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EVENING STAR (Ipswich) – Monday 27 September 1897 – "YACHTING – Mr. E. Walter Greene's fine steam yacht Wild Wave arrived in Colne during the week, and on Saturday went up to the Donyland Shipyard at Rowhedge. There are rumours that Mr. Greene is likely to have a larger boat built shortly." Wild Wave was sold in 1897.
No crew lists are known to exist for Sir (Edward) Walter Greene's Sunflower but those for his new steam yacht Agatha show that at least five local men were among Sunflower's crew in 1904:-
Arthur B. SIMONS, age 50, born Essex. Of; Rowhedge, Essex. Last served in; Sunflower of Southampton. Cook. Wages per week; £1.15/-
Averon C. POWELL, age 25, born Essex. Of; Rowhedge, Essex. Last served in; Sunflower of Southampton. 2nd Steward. Wages; £1.5/- & found.
Lewis POWELL, age 26, born Essex. Of; Rowhedge, Essex. Last served in; Sunflower of Southampton. Boatswain. Wages; £1.8/-
Frederick WILLSMORE, age 22, born Essex. Of; Rowhedge, Essex. Last served in; Sunflower of Southampton. Fireman. Wages; £1.8/-
Augustus WADE, age 52, born Essex. Of; Wyvenhoe, Essex. Last served in; Sunflower of Southampton. A.B. Wages; £1.7/-
YACHTING WORLD - 3 June 1898 - "SOUTHAMPTON - Sunflower, the new steam yacht built by Messrs. Day, Summers & Co., for Mr. Walter Greene, went for a trial of her machinery on Thursday, and returned to the yard."
SHIELDS DAILY NEWS – Monday 25 July 1898 – "SHIPPING CASUALTIES. Cowes, Saturday.- Yacht Sunflower, of Southampton, reports having been in collision with yacht Ilona in Cowes Roads this morning, and sustained damages to davits, timbers, &c."
YACHTING WORLD - 29 July 1898 - "COWES - Sunflower, s.y., has arrived in the river for repairs to bulwarks, rail, & etc., having been in collision."
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS – Saturday 30 July 1898 – "At the same yard [Marvin's] they are putting a new rail and taffrail to the new steam yacht Sunflower, which has been run into by another yacht."
DEVON AND EXETER GAZETTE – Friday 12 August 1898 – "SHIPPING. TORQUAY – Sunflower, 180 [tons], Mr. E.W. Greene, from Cowes."
SUFFOLK AND ESSEX FREE PRESS – Wednesday 28 September 1898 – "We learn that Mr. and Mrs. E. Walter Greene have returned to Nether Hall, Pakenham, from a long cruise in the Sunflower. The latter yacht is now laid up at Ipswich."
ESSEX STANDARD – Saturday 3 June 1899 – "HARWICH – Bright weather prevailed during Yacht Sunday at Harwich, but the wind was still from the north-east, and piercingly cold…. Amongst those in the harbour:- Sunflower, s.s., 293 tons, Mr. E. Walter Greene."
HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER – Saturday 17 June 1899 – Sunflower at Southampton.
BURY AND NORWICH POST – Tuesday 27 June 1899 – "SOCIAL & PERSONAL GOSSIP – Mr. and Mrs. E. Walter Greene and family have left Nether Hall for Skipness Castle, Argyllshire, the journey being made from Holyhead in Mr. Greene's splendid new yacht Sunflower."
HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER – Saturday 7 July 1900 – Sunflower at Southampton.
TORQUAY TIMES – Friday 17 August 1900 – "YACHTING NEWS – The following yachts have visited the harbour since the date of our last issue:- Sunflower, s.y., 293, Sir E. Greene."
HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER – Saturday 11 August 1900 – Sunflower at Southampton.
EASTERN DAILY PRESS – Monday 8 April 1901 – "The East Donyland Shipyards Company…. Sunflower, Sir E. Walter Greene, M.P., is also being fitted out and repaired in the same yard…."
HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER – Saturday 25 May 1901 – Sunflower at Southampton.
DARTMOUTH & SOUTH HAMS CHRONICLE – Friday 7 June 1901 – "YACHTING: On the station during the week – (inc.) Sunflower, s.s., Mr. Greene."
HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER – Saturday 8 June 1901, Saturday 15 June, 22 June, 29 June 1901 – Sunflower at Southampton.
EVENING STAR [Ipswich] – Saturday 5 October 1901 – "YACHTS IN THE COLNE. With the finish of the yachting season, nearly all of the largest vessels which winter in the Colne have taken up their berths. Amongst these are the Sunflower (Capt. Powell), the largest yacht that comes so far up the river. She belongs to Sir Edward Green, of Nether Hall, Bury St. Edmund's. The Normania (Capt. Cranfield), like the Sunflower, has been cruising round Scotland, as also has the Bertha. The Cicely (Capt. J. Cranfield) has been for a cruise down Channel; she won the German Emperor's Cup two years ago, and her owner, Mr. C. Quentin, of Liphook, Hants, is building another yacht to compete for the trophy a second time. Other yachts whch have returned after spending most of the summer down Channel are – Mr. Beard's Ildegonda (Capt. J. Springett), the Daydream (Capt. Martin), the Gudrun (Capt. Thomasin), the Merrythought (Capt. Brown), and the Alanna (Capt. Wade)."
HAMPSHIRE ADVERTISER – Saturday 15 March 1902 – Sunflower at Southampton.
EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES – Thursday 27 March 1902 – SHIPBUILDING AT WIVENHOE. The shipbuilding trade is extremely brisk just now at Wivenhoe, and many important orders are being executed at the fine yard of Messrs. Forrestt and Sons, Limited…. Several yachts, including the Sunflower are coming in for re-fitting, etc."
SOUTHERN ECHO – Thursday 3 July 1902 – "Sunflower, s.y., Sir A. Walter Green (sic) is repairing damage received to her stern through having been run into by another vessel."
NORFOLK CHRONICLE – Saturday 13 September 1902 – "LOWESTOFT – Sir E. Walter Greene's fine steam yacht Sunflower, 295 tons, 146 feet long and 21 feet beam, has arrived at Lowestoft. Her appearance has attracted considerable attention."
