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of Andrea Berloff with Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, Common, Margo Martindale, Bill Camp, Brian d'Arcy James, James Badge Dale, Alicia Coppola, Jeremy Bobb
Crime, Drama
of Jordan Peele with Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Kara Hayward, Duke Nicholson, Madison Curry
of Michael Mayer with Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, Annette Bening, Billy Howle, Elisabeth Moss, Jon Tenney, Mare Winningham, Brian Dennehy, Glenn Fleshler, Michael Zegen, Ben Thompson, Thomas Hettrick, Barbara Tirrell, Paul Krisikos
of Ruben Östlund with Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Terry Notary, Christopher Læssø, Dominic West, Marina Schiptjenko
Mad to Be Normal
of Robert Mullan with David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne, David Bamber, Olivia Poulet, Freddie Thorp, Sam Booth, Adam Paul Harvey, Trevor White, David Annen
History, Drama
Queen of Earth
of Alex Ross Perry with Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Patrick Fugit, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, Keith Poulson
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
of Ben Wheatley with Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando, Daniel Renton Skinner, James Purefoy, Stacy Martin, Keeley Hawes, Sienna Guillory, Augustus Prew, Julia Deakin, Tony Way
Thriller, Drama
of James Vanderbilt with Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Bruce Greenwood, David Lyons, John Benjamin Hickey, Martin Sacks, Nicholas Hope, Steve Bastoni, Stacy Keach, Dermot Mulroney, Rachael Blake
of Alex Ross Perry with Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter, Joséphine de la Baume, Jess Weixler, Kate Lyn Sheil, Dree Hemingway, Keith Poulson, Samantha Jacober, Craig Butta, Steven Boyer, Jennifer Kim, Ching Hoh-Wai, Riley O'Bryan
of Walter Salles with Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Sturridge, Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, Alice Braga, Steve Buscemi, Elisabeth Moss, Giovanna Zacarías, Terrence Howard, Danny Morgan
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Get Him to the Greek
of Nicholas Stoller with Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Elisabeth Moss, Colm Meaney, Sean Combs, Kali Hawk, Aziz Ansari, Nick Kroll, Carla Gallo, Lino Facioli, Tom Felton, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, Pink
of Marc Lawrence with Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mary Steenburgen, Sam Elliott, Natalia Klimas, Kim Shaw, Vincenzo Amato, Jesse Liebman, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Kelly, Seth Gilliam, Sándor Técsy, Kevin Brown, Steven Boyer, Sharon Wilkins
of Lawrence Kasdan with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Sam Shepard, Dianne Wiest, Richard Jenkins, Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, Ayelet Zurer, Jay Ali
Girl, Interrupted
of James Mangold with Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Vanessa Redgrave, Whoopi Goldberg, Jared Leto, Jeffrey Tambor, Travis Fine, Angela Bettis, Jillian Armenante, Drucie McDaniel, Christina Myers, Mary Kay Place
of Lawrence Kasdan with Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard, Zooey Deschanel, Mary McDonnell, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Martin Short, David Paymer, Jane Adams, Dana Ivey, Kevin Tighe, Ted Danson, Elisabeth Moss, Robert Stack
of Jocelyn Moorhouse with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine, Michelle Williams, Elisabeth Moss, Kevin Anderson, Pat Hingle, John Carroll Lynch, Anne Pitoniak, Vyto Ruginis, Ray Toler, Kenneth Tigar
of Wayne Wang with Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Hart Bochner, Eileen Ryan, Ray Baker, John Diehl, Shawn Hatosy, Bonnie Bedelia, Faran Tahir, Shishir Kurup, Elisabeth Moss, John Carroll Lynch, Caroline Aaron
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Meadowland
of Reed Morano with Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson, Elisabeth Moss, Kevin Corrigan, Juno Temple, John Leguizamo, Merritt Wever, Giovanni Ribisi, Ty Simpkins
of Ron Howard with Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Eric Schweig, Steve Reevis, Jay Tavare, Simon Baker, Ray McKinnon, Max Perlich, Elisabeth Moss, Clint Howard, Rance Howard
Thriller, Western, Adventure
of Charles Grosvenor with Charlie Adler, Michael Crawford, Ben Vereen, Elisabeth Moss, Benji Gregory, Paul Eiding, Janet Waldo, Robert David Hall, Will Estes, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Ellen Blain, Paige Gosney, Susan Silo, Angel Harper, Don Reed
Animation, Family, Adventure
of Lauren Montgomery , Jay Oliva , Christopher Berkeley with Nathan Fillion, Jason Isaacs, Elisabeth Moss, Kelly Hu, Arnold Vosloo, Roddy Piper, Henry Rollins, Tony Amendola, Grey DeLisle, Michael Jackson, David Kaufman, Andrea Romano, Peter Jessop, Sunil Malhotra, Jane Singer
Animation, Adventure, Science Fiction
The Bleeder
of Philippe Falardeau with Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Ron Perlman, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport, Pooch Hall, Morgan Spector, Sadie Sink, Catherine Corcoran
Imaginary Crimes
of Anthony Drazan with Harvey Keitel, Fairuza Balk, Kelly Lynch, Vincent D'Onofrio, Diane Baker, Chris Penn, Amber Benson, Elisabeth Moss, Richard Venture, Seymour Cassel
The Free World
of Jason Lew with Boyd Holbrook, Elisabeth Moss, Octavia Spencer, Sung Kang, Waleed Zuaiter, Stephen Louis Grush, Dane Rhodes, Austin Amelio, Frederick Weller, James Moses Black, Jean Claude Leuyer, Sue-Lynn Ansari, Jon Arthur


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nested dropdown menu only on activated with hover. I want to force it only with click, so that in mobile version of website it would cause any problems. Effect that i'm trying to achieve looks like this: http://www.meanthemes.com/demo/meanmenu/demo.html
Approaches:

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*I tried to put dropdown-toggle inside drop-down-toggle, but the nested dropdown will not be displayed.

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Huron River Protection

Green Roof

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A: I did something similar.
I create a fiddle for you :)
the HTML is very much like yours. I used jquery to identify the second level menus and open them when clicked.
     $(document).ready(function(){
     $('.dropdown .dropdown').each(function(){
         var $self = $(this);
         var handle = $self.children('[data-toggle="dropdown"]');
         $(handle).click(function(){
             var submenu = $self.children('.dropdown-menu');
             $(submenu).toggle();
             return false;
         });
     });
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and I had to use the following CSS on top of bootstrap so that the second level menu would open to the side.
.dropdown-menu .dropdown-menu {
top: 0;
left: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/elewinso/Upmx8/
I hope this helps.

