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Apr 20, 2004 3:10 AM

The ninth race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup series takes us to the biggest, baddest, fastest track in the world, Talladega Superspeedway.

Because of the obscene speeds obtained by the stock cars on the monster 2.66 mile track, NASCAR continues to implement new rules in an attempt to slow the cars down. The one constant rule throughout the last 15 years of Superspeedway racing has been the use of the restrictor plates.

When Bill Elliott set a blazing track record of 212 mph in 1987, NASCAR realized something had to be done to keep the racing safe if they were going to run on tracks like Talladega and Daytona. Rather than just requiring a smaller engine that produces less horsepower, NASCAR instituted the plates which allows less air to the carburetor, slows the cars down yet doesn’t give the drivers a real feel for the car. When drivers mash down the pedal, some have said it’s like going up a steep incline in a Yugo. After a few laps however, the drivers get it going and speeds get over 190 mph when they get into the draft.

In the last 10 Talladega races, all have been won by Chevys. Eight of the wins were by the late great Dale Earnhardt, the master of the draft. Dale Sr won three of those races driving Richard Childress’ car. The duo of Dale Jr and Michael Waltrip, driving cars for Dale Sr’s DEI team, have won the last five at Talladega.

Throw in Daytona, for good measure, where a DEI car has won 5 of the last 7, and it makes us all wonder, "Why are they so much better?"

Their edge doesn’t rest with the manufacturer. Some of the top Chevy teams, such as Gibbs and Hendrick, aren’t winning plate races. Ford snuck in a Daytona win with Greg Biffle last year, but it was clear even in defeat that the DEI cars were the class of the field by a large margin.

Whatever secret they have, they won’t be willing to share anytime soon. After all post race inspections, the DEI cars pass with flying colors, so we can rule out cheating. What’s amazing in all this however is how NASCAR has allowed a particular team to dominate this long without some real changes.

With so much money at stake for the other sponsors and manufacturers, you’d think there would be more of an outcry for radical change. In 1990, Dale Sr dominated Daytona SpeedWeeks prior to the 500 and everyone was crying foul. There was a huge uproar and major changes were discussed. Derrike Cope ended up winning that race and no changes were made until a season later.

To be fair to NASCAR, they have made several changes in plates races, but most have been to the aerodynamics and not the actual engine. The biggest change may have been the smaller fuel cell that requires more pit stops over the course of race, and part of the reason Biffle won at Daytona last season.

Many have said that if it were any other team in NASCAR that was having the same success, major changes would have already taken place such as using a smaller engine. But the fact that it involves their most popular and marketable driver, Dale Junior so everything is fine as is.

Now, to be fair to Junior, he has also done his share of driving. It hasn’t all been just the car. Junior comes into this week’s race as a 5-2 favorite. The next closest is Michael Waltrip at 6-1, and then everyone else is 10-1 or higher.

If you’re one or the few who thinks this will be the race that the five-race winning streak ends for DEI at Talladega, then you should get compensated well in the books. Odds to win wagers on drivers will all be higher than 10-1, but there are some other opportunities to cash in on as well with matchups. It’s unlikely Junior will be involved in any driver matchups, but if he is, he’ll surely be over —200 favorite against anyone.

Station Casinos post a weekly manufacturer winner and car number to win. This week’s odds are higher than ever (Chevy —280 vs Ford and Dodge +220): Then there is Hendrick’s group of drivers led by Jeff Gordon (10-1) and Jimmie Johnson (11-1). Both Gordon and Johnson have been very competitive in plate races over the last three years but don’t have any wins in that span.

Gordon’s last plate win was at Talladega in 2000. The top Chevy plate team other than DEI is the Childress crew, particularly Kavin Harvick (10-1).

Complimenting the Chevy bow-tie is Tony Stewart (10-1) and Bobby Labonte (14-1). Stewart went the distance with Junior in February’s Daytona 500 to finish second and should be considered the top candidate to unseat DEI.

The plate programs from Dodge and Ford have been lacking of late. At Daytona, an unlikely source was the top performing Dodge or Ford to finish. Scott Wimmer (25-1) finished third and the next closest non-Chevy was Elliott Sadler’s Ford (20-1) in seventh. Wimmer’s car does has some great pedigree and supports the notion that his run wasn’t a flash n the pan.

Ward Burton won the 2002 Daytona 500 driving the No. 22 caterpillar, the only Dodge to win a plate race since they came back to NASCAR. Of all the teams from Ford or Dodge, the Ganassi team might be the one to look at to beat Chevy if any can. Sterling Marlin (18-1) has always done well in plate races and Jamie McMurray looked very strong at Daytona. Kurt Busch (10-1) is the one Roush driver who has done consistently well with plates.

Car numbers 0-23 (-200) vs Car numbers 24-99 (+170): Junior drives car No. 8 and Waltrip drives car No. 15 giving a huge edge to that side, but it isn’t as weighted as the manufacturer prop. On the other side, you get Harvick, both Gordons, Johnson, Busch, Marlin, and McMurray.


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Topgolf an ultimate experience

Mar 21, 2017 3:02 AM

It’s not often I try something and walk away saying wow, but this week I did just that. I finally got to head over to Topgolf located at 4627 Koval Lane.

Topgolf is a great place to just hang out and watch the games. There are 300 HD TV’s located throughout the massive complex so you can sit and enjoy all the action. But it’s always more enjoyable watching the action if you have some money on the game and Topgolf has you covered.

There is a betting station located right inside Topgolf so you won’t miss getting down on any game. In addition to the 300 TV’s there are five giant screens at Topgolf. When you are hitting golf balls you are looking at four 50-foot TV screens. Inside the main lounge area there is a giant wall TV. This may be the coolest place outside of a sports book to watch the action.

Topgolf is also a music venue as they have concerts and live acoustic music in the different areas. It also has two pools on two different levels to hang out with your friends, creating a day club atmosphere. In one of the areas they have great bar games such as corn hole, shuffleboard and ping-pong to play with your friends.

I was so impressed with Topgolf so far that I said to my buddy if the food is just mediocre I’ll be happy because of everything else. Well, the food was excellent. I started off with one of their signature cocktails, The Tipsy Palmer, which was Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka, ABSOLUT Citron Vodka, iced tea and fresh lemon. This was the perfect summertime cocktail and a nice tribute to golf legend Arnold Palmer.

