mostly of autonomic reflexes that allow it to sustain their life needs.
2In humans for example there are higher mental thinking that is manifested by the presence in the brain of specialized areas in its cortex for the different functions of the nervous system such as motor neurons and sensory neurons. This is in addition to the presence of neurons that have other functions such as receptors of pain and other sensations that are located in the skin. These sensations are perceived in special areas of the brain cortex and give the appropriate sensation to the affected individual.
3The endocrine system in humans is very developed and more sophisticated in its function in comparison with reptiles for example. The endocrine system in humans is multifunctional system that its function is mediated through multiple endocrine glands that are located in various areas of the body. These glands secrete chemical compounds that have signaling function for the various cells of the body. In addition this system is much more developed than in certain animals such as the reptiles. The endocrine system in humans is a controlled system that has master glands that govern and dictate the function of the other endocrine glands in the body. This master gland in humans is located in the brain as is part of the central nervous system in humans. The mechanism of defense in humans in the case of emergency is governed by the autonomic nervous system and in particular the sympathetic nervous system.
4The main neurotransmitter that is operative under these conditions is called epinephrine and is secreted from both neurons of the autonomic nervous system and from specialized cells in the adrenal medulla. This is the basic mechanism which occurs in humans and animals of the more developed species. This mechanism of adaptation to stressful situations is characterized by specific symptoms that distinguish this situation such as increased heart rate and increased sweating. Also humans use their more developed brains in order to assess and evaluate the situation that faces them.
5In animals the most dominant feature of their behaviors is the presence of primitive forms of autonomic reflexes. Humans also have autonomic autonomic reflexes but these are minor part of their nervous system which include developed centers in the brain which specialize in higher mental thinking and other intelligent functions that lack in other animals. Also in the brain of humans there are centers for the sensation of hunger and thirst in which can be expressed vocally through the specialized function of the larynx which lacks in all animals.
6So far there are not found creatures that are more intelligent than humans on this planet. This however does not rule out their existence. Intelligence of animals in general and humans in particular is a controversial subject in as much as its basic causes. It is however agreed that both biological as well as environmental causes contribute to the development of intelligence in humans.
7Genetics is a subject that belongs to the area of biology and it is molecular basis. The answer of many unsolved questions about the mechanisms of many phenomena in the body of humans is likely to be found in the structure of genes in the various humans. An example cancer is sometimes of genetic causes. Also the many other diseases of the body are of genetic origin. The subject of genetics is based on the chemical structure of the DNA molecules and its translational process of protein synthesis at the ribosome. Dysfunctional DNA molecule by virtue of its wrong sequence of bases can lead to the synthesis of dysfunctional proteins and enzymes. Also these enzymes can sometimes be deficient completely and not synthesized by the cell. This can have severe clinical symptoms of the affected individuals.
8Due to their intelligent nature humans are the subject of scientific investigation more than other animals. Also the disease processes that occur in humans have led to the investigation of the molecular biology of the human cell and the cellular biochemistry of microorganisms. The biochemical processes in humans are much more understood than in other animals. This is however still not a complete understanding of the nature of biochemical processes which occur in the body.
9Research in the body everyday explores new enzymes and hormones that were not found before. This is possible due to the intensive research that is being done on this area of science and other areas as well. Exploration of the nature of the human body and the essence of our existence is a main impetus for humans to proceed in the process of scientific research in all areas of science.
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I still miss my Manilla App, despite everything the other sites just do not do what Manilla did. I loved everything in one place and the others do not allow all your bills in one nice spot
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I still miss my Manilla App, despite everything the other sites just do not do what Manilla did. I loved everything in one place and the others do not allow all your bills in one nice spot
Being the wishful thinker that I am, I still talk about Manilla to my friends. Whenever anyone asks about money management/bill pay options, I always bring up Manilla, like it will magically reappear. That has yet to happen, so I have had to replace this beautiful app with something a little less than amazing. It gets the job done, but not in the super reliable way that Manilla managed to do.