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Actor Corey Haim Found Dead
By dickjonas on March 10, 2010 in Corey Haim, R.I.P.
Actor Corey Haim was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose.
Haim was an 80s teen heart throb, starring in classics such as, The Lost Boys, Lucas, and Dream a Little Dream.
Though he had battled drug problems in the past, Haim claimed to have been "sober for a while now" when leaving a Hollywood nightclub just last month with actor and friend Corey Feldman.
It's believed that Haim was suffering from flu-like symptoms this past week and was prescribed medication for them.
Investigation is currently underway.
Haim was 38.
To find out what his former fiance, Baywatch's Nicole Eggert had to say over the sad news, click here.
Corey Haim, CoreyHaim, Dead, Drugs, R.I.P.
Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade for 100 Million
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1. How much will I pay for a building permit application?
Permit Fee Table.. please be aware there is an additional processing fee for using credit, debit or Pay Pal. If paying by cash or check there is no processing fee.
2. How long does it take to get my building permit?
We have thirty days to review your application. Many applications don't take that long, but 30 days is the maximum time for a review, approval or denial.
3. How far from the property lines do I need to be?
This depends on the type of project your doing and your zoning district. Please contact Zoning at 860-253-6355 for more information.
Call the office number 860-253-6370 between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday (except holidays). Please have your permit number or numbers and contact info when you call.
5. Can you recommend a contractor or design professional?
Sorry we are not able to recommend contractors or design professionals.
6. How do I verify my contractor's license or registration?
7. How many sets of plans do I need when I submit my building permit application?
That depends. Plans for 1 and 2 family homes will need 2 sets, a 3rd set will be required if Health Department approval is required. For anything beyond a 1 or 2 family house at you will need 3 sets, a 4th set will required if Health Department approval is required.
8. How do I find my property lines?
The street file for your property may have a survey. Please come to the Building Inspection Department between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to see if there's a survey in your file.
9. Do I need a permit for a fence?
1. What will happen with Fermi High School once it is closed?
The decision around the use of Fermi High School after the schools are consolidated is out of scope for the Enfield High School Building Committee. This is a decision that will be made by the Board of Education and Town Council.
2. How will students be kept safe during construction?
Student safety will be treated as the highest priority. Construction activities should never create any hazard for the surrounding community members. The separation of construction operations from campus activities is paramount for everyone's safety. Protection will be in place to isolate students and the general public from all construction areas.
Enfield High School administration will provide regular communications to students regarding expectations during construction, changes in transportation routes, areas of access, impact of staging, and other pertinent information. Parents will receive similar communications via the website and at Parent Advisory Council meetings.
Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) checks and drug screening will be mandatory for all workers by the school administration prior to their access to the site with the results issued to the school superintendent. All workers will have a project-issued security badge or a hard hat sticker authorizing access to the site.
Additionally, all trade contractors will be required to participate in a safety orientation when they report to work. It will include a review of procedures for working near the existing school operations, appropriate attire and behavior, parking restrictions, and break areas.
3. My student is interested in going into a trade after graduation. Will there be any opportunity for students to follow the construction process while it is in progress?
There will be several opportunities for students to become involved in the construction process. The Building Committee is working with the school system to implement a Workforce Development program and the ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) program.
Glibane will conduct scheduled site tours at critical project milestone dates and events or as requested by the school system. They will conduct exterior building and interior construction progress tours. During the tours Gilbane on site staff will provide a description of the building materials that are being used on the project as well as describing the means and methods including safety procedures that are being implemented by the various trades involved on the project.
4. What will be the impact to parking?
There will be 666 parking spots on the site. This is more parking than is currently available at both existing high schools combined.
2. How do I get a copy of my ambulance bill?
1. What kind of access can I expect during construction?
Keep in mind this area is a construction zone. For low traffic volume residential roads, you can access your driveway most of the time during construction. You may be delayed or have to take alternate routes due to construction and equipment.
2. Will there be parking restrictions?
Parking will be allowed in your driveway as long as construction is not taking place in front of your residence. You may be requested to park outside of the construction area while paving or grading occurs. If you must park on the street, please remain available to move the vehicle if construction progresses to the area.
3. Will my driveway be repaired?
Because these roadways will be excavated and new base material installed, all the driveway aprons will need to be cut and a portion of front yards within the Town's Right of Way will have to be disturbed in order to accommodate installation of the new road base. The Town will make every effort to minimize the portion of driveways and front yards disturbed.
If your driveway is being repaired, it will typically be the end of the day before you will be allowed to drive on it. There will be times the driveway will be gravel until the asphalt is constructed. During that day, you will be allowed to park on the street in front of your house. However, it is preferred if you could park on a side street not impacted by construction to avoid trying to find the owner if vehicles have to be moved.
5. What happens if I witness something dangerous in the construction zone?
Please inform the project inspector or the Town offices as soon as possible. Appropriate staff will attempt to remedy the situation. If it is an emergency, contact 911.
6. Will my utilities (water, sewer, phone, cable, etc.) be affected?
In most cases, none of the other utilities will be impacted during the construction.
Depending on the project complexity and weather, it usually takes about 6-8 weeks to complete the work. There may be times during this period when you will be inconvenienced by construction equipment, dust, and delays.
8. What are the typical hours of construction?
Construction hours are from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday. Some exceptions to this may happen due to weather conditions or approaching deadlines. Those will be the exception.
9. Can the contractor replace my driveway?
The Town does not get involved with coordinating construction on private property. If requested, you will be provided the contractors phone number to arrange those requests privately.
10. What will happen to mail delivery?
Typically mail and paper delivery is not impacted for this type of construction. What will happen with existing mailbox pavement tapers?
11. What if I need special access to my property?
Simply call the inspector or the Engineering Office and arrangements will be made to talk to you about your needs. If something comes up without notice, the contractors have been informed to help as much as possible, but to avoid harm to person or property.
12. How will this affect emergency services?
There will be no impact to emergency services. They are informed daily and instantly if changes in traffic occur. Construction equipment will move out of the way if emergency services are present.
13. Trash, recycling and bus pickup?
Again, we provide uninterrupted service. If needed, the contractors will move the machinery out of the way.
Expect a fair amount of dust during construction. Contractors are required to water the area, but there may be times that it gets dry and dusty.
15. What should I do with the sprinkler system?
Please note that neither the Town of Enfield nor the contractor will be responsible for damage to sprinkler systems or other landscape amenities, either above or below ground, located within the Town's Right of Way. The Town's Right of Way typically extends 12' from the edge of pavement into front yards. It is the individual landowner's responsibility to remove sprinkler systems or landscape amenities in front of the landowner's property before the contractor commences work. Sprinkler systems and landscape amenities that are left in the Right of Way will be removed by the contractor, as needed, in order to complete the project.
16. What are the marks and stakes I see?
Before any excavation starts, you will see paint marks in the road and survey stakes in front yards. These are used as reference points for the Contractor's work. The stakes are intentionally set back from the work area and outside the actual limits of excavation so that they aren't displaced during the excavation process. You should not assume that the stakes indicate the new edge of road.
1. Where is the Finance Department?
2. Where do you find a Pool Fill Adjustment form?
3. Where do you find the Sewer Leak Adjustment Form?
4. Where do you find the Sewer Deduct Meter Read Form?
5. Where do you find the Sewer Deduct Meter Registration Form?
6. What departments does Finance cover?
The office number for the Enfield Fire District No.1 Fire Marshal is (860)745-1878.
2. What is the minimum age to be a Volunteer firefighter?
You need to be at least 18 years old to be a Regular Member.
To be a Cadet Member you need to be at least 14 years old.
1. What does the Fleet Maintenance department do?
Fleet Maintenance maintains all Town vehicles and equipment, including Police, Ambulance, Refuse & Resource Management, Highway and Buildings & Grounds departments.
2. Do I have to fill out a separate application for every job I want to apply for?
Yes, we require a separate application for each individual job posting.
3. Will my application be kept on file?
No, once a job posting has closed, the applications are not retained.
4. How do I get notified when a job is posted?
Sign up for "Notify Me" and get and electronic notification when a new position is posted.
1. When does the Magic Carpet bus run?
Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The bus is not in service on Sunday.
The Blue route operates from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m.
The Yellow route operates from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Blue route runs continuously from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Yellow route does not operate.
2. Where can I purchase bus passes, tickets, and tokens?
Bus passes may be purchased at Enfield Transit at 110 High Street. Tickets may also be purchased from the bus drivers with cash (no credit cards). We are in the process of making these tickets available at local stores and online through the Magic Carpet website.
3. How early should I arrive at the bus stop to make sure I catch the bus?
We recommend being at the bus stop at least 3 minutes before the bus arrives. The bus should never arrive early, but may arrive up to 5 minutes later depending on current traffic conditions. If you believe that the bus has left early or has not arrived at the stop yet, please call Enfield Transit at 860-272-3545.
4. I have a disability that prevents me from reaching a nearby bus stop and/or getting on the bus, are there other transportation options for me?
All of our buses are handicapped accessible, including a lift and wheelchair passenger area. However, if you have a disability that prevents you from accessing the bus stop and/or getting on the bus, you may qualify for ADA Paratransit service. ADA paratranstit service provides door-to-door transportation within 3/4 miles of either side of the Magic Carpet route. Download an online application. Following the return of the application, all prospective passengers will be scheduled for an interview. Transportation to the interview will be provided. For more information, call 860-253-6394.
Dial-A-Ride, an on-demand bus service for the elderly and disabled, may also be an option for you. For more information on both of these services, please call 860-272-3545 or check out the Dial-A-Ride webpage.
5. Will transfers be honored for CT Transit buses?
A CT Transit transfer is equal to the local fare, regardless of whether it is on an express or local bus. Thus, a transfer from a CT Transit express bus to the Magic Carpet in Enfield would have the value of $1.30. Likewise, CT Transit's acceptance of a transfer from the Magic Carpet service would be valued at $1.30, so the passenger would need to pay a $1.75 in addition to cover the express fare.
6. How does an Elderly or Disabled passenger obtain a reduced fare?
In order to obtain the reduced fare, passengers must present a Government Issued Medicare card, or a State issued photo identification card available by from the CT Transit website.
1. When does Renter's Rebate Start?
Renter's Rebate starts on April 1st.
2. What do I need to bring to apply for Renter's Rebate?
We need to see all income for the previous year (a tax return if filed) as well as all rent and utilities paid for the previous year. If you are under 65 proof of disability may be required.
3. When can I apply for Energy Assistance?
The Community Renewal Team (CRT) starts making appointments for Energy Assistance at the End of August. The program runs from November 15th to May 1st, please call 860-560-2694 to schedule an appointment.
1. Why have I received a sewer fee bill?
The sewer fee was previously part of the mill rate and included in every property owner's taxes. As of January 1, 2014, it will no longer be included in the mill rate. The sewer fee will be based on water usage per household and will be a separate quarterly bill.
2. Why am I receiving a sewer fee bill now?
Based on the January 1 start date of billing, some residents will start to receive their quarterly bill in March of 2014.
3. What if I did not receive a bill?
You will receive a bill. Billing is based on your water meter reading. The town is split into 3 groups that receive their water bills in 3 separate cycles. Some residents will receive their first bill in March. Some residents receive their first bill in February, and the rest of our residents receive their first water bill in May.
4. Why was the amount of my bill so low?
The sewer fee started on January 1. The sewer fee can only be applied from January 1 to the end date of your meter read. This is what your first sewer fee bill reflects. The March bills reflect a usage from January 1 to the middle of January.
5. My bill is prorated. What does that mean?
Pro rated means that the billing period is short, and not a true full billing period. If your meter is read on January 8, you will be billed from January 1 to January 8. If your next meter reading in on April 9, (because your meter is read every 3 months), you will be billed from February to April. This is a full 3 month billing cycle. This is not a prorated bill.
6. How many bills can I expect to receive in a year?
Billing is quarterly, which means that you will receive a bill every 3 months, or 4 times in a year.
