docs: def initialize():
          """ Initializes the global NST instance with the current NST and begins tracking
          """
          NST.running = True
          pg = Page("http://www.neopets.com/")
          
          curtime = pg.find("td", {'id': 'nst'}).text
          NST.curTime = datetime.datetime.strptime(curtime.replace(" NST", ""), "%I:%M:%S %p") + datetime.timedelta(0,2)
          
          NST.inst = NST()
          NST.daemon = True # Ensures the thread is properly destroyed when the master thread terminates
          NST.inst.start()