urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376 Jason Elliot Benda Jason Elliot Benda 2009-12-14T17:12:13Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1132552 2009-12-14T17:12:13Z 2009-12-14T17:12:13Z <p>My toe hurts. Ranger broke the nail very close to the base with his teeth. Would have been a nasty puncture wound had he not hit the nail. I got some more blood out of the injury today; can't really irrigate through the nail. It'll grow out in a month or so.</p><p>Finals is a rushed time. Got a final in a course I haven't taught before, which is nerve-wracking.</p><p>Expected chez <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_bront' lj:user='bront' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://bront.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://bront.livejournal.com/'><b>bront</b></a></span> on Friday for Lego Rock Band winddown. May see my mother Saturday.</p><p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1132299 2009-12-03T20:08:18Z 2009-12-03T20:08:18Z <lj-phonepost journalid="614005" dpid="23085"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1132249 2009-11-26T01:32:38Z 2009-11-26T01:32:38Z <lj-phonepost journalid="614005" dpid="22974"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1131663 2009-10-23T13:48:07Z 2009-10-23T13:48:07Z <p>Because I mailed a check nine days ago to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's post office box in Lisle, and they <strong>still</strong> haven't credited my account.</p><p>Because yesterday TigerDirect's web site said "Order Today, Ships Today" on Windows 7, yet the copy I ordered on Sunday has not shipped yet.</p><p>Tiger may get a call to see if I can just pick it up in Naperville tonight. It would be faster.</p><p><em><small>Posted via <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/cosysoftware_en/">LiveJournal.app</a>.</small></em></p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1130814 2009-10-16T17:15:42Z 2009-10-16T17:15:42Z <a href="http://26376.livejournal.com/data/customview?styleid=668110">Original Style</a><br /><a href="http://26376.livejournal.com/data/customview?styleid=692623">Mobile Friendly Style</a><br /><br />I made some tweaks to my friends page style, because with my laptop still more or less nonfunctioning and with the acquisition of an iPhone 3G S, I found myself not reading LJ simply because my existing style was basically impossible to read on the iPhone. I still have the occasional "scroll past this entry if you don't want to read it" that takes ten or eleven finger flicks to do, but at least it will scroll at all, which the previous style just plain did not do. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1129143 2009-09-20T21:29:31Z 2009-09-20T21:29:31Z Okay, so I'm writing this post from a machine in the office of my apartment complex, running Opera 7.02 Bork off my laptop's hard drive.<br /><br />The machine here is clever. It will recognize the external hard drive as potentially bootable, but if you actually try to boot from it, it says No (or, rather, it half-boots, then restarts). Even in Safe Mode.<br /><br />The machine's native OS is Windows Vista Home Premium. It has two accounts, "admin1" which is Administrator and password-protected, and Guest. The password hint for "admin1" is "axiom area code", but thankfully the passwoprd wasn't anything atrocious enough for me to be readily able to hack. Pity though, since my hard drive won't let me into my own user account's folder without the host machine granting administrator priveleges.<br /><br />Windows Deny Or Allow strikes again. Though I think I'm impressed with it this time, because I'm trying to do Weird Stuff. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1128834 2009-09-14T19:09:31Z 2009-09-14T19:09:31Z Well, maybe not that famous. But my uncle (my father's brother) did get his name in the paper, in the Chicago Tribune's Getting Around column. (I read Hilkevitch's column regularly.)<br /><br />See it <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/autocorner/chi-getting-around-14-sep14,0,3208128.column">here</a>. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1128185 2009-09-07T18:34:22Z 2009-09-20T01:42:02Z Friday night's concert was at <a href="http://www.thechicagotheatre.com">The Chicago Theatre</a>, an amazing 88-year-old venue in the Loop. Go there.<br /><br />Here's the setlist, in order of where the tracks appeared on Steely Dan's albums (<a href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/steely-dan/2009/chicago-theater-53d79bd5.html">here</a> is a link to someone else's version of the setlist; I was not smart enough to write it down during the show):<br /><br />Can't Buy A Thrill: Do It Again, Dirty Work, Reelin' In The Years (encore)<br />Countdown To Ecstasy: Bodhisattva<br />Pretzel Logic: Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Any Major Dude Will Tell You, Parker's Band<br />Katy Lied: Black Friday (open), Doctor Wu<br />The Royal Scam: Kid Charlemagne, Don't Take Me Alive<br />Aja: Black Cow, Aja, Peg, Home At Last, <span style="color: #666666">I Got The News</span>, Josie<br />Gaucho: Babylon Sisters, Hey Nineteen<br /><br />As you can see, it was an <i>Aja</i>-heavy show, and nothing post-1980 (no <i>Two Against Nature</i> or <i>Everything Must Go</i>).<br /><br />The set was also structured to give Donald Fagen breaks. Standing, walking, and playing the harmonica, he looks fine; at the keyboard, he looks like he's about to have a seizure. He pours a tremendous amount of energy into the show, and it clearly drains him. He also clearly loves performing for the fans, because otherwise he wouldn't put himself through that. (He also noted that this was the last show in Chicago on the current tour, but that they would be back, which means they plan to tour again -- and come to Chicago again.) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1127528 2009-08-29T14:46:37Z 2009-08-29T14:46:37Z It appears to be raining in Boston this morning. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1127378 2009-08-28T18:15:33Z 2009-08-28T18:15:33Z I remind you that we are NORTH of CMI.<br /><br /><a href="http://images.intellicast.com/WxImages/Precipitation/spi.gif">http://images.intellicast.com/WxImages/Precipitation/spi.gif</a><br /><br />The carpet guy said five inches. Probably not here; looks like the 5 inches would be west of us. But we are clearly in the two-to-four band. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1127001 2009-08-27T13:52:57Z 2009-08-27T13:52:57Z <img src="http://capdesign.idg.se/polopoly_fs/1.242082!imageManager/1521838323.jpg" alt="IKEA fonts" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1126778 2009-08-26T00:28:04Z 2009-08-26T00:29:24Z Had four people in my class tonight. It's actually harder I think to teach four than it is to teach eight, though easier than thirty-five.