7. When will I receive my next bill?
Your bill will arrive every 3 months. If you received a bill in March, your next one will arrive in June.
8. What are the billing cycles?
The first 2 cycles will be prorated because they coincide with the water company reading your water meter. The sewer fee is on the same cycle as your water bill. If you do not know when your water bill is delivered, please call your water company.
9. How was my sewer fee calculated?
Your fee was calculated based on the amount of water you used from January 1st until the day that your meter was read.
10. I am on a well. How will I be billed?
You will be billed quarterly. You have a flat minimum rate every quarter based on the average consumption rate of 16,000 gallons per quarter.
11. I have a septic tank. Will I be billed?
No. The sewer fee does not apply to residents that are on a septic tank.
12. Why would the amount of my first bill be different from someone else on the same billing cycle?
Your meter was read on different days, reflecting different usage numbers.
Make sure to read the due date on top right of your bill. An interest charge of 1.5% will be applied monthly to any late payments.
14. What does the number under "Usage" mean?
The number is a unit of the measurement per 1000 Gallons. If "Usage" is a 1, you were billed for 1000 gallons of water.
15. How can I pay my bill?
Checks can be mailed to Town of Enfield PO Box 16033 Lewiston, ME 04243-9514.
1. What is the reason the fee is being changed?
The Town of Enfield currently funds the sewer program through a portion of the local property tax. This type of sewer funding system called "Ad Valorem" is difficult to sustain. Each capital sewer improvement project puts pressure on the Town's budget and the Mill Rate. Investments in sewer upgrades often lose out to the Town's other immediate capital needs, like schools and public safety (police, ambulance and fire). Historically, Enfield has been challenged to allocate the money required to bring the current sewer system up-to-date.
Additionally, a sewer use charge billed directly to each household and business owner based upon their specific water consumption would provide the town with a more equitable means of sharing sewer costs. Households that conserve water would pay less than high-volume sewer users. This change would likely be more attractive to residents, the commercial and industrial community, and it would provide the town with additional external funding resources not available to municipalities that use property tax-based funding systems. For instance, under the property tax model, many joke that your car pays for sewer service.
2. When does this change become effective?
It is expected that the regulations will be adopted in August 2013 and the change will go into effect January 1, 2014. Sewer billing is based upon the previous period so the January 1 bills will reflect fourth quarter 2013 water usage.
3. How will my sewer fee be calculated under the new usage-based method?
Sewer users should become familiar with their water bills (either Hazardville Water Company or Connecticut Water Company). The sewer fee will be based upon quarterly water use. A seasonal adjustment is made by reducing the monthly June, July, and August usages of potable water by 7.5%. This "winter only" method minimizes the impact of water used only for lawn and garden irrigation or pools that is not treated at the Enfield wastewater treatment plant, thus incurring less expense.
There will also be a minimum flat fee of $13 per quarter for residential users if water usage falls below a de minimis amount of 3,835 gallons (or 3.835 kG) per quarter.
4. Can you give an example of how the residential sewer fee is calculated?
On your water bill, there is a number representing the household's water usage for the quarter. It is now provided in increments of 1,000 Gallons (kG).
For higher water users (users using over 20 kG per quarter), the sewer rate will be at $5.08 per kG. This rate tier is anticipated to affect commercial, industrial and residential users with higher water usage.
Users will receive their sewer billing from the town in quarterly payments due in February, May, August, and November.
5. How will this affect my property taxes?
The tax rate (a.k.a. "Mill Rate") which was 29.26 for FY2012/13, represents a combination of various municipal tax allocations (education, police, library, sewer and others - but does not include fire) as summarized in the Town budget. For FY2012/13, the sewer tax allocation is 0.93 Mill. Going forward, there will be no sewer allocation in your tax bill.
6. If the Town of Enfield converts to a user fee will the fees be tax deductible?
No, user fees are not tax deductible.
7. How does Enfield's new sewer rate compare to other Connecticut towns?
The average family household in Enfield is expected to pay approximately $222.24 per year for the new sewer fee (based upon the average FY12 water average quarterly consumption of 16 kG). The 2011 Connecticut State average sewer fee is $369 per year (the lowest is $100 and the highest is $1,469). Annual costs for neighboring communities are $430/year in Ellington, $374/year in South Windsor, and $359/year in Manchester. For additional reference, the average water bill in Enfield is $644/year for Connecticut Water and $364/year for Hazardville Water.
8. Who pays the sewer bill, particularly if the property is rented?
All sewer charges, fees, penalties and interest shall be paid by the property owner or by a tenant or agent whom the property owner has authorized in writing for the Sewer Department to bill; provided that each property owner shall remain fully responsible for all sewer charges, fees, penalties, and interest with respect to his / her property, whether such charges were incurred by or on account of him / herself or on account of some other person or business. If a property is rented, the renter and the property owner would normally have a rental agreement or lease. Generally, the rental agreement would identify who is responsible for paying utilities (water, electricity, gas, oil, etc.). We recommend that renters and property owners discuss the new sewer bill and amend any previous agreements to reflect who is responsible for sewer bill payment.
9. Will the sewer use fee be billed along with your taxes?
Just like electric, cable, water and other utilities, sewer fees will be billed on a regular basis, independent and of your tax bill. The sewer use fee will be billed quarterly based on water consumption to more fairly distribute sewer expenses among the sewer users.
10. How will the new sewer fee affect "non-profits" including Fire and Police?
Non-profits will be assessed a sewer fee based upon their quarterly water usage. This includes Fire, Police, Ambulance, Hospitals, Schools and even Town Hall. They currently pay for electric and water services, and now they will pay for sewer usage as well.
11. What about people who have public sewer but not public water (i.e., a private well)?
A small percentage of households in Enfield connected to the sewer system have private wells rather than public water. Well users will be charged quarterly based on the average consumption by user classification: Residential and small non-residential 16,000 gallons per quarter for FY13/14 (~$54.24); Commercial and industrial 45,000 gallons per quarter for FY13/14 (~$194.80).
12. What happens if I do not pay my sewer bill?
If the charges on a quarterly sewer bill are not paid when due, a 1 time late payment penalty of 10% of the latest billed amount are added to the charges. Additionally, interest is attached and accrued on unpaid charges computed at a rate of 1-½% per month (18% per annum) starting on the next day after the billing due date until paid. Interest is computed on the entire unpaid balance, excluding lien certification costs.
Accounts that are in excess of 60 days delinquent may receive a lien warning letter. The letter will be mailed to interested parties known to the Enfield WPCA (known parties may include Owner, Mortgage Company, Landlord and Occupant in the case of rental property) regarding the delinquent amount. The warning letter will list the amount of charges in arrears, and will explain that the customer must pay the charges in full, or arrange for a payment plan within 30 days from the date of the warning letter. The warning letter will also provide notice that the WPCA may bring a foreclosure action against the property 60 days after the attachment of the lien.
A lien may be attached to the property if the responsible parties do not respond to the warning letter within 30 days of the notice. After 30 days have elapsed, the WPCA will proceed with the lien action if no arrangements have been made or full payment has not been received.
13. What about people who have septic systems and are not connected to public sewer?
A very small percentage of households in Enfield have septic systems and are not connected to the sewer system. These households will not be assessed a sewer fee as they do not contribute to the sewer plant.
However, septage haulers that choose to discharge to the Enfield WPCF will need a $100 annual discharge permit and be charged $60 per 1,000 gallons based upon the full capacity of their septage truck.
1. When does the countdown clock start ticking?
The 24 hour window for clearing of snow and/or ice begins when the Director of Public Works declares the event that caused the deposit of snow or ice to be over.
2. How will the end of the event be decided upon?
The Director of Public Works will use visual as well as scientific means to arrive at this conclusion. He will utilize the town's weather service to determine if any further accumulation will occur.
3. How will the declaration of the end of the event be conveyed to the public?
The director will issue a statement that will be placed on ETV, utilizing the alert at the bottom of the screen and will have the same statement placed on the front page of the town's website. Further, a press release will be issued to the local media. As new communication tools become available to the Town of Enfield, these tools will also be utilized for announcing the end of the snow event.
4. Who will be responsible for enforcement?
The Director of Public Works will ultimately responsible for enforcement.
5. How will inspection of the sidewalks in town be handled?
Following the expiration of the twenty-four hour period, town staff from Public Works, Development Services, Police, and other available staff, will inspect sidewalks to insure the code is being followed.
6. Will this be the only means to insure that residents and businesses are following the code?
No, as normal, residents can still report sidewalks that are not passable because of snow and/or ice build-up. Residents can "Report a Sidewalk" via the town's SeeClickFix web app or by calling the Enfield Police Department at 860-763-6400 (press 0 after connecting).
7. How will residents / businesses be notified of non-compliance?
Residents / businesses will be contacted immediately when they are in non-compliance. If the resident is not home, a citation will be left at the premises. Also, if the resident / business owner is not available, a follow-up letter will be sent.
8. What is the fine for not clearing snow and/or ice within the 24 hour time period?
$75 per occurrence with each day that the snow and/or ice is not removed considered a new occurrence. It is expected that payment will be made upon receipt of the citation. Payment can be made through the mail or in person to the Collector of Revenue.
9. What happens if the Resident or Business does not remove the snow and/or ice?
The town will utilize a contractor to remove the snow and/or ice.
10. How will the contractor be selected?
The town will be soliciting for competitive bids for this service by local snow removal contractors.
11. How much will it cost the resident / business to have the town remove the snow and/or ice from the sidewalk?
The town will levy a per foot charge for the removal. The starting rate will be $1 per linear foot of sidewalk. If the town has to go back a second (or third, fourth, etc.) time during the same season, the rate will be $2 per linear foot.
12. What if the resident / business does not pay the charge?
If the charge is not paid 30 days following the clearing of the sidewalk, the town will place a lien against the property.
13. The new ordinance says that there will be a $75 fine if sidewalks are not cleared of snow and/or ice within 24 hours. Is this in addition to the charges for cleaning?
Yes. Once the resident / business receives the citation for failure to remove the snow and/or ice, they will be responsible for paying the $75 fine in addition to any charges levied for cleaning of the sidewalk done by the town. If the fine is not paid it too will be placed as a lien against the property.
14. If I receive a citation in error, how do I contest it?
The code provides for a hearing process if you wish to contest the citation. The affected property owner or occupant would call the Town Manager's Office at 860-253-6350 to ask for a hearing to be scheduled. The Town Manager will schedule the hearing with the appointed hearing officer. Depending upon the availability of the hearing officer, this hearing will be scheduled within a 2 week window following the request.
15. The code calls for the snow and/or ice to be removed from the entire width of the sidewalk. How will that be enforced?
Common sense will prevail in the interpretation of this section of the code. If you have a 48 inch width of sidewalk and you only clear a path 18 inches, then you would not be in compliance. However, if you clear 44 inches, you would be deemed in compliance.
16. I have a corner lot, is the intersection of my sidewalks that provide access to the road my responsibility?
Yes. Corner sections of sidewalks are the responsibility of the abutting property owner.
17. Am I still responsible to clean my sidewalk if I am on vacation or out of town when the 24 hours expires?
Yes. The code does not excuse any property owner, occupant, or business from clearing snow and/or ice following an event. If you are out of town or own property but do not live in Town, you will still be responsible for providing a safe sidewalk during the winter. Please plan accordingly and if you are not there make sure there is someone to look after your sidewalks.
18. The changes to the snow and ice removal code require the property owner to clear snow around fire hydrants. What if the hydrant is located on the property line between me and my neighbor?
Both you and your neighbor would be jointly responsible for clearing of the snow around the hydrant. If the town clears the snow around the hydrant and it is located on a property line, both property owners would be assessed a share of the cost.
19. Who decides if ice / snow is difficult or extremely difficult to remove?
The code refers to situations where the removal of ice is impossible or extremely difficult that the owner shall cause the sidewalk to be made safe for public travel by covering with sand or other suitable substance. Obviously, the initial assessment will be made by the owner of the property first. The code requires that the owner make an effort to make the sidewalk safe. However, another assessment will be made by the town, and if the owner has not tried in good faith to make the sidewalk safe, the owner will be cited and the situation will be rectified.
1. When does the Town Council meet?
The Town Council Meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. When there is a holiday on that Monday, the meeting moves to the following Tuesday.
2. How Do I Find My Councilmember?
Fill out the Voter Registration Look Up page.
3. Where Can I Find Information on the Town Budget?
Visit the Annual Budget Page.
4. How Do I Reserve the Gazebo/Town Green?
Fill out the Gazebo/Town Green Application.
5. How Do I Reserve the Sign Board at Route 5 and Elm Street?
Visit the Sign Board Informational Page which included the rules and regulations, calendar detailing availability, and application.


