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I did warn you that I was moving my blog, but I guess you didn't expect it to happen so soon. In truth, neither did I, but I'm the kind of person who makes up their mind to do something and then kind of rushes blindly in without thinking about what they're doing, so… I moved it.
This blog still exists, but it's now at the domain .wordpress.com. I'll be leaving it intact for the moment so that those looking for it might still be able to find it, but I'm going to set it as 'invisible' eventually, so it'll disappear.
Meanwhile, the URL you know and love (miriamjoywrites.com) now belongs to a self-hosted blog. It's still being prettified. I haven't sorted out the theme yet or anything – working on that right now, with the help of a wonderful techy friend who is aiding and abetting the EXTREME PROCRASTINATION that is my migration – so you can expect a lot of visual changes over the next week or so as I get to grips with the site. However, I have managed to import all my old posts, so everything from this blog apart from the post you're reading right now ought to be up there.
I'm pretty sure that, because this blog still technically exists, you won't be subscribed to the new one – only to this one. So, if you still want to receive content from me, you need to go to my new blog and subscribe there. If there isn't a 'subscribe by email' box in the sidebar when you go, I'm having theme issues, but it'll be up there soon so hang around. It should be there, but things keep disappearing, so I'm not going to place any bets on it.
I strongly suspect I'll only have about ten followers on the new blog, but I guess it'll be an enlightening way to find out how many of my 'subscribers' are actually old email addresses that people never bothered to remove from the list, ha ha.
The process of switching has eaten about five hours of my time so far, which I really ought to have dedicated to schoolwork, and it's not been nearly as easy as I expected it to be. This is partly because of my own incompetence and the fact that I did some of the steps in the wrong order. However, I've finally done it, so from now on I'm going to be blogging from http://miriamjoywrites.com and I would very much appreciate it if you would join me on that journey. Okay, there will be some false starts, and my coding skills definitely need work, but hey, I now host my own website, so it's worth it… right?
(Now would be a good time to disembark if you're not actually interested and have only stuck with me because you couldn't be bothered to unsubscribe, though. I'll never notice.)
Thanks, guys – see you at the new site!


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salad fingers stinks....this rules.....stupid screaming doll.....aahh....breath in, breath out......(whispers)help me....
Brilliant! Classic!
I loved this...I can't believe how something so simple can be so brilliant. The only annoying part was when the monkey would make those "kchch" sounds as Banana Fingers was petting him. Other than that, this episode is a complete classic that will transcend time.
superb!! Salad fingers would be proud!
Man this is one of the funniest flash animations i have ever seen.
i think you need to see all of the salad finger animations before you can truly appreciate this though, more so than later banana finger animations.
you wont understand what the whole touching/breathing means, or why he talks like that.
and the voice just kills me hahahahahah so opposite to salad fingers..
''helllooooooo theeeerrrre chaps!, my name's banana fingeeeerrrrsss, pleased to meet yooooouuuuuu''
keep up the good work phoomph
I'm sorry everyone, I Just had to give it 10's
I literally broke out laughing with the parts making fun of him breathing up close. I just thought that was too funny, oh man. I love salad fingers more than anything on the web... but damn this was funny. Simple and great.
Dude, This parody rules
I pissed myself laughing.. NFI why but this is so simple and awesome!

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|STT > SEC Filings for STT > Form 10-Q on 2-Nov-2012
|All Recent SEC Filings
Quarterly Report
State Street Corporation, the parent company, is a financial holding company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this Management's Discussion and Analysis to "State Street," "we," "us," "our" or similar terms mean State Street Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Our principal banking subsidiary is State Street Bank and Trust Company, or State Street Bank. At September 30, 2012, we had total assets of $204.52 billion, total deposits of $146.29 billion, total shareholders' equity of $20.75 billion and 29,650 employees. With $23.44 trillion of assets under custody and administration and $2.07 trillion of assets under management at September 30, 2012, we are a leading specialist in meeting the needs of institutional investors worldwide. We have two lines of business:
Investment Servicing provides services for mutual funds, collective investment funds and other investment pools, corporate and public retirement plans, insurance companies, foundations and endowments worldwide. Products include custody, product- and participant-level accounting, daily pricing and administration; master trust and master custody; record-keeping; foreign exchange, brokerage and other trading services; securities finance; deposit and short-term investment facilities; loans and lease financing; investment manager and alternative investment manager operations outsourcing; and performance, risk and compliance analytics to support institutional investors.
Investment Management, through State Street Global Advisors, or SSgA, provides a broad range of investment management strategies, specialized investment management advisory services and other financial services, such as securities finance, for corporations, public funds, and other sophisticated investors. Management strategies offered by SSgA include passive and active, such as enhanced indexing and hedge fund strategies, using quantitative and fundamental methods for both U.S. and non-U.S. equity and fixed-income securities. SSgA also offers exchange-traded funds.
For financial and other information about our lines of business, refer to "Line of Business Information" in this Management's Discussion and Analysis and note 14 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q. This Management's Discussion and Analysis is part of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, and updates the Management's Discussion and Analysis in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, referred to as our 2011 Form 10-K, and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012, all of which we previously filed with the SEC. You should read the financial information contained in this Management's Discussion and Analysis and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q in conjunction with the financial and other information contained in those reports. Certain previously reported amounts presented in this Form 10-Q have been reclassified to conform to current period classifications.