It is 2015 and I am still lost without my Manilla app. You'd think in this time someone would have made the other financial apps better or purchased the company Manilla was from, but no. All of the other applications I have tried have been mediocre compared to what I used to experience with Manilla. The loss of this app has greatly affected me financially. I keep missing due dates and have had to pay a bunch in late fees....
I really dislike the fact that Manilla shut down without selling the company or at least doing anything else with the app. It left so many customers out in the dust. We relied so heavily on this app for our daily needs, we were even willing to pay for the app, but the company shut down anyway. It left me alone and I've been serial trying all of the other money apps out there. Still, nothing is the same.
I would gladly pay for Manilla if they brought it back into use. My financial management has not been the same since. I used to save so much money using this app because it saved me from paying late fees and missing my bill due dates. Now I feel like I am paying money everywhere without any reason. Manilla was like a personal money manager that made life a little more convenient for us all.
I have tried all of the other financial management apps out there since this one closed down, and nothing compares to Manilla. I would PAY for this app if I had to, that's how much I loved it. This one is the easiest to use and the most reliable for every day bill management. It is also the most convenient, because it includes everything that I need to keep track of in one spot. I wish they'd bring it back!
Manilla has ruined me for all other apps out there. Ever since the app shut down, I am unable to find another similar enough to Manilla. I used to check in on this app on a daily basis, since the first day I downloaded it. Now I am left without an app that is as reliable as the one I used before. I just don't trust any other apps, nor do I think they are as reliable for me. I am deeply hurt that they closed down, and my financial ... app experience will never be the same. More Less
I would pay for Manilla in a heartbeat if I had to!! I'd used it for so long and I relied on it so much. It really is a shame that it closed down because it was the best app for money management. I don't know why it all had to shut down, because I do know that it had quite a following. Bring it back and we will pay! No other apps do what Manilla did, and no other apps are as well designed.
I don't pay for ANY of my apps on my phone, but I would definitely pay for Manilla if I had to. I have tried Check since Manilla's untimely demise, and it doesn't quite cut it. Not that it is bad, it just doesn't do as good of a job as Manilla did. I would pay a monthly fee for this app if they could only bring it back. It was the best thing out there for paying bills and nothing else is as easy to use.
If only another company would have swooped in and had taken over Manilla so it didn't have to close.. that would have made my life much, much easier. I have tried a dozen other apps for my money and only one comes close. But it really doesn't match Manilla. The interface is so sleek and easy to use on Manilla, and it is hard to find something similar. They should re-open this app so we can all breathe easy again.
I had the bad luck to begin using the service *right* before the announcement that the whole works was shutting down. So now I have to start the whole process over again with another service. It's really too bad, because Manilla really works well for me.
I am very scatterbrained. Manilla helps me so much because it A) Automatically updates my payments/bills & B) reminds me when a bill is past due or is coming up. yeah sure a calendar could tell me the same thing, but it won't tell me if I've only partially paid the bill or if I've forgotten it altogether and I don't have to remember to actually put it on the calendar. On top of that, Manilla has your new bill in pdf format ready for you to review or save. ... I don't have to go every site, and accidently forget about one because there are that many. I love having it all in one easy place. I hate to see Manilla go, it is by far my favorite app on my phone. More Less
Manilla is a great way to reduce paper clutter and avoid missing bills. I already have most of my bill on autopay, so Manilla didn't save me that much time. But if you still receive bills by snail mail or need to log on a bunch of websites (or worse, call or send checks) to pay for credit cards, utilities and other bills, you are going to love Manilla. The registering process is painless; I registered all my bills within 5 minutes. An additional benefit of having access to all ... your accounts with one login is you can create unique and hard to guess passwords without having to remember them each month. Being able to check the status of your bills on their app is also useful. More Less
Manilla is an online account and bill organizer that is for bill management what Mint.com was for budgeting: a game changer. Manilla's simple and intuitive user interface gives you the ability to access, pay and review all your bills and accounts, 24/7, from a secure website or slick app (iPhone or android).
