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Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Avernum: Escape From the Pit is an epic fantasy role-playing adventure in a unique and deadly world. Fight to complete up to three game-winning quests. Explore a massive nation of tunnels and caverns, seeking out eighty towns and dungeons. Master over 50 spells and battle disciplines and hunt for...
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Avernum: Escape From the Pit is an epic fantasy role-playing adventure in a unique and deadly world. Fight to complete up to three game-winning quests. Explore a massive nation of tunnels and caverns, seeking out eighty towns and dungeons. Master over 50 spells and battle disciplines and hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts.
You have been banished to the underworld, never to see the light of day again.
The surface is ruled by the cruel Emperor Hawthorne, master of the Empire. All of the known lands are subject to his brutal command. Everyone who speaks out, who misbehaves, who doesn't fit in is cast into the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, far below the surface. There, you are expected to die, a victim of starvation, horrible monsters, or simple despair.
But not all of the Avernites have surrendered. With magic and steel, they are forging a new nation deep underground. You can join them and fight for safety. Or freedom. Or even, if you dare, revenge on the surface-dwellers who tried to destroy you.
Epic fantasy adventure in an enormous underworld. Huge outdoors and eighty towns and dungeons. Dozens of side quests and hundreds of magical artifacts.
Unique races and settings make Avernum different from any adventure out there.
Three separate game-winning quests. Seek safety, escape or revenge. Do just one of them or all three!
Rich game system with over 50 spells and battle disciplines and a multitude of beneficial character traits to choose from.
Copyright 2012-14, Spiderweb Software
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Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility.
Mac OS X 10.11 notice: The "System Integrity Protection Feature" must be disabled before playing this game.
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Avernum: The Complete Saga
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On Monday 3/18/19 Health Coach Amanda Goodwin will start a mini teaching series on MOLD and how mold and biotoxins impact our brain, inflammation, gut health, and autoimmunity.
Many are in denial (Including doctors and nutritionists) and this needs to be addressed! When polled 9 out of 10 say "No I do not have a mold issue." When in actuality almost every building, home, school, library etc. will have mold!
We will discuss symptoms, diseases mold exposure can lead to, testing (both the home and for your body) as well as strategies.


Three years ago today, my thyroid–cancerous nodules and all, was removed. During the "whole body scan" a few months later there were no errant tumor cells and the tumor marker in my blood work came back negative. Throughout the last 266 days of blogging, I've thanked many of the people who had some role in my diagnosis, treatment, on-going care, as well as general support. I'm sure I haven't thanked everyone by name, that would be a huge task. However, as my husband and I were talking about my cancerversary this morning I was reminded about one person who played a uniquely supportive role on May 5, 2011.
While my husband and mother sat waiting patiently, I'm sure trying to find something to talk about as a mother and son-in-law will do; there was someone keeping them updated on my progress. I had no idea she was doing this, of course, and wasn't told until a few days later (at least I don't remember being told until days later). It wasn't a doctor or nurse that sat with my husband and mom, it was a technician from the O.R. Apparently, she went in and out several times with news that things were going well and there was nothing to worry about. While they would worry until they saw me in the recovery room, what a blessing it must have been for Steve and Mom to see a friendly face and calm voice.
My husband's friend Dennis' wife was that person three years ago. Today, I'd like to thank Kelly Ford for doing what no one else really could that day. Happy Cinco de Mayo, Kelly!


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Business, Tax & Charitable Planning
Stephen D. Dunegan
General Overview Of Revocable And Irrevocable Trusts
One way to think about a trust is that the trust itself is a book of instructions. A grantor authors the trust, and provides instructions concerning the use of the grantor's assets while the grantor is alive, including who is permitted to access the trust assets, and what will occur at the grantor's incapacity and [...]
By THYNES| 2018-06-27T02:19:05+00:00	June 17th, 2018|
How Do I Know If My Assets Are Properly Titled To My Revocable Trust?
The account statement, stock certificate, title or deed will make some reference to the trust or to you as trustee. You might also elect to fund your trust by naming the trust as a beneficiary of life insurance or other similar arrangements. Your attorney and financial advisor may assist you with the transfer of assets [...]
By THYNES| 2018-06-27T02:23:50+00:00	June 5th, 2018|
Who Pays Federal Income Tax On Trust Income?
In most instances, the revocable trust is ignored for federal income tax purposes during the grantor's lifetime. The income and deductions are reported directly on your individual income tax return. The trust will use your social security number as its tax identification number. A revocable trust becomes a separate entity for federal income tax purposes [...]
By THYNES| 2018-06-27T02:22:19+00:00	June 3rd, 2018|
What Is A Qualified Income Trust (QIT)?
If an individual's income is over the limit to qualify for Medicaid long-term care services (including nursing home care), a Qualified Income Trust (QIT) allows an individual to become eligible by placing income into an account each month that the individual needs Medicaid. The QIT involves a written agreement, establishing a special account, and making [...]
By THYNES| 2018-06-27T02:54:12+00:00	May 28th, 2018|
What Is A Trust?
A trust is a fiduciary relationship where a trustee is tasked with investing, protecting and managing property as well as the income that the property generates for a beneficiary. There can be more than one trustee and more than one beneficiary in a trust. The intent of the grantor, as expressed in the terms of [...]
By THYNES| 2018-06-27T02:17:48+00:00	May 7th, 2018|
Is A Trust A Substitute For A Will?