THE SCOTSMAN – Monday 24 August 1903 – "ELECTION NEWS – ARGYLLSHIRE ELECTION. On Saturday Mr. Charles Stewart [the Unionist candidate] addressed a number of meetings at ports on Loch Fyne, which he visited in the steam yacht Sunflower, placed at his disposal by Sir Walter Greene, M.P. for Bury St. Edmunds, who is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The first meeting was held in the church at Lochgair, and was well attended [fishing community] … the next meeting was held at Minard [Sir Walter spoke in support of Mr. Stewart]…. Mr. Stewart proceeded further up the loch to the quarrying village of Furnace…."
ESSEX COUNTY STANDARD – Saturday 10 December 1904 - "EAST DONYLAND - DECEASE - Flags have been flying at half-mast in Rowhedge in consequence of the death of Captain J. Powell, one of the best-known yacht skippers of this parish. The sad event took place at his residence in Albion Street, the end being not unexpected. Capt. Powell had been in failing health for some months; indeed it was doubtful if he would be able to finish the last season's yachting cruise. Deceased was possessed of a deep, resonant voice, and was a true type of a British sea-dog. He had had a life of many and varied experiences. In his younger days he formed one of the crew of Lord Brassey's famous yacht Sunbeam, which cruised round the world. Up to the close of his life he was captain of Sir Walter Greene's fine steam yacht Sunflower, of which he was justly proud. He was about 68 years of age, and leaves a widow and four grown-up sons. The funeral took place on Thursday, in the parish churchyard."
Sir Edward Walter Greene, 1st Baronet (14 March 1842 – 27 February 1920) was a British brewer, Conservative politician, and High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1897. He stood for parliament at the 1900 general election and was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds. Made a Baronet on 21 June 1900, he lived at Nether Hall in the Parish of Thurston, Suffolk.
Sunflower - From an album of Greene family photos
Sir Walter & Lady Greene on board Sunflower
By 1905 Sunflower had a new owner who changed her name to Garland, pictured below in 1913.
Unnamed Garland crewman


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Taxpayer Group's Lawsuit Could Repeal Toll Hike on Bay Area Bridges
A California taxpayers association has challenged the June passage of a regional ballot measure because it didn't receive two-thirds support from voters, although two prior voter-approved bridge toll increases also fell short of a super-majority.
July 12, 2018, 9am PDT | Irvin Dawid
On June 5, over 55 percent of voters in nine Bay Area counties approved Regional Measure 3 (RM 3), sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), to hike tolls on seven state-owned bridges by $3 over six years, funding over $4.5 billion in transportation capital projects and transit operating costs over 25 years. [See expenditure plan (pdf)].
"The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed the suit Thursday [July 5] in San Francisco Superior Court against the Bay Area Toll Authority [overseen by MTC]" reports Erin Baldassari for The Mercury News on July 9.
It challenges the notion that Regional Measure 3, which voters approved last month [also posted here with state ballot measure results], is a "fee" requiring only a simple majority to pass, rather than a "tax," which requires two-thirds voter approval. The suit asks that the toll be invalidated.
In some ways, the lawsuit [pdf] bears similarity to Proposition 6, the gas tax repeal initiative that California voters will decide on November 6, in the sense that it challenges the approval of a multi-billion funding program, whether by voters (RM 3) or their legislative representatives (Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017), based on increasing user fees that are subsequently challenged by tax opponents.
The Jarvis association objects to the majority of toll revenues not benefiting toll-payers directly, which they claim makes it more of a tax than a fee. According to an earlier email to Planetizen from MTC, "the final mode split (including operating funds) is 69% transit, 25% highway (interchange improvements, express lanes and some safety projects), 3% multimodal (goods movement/mitigation) and 3% bike/ped." [Also see FAQ on the measure (pdf)]
Defending the expenditure plan, Jim Wunderman, the president and CEO of the Bay Area Council, an organization that represents businesses in the region and one that helped campaign for the measure, stated:
"Regional Measure 3 will effectively add greater capacity to our bridges by … improving and expanding critical regional mass transit systems and providing other good alternatives like bicycling and walking."
Timothy Bittle, Director of Legal Affairs for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, also cited Proposition 26, "Supermajority Vote to Pass New Taxes and Fees (2010)," as another argument supporting the suit, adds Baldassari.
Fees that benefit the public broadly — rather than providing services directly to the fee payer, such as garbage fees or state park entrance fees — would be considered a tax under Prop 26, the state Legislative Analyst's Office said.
Regional Measures 1 and 2, which also increased tolls on the same, seven state-owned bridges, were approved by voters in 1988 and 2004, respectively. In addition to preceding Prop 26, more of the toll revenue went to the bridges and highways in capital improvements. However, Wunderman expressed confidence that "the suit will be dismissed or defeated in court."
Related posts from Planetizen archives:
Counting the Costs of California's Prop. 26
In California, passage of Proposition 26 has raised the question of whether fees used for public services will be jeopardized at the local level. Some argue most fees will be unaffected, but others could take a hit.
The Sacramento Bee
California 'Fee' Proposition To Wreak Fiscal Havoc
While Propositions 19 (marijuana) and 23 (global warming suspension) grabbed headlines, Prop 26, which would require a 2/3rds vote threshold for fees, slipped under the radar and passed. Opponents say it could make regulation nearly impossible.
The New York Times - Energy & Environment
Hat tip to MTC News Headlines.
Lawsuit targets toll authority over $3 bridge toll increase
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Kitekite Falls
Waitakere Ranges / Piha Beach, North Island, New Zealand
Oceania >> New Zealand >> North Island >> Auckland, Piha Beach, Waitakere Ranges
About Kitekite Falls
Hiking Distance: 3.6km round trip
Suggested Time: 1 hour
Waterfall Latitude: -36.96216
Waterfall Longitude: 174.48761
Kitekite Falls (the original native Maori name was said to be "Ketekete") was in our minds the most scenic waterfall in the Waitakere Ranges (pronounced "wai-TAH-kur-ay").
In my first visit to this falls in December 2004, I was blown away by how relatively close it was to the city of Auckland.
What was even more amazing was how relatively quiet and peaceful the experience was.
Even the neighbouring picturesque Piha Beach was serene.
It just seemed to be too good to be true that there was this over 40m multi-tiered waterfall in such close proximity to a beach that otherwise would have attracted massive crowds had it been somewhere like Los Angeles.
A little over five years after my initial visit to Kitekite Falls, Julie came along and got to see the falls herself in January 2010, and she too, was impressed by this waterfall.
Piha Beach, which was quiet during my visit in early December 2004
It was also reassuring to see that not much about this falls and its track had changed over the years.