For the price of free, you get a portable bill tracking system that allows you to avoid the clutter of paper documents and kiss goodbye the waste of time and resources of shredding financial documents.
How Does Manilla ... Work?
When you register, you link your accounts, such as credit cards, insurance, banks, utilities, and loyalty programs, to Manilla by providing your accounts username, password and security questions. Depending on how many accounts you have, this can take from five to 20 minutes. Manilla supports more than 3,500 businesses and you can even add accounts that are not available online, such as your rent, babysitter or window cleaner.
Once you register an account, Manilla does all the leg work for you and collects the information you need to manage your account.
SuperMoney Tip: Save time and ensure you don't forget an account by using Manilla's email account import feature, which searches through your email and automatically populates your desktop with accounts you have used in the past.
Bill Reminders
In 2012, 28% of middle- and low-income households paid late fees on their credit cards. These fees quickly add up and can seriously damage your credit score. Manilla automatically sends reminders for all your accounts, so you never have to pay another late fee.
Tip: Although a great feature, bill reminders can be a pain, when you keep getting reminders for accounts that are set on autopay. You can stop the reminders by going to the account's settings page and changing the reminder setting to autopay: it's the last checkbox in the notifications tab.
One Key to Unlock Them All
Your Manilla username and password gives you access to most of your accounts. As you no longer have to worry about remembering the login details of each account, you can create more secure usernames and passwords and change them more frequently. At the very least, you can stop using 123456, the most common password in 2013, as your password for online accounts that have access to credit card information.
Tip: Auto login for some accounts only works on specific web browsers. For instance, my Capital One account will not auto login with Chrome, only Firefox and Safari. Make sure your Manilla password is unique and ultra-secure. The usual guidelines apply: use a long password that combines numbers, upper and lower case letters, and special characters.
Store Your Document on the Cloud
Despite aggressive marketing campaigns to get people to their bills by email, only 11% of customers choose to choose to go paperless, according to a study on paperless billing by InfoTrends. Yet a large percentage of consumers do choose to pay their bills online. Why? Many like having a physical bill or statement they can file for future reference without having to trawl through thousands of emails. Manilla saves each bill and statement as a PDF file, categorizes it by account and stores it safely for whenever you need to review it.
Getting late adopters to go paperless bills is one of the reasons Manilla can offer its service for free. Companies usually pay between 75 cents and $2 for each document they mail their customers, so they're happy to give Manilla a commission for every client it can tease away from snail mail billing.
Tip: Remember that if you add an account to Manilla you are in effect requesting paperless billing and will no longer receive documents by mail for that account.
Share Your Bills
Manilla's Bill Share is an innovative feature that allows you to securely share and co-manage your bills with your family, roommates or accountant without having to give out additional personal information or add them to your account.
This is much safer than sending sensitive information by email and makes it easier to help your kids or elderly parents with budgeting and managing bills.
Security & Privacy
One of the biggest issues people have with bill management services like Manilla is the creepy feeling of having so much sensitive information in one place. As you would expect, Manilla uses high-level security measures, including AES 256 encryption and biometric validation; and Its policies and practices are verified by leading security agencies, such as TRUSTe and Verisign. So your information is as safe as it can be.
Manilla does share some information, such as your browsing activity, with business partners. It also gathers what its privacy policy calls "broad demographic information", which is valuable data for a marketing company, such as the Hearst Corporation: the parent company of Manilla. Users who put a lot of value on their privacy, may shudder at this. Yet, the sharing of customers' "metadata" has become standard procedure, particularly with financial websites.
Manilla focuses on providing a simple, intuitive and effective way of managing all your bills without the need of a finance manager. This saves time; increases the security of your online accounts; provides payment reminders; avoids late payments; and simplifies the sharing of bills with friends and family.