We tried a few different items on this visit, as the menu is quite extensive so there were many more items I want to go back and try that I didn’t on this trip. We started off with an order of the Chef’s Sweet Onion Dip served with house made salt and vinegar chips. The chips were so light and tasty, and the dip was great.

Next up we had to try the wings; they have two different styles so naturally we tried both. The Topgolf Wings are traditional style. I went with the Mango Habanero, which was a great combination of spicy yet sweet from the mango. The other wings are called Backyard Wings. These wings had a citrus brine, then were smoked and grilled with a garlic vinaigrette. Both were good but I preferred the Topgolf wings and my buddy preferred the Backyard wings so it worked out well for sharing.

We also got an order of the House Marinated Steak. These are great for sharing as you get three big kabobs of marinated steak that are very flavorful. We enjoyed this appetizer as well. Our waitress told us about a must-have dessert and, what can I say, she had me at hello.

We ordered the Injectable Donut Holes. This is a great dessert for sharing as you get 24 warm cinnamon-sugar dusted donut holes. You then get to pick from three flavors that are brought to you in a syringe so you can inject the filling into the donut hole. You can choose from chocolate, raspberry jelly or Bavarian Cream. Don’t worry if you can’t decide what flavor to get, for $1 more you can get all three. Trust me, you will want them all.

Not only were these good but also it was fun injecting the flavors into the donut holes.

Everything we had to eat was great and there were so many other items I want to go back and try. You can get everything from appetizers, to sandwiches to even grilled New York Strip.

Lastly was the golf itself, which we had a blast playing as we had one of the golf bays. Prices for a bay really are reasonable, especially when you go with a group of friends. Depending on the time of day and day of the week, the golf bays start at $30 a hour and you can have up to six people playing, which really makes for a fun and affordable time. There are several different skill games you can play competing against one another.

Given the total experience we had at Topgolf – the food, the bars, the TV’s, being able to wager on games, two swimming pools, concerts and of course the golf – I am giving Topgolf my highest rating of 4 Forks.

I highly recommend giving Topgolf a try. It’s family friendly as there are three different levels with 21 and over only on the third level so it’s cool to bring the entire family.

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Apr 10, 2018

Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap Reached

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On Friday, April 6, 2018, USCIS announced that it once again reached the limit for H-1B Petitions submitted for the Fiscal Year 2019 Regular and Master’s Cap. While a surprise to no one, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmation that the number of Petitions filed exceeds the number of new H-1B visas available for October 1, 2018 start dates signals that the Agency will proceed with its randomized lottery to determine which petitions will be selected for adjudication on their merits. To qualify for the Cap Lottery, the H-1B Petition must have arrived at USCIS between April 2 and April 6, 2018.

As in past years, USCIS will first select the 20,000 H-1B Petitions that qualify under the U.S. Master’s Cap. All U.S. Master’s Cap Petitions that are not selected will be pooled with the Regular Cap Petitions, of which 65,000 will be selected. Unselected H-1B Petitions will be returned along with their government filing fees.

We will be able to confirm whether or not a case has been selected within 1 – 1.5 months of USCIS conducting the H-1B Cap Lottery. However, similar to last year, USCIS recently announced that it has suspended Premium Processing for all H-1B Cap Petitions through September 10, 2018. Therefore, it is unlikely that we will receive decisions on H-1B Cap Petitions until the summer.

Importantly, H-1B Premium Processing remains in effect for H-1B Petitions that are not subject to the H-1B Cap, including Petitions submitted by statutorily exempt employers (e.g. universities, teaching hospitals), H-1B Extensions, H-1B Portability Petitions, and new employment for individuals who have been previously subjected to the Cap. Likewise, Expedited Processing remains available to all H-1B Petitions, even those submitted in this year’s Cap.

In the meantime, H-1B Beneficiaries will need to be patient as USCIS adjudicates their H-1B Petitions selected in the Fiscal Year 2019 Lottery. For F-1 Students presently employed pursuant to Post-Completion Optional Practical Training (“OPT”) that will expire later this spring or this summer, selection in the H-1B Lottery automatically extends their work authorization while their H-1B Cap Petitions remain pending thanks to the Cap Gap Provision. Other F-1 students may need to apply for OPT or for a STEM OPT Extension, while Beneficiaries present in other statuses or currently outside the United States will need to take appropriate measures.

However, depending on the posture of your H-1B Petition, selection in the Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap Lottery may trigger affirmative duties on your part. On the other hand, if not selected, you may need to act quickly to maintain a nonimmigrant status in the United States. In any event, we are Green and Spiegel are here and ready to assist should you have the need.

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Rubus Idaeus 'Nova' is a fast growing shrub and fruit bearing plant that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 4A through 8B. It matures to an average height of 3 feet to 5 feet and an average width of 2 feet to 4 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. It prefers growing in a location that provides full sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained. The foliage is light green and medium green in color. It attracts wildlife and is resistant to diseases and mildew.

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The Nova raspberry variety was released in 1981, and gets its name from its Nova Scotian origination. It is a red, summer bearing (floricane-fruiting) variety that has a vigorous, upright growth habit, and long, fruiting laterals that set a late fall crop. Its canes have very few spines (thorns), and its medium/large sized fruit ripens around mid-season. Nova raspberries are bright red in color, shiny and firm, and have a sweet (yet somewhat tart) flavor. Nova berries are considered to have better than average shelf life, and are very good for freezing. Nova is a very cold hardy bush, but still does well in warmer climates. It appears to resist most common cane diseases, including rust.

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Gazprom Neft strengthens its position on the international aviation refuelling market

Gazpromneft-Aero, operator of the Gazprom Neft aviation refuelling business, expanded its sales network in 2019 to now cover 282 airports (and increase of 13) throughout 67 countries worldwide. Total international sales volumes were up 26 percent by the end of the year, reaching more than 310,000 tonnes.