No, in most situations. A trust may be used in addition to a will. This is because a trust can handle only the property that has been put into it. Any property of yours that is not placed in the trust either during life or at death in most instances escapes the control of the [...]
By THYNES| 2018-06-27T02:26:27+00:00	May 1st, 2018|
Who May Act As Trustee Or Successor Trustee?
The choice of a trustee is extremely important, and may have tax consequences. You can name almost anyone as your trustee. Unlike the appointment of a personal representative of a probate estate, a trustee does not have to live in Florida or be related to you. You can name yourself or any other individual (subject [...]
By THYNES| 2018-06-27T00:57:41+00:00	March 1st, 2018|
Does The Trust Provide Protection From Creditor Claims?
In Florida, the trust assets are not protected from the claims of your creditors. During your lifetime the assets in a revocable trust are treated as owned by you, and subject to the claims of your creditor as if you owned them in your personal name. If the trust assets remain in trust after your [...]
How Does A Revocable Trust Avoid Probate?
A revocable trust avoids probate by effecting the transfer of assets during your lifetime to the trustee. This avoids the need to use the probate process to make the transfer after your death. The trustee has immediate authority to manage the trust assets at your death; appointment by the court is not necessary. The "funding" [...]
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During Mathematics teaching emphasis is placed on providing rich and authentic numeracy learning experiences so that students become confident and creative users of Mathematics. We aim to develop the numeracy capabilities that all students need in their personal, work and civic life, and provide the fundamentals on which mathematical specialties and applications of mathematics are built. We use Pearson & Gallagher's (1983) Gradual Release of Responsibility Model as a guiding framework for teaching numeracy and a Balanced Numeracy Program. A Balanced Numeracy Program incorporates a variety of numeracy strategies, carefully selected materials for each activity, and a responsive teacher that is linked to everyday life and across the curriculum.
We ensure every Mathematics lesson has a warm up (5-10 minutes), body of lesson which may include whole class teaching, individual and or group work (20-30 minutes) and reflection time (5-10 minutes). Time is given to think and talk about Mathematics, to work both independently and collaboratively and construct meaning through practical, hands on activities. We encourage the diversity of solutions to problem solving and foster efficient number strategies. Strategies are explicitly taught to support an understanding of numbers and mental computation. We implement a spiraling approach towards teaching mathematics, revisiting concepts across the year at the individual levels of our students.
Mathematics teaching at IPECS is thought provoking, open-ended, hands on, fun and not taught from a single book or program.


When is a property not an investment property?
The First-tier Tribunal decision in Anthony Headley (TC/2012/07246) was published on 19 July 2013. It deals with the question whether the disposal of a property at 180 Grange Road should be taxed as a capital gain or, as Mr Headley's accountant sought to argue, taxed as a trading transaction.
Mr Headley bought the property in September 2001 and began to rent it out shortly after purchasing it, and declared rental income on this property each year until it was sold in December 2005.
Nevertheless, his accountant explained to the tribunal that Mr Headley had come to him stating that he wanted to include the property in his trading assets, and his tax return showed the commencement of a property development business in October 2002. His "schedule of stock" showed three properties, which included 180 Grange Road plus 81 Bowes Road, which was bought in November 2002, and 88 Broad Street, acquired in December 2002. 88 Broad Street was sold in August 2004, and HMRC accepted that this was a trading transaction. 81 Bowes Road was sold in 2010 but the treatment of this sale has not been agreed.
No evidence was provided as to why Mr Headley believed 180 Grange Road was a trading asset and nothing to support any of the badges of trade.
Type of loan finance – borrowing short term is usually indicative of an acquisition to dispose retain the property as a long term investment.
The tribunal found that there was no reliable evidence that he acquired the property to put it into trading stock. On the contrary, the fact that he let it out either immediately or as soon as possible after he acquired it pointed towards a finding that the property had been acquired as an investment.
properties in November and December 2002 which indicated that he did not encounter serious cash flow problems before then.
The tribunal also considered whether there could have been an appropriation from investment to stock when the property trade started on 16 October 2002, but concluded that the commencement of trade does not provide any evidence that Mr Headley changed his intention with regard to this property. Each property must be considered on its own merits and for such a finding "precision is required" (Simmons (as liquidator of Lionel Simmons Properties Ltd) v Inland Revenue Commissioners  STC 350).
Furthermore, if there had been an appropriation there would have been a disposal for CGT purposes in October 2002, which has not been returned, and there has been no election under TCGA 1992, s 161(3) to treat the appropriation on a no gain/no loss basis.
Mr Headley absence from the hearing and lack of evidence did not help his situation but fundamentally, the case was decided on the facts surrounding the use of the property most notably the lack of evidence to support the trading intention. This case once again demonstrates the importance of establishing a clear intention on acquisition of a property, ensuring that the facts support the stated intention, and that if there is a change in intention there is sufficient precision in establishing and documenting that change.
If you would like further information in relation to the distinction between investments and trading stock please contact the TaxDesk on 0845 4900 509 and ask for Paul Howard.