<hr /><a name="cutid1"></a><table border="2" cellpadding="3" style="font-family: Tahoma sans-serif;"> <tr><th>County</th><th>Locale</th><th>GMDS</th><th>FDMA</th></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Adams</td><td>Quincy</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Alexander</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Bond</td><td>Greenville</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Boone</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Brown</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Bureau</td><td>Princeton</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Calhoun</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Carroll</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Cass</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="6">Champaign</td><td>Champaign</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Rantoul</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Savoy</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>St. Joseph</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Urbana</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Christian</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Clark</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Clay</td><td>Flora</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Clinton</td><td>New Baden</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="4">Coles</td><td>Charleston</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mattoon (Special Taxing District)</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mattoon (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="90">Cook</td><td>Alsip</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Arlington Heights</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bedford Park</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bellwood (Special Taxing District)</td><td>11.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bellwood (All Other Locations)</td><td>10.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bensenville</td><td>10.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Berkeley</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Berwyn</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bridgeview</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Broadview</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Brookfield</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Buffalo Grove</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Burbank</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Burnham</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Burr Ridge</td><td>9.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Calumet City</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Calumet Park</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Chicago</td><td>10.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Chicago Heights</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Chicago Ridge</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Cicero</td><td>10.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Country Club Hills</td><td>10.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Countryside</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Deerfield</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Des Plaines</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Dolton</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>East Dundee</td><td>10.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>East Hazel Crest</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Elgin</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Elk Grove Village</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Elmhurst</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Elmwood Park</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Evanston</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Evergreen Park</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Forest Park</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Forest View</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Glenview</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Hanover Park</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Harvey</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Harwood Heights</td><td>10.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Hazel Crest</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Hillside</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Hinsdale</td><td>9.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Hoffman Estates</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Indian Head Park</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lagrange</td><td>9.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lansing</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lincolnwood</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Markham</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mccook</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Melrose Park</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Merrionette Park</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Morton Grove</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mount Prospect</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Niles</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Norridge</td><td>10.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>North Riverside</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Northbrook</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Northlake</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Oak Brook</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Oak Lawn</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Oak Park</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Orland Hills</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Orland Park</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Palatine</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Palos Park</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Park Ridge</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Posen</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Prospect Heights</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Richton Park</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>River Grove</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Riverside</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Rolling Meadows</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Roselle</td><td>9.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Rosemont</td><td>10.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Schaumburg</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Schiller Park</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Skokie</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>South Barrington</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>South Chicago Hts</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>South Holland</td><td>9.50%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Stickney</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Stone Park</td><td>10.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Streamwood</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>University Park</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Wheeling</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Willow Springs</td><td>10.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Wilmette</td><td>9.25%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Woodridge</td><td>9.75%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>9.00%</td><td>2.25%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Crawford</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Cumberland</td><td>Greenup</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Dekalb</td><td>Dekalb</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Sycamore</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Dewitt</td><td>Clinton</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Douglas</td><td>Arcola</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Tuscola</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="36">Dupage</td><td>Addison</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Aurora</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bartlett</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Batavia</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bensenville</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bloomingdale (Stratford Square Mall)</td><td>8.