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., referred to as GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions in its application of certain accounting policies that materially affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue and expenses. The significant accounting policies that require us to make estimates and assumptions that are difficult, subjective or complex about matters that are uncertain and may change in subsequent periods are accounting for fair value measurements; interest revenue recognition and other-than-temporary impairment; and impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets. These significant accounting policies require the most subjective or complex judgments, and underlying estimates and assumptions could be subject to revision as new information becomes available. An understanding of the judgments, estimates and assumptions underlying these significant accounting policies is essential in order to understand our reported consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
Additional information about these significant accounting policies is included under "Significant Accounting Estimates" in Management's Discussion and Analysis in our 2011 Form 10-K. We did not change these significant accounting policies during the first nine months of 2012.
Certain financial information presented in this Management's Discussion and Analysis is prepared on both a GAAP, or reported basis and a non-GAAP, or operating basis. We measure and compare certain financial information on an operating basis, as we believe that this presentation supports meaningful comparisons from period to period and the analysis of comparable financial trends with respect to State Street's normal ongoing business operations. We believe that operating-basis financial information, which reports revenue from non-taxable sources on a fully taxable-equivalent basis and excludes the impact of revenue and expenses outside of the normal course of our business, facilitates an investor's understanding and analysis of State Street's underlying financial performance and trends in addition to financial information prepared and reported in conformity with GAAP. Operating-basis financial information should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, financial information prepared in conformity with GAAP. Any non-GAAP, or operating-basis, financial information presented in this Management's Discussion and Analysis is reconciled to its nearest GAAP-basis measure.
This Form 10-Q, as well as other reports filed by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, registration statements filed by us under the Securities Act of 1933, our annual report to shareholders and other public statements we may make, contain statements (including statements in this Management's Discussion and Analysis) that are considered "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of U.S. securities laws, including statements about industry, regulatory, economic and market trends, management's expectations about our financial performance, market growth, capital, acquisitions and divestitures, new technologies, services and opportunities and earnings, management's confidence in our strategies and other matters that do not relate strictly to historical facts. Terminology such as "expect," "look," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "forecast," "seek," "may," "will," "trend," "target" and "goal," or similar statements or variations of such terms, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms.
Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which change over time, are based on management's expectations and assumptions at the time the statements are made, and are not guarantees of future results. Management's expectations and assumptions, and the continued validity of the forward-looking statements, are subject to change due to a broad range of factors affecting the national and global economies, the equity, debt, currency and other financial markets, as well as factors specific to State Street and its subsidiaries, including State Street Bank. Factors that could cause changes in the expectations or assumptions on which forward-looking statements are based cannot be foreseen with certainty and may include, but are not limited to:
• the financial strength and continuing viability of the counterparties with which we or our clients do business and to which we have investment, credit or financial exposure, including, for example, the direct and indirect effects on counterparties to the current sovereign debt risks in Europe and other regions;
• financial market disruptions or economic recession, whether in the U.S., Europe or other regions internationally;
• increases in the volatility of, or declines in the level of, our net interest revenue, changes in the composition of the assets recorded in our consolidated statement of condition and the possibility that we may be required to change the manner in which we fund those assets;
• the liquidity of the U.S. and international securities markets, particularly the markets for fixed-income securities and inter-bank credits, and the liquidity requirements of our clients;
• the level and volatility of interest rates and the performance and volatility of securities, credit, currency and other markets in the U.S. and internationally;
• the credit quality, credit agency ratings, and fair values of the securities in our investment securities portfolio, a deterioration or downgrade of which could lead to other-than-temporary impairment of the respective securities and the recognition of an impairment loss in our consolidated statement of income;
• our ability to attract deposits and other low-cost, short-term funding, and our ability to deploy deposits in a profitable manner consistent with our liquidity requirements and risk profile;
• the manner in which the Federal Reserve and other regulators implement the Dodd-Frank Act, Basel III, European legislation with respect to banking and financial activities and other regulatory initiatives in the U.S. and internationally, including regulatory developments that result in changes to our structure or operating model, increased costs or other changes to the provision of our services;
• adverse changes in required regulatory capital ratios, whether arising under the Dodd-Frank Act, Basel II or Basel III, or due to changes in regulatory positions or regulations in jurisdictions in which we engage in banking activities;
• increasing requirements to obtain necessary approvals of the Federal Reserve and our other regulators for the use, allocation or distribution of our capital or for other specific capital actions or programs, including acquisitions, dividends and equity repurchases, without which our growth plans, distributions to shareholders, equity purchase programs or other capital initiatives may be restricted;
• changes in law or regulation that may adversely affect our, our clients' or our counterparties' business activities and the products or services that we sell, including additional or increased taxes or assessments thereon, capital adequacy requirements and changes that expose us to risks related to compliance;
• the maintenance of credit agency ratings for our debt and depository obligations as well as the level of credibility of credit agency ratings;