Some of Manilla's features may be redundant for users who have already switched to paperless billing and use autopay on their accounts. Yet, Manilla's digital mailbox service alone, which creates a PDF copy of every account document your receive and includes it in a searchable database, was enough to make me give it a try. More Less
I had so many different accounts relying on this app. Without it, I feel completely and utterly lost. I have tried a few other apps but it is not the same. They do not manage my accounts like Manilla did. I almost feel like I need to use a couple apps to do what Manilla did. I want to put the ease of use from one, the bill pay options from another. I am extremely disappointed that they closed down. But, what am I to do.
Been using Manilla for a long time now and the best thing is that I never missed a bill. Thanks to their timely reminders. I'm guilty of not following up despite reminders, but having auto payments set up from my checking account, Manilla is sort of like a double check that alerts me for missed payments if at all any. Great service and nice to see it grow over the years!
Manilla is Mint minus the graphs and budgets, plus statements, rewards, and quasi bill payment. If you're looking for a place to help you make the whole account statement download and storage problem go away, then Manilla is your tool.
I use this site to keep track of all of my bills. They make it super easy and the best is that it is free. I get reminders before each bill is due along with the amount.


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Outside of Michigan, a common attitude toward Detroit seems to be pity. People imagine it is a broken, dirty shell of a city whose glory Motown and Motor City days are long in the past. Pictures in the media show rundown, abandoned buildings, pollution and abject poverty.
In reality, Detroit has many organizations and businesses that are working hard to cast off the rust and turn the city toward a green future. At the same time, the city has a major emissions problem and unlucky zip code 48217, the most polluted in the state and thirdmost in the country. Even as faithful Detroiters work to turn the city around, many believe southwest Detroit is being ignored, its residents sacrificed to appease the big industries with big emissions that have steadily encroached on their neighborhoods.
However, the city might be reaching a turning point with climate and environmental justice activists fighting for change. Will the combination of a climate action plan, a spotlight on the issues plaguing 48217 and other areas of the city, and increased public awareness reduce emissions and revitalize Detroit?
The slow decline of 48217
The southwest region of Detroit, where 48217 is located, is surrounded by heavy industry, led by Marathon Oil Refinery, and including Severstal Steel, US Steel, Detroit Edison Coal Plant, U.S. Gypsum (USG), and the Detroit Wastewater Plant (the single largest sewage plant in the U.S.), all within a one mile radius of one another surrounding a community of about 25,000 people, Rhonda Anderson, National Environmental Justice & Community Partnership Program, Sierra Club Detroit, estimates. "They are within hundreds of feet of neighborhoods and schools," she says. These industries pollute a variety of effluents which impact local air and waterways. There's even a mountain of petroleum coke – a byproduct of Marathon Oil's tar sands processing – perched on the edge of the Detroit River. The mountain is a full city block long and stands three stories high. Despite outrage from local businesses and residents, the EPA says the material is not carcinogenic, although it's not clear what effect this material would have if significant amounts entered the Great Lakes.
How did this mountain and other examples of industrial pollution ever come to be acceptable? It's pretty simple. In the 1950s, heavy industry began to grow in this area and workers moved to be close to their jobs. Delores Leonard told the Detroit Free Press that when she and her husband bought their house on Bassett Street in 1955, it was one of the few places that African Americans could buy homes (the zip code is currently 85 percent African American, 10 percent Caucasian, 5 percent Latino). She also remembers that people in the neighborhood would cover their cars with tarps to protect them from the soot raining down from nearby industries and pitting the paint. No one thought, at the time, that it could harm their health. Now, this community is rife with cancers, asthma, skin problems, and cardiovascular disease.
Anderson has been a vocal supporter of residents of 48217 and surrounding communities. She has encouraged residents to speak out and tell their stories and implored government agencies to take notice and take action. The biggest environmental justice issue facing Detroit, she says, "is getting someone to recognize it at the authority level where they can actually do something about it. In my mind, that's local, state and federal government. I would like them to do what they are mandated to do, and that's look after the health and well-being of the residents."