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Workplace: Abteilung Finanzmarkttheorie (Department of Finance), Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (Faculty of Business and Economics), Universität Basel (University of Basel), (more information at EDIRC)
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Fiancial Innovation, Structuring and Risk Transfer
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
An Intergenerational Cross-Country Swap
Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series, Swiss Finance Institute
Staying on the Dole
Hannover Economic Papers (HEP), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Also in Discussion Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (2006)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006)
Learning and Asset Prices under Ambiguous Information
University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2005, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (12)
See also Journal Article in Review of Financial Studies (2008)
A Geometric Approach to Multiperiod Mean Variance Optimization of Assets and Liabilities
FAME Research Paper Series, International Center for Financial Asset Management and Engineering View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2004)
Arbitrage Free Price Bounds for Property Derivatives
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2011, 43, (3), 281-298 View citations (1)
Stated and revealed investment decisions concerning retail structured products
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2010, 34, (6), 1400-1411 View citations (6)
Review of Financial Studies, 2008, 21, (6), 2565-2597 View citations (37)
See also Working Paper (2005)
Property Derivatives and Index-Linked Mortgages
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2008, 36, (1), 23-35 View citations (4)
A simple model of credit contagion
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2007, 31, (8), 2475-2492 View citations (46)
Credit portfolios: What defines risk horizons and risk measurement?
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2007, 31, (12), 3663-3679 View citations (5)
Equilibrium impact of value-at-risk regulation
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2006, 30, (8), 1277-1313 View citations (17)
Optimal credit limit management under different information regimes
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2006, 30, (2), 463-487
An analysis of IMF-induced moral hazard
Robustness and Ambiguity Aversion in General Equilibrium
Review of Finance, 2004, 8, (2), 279-324 View citations (28)
Also in Review of Finance, 2004, 8, (2), 279-324 (2004) View citations (10)
On Habits and Addictions
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2003, 159, (4), 603-626 View citations (1)
A Note on the Three–Portfolios Matching Problem
European Financial Management, 2002, 8, (4), 515-527 View citations (1)
A note on robustness in Merton's model of intertemporal consumption and portfolio choice
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2002, 26, (3), 423-435 View citations (27)
Optimal Decision-Making with Time Diversification
Review of Finance, 2002, 6, (1), 1-30
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Rooftop solar: How homeowners should do the math on the climate change investment
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Solar panels create electricity on the roof of a house in Rockport, Massachusetts, U.S., June 6, 2022. Picture taken with a drone.
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When Josh Hurwitz decided to put solar power on his Connecticut house, he had three big reasons: To cut his carbon footprint, to eventually store electricity in a solar-powered battery in case of blackouts, and – crucially – to save money.
Now he's on track to pay for his system in six years, then save tens of thousands of dollars in the 15 years after that, while giving himself a hedge against utility-rate inflation. It's working so well, he's preparing to add a Tesla-made battery to let him store the power he makes. Central to the deal: Tax credits and other benefits from both the state of Connecticut and from Washington, D.C., he says.
"You have to make the money work," Hurwitz said. "You can have the best of intentions, but if the numbers don't work it doesn't make sense to do it."
Hurwitz's experience points up one benefit of the Inflation Reduction Act that passed in August: Its extension and expansion of tax credits to promote the spread of home-based solar power systems. Adoption is expected to grow 26 percent faster because of the law, which extends tax credits that had been set to expire by 2024 through 2035, says a report by Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Those credits will cover 30 percent of the cost of the system – and, for the first time, there's a 30 percent credit for batteries that can store newly-produced power for use when it's needed.
"The main thing the law does is give the industry, and consumers, assurance that the tax credits will be there today, tomorrow and for the next 10 years," said Warren Leon, executive director of the Clean Energy States Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of state government energy agencies. "Rooftop solar is still expensive enough to require some subsidies."
California's solar energy net metering decision
Certainty has been the thing that's hard to come by in solar, where frequent policy changes make the market a "solar coaster," as one industry executive put it. Just as the expanded federal tax credits were taking effect, California on Dec. 15 slashed another big incentive allowing homeowners to sell excess solar energy generated by their systems back to the grid at attractive rates, scrambling the math anew in the largest U.S. state and its biggest solar-power market — though the changes do not take effect until next April.
Put the state and federal changes together, and Wood Mackenzie thinks the California solar market will actually shrink sharply in 2024, down by as much as 39%. Before the Inflation Reduction Act incentives were factored in, the consulting firm forecast a 50% drop with the California policy shift. Residential solar is coming off a historic quarter, with 1.57 GW installed, a 43% increase year over year, and California a little over one-third of the total, according to Wood Mackenzie.
For potential switchers, tax credits can quickly recover part of the up-front cost of going green. Hurwitz took the federal tax credit for his system when he installed it in 2020, and is preparing to add a battery now that it, too, comes with tax credits. Some contractors offer deals where they absorb the upfront cost – and claim the credit – in exchange for agreements to lease back the system.
Combined with savings on power homeowners don't buy from utilities, the tax credits can make rooftop solar systems pay for themselves within as little as five years – and save $25,000 or more, after recovering the initial investment, within two decades.
"Will this growth have legs? Absolutely," said Veronica Zhang, portfolio manager of the Van Eck Environmental Sustainability Fund, a green fund not exclusively focused on solar. "With utility rates going up, it's a good time to move if you were thinking about it in the first place."
How to calculate installation costs and benefits
Here is how the numbers work.