• delays or difficulties in the execution of our previously announced Business Operations and Information Technology Transformation program, which could lead to changes in our estimates of the charges, expenses or savings associated with the planned program, resulting in increased volatility of our earnings;
• the results of, and costs associated with, government investigations, litigation, and similar claims, disputes, or proceedings;
• the possibility that our clients will incur substantial losses in investment pools for which we act as agent, and the possibility of significant reductions in the valuation of assets;
• adverse publicity or other reputational harm;
• dependencies on information technology, complexities and costs of protecting the security of our systems and difficulties with protecting our intellectual property rights;
• our ability to grow revenue, attract and/or retain and compensate highly skilled people, control expenses and attract the capital necessary to achieve our business goals and comply with regulatory requirements;
• potential changes to the competitive environment, including changes due to regulatory and technological changes, the effects of consolidation, and perceptions of State Street as a suitable service provider or counterparty;
• potential changes in how clients compensate us for our services, and the mix of services that clients choose from us;
• the risks that acquired businesses and joint ventures will not achieve their anticipated financial and operational benefits or will not be integrated successfully, or that the integration will take longer than anticipated, that expected synergies will not be achieved or unexpected disynergies will be experienced, that client and deposit retention goals will not be met, that other regulatory or operational challenges will be experienced and that disruptions from the transaction will harm relationships with clients, employees or regulators;
• the ability to complete acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, including the ability to obtain regulatory approvals, the ability to arrange financing as required and the ability to satisfy closing conditions;
• our ability to recognize emerging needs of clients and to develop products that are responsive to such trends and profitable to the company; the performance of and demand for the products and services we offer, including the level and timing of redemptions and withdrawals from our collateral pools and other collective investment products; and the potential for new products and services to impose additional costs on us and expose us to increased operational risk;
• our ability to measure the fair value of the investment securities recorded in our consolidated statement of condition;
• our ability to control operating risks, data security breach risks, information technology systems risks and outsourcing risks, and our ability to protect our intellectual property rights, the possibility of errors in the quantitative models we use to manage our business and the possibility that our controls will prove insufficient, fail or be circumvented;
• changes in accounting standards and practices; and
• changes in tax legislation and in the interpretation of existing tax laws by U.S. and non-U.S. tax authorities that affect the amount of taxes due.
Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in our
forward-looking statements and from our historical financial results due to the
factors discussed in this section and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q or disclosed
in our other SEC filings, including the risk factors discussed in our 2011 Form
10-K. Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our
expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the time this Form 10-Q is
filed with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to revise our forward-looking
statements after the time they are made. The factors discussed above are not
intended to be a complete summary of all risks and uncertainties that may affect
our businesses. We cannot anticipate all developments that may adversely affect
our consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
Forward-looking statements should not be viewed as predictions, and should not be the primary basis upon which investors evaluate State Street. Any investor in State Street should consider all risks and uncertainties disclosed in our SEC filings, including our filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in particular our reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, or registration statements filed under the Securities Act of 1933, all of which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or on our website at www.statestreet.com.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued) OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL RESULTS Quarters Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, (Dollars in millions, except per share amounts) 2012 2011 % Change 2012 2011 % Change Total fee revenue $ 1,719 $ 1,844 (7 )% $ 5,282 $ 5,527 (4 )% Net interest revenue 619 578 7 1,916 1,727 11 Gains related to investment securities, net 18 5 2 25 Total revenue 2,356 2,427 (3 ) 7,200 7,279 (1 ) Provision for loan losses - - (1 ) 1 Expenses: Expenses from operations 1,664 1,713 (3 ) 5,191 5,153 1 Claims resolution(1) (362 ) - (362 ) - Provisions for litigation exposure and other costs(2) 85 - 107 - Acquisition costs 13 19 41 46 Restructuring charges 15 66 45 75 Total expenses 1,415 1,798 (21 ) 5,022 5,274 (5 ) Income before income tax 941 629 50 2,179 2,004 9 expense Income tax expense 267 74 588 465 Net income $ 674 $ 555 21 $ 1,591 $ 1,539 3 Adjustments to net income: Dividends on preferred stock(3) $ (15 ) $ (6 ) $ (29 ) $ (13 ) Earnings allocated to participating securities(4) (5 ) (6 ) (11 ) (15 ) Net income available to common shareholders $ 654 $ 543 $ 1,551 $ 1,511 Earnings per common share: Basic $ 1.39 $ 1.11 $ 3.23 $ 3.05 Diluted 1.36 1.10 24 3.19 3.03 5 Average common shares outstanding (in thousands): Basic 472,355 490,840 479,536 495,015 Diluted 480,010 494,780 485,813 498,417 Cash dividends declared per common share $ .24 $ .18 $ .72 $ .54 Return on average common equity 13.3 % 11.2 % 10.7 % 10.8 %
(1) Represented a benefit related to claims associated with the 2008 Lehman
Brothers bankruptcy; refer to "Consolidated Results of Operations - Expenses" in
this Management's Discussion and Analysis.
(2) Composed of provisions of $60 million and $82 million for the quarter and nine months, respectively, for exposure related to previously disclosed litigation associated with asset management and securities lending, and a special one-time additional charitable contribution of $25 million. Additional information about our litigation exposure is provided in note 6 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q.
(3) Quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 included $8 million related to Series C preferred stock, issued in August 2012, and $7 million and $21 million, respectively, related to Series A preferred stock, redeemed in October 2012; prior-period amounts related to Series A preferred stock.
(4) Refer to note 13 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q.
The following "Highlights" and "Financial Results" sections provide information related to notable events, as well as highlights of our financial results for the third quarter of 2012 presented in the preceding table. More detailed information about our financial results is provided under "Consolidated Results of Operations," which follows these sections.