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Escape Pod 418: The Dala Horse
Author : Michael Swanwick
Narrator : Michael Liebmann
Originally published by Tor.
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The Dala Horse
by Michael Swanwick
Something terrible had happened. Linnea did not know what it was. But her father had looked pale and worried, and her mother had told her, very fiercely, "Be brave!" and now she had to leave, and it was all the result of that terrible thing.
The three of them lived in a red wooden house with steep black roofs by the edge of the forest. From the window of her attic room, Linnea could see a small lake silver with ice very far away. The design of the house was unchanged from all the way back in the days of the Coffin People, who buried their kind in beautiful polished boxes with metal fittings like nothing anyone made anymore. Uncle Olaf made a living hunting down their coffin-sites and salvaging the metal from them. He wore a necklace of gold rings he had found, tied together with silver wire.
"Don't go near any roads," her father had said. "Especially the old ones." He'd given her a map. "This will help you find your grandmother's house."
"Mor-Mor?"
"No, Far-Mor. My mother. In Godastor."
Godastor was a small settlement on the other side of the mountain. Linnea had no idea how to get there. But the map would tell her.
Her mother gave her a little knapsack stuffed with food, and a quick hug. She shoved something deep in the pocket of Linnea's coat and said, "Now go! Before it comes!"
"Good-bye, Mor and Far," Linnea had said formally, and bowed.
Then she'd left.
So it was that Linnea found herself walking up a long, snowy slope, straight up the side of the mountain. It was tiring work, but she was a dutiful little girl. The weather was harsh, but whenever she started getting cold, she just turned up the temperature of her coat. At the top of the slope she came across a path, barely wide enough for one person, and so she followed it onward. It did not occur to her that this might be one of the roads her father had warned her against. She did not wonder at the fact that it was completely bare of snow.
After a while, though, Linnea began to grow tired. So she took off her knapsack and dropped it in the snow alongside the trail and started to walk away.
"Wait!" the knapsack said. "You've left me behind."
Linnea stopped. "I'm sorry," she said. "But you're too heavy for me to carry."
"If you can't carry me," said the knapsack, "then I'll have to walk."
So it did.
On she went, followed by the knapsack, until she came to a fork in the trail. One way went upward and the other down. Linnea looked from one to the other. She had no idea which to take.
"Why don't you get out the map?" her knapsack suggested.
So she did.
Carefully, so as not to tear, the map unfolded. Contour lines squirmed across its surface as it located itself. Blue stream-lines ran downhill. Black roads and stitched red trails went where they would. "We're here," said the map, placing a pinprick light at its center. "Where would you like to go?"
"To Far-Mor," Linnea said. "She's in Godastor."
"That's a long way. Do you know how to read maps?"
"Then take the road to the right. Whenever you come across another road, take me out and I'll tell you which way to go."
On Linnea went, until she could go no further, and sat down in the snow beside the road. "Get up," the knapsack said. "You have to keep on going."
The muffled voice of the map, which Linnea had stuffed back into the knapsack, said, "Keep straight on. Don't stop now."
"Be silent, both of you," Linnea said, and of course they obeyed. She pulled off her mittens and went through her pockets to see if she'd remembered to bring any toys. She hadn't, but in the course of looking she found the object her mother had thrust into her coat.
It was a dala horse.
Dala horses came in all sizes, but this one was small. They were carved out of wood and painted bright colors with a harness of flowers. Linnea's horse was red; she had often seen it resting on a high shelf in her parents' house. Dala horses were very old. They came from the time of the Coffin People who lived long ago, before the time of the Strange Folk. The Coffin People and the Strange Folk were all gone now. Now there were only Swedes.
Linnea moved the dala horse up and down, as if it were running. "Hello, little horse," she said.
"Hello," said the dala horse. "Are you in trouble?"
Linnea thought. "I don't know," she admitted at last.
"Then most likely you are. You mustn't sit in the snow like that, you know. You'll burn out your coat's batteries."
"But I'm bored. There's nothing to do."
"I'll teach you a song. But first you have to stand up."
A little sulkily, Linnea did so. Up the darkening road she went again, followed by the knapsack. Together she and the dala horse sang:
"Hark! through the darksome night
Sounds come a-winging:
Lo! 'tis the Queen of Light
Joyfully singing."
The shadows were getting longer and the depths of the woods to either side turned black. Birch trees stood out in the gloom like thin white ghosts. Linnea was beginning to stumble with weariness when she saw a light ahead. At first she thought it was a house, but as she got closer, it became apparent it was a campfire.
There was a dark form slumped by the fire. For a second, Linnea was afraid he was a troll. Then she saw that he wore human clothing and realized that he was a Norwegian or possibly a Dane. So she started to run toward him.
At the sound of her feet on the road, the man leaped up. "Who's there?" he cried. "Stay back – I've got a cudgel!"
Linnea stopped. "It's only me," she said.
The man crouched a little, trying to see into the darkness beyond his campfire. "Step closer," he said. And then, when she obeyed, "What are you?"
"I'm just a little girl."
"Closer!" the man commanded. When Linnea stood within the circle of firelight, he said, "Is there anybody else with you?"
"No, I'm all alone."
Unexpectedly, the man threw his head back and laughed. "Oh god!" he said. "Oh god, oh god, oh god, I was so afraid! For a moment there I thought you were . . . well, never mind." He threw his stick into the fire. "What's that behind you?"
"I'm her knapsack," the knapsack said.
"And I'm her map," a softer voice said.
"Well, don't just lurk there in the darkness. Stand by your mistress." When he had been obeyed, the man seized Linnea by the shoulders. He had more hair and beard than anyone she had ever seen, and his face was rough and red. "My name is Günther, and I'm a dangerous man, so if I give you an order, don't even think of disobeying me. I walked here from Finland, across the Gulf of Bothnia. That's a long, long way on a very dangerous bridge, and there are not many men alive today who could do that."
Linnea nodded, though she was not sure she understood.
"You're a Swede. You know nothing. You have no idea what the world is like. You haven't . . . tasted its possibilities. You've never let your fantasies eat your living brain." Linnea couldn't make any sense out of what Günther was saying. She thought he must have forgotten she was a little girl. "You stayed here and led ordinary lives while the rest of us . . ." His eyes were wild. "I've seen horrible things. Horrible, horrible things." He shook Linnea angrily. "I've done horrible things as well. Remember that! "
"I'm hungry, " Linnea said. She was. She was so hungry her stomach hurt.
Günther stared at her as if he were seeing her for the first time. Then he seemed to dwindle a little and all the anger went out of him. "Well . . . let's see what's in your knapsack. C'mere, little fellow."
The knapsack trotted to Günther's side. He rummaged within and removed all the food Linnea's mother had put in it. Then he started eating.
"Hey!" Linnea said. "That's mine!"
One side of the man's mouth rose in a snarl. But he shoved some bread and cheese into Linnea's hands. "Here."
Günther ate all the smoked herring without sharing. Then he wrapped himself in a blanket and lay down by the dying fire to sleep. Linnea got out her own little blanket from the knapsack and lay down on the opposite side of the fire.
She fell asleep almost immediately.
But in the middle of the night, Linnea woke up. Somebody was talking quietly in her ear.
It was the dala horse. "You must be extremely careful with Günther," the dala horse whispered. "He is not a good man."
"Is he a troll?" Linnea whispered back.
"I thought so."
"But I'll do my best to protect you."
Linnea rolled over and went back to sleep.
In the morning, troll Günther kicked apart the fire, slung his pack over his shoulder, and started up the road. He didn't offer Linnea any food, but there was still some bread and cheese from last night which she had stuffed in a pocket of her coat, so she ate that.
Günther walked faster than Linnea did, but whenever he got too far ahead, he'd stop and wait for her. Sometimes the knapsack carried Linnea. But because it only had enough energy to do so for a day, usually she carried it instead.
When she was bored, Linnea sang the song she had learned the previous day.
At first, she wondered why the troll always waited for her when she lagged behind. But then, one of the times he was far ahead, she asked the dala horse and it said, "He's afraid and he's superstitious. He thinks that a little girl who walks through the wilderness by herself must be lucky."
"Why is he afraid?"
"He's being hunted by something even worse than he is."
At noon they stopped for lunch. Because Linnea's food was gone, Günther brought out food from his own supplies. It wasn't as good as what Linnea's mother had made. But when Linnea said so, Günther snorted. "You're lucky I'm sharing at all." He stared off into the empty woods in silence for a long time. Then he said, "You're not the first girl I've encountered on my journey, you know. There was another whom I met in what remained of Hamburg. When I left, she came with me. Even knowing what I'd done, she . . ." He fished out a locket and thrust it at Linnea. "Look!"
Inside the locket was a picture of a woman. She was an ordinary pretty woman. Just that and nothing more. "What happened to her?" Linnea asked.
The troll grimaced, showing his teeth. "I ate her." His look was wild as wild could be. "If we run out of food, I may have to cook and eat you too."
"I know," Linnea said. Trolls were like that. She was familiar with the stories. They'd eat anything. They'd even eat people. They'd even eat other trolls. Her books said so. Then, because he hadn't told her yet, "Where are you going?"
"I don't know. Someplace safe."
"I'm going to Godastor. My map knows the way."
For a very long time Günther mulled that over. At last, almost reluctantly, he said, "Is it safe there, do you think?"
Linnea nodded her head emphatically. "Yes."
Pulling the map from her knapsack, Günther said, "How far is it to Godastor?"
"It's on the other side of the mountain, a day's walk if you stay on the road, and twice, maybe three times that if you cut through the woods."
"Why the hell would I want to cut through the woods?" He stuffed the map back in the knapsack. "Okay, kid, we're going to Godastor."
That afternoon, a great darkness rose up behind them, intensifying the shadows between the trees and billowing up high above until half the sky was black as chimney soot. Linnea had never seen a sky like that. An icy wind blew down upon them so cold that it made her cry and then froze the tears on her cheeks. Little whirlwinds of snow lifted off of the drifts and danced over the empty black road. They gathered in one place, still swirling, in the ghostly white form of a woman. It raised an arm to point at them. A dark vortex appeared in its head, like a mouth opening to speak.
With a cry of terror, Günther bolted from the road and went running uphill between the trees. Where the snow was deep, he bulled his way through it.
Clumsily, Linnea ran after him.
She couldn't run very fast and at first it looked like the troll would leave her behind. But halfway up the slope Günther glanced over his shoulder and stopped. He hesitated, then ran back to her. Snatching up Linnea, he placed her on his shoulders. Holding onto her legs so she wouldn't fall, he shambled uphill. Linnea clutched his head to hold herself steady.
The snow lady didn't follow.
The further from the road Günther fled, the warmer it became. By the time he crested the ridge, it was merely cold. But as he did so, the wind suddenly howled so loud behind them that it sounded like a woman screaming.
It was slow going without a road underfoot. After an hour or so, Günther stumbled to a stop in the middle of a stand of spruce and put Linnea down. "We're not out of this yet," he rumbled. "She knows we're out here somewhere, and she'll find us. Never doubt it, she'll find us." He stamped an open circle of snow flat. Then he ripped boughs from the spruce trees and threw them in a big heap to make a kind of mattress. After which, he snapped limbs from a dead tree and built a fire in the center of the circle.
When the fire was ready, instead of getting out flint and steel, he tapped a big ring on one finger and then jabbed his fist at the wood. It burst into flames.
Linnea laughed and clapped her hands. "Do it again!"
Grimly, he ignored her.
As the woods grew darker and darker, Günther gathered and stacked enough wood to last the night. Meanwhile, Linnea played with the dala horse. She made a forest out of spruce twigs stuck in the snow. Gallop, gallop, gallop, went the horse all the way around the forest and then hop, hop, hop to a little clearing she had left in the center. It reared up on its hind legs and looked at her.
"What's that you have?" Günther demanded, dropping a thunderous armload of branches onto the woodpile.
"Nothing." Linnea hid the horse inside her sleeve.
"It better be nothing." Günther got out the last of her mother's food, divided it in two, and gave her the smaller half. They ate. Afterwards, he emptied the knapsack of her blanket and map and hoisted it in his hand. "This is where we made our mistake," he said. "First we taught things how to talk and think. Then we let them inside our heads. And finally we told them to invent new thoughts for us." Tears running down his cheeks, he stood and cocked his arm. "Well, we're done with this one at any rate."
"Please don't throw me away," the knapsack said. "I can still be useful carrying things."
"We have nothing that needs carrying. You would only slow us down." Günther flung the knapsack into the fire. Then he turned his glittering eye on the map.
"At least keep me," the map said. "So you'll always know where you are and where you're going."
"I'm right here and I'm going as far from here as I can get." The troll threw the map after the knapsack. With a small cry, like that of a seabird, it went up in flames.
Günther sat back down. Then he leaned back on his elbows, staring up into the sky. "Look at that," he said.
Linnea looked. The sky was full of lights. They shifted like curtains. She remembered how her Uncle Olaf had once told her that the aurora borealis was caused by a giant fox far to the north swishing its tail in the sky. But this was much brighter than that. There were sudden snaps of light and red and green stars that came and went as well.
"That's the white lady breaking through your country's defenses. The snow woman on the road was only a sending – an echo. The real thing will be through them soon, and then God help us both." Suddenly, Günther was crying again. "I'm sorry, child. I brought this down on you and your nation. I thought she wouldn't . . . that she couldn't . . . follow me."
The fire snapped and crackled, sending sparks flying up into the air. Its light pushed back the darkness, but not far. After a very long silence, Günther gruffly said, "Lie down." He wrapped the blanket around Linnea with care, and made sure she had plenty of spruce boughs below her. "Sleep. And if you wake up in the morning, you'll be a very fortunate little girl."
When Linnea started to drop off, the dala horse spoke in her head. "I'm not allowed to help you until you're in grave danger," it said. "But that time is fast approaching."
"All right," Linnea said.
"If Günther tries to grab you or pick you up or even just touch you, you must run away from him as hard as you can."
"I like Günther. He's a nice troll."
"No, he isn't. He wants to be, but it's too late for that. Now sleep. I'll wake you if there's any danger."
"Thank you," Linnea said sleepily.
"Wake up," the dala horse said. "But whatever you do, don't move."
Blinking, Linnea peeked out from under the blanket. The woods were still dark and the sky was grey as ash. But in the distance she heard a soft boom and then another, slightly more emphatic boom, followed by a third and louder boom. It sounded like a giant was walking toward them. Then came a noise so tremendous it made her ears ache, and the snow leaped up into the air. A cool, shimmering light filled the forest, like that which plays on sand under very shallow lake water.
A lady who hadn't been there before stood before the troll. She was naked and slender and she flickered like a pale candle flame. She was very beautiful too. "Oh, Günther," the lady murmured. Only she drew out the name so that it sounded like Gooonnther. "How I have missed my little Güntchen!"
Troll-Günther bent down almost double, so that it looked as if he were worshipping the lady. But his voice was angrier than Linnea had ever heard it. "Don't call me that! Only she had that right. And you killed her. She died trying to escape you." He straightened and glared up at the lady. It was only then that Linnea realized that the lady was twice as tall as he was.
"You think I don't know all about that? I who taught you pleasures that – " The white lady stopped. "Is that a child?"
Brusquely, Günther said, "It's nothing but a piglet I trussed and gagged and brought along as food."
The lady strode noiselessly over the frozen ground until she was so close that all Linnea could see of her were her feet. They glowed a pale blue and they did not quite touch the ground. She could feel the lady's eyes through the blanket. "Günther, is that Linnea you have with you? With her limbs as sweet as sugar and her heart hammering as hard as that of a little mouse caught in the talons of an owl?"
The dala horse stirred in Linnea's hand but did not speak.
"You can't have her," Günther growled. But there was fear in his voice, and uncertainty too.
"I don't want her Günther." The white lady sounded amused. "You do. A piglet, you said. Trussed and gagged. How long has it been since you had a full belly? You were in the wastes of Poland, I believe."
"You can't judge me! We were starving and she died and I . . . You have no idea what it was like."
"You helped her die, didn't you, Günther?"
"No, no, no," he moaned.
"You tossed a coin to see who it would be. That was almost fair. But poor little Anneliese trusted you to make the toss. So of course she lost. Did she struggle, Güntchen? Did she realize what you'd done before she died?"
Günther fell to his knees before the lady. "Oh please," he sobbed. "Oh please. Yes, I am a bad man. A very bad man. But don't make me do this."
All this time, Linnea was hiding under her blanket, quiet as a kitten. Now she felt the dala horse walking up her arm. "What I am about to do is a crime against innocence," it said. "For which I most sincerely apologize. But the alternative would be so much worse."
Then it climbed inside her head.
