Anonymous Delawarean

• Tax problems and a practical solution

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  With Daschle becoming the third Cabinet nominee to face surfacing tax issues, I find myself asking the simple question: why hasn't the IRS clamped down on this issue? There must be a senator tax loophole that the general public isn't aware about.
  
  As far as whether this [...]
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  Posted: February 03, 2009, 7:39pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Obama's Wilmington Whistle Stop

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  I got a chance to go to President-elect Obama's whistle stop in Wilmington today. It was pretty cool (and very cold out). There was a nice presentation by the Kuumba Academy Charter school and introductions by Gov.-elect Markell, the mayor of Wilmington and even by Joe Biden' [...]
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  Posted: January 17, 2009, 5:22pm EST
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• Using Facebook to stop crime

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  The state is always looking for ways to cut costs and save money, and often ideas come from the most unlikely sources. Take the text messaging tips for example. That probably came from some officer or higher up whose kid's text messaging habit resulted in a huge phone bill' [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2009, 7:47am EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Drudge gives the button movie some much needed publicity

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  I think I may have been at the theater at the same time as Sen. Biden to try and watch the Benjamin Button movie. I got in; he did not. Of course, that theater holds like 70 people, so it's no wonder it sells out all the time.' [...]
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  Posted: January 06, 2009, 7:41pm EST
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• Actual population of Delaware and a bad idea about taxing mileage

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  Although the census is still a couple of years away, I saw that the Census Bureau released some estimates recently.
  
  Delaware's population estimate from the census bureau is 873,092 on July 1, 2008, up from 783,595 on April 1, 2000, an increase of 89,497 or 11.4%. By' [...]
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  Posted: January 04, 2009, 4:56pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Internet access restored

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  Let's just say that the internet access upstate is not as good as the internet access downstate. That, and there just hasn't been a lot of newsworthy stuff going on in Delaware lately, or at least nothing worth commenting about. I do have my election results analyzed and will try [...]
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  Posted: December 30, 2008, 7:45am EST
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• America's most expensive license plates have nothing on Delaware

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  An interesting article in Forbes today talks about how old license plate tags are worth a lot of money. Part of the reason this is the case is because they are old collectibles and like rare coins, it's a matter of supply and demand. A license plate from Alaska' [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2008, 9:57pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Bailout bombs and markets are set to react

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  The Senate (as expected) rejected the auto bailout much as they did the initial banking bailout bill. Anybody know any good short etfs or stocks to capitalize on for the next couple of weeks? [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 8:09am EST
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• UD wants to buy Chrysler plant

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  University of Delaware wants to buy the adjacent Chrysler plant and develop the property as either a new stadium or athletic complex. On one hand, I think this is a good idea and fits in with the long term plans of making UD/Newark a more integrated college town. On [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2008, 7:59pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• California teacher comes up with a way to save his school money

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  Here's a clever way that one California teacher has come up with to save the school some money in printing costs: offer advertisements on tests. The same sort of idea already is in play when it comes to programs for games, plays, and yearbooks, so why not for non-extra-curricular' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 5:41pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Walmart stampeding death - seems a bit much

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  I heard that someone got trampled to death in a Black Friday mayhem last week up in New York. Are people that desperate for deals that it has come to this? What will likely result from this tragedy is that stores (on days like Black Friday) will have to [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2008, 4:05pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• It's a downstate football championship

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  Here's a kudos to the Henlopen Conference and downstate football: For the first time in a long time (if not ever), all four teams in the Division I and II football finals are not from New Castle County. Laurel will play Milford for the D2 final and' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2008, 7:21pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Pope predicts economic collapse in 1985? I can do the same thing right now

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  This article made me laugh. According to the article, the paper, written by Pope Benedict XVI when he was just a cardinal, made a rather bold and general prediction: "German-born Ratzinger in 1985 presented a paper entitled 'Market Economy and Ethics' at a Rome event dedicated to the Church" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2008, 7:50am EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Follow up to Capital School District post: A second comment

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  Out of fairness of giving additional exposure to yesterday's less articulate comment, I thought this comment to my post about the new grading policy at one of the school districts downstate was particularly insightful, in large part because it is written by someone who is actually experiencing said' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2008, 10:14am EST
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• In response to a comment

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  Someone posted a comment on a post I had written a few months ago about a grading system change in the Capital School District. The comment, in its entirety (and unedited), speaks for itself. It reads:
  
  "This is the most ridiculous argument for a flawed policy I have" [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2008, 9:50pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Lines at voting only a few minutes wait

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  Watching the news, I am surprised that the other states can't get on board like Delaware and adopt some sort of electronic voting machine. You can watch updated results on CNN's website as well as the Department of Elections website. As of 8:38, nothing is up yet, although [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 8:35pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• After wednesday, one thing will be certain: 50% of America will be disappointed

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  This article is worth reading. My only addition would be that everybody needs to rally behind whoever gets elected so that our country can get back on track.
  