On October 15, 2012, we completed our acquisition of Goldman Sachs Administration Services, or GSAS, a global hedge fund administrator with approximately $200 billion of hedge fund assets under administration, in a cash transaction with a total purchase price of approximately $550 million, subject to certain adjustments. As of September 30, 2012, we had aggregate alternative assets under administration of approximately $900 billion, including hedge fund assets under administration of approximately $500 billion, which amounts did not include GSAS hedge fund assets under administration.
During the third quarter, we reached an agreement to settle our claims against the Lehman Brothers estate in the U.K., resolving the remainder of our indemnified repurchase and securities lending claims in the U.S. and the U.K. associated with the 2008 Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. In connection with the final resolution of these claims in the U.S. and the U.K., we recognized a benefit of approximately $362 million in our consolidated statement of income. Additional information about the settlement and related benefit is provided under "Consolidated Results of Operations - Expenses" in this Management's Discussion and Analysis.
On August 21, 2012, we issued and sold 20,000,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/4,000th ownership interest in a share of State Street's non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series C, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per depositary share), in a public offering. We issued 5,000 shares of Series C preferred stock in connection with the depositary share offering. The aggregate proceeds from the offering, net of underwriting discounts, commissions and other issuance costs, were approximately $488 million.
On October 4, 2012, we used the proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem all 5,001 outstanding shares of our floating-rate non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series A, liquidation preference per share of $100,000, for an aggregate of approximately $500 million. The Series A preferred stock, issued in March 2011, was held by State Street Capital Trust III, and constituted the principal asset of the trust. Additional information about the Series C offering and the Series A redemption is provided under "Financial Condition - Capital" in this Management's Discussion and Analysis and in note 8 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q. During the third quarter, we declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.24 per share, or approximately $113 million, which was paid in October 2012. This dividend compares to a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.18 per share, or approximately $90 million, which was declared during the third quarter of 2011 and paid in October 2011. In addition, we declared aggregate preferred stock dividends of approximately $15 million, with $8 million related to the Series C preferred stock and $7 million related to the Series A preferred stock. The dividends on the Series A preferred stock included dividends paid in connection with the above-described redemption.
During the third quarter, we purchased approximately 11.4 million shares of our common stock under the program approved by the Board of Directors in March 2012, under which we are authorized to purchase up to $1.8 billion of our common stock through March 31, 2013. The shares were purchased at an average and aggregate cost of $42.11 and $480 million, respectively. Additional information about dividends and the common stock purchase program is provided under "Financial Condition - Capital" in this Management's Discussion and Analysis. During the third quarter, we continued the implementation of our Business Operations and Information Technology Transformation program. With respect to this program, in 2011 we achieved approximately $86 million of annual pre-tax run-rate expense savings. In addition to the $86 million of annual pre-tax run-rate expense savings achieved in 2011, we expect to achieve incremental annual pre-tax run-rate expense savings in 2012 in the range of approximately $90 million to $100 million. These expected pre-tax expense savings relate only to the Business Operations and Information Technology Transformation program and are based on projected incremental improvement in 2012 from our total 2010 expenses from operations of $6.18 billion, all else being equal; our actual expenses from operations may increase or decrease due to other factors. Additional information about our Business Operations and Information Technology Transformation program is provided under "Consolidated Results of Operations - Expenses" in this Management's Discussion and Analysis. Financial Results
Total revenue for the third quarter of 2012 decreased 3% compared to the same period in 2011, the result of a decline in fee revenue, partly offset by higher levels of net interest revenue and net gains related to investment securities. Servicing fees declined 1% from last year's third quarter, generally reflective of the impact of the weaker Euro, as well as
changes in asset mix, partly offset by the impact of improvement in equity market valuations and net new business installed. Servicing fees generated outside the U.S. during both the third quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2011 were approximately 42% of total servicing fees. Management fees increased 10% in the same comparison, primarily due to the impact of stronger equity market valuations and net new business. Average month-end equity valuations for the S&P 500 index were up 16%, and for the MSCI® EAFE Indexes were down approximately 3%, from the third quarter of 2011. Management fees generated outside the U.S. during the third quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2011 were approximately 35% and 41%, respectively, of total management fees. Trading services revenue declined 31% from last year's third quarter, mainly the result of lower currency volatility in foreign exchange trading partly offset by higher foreign exchange trading volumes (foreign exchange trading revenue), as well as lower levels of revenue from electronic foreign exchange trading (brokerage and other trading services revenue). Securities finance revenue increased 7% from last year's third quarter as a result of higher spreads, partly offset by lower lending volumes associated with lower overall demand. For the third quarter of 2012, net interest revenue increased 7% compared to the third quarter of 2011. Both periods included discount accretion related to investment securities added to our consolidated statement of condition in connection with the 2009 asset-backed commercial paper conduit consolidation. . . .


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Carved out of Gibeon meteorite aged by radiometric dating at around four billion years, the dials of this 75-piece limited edition make each watch truly unique, with each cut revealing a different aspect of the meteorite's crystalline structure. The Gibeon meteorite was named after the nearest town to where it landed, Gibeon, Namibia (more on this below). Though Corum is not the first to use meteorite for its dials, this particular watch is very nicely done and has a great look to it.