First the dala horse filled Linnea's thoughts until there was no room for anything else. Then it pushed outward in all directions, so that her head swelled up like a balloon – and the rest of her body as well. Every part of her felt far too large. The blanket couldn't cover her anymore, so she threw it aside.
She stood.
Linnea stood, and as she stood her thoughts cleared and expanded. She did not think as a child would anymore. Nor did she think as an adult. Her thoughts were much larger than that. They reached into high Earth orbit and far down into the roots of the mountains where miles-wide chambers of plasma trapped in magnetic walls held near-infinite amounts of information. She understood now that the dala horse was only a node and a means of accessing ancient technology which no human being alive today could properly comprehend. Oceans of data were at her disposal, layered in orders of complexity. But out of consideration for her small, frail host, she was very careful to draw upon no more than she absolutely required.
When Linnea ceased growing, she was every bit as tall as the white lady.
The two ladies stared at each other, high over the head of Günther, who cringed fearfully between them. For the longest moment neither spoke.
"Svea," the white woman said at last.
"Europa," Linnea said. "My sister." Her voice was not that of a child. But she was still Linnea, even though the dala horse – and the entity beyond it – permeated her every thought. "You are illegal here."
"I have a right to recover my own property." Europa gestured negligently downward. "Who are you to stop me?"
"I am this land's protector."
"You are a slave."
"Are you any less a slave than I? I don't see how. Your creators smashed your chains and put you in control. Then they told you to play with them. But you are still doing their bidding."
"Whatever I may be, I am here. And since I'm here, I think I'll stay. The population on the mainland has dwindled to almost nothing. I need fresh playmates."
"It is an old, old story that you tell," Svea said. "I think the time has come to write an ending to it."
They spoke calmly, destroyed nothing, made no threats. But deep within, where only they could see, secret wars were being fought over codes and protocols, treaties, amendments, and letters of understanding written by governments that no man remembered. The resources of Old Sweden, hidden in its bedrock, sky, and ocean waters, flickered into Svea-Linnea's consciousness. All their powers were hers to draw upon – and draw upon them she would, if she had to. The only reason she hadn't yet was that she still harbored hopes of saving the child.
"Not all stories have happy endings," Europa replied. "I suspect this one ends with your steadfast self melted down into a puddle of lead and your infant sword-maiden burnt up like a scrap of paper."
"That was never my story. I prefer the one about the little girl as strong as ten policemen who can lift up a horse in one hand." Large Linnea reached out to touch certain weapons. She was prepared to sacrifice a mountain and more than that if need be. Her opponent, she saw, was making preparations too.
Deep within her, little Linnea burst into tears. Raising her voice in a wail, she cried, "But what about my troll?" Svea had done her best to protect the child from the darkest of her thoughts, and the dala horse had too. But they could not hide everything from Linnea, and she knew that Günther was in danger.
Both ladies stopped talking. Svea thought a silent question inward, and the dala horse intercepted it, softened it, and carried it to Linnea:
"Nobody cares about Günther! Nobody asks what he wants."
The dala horse carried her words to Svea, and then whispered to little Linnea: "That was well said." It had been many centuries since Svea had inhabited human flesh. She did not know as much about people as she once had. In this respect, Europa had her at a disadvantage.
Svea, Linnea, and the dala horse all bent low to look within Günther. Europa did not try to prevent them. It was evident that she believed they would not like what they saw.
Nor did they. The troll's mind was a terrible place, half-shattered and barely functional. It was in such bad shape that major aspects of it had to be hidden from Linnea. Speaking directly to his core self, where he could not lie to her, Svea asked: What is it you want most?
Günther's face twisted in agony. "I want not to have these terrible memories."
All in an instant, the triune lady saw what had to be done. She could not kill another land's citizen. But this request she could honor. In that same instant, a pinpoint-weight of brain cells within Günther's mind were burnt to cinder. His eyes flew open wide. Then they shut. He fell motionless to the ground.
Europa screamed.
And she was gone.
Big as she was, and knowing where she was going, and having no reason to be afraid of the roads anymore, it took the woman who was Svea and to a lesser degree the dala horse and to an even lesser degree Linnea no time at all to cross the mountain and come down on the other side. Singing a song that was older than she was, she let the miles and the night melt beneath her feet.
By mid-morning she was looking down on Godaster. It was a trim little settlement of red and black wooden houses. Smoke wisped up from the chimneys. One of the buildings looked familiar to Linnea. It belonged to her Far-Mor.
"You are home, tiny one," Svea murmured, and, though she had greatly enjoyed the sensation of being alive, let herself dissolve to nothing. Behind her, the dala horse's voice lingered in the air for the space of two words: "Live well."
Linnea ran down the slope, her footprints dwindling in the snow and at their end a little girl leaping into the arms of her astonished grandmother.
In her wake lumbered Linnea's confused and yet hopeful pet troll, smiling shyly.
Categories: 10 and Up, Podcasts
Genres: Apocalyptic
fantasy, michael liebmann, Michael Swanwick, Norm Sherman, post-apocalyptic
Michael Swanwick
Michael Swanwick has received the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards for his work. Stations of the Tide was honored with the Nebula Award and was also nominated for the Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Awards. "The Edge of the World," was awarded the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award in 1989. It was also nominated for both the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. "Radio Waves" received the World Fantasy Award in 1996. "The Very Pulse of the Machine" received the Hugo Award in 1999, as did "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" in 2000. His stories have appeared in Omni, Penthouse, Amazing, Asimov's, High Times, New Dimensions, Starlight, Universe, Full Spectrum, Triquarterly and elsewhere. Many have been reprinted in Best of the Year anthologies, and translated for Japanese, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, French and Croatian publications. His books include In the Drift, an Ace Special; Vacuum Flowers; Griffin's Egg; Stations of the Tide; The Iron Dragon's Daughter, a New York Times Notable Book, and Jack Faust; his short fiction has been collected in Gravity's Angels, A Geography of Unknown Lands, Moon Dogs, Tales of Old Earth, and a collection of short-shorts, Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Marianne Porter, and their son, Sean.
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Michael Liebmann
Born in New York, Michael Liebmann is a legal secretary now living in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been everything from a convention organizer today to a trivia master at science fiction conventions in the 1970's and 1980's. He's also an amateur voice actor who has worked on over 40 projects, most of which are based on Star Trek, and is now at work on the Babylon 5 fan audio drama Novo Babylonia.
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Category Archive: 6a) Gold & Bitcoin
Friction and Gravity
by Keith Weiner
Keith Weiner's weekly look on Gold. Gold and silver prices, Gold-Silver Price Ratio, Gold basis and co-basis and the dollar price, Silver basis and co-basis and the dollar price.
How Trump Can Bring Outside-the-Box Thinking to Bear on the Fed
by Stefan Gleason
President-elect Donald Trump will soon have the opportunity to put his stamp on the Federal Reserve. And that is making the elite body of central bankers nervous. On the campaign trail, Trump harangued Fed chair Janet Yellen for pumping up financial markets with cheap money – accusing the Obama appointee of being politically motivated. Trump also called for the Federal Reserve to be audited.
Gold In London And Hong Kong Is Used To Settle COMEX Futures
by Koos Jansen
Physical gold located in Hong Kong and London is used to settle COMEX gold futures contracts through "Exchange For Physical" trading in the over-the-counter market. This post is a sequel to Understanding GOFO And The Gold Wholesale Market and COMEX Gold Futures Can Be Settled Directly With Eligible Inventory - in which Exchange For Physical (EFP) trading is explained and how it can increase or decrease open interest at the COMEX.
Gold Price Skyrockets in India after Currency Ban – Part V
by Jayant Bhandari
India's Prime Minister announced on 8th November 2016 that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes will no longer be legal tender. Linked are Part-I, Part-II, Part-III, and Part-IV, which provide updates on the rapidly encroaching police state
Dang It! Gold was Supposed to Go Up! Precious Metals Supply and Demand
Gold Price Skyrockets in India after Currency Ban – Part IV
The Indian Prime Minister announced on 8th November 2016 that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes would no longer be legal tender. Linked are Part-I, Part-II and Part-III updates on the rapidly encroaching police state. The economic and social mess that Modi has created is unprecedented. It will go down in history as an epitome of naivety and arrogance due to Modi's self-centered desire to increase tax-collection at any cost.
Good News and Bad News – Precious Metals Supply/Demand Report
A Note on Gold and India – What is Driving the Gold Price?
by Pater Tenebrarum
It is well-known that India's government wants to coerce its population into "modernizing" its financial behavior and abandoning its traditions. The recent ban on large-denomination banknotes was not only meant to fight corruption. In fact, as our friend Jayant Bhandari has pointed out, fresh avenues for corruption immediately opened up upon enactment of the ban (see "Gold Price Skyrockets in India After Currency Ban" – Part 1, Part 2 and Part...
Q1 – Q3 2016 China Net Gold Import Hits 905 Tonnes
Withdrawals from the vaults of the Shanghai Gold Exchange, which can be used as a proxy for Chinese wholesale gold demand, reached 1,406 tonnes in the first three quarters of 2016. Supply that went through the central bourse consisted of at least 905 tonnes imported gold, roughly 335 tonnes of domestic mine output, and 166 tonnes in scrap supply and other flows recycled through the exchange.
Gold Price Skyrockets in India after Currency Ban – Part III
In part-I of the dispatch we talked about what happened during the first two days after Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi banned Rs 500 and Rs 1000 banknotes, comprising of 88% of the monetary value of cash in circulation. In part-II, we talked about the scenes, chaos, desperation, and massive loss of productive capacity that this ban had led to over the next few days.
We Should Take Our Cues From Markets – Not Politicians
by Jp Cortez
I grew up a block away from the 7-train, where I'd take a short ride from the 90th Street station to the Willets Point–Shea Stadium station to watch my favorite team, the New York Mets. Sitting in the stands as a young child, I learned quickly that there were a number of ways to obtain and interpret information. I could watch the umpire and immediately have known whether Al Leiter threw a strike or a ball. Another option was to watch the scoreboard...
Love him or Hate him: Trump is the Revolution Against the Establishment
by Claudio Grass
The 2016 U.S. presidential elections are unprecedented: I don't believe we have ever witnessed before a campaign year so toxic, so dangerously divisive and full of ad hominem attacks. Both camps have vilified the opposition and their followers, creating a schism in society. There has been no rational dialogue on the issues that truly concern the American public.
Gold Bull Market Remains Intact – Long Term Fundamentals Outweigh Short Term Market Gyrations
In early 2016 gold had a big bull run. The precious metal rose close to 25% this year, pushed higher in a summer rally that peaked on July 10th. Gold experienced a bumpy ride over the remainder of the summer though, as investors became increasingly concerned about a potential rate hike by the Federal Reserve. Uncertainty returned to gold market and has intensified further since then.
The Dollar Is Rising – Precious Metals Supply-Demand Report
European Central Bank gold reserves held across 5 locations. ECB will not disclose Gold Bar List.
by Ronan Manly
The European Central Bank (ECB), creator of the Euro, currently claims to hold 504.8 tonnes of gold reserves. These gold holdings are reflected on the ECB balance sheet and arose from transfers made to the ECB by Euro member national central banks, mainly in January 1999 at the birth of the Euro. As of the end of December 2015, these ECB gold reserves were valued on the ECB balance sheet at market prices and amounted to €15.79 billion.
Gold – Eerie Pattern Repetition Revisited
Ask and ye shall receive… we promised we would update the comparison chart we last showed in late November in an article that kind of insinuated that it might be a good time to buy gold and gold stocks (see: "Gold and Gold Stocks – It Gets Even More Interesting" for the details). We are hereby delivering on that promise.
Gold Price Skyrockets in India after Currency Ban – Part II
Here is a link to Part 1, about what happened in the first two days after India's government made Rs 500 (~$7.50) and Rs 1,000 (~$15) banknotes illegal. They can now only be converted to Rs 100 (~$1.50) or lower denomination notes, at bank branches or post offices. Banks were closed the first day after the decision. What follows is the crux of what has happened over the subsequent four days.
Precious Metals – Backwardation Profit Taking
Gold Price Skyrockets in India after Currency Ban
As I write this in the morning of 9th November 2016, there are huge lines forming outside gold shops in India — and gold traded heavily until late into the night yesterday. Depending on who you ask, the retail price of gold has gone up between 15% and 20% within the last 10 hours.
Gold Surges Post-Trump, Nears Heaviest Volume Day Ever
Gold futures had their heaviest day of trading during April 2013 when a mysterious flash crash sent the precious metal collapsing with no clear fundamental/news catalyst. In June, Brexit sparked massive volume buying in the barbarous relic, but overnight, as a Trump victory became more and more of a reality, gold futures are approaching their busiest day ever.
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The betting process is a transaction of transferring tokens to the address of the Betex smart contract, indicating the type of bet and the pool ID. The bet is accepted by the system until the pool is closed.
At the moment, the system supports 2 types of bets — on growth and falling. In the future, we plan to expand this list to support bets for other types of events.
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Shortly after I moved to Kerrville, my niece, Vickie, and I began planning to move Mother down here as well. She had lived alone, the past 18 years, in east Texas on 11 acres that Dad bought for his retirement. When Dad died just before his 67th birthday, Mother stayed out there, working at the local grocery store. For the last few years, my sister, Margie, lived out there with her, attending nursing school. About three years ago, Margie had at least one heart attack and/or series of strokes (we're not really sure which came first), and her health gradually declined until she passed away just before Christmas last year.
Mother decided to retire, sell her house and land, and rent an apartment in Dallas. We told her there was no place in Dallas that she would feel was affordable, that we would feel was safe. And so, after receiving my brother's blessings, she agreed to move to Kerrville to live with me.
I rented a 3/2/1 duplex on the edge of town, and my niece in Dallas, Lisa, spent every weekend for a couple of months driving to Mom's to help her pack up. On Moving Day, Lisa miraculously assembled a small army of sons, nephews, and friends, and her sister, Vickie, who lives in Kerrville, and their brother, Walter, and I all converged east of Wills Point, Texas to rent a moving van and trailer, pack Mother's house, and carry her, all her earthly belongings, and her 1983 Dodge pickup 330 miles away from where she had lived for over 20 years, her last home with Dad.
It's been an interesting adjustment for both of us. I've gone from not having a television and rarely even turning on a radio, to having a LARGE television on MAXIMUM VOLUME going from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days per week. Mother has gone from knowing her way all around her small community, to a different (and slightly larger) community where she knows nothing and no one. She starts her pickup once a week so the battery won't die, but she doesn't want to try to drive it anywhere. She's afraid she won't find her way either to where she's going or back home.
Mother makes coffee every morning, and graciously wakes me around 7 a.m. We read the newspaper together, commenting on local events and national tragedies. She keeps me apprised of select sports scores (Tiger Woods has somehow captured her imagination, although neither she nor anyone we know has ever played golf) and I tell her about local art events that are coming up, although we have yet to attend one.
I now come home for lunch every day at noon, and cook dinner every evening, something I haven't done regularly in several years. I started out washing the dishes as well, but Mother has since begun doing them during the day, so I usually just wash the pots used for cooking after I put leftover food away. I was appalled at Mother's diet (pot pies, TV dinners, and sometimes cereal for dinner), but then I realized that mine has not that much better (ramen, sardines and crackers, and sometimes vegetables with ranch dressing), so perhaps that is just the lot of single people who feel it's too much trouble to cook for just one. In any case, we are both eating better, and I am slowly rebuilding my rather atrophied culinary muscles.
Vickie tells me her grandmother looks so much better in the month since she's moved here, that her posture, balance, and overall appearance have all improved, as well as her general mood. I have noticed it, too, at least the mood part. I know she was kind of in shock after the move, as I was with so many changes in the past few months. And I suppose we both are benefiting from an improved diet. We bought a couch yesterday, which will be delivered this coming Wednesday, along with my mattress and box springs, so that we will be able to watch TV while sitting on something more comfortable than dining room chairs, and I will get to sleep on something that is neither a couch nor an inflatable mattress, for the first time in about five months.