  And all this talk of socialism from Sarah Palin is mildly amusing considering that her decision to reward the [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2008, 11:18pm EST
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Phillies and the Comcast center statute end the curse

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  Good for the phillies as they win the 2008 world series. And, as pointed out at the end of the broadcast, William Penn was recently back on top of the city of Philadelphia. Of course, that was last year, but who is counting.
  
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  Posted: October 29, 2008, 10:02pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Getting used to the new (to me) comcast channel lineup

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  One gripe I have about the upstate cable service is that the news channels are all over the place. Although both services are offered through Comcast, I'm surprised that the downstate channels are much more structured. Particularly (and to support my point), the news channels downstate are all grouped between' [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2008, 6:14pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Phillies rain delay

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  I was shocked to hear how many times Joe Buck kept saying "well, this is an official game", implying that they should just call it (which was not going to happen). Add to the shots of the doppler radar and it gives some credence to the local newscaster pondering [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2008, 8:10am EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• The curse of William Penn...almost over?

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  Internet has been sporadic lately, but hopefully it will be fixed sometime this week. With the Phillies only a game away from finishing off Tampa Bay, it is almost time to say that William Penn has finally let bygones be bygones. I'm not going to go as far' [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2008, 7:59am EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• On environmental advocacy: Thoughts for the new governor

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  Well, at least with oil at 50% of its highest levels, the price at the pump should be a little lower for a while. It will be interesting to see if all the calls for drilling offshore continue, and to what extent. (The answer is that they should - [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2008, 10:25am EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Moving back to Wilmington

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  My work has transferred me back to Wilmington, so I'm going to be out of internet access for about a week or so. Hopefully the internet doesn't go under next, otherwise we're all in trouble.' [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2008, 10:41am EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Food for thought: A clean house (of representatives)

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  I watched the debate, but will hold off commenting on it, if at all, until I think about it some more. My sole thought, separate from this debate, stems from this financial bailout and all this talk for increased/decreased government spending. McCain's plan to buy mortgages, in light of last' [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2008, 11:21pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• So who won the debate really? Biden, of course.

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  I watched the debate for the first few minutes before heading out to dinner, mainly to see Joe Biden in action against Sarah Palin. Curiously, there are a lot of parallels between Biden and McCain and Palin and Obama, but after listening to Palin speak for a bit, and having [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2008, 8:17pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• 777 reasons to be scared for what will happen between now and Friday Oct 3

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  I remain surprised that the general public has no idea of the depths of this financial crisis and how it will affect everyday life. Nor am I going to spend any time discussing it beyond posing one question: Do you have to pay money for long term loans such as [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2008, 5:39pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Behind the scenes of the Lobby House revealed in a tell-all lawsuit ripe for a made-for-tv movie

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  This headline in the News Journal jumped out at me, particular since I frequent the Lobby House often for lunch. The article speaks for itself, and as noted, the jury agreed with the former worker and awarded $1,500 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages.
  
  I disagree [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2008, 7:59am EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• 2008 Delaware primary and general election prediction

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  This is the last of my three part series on predictions on election turnout and voting breakdowns for the 2008 general election. I have already given a background on the current Delaware population and the 2004 primary and general election data.
  
  There are two things I [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2008, 6:15pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• 2004 Delaware primary and general election data

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  This is the second of a three-part discussion in support of my hypothesis that the November election polling numbers are likely underestimated, which could make this election even more interesting (or decisive, as it is). As previously discussed, my estimate of the July 2008 population of Delaware is approximately [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2008, 7:54pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• The Estimated Population of Delaware

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  I am in the process of researching polling data from the past few elections to posit a hypothesis that the voter turnout in November will be approximately 10-15% higher than in years past, and if that hypothesis is correct, and further assuming that Delaware voting trends are representative of the [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2008, 8:54pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Primary day - And the winner is...?

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  Once again, the state has held another primary, and while the gubernatorial race for the Republicans is pretty one-sided, for Democrats, it will come down to either Markell or Carney. I still say that given the low primary turnout for what has turned into a three-party race should lead [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2008, 6:53pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Is Sarah Palin running for president or is John McCain?

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  The media and press sure seems to be focused on the vice president and comparing her to Sen. Obama...it's almost to the point that he is running against her and not McCain? It's amazes me how quickly the public can lose focus of the real issues, or how clever the [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 9:54am EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Palin? Has the world forgotten about Geraldine Ferraro?

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  I'm going to have to find out more about this Alaskan governor Sarah Palin. On the surface, I am not very impressed from what I have read so far. I am mildly surprised by how soon the world has forgotten that another woman, over 20 years ago, has already [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 10:32pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Biden gets VP nod

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  Looks like my predication came true. Now the question becomes what happens if the dems take the white house. Assuming Markell wins the governor's race, he'll get to appoint Sen. Biden's replacement until the special election in two years. If that scenario happens, I predict that Sen. Biden's son, [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 7:01pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• If Biden is VP, is this a good thing for DE? Absolutely.