Nationally, the cost for solar in 2022 ranges from $16,870 to $23,170, after the tax credit, for a 10-kilowatt system, the size for which quotes are sought most often on EnergySage, a Boston-based quote-comparison site for solar panels and batteries. Most households can use a system of six or seven kilowatts, EnergySage spokesman Nick Liberati said. A 10-12 kilowatt battery costs about $13,000 more, he added.
There's a significant variation in those numbers by region, and by the size and other factors specific to the house, EnergySage CEO Vikram Aggarwal said. In New Jersey, for example, a 7-kilowatt system costs on average $20,510 before the credit and $15,177 after it. In Houston, it's about $1,000 less. In Chicago, that system is close to $2,000 more than in New Jersey. A more robust 10-kilowatt system costs more than $31,000 before the credit around Chicago, but $26,500 in Tampa, Fla. All of these average prices are as quoted by EnergySage.
The effectiveness of the system may also vary because of things specific to the house, including the placement of trees on or near the property, as we found out when we asked EnergySage's online bid-solicitation system to look at specific homes.
The bids for one suburban Chicago house ranged as low as $19,096 after the federal credit and as high as $30,676.
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Offsetting those costs are electricity savings and state tax breaks that recover the cost of the system in as little as 4.5 years, according to the bids. Contractors claimed that power savings and state incentives could save as much as another $27,625 over 20 years, on top of the capital cost.
Alternatively, consumers can finance the system but still own it themselves – we were quoted interest rates of 2.99 to 8.99 percent. That eliminates consumers' up-front cost, but cuts into the savings as some of the avoided utility costs go to pay off interest, Aggarwal said.
The key to maximizing savings is to know the specific regulations in your state – and get help understanding often-complex contracts, said Hurwitz, who is a physician.
Energy storage and excess power
Some states have more generous subsidies than others, and more pro-consumer rules mandating that utilities pay higher prices for excess power that home solar systems create during peak production hours, or even extract from homeowners' batteries.
California had among the most generous rules of all until this week. But state utility regulators agreed to let utilities pay much less for excess power they are required to buy, after power companies argued that the rates were too high, and raised power prices for other customers.
Wood Mackenzie said the details of California's decision made it look less onerous than the firm had expected. EnergySage says the payback period for California systems without a battery will be 10 years instead of six after the new rules take effect in April. Savings in the years afterward will be about 60 percent less, the company estimates. Systems with a battery, which pay for themselves after 10 years, will be little affected because their owners keep most of their excess power instead of selling it to the utility, according to EnergySage.
"The new [California rules] certainly elongate current payback periods for solar and solar-plus-storage, but not by as much as the previous proposal," Wood Mackenzie said in the Dec. 16 report. "By 2024, the real impacts of the IRA will begin to come to fruition."
The more expensive power is from a local utility, the more sense home solar will make. And some contractors will back claims about power savings with agreements to pay part of your utility bill if the systems don't produce as much energy as promised.
"You have to do your homework before you sign," Hurwitz said. "But energy costs always go up. That's another hidden incentive."
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the name of the Solar Energy Industries Association.
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The big new Exxon Mobil climate change deal that got an assist from Joe Biden
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Could it be that Big Oil's next big thing got a big assist from Joe Biden?
Maybe, if carbon capture and storage is indeed as big a deal as ExxonMobil's first-of-its-kind deal to extract, transport and store carbon from other companies' factories implies.
The deal, announced last month, calls for ExxonMobil
to capture carbon emitted by CF Industries
' ammonia factory in Donaldsonville, La., and transport it to underground storage using pipelines owned by Enlink Midstream. Set to start up in 2025, the deal is meant to herald a new stage in dealing with carbon produced by manufacturers, and is the latest step in ExxonMobil's often-tense dialogue with investors who want oil companies to slash emissions.
The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in August, may determine whether deals like Exxon's become a trend. The law expands tax credits for capturing carbon from industrial uses in a bid to offset the high up-front costs of plans to capture carbon from places like CF's plant, as other tax credits in the law lower costs of renewable power and electric cars.
The Inflation Reduction Act and Big Oil
The law may help oil companies like ExxonMobil build profitable businesses to replace some of the revenue and profit they'll lose as EVs proliferate. Though the company isn't sharing financial projections, it has committed to investing $15 billion in CCS by 2027 and ExxonMobil Low-Carbon Solutions president Dan Ammann says it may invest more.
"We see a big business opportunity here," Ammann told CNBC's David Faber. "We're seeing interest from companies across a whole range of industries, a whole range of sectors, a whole range of geographies."
The deal calls for ExxonMobil to capture and remove 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide yearly from CF's factory, equivalent to replacing 700,000 gasoline-powered vehicles with electric versions.
Each company involved is pursuing its own version of the low-carbon industrial economy. CF wants to produce more carbon-free blue ammonia, a process that often involves extracting ammonia's components from carbon-laden fossil fuels. Enlink hopes to become a kind of railroad for captured CO2 emissions, calling itself the would-be "CO2 transportation provider of choice" for an industrial corridor laden with refineries and chemical plants.
An industrial facility on the Houston Ship Channel where Exxon Mobil is proposing a carbon capture and sequestration network. Between this industry-wide plan and its first deal for another company's CCS needs, ExxonMobil is hoping that its low-carbon business quickly scales to a legitimate source of revenue and profit.
Exxon itself wants to develop carbon capture as a new business, Amman said, pointing to a "very big backlog of similar projects," part of the company's pledge to remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as Exxon itself emits by 2050.