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bloomingdale (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bolingbrook</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Carol Stream</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Chicago</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Darien</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Downers Grove</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Elk Grove Village</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Elmhurst</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Glen Ellyn</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Glendale Heights</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Hanover Park</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Itasca</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lemont</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lombard (Yorktown Center)</td><td>9.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lombard (All Other Locations)</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Northlake</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Oak Brook</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Oakbrook Terrace (S Roosevelt Road District)</td><td>9.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Oakbrook Terrace (All Other Locations)</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Schaumburg</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>St. Charles</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Villa Park</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Warrenville</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>West Chicago</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Westmont</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Wheaton</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Willow Springs</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Wood Dale</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Woodridge</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Edgar</td><td>Paris</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Edwards</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Effingham</td><td>Effingham (1600-1602 Ford Ave)</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Effingham (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Fayette</td><td>Vandalia</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Ford</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="6">Franklin</td><td>Benton</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Christopher</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Sesser</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>West City</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>West Frankfort</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Fulton</td><td>Canton</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Gallatin</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Greene</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Grundy</td><td>Channahon</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Hamilton</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Hancock</td><td>Carthage</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Nauvoo</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Hardin</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Henderson</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Henry</td><td>Colona</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Iroquois</td><td>Watseka</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Jackson</td><td>Carbondale</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Murphysboro</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Jasper</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Jefferson</td><td>Mount Vernon</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Jersey</td><td>Jerseyville</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Jo Daviess</td><td>East Dubuque</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Galena</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Johnson</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="16">Kane</td><td>Algonquin</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Aurora</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Batavia</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Carpentersville</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>East Dundee (Special Taxing District)</td><td>9.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>East Dundee (All Other Locations)</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Elgin</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Geneva</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Hoffman Estates</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>North Aurora</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Sleepy Hollow</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>South Elgin</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>St. Charles</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Sugar Grove</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>West Dundee</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Kankakee</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="6">Kendall</td><td>Aurora</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Joliet</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Plainfield</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Yorkville (Erica Lane District)</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Yorkville (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Knox</td><td>Galesburg</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="18">Lake</td><td>Bannockburn</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Buffalo Grove</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Deerfield</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Gurnee</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Highland Park</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Highwood</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lake Bluff</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lake Forest</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Long Grove</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mundelein</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Northbrook</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Park City</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Riverwoods</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Round Lake Beach</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Volo</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Waukegan</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Wheeling</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="5">Lasalle</td><td>La Salle</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Ottawa</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Peru</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Streator</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Lawrence</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Lee</td><td>Dixon</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Rochelle</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Livingston</td><td>Streator</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Logan</td><td>Lincoln</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Macon</td><td>Decatur</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Forsyth</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Macoupin</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="26">Madison</td><td>Alhambra</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Alton (Alton Square Mall)</td><td>8.