In fact, it might have even improved, which I'll get to shortly below.
On the flip side, it looked like the secret was out about Piha Beach, and it was way busier on our second visit though I wondered if some of that had to do with some kind of public event going on at the time.
The Kitekite Track
The hike began from the well-marked Glenesk car park (see directions below) where we followed a sign said "Kitekite Track" and pointed to our right.
The track to Kitekite Falls then followed along the Glenesk Stream
The sign indicated that the walk was about 30 minutes in each direction (or one hour return).
This track followed along the Glenesk Stream as we walked through a pretty shady canopy of native bush.
There were many paths branching off in different directions and I suspected that they were alternate ways of reaching the falls.
In fact, I wasn't so sure that the path Julie and I took was the same one that I took back in December 2004.
Unlike the first time I did the Kitekite Track, we took a clockwise route which involved this bouldery crossing of the Glenesk Stream
Nonetheless, the path we took criss-crossed the stream a few times before we started climbing up a narrow ledge that eventually reached the front of the base of Kitekite Falls.
The first time I was here, there were a handful of abseilers who were rappelling down the cliff alongside the waterfall.
On our second visit here, the place had a little less commotion, but there were maybe a dozen people or so chilling out here or even having a swim.
Indeed, this place was pretty popular with locals and tourists alike though it still didn't feel like it was overrun.
Abseilers descending alongside Kitekite Falls on my first visit in December 2004
Both of our visits happened to be during the mid- to late morning, and from a photography standpoint, we were always looking against the sun.
I'd imagine this would be more of an afternoon waterfall for better lighting conditions.
After having our fill of the base of Kitekite Falls, we then crossed the stream and went up some steps that led up to a ledge track that went back in the downstream direction.
As the track curved, we started to get a very nice look back at the entirety of Kitekite Falls including its upper tiers that weren't visible from the base.
Angled view back at Kitekite Falls as I took a track that climbed from its base onto a ledge track that was opposite the waterfall
There was even a picnic table near this viewing area, which I swore wasn't there in December 2004.
In fact, I often wondered how I missed this spot the first time when I realized that perhaps this view was overgrown back then (and since cleared and built-up a bit).
In any case, that photo you see at the top of this page was from this spot, and I'd argue that my follow-up visit was better than my first visit probably for this reason alone.
The first time I did this track, it only took me about 45 minutes return.
Signage at the trailhead suggested that we took longer than the recommended time, but who's counting when you're having a relaxing time here
However, the second time we did this track, it took us 90 minutes but a large chunk of that time was spent having a friendly chat with a couple of Kiwi parties while enjoying the lookout with the picnic table.
Indeed, the vibe we got on our visits to this waterfall was chill, and I guess that was exactly what we tended to get on most of our waterfalling experiences throughout New Zealand.
Kitekite Falls resides in the Waitakere Ranges near the city and region of Auckland in North Island, New Zealand. It is administered under the jurisdiction of the Auckland Regional Council. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, visit their website.
There were a lot of ways to get from the Auckland CBD to Kitekite Falls so we'll just describe the route that we took.
From the Auckland CBD, we went through the maze of city streets until we ultimately found our way onto New North Rd, which was south of SH16 and southwest of SH1.
According to our GPS tracks, the route we took from the CBD was to go south on Hobson St, then going left on Pitt St before turning right onto Karangahape Rd, which then became the Great North Rd.
We'd eventually take this road towards Bond St (about 1.3km west of SH1), then turn left onto Bond St for about 700m before turning right onto New North Rd.
After about 5.7km, New North Rd rejoined the Great North Rd, which we continued on for the next 3.4km.
We then turned left onto West Coast Rd and followed it for about 10km to Scenic Dr.
Turning right onto Scenic Dr, we then turned left onto Piha Rd (about 400m later) and followed it through the winding Waitakere Ranges for about 13.6km as it descended towards Piha Beach and became Seaview Rd.
After another kilometre on Seaview Rd, we then turned right onto Glenesk Rd and took it for another kilometre to the car park near its end.
The car park was busy on our January 2010 visit and we were fortunate to have had a couple of spots still available.
However, there was also spillover parking adjacent to the main car park had the main one been full.
The Arataki Visitor Centre was on Scenic Dr, which somewhat paralleled West Coast Rd further to the south.
It was about 4km southeast of the junction of West Coast Rd and Scenic Dr on Scenic Dr.
Contextual bottom up sweep of the entire falls from a lookout along the trail
Bottom up sweep of the falls from right at the base
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Very close to Kitekite Falls was the picturesque Piha Beach, which was quiet on my first visit here, but was the site of a pretty happening festival five years later
Kitekite Falls was on the west side of the Waitakere Range separating the west coast from Auckland, which is seen here from the commanding One Tree Hill Lookout
Julie and I spent our last night of our December-January 2009-2010 trip to New Zealand looking for happening spots in Auckland
Tagged with: piha, waitakere, auckland, north island, new zealand, waterfall, glenesk, kitekite, arataki, lyons rock
(Kitekite Falls) Bigger than most people think…. February 20, 2009 3:05 am by David Phillips - Hi Johnny Your website is great for waterfall addicts like myself. Just wanted to mention that the bottom 3 tiers of Kite Kite Falls are the most viewed but have attached a pic of the whole waterfall. There is another 30 metre drop above the triple section and then a series of shallow falls above… ...Read More


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(October 3, 2019) - - Today (October 3, 2019), the Federal Election Commission (FEC) published the following information:
WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday issued a Per Curiam order in Lieu, et al. v. FEC, (USCA Case 19-5072), finding moot the Appellants' motion to hold in abeyance and granting the Commission's motion for summary affirmance. In November 2016, Representative Ted Lieu, Representative Walter Jones, Senator Jeff Merkley, State Senator (Ret.) John Howe, Zephyr Teachout and Michael Wager filed a complaint challenging the Commission's unanimous dismissal of MUR 7101 (House Majority PAC). In February, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia concluded that the Commission's dismissal of MUR 7101 was not contrary to law because the Commission properly applied the D.C. Circuit's en banc ruling in SpeechNow.Org v. FEC.
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Turning waste products into carbon capture
Changement climatique · 24 nov. 2022
The carbon reduction revolution is progressing at pace – and Carbo Culture is at the forefront.
Entrepreneurship has run in Henrietta Moon's family for generations. Her father was an entrepreneur, as was her aunt – the latter selling her company to a large mobile phone company in its early days. "It was always thought [being an entrepreneur] was the last thing I want to become," Moon says. "There are some streaks of that in the blood, but I wanted to be a diplomat or a lawyer or something – I thought that was the way to change the world."