"We want oil companies to be active participants in carbon reduction," said Julio Friedmann, a deputy assistant energy secretary under President Obama and chief scientist at Carbon Direct in New York. "It's my expectation that this can become a flagship project."
The key to the sudden flurry of activity is the Inflation Reduction Act.
"It's a really good example of the intersection of good policy coming together with business and the innovation that can happen on the business side to tackle the big problem of emissions and the big problem of climate change," Ammann said. "The interest we are seeing, the backlog, are all confirming this is starting to move and starting to move quickly."
The law increased an existing tax credit for carbon capture to $85 a ton from $45, Goldman said, which will save the Exxon/CF/Enlink project as much as $80 million a year. Credits for captured carbon used underground to enhance production of more fossil fuels are lower, at $60 per ton.
"Carbon capture is a big boys' game," said Peter McNally, global sector lead for industrial, materials and energy research at consulting firm Third Bridge. "These are billion-dollar projects. It's big companies capturing large amounts of carbon. And big oil and gas companies are where the expertise is."
Goldman Sachs, and environmentalists, are skeptical
A Goldman Sachs team led by analyst Brian Singer called the law "transformative" for climate reduction technologies including battery storage and clean hydrogen. But its analysis is less bullish when it comes to the impact on carbon capture projects like Exxon's, with Singer expecting more modest gains as the law accelerates development in longer-term projects. To speed up investment more, companies must build CCS systems at greater scale and invent more efficient carbon-extraction chemistry, the Goldman team said.
Industrial uses are the third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., according to the EPA. That's narrowly behind both electricity production and transportation. Emissions reduction in industrial uses is considered more expensive and difficult than in either power generation or car and truck transport. Industry is the focus for CCS because utilities and vehicle makers are looking first to other technologies to cut emissions.
Almost 20 percent of U.S. electricity last year came from renewable sources that replace coal and natural gas and another 19 percent came from carbon-free nuclear power, according to government data. Renewables' share is rising rapidly in 2022, according to interim Energy Department reports, and the IRA also expands tax credits for wind and solar power. Most airlines plan to reduce their carbon footprint by switching to biofuels over the next decade.
More oil and chemical companies seem likely to get on the carbon capture bandwagon first. In May, British oil giant BP
and petrochemical maker Linde announced a plan to capture 15 million tons of carbon annually at Linde's plants in Greater Houston. Linde wants to expand its sales of low-carbon hydrogen, which is usually made by mixing natural gas with steam and a chemical catalyst. In March, Oxy
announced a deal with a unit of timber producer Weyerhauser. Oxy won the rights to store carbon underneath 30,000 acres of Weyerhauser's forest land, even as it continues to grow trees on the surface, with both companies prepared to expand to other sites over time.
Still, environmentalists remain skeptical of CCS.
Tax credits may cut the cost of CCS to companies, but taxpayers still foot the bill for what remains a "boondoggle," said Carroll Muffett, CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington. The biggest part of industrial emissions comes from the electricity that factories use, and factory owners should reduce that part of their carbon footprint with renewable power as a top priority, he said.
"It makes no economic sense at the highest levels, and the IRA doesn't change that," Muffett said. "It just changes who takes the risk."
Friedman countered by saying economies of scale and technical innovations will trim costs, and that CCS can reduce carbon emissions by as much as 10 percent over time.
"It's a rather robust number," Friedmann said. "And it's about things you can't easily address any other way."


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C N Tower
It's the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere.
You can reach the SkyPod in one of six elevators (one has a glass floor!) travelling at 20 feet per second, and when you arrive, you'll probably need a beer to calm your frazzled nerves at the world's highest bar at at 346 metres (1,135 ft).
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dogbait 11 July 2010 at 01:52
I always regret not doing that.
OldLady Of The Hills 11 July 2010 at 14:59
THis sounds like it would be GREAT Experience to go up to the top---Not sure I could take the Glass Floor...lol....! But, it certainly would be fun trying...!
EG CameraGirl 11 July 2010 at 23:39
This is a very neat shot of this famous landmark!
Sheila 12 July 2010 at 13:26
I must confess to watching this being built but never having gone up to the top..or in fact even visited it at all. I don't 'do' heights..!
Ginnie 12 July 2010 at 13:52
Wow! That's a spectacular image, Sham. I had no clue this was the world's tallest free-standing structure. I just got my education...again!
Suldog 13 July 2010 at 11:09
Unfortunately, I am scared of heights. When in Toronto, we actually stayed just a couple of blocks from the tower, but I never went up - nor wanted to do so!
Hilary 15 July 2010 at 15:35
Great shot. The glass floor is a lot of fun. Amazing how tentative those first steps are even know you know it's perfectly safe.
madretz 29 July 2010 at 13:33
I remember going there in 1996 and standing over the glass floor. I don't think their elevator was glass floored then though.
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Meet Fresh offers unique Taiwanese desserts and teas around the world, with over 100 locations in Taiwan alone! With New Yorkers' growing obsession with Taiwanese bubble tea, we already know that this shop will be a huge hit. (Especially in the dessert-centric East Village area).
The store is gearing up to open in Cooper Square on 6th Street, and we're excited to try some of these treats!