This positive sales trend has been made possible by Gazpromneft-Aero’s proactive development in China, with sales of aviation fuels throughout China’s airports increasing 2.5-fold to reach more than 78,000 tonnes. Gazpromneft-Aero’s largest in-country sales network outside of Russia has also been established in China, covering 33 airports throughout the country. Gazpromneft-Aero also saw a significant increase in refuelling volumes for Russian and international airlines in India, Malaysia, Montenegro, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand and Vietnam.

Gazpromneft-Aero’s clients include more than 190 airlines, including Russian market leaders Aeroflot, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines, and Volga-Dnepr, as well as leading international carriers including Lufthansa, Emirates, Air France and KLM.

«In the 10 years since making our first ‘wing-tip’ deliveries we have sold two million tonnes of aviation fuels at international airports. This growth in international sales is mainly down to developing our collaboration with local-market air companies and fuel suppliers. Under our long-term strategy to develop Gazprom Neft’s aviation refuelling business to 2030 we will continue to expand our network’s presence throughout the world’s most popular airports and — for our partners’ convenience — plan to introduce a flexible settlement system, in national currencies. I am confident that, thanks to effective work on the international market, we will increase international sales to one million tonnes per year, allowing Gazpromneft-Aero to become one of the world’s top-10 biggest aviation fuel operators».
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When the GoPro Session came out as a part of the Hero 4 line, it was a huge break from the design GoPro had been putting out over the past years, and still now it is a strange little cousin of the larger “regular” GoPro camera’s. Since coming out, GoPro has dropped the price of the camera from initially around € 400,- euro’s to around the € 220,- you can get it for today. So what do you get for your money?

We tested the GoPro Session during one week in the Austrian Alps snowboarding and mountainbiking trails in forests in the Netherlands.

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GoPro Session leg mountWhat I think Action Cams are all about is getting shots you would normally not get. And being able to mount your cam anywhere and not be bothered by it, is key to that. And that is what the Hero 4 does. It is so small, ad so light, and it mounts so easily to your head, leg, hand, board anything, that you can get those really cool shots.

The GoPro really stands out in this aspect: mounting it just about anywhere, and keeping a really low profile at the same time. I especially appreciated this when mounting it on my helmet. It is so light you can hardly feel it is mounted.

The GoPro Session does not have case, unlike its bigger brothers but is still shock and waterproof (up to 10 meters). Its coated with a sturdy rubber like skin which feels really good.

GoPro Session Low Profile FrameIt fit’s into a strong and flexible frame which hugs the camera tightly. You can rotate the camera within the frame if need be. We had two of these frames, the standard mount with which you can mount the GoPro to all mounting accesories on the market, and one with a fixed low profile mount to it. With this frame you can only slide it into adhesive mounts. This mount is really good when you want you really want your mount to be very compact, or really sturdy. I used it when mounting the camera to my helmet (side mount) and tip of my snowboard. The mounting is really stiffened up and the resulting shot from the snowboard is very steady with hardly any vibration. Very cool.

One button to serve them all

GoPro Session One buttonWhat I really like about the camera is that it has one, top mounted button. It turns the camera off and starts recording. The really smart thing is that as soon as you stop the recording, it powers the camera off. Sounds simple, but I cannot count the times that I inadvertantly left my Hero 3+ turned on after stopping my recording. Say goodbye to your battery life. So simple is much better in this case, and I do believe a good action cam only needs one button. You can feel where it is and you can feel the click as you turn the camera on and off. Without looking, even through thick snowgloves. Really essential as far as I am concerned.

Auto orientation

GoPro ChestyA really cool feature, matching the ease with which you can change the position and the orientation of the camera, is that the GoPro Session detects its mounting orientation and automatically rotates the video.

The video specs arent spectacular, but I have no doubt GoPro will up these in the future. As it is now the best setting is 1080p at 60fps. So now radical superslomo’s to be made, but just really good and crisp quality with balanced and warm colours. Exactly what we would expect from GoPro. And for the price it sells for now, the specs are spot on.

Its low light performance is ok, not exceptional, but as good as the other GoPro’s in the line-up.

I was also very pleasantly surprised by the audio, its just really good. Very natural and there is almost no wind noise in any of my footage, even at higher speeds. GoPro has achieved this result by mounting to mic’s, one in front and one in back. By sensing the wind and noise, the GoPro can decide which microphone should be used, and which shouldn’t. I haven’t been able to test the audio quality in and around audio. But I have been told it is really good in those conditions as well. We plan to test it again while windsurfing and will add our findings to the review later on.

A drawback, but also consequence of the choice for smaller dimensions is the absence of the LCD screen. There is still a tiny screen left but it walking through the menu and changing settings of the camera’s is not something that is easy to do on the camera. You will need the smartphone app to connect to the camera to be able to change settings.

Battery and freezing up

During our test the GoPro Session frooze on a number of occassions. Seeing as there is no battery, it wasnt an option to take out the battery. I managed to unfreeze the camera by connecting it to my laptop. But if it happens on the mountain or in the forest, there is no way you can really effectively unfreeze it easily. So that is a bit of a drawback.

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The new Crazy Tubes Circuits Limelight fuzz/distortion pedal was introduced during Winter NAMM 2019. It’s inspired by vintage fuzz pedals and uses hand-selected New Old Stock Germanium transistors to get its distortion/fuzz tones.

Crazy Tubes Circuits Limelight

The heart of the pedal’s circuit is a fuzz/distortion pedal that uses three NOS Germanium transistors to get you vintage-flavoured dirt tones. The pedals are designed and built in Athens, Greece and are based on US-built fuzz pedals like the Gibson Maestro FZ-1 that inspired later British designs, like the Tone Benders. Expect a classic ’60s style fuzz pedal, with smoother violin-like sustain.

Crazy Tube Circuits Limelight with Beam biasing control

Crazy Tube Circuits Limelight with Beam biasing control

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The Limelight’s Beam control adjusts the biasing of those Germanium transistors letting you dial in some ‘out there’ fuzz tones. The other two controls consist of Volume and Gain. You should be able to tweak this pedal easily enough. I’d imagine that the Beam control will set this pedal apart from its vintage counterparts; this is the stand-out feature for me.

Starving the circuit of voltage by tweaking the bias of a Germanium transistor is not new, but it is certainly where the fun starts. As a PNP germanium fuzz pedal, the Limelight is a positive ground circuit. So you will need to either run it from a 9 Volt battery or use an isolated output on your power supply.