Changing the world is what Moon wanted to do. "I did always want to change the world by challenging the status quo or defending rights, or something generally purpose-driven," she says. It spurred Moon on to generate the idea that would become Carbo Culture.
In 2016, she launched Carbo Culture with Chris Carstens, the company's chief technology officer, after meeting him in the United States at Singularity University. Carstens had worked in the climate technology space for a couple of decades. The two hit on an idea: of sequestering and storing carbon, which they pinpointed together as a key contributor to the climate emergency. They'd do that by transforming waste wood residue into biodegradable charcoal that stores carbon for 1,000 years. Today, the importance of reducing carbon emissions seems self-evident. But back then, it was seen as something unusual. "When we started, there was no carbon market," Moon says. "It was the very early days for the climate movement."
The technology behind Carbo Culture stemmed from university research that had been ongoing for more than a decade. Carbo Culture bought the rights to the technology from the university lab in order to develop it further. The technology was at a prototype level at the point it was licensed, and became commercialised through Moon and Carstens' hard work.
That commercialisation came at a convenient time, because the voluntary carbon offset has flourished – a boon for the company. Selling carbon removal credits is one of Carbo Culture's three pillars of business, alongside two others: one, selling excess heat made in the production of biodegradable charcoal, and two, selling the biochar to use and apply into soil. "Our ambition is to do something useful in terms of climate change," says Moon. "By 2050, we need to be able to remove 10 gigatons, and 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually. It's a trillion-euro market. There's a lot of room for players in that market, but we want to be one of the leading ones."
Carbo Culture is at an early stage of its development, but plans to be one of the leading lights in this space. So far, it has already made good ground. The company now has 20 employees, growing to 30 in the coming months. Hiring relevant staff is a challenge, given the growing scale of the industry and its relative newness. "How do you hire world-class talent for the market, and you know the technologies have not existed before?" says Moon.
Growing staff is only part of the challenge: the company's infrastructure also needs to grow. "Of course, we need to get to some scale to break even as a company," she says.
Carbo Culture's first facility in California sits within a commercial-scale reactor in an R&D setting, but Moon plans to expand the company's capacity within the next three years. A €2.2 million EU grant will help fund a test automation rig in Helsinki, and act as a stepping stone to a full-scale facility. She hopes that in three years there'll be a full-scale plant, that will be operating at a net profit. Following the first facility, the company will start deploying a pipeline of projects. "We plan to have tens of commercial facilities in the next five to 10 years," she says, all of which will take raw material and transform it into the end product.
What that raw feedstock is depends on the contracts the company signs, and can vary significantly. Moon foresees a way of her technology improving the circular economy by utilising what would otherwise be wasted – such as food waste. One raw ingredient, for instance, is nut shells. One company that Carbo Culture contracted with used to discard its nut shells on the side of the road – or as part of stuffing for teddy bears, or shipped to Asia. If that isn't possible, then the discarded shells are often burned – causing its own problems for the environment. But those nut shells are now being diverted to Carbo Culture, where they're put into the company's proprietary reactor and the carbon is converted into a form stable for 800 years. The technology can also be used to turn peach pips and sawdust – or any kind of residue material that would ordinarily give off carbon dioxide while decomposing – into a useful, carbon-sequestering source of energy.
The purpose of Carbo Culture is vital at a time when the environment is being affected significantly by climate change. "This summer in London, it was 41 degrees, and I couldn't go out with my baby," says Moon. "I think things are going to get pretty bad before they get good again in terms of climate, if this is the rate of change that we are looking at." It's a crucial company making a real, significant difference to our planet – with challenges ahead. "I hope in 20 years we'll have finally understood that the long-term decision-making needs to get in front of the short-term gains," she says, "and, really, we need to be thinking about handing over a planet that is just not burnt into ashes for the next generation."
Biography / key highlights
2011 Catapults non-profit EdTech company Rails Girls into a wide-reaching global community
2013 Co-founds creative technology education company Mehackit in Helsinki, and takes part in the 10-week Global Solutions Program at Singularity University in California, where she meets her Carbo Culture co-founder, Chris Carstens
2016 Co-founds and becomes CEO of Carbo Culture
2019 Becomes an alumna of Stanford University's founder community StartX
2021 Makes it on to the Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst list


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Heartened by a slight increase in the number of applications for the fall semester, Pierce College officials will open the application period for the spring semester next Tuesday.
Two weeks ago, several California State University campuses stopped accepting applications before their published deadlines.
Pierce College President E. Bing Inocencio said he is confident that many of the students who might have applied to nearby Cal State Northridge will take a look at Pierce.
"Theoretically it should help us because there are people who won't have a place to go," he said.
Although Pierce saw an increase in applications for the fall semester, enrollment remained steady at nearly 14,000.
"The increase in applications did give us some hope for new students," said Shelley Gerstl, associate dean of admissions and records. "But the final enrollment didn't bear that out."
Inocencio said some of those students who applied and did not enroll were probably accepted by CSUN.
In the past several years, enrollment at the school--which peaked at more than 23,000--has declined or remained steady, and the president said his main mission is to reverse that trend.
Application forms are available from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays at the admissions office, 6201 Winnetka Ave., beginning Tuesday. Enrollment fees are $13 per unit for California residents.
To obtain an application form by mail, call (818) 719-6404.


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Bufferin, Excedrin sale in Asia
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to sell its Bufferin and Excedrin pain relief brands in Asia (excluding China and Taiwan) and certain Oceanic countries to Japanese firm Lion Corporation for approximately $250 mil. (¥30.4 bil.), BMS announces June 29. Expected to close during the third quarter pending regulatory approvals, the deal will allow BMS to "focus on its strategic priorities in developing its pipeline and new product opportunities in disease areas of significant unmet need," the firm notes. BMS sold its Consumer Medicines businesses, including the Bufferin and Excedrin brands, in the U.S., Canada and other markets to Novartis AG in 2005 (1"The Tan Sheet" Sept. 5, 2005, In Brief). In a separate agreement, BMS and Lion have agreed to the dissolution of the firms' medicines joint venture...