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Pita-Ten (GN 2)
Title: Pita-Ten
Volume: GN 2
Pages: 192
Distributor: Tokyopop
Release date: 2004-03-09
Suggested retail price: $9.99
Age rating: 13+
Kotarou isn't too happy with the new development of Shia moving in with Misha. Despite his getting a mysterious headache every time he's near her, he can't help but feel sorry for her meager attempts at getting a job and he therefore helps her to find employment.
Meanwhile, Takashi's safety is threatened by the sudden appearance of Hiroshi Mitarai, who is dead-set on avenging himself for the shame imposed upon him when Takashi scored higher then he did on the practice entrance exams.
Story and art by Koge-Donbo.
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The first 11 miles gets me to Rengstorff and Middlefield. It looks like I can cross 101 at Rengstorff, and make my way up to 84 at the shore via either the Stevens Creek trail and/or a couple of local roads. Unfortunately I can't find the map on my work computer, I have it at home, so I can't remember the exact route -- but it looks very easy to follow and low traffic. Then once at 84, there is a bike path that follows 84 west, then 101 north for a ways, and joins up with the trail that goes by the San Carlos airport, with maybe only a little bit of time on frontage roads.
As you mention, following middlefield is another option but it looks like it gets pretty high-traffic (and lots of stoplights) in Palo Alto.
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Intergovernmental Relations and West Virginia Politics
There are 708 governments in West Virginia, including the state government, 55 county governments, 55 school districts, 231 municipal governments, and 366 special districts.1 With so many governments providing public goods and services in the state and with 361 state elected officials, 442 county elected officials, 275 school board members, 231 mayors, 231 city clerks/recorders, and 1,273 city council members all "incharge," the extent and complexity of the relationships between and among these governments and elected officials is relatively great. However, not all of these participants have an equal role in defining the state's policy choices. The state constitution, for example, clearly identifies the state government as the dominant partner in West Virginia's state-local government relations, and in recent years, the federal government has emerged as the dominant partner in West Virginia's federal-state-local government relations.
The federal government has always played an active role in West Virginia's political system. During the nineteenth century it worked closely with West Virginia's state and local governments to promote the state's economic development. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for example, worked with the state to improve navigation along the Ohio, Monongahela, Kanawha, Little Kanawha, and Big Sandy Rivers. These improvements were critical for the development of the state's coal, timber, and petroleum products industries.2 The federal government also paid for the construction of the Cumberland Road. Completed in 1811, the road connected Cumberland, Maryland, with Wheeling and the Ohio River, turning Wheeling from a small


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|DOSIMETRY & IMAGING PTY LTD. Patent applications
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|CORE-SHELL NANOPHOSPHORS FOR RADIATION STORAGE AND METHODS - This invention relates to a method for producing a core-shell nanophosphor for use in radiation storage comprising: a) preparing a nanoscale metal halide core; b) coating the nanoscale metal halide core with at least one shell which is activated by a rare earth metal; and c) forming a core-shell nanophosphor. This invention also relates to a core-shell nanophosphor comprising a substrate core and at least one shell that is sensitive to ionizing radiation, neutrons, electrons or UV radiation. This invention also relates to a radiation image storage panel, a radiation monitoring apparatus and a use of the core-shell nanophosphor according to this invention.
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Difficult to drive through park, winding, low branches and pull-thru unlevel, hard to level out. Tight parking. Only one campground open, Self Registration, ranger on site part time. Watch speed limit. - billandmemakes3
Jun 2014 - $39.00
The only plus to this state park is the location close to Seattle. Beware - it is difficult for a big rig. We have a 38 ft 5th wheel and the road into the park was very windy, lots of tall trees, I would advise people to not try to navigate this in the dark or at dusk when towing. Park really needs to trim some trees if they want to make this big rig friendly. Our site was B49, right next to the ampitheather. Supposedly a pull-through site, but no way could we make the turn around the tree in the curved part of the site. We ended up backing in from the other side of our site. Verizon coverage was awful in this park, Sprint and AT&T was okay, but only with boosters, no coverage without boosting equipment. Park is a bit run down due to lack of funding. Not sure we'll ever stay here again even though we have friends to visit within 5 miles of this location. Way too expensive for the hassle. Day use fees are collected at this park and you can end up with a very long back up to get into the park. They do not have a separate lane in the entry area for those that are already checked in and paid. Waited in line 20 minutes one time, just to get into the park. - DRFink
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The super-hot power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce were out in Venice, California today and were seen leaving local hot spot Gjelina.
After a romantic afternoon lunch, they quickly made their way into an awaiting car.
What is it that Beyonce and Jay-Z are hiding? Why don't they want to give us a little wave hello? Could it be that Blue Ivy is with them? I see that Jay-Z has a cup of milk in his hand.
It has been a very crazy, busy month for Beyonce as she has been at the center of attention this year dealing with rumors that she used a gestational surrogate and returned to her music after giving birth in January 2012.
Beyonce also faced backlash after lip-syncing the National Anthem last month at President Obama's second inauguration, and she recently announced that her next tour will be called The Mrs. Carter Show. I can't wait — can you?
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Unless you've been living in a cave for the past five hours, you've probably heard by now that David Petraeus -- perhaps the most universally admired person in American public life -- suddenly resigned as director of the CIA for, as he told agency staffers in a message Friday, "engaging in an extramarital affair."