Anyone who's had bubble tea is already a fan of taro balls (since that is what your "bubbles" are made of), but what about herb jelly? Bubble tea shops tend to offer that in addition to taro balls, but you'll be seeing a lot more of both at this dessert shop. Bowls of taro balls, tofu pudding, and herb jellies come with a variety of toppings and some come served with condensed milk.


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Tasmania's Dark Mofo Steals Burning Man's Weird Crown
Where the nexus of wild, weird and downright odd have come together for three weeks during Tasmania's winter solstice.
Activists Build Giant 'ICE' Cage at Burning Man
"We need every tech worker across the country to say 'not in my name' and condemn the actions of companies who enable Trump's deportation machine," national advocacy group Mijente said.
California Politician 'Slut Shamed' to Drop Out of Race
Sonoma, California, Councilwoman Rachel Hundley called a threatening email she received nothing less than extortion.
What to Expect at Burning Man 2018
In anticipation of the 2018 festival, we've collected the most spectacular photos from the past seven years at Black Rock City.
What Is the Burning Man Festival?
First-time "burners" should expect to be greeted with hugs from the completely naked welcoming committee.
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In 1996, a Burning Man ticket cost $35. Today, a ticket costs anywhere from $190 (reserved for low-income attendees) to $1,200.
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Meet the people behind the in-the-works theatrical adaptation of the Silicon Valley-friendly hippie art fest.


The Radeon HD 6950 averaged 33fps at 1920x1200 when testing with Just Cause 2, which saw it match the performance of the Radeon HD 5870. With 33fps the Radeon HD 6950 was 6% faster than the HD 6870 while it was 9% slower than the GeForce GTX 470, 16% slower than the HD 6970 and 31% slower than the GTX 570.
With the exception of the GeForce GTX 470 which was 43% slower than the Radeon HD 6950 at 1920x1200, when testing with Mass Effect 2 the rest of the results were relatively close.
There was a mere 1% difference with the GeForce GTX 570, while it was 7% faster than the HD 6870.


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That remaining claimed, I'm anxious that you and your brother have been placed in a quite tough position that will consequence in a important rift involving you and your households. By your issue, it truly is currently apparent that a disagreement is brewing.
Unfortunately, this pretty much generally comes about when siblings are placed in various roles, as with you and your brother. It makes a pure conflict that can't commonly be averted as prolonged as you remain in various and conflicting roles.
It is for this cause that I generally endorse that all siblings be appointed to every of these positions – at minimum to the extent probable. Indeed, it gets cumbersome if a few or much more siblings are appointed as lawyers-in-truth, or as successor trustees, or as executors beneath the will. And, of course, you may possibly be capable to exclude some siblings without hurting any feelings, if, for instance, some are as well young, or as well previous, or stay as well significantly away, or have sure physical or psychological disabilities that reduce them from serving. The significant stage, even so, is that none of them ought to be offended and no conflicts ought to be allowed to exist. If that can't be achieved with the appointment of siblings, then an unbiased professional ought to be appointed to those positions. Its generally far better to have the siblings united towards a person else fairly than divided between them selves.


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Then . . . the levees broke.
At the time, Katrina's devastation was conceivably the worse physical damage that I had sustained in life. And it would be an understatement to admit that she dealt quite the emotional blow as well. At the time – and for a long time after – I operated under the mistaken delusion that "it couldn't get much worse." Be careful what you "wish" for. Obviously, I didn't wish for worse or even for proof that Katrina was indeed the worse that life had to offer. However, more than once in the ensuing years, I've indeed dealt with worse – much worse.
A couple of nights ago, my twenty-year old daughter (who was in second grade back in 2005) reminded me of the upcoming date. First, I was a little surprised that the upcoming date had snuck up on me.
How could something so traumatic fade so quickly?
How could an event that defined our lives for so long now feel like a long-lost memory?
Then, I felt more than just a little convicted.
Had I forgotten the lessons learned in 2005?
Those lessons didn't come easily – was I letting them slip away?
What event defines your "high water mark?" Which loss or struggle surpasses all others dividing your life's history into before and after? What's your hurricane?
What day did your levees break?
Does that event define you or does it refine you?
Whether a single incident or a drawn out season of struggle – trials leave their mark. Smaller challenges scuff up our spirits creating a fine patina the way constant use etches the handle of silver dinnerware -the tiny scores imparting character and distinction without impeding the fork's usefulness. Some trials are heavier. They gouge souls leaving distinct marks the way a stiletto imprints a wooden floor.
Life's really big storms consume our spirits – at least for a while, if not longer. Hidden beneath the consuming surge is a deluge of mud, debris, and muck. The true mess isn't even visible until the waters recede.
How do we keep from being washed away with the tide?
How do we defy being defined by the event?
How do we become refined without becoming resigned?
Our marks, gouges, and scrapes swirl into a worn patina like a fingerprint on our souls. These are our stories. And while each one becomes part of our unique identity, how our stories are told is the difference between allowing those stories to define us or permitting those stories to refine us.
So often, especially when an event or circumstance is fresh, I let it define me. It's all I talk about. It's all I think about. It's all-consuming. I become that story. Then as time fades, the circumstance tends to fade. But have no fear, there is always a new trial or circumstance waiting in the wings primed to take center stage. I slip in and out of circumstances being defined in the moment. Too often, I resist the reformation. I run from being refined for everlasting.