BMS Divests Indonesian OTC Business, Continues Biopharma Consolidation
Japanese firm Taisho Pharmaceutical will acquire nearly all shares of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Asian OTC subsidiary
Bristol/Novartis deal
Bristol-Myers Squibb has completed the sale of its U.S. and Canadian Consumer Medicines business to Novartis AG, the firm announces Aug. 31. The transfer of the rights to Bristol's OTC brands in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa should be completed by the end of the year, Bristol says. Novartis adds the Excedrin analgesic line, Bufferin aspirin, No-Doz caffeine pills and others to its current U.S. OTC line-up of brands, which include the Theraflu cough/cold line and Maalox antacids. The sale was announced July 14 (1"The Tan Sheet," July 18, 2005, p. 3)...
Cipla's Advair Generic Debut In Sight, More Platform Deals On Radar Post Ethris
Cipla believes it is "pretty close" to approval for its Advair generic in the US, while another product, generic Abraxane, stands delayed currently. Following the deal with Ethris, which is progressing inhaled mRNA-based therapies, the company signals interest in platforms such as CAR-T as well.
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I'm a proud and vocal book abandoner. If, after giving it the official John Irving try (reading 100 pages in hopes the story gets going named after Irving because A Prayer for Owen Meany takes forever to get going), I'm not enjoying a book I set it aside without a second thought. This is why I don't often write negative book reviews. Sometimes, though, I will struggle through a book because of some other obligation. Usually that means Rock & Roll Bookclub, and still even then I've been known to abandon books that are too bad to read (*cough*A Boy Called Freebird*cough*).
This is why I finished Antonya Nelson's Bound even though I really didn't want to.
Right from page one, I had my reservations. The book opens in the point of view of a dog who has just survived a car crash that's killed its owner. We spend a lot of time with the dog, meeting characters who don't seem to have any impact on the story. When we finally get to the humans the third-person point of view is so far removed, the book feels cold.
The story is about Catherine and Oliver, a rich couple in Wichita. Oliver's a seventy-something entrepreneur who has made a habit of marrying younger women and starting successful businesses. Catherine is wife #3, an emotionally-stunted forty-something whose mother is in a nursing home after suffering a stroke.
Around Christmas, Catherine learns she's been bequeathed the fifteen-year-old daughter of her former BFF, Misty (the owner of the dog from the book's opening). Cattie, the daughter named after Catherine, is on the run from her New England boarding school, hiding out in the home of a classmate's sister.
Oh, and then there's the BTK — blind, torture, kill serial killer who ran rampant over Wichita in the 70s and has decided to come back and haunt the city.
Catherine chose her relationship with Oliver over having a career or children. She fills her life taking care of the dogs, and her mother. She spends much of the time trying to figure out what to do with the teenager she's been left and reminiscing about the past. Even though there's a freshly, orphaned teen on the run there doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency regarding finding her and making sure she's okay.
In fact, Oliver and Catherine are so cavalier and nearly heartless regarding this situation you kind of hope Cattie never lands in Wichita.
The novel feels pieced together, we spend a lot of time getting to know characters who simply disappear. The BTK, which sounds intriguing, feels like an after thought and when we finally learn who the killer is it's so disappointing we need a new word for disappointment.
It's not often that my entire Rock & Roll Bookclub feels the same way about a book, but it was unanimous, we all thought Bound was a big, dull dud.
i like your john irving test. i would like to live by that rule but i usually make it 150 pages in before i abandon, but some books are only 150 pages.


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John McDonogh No. 6 School
McDonogh No. 6 elementary school was located at Camp Street and Napoleon
Avenue. It was built in 1876, designed by William Freret. A hurricane in the
early 1900's destroyed the gothic spires you see below (several of the
remaining McDonogh buildings origianlly had spires which are no longer
present). In 1969, it sustained damage from Hurricane Camille, but, by that time,
it was no longer in use as a public school. Since 1977, the building has been
used by St. George's Episcopal School. St. George's has maintained the
architectural integrity of the building throughout several renovations. The
school has added other historical buildings to its campus, as well, including the
old Jefferson Market and the old Jefferson City Jail and Recorder's Court. The
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MANKATO — Jersey in hand, Charles Johnson was all smiles and sweat as he left the field at Blakeslee Stadium in Mankato following Saturday morning's walk-through. Why wouldn't he be smiling? He's healthy again and he's atop the depth chart at wide receiver.
"I'm just happy," Johnson noted of his current role with the first-team offense. "I'm healthy and I'm just out here setting the standard. I know what I can do when I'm healthy so it's no surprise to me."
Johnson's 2015 campaign was a surprise – in a bad way. It turned out to be a significant disappointment following a 2014 season in which he emerged as the Vikings' most effective wide receiver down the stretch, displaying an easy chemistry with Teddy Bridgewater.
Last year, a broken rib in Week 3 affected him for about six weeks. Johnson never relocated his groove, finishing the season with just nine receptions for 127 yards and no touchdowns. He was targeted only 13 times. While Johnson was dealing with his injury, rookie Stefon Diggs emerged as the go-to receiver in Norv Turner's offense.
As expected, the Vikings' receiver position experienced turnover this offseason. Mike Wallace sprinted for Baltimore, where it took him a few attempts this week to pass the Ravens' conditioning test. Sensing a need for additional talent at the position, the Vikings added Laquon Treadwell in the first round of the draft and subsidized the receiver position again with German cult hero Moritz Bohringer five rounds later. All eyes in Mankato are tracking the big pair of rookie wideouts. Meanwhile, Cordarrelle Patterson has been creating something of a buzz – okay, at least a murmur – with improved route running and conditioning.
Johnson seemed lost in the shuffle in what had quickly become a more crowded wide receiver depth chart. Some outside analysts suggested a sub-par showing in camp might even cost him his roster spot. He's not a special-teams guy so Patterson and Adam Thielen have a leg up in that regard. Diggs, Treadwell and slot receiver Jarius Wright are locks for the 53-man roster. That probably leaves one spot for either Johnson or Mo-Bo.
For now at least, the clear advantage belongs to the veteran. Despite the obvious numbers game, Johnson won't admit to seeing camp as a competition.
"I'm not competing with anybody," Johnson said confidently. "I set my own standard. I compete with my own standard. I'm not out here to compete with anybody. I'm competing with my standard."
If that standard is anything like the standard he displayed in 2014, he might hold off Treadwell and the rest of the receiver crowd longer than some expected.
Consider the offensive coordinator impressed so far.
"Charles has a good sense of doing what he needs to do to get ready and knowing that when you are called upon that you need to make the most of those opportunities," Turner said Saturday morning. "But he's had a really good offseason, and he looks ready to go. He is really running his routes well right now and catching the ball. It's a long process as we go through, and we are going to need all those guys."