You can hear the Limelight in action below and I have chosen one video that is in Spanish, but you get to hear the pedal in all its glory. I found it worthwhile even though my Spanish is terrible.

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Windows Pro Upgrade now full price

Well, the promotional period is over. Windows 8 is no longer $40 for a digital download/upgrade, but $199 for the pro edition. Not sure of all the hate, besides the fact that my PC boots in under 20 seconds vs the 5 minutes on 7 after upgrading, its running great.

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Black Widow Movie has Found Its Director

It’s been a grueling process, but after looking at more than seventy directors, Marvel Studios has finally found someone to direct the Black Widow solo movie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has chosen Australian director Cate Shortland to direct the film. It’s said that Shortland was a personal preference of star Scarlett Johansson herself, and she was said to have been impressed by Shortland’s work on the 2012 film, Lore.

Marvel was said to have been prioritizing female directors for the movie and even went on a brief hiatus when they started considering men to direct. It’s worth noting that Shortland will be the first woman to have solo credit as director for a Marvel movie. Anna Bodeyn co-directing with Ryan Fleck for the upcoming Captain Marvel.

It’s been almost ten years, and just now is Black Widow being considered for her own solo movie. This is just my opinion: though I really do love Johansson playing Natasha Romanoff, I think her backstory would come out a tad redundant for Hollywood.

Tell me this movie hasn’t been made: A lone woman secret agent is really good at her job. She kicks all kinds of ass and has a tragic backstory. The main conflict has her go up against some organization—one that will make her question her alliegances.

That’s basically the plot for Atomic Blonde, Lucy, Ghost in the Shell, Wanted, and Colombiana. Two of those films already starred Johannson.

If anything, I could be wrong. I think it’s high time Black Widow was in the spotlight instead of playing second fiddle to Iron Man or Captain America. Hopefully Marvel comes up with an interesting story despite this film having to be kid-friendly.

No release date has been set for Black Widow.

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‘Suicide Squad’ is the Most Tweeted Summer Film

‘Suicide Squad’ is the Most Tweeted Summer Film

Audiences have plenty to look forward to this summer, thanks to blockbuster after blockbuster releasing in theaters over the next few months. Twitter has become a pretty good way of calculating popularity, and a brilliant marketing tool for studios to get fans in on the fun before their movies officially launch. It would appear Warner Bros. is excelling at it, since the social media platform has announced (via USA Today) Suicide Squad is the most tweeted upcoming film set to release within the next three months.

Between March 1 and May 26, the supervillainous ensemble movie has been tweeted over one million times. Most of the buzz can be attributed to the recent #JokerWasHere hashtag, which featured a Joker smile emoji alongside it. The film also received a big boost when the Blitz trailer was released in April; a tweet with the trailer embedded has, to date, earned roughly 130,000 retweets and 170,000 likes.

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Other upcoming films within the same time frame received impressive numbers, as well: Pixar’s Finding Dory (June 17) with 869,000 tweets; Ghostbusters (July 22) with 565,000; Me Before You (June 3) with 329,000; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (June 3) with 251,000; and the Warcraft (June 10) adaption coming in at 244,000.

Again, all very impressive, but these films don’t hold a candle to the ones released before summer; heavy hitters like Captain America: Civil War and X-Men: Apocalypse are in leagues of their own. Fans were encouraged to comment on where their allegiances were between Captain America and Iron Man, with the help of character emjois for #TeamCap, #TeamIronMan, and several other heroes from the film. These efforts helped the box office hit generate approximately 10.4 million tweets, while 1.8 million were managed by Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse, all during the same time period stated above.

Suicide Squad opens on August 5, but you can check out early fan reactions here.

Image: Warner Bros. via The Wrap

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‘Uncharted 4’ Story DLC Announcement Coming Soon, Says Troy Baker

‘Uncharted 4’ Story DLC Announcement Coming Soon, Says Troy Baker

SPOILERS for Uncharted 4 follow:

Although Naughty Dog’s run with Uncharted came to an end back in May with the launch of A Theif’s End, we haven’t heard the last of Uncharted 4. A piece of story DLC is in the works and information about that may be coming soon.

Troy Baker, who voices Nathan Drake’s brother Sam in the game, has shed some light on the DLC and when we could expect an announcement. Speaking at MCM Comic-Con in London, Troy told GeekFeed:

“I think they’re going to announce it pretty soon. I’m not sure when, there are always new announcements around Christmas time and award season.”

There are rumblings that it may be revealed at PlayStation Experience this year, which takes place toward the end of November.

What Troy did touch on is the scope of the DLC, which will be larger than anything Naughty Dog has done. He told GeekFeed:

“I do know this, it is going to be the biggest DLC they have ever done. All heads are down focusing on that DLC.”

Troy mentions the size of Left Behind for comparison, the piece of story DLC for The Last of Us that puts you in control of Ellie. That experience takes around three hours to beat, but encourages exploration, much like The Last of Us. This piece of post-launch, narrative focused content will be a first for the Uncharted series.

Whether Troy or Nolan would be in it and reprising their roles as Sam and Nate respectively, both didn’t give anything away. However, it is safe to assume that they will be, unless Naughty Dog decides to pick up where Uncharted 4 left off – something Troy thinks would “spoil how beautiful that ending was.”

A reveal at PSX would be a safe bet, but Naughty Dog could also have it take the stage of The Game Awards at the end of the year.

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Monday, June 18, 2018

More Devier J. Smith Articles on

I subscribed to last week, and have been searching for my ancestors in the collection of over 8,600 newspapers and almost 390 million newspaper pages.

My typical search is to use a name, a place (state or city) and a year range for the ancestor of interest.  For instance, I used:

*  Name - "devier smith"
*  Location = "Kansas"
*  Years:  "1870-1895"

I had over 1,500 matches with this search (not all were for my Devier J. Smith, but the ones at the top of the match list were!):

The first match was an obituary for Devier J. Smith from the Concordia [Kansas] Blade newspaper, dated 11 May 1894:

I used the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the article in two parts:

The transcription of this article is:

A Pioneer Concordian Passes Away at His Home in McCook, Nebr.