Our stories are hidden within mountains of stone. Like streams slowly etch valleys into the face of stone, our trials wash over us with the power to release our inner angels. The troubling tides can cleanse away the muck to reveal our message. Yet, I'm much more comfortable behind the defined stone than I am revealing the lessons refined by trials and circumstances.
Satan knows my limitations. He knows my temptations. He knows that I'm not inclined to allow troubles to wash over me. And, I'm not pushing my way to the front of the line to be cleansed. Oh, how he knows my weaknesses. He knows that I'd be hard-pressed to resist the temptation of certain offers – like erasing the deep wounds inflicted upon my loved ones or bringing Brooke back. But here's the thing. The things that I'd be tempted to entertain in trade aren't within Satan's power.
What I want, Satan can't give me.
Satan has no power over life or death. So, he seeks to deceive. He throws obstacles in my path that feel like life or death. He creates an illusion of life and death so powerful that I'm constantly tempted to turn my focus away from the one power that does have dominion over life and death – God.
In my own little world, Satan wins this battle more often that I care to admit. But, in moments of clarity – I am reminded that the war was won when Jesus gave his life so that we may all have eternal life.
A survivor of Hurricane Harvey recently introduced me to the phrase – "don't waste your hurricane." Brilliant! One of Satan's "go to" tactics is to encourage us to place blame for our circumstances. Typically, he encourages us to cast that blame squarely upon our Lord. Frankly, when things are going wrong – God is an easier target for blame than Satan just because God is sovereign, and Satan has no real control. Just like Satan will never tell us the full story when attempting to gain a toehold in our lives, he will never tell our stories fully. Don't give him the chance.
My angel is hidden within the marble. My story is written above, beyond and between the lies. And so is yours!
If we grant Satan creative license over our tales, he will twist and pervert them. If we grant Satan artistic license with our marble prose, he will chip away the most valuable pieces. With Satan in charge, we waste our hurricanes. We miss the opportunity to motivate, inspire, and provide hope to another. We miss the chance to connect.
When we lay our stoney struggles at the feet of the Lord, we are trusting the ultimate Sculptor to release the angels within. When we turn our waterlogged journals over to the master Storyteller, we turn evil on its head. These are acts of worship. Make no mistake, these are acts of defiant worship. Only God has the power to breathe life into the disasters that Satan intends for our destruction. Only God has the power to reveal the angelic hidden within the agony. Only God has the power to refine our circumstances.
So – how will you allow your story to be told?
How will you use your hurricane?
Will it define you or refine you?


Donald I. Siegel, a Meredith Professor in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed chair of the Water Sciences & Technology Board. The nationally renowned scientist, whose research encompasses contaminant hydrology, paleohydrogeology and wetland hyrdology, will serve a three-year term beginning in July.
The board was established in 1982 by the National Research Council (NRC) to provide a focal point for studies related to water resources accomplished under the aegis of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering.
A lifetime associate member of the NRC, Siegel has served on 10 of its water-related committees, two of which he has chaired; since last year, he has led the Committee on Preparing for the Third Decade of the National Water Quality Assessment Program.
Siegel is an award-winning teacher and mentor, as evidenced by his receipt of the Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students and by his recent involvement with Spencer in the "Pulse of the Planet's" Kid's Science Challenge. A talented cook, Siegel is author of the best-selling "From Lokshen to Lo Mein: The Jewish Love Affair With Chinese Food" (Geffen Publishing House, 2005).
The board covers all dimensions of water resources, including science, engineering, economics, policy, educational issues and social aspects. Its 16 members respond to requests for evaluations and advice concerning specific and generic issues in water resources, influence action by initiating studies of issues that merit consideration by public agencies and others, identify issues and topics of research related to water resources, and cooperate with other units of the NRC. Through workshops, symposia, and other meetings, the board serves as a hub for exchange among policy makers, members of industry, scientists and the general public to discuss timely issues. More information is available at http://dels.nas.edu/wstb.


Baby monitors are invaluable – freeing you up to move around the house while your baby sleeps, and letting you know when they wake!
Typically a monitor has two parts. The base unit sits near the baby's bed, while the parent unit stays with you. You can choose from a huge variety of monitors - from basic models with 'sound only' alerts, to more sophisticated digital models with video.
Which baby monitor is right for you?
How much will a baby monitor cost?
They start at around £20 and go up into the hundreds.
Take a look at some of the popular baby monitors below.
The AC1100 3-in-1 digital baby monitor watches over your baby when you can't, detecting all of their movements and sounds, even the most subtle of movements. You can also see your baby on the high quality digital video screen, day and night. The parent unit also offers touchscreen technology; a touch is all it takes to activate a multiple of functions.
The under-mattress sensor pad monitors all of baby's movements. If it doesn't detect any movement for 20 seconds, it sets off the alarm.
The video screens on the parent unit means you can see when baby is unsettled, or crying, or just sleep babbling and decide if you need to go in to them. Very handy.
Clever night-vision technology (infrared LED) means you can even watch them while they sleep in the dark!
It's a very easy-to-use model, with simple touch-screen settings that don't hurt your head when you're tired.
As well as the option to have continuous sound monitoring, or just voice activated (crying, babbling etc) there's a button to talk back to them via the parent unit - which is useful, as they get older.
The AC403 Movement & Sound Baby Monitor is the enhanced version of the UK's bestselling AC401 monitor. It watches over your baby when you can't, detecting even the slightest of movements.