Corporations are more important people than people
Industries with clout, power, influence and money can invest in lobbyists and drive their own agenda, Anderson said, but a community that has no resources and no voice, "What chance to they have?" When companies promise jobs, Anderson said, the impact on the environment is dismissed, because there is this hope and desire for a job, and nine times out of ten that job never comes.
Marathon announced in 2007 that it was going to begin a $2.2 billion expansion to enable the plant to process tar sands. There was a hope for jobs, but Anderson estimates that Detroiters received fewer than five of those jobs – and those few went to residents from other areas of the city. Anderson asked that the 48217 residents be given first shot at openings, but the clamor for jobs from all parts of the city made that impossible.
At the same time, Anderson said, Marathon requested and received a more than $1 million tax abatement from the city of Detroit, while 48217 received no relief and watched the dust cloud thicken and their property values continue their freefall. Many have lived in that community their whole lives and are unwilling to leave. Others simply can't afford to as their home's value is not enough to allow them to move. (Listings on Zillow as of this writing had homes for sale in 48217 as low as $2,300, $4,900, and $6,000.)
Indifferent neighbors
Residents of 48217 had known for a long time that something was wrong in their neighborhood, but it took Anderson and the Sierra Club's outreach and education to help them speak out. In 2010, they were able to bring their issues to the attention of city government and Marathon Oil.
Anderson wrote about the experience.
Adrian Crawford had known for a long time that something was very wrong in her home. There was an acrid smell in her basement and she and her daughter were sick and coughing all the time. Her neighbors complained of similar problems but repeated visits to the city council resulted in no action.
On October 1, 2010, I attended a press conference called by the State Representative and held on the corner of Liebold and Pleasant. I cannot forget the unbelievable odor (hydrogen sulfur) coming up through the sewer holes; it was enough to stop you in your tracks.
Residents invited us into two homes where we were subjected to odors so strong they drove us back outside, but not before I saw furniture with a yellow green growth and walls painted gold that had turned grey. Outside I passed a home with three small children playing outside. The mother was inside with a newborn infant in her arm. How could this be? We could not allow children to grow up with this and permit a baby, a newborn baby, to breathe this awful odor.
Anderson knew they had to take immediate action. She stood in the street and placed calls to officials and refused to take no for an answer. The water department flushed the sewers in the neighborhood, but that was just a stopgap. The residents attended meetings with the city, and then, empowered by Anderson and the Sierra Club, took their own environmental samples which showed 20 toxic gases, including ethyl benzene, a product of oil refinement.
This positive link between blatant pollution and Marathon Oil brought the company to the table, and the company subsequently agreed to buy out many homeowners that were being adversely affected by their operations. Since that time, Marathon Oil has contracted to buy out 13 homes at Liebold and Pleasant, and 480 homes in nearby Oakwood Heights (both in 48217). Anderson admits that those people were lucky to be bought out, but she knew that many of them just wanted to stay and have Marathon clean up its operations so their neighborhood could be livable again.
Anderson sees no evidence that Marathon Oil shows any interest in the community they are affecting. She is not advocating that these businesses close down and take needed jobs away, but that they acknowledge the community they are slowly obliterating, the people whose lives they are impacting and whose health they are destroying.
How could Marathon help? "I wish they would ask them [the community]," Anderson said. Something as simple as moving a school that is too close to the factory to a less impacted area so children would have a cleaner place to learn would be a big step in the right direction.
How does Anderson keep hope alive in these circumstances? Her biggest goal is to work to reduce emissions, but also help the host communities to these industries to reimagine themselves. "What would they like to look like?" Anderson said. "Because no one wants to look like that [48217]." Anderson tells residents that they should organize themselves, speak out and someone will listen.
"These communities, as inundated as they are with industries and the negative impact and the conditions they had to survive under, these are some of the strongest and most thriving communities anywhere. People have pride in their communities, in themselves, in their property. They love their children like anyone else. They want to achieve all of the same goals as anywhere in the U.S. They want to live a full life, not one of illness. And they have victories. 48217 has victories every day."