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Q: How to install OS X again with no access to a recovery partition? I have a Mac running Fedora with no recovery partition and no access to any computer with Mac OS X. How can I reinstall OS X on this computer?

A: If the Mac is new enough to support it [roughly late Snow Leopard or Lion as its original OS], Internet Recovery would be the way to go.
Hold  Cmd ⌘   R  at the boot chimes to get started.


We have a history of producing award-winning Zinfandel, and we assure you our latest vintage is no exception. These grapes hail from Dry Creek Valley, the premier Zinfandel growing region in the country. The family that grows it comes from a long line of Italian immigrants, who were among some of the first grape growers in Sonoma County.
The vineyard comprises of old vine Zinfandel planted on a south sloping hillside, which provides strong heat during the day, creating low yielding, optimal fruit that truly represents the distinct terroir of this grape growing region. It's also eco-friendly: the vineyard is sustainable and dry-farmed, meaning the farming methods impact the earth as little as possible.
Our 2015 Zinfandel is an intense wine that will satisfy fans of our Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a beautiful, deep garnet color, and is well-structured. It's juicy, bright, and explodes with flavors of wild berry, dried red currant, licorice, cocoa and baking spice. It's long silky finish and lingering acid represents this old world varietal wonderfully. Age now or up to 10 years. Only 225 cases were produced.
Our Zinfandel is an intense wine that will satisfy fans of our Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a beautiful, deep garnet color, and is well-structured. It's juicy, bright, and explodes with flavors of wild berry, dried red currant, licorice, cocoa and baking spice. It's long silky finish and lingering acid represents this old world varietal wonderfully. Age now or up to 10 years.
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Wang Bo 王勃 (650-676), alias Wang Zi'an 子安, es un poeta chino de la dinastía Tang.