Under-the-mattress movement Sensor Pad: The Sensor Pad is a great reassurance because it monitors all your baby's movements, even the slightest ones. An alarm will sound if no movement has been detected for 20 seconds.
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Credits for Van Dyke Parks
Composer, arranger, producer, and musician Van Dyke Parks has had a varied career in popular music without ever getting near the popular mainstream. Parks worked as a songwriter in the early '60s and became a producer, handling such mid-'60s acts as Harper's Bizarre. He was enlisted by Beach Boy Brian Wilson to write lyrics for what turned out to be an abortive album project called Smile (now one of the legendary lost albums of the '60s), resulting in such songs as the hit "Heroes and Villains." Parks released his own album, the eclectic Song Cycle, to critical acclaim and minimal sales in 1968. He then did session work with a variety of artists, not releasing his second album, Discover America, which revealed his immersion in Trinidadian music, until 1972. Clang of the Yankee Reaper, another eclectic collection, followed in 1976. But Parks maintained his "day job" — film work on scores by Ry Cooder and others, writing and arranging for Shelley Duvall's children's TV series, and other pursuits. Finally, in 1984, came the brilliant Jump!, a concept album based on the Uncle Remus tales of Joel Chandler Harris. It was followed in 1989 by Tokyo Rose, which concerned the state of American-Japanese relations.
Heroes And Villains (Remastered)
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Lights Of Lousianne
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Mal Hombre
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The Lucky Scratch Card app by We Are Social hands consumers the opportunity to win a range of prizes, from £100 in cash to a six-month supply of PG Tips.
Consumers can play on the scratchcard app once a day. It has been created in support of the brand's current on-pack promotion to win an instant cash prize of £5,000.
Tana Walker, PG Tips brand executive at Unilever UK, said: "PG Tips' Facebook page has been hailed as the 'most engaged Facebook community in the UK' and this light hearted campaign gives us the opportunity to reward our fans for their loyalty.
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The brand is also promoting the giveaway with a new version of an ad from last year.
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Don't be afraid – it's only Poetry
I'm a little bit scared of poetry. There, I've said it. I don't always "get it" and it makes me feel foolish. It's like a club I don't belong to, a party to which I am not invited – it's as though everyone else understands but I don't. I'm not alone. A recent BBC Womans' Hour programme highlighted a survey that found that 1 in 6 women is frightened of poetry. They find it purposefully obscure. So, not everyone "gets it" after all.
But there is something about poetry I like. If I relax, just read or listen – I find I can enjoy the sounds, the shape of the words, the rhythmns and the images conjured from the page. Who says I have to understand it all.
So it was with a little trepidation and a bit of bravado that I stepped forward and volunteered to take on the role of Project Manager for the Walthamstow Poetry Trail – part of the E17 Art Trail.
But it's been a delight – I stuck my neck out on Twitter and Facebook, moseyed on down to the meeting of Forest Poets at Ye Olde Rose & Crown and sent out an appeal via the Waltham Forest Arts Club. I was looking for poets and artists to collaborate to produce poems and illustrations to go on display in the estate agents windows in Hoe Street. I proposed that, given the displays would appear in estate agents' windows, we celebrate the themes of "Home" and "Community" through words and images.
I was overwhelmed. Little did I know how many poets and poetry fans were living, working and just hanging out in wonderful Walthamstow. I had so many poems, and not enough window space. But it's worked out. From next Thursday evening 1 September and throughout the E17 Art Trail (2 – 11 September) there'll be poems from poets young and old, published and beginner, confident and tentative on display in the windows of estate agents along Hoe Street as well as Walthamstow Library. Many poems will be illustrated by artists inspired by the images suggested by the words – the many and diverse interpretations of the themes of "Home" and "Community".
And there'll even be a poem by me. I'm not a poet. I probably never will be. But, inspired by the creativity, enthusiasm and energy of the schoolchildren who have written poems especially for this Poetry Trail, I decided not to feel intimidated. What's there to be frightened of ?
So thank you to everyone who's written a poem, to all the artists and photographers who have created images, to Matt at Paekakiriki Press who has created the anthology and display prints, the estate agents who have given the trail a home and to all the special people of Walthamstow who make the E17 Art Trail such a wonderful, diverse, creative and exciting community festival to enjoy each year. I am proud to be part of it.
For more information about the Walthamstow Poetry Trail and the E17 Art Trail visit http://www.e17arttrail.co.uk/index.php?page=188&name=The%20Walthamstow%20Poetry%20Trail
If you'd like to buy a copy of the anthology of the poems and illustrations on the Walthamstow Poetry Trail then copies are on sale from 2 September at Vestry House Museum, E17 Art House, Paekakiriki Press and Penny Fielding Beautiful Interiors.
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Kim Hudson says:
I wrote a poem once – published on page 69 of a book – you must take a look… most of it 'borrowed' from Mr Kipling… who wrote exceedingly good poems… and then most of the books thrown in bins across the NHS… which was even then a mess… because folk thought they deserved money rather than 'The Gift' of words. Turds. I mght write another about anonymous poets, who take time to write a stanza or line, and get published on page sixty nine
Judith Johnson says:
I love this blog. My poetry is not obscure so you might like to take a look at at some of it! Also, my Dad was the voice over for Kipling Cakes! If you'd like to read a poem about him and a pen portrait take a look at my website.


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