Slate's Fred Kaplan reports that his paramour was none other than Paula Broadwell, the co-author of a highly flattering biography of the former general, All In: The Education of David Petraeus. (FP tried to contact Broadwell via several channels Friday, but she did not respond.)
According to the AP, the affair came to light during an investigation by the FBI, presumably related to its counterintelligence function. (Other accounts are offering more salacious details, but I can't vouch for the quality of the reporting.)
As recently as Monday, Broadwell published an article titled "General David Petraeus's Rules for Living"on the DailyBeast's website. Rule No. 1: "Lead by example from the front of the formation." Rule No. 5: "We all will make mistakes. The key is to recognize them and admit them, to learn from them, and to take off the rear view mirrors--drive on and avoid making them again."[view whole blog post ]
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Spotlight premiered in Hollywood last night ahead of its theatrical release on Friday. Sarah and I screened it at TIFF and it was our #1 pick of the festival – click here Read Full Intro
Thor, Hulk…and Cate?
The third Thor movie—officially titled Thor: Ragnarok—is creaking into gear, moving inexorably toward its July 2017 release date. Seems far away, but that means it's going into production next year, so, you know. Time to fire up the rumor mill. The unofficial word is that New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi—of Flight of the Conchords and What We Do in the Shadows fame—is in talks to direct Full Story
TIFF Review: Spotlight
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Hands down the best movie I've seen at TIFF, Spotlight is a phenomenal film, absolutely pitch perfect from start to finish. This could be my whole review—this film is flawless and if it doesn't affect you, then you are a monster. It will break your heart. It will make you so, SO angry. Full Story
Oh hi Mark Ruffalo!
I didn't know there would be new photos of Mark Ruffalo when I namechecked Mark Ruffalo just now in the previous post about Timothy Olyphant but look, here he is arriving in Venice today looking scruffy and rumpled and…delicious. Mark is there because Spotlight is screening out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. Full Story
Spotlight at the top
We must be approaching award season because the fall festivals have announced their lineups, led by TIFF, and now we're starting to get trailers for the Oscar baity movies we'll be watching in the fall. There's a lot of good-looking stuff coming up, but the one film I'm most looking forward to—and have been since it was first announced—is Tom McCarthy's Spotlight, about the Boston Globe breaking the story of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal. Full Story
Joss Whedon quits Twitter, world implodes
On Monday, Joss Whedon quit Twitter. I assumed it was because with Avengers: Age of Ultron open in all the theaters everywhere, he was finally done promoting it and so he deleted his Twitter page, which was started two years ago to promote a movie. I didn't think much of it at first, but by the end of the day the internet was going nuts, saying that Whedon didn't quit, he was run out of electrical town on rails by a horde of rage-feminists who were mad at him for something about the Black Widow. Full Story
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All the Avengers showed up tonight at the UK premiere. They've been dividing press duties by territory but this market required full superhero participation. Full participation means Tony Stark has to show up. So here he is, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr… How do you feel about his lighter hair? I like it. Full Story
All the peppy Avengers
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Sarah mentioned in the previous article about Chris Evans that he was supposedly, um, pretty peppy at the premiere last night. I just watched all of them playing Family Feud on Kimmel before they hit the carpet and, with the exception of RDJ, I think all of them were lit. Now normally I'd say over 8 minutes is way, way too long. Full Story
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As Lainey mentioned in the open today, Coachella, or as the cool kids call it, "Chella," is on hiatus until next week. Last week I said Kate Bosworth was the patron saint of the desert, so what does that make Aaron Paul and his wife, Lauren? The first couple of Coachella? I mean he's just so enthusiastic about it. Full Story
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The Avengers: Age Of Ultron press junket was this weekend. Which is why Robert Downey Jr was so active on Twitter. He posted some great pictures and a couple of sassy videos, and you can see them all here, but this is the one Sarah's trained me for. Full Story
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That's my takeaway from the new extended TV spot for Avengers: Age of Ultron—they must be playing baseball. This spot features a lot of new footage, including Thor swinging for the fences using his hammer as the bat and Captain America's shield as the ball. Easily the two coolest moments are when Thor grand-slams Cap's shield and when Cap chucks his motorcycle into an oncoming truckload of bad guys. Full Story


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Working toward a nuclear weapons free Mideast (972Mag)
US Senate panel scuttles Indian bid to become NSG member (The International News)
Hiroshima and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Huffington Post)
Correcting the Record on 38 North's Analysis of North Korea's Possible Fifth Nuclear Test (38 North)
Sen. Tom Cotton and Sen. James Lankford: The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is still a bad idea (Tulsa World)
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Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, Japan, U.S. to hold talks on N.K. issue (Yonhap News Agency)
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China to send nuclear-armed submarines into Pacific amid tensions with US (The Guardian)
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In my project, I plan to visualize the quality of Wikipedia pages. I'll make use of the recent feature by which visitors can vote on the quality of Wikipedia pages. They can distinguish between different dimensions of quality (e.g., "complete", "well-written", "neutral"). I want to allow users to see at a glance how the quality of Wikipedia articles (a subject of increasing importance as Wikipedia becomes used more widely in classrooms, etc.) varies across Wikipedia, whether different "areas" of Wikipedia are of generally higher quality than others, which of these areas could use work, and how the different dimensions of quality relate to each other (does one lead to another? Are they simply equivalent?).