"From the McCook (Neb.) Enterprise
Died, at the St. Charles Hotel, in this city, May 1, at 10:20 a.m. of dropsy of the heart, Devier J. Smith, aged 51 years, 11 months and 24 days.

"Devier J. smith became a resident of this city in the spring of 1885, and had been engaged in the livery business from that date until the time of his death.  Until last Thursday the deceased had enjoyed very good health, and was taken suddenly ill on that day and continued to grow worse until Tuesday morning when the messenger came.  On Wednesday previous to his death he drove into the country and was caught in a rain, which precipitated his last illness.

"The members of his family who survive him are his wife, now with their daughter, Mrs. Della A. Carringer, at San Diego, Cal., a son D.D. Smith, of this city, who arrived here a week ago last Sunday from Denver, and a daughter, Mrs. Matie Chenery, now at Lincoln.  The dec eased was a member of the A.O.U.W, which order took charge of the funeral, which took place yersterday at 2:30 p.m. from the M.E. church.

"[Mrs. Matie Chenery has nearly recovered - EDITOR BLADE.]"

The source citation for this obituary is:

"D.J. SMITH DEAD," obituary, Concordia [Kansas] Blade, 11 May 1894, page 3, column 2, Devier J. Smith obituary; ( : accessed 18 June 2018).

There are hundreds of articles about Devier J. (or D.J.) Smith in Kansas and Nebraska.  D.J.'s family resided in Concordia, Kansas from about 1873 to 1885, and has several Concordia newspapers.  They lived in McCook, Nebraska from 1885 to 1894, but obtained and owned property in Cheyenne County, Kansas, and has several newspapers from that county.

A user of can download (click "Save") the entire page with an article of interest as a JPG or PDF.  I chose JPG, and the file size was 3.3 mB.

A user can also "Clip" the article of interest, and that had to be saved as a PDF (file size 164 kb), shown below:

That system works pretty well, but the print quality depends on the original newspaper and the size of the clipping file.

I had an obituary for Devier J. Smith from another newspaper service with another McCook newspaper which did not have some of the detail in the article above, especially the names and location of his children.

Devier J. Smith is my second great-grandfather, and I am descended through his daughter Della A. (Smith) Carringer.

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Jan Harmsgat Historic Farms & Country House has seen a renaissance that captures its rich past, as well as fitting in with the discerning traveller’s needs: Space, charm and an unsurpassed opportunity to indulge in an authentic country ambience and history.

There’s not much that’s not on offer here this summer season. The ‘Overberg’ warmth of hospitality extends way past the accommodation offering at Jan Harmsgat, catering for all budgets with classic quarters, superior and executive suites and even a family villa.

Less than a two-hour drive from Cape Town, be prepared to be transported back to another era where open space, country charm and your comfort reign supreme.

Perfect whether you’re looking to escape the city noise for a weekend or would just prefer to take a day trip and lose track of time whilst indulging in hearty, wholesome meals sitting on the terrace and under the shade of the Pecan nut trees.

The gourmet gourmands are in for a treat; with craft beer on tap and a choice between the great-value traditional menu as well as a lighter, more social sharing option in the tapas menu.

This summer the fun extends to ‘JHG Experience’ where day and overnight guests are able to enjoy a history tour of our 18th century farm, a Land Rover backlands farm drive, sunset picnic and wine tasting in the countryside as well as pomegranate picking (in season) All for R350 per couple!

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The magical touch of 3d printing is revolutionizing every industry, and the construction industry is no exception to these supernatural transformations brought about in absolutely disbelieving ways. If you thought building castles in the air belongs to realm of proverbs and sayings, it’s time to sit up and see how it stands to be translated into reality. Thanks to this technology, all that it might now take to build a custom villa is the press of a button. A Chinese construction company has shown the world the way by 3D printing a two-story villa in less than 3 hours. The company got the pre-constructed components printed in a factory, which it later lifted and assembled at the site. In January this year, a Shanghai-based company built the world’s tallest 3D printed building, a five story high villa with the help of gigantic 3D printers, measuring 21 feet in height and matching a basketball court in width.

3D Printing is the Future of Construction

3D printing is the future of construction because it opens up construction to a whole new realm of designing possibilities. The biggest advantage effected by this technology is the freedom to replace rectilinear forms with curvilinear forms. It was known, since ages, that structures with no straight edges has the strongest structural design possible, but architects had no clue to implement it. With 3D printing, the possibility of using optimized geometries in common structures has become wide open.

The other big advantage is that structural components made via 3D printing uses less material than that using the normal techniques. Additionally, the structure components can be kept hollow, thereby allowing space for essential building services within the structural elements of the building. It is precisely because of this that the structures are incredibly light and can be carried about by hand. Strength wise, even the home printed prototypes of the components are able to withstand every types of duress tests it is subjected to.

An equally big advantage of this technology is its potential to cut down the costs of construction significantly. This is possible because it replaces certain parts of a number of labor intensive trades such as builders’, plumbers and electricians. Further, it gives construction companies the freedom to create their own prototype products, bypassing costly parts procured from heavy manufacturing industries. It is because of this that the 3D printed homes cost the Chinese company just £300 per square meter to build, a jaw dropping price compared to an average price of £3,600 per square meter retail price of apartments in China today.

What all this means is that the buildings of the future will look much different than those of today – it would be more aesthetically more appealing and at the same time low-costing.


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From the beaches of Baywatch to… the White House? Action star Dwayne Johnson recently revealed that a political run to become the leader of the free world isn’t out of the question — in fact, it might be the question. “A year ago, it started coming up more and more,” Johnson explained in a recent GQ interview. “There was a real sense of earnestness, which made me go home and think, ‘Let me really rethink my answer and make sure I am giving an answer that is truthful and also respectful.’ I didn’t want to be flippant — ‘We’ll have three days off for a weekend! No taxes!’”

After giving it some thought, the Fate of the Furious star declared, “I think it’s a real possibility.”

He spoke to Yahoo Movies about whether or not he would consider a run for president back in November:

Would The Rock Run for President? ‘Of Course I Would’

The Rock replied to numerous pleas from other celebrities that want him to run for president.