As far as Charles is concerned, "all those guys" can get in line behind him.
The Vikings offense still runs through Adrian Peterson – as Turner notes, they run about 60 plays a game and Peterson "is going to get his." And then there's that old cliché about having just one ball to go around. As such, there probably isn't a 1,000-yard receiver on this Vikings team, barring injuries that thin the herd. After leading the team last season, Diggs is the best bet to reach the 1,000-yard milestone – one that hasn't been achieved by a Viking since Sidney Rice had 1,312 yards in 2009. Heck, the Vikings have only had one receiver top 900 yards since then (Percy Harvin in 2011).
Receiver by committee? Probably. Will Treadwell emerge as the starter at some point this season? It should be expected of a first-rounder. For now at least, though, Johnson is in position to be the starter across from Diggs when the Vikings take the field in Week 1 at Tennessee.
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Netflix has given a series order to "Mixtape," which was formerly a pilot in contention at Fox for the 2018-2019 season, Variety has confirmed.
The series hails from Joshua Safran. Jenna Dewan, Callie Hernandez and Madeline Stowe–who all starred in the pilot–will return, along with Jahmil French, Campbell Scott, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Megan Ferguson, and Evan Whitten. Raul Castillo, who was the male lead in the pilot, will have his role recast as he just booked a recurring role on fellow Netflix show "One Day at a Time."
The series is described as a romantic musical drama that looks at the love stories connecting a diverse, disparate group of people in contemporary Los Angeles through the music that lives inside their hearts and minds.
Safran will also executive produce in addition to writing. Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, and Ali Krug will also executive produce. Jesse Peretz directed the pilot. Annapurna Pictures will produce in association with 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios. Netflix has ordered a 10 episode first season.
Safran previously created the ABC series "Quantico" starring Priyanka Chopra and wrote for the shows "Gossip Girl" and "Smash" in addition to serving as showrunner. He is repped by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham
"Mixtape" had strong buzz behind it early on this pilot season, but it's chances for a pick up at Fox dimmed as the broadcaster ordered fewer shows than previous years and ordered more broad shows like the legal procedural "Proven Innocent" and multi-camera comedies like "Last Man Standing" and "The Cool Kids."
This also marks the latest instance this year of a Fox show being revived at another network or streaming service after being cancelled at its original network. Netflix recently picked up "Lucifer" from Fox after it was cancelled after three seasons. NBC previously stepped in to save "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" after its cancellation at Fox.
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If there was anything the Nintendo 64 was knee-deep in, it was platforming games. Not only was Super Mario 64 an absolute masterpiece in the genre, but there were a handful of second and third-party platform gems in the 64-bit console's library. And no matter how obscure a game may be, you know it has a strong cult-following when lots of gamers request it to be re-released on a digital marketplace…Which brings us to a 1997 2.5D platformer called Mischief Makers, developed by the fine folks at Treasure.
Stop and shake it
To set the scene, the Planet Clancer is faced with the growing possibility of war, not to mention the Emperor is tricking the inhabitants, known simply as Clancers, into doing indisputably evil things. The brainwashed Clancers kidnap one of the planet's visitors, that being the robotic mastermind Professor Theo. Luckily for him, the professor's robotic assistant Marina Liteyears witnesses the capturing, and she sets off on a journey to not only bring her creator to safety, but also protect Planet Clancer from all of the threats that are about to unfold.
Every level puts your 2D platforming skills to the test. And thankfully, Marina has plenty up her…Robots have sleeves, right? Marina can perform both normal and long jumps, and the C buttons grant her special moves like rolling, sliding, and even boosting herself in any direction. However, these moves are afterthoughts compared to the game's emphasis on grabbing and shaking the many objects and NPC's you'll come across. Grabbing things in mid-air and launching yourself towards platforms far away from you will become very vital as your journey progresses. Along with a truckload of platforming playgrounds, you'll be faced with a handful of boss fights against rogue Clancers and other cold-hearted villains.
Shaking, not stirring
For a 1997 N64 game, Mischief Makers is full of good-looking level backgrounds, well-animated characters, and above-average cutscenes that some gamers may have thought the N64 just couldn't pull off. In terms of sounds, you're not gonna hear a lot of voice-acting (Although it was performed well) due to the console's limitations, but you'll still be treated with plenty of well-composed songs that are very fitting for each level and boss fight you go through.
In terms of replay value, Mischief Makers' length depends on how long you are willing to explore each level and whether or not you can succeed at the bonus tasks in the special events. If you're good enough, you'll be able to find all the gold crystals, one of which is found in each level. The amount of gold crystals you have at the end of the adventure determines how long the ending will be, so you're gonna need a lot of patience and platforming prowess if you want the full experience.
No tomfoolery, no hijinx, just mischief
Just because a game falls under the radar due to its console's heavyweight-filled catalog doesn't mean it's a meaningless game, and Mischief Makers strongly proves that. It doesn't fit into the same league as heavily-revered platformers like Super Mario 64, but if you're looking for an obscure platformer with an entertaining (And sometimes funny) plot and a deep pool of replay value, Mischief Makers will not disappoint you. Also, I don't recommend taking a shot for every time Marina says "Shake, shake!" Alcohol and robotics don't mix!
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Sirius Petroleum finalizing on financing deal for Nigeria block buy
Sirius Petroleum, the Nigeria-focused oil and gas development and production company has announced that it is in advanced stages of discussions on funding which will enable it to conclude a funding facility to be deployed towards the execution of a minimum work programme commitment on the Ejulebe field (the "Transaction").
The Transaction was conditional upon, among other things, Sirius having arranged for debt funding to be provided to fund certain capital expenditure on the Ejulebe field. The proposed debt provider views the Transaction positively and has agreed that the Transaction should now proceed on the basis that Sirius be both the borrower and guarantor of the proposed facility.
The effect of these arrangements is that the transaction would now constitute a reverse take- over under Rule 14 of the AIM Rules for Companies and would be subject to Shareholders' approval. In accordance with the AIM Rules, the Company's shares have been suspended from trading on AIM with immediate effect and will remain suspended until an AIM admission document has been published or until the Company confirms that the Transaction is not proceeding. A further announcement will be made as and when appropriate.
