Q: Visit the savings bond value calculator of the US Treasury Department at www.treasury.gov/BC/SBCPrice. Enter all of the requested information about your bond, and it will tell you how much the bond is worth today. You can enter multiple bonds and create an inventory of bonds. Enter today's date in the "Value as of" field. To find the value of the bond in past or future months, enter the desired date in this field instead of today's date. In the "Series" field, select the type of bond you have. Paper bonds are either E Bonds, EE Bonds, I Bonds or Savings Notes. This information can be found in the top right corner of the bond. Select the denomination in the "Denomination" field. This can be found in the top left corner of the bond. Enter the bond's serial number. It is located in the bottom right corner of the bond. Enter the issue date. This is located in the top right corner, under the Series. Click "Calculate" to learn the value of the bond as of today. To build an inventory of bonds, continue adding information for multiple bonds in the same fashion. The calculator will keep track of all your bonds, displaying the last one entered at the top of the list. Use your browser's built in saving function to save your inventory. Click "view/print/save list." When the list appears, click "file/save as," name your inventory and save it as an HTML file. Use the inventory to update your bond values quickly and easily. Contact the financial institution ahead of time to verify that they cash paper savings bonds. Also, find out if they have a limit on how much you can cash at one time. Finally, find out what identification they require you to produce. If you are already a customer, the bank may waive the identification requirements if you have been a customer for at least six months. If you go to a bank where you are not a customer, the bank may refuse to cash the bond if you do not have the proper identification, usually a driver's license. Also, they may limit the monetary amount you can cash to $1,000. You can open a TreasuryDirect account with the US Treasury Department and convert your paper bonds into electronic securities with the SMART Exchange program. This gives you greater flexibility in managing your savings bonds. You can redeem your savings bond any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The funds get deposited into a savings or checking account that you link to your TreasuryDirect account. Complete instructions on how to redeem an electronic bond are provided in the next section. Open a Treasury Direct Account at www.treasurydirect.gov/RS/UN-AccountCreate.do. Once your account is open, log in and go to the Manage My Linked Accounts Menu. Select "Manage Direct," then select "Establish a Conversion Linked Account" and then click "Create Account." Enter the account information for the savings or checking account you want to link to your TreasuryDirect account. To enter the information about your paper bonds, go to the Manage My Conversions menu. Click on "Manage Direct," then select "How to Convert My Paper Bonds." Follow the directions to enter the information about your paper bond. The income from your savings bond is subject to federal income tax. Ask for a form 1099-INT from the bank. This form is a statement of all of the interest you earned from the bond. You will need it when you file your federal income tax return. Some banks will provide this immediately, and others will mail you the form at the end of the year. You will need to pay taxes on any interest income you earn from the bonds.
A: Find out the value of the bond. Go to any bank that accepts and cashes savings bonds. Convert paper bonds to electronic securities. Pay your taxes.

Q: Attend to surface conditions after connecting any utilities you have installed.
A: Regrade and relandscape the area.

Q: The Tao Te Ching (The Way and Its Power) is the original Taoist text, and it was published in the 3rd century. It's divided into 81 chapters and has short verses with advice on life and the nature of the universe. Reading it and drawing your own meaning from it is the first step you should take toward becoming a Taoist. The Tao Te Ching is all about teaching you how to connect with the universe. One of the main teachings of the Tao Te Ching is that there are just some things you can't understand, and that's okay. If you come across sections of the book that don't make sense, try your best to get meaning from them, but don't get hung up on them. Some temples might offer study groups based on the Tao Te Ching. If you'd prefer to study with other people, you can look for those study groups and attend them. Chuang-tzu is also a compilation of Taoist wisdom. You can read it alongside the Tao Te Ching or before or after you read it. The teachings in the Chuang-tzu focus on changing your perspective of the world around you. It also teaches that despite differences you might perceive in the universe, the entire universe and everything in it is one. If you want to read the Chuang-tzu with others, look for study groups at nearby temples. There are a lot of books out there that you can use to meditate on Taoist principles. Some of them will be focused on a specific theme, and can be useful to you at different points in your life. Your local bookstore should have a spirituality section where you can find these types of books. Any Taoist books translated by Thomas Cleary a leading translator of Taoist texts will be a good choice.
A: Read the Tao Te Ching. Read the Chuang-tzu. Use other Taoist texts for meditation.

Q: If you've changed your sleep habits and are trying natural remedies, but still can't get a good night's sleep, let your doctor know. They can work with you to figure out what's causing the problem and suggest other treatments. Common treatments for insomnia include: Cognitive behavioral therapy Prescription sleep medications Over-the-counter sleep medications Alternative therapies, such as meditation, acupuncture, or yoga.
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Discuss other treatment options if natural remedies don't help.