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To my knowledge, no one has attempted to visualize the quality of Wikipedia articles.
However, there has been a lot of work on (1) Wikipedia visualization and (2) Wikipedia article quality:
In 2005, a Nature investigation made waves when it announced that it found Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Brittanica science articles were of similar quality (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438900a.html?&$NMW_TRANS$=ext).
In their paper "Measuring Article Quality in Wikipedia: Models and Evaluation" (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1321440.1321476), the authors propose and evaluate several different metrics for measuring article quality directly.
Wikipedia article quality has been an issue for a long time. Jimmy Wales discussed it back in 2005 (and prior to that as well): (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/18/wikipedia_quality_problem/).
In "Assessing the value of cooperation in Wikipedia" (http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0702140), the authors show that, generally speaking, articles become of higher quality as they accumulate edits.
Wikipedia visualizations are abundant; e.g. see examples in WikiViz 2011 (http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/wikiviz:presentation), an entire conference devoted Wikipedia visualizations.
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Consider: Who would use your visualization? For what use case? What similarity metrics are useful?
There is so much data in wikipedia. I was wondering how you would incorporate all that data at once and in addition just store it on the clients computer. Will you be doing a lot of preprocessing?
I really like the problem space. This is a very meaningful problem to determine "quality" aspects of information spaces .... reducing the information overload.
I like the hand sketch- with the 2D array and grouped article. What dimension is quality mapped too? and in what direction? I.e are higher quality articles on the outskirts or closer to the center?
- it seems you have hypothesized a few different quality - derived variables - it would be nice to hear what specific dimensions you are thinking about...
One important feature is the ability to allow users to search for a particular topic. Is that included in your design? How would you scale your software to accommodate that need?
Hey, cool idea! The biggest thing I was trying to wrap my head around was how you plan to cope with the immense size of the data set. You might consider the following. This has to do with your question: "How to embed articles into 2-d space?" Maybe you could consider a "layering" approach where you would have layers be for different subsets of the data and only show specific layers at a time. (a "zoom" slider might be a starting idea).
How does the quality measures determine relatedness of articles. My understanding is that the 2d plot is based on relatedness of the articles. A major part seems to be how to visually layout the dots in some 2d space. Overall, I think visuallizing the quality is awesome.
One feature you could consider, other than a time slider, is a "play" button that allows you to animate through time automatically. I think it would give a better visualization on how the quality of Wikipedia entries change over time.
The similarity of articles may have changed over time. Will you simply plot the similarity based on the current state of the articles, or will you allow the user to change the similarity plot over time? It might be interesting to allow this to change although the complexity would of course increase a ton. Awesome idea!
Really like the well thought out use cases/user questions you mentioned. Your wireframes are very clean and I think the result wil be useful.
What kind of trends might someone look for about topical areas after they identify them as poor quality or high quality?
Wikipedia is a very useful resource, and it would be helpful to understand which areas of Wikipedia are "better" than others. Wikipedia is very large, are all Wikipedia articles shown and how are is the semantic areas determined?
It seems strange to plot pages on a 2D space without a clear definition of the axess. Is it possible perhaps to find another way to allow users to browse the available pages? E.g. an overlay over the actual wikipedia pages perhaps?
I feel that instead of taking the top 1000 articles, the user should be able to select the kinds of articles they want. This is mostly because I think that the top 1000 articles are usually heavily seen and edited, and so will usually be of highest quality.
However, if you can show a range of articles, both good and bad, popular and not, then it makes your application alot more useful in exploring wikipedia articles.
Thinking about the end user is good Drawing is beautiful - from a visual standpoint, would like to see in the real implementation, the dot intensities as differentiated as they are. Would like to see how the visualization takes care of overlapping dots.
Very cool project!
Other than just a similarity project, it would be nice to be able to see the link structure between articles to see if "quality" propagates over time. Some time varying animation to see change of quality over time would be nice too : )
I think the use of time slide would be really useful to show the change over time. Would you also consider showing some statistics of the data and the changes over time as user slide through time?
I'm not sure how detailed the data set you have is, but if it is broken down by rater, you might want to normalize the ratings, since there are people that are "harsher" than others when giving ratings and this might skew your results.
Can you define an alternate or supportive quality metric other than user ratings such as completeness of the article or how well it is referenced? It would be also an interesting metric about wiki articles.
I wonder if the grouping by quality will mean something about the articles relative to one another... the articles seem like they'd be unrelated to one another, and the visualization won't help. Perhaps filtering by a subject area?
Another interesting dimension to consider could be how quality of article depends on the # of authors contributing to an article...
I'm not sure how well quality can be predicted using user ratings. Word count, image count, number of contributing authors, number of updates, and page views might also be features to look in to. Also if you can define quality scores for a set of the articles, you might consider some type of regression to predict quality for others.
Assuming most people aren't interested in the same kinds of articles in Wikipedia, I'm not convinced why showing quality of a globally chosen set of articles would be useful for me. Making clear what your target users want to do with your visualization will help improve the design. For example, Wikipedia contributors would be interested in the quality of their own articles vs. that of articles from a global sample. Or, Wikipedia people tuning the rating system will want to see how the dimensions relate to each other.