Developing a Climate Action Plan for Detroit
Kimberly Hill Knott, Senior Policy Manager at Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (DWEJ) and Project Director of Detroit Climate Action Collaborative, first got the idea of a climate action plan for Detroit when she attended the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. There she saw a list of cities worldwide that had committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and wondered why Detroit was not on it. It took two more years before DWEJ finally gathered key stakeholders and convened a meeting to launch the Detroit Climate Action Collaborative (DCAC) in 2011.
Still in its early stages, Knott explained that the plan has two main goals: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the sustainability and well-being of the city of Detroit, and to increase the resilience of the city's social, built and natural environment.
Why is Detroit focusing on climate change now? Knott believes that Detroit has been facing so many economic issues that this got pushed down the list.
"It's been to our disadvantage, our detriment that there has not been a broader focus on environmental issues and the impact they have on the sustainability of the entire city. You have environmental organizations that have been focusing on it, but it has not been as widely accepted as it should have been. We feel that now is the time to not only engage environmental organizations, but to talk to government, to talk to business institutions, to talk to community leaders and others – a broad array of people to resolve this issue."
The DCAC is partnering with graduate students from the University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and the Environment to measure current GHG emissions and create a baseline from which to implement reduction strategies.
"When we look at reducing GHG emissions, we also see this as a way to reduce other levels of pollution in over-burdened communities. By focusing on climate change, we expect to help lift the environmental burden that these communities have faced for far too long."
Cumulative impact: When several industries move in, the toxic cloud multiplies
In places like 48217, part of the problem is the sheer number of industries packed into a small area that looms over a neighborhood. The particulates, dust and high number of toxins found in that community is due, in part, to cumulative impact, Knott says.
"A facility may be compliant with certain state and federal standards, but they do not take into consideration all of the other heavy polluting facilities in the same community." Even if each company only emitted what was allowed through regulation, something that Anderson doubts, with so many plants so close together, the combined effect of many types of emissions raining down on the neighborhood can only doom its residents.
Like Anderson, Knott believes that the government (city, state and federal) needs to step in. "I would like to see city, state and federal government (EPA) implement a stringent compliance standard to reduce the amount of pollution in overburdened communities," Knott said. "We need to put pressure on the point sources of pollution, any source of pollution where pollutants are discharged, and make them figure out a solution to ease the burden on these communities."
The Greening of Detroit
Despite the grim problems facing 48217 and other areas of Detroit, many of its citizens are working hard to rebuild and move Detroit forward as a progressive, environmentally conscious city.
Organizations like:
- The Greening of Detroit – a nonprofit that works to improve parks and green spaces citywide and promote urban agriculture
- Detroit Eastern Market – large regional farmers market with more than 250 vendors
- WARM Training Center – a nonprofit that promotes the development of resource efficient, affordable, healthy homes and communities through education, training, and technical assistance.
- Detroit Public Schools – Go Green program saved the district $130,000 during the 2012-2013 school year
- Detroit Green Map – a collaboration between the Detroit Area Green Sector Skills Alliance(DAGSSA) and the US Green Building Council's Detroit Regional Chapter Emerging Professionals group (USGBC-DRC-EP) to connect the public to local businesses and nonprofits that show a commitment to environmentally sustainable and socially equitable initiatives.
All outsiders may see are pictures of abandoned buildings and read are reports of joblessness and pollution, but there are many Detroiters that are optimistic about the city's future. Knott admitted that, as a city, "we have not been as good about telling our positive stories."
"One of the things we plan to do through DCAC is tell the story of businesses and other institutions that are adopting meaningful sustainability practices like some Detroit Public Schools. And we're going to highlight those companies in an effort to encourage other companies and other entities to do the same thing.
"Environmental efforts to remediate environmental challenges must be part of the resurgence of this city. If you ignore the environmental challenges that have plagued this city for years, you will never have the city you are trying to create. Environmental justice cannot be ignored in terms of rebuilding Detroit," said Knott.
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