Johnson, an impossibly popular star (and currently the highest-paid actor on Earth), has the proven ability to influence people, as evidenced by the box office numbers for his films. During the last presidential election, both camps recognized this attribute and reached out to him for endorsement, he revealed. He didn’t give one to either candidate.

“I feel like I’m in a position now where my word carries a lot of weight and influence, which of course is why they want the endorsement. But I also have a tremendous amount of respect for the process and felt like if I did share my political views publicly, a few things would happen — and these are all conversations I have with myself, in the gym at four o’clock in the morning — I felt like it would either (a) make people unhappy with the thought of whatever my political view was. And, also, it might sway an opinion, which I didn’t want to do.” That was a very diplomatic answer.

Also, he loves kids and frequently shares heartwarming snaps of himself with his (adorable) daughter. So he’s got that part of the campaigning in the bag too.

Asked, specifically, about the travel ban, Johnson didn’t mince words. “I completely disagree with it,” he declared. “I believe in our national security to the core, but I don’t believe in a ‘ban’ that bans immigrants. I believe in inclusion. Our country was built on that, and it continues to be made strong by that.”

He went on to call the decision “a snap judgment” and argue that while the “majority” of Americans feel that protection is important, many of them disagree with the “ideology and execution” of the way it was enacted. “We really have to be careful of not making those snap decisions, because there’s a tail effect,” he added. “Within 24 hours, we saw a ‘tail effect.’ It grew to heartache, it grew to a great deal of pain, it grew to a great deal of confusion, and it had a lot of people scrambling.” Just as a reminder, this is a man whose big break was playing a role opposite Brendan Fraser in The Mummy Returns.

Can a man who stars in Disney flicks and spends hours upon hours at the gym really make it all the way to the White House?

Yes. Yes, he can. “If [becoming the president] is something he focused on, he probably would accomplish it,” said Ron Meyer, NBCUniversal vice chairman, in the GQ piece, “I think there’s nothing that he couldn’t do.”

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Watch A Boeing 787 Dreamliner Pull Some Crazy Stunts

There are certain things we all look for in a huge passenger jet: safety, stability, comfort… but what about some insane acrobatics? Well, you’ll be pleased to see that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner can certainly provide the latter.

In between having cracked wings, dribbling fuel and catching fire, you might be surprised to find out that pilots can pull some mean tricks in Boeing’s monstrous aeroplane. Vertical climbs, tight turns, ridiculous banking; we should probably just be pleased we’re not inside the thing.

This video shows what pilots pilots Mike Byran and Randy Neville are capable of making a 787 Dreamliner do. It was filmed at the Farnborough International Air Show, which runs through to July 20. [YouTube]


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GFG Episode 107: Ally Joins The Hunt

This week the usual crew are joined by Ally who explains his love of Bloodborne. Also, Mike explains his lack of love for Bloodborne and Kieran talks about how he didn’t play Bloodborne.

GFG Episode 106: It’s Creepy but People like it

This week we rejoice as Kieran finishes Bloodborne and sums up his time with the game from hell. He also spends a bit more time with Axiom Verge whilst Mike discovers a digital version of a board game classic as well as a totally new card game that’s not going to rape his pockets.

GFG Episode 104: When are we recording this again?

We get confused sometimes, like when we forget we are recording a day early then panic that the PSN store has not updated! We are idiots but that’s why you love us. This week we chat through some news, hardly any new releases and discuss Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris. We also discuss the Titan Series of boardgames on Kickstarter and whether it’s a good thing or not.

GFG Episode 103: Kickstarter stole my lunch money

This week Mike and Kieran discuss the many things that they have backed on Kickstarter and why it is evil (it’s not really evil they just have no self control and need something to blame). They also discuss some videogames – Mike gives his initial thoughts on Xenoblade Chronicles 3D whilst Kieran Continues to plod slowly through Bloodborne. We also discuss Axiom Verge, Magical Beat, and Boss Monster. There is also some board game chat as well as news and new releases.

GFG Episode 102: You just know you’re gonna die

This week, it’s all about From Software’s latest attempt to torture gamers. Kieran gets his hands on Bloodborne and share his initial thoughts whilst Mike goes all strategic and plays Sid Meier’s Civilization Beyond Earth and Starships. We also cover the weeks news including some boardgame announcements from the GAMA trade show.

GFG Episode 101: Running about questing in your underwear

As the dust settles on episode 100, Kieran and Mike get back into the swing of things. Mike catches up on some of 2014’s best games (Infamous First Light and Transistor) whilst Kieran tackles some of 2015’s (Hotline Miami 2 and Ori and the Blind Forest) We also wax lyrical about Olli Olli 2 and Counterspy as well as covering this weeks news and new releases. GFG for lyf yo!

GFG Episode 100: How did we manage this?

It’s episode 100 and we decide to have a celebration. We open the mysterious box containing gifts we received from some of our awesome listeners and then proceed to have a slew of guests and we reminisce over the last 3 years of GFG and generally talk nonsense. Please note that in order to keep fun spirit of the recording most of this podcast is presented as it was recorded and may contain awkward silences and uncontrollable laughter.

GFG Episode 99: So it’s going to be like that is it?

Paul returns to the GFG crew this week as we go about our weekly dose of gaming chat. Paul works on his backlog of games including Far Cry 4 and Dragon Age: Inquisition; Kieran talks us through the new Dragon Ball game whilst Mike gets attacked by 2 boardgames: Xcom and Dead of Winter.

GFG Episode 98 – Stop selling me on the idea

This week Mike and Kieran are taking the path less traveled by. Kieran plays multiplayer Dropkick and previews Blazing Griffin’s Distant Star: Revenant Fleet. Mike talks us through the New 3DS XL and the Ace Combat redux. There is also this weeks news and new releases. And a talking giraffe.


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Castrol sells down India unit stake for Rp18bn

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UK motor and lubricant oil producer Castrol has raised Rp18.1bn ($270.1m) from a sale of its stake in Castrol India. The deal suffered from slippage after the leads missed the block window that protects such trades in the open market.

The parent, a subsidiary of oil and gas giant BP, sold 42m shares, equal to an 8.5% holding in Castrol India. Leads Citi and ICICI Securities had marketed the trade at Rp408-Rp422.5 apiece, with the bottom end offering a 3.42% discount to the stock’s Monday close of Rp422.45, ...