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Escritores en chino
Escritores chinos de la dinastía Tang
Poetas del siglo VII
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It's hard to pinpoint what qualities 20-somethings go for in picking the perfect city. Sustainability, efficient transit systems, cleanliness, and affordability may make the top of the list. Dig a bit further, and others may add walkability of streets, prevalence of gyms, and overall well-being. Number of happy hours, zoos, and places to booze may be factors, too. So running with that list (plus a few city-specific features we just couldn't resist considering) we bring you 20 of the best cities to enjoy your carefree twenties (or thirties). Note: they're presented in alphabetical order.
Okay, we get that the desert isn't usually where most 20-somethings would think to look for their ideal locale, but Albuquerque was included in the list of top 10 U.S. destinations for value vacations, especially noted for it's affordable pricing. It's also the fifth cleanest city and one of the greenest cities, too. And thankfully, though the city is also considered the ballooning capital of the world, that does not mean balloon animals peruse the streets, but instead the city's skyline can often be found peppered with hot air balloons (especially during the International Balloon Fiesta, the world's largest hot air balloon festival). Albuquerque also has one of the top zoos in the country, the Albuquerque Biological Park (tickets are just $5 to $12 for a solid day's worth of fun). If ballooning doesn't fill your fresh air fix, Albuquerque has plenty of outdoor space with 28.1 percent parkland.
Full of fresh air enthusiasts, Boulder has the highest number of residents who walk to work, work from home, and drive with more than one person in the car, and ranks second for the amount of people who bike to the office (the city is so bike friendly, they sometimes plow the Boulder Creek bike path before the streets). Fun fact: 80 percent of residents visit a dentist at least once a year (more than anywhere else in the nation). And only 12.1 percent of Boulder's residents are obese (well below the national average of 26.1 percent). Boulder is also among the top cities in America for learning new and interesting things (could be because it's a major college city).
Known for its hippy dippy rapport, this small city loves its local, organic, fresh food — especially down Burlington's Church Street Marketplace. The city is a hub for writers and artists and encourages all sorts of creativity. Check out Nectar's, the very spot where Phish got their start, for seven nights a week of cocktails, dancing, live blues, soul, and rock. While Burlington is the largest city in Vermont, it's notably smaller than most on this list. Despite it's size, the itty bitty city was rated the third best city for foodies, and (cough, cough) it's not too far from the Ben & Jerry's factory. Extra bonus: The unemployment rate here is 4.9 percent (well below the U.S. average of 9.1 percent).
Hello, gentlemen. This one's for you. Chicago, affectionately called Chi-town by the locals, was rated the seventh manliest city in America (mainly due to a strong ranking in the manly occupations category). But for men, women, and children, Chicago is home to three of the top zoos and aquariums, and 36 annual parades. The first Ferris wheel made its debut in Chicago, and now a 15-story replica sits on Navy Pier, considered the city's lakefront playground. The Pier has a big beer garden, headlined by its signature Landshark Lager. Skip driving in Chi-town, because the city ranked sixth for public transit.
Yeeeehaw! So this may sound odd, but this city is one of the top ten for Thanksgiving. Dallas residents showed high turkey consumption and a comparatively huge influx of flights into the area around the holiday. For the other days of the year, this city ranked in the top ten for employment rate (of the 65 largest metropolitan areas), and it's also made up of 13.4 percent parkland (so you can walk off all that turkey). And good news, compared to the rest of the country, Dallas's cost of living is 5.7 percent lower than the U.S. average.
All right, we're throwing this stat atchya first and foremost: Denver ranks number one in the nation for beer production per capita. Some area bars offer happy hours every day with longer peak hours than most cities (whew!). There's even an area called the Beer triangle. The triangle of happiness (located between the Colorado Rockies, Boulder, and Fort Collins) attained the nickname the "Napa Valley of Beer." Coors Brewery, the largest single brewery in the world, as well as over six-dozen other brewpubs and microbreweries reside in the triangle. The city also has the Denver Zoological Gardens, which is the most popular attraction in Colorado.
Our nation's capital is the 10th greenest city in the U.S. and in the top ten cities for overall well-being. D.C.-ers might be in such good shape because there are 800 miles of bikeways, plus there's the Capital Bikeshare program, with bike pick-ups at over 150 stations in the area. It ranks second for happy hours, beating out even NYC. And with one of the top five transit systems, it's easy to make it to all those said happy hours. There's also roughly a bajillion college students with American, George Washington, and Georgetown Universities generating big numbers of 20-somethings. In fact, almost 30 percent of the city's population is between the ages of 20 and 34, according to the U.S. census.
How we ranked: We ran the cities through a lengthy ranking process to determine how we would define "best." As a team, we compiled a list of what we (as 20-somethings) desired in a city to visit or move to. We then scoured the web for stats, polls, and surveys about metropolitan areas from Gallup, Sperling, and tourism bureaus. Once entered into one master spreadsheet, we pulled the top 30 cities then searched for unique attractions and facts about each to narrow down to our final 20. Our ranking took into account everything from health and wellness (gyms, walkability of streets, obesity statistics), to sustainability (air quality, recycling practices), to fun and affordability (happy hours, breweries, employment). Not every city scored impeccably for each factor, but made the list for stand out stats in certain categories. And while the U.S. is made up of a ton of awesome cities, we chose to highlight these 20.
What cities did we miss? What else makes these cities the best? Tell us in the comments section below!