OML 109
As announced on 4 December 2018, the Transaction is potentially transformational for Sirius. OML 109 is located approximately 30km due south of OML 95, where the Ororo field is located. Encompassing 191,000 acres or 773 square kilometres, the OML 109 block has only been addressed with three exploration wells in its entire history, the first in 1966. Extensive oil and gas infrastructure exists in and around the block, including that of the Ejulebe field.
The Ejulebe field comprises some 15 hydrocarbon-bearing horizons, producing oil, associated and non-associated gas (including condensate). The field has produced approximately 14 mmbbls since 1998, is currently producing c.250 bbl/d and has gross remaining 2P reserves of 4.7 mmbbls, according to a competent person's report prepared by PanTerra Geoconsultants in December 2017 (the "CPR").
The EJ-WSW and EJ-SW exploration prospects, which according to the CPR contain respectively gross unrisked P50 prospective resources of 32-38 mmboe and 32-53 mmboe are close to the Ejulebe field and are expected to have similar reservoir characteristics to the Ejulebe field. All resource terms as defined by the Society of Petroleum Engineers – Petroleum Resources Management System.
The wider OML 109 "Joint Exploration and Development Area" contains prospects and leads that have been ascribed gross unrisked P50 prospective resources of 266mmboe, according to a Resource Review completed by PanTerra Geoconsultants in February 2018.
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Comcast's head of NBCUniversal, Steve Burke, set to leave his post in August
by Gerry Smith, Bloomberg, Updated: December 13, 2019
FILE photo shows NBCUniversal headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
Steve Burke, a Comcast Corp. executive and stalwart of the entertainment industry, is stepping down as the head of NBCUniversal next year, handing the reins to his lieutenant Jeff Shell, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Burke will leave when his contract expires in August, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. Shell, the head of the film side of NBCUniversal, was given additional duties in a January shake-up, setting the stage for him to take over the business.
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Variety reported on Thursday about Burke's coming departure.
Burke's exit comes at a challenging moment for NBCUniversal. The business — a sprawling entertainment operation that includes NBC, Universal Pictures, and theme parks — is preparing to launch a streaming platform called Peacock next year.
The new service is up against a crowded field of competitors, including Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ and Apple TV+.
Besides the launch of Peacock, NBC will broadcast the Olympics from Tokyo starting in late July while negotiations to renew NBC's NFL broadcast rights are on the horizon. Meanwhile, NBC's broadcast and cable channels continues to grapple with declining ratings and subscribers caused by the rise of cord cutting and new online entertainment options.
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Burke, 61, serves on the boards of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the Warren Buffett company. His father, Daniel, helped create Capital Cities/ABC, which was bought by Disney after Buffett helped bankroll Capital Cities' purchase of ABC.
Burke's longstanding ties to Buffett's empire — including a nearly decade-long stint on the board — have led to speculation that he might take a bigger role at Berkshire.
At NBCUniversal, a succession contest has been underway for years. It's long been expected that either Shell or Mark Lazarus, who oversees broadcast, cable, sports, and news at NBCUniversal, would replace Burke as head of the business. But it wasn't clear that a change would come this soon.
Burke is one of the most powerful people in the entertainment industry, and his departure will reverberate through Hollywood and New York. He began running the business in 2011 after Comcast took control of NBCUniversal from General Electric Co. He previously served as operating chief at Comcast, helping turn it into the largest U.S. cable provider.
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Ahli Bank, Qatar's tenth-largest bank by assets, has launched its national expansion plans by offering customers a holiday from credit card charges around the Ramadan period.
Ahli Bank, Qatar's tenth-largest bank by assets, has launched its national expansion plans by offering customers a holiday from credit card charges around the Ramadan period.
The offer, which runs until 9 October, is part of a plan to extend its retail operations in the country by more than half.
Ahli currently focuses 20% of its commercial and investment operations on retail banking in Qatar, which its CEO Salah Murad hopes to extend to 30%.
Ahli Bank, which has 17 branches in Qatar, has yet to confirm any new branch openings. "Our focus on building infrastructure, including people, process, and technology, and our core banking business will continue to be our primary objectives," Murad said.
"We are focusing on business growth, as 2013- 14 holds a promising outlook for the operating environment in Qatar," he added.
The bank said the Ramadan offer was aimed at helping customers meet higher costs during the religious occasion. "Customers tend to have extra expenses during Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr and simple gestures such as this will assist these customers in managing their budgets," it said.
Ahli Bank says it also plans to improve its security management system for retail customers and review its staff training procedures.
Listed on the Qatar Exchange with a market capitalisation of about $2bn, Ahli Bank also operates in the UK under Ahli United Bank with international branches in Jordan, Oman and Kuwait and Egypt.
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Q: Is this notation for the set of limit points a standard notation? Well, this doubt is probably silly. We have a standard notation for closure of a set $E$, we denote it $\bar{E}$ or $\operatorname{cl}{E}$ and we have a notation for the interior of a set $E$ we denote it $E^\circ$ or $\operatorname{int}{E}$. Now, what about the set of limit points of the set $E$? Is there a standard notation for it? Rudin's Analysis book denotes it like $E'$, so that  $\bar{E}=E\cup E'$, but is this notation a standard one?
Thanks very much in advance.

A: $E'$ is used quite frequently to denote the set of limit points of a set $E$, and that is the notation used, as you have found, by Rudin.
I don't know that there is any standard, universally adopted notation for the set of limit points of a set; but the important thing is to always be clear about how any given author (including yourself) is defining what his/her notation is intended to represent.

A: George F. Simmons' introduction to topology and modern analysis book denotes it like $D(A)$. I also prefer this notation.

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Low Voltage Ahead for Zero-Emission Rebate Plan?
School Bus Fleet Blog • June 8, 2022 • By Wes Platt • Bookmark +
EPA officials chose the rebate option for this first phase because it's quick to roll out and they can streamline the application and selection process.
Photo: Michael Fousert via Unsplash
Maybe it's time to temper our expectations for year one of the Clean School Bus program.
I can't deny that it's exciting to hear plans to spend billions of dollars over the next five years to convert school bus fleets to low- and zero-emission vehicles. If we could get zero-emission *flying* school buses, I'd be cheering. I'm undeniably jazzed by the new technology rolling out these days.
But you can almost hear the party favor noisemaker deflating with a hiss when we get to the part where the first phase involves rebates.
Under this initial stage, the Environmental Protection Agency wants school districts or the contractors with whom they partner to front the expense of buying new buses and the infrastructure needed to serve them, with the promise of reimbursement later.