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Auto Accident Injury

Auto Accident Injury Treatment from our Palm Beach Gardens Chiropractor

Man injured from an auto accident in Palm Beach Gardens

Auto accidents are among the most common causes of back and other spinal injuries, and one of the small bright sides of obtaining an injury this way is that it is often possible to work with a chiropractor in Palm Beach Gardens to recover from the injury, or at least help manage whatever pain might follow.

Auto Injuries Are Not Always Obvious

One of the more unfortunate parts is that many people don't get the chiropractic care in Palm Beach Gardens that they need in order to recover as much as possible because they don't have themselves checked for injury after the accident has occurred. This is a mistake from both a physical standpoint, as well as a financial one.

Any auto accident, even one that seems minor, is a traumatic experience.  It triggers a lot of emotion and adrenaline, and many people are too busy being thankful that they are alive to realize that they may have suffered an injury. In many cases, people don’t start feeling the effects of the accident until after they have left the scene. That's why it is best not to trust your own immediate judgment or declare you are "okay" until you have been fully evaluated.

Common Auto Accident Injuries

Here are just some of the most common auto accident injuries our chiropractors treat:

  • Whiplash
  • Herniated, slipped or bulging discs
  • Tearing and bruising of soft tissue
  • Compressed spine and fractures
  • Upper vertebrae fractures - due to upper body moving very quickly while a seatbelt is in place
  • Dislocation Injuries

Chiropractic Care for Auto Accident Injury Recovery

Regardless of the types of injuries you suffer from after an auto accident, prompt treatment is important in order to help you recover from your actual injury as well as giving you the best chance at making a strong case with your insurance company or any personal injury case you may decide to file. At Goldberg Wellness & Acupuncture Center in Palm Beach Gardens, FL we have a variety of diagnostic tools available and we can use those tools to show how your injuries relate to the circumstances of your accident. The more time that passes, however, between your accident and your assessment, the more difficult these connections become, so waiting may put you at a disadvantage.

While it is important to be treated at the Emergency Room or see your own doctor for immediate treatment of injury, many people fare better after also seeking out chiropractic treatments. At Goldberg Wellness & Acupuncture Center we treat our patients using a whole person approach. We explore treatment options such as spinal manipulation, but also look at ways that you can participate in your own healing through corrective exercises, nutritional adjustments, and other methods that not only help to reduce your pain, but help you heal as well.

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To learn more, contact us at Goldberg Wellness & Acupuncture Center in Palm Beach Gardens, FL at (561) 624-5070 to schedule your assessment.

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Montgomerie says he will try to play his way onto the 2012 team.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Colin Montgomerie plans to recommend that Europe's Ryder Cup selection process be changed for the 2012 event after having to leave English pair Paul Casey and Justin Rose off his team.

Montgomerie captained Europe to victory over the United States at Celtic Manor in Wales last weekend to regain the trophy. But even though he was given three wild card choices at his own request when previous captains had only two, the Scot wants further modifications.

"Having to leave out two players ... was the worst day of my professional career," he said Wednesday. "I don't want any future captain to have to go through what I went through on that awful evening in Gleneagles. We have to devise a system of getting top players like that into the European team."

Casey is ranked seventh in the world and has finished in the top 10 in seven of the 17 tournaments he has played this year. Rose has won two PGA Tour events in 2010 and won three out of four matches at the 2008 Ryder Cup in Valhalla.

Montgomerie is a member of the European Tour tournament committee, which will appoint the captain for Medinah in 2012 and decide how the team should be assembled. The committee will meet next month to review the 2010 Ryder Cup.

Before the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills in 2004, the European team automatically selected 10 players based on earnings and then added two wild cards.

That was changed to bring in world ranking points so that U.S.-based players like Casey and Rose could make the team without having to play in Europe. But with so many Europeans playing full-time on the PGA Tour, there is still a chance that some top players will miss out.

Speaking at the Alfred Dunhill Links in Scotland, Montgomerie confirmed he will not seek the captaincy for Medinah and would instead try to make the team again as a player.

He acknowledged he has a mountain to climb to make his 10th Ryder Cup appearance, currently being ranked 425th in the world.

"I have to refocus on my game after two years of focusing on the way other people are playing," Montgomerie said. "But I would have to take my game to a new level to make the team again. Even higher than it was in 1997-98, when I was playing my best golf -- because since then the standard of golf being played on tour has improved so much."


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Jakarta/New Delhi: In a big boost in the fight against blackmoney, four overseas jurisdictions including Liechtenstein-- where Indians are suspected to have stashed illicit funds-- Thursday agreed to do away with banking secrecy ways by allowing automatic tax information exchange.

Besides Liechtenstein, Isle of Man, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands -- jurisdictions that have come under the scanner of tax investigators -- have joined the global convention formulated by the Paris-based advisory group OECD.

"Liechtenstein and San Marino became the 62nd and 63rd signatories of the multilateral convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters. "... Another important development is the deposit by the United Kingdom of declarations extending the territorial scope of the Convention to cover the following jurisdictions: Isle of Man (Crown Dependency) and Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, and Turks & Caicos (Overseas Territories)," OECD said in a statement.

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It also provides the option to undertake automatic exchange, requiring an agreement between the parties interested in adopting this form of assistance.

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North Korea Warns Airdropping Copies of 'The Interview' an 'Act of War,' Vows to Shoot Down Balloons

( [email protected] ) Mar 25, 2015 03:08 PM EDT
The North Korean military has warned against airdropping copies of the controversial film "The Interview," saying doing so would constitute a "de facto declaration of war."
Activist Park Sang Hak plans to send thousands of copies of ''The Interview'' and propaganda leaflets into Pyongyang via 33-foot hydrogen balloons.

North Korea's military has threatened to blow up balloons that South Korean activists plan to send over the border carrying thousands of copies of the controversial film "The Interview," calling the upcoming launch a "declaration of war."

As previously reported by the Gospel Herald, South Korean activist Park Sang-hak, partnering with the U.S.-based non-profit Human Rights Foundation, plans to use 33-foot hydrogen balloons to start dropping 10,000 copies of the movie and 500,000 propaganda leaflets over North Korea on or around March 26.