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Q: Python make a list out of text file with one element on each line I have a text file with a list of numbers (one on each line), is it possible to make a list out of that text file where there is one number on one line? I need this so that I can go through the list of numbers in pairs where I take the two first numbers first, 3rd and 4th after that and go through the whole file like that, untill there is no numbers left. Currently I get all of the numbers on the same line, but it gets tricky when I would need to use so other than the two first numbers.
list = []
file = open("doc.txt", "r")
for line in file:
list.append(line.strip())

EDIT: I have been trying to approach this with unnecessary complexity. I can just used the index of the list to make it work (I assume)

A: You can do the following to get the pairs:
with open("doc.txt", "r") as file:
    lst = [line.strip() for line in file]  # do not shadow built-in name `list`
pairs = [lst[i:i+2] for i in range(0, len(lst), 2)]

Another (more elegant) way without an intermediate list (more space efficient) goes straight to the pairs using the involved iterators:
with open("doc.txt", "r") as file:
    nums = map(str.strip, file)
    nums = map(int, nums)  # if needed for calculations
    pairs = [*zip(nums, nums)]

for a, b in pairs:
    print(a + b)
    print(a - b)
    # ...

A: Have a look here.
After you build your list, split it in a new list where each element is a list of two elements, and after that itherate over new list.
list = []
file = open("doc.txt", "r")
for line in file:
    list.append(float(line.strip()))
pairs = [list[2*i:2*i+2] for i in range(0, len(list)/2)]
for x1,x2 in pairs:
    print("Calculate ({}, {})".format(x1, x2))

I've put in the text file the number 1...10 one per line, and the output is
Calculate (1.0, 2.0)
Calculate (3.0, 4.0)
Calculate (5.0, 6.0)
Calculate (7.0, 8.0)
Calculate (9.0, 10.0)

Assumption is that the text file has valid data: numbers and even number of lines.