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Alton (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Collinsville (1049 Collinsville Crossing Blvd)</td><td>8.60%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Collinsville (Special Taxing District)</td><td>9.10%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Collinsville (All Other Locations)</td><td>8.10%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Edwardsville (Special Taxing District)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Edwardsville (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Glen Carbon (Edwardsville Crossing Drive District)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Glen Carbon (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Granite City (Nameoki Road District)</td><td>9.10%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Granite City (All Other Locations)</td><td>8.35%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Hamel</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Highland</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Livingston</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Marine</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Maryville (State Highway 159 District)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Maryville (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>New Douglas</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Troy (700-704 Edwardsville Rd)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Troy (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Williamson</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Wood River (Special Taxing District)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Wood River (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td>Worden</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.85%</td><td>1.25%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Marion</td><td>Central City</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Salem</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Marshall</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Mason</td><td>Havana</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Massac</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Mcdonough</td><td>Macomb</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="5">Mchenry</td><td>Algonquin</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Crystal Lake</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lake In The Hills</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lakewood</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="11">Mclean</td><td>Bloomington</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Carlock</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Danvers (Special Taxing District)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Danvers (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Leroy</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lexington</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mclean</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Normal</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Stanford (Special Taxing District)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Stanford (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Menard</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Mercer</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Monroe</td><td>Waterloo (Waterloo Commons Drive District)</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Waterloo (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Montgomery</td><td>Litchfield</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Morgan</td><td>Jacksonville</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Moultrie</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Ogle</td><td>Rochelle</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="6">Peoria</td><td>Chillicothe</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Pekin</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Peoria (Special Taxing District)</td><td>9.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Peoria (All Other Locations)</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Peoria Heights</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="4">Perry</td><td>Du Quoin</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Pinckneyville (Special Taxing District)</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Pinckneyville (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Piatt</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Pike</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Pope</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Pulaski</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Putnam</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Randolph</td><td>Sparta</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Richland</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="7">Rock Island</td><td>Carbon Cliff</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>East Moline</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Milan</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Moline</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Rock Island</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Silvis</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Saline</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Sangamon</td><td>Sherman</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Springfield</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Schuyler</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Scott</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Shelby</td><td>Shelbyville (Special Taxing District)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Shelbyville (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="26">St. Clair</td><td>Belleville (Belleville Crossing Street District)</td><td>8.85%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Belleville (Green Mount Commons Drive District)</td><td>8.85%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Belleville (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Cahokia</td><td>8.10%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Caseyville (George E Chance Parkway District)</td><td>8.35%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Caseyville (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.35%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Collinsville</td><td>8.60%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>East St. Louis</td><td>8.85%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Fairview Heights (Illinois Street District)</td><td>8.35%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Fairview Heights (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Fayetteville</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Freeburg</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Lenzburg</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Marissa</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mascoutah</td><td>7.60%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Millstadt</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>New Athens</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>New Baden</td><td>7.60%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>O'Fallon</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Sauget</td><td>7.60%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Shiloh (Special Taxing District)</td><td>8.35%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Shiloh (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.35%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>St. Libory</td><td>6.60%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Swansea (Special Taxing District)</td><td>8.85%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Swansea (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.85%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.35%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Stark</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Stephenson</td><td>Freeport</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="8">Tazewell</td><td>East Peoria</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mackinaw (Special Taxing District)</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mackinaw (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Pekin</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Peoria Heights</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>South Pekin</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Washington</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Union</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="4">Vermilion</td><td>Danville</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Oakwood</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Tilton</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Wabash</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Warren</td><td>Monmouth</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Washington</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">Wayne</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="1">White</td><td>(All Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="3">Whiteside</td><td>Rock Falls</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Sterling</td><td>6.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>6.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="18">Will</td><td>Aurora</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Beecher</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Bolingbrook</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Channahon</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Elwood</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Homer Glen</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Joliet</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Manhattan</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Mokena</td><td>7.50%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Monee</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Naperville</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>New Lenox</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Orland Park</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Plainfield</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Romeoville</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>University Park</td><td>8.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td>Woodridge</td><td>7.75%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.00%</td><td>1.75%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="6">Williamson</td><td>Carbondale</td><td>8.75%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Carterville</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Crainville</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Herrin</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Marion</td><td>8.50%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="5">Winnebago</td><td>Loves Park (N 2Nd Street District)</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Loves Park (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Machesney Park</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td>Rockford</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td rowspan="2">Woodford</td><td>Peoria Heights</td><td>8.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr> <tr><td> (All Other Locations)</td><td>7.25%</td><td>1.00%</td></tr></table> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1126229 2009-08-19T04:08:24Z 2009-08-19T04:08:24Z My mother should be calling shortly (at 23:01).<br /><br />I went out to get some toilet paper (three women in the house for nine days, don't you know), and I thought about my birthday. It didn't feel so special. Jenni had done some things to make it special; I have some pretty flowers, and she left me a wonderful card. But I still felt disappointed. The basic problem was that most of this month, we'd had more people around; that was special. Now all the people are back home.<br /><br />I'm still a little disappointed in a couple of friends that I didn't hear anything personal from today. But after I got home and checked my phone, I had messages from people I wasn't expecting. Similarly on Facebook, I had several messages from unexpected corners. I also got something special that I wasn't expecting (I'd thought about it, but I wasn't expecting it). So it has been a good day. I do feel loved, and not always from the same places I expect it. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1125925 2009-08-18T02:20:58Z 2009-08-18T02:22:12Z How long is the day (daylight hours) at 40° latitude on the winter solstice?<br /><br />It took me a bit to figure out how to calculate the answer. Hooray for the Chord-Chord Power Theorem.<br /><br />T(x) = &pi;^-1 tan^-1 ( ( (tan(&pi;/2 - x))² - (2^½-1)² ) / (2^½-1) )<br /><br />where x = latitude, T(x) gives the fraction of daylight hours on the winter solstice. (This assumes an axis angle of exactly &pi;/16; tan (&pi;/16) = 2^½-1 .)<br /><br />So the answer to my question is about 9½ hours. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1125828 2009-08-18T02:10:29Z 2009-08-18T02:10:29Z <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/pay/claim.bml">http://www.livejournal.com/pay/claim.bml</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1125534 2009-08-17T14:53:32Z 2009-08-17T14:53:32Z Not something which has happened much lately.<br /><br />Two road trips in three days. Short one on I-72 to Springfield and back; lost tread on the left rear tire on the way. Went to the Fair; got punched in the shoulder by my uncle Jeff at Conservation World. Long one to Chicago and Cedar Rapids, making big loop around the state on I-57, I-94, I-90, I-294, I-88, I-80, I-280, and I-74. Lost tread on the right rear tire this time.<br /><br />No longer have friends in the apartment. They all are home now. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1125256 2009-08-16T04:24:25Z 2009-08-16T04:24:25Z <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.26376.org/images/adorablejill.jpg" alt="adorable Jill" /><br /><span class='ljuser ljuser-name_jillthepill' lj:user='jillthepill' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://jillthepill.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://jillthepill.livejournal.com/'><b>jillthepill</b></a></span></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1124097 2009-08-10T21:12:52Z 2009-08-10T21:12:52Z We made it out of the old apartment at 5:04 this morning, according to my car clock. Tim left first, then Ambie, then Jill, and finally Jenni, as I ran shuttle with the only working vehicle remaining (my 1993 Honda Civic).<br /><br />We could not have done it without all the help from those who care about us. I know that we are loved. I was sad last night in finally closing the place, because both my other "final departure" experiences have been, well, sad. But after dumping the keys on our landlord, my emotion moved to that of being loved, because without that, we could not be where we are today: all moved into our new apartment.<br /><br />Thank you to those who helped, and especially those who were asleep in the new apartment at 7:00 this morning as I drove Jenni to work. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1123814 2009-08-09T14:13:22Z 2009-08-09T14:13:22Z Twas a bright Sunday morning<br />And all through the house<br />Not a creature was stirring<br /><br />Yes, at 9:00 no one is awake except me.<br /><br />Still lots to do today. But first everyone must finish recharge. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1123408 2009-08-09T01:01:08Z 2009-08-09T01:01:08Z At the *fanfare* NEW APARTMENT. Here with <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_jennilee_rose' lj:user='jennilee_rose' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://jennilee-rose.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://jennilee-rose.livejournal.com/'><b>jennilee_rose</b></a></span>, <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_jillthepill' lj:user='jillthepill' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://jillthepill.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://jillthepill.livejournal.com/'><b>jillthepill</b></a></span>, <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_bront' lj:user='bront' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://bront.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://bront.livejournal.com/'><b>bront</b></a></span>, and <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_ambelies' lj:user='ambelies' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://ambelies.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://ambelies.livejournal.com/'><b>ambelies</b></a></span>. Staying here for the duration of the night. Final push in the morning. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1122884 2009-08-08T14:03:11Z 2009-08-08T14:03:11Z My laptop is being mean. I think I have to replace the battery in order to get it to work again. Hence (in part) my lack of onlineness.<br /><br />We have a <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_jillthepill' lj:user='jillthepill' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://jillthepill.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://jillthepill.livejournal.com/'><b>jillthepill</b></a></span>. I enjoy this, and will miss her when we have to give her back.<br /><br />We also have *fanfare* NEW APARTMENT. Makes the old apartment look like a dump.<br /><br />More moving today, when all are awake. I got to sleep earlier than the women did last night.<br /><br />Today we will also have an <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_ambelies' lj:user='ambelies' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://ambelies.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://ambelies.livejournal.com/'><b>ambelies</b></a></span>. Hee.<br /><br />Final grades I got in Thursday for my class. I had 1 A, 1 B, 4 Cs, 2 Ds, and 4 Fs, of the 12 people who took the final. 124 in the summer is rough. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1122588 2009-08-02T19:43:41Z 2009-08-02T19:43:41Z I think we were within shouting distance of the Bears last night. We stopped at the Kroger in Bourbonnais on the way home, and there was a stop sign at Armour and Stadium Drive. Lights were on from somewhere south on Stadium. I read this morning tha the Bears were practicing "under the lights" Saturday night. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1122066 2009-07-27T18:16:29Z 2009-07-27T18:16:29Z I wish I could do more to celebrate such a special day.<br /><br /><span style="color: #66C; background: #C33; font-size: 400%; display: block; text-align: center;"><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-h.gif" align="middle" alt="h" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-a.gif" align="middle" alt="a" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-p.gif" align="middle" alt="p" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-p.gif" align="middle" alt="p" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-y.gif" align="middle" alt="y" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img> <img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-3.gif" align="middle" alt="3" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-0.gif" align="middle" alt="0" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-t.gif" align="middle" alt="t" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-h.gif" align="middle" alt="h" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img> <img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-b.gif" align="middle" alt="b" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-i.gif" align="middle" alt="i" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-r.gif" align="middle" alt="r" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-t.gif" align="middle" alt="t" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-h.gif" align="middle" alt="h" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-d.gif" align="middle" alt="d" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-a.gif" align="middle" alt="a" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-y.gif" align="middle" alt="y" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img>, <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://jrianne.livejournal.com/profile"><img src="http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[info]" width="51" height="51" style="vertical-align: bottom; border: 0;" /></a><a href="http://jrianne.livejournal.com/"><b><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-j.gif" align="middle" alt="j" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-r.gif" align="middle" alt="r" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-i.gif" align="middle" alt="i" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-a.gif" align="middle" alt="a" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-n.gif" align="middle" alt="n" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-n.gif" align="middle" alt="n" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img><img src="http://jebhp11.26376.org/MTA_Alphabet/bullet-e.gif" align="middle" alt="e" style="color: inherit; border: 0; text-decoration: inherit;"></img></b></a></span>!</span> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1121923 2009-07-24T21:27:11Z 2009-07-24T21:27:11Z Calculate 2^28.<br /><br />This was a problem I found myself working on the way home from the County Clerk's office. My answer was off by 400, but I know where my mistake was.<br /><br />Thought process:<br />I know 2^14 = 16384. This is 16384^2. I decided to estimate low: 16384^2 &gt; 16375^2.<br />(16375)^2 = (16000 + 375)^2 = 16000^2 + 2(16000)(375) + 375^2.<br /><br />16000^2 = 256000000.<br />2(16000)(375) = (16000)(750) = (8000)(1500) = (4000)(3000) = 12000000. So far I'm up to 268 million.<br /><br />375^2 = (300 + 75)^2 = 300^2 + 2(300)(75) + 75^2 = 90000 + 300(150) + 75^2= 90000 + 45000 + 75^2.<br /><br />(Here was my mistake. I should have calculated 75^2 = (100 - 25)^2 = 100^2 - 2(100)(25) + 25^2 = 10000 - 5000 + 625 = 5625; instead I half-caluclated it and got 5225.)<br /><br />90000 + 45000 + 5225 = 135000 + 5225 = 140225. 268 million 140 thousand 225.<br /><br />Well, if this is 16375^2, it's easy to get 16384^2: 16384^2 = (16375 + 9)^2 = 16375^2 + 2(16375)(9) + 9^2<br />= 268140225 + 32750(9) + 81<br />= 268140225 + (327500 - 32750) + 81<br />= 268140225 + 290000 + 5000 + -250 + 81<br />= 268140225 + 294750 + 81<br />= 268140225 + 294831<br />= 268435056<br /><br />The correct answer, since I was off by 400 on the square of 75, is 268435<b>4</b>56. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:26376:1121516 2009-07-22T19:19:34Z 2009-07-22T19:19:34Z It would appear that there has been a release of an alternate version of the soundtrack for the film <i>The Cutting Edge</i>, which actually has tracks from the score. That would be nice.