That's a lot to ask of many school districts – perhaps especially the rural districts that the federal program aims to prioritize for rebate opportunities.
In a recent episode of The Route, titled "Clean Start Ahead," I took a dive into some details of the EPA's rebate program based on a webinar hosted by the agency. EPA officials chose the rebate option for this first phase because it's quick to roll out and they can streamline the application and selection process. They also suggested that fleets get rebate money faster, but really that depends on whether the pupil transportation director can get funds from the school district to spend before seeking reimbursement from the EPA.
The rebate program specifically prioritizes high-need school districts and low-income areas, rural school districts, and tribal school districts – home to schools that don't traditionally receive an abundance of financial resources for the actual education of students, let alone investment in new equipment, infrastructure, and technical training.
So, pay now, get repaid later might be too much of a reach.
The EPA has indicated that the next phase of the program may be more focused on grants rather than rebates, which might be more appealing to school districts across the financial spectrum. But even if they hand out millions of up-front dollars to buy new electric, propane, or low-emission diesel buses, it can be a risky investment without proper planning.
Christiane Walker, an engineering consultant for the Center for Transportation and the Environment, wrote in a guest blog post for School Bus Fleet that the EPA should follow the example set by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as it has built the zero-emission transit market. The FTA, she wrote, supported zero-emission development from prototype to demonstration to small-scale deployments and full fleet transitions.
"Small deployments prompted bus OEMs to scale up production of vehicles while allowing transit agencies to learn about the technologies through manageable deployment projects," Walker wrote. "Most importantly, these deployments were supported with funding for technical assistance. Transit agencies were encouraged to contract with industry experts to provide cost analysis, route modeling, infrastructure planning, and other technical assistance services."
The EPA's current approach with rebates, on the other hand, leaves the CTE "concerned about the ability of under-resourced school districts to access the funding and about the ability of all school bus operators to receive proper technical support for deploying a complex and unfamiliar new technology."
"As we have found through our experience with the zero-emission transit industry, simply providing capital for vehicle acquisition is not enough for successful zero-emission vehicle deployments," Walker wrote.
Fair concerns, especially when school districts are tasked with spending taxpayer dollars on these projects.
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Here I sit on the 11th of the month AGAIN having not made an update for the last month. I did do a much better job of keeping up with the expense tracking this month – YAY! – so I don't even have that excuse from last month… Anyway, here we go!
$5,992 Income: November marked my return to the working world, though only at half-time. I will return to full-time in January. Mr. Maroon also got a (paltry) bonus at work. We chose not to pursue reimbursement from the dependent care FSA for November and saved it for December. BONUS… I sold some ridiculous baby boots and slippers to the tune of $65!!
I can't deny they are cute, but Ralph Lauren!?!
Babies do NOT need shoes until they can walk!!
$314 Utilities: Electricity, gas, water, internet, and mobile phones. Well under our budgeted amount again. Perhaps we need to re-evaluate budget here.
$600 Family: The parents get $100 for a 'slush' fund for making purchases as desired without any commentary from the other side… minimal expense for the sake of our marriage. The Minis have it much less exciting. Each gets $100 to a savings account and $100 to a 529 plan.
$585 Kids: Daycare, supplies, etc. Mini Maroon #1 attended care at an in-home provider – however we will be making a switch soon. And an update from October, Mini Maroon #2 is now a card carrying Okie – her birth certificate arrived.
$466 Auto / Fuel: Fuel, maintenance, and allowance for insurance. We have always lived a lifestyle that includes lots of driving. Maybe it's just the Texas (and now Oklahoma) mindset. The offset from mileage from Mr. Maroon's employer was less this month, but still much appreciated.
$445 Groceries: I was disappointed last month that we were in the $400 range for groceries. Here we sit again in the same place. Perhaps I need to get more comfortable with this value. Or make some major changes. We did cook a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but only for the four of us, and used a turkey we had in the freezer.
$0 Travel: We chose to stay home for Thanksgiving. We thoroughly enjoyed our four days at home together. My parents weren't overjoyed by the decision.
$31 Dining: Similar to last month, I'm pretty proud of this category. Still the expenses were related to lunches for Mr. Maroon. Plus one splurge for donuts on a Sunday morning. We did not eat out for supper at all. Perhaps I'll find a way to squeeze in time to make lunches. But in the grand scheme of things, it's fairly low on the priority list.
While the smoker was going, we cooked a couple other meats to freeze and use later..
$86 Home Goods: Consumables, toiletries, medications, etc. Much better this month! Plus we purchased some home 'smell-good' products to support a dear friend who makes her living in direct sales. I'd much rather share my money with folks like her instead of the big box stores. A worthy use of some 'extra' purchases.
$35 Miscellaneous: Gifts, unexpected items, etc. Christmas cards!! I saw a Groupon to get 75 cards for $35. I jumped on it. They are the nice, thick ones. Plus we used them to double as birth announcements for Mini 2. One might consider it to be a luxury, but one I am more than willing to pay for. Too bad postage will be more per card than the price to purchase them!
Frugality… harvesting wood for the smoker from your own backyard!
$96 Personal Items: Clothing, shoes, haircuts, etc. A couple more items to round out Mini 1's winter wardrobe. Plus a shirt for Mr. Maroon when he went to an out of town conference and failed to grab his pressed shirt for day 2 on the way out the door!
From a pure cash flow perspective, we were left with $1,072 towards our endowment for November. Somehow though, we still found ourselves with excess cash in our banking account again. We ended up sending $4,000 to Vanguard. I thought we had cleaned out any extra last month. Mr. Maroon accuses me of having a defunct tracking spreadsheet. I offered to let him be in charge for 2015! But I do find it a bit disturbing to be off this much. I will continue to watch to see if I can figure it out.
Overall, I'm pleased with our expenditures. Our total expenses were a little higher this month, but most of that is related to a full month of day care for Mini #1. Plus a reduction in business travel for Mr. Maroon, where we use his reimbursement to offset auto expenses. But, we came in under our budget by ~$500. I like it!!
Looks like you had a great month! Nicely done! Your Thanksgiving feast looks delicious too :). Do you use the free Pandora service? That's what we've been doing and it seems to work really well. I love the variety of music!
We actually pay for the Pandora. We love the variety of music and play it all the time. We used all the playtime for the free version so we upgraded. I'm not usually one to pay for extra service but Mini #1 loves listening to his music whenever we are home. And we've been blasting the Christmas music, so small price to pay.