"North Korea's absolute leadership will crumble if the idolization of leader Kim breaks down," Park explained.

"I believe that if we can get 100 times more balloons, then we will make [North Korean dictator] Kim Jong Un paranoid-sending more and more balloons to North Korea is more effective than sending a bomb on North Korea," he added."The thing is that if South Korea or the United States Air Force dropped a bomb, there's a way that [North Korea] would react to it, but the thing is with leaflets there's no way to react."

However, on Tuesday, North Korea's military units released a strongly-worded statement warning against such endeavours. "All the firepower strike means of the frontline units of the (Korean People's Army) will launch without prior warning... to blow up balloons," the military said, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea added that the launch would constitute "the gravest politically-motivated provocation" against North Korea and "a de facto declaration of a war."

"[The launch is aimed at] deliberately escalating tension on the Korean peninsula where the situation has reached the brink of a war due to... joint war rehearsals" by South Korea and the United States, it continued. North Korea also added that any challenge to its "just physical countermeasures" will ignite "merciless retaliatory strikes."

While Seoul initially backed the activists, who believe they're exercising their right of freedom of expression by carrying out the launches, the South recently retracted their support to avoid provoking their neighbors. However, South Korea's military has insisted it will retaliate if the North opens fire on its territory.

South Korean officials have previously expressed anger over "The Interview," a Seth Rogen/James Franco comedy about an assassination plot against North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. Last year, Kim Myong-chol, executive director of The Centre for North Korea-US Peace and an unofficial spokesman for the regime in Pyongyang, said his country was "insulted" by the plot and alleged that "a film about the assassination of a foreign leader mirrors what the US has done in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine."

In the weeks leading up to the film's December 25 release, Sony Pictures, which backed the film, was the victim of a major cyberhack which saw thousands of intimate documents leaked online. The North Korean government has since denied allegations from the US government that the isolated country was behind the attack.


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Seminole County, Fla., Becomes First to Try Taking Payment by Bitcoin — Sort of

The county expects the new system to be faster and cheaper than regular card payments.

by / May 18, 2018

Seminole County, Fla., will soon become probably the first local government in the U.S. to accept payments from citizens in Bitcoin, as well as its cousin cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash.

Sort of.

It’s not that Joel Greenberg, the county’s tax collector behind the initiative, is going to direct his office to actually start stockpiling Bitcoin from the residents and businesses that send in money for everything from property taxes to concealed carry permits. Rather, the system he’s using — from third-party vendor BitPay — converts Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash into U.S. dollars.

So why do it? According to Greenberg, it’s both faster and cheaper.

When a customer pays using a credit card, they face transaction fees in the 3-4 percent range.

“That starts to become pretty substantial when you’re paying these larger bills,” Greenberg said.

That is, for people paying property tax on commercial spaces, their payments can be multiple tens of thousands of dollars. All told, the office handles close to $1 billion each year.

For BitPay, the transaction fee is 1 percent. Of course, a customer has to pay a transaction fee to buy cryptocurrency in the first place.

The crypto payments should also get to Greenberg’s office faster. When a customer pays by card, it can take three days to reach him. With BitPay, he expects the payment to come through the next day.

“We’ve got a third party that’s making a crap-ton of money off us for doing nothing but being a bank essentially,” he said.

There's normally a risk, when converting between dollars and cryptocurrency, of price volatility — just like with international currency, rates can change at a moment's notice. But with BitPay, the company gives users a 15-minute window within which it guarantees the conversion rate. So there shouldn't be a risk that the amount of money that shows up in the tax collector's account is different from the amount the citizen paid.

"That’s a price volatility risk that BitPay takes," said Jeremie Beaudry, BitPay’s head of compliance.

From the company's perspective, that means it could take a financial hit or make a profit during that guarantee window, depending on how the price fluctuates during the process.

The system is already set up, and didn’t take much work at all on Greenberg’s end, but he said he wants his office to do a bit more work on the website before rolling out the feature to residents. Once it’s up, residents who are trying to make a payment should be able to select an option to pay in Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash.

He said he expects to launch the BitPay functionality in the first or second week of June.

“I’m interested to see how many people choose to use this route,” he said.

Though Seminole County is the first government client in the U.S. to use BitPay, Beaudry said he's been pushing for others to try it as well. Arizona has eyed legislation to enable crypto payment to governments, and Georgia is on his radar as well.

“I’m gonna try to push forward with a bill that would allow the whole state of Georgia to move forward with crypto payment,” Beaudry said.

State and local governments across the U.S. have started examining blockchain — the transaction-recording paradigm on which Bitcoin operates — for a number of potential uses in recent years. In South Burlington, Vt., the city clerk’s office is trying out a system that records property deeds within a blockchain. West Virginia is running a pilot test of a blockchain-based voting system. Berkeley, Calif., is considering issuing municipal bonds on blockchain.

“It’s not scary,” Greenberg said. “It’s sort of the future and where everything is going.”

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Pastries and Pages at Explorer and Discovery Elementary Schools

Over 75 Williamston elementary students participated in the summer Hornet Book Club sponsored by the PTSA. Students discussed their summer reading with each other and parent volunteers at a recent "Pastries and Pages" event.

Inspired by our former mailman, Ron, the Hornet Book Club was created to help with the summer slide that can happen between school years.  Students in 1st through 4th grades picked a book from a selected list.  1st Graders read one of two Magic Treehouse books and the 2nd-4th Graders read a book from the "Who was/is..." series.  The books were distributed during the last week of school for students to take home for the summer.

In the fall, the students gather for one morning to have conversations about the book they read.  Parent volunteers moderate the discussions as students talk and snack on breakfast pastries before school.  This is the 3rd year the program has run at the elementary campus. Thank you to the PTSA for sponsoring the pastries and purchasing the books!

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That's just sooo exciting when You've come to the point when You've got a lot of medieval houses in Your town and now it's time to add all the little details. I'm sure You know how inevitable was using horses as transportation back in these days. Here's a decent horse wagon to represent that fact. Simply add some horses and booom, You've got the whole package ;)
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