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  For the most part, I have avoided commentary on the national political race (or the state ones for that matter) because whatever my comments are, at least on this particular forum, are going to be lost as white noise. Hopefully my comments regarding Sen. Biden will hopefully come across as [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 8:24pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Loockerman Exchange set to reopen

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  I saw in the paper today that the Loockerman Exchange in downtown Dover will be reopening soon under new management. I had written about its close a few months ago. I already threw out the paper, but I remember specifically that they said one of the things they will [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2008, 11:14am EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• MSNBC email takes over the CNN email spam

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  In a rather quick turnaround of spammers, the CNN spam I wrote about last week has evolved into a similar scam from MSNBC. This one purports to be from "MSNBC Breaking News" and has the subject line "msnbc.com - BREAKING NEWS:" and then some headline. I didn't bother clicking [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 7:47pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• CNN Custom Alerts spam/spoof email - it is a virus

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  Most junk mail and spam mail is pretty easy to spot. I noticed today that I had gotten several emails from "CNN Alerts" with the subject line "CNN Alerts: My Custom Alert." Since I had not signed up for this sort of thing, I thought it was strange, but opened [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 6:58pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Annual Credit Reports and the misleading commercial for a free one

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  NPR reported this morning on the "Free Credit Report.com" commercial, which you can see on YouTube through a simple search. What is misleading about the commercial, as the NPR article reports, is that the report is only "free" after you pay the $15 monthly fee. The New York [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2008, 7:33pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• The emergence of a three (or maybe even four) party system

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  I am not going to wade into the political waters of Delaware too much beyond making a simple observation that maybe this debate between Markell and Carney should go beyond this upcoming "primary." Given the numbers of people that vote in primaries generally, is whoever gets selected truly [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2008, 6:33pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Zero chance lottery tickets

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  This was an interesting article about lottery tickets and how they may be sold even after the grand prize has been won. According to the executive director of the Virginia State Lottery, "there were times when there was a scratch game out there that might've said "zero" in terms [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2008, 9:54pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Energy Commentary Part III

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  This is Part III of a three part commentary on energy letters that were recently published in the State News. Part I advocates for immediate drilling; Part II advocates for drilling as part of a comprehensive energy plan; this third and final part is a letter which advocates [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2008, 8:55pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Energy Commentary Part II

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  This is part II of a three part commentary on energy letters recently published in the Delaware State News. Part I was a letter about the benefits of immediate drilling. This second letter, a response to that letter, also discusses the benefits of drilling, but as part of multi-faceted [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2008, 7:33pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Three interesting commentaries on energy: Part I

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  It is rare that I remark over the typical opinions printed in the local newspaper, and I note that other bloggers appear to have done so with more frequency. Over the next couple of days, however, I'm going to post three commentaries from local residents that were in [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2008, 8:49pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• God bless you T Boone Pickens

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  I have seen a lot of commercials for T. Boone Pickens' national campaign for a alternative energy plan, to the point that it's almost as if he is running for president. In either case, I have noticed a flurry of newspaper comments written on this topic in [...]
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  Posted: July 10, 2008, 10:25pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• The ice cream man that drives around town

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  I have noticed that with the summer months comes what I thought was something that went out of style years ago, and that is the ice cream truck. Yet, every day, at roughly the same time, I hear the piercing sound of music, which is the jingle jangle of the [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2008, 7:43pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Solar panels to power houses in new developments

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  While I certainly don't intend for this blog to turn into my amateur suggestions on how to save electricity or gas, an article regarding one Washington family's attempt to save on their personal electricity bill demonstrates that even houses bought in this market could be equipped to ease some of [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2008, 6:55pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Gallons per mile versus Miles per gallon

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  CNN ran an article that NPR had reported on last week. It suggests a way of thinking of gas mileage in longer terms by looking at gallons per mile instead of the more traditional miles per gallon. It's along the same lines of my gas saving suggestions from [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2008, 6:22pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Capital School District comes up with a clever way of balancing the grading scale

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  I can't find a link to the article online, but the Delaware State News reported today that Capital School District (which I believe encompasses Dover High School and its subsidiary middle and elementary schools) has altered part of their grading policy from a 100 point scale to a 50 point [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2008, 6:39pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean

• Another solution to the current budget price: a gas surcharge on speeding tickets

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  I fully admit that this idea is an adaptation of an article in today's USA today which reports that some cities (Atlanta in particular) are adding a $10-15 gas surcharge for motorists convicted of speeding. I think this is a great idea. You already have to pay court costs, [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2008, 6:20pm EDT
  by Anonymous Delawarean