It might be interesting to see how user ratings compare to attributes of the article like word count and number of references. Also, I'm not sure what the end goal of the visualization is. Is the goal just to be interesting? Is this a tool to help users find and improve poor quality articles?
could you give the user the ability to choose topics or area of topics to view either by filtering or searching? this would be more useful from an end-user standpoint.
A very ambitious project and if done well could prove to be useful for deeper exploration of community driven authorship. How are you prioritizing the ranking categories? Does trustworthiness assume more or less "weight" than a complete, well written, or objective ranking? Maybe allowing the user to order or weight the ranking categories would provide another dimension to search.
I think it would be useful with a more clear usage scenario to understand the application better, but perhaps that is difficult to come up with before it actually is implemented. I would also like to see perhaps categories or other clusters emerge than individual articles. A not too wild guess is that humanities and art is less represented among high-quality articles than technology (fewer authors), and (if it is so) it warrants interesting discussions...


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This is a discussion on SP101 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; OOPS!! Yes it was for you. I'm getting "punchy" in my old age!! Was thinking of my response about the Sp101 in 45 LC. I ...
OOPS!! Yes it was for you. I'm getting "punchy" in my old age!! Was thinking of my response about the Sp101 in 45 LC. I DID ask which caliber ..357 0r 38Spl. THANKS!! Sorry about the Brain Fart!!
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Glock 19&26/ Colt Gov't & OM/Ruger SP101
Retired NYS LEO / NRA Life Member
"no kidding,gun slinging,spurs hitting the floor"
I've had my 3" for 20 years. Just recently added a trigger job and hi-viz front side. Put cherry inserts in it when I first got it, but have never been happy with the grips. Bought some Badger grips and they splintered the first time I shot a .357 Magnum load. Sent them back and Jim refunded my money. I put Hogue combat grips on it but they seemed too large for CCW, so I just bought some Pachs. Interested in the mention of the Trausch grips because I'd not heard of those.
Ruger SP101 3" .357
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H&R Pardner Pump 20
i heard i can get the sp101 custom fit for moon clips? but wouldn't this decrease firing performance?
Mine is a gemini custom....the fiber optic front sight is the best investment you can make in it for outdoor shooting fun...:)
In ALL the SP101 threads on ALL the gun blogs, ever heard anyone say anything bad about this Ruger?
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I've never really been a revolver guy, but since joining this site I am lusting for a SP101 bad.............
love the gun, got mine last year, carry it all the time in the waistband with a cheap uncle mikes #15 holster made for a full size auto , but it fits my 3 inch 101 just as well. I changed out the factory grips for some houge grips and love them. I also changed out the hammer spring with a 9Lbs. one from wolf, real cheap just a few bucks, but made a big diffrence. finished it off by giving it a real nice polish with flitz metal polish took some time but man it looks great and fun to do.cell phone pics 248.jpg hope the picture works it is my first time post a pic.


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Issue date: Wednesday, April 16, 1941
Pages available: 14
Previous edition: Tuesday, April 15, 1941
Next edition: Thursday, April 17, 1941
Publication name: Zanesville Signal
Location: Zanesville, Ohio
Pages available: 183,252
Years available: 1923 - 1959Learn more about this publication
Zanesville Signal, The (Newspaper) - April 16, 1941, Zanesville, Ohio 7- r HES RECOMB I SATES Are the OHIO for Cities .000 Population THE ZANESVILLE SIGNAL if Tcfepfcofos if United Press fnf eraof one! News Service NE4 Mofos Press LOWEST BATE and AWTB aKULATMM are TME TWO KASONS WHY The Signal and Tunes Recorder are TIE ONLY COMPLETE 6UK No. ZANESVILLE, O., WEDNESDAY EVENING, APR 16, 1941 PRICE: TWO CENTS IG BATTLE RAGES IN GREECE II From Crane Kills Cement Plant Worker M Hy Searls all Work Seaiis. 34, of ie, was instantly Wednesday morn- fell from an elec- t the Pittsburgh onipan y's Colum- lant at East Ful- ig-time employe of apparently lost his 1 50 feet from the s into a clinker bed. he accident but fel- loting his absence, s body which had several feet of hot r met instant death, j :oroner S. S. oned to investigate.' i Glouster. Searls! e Cottage when he began work at the hen he was 17 years Jaycees Plan Cleanup Drive Directors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will discuss plans for Zanesville's annual clean-up campaign at a meeting to be held Friday evening, it was announced lo- dayl by Anthony H. Spaeth, Jaycee president." The meeting win be held at S'o'clock in the evening at the offices of the Zanesviile Cham- ber of Commerce on North Fifth street. -For several years, the Jay- cees have sponsored a city- wide clean-up campaign with the cooperation of the muni- cipal street department. However, Street Commission- er Art Green said today that most city streets already have been swept and flushed, with the" exception of a few thor- ough-fares in the Linden and Greenwood avenue areas. He explained, however, that no arrangements have been made city to haul rub- "nisti..this year because of a funds, resulting largely "from the recent establishment of> a municipal poor relief de- partment. Delay Action On Convoys Mexican City Hard Hit by Earthquake Many Dead and Damage Heavy; Aid is on Way MEXICO air- planes loads of doctors, nurses and medicines were ordered today to Coiisia, a town of almost destroyed by an earthquake that damaged central Mexico from coast to coast. Colima was calling for help bv- radio. the only means of communi- cation it had left. The city and its area, near the Pacific coast, had another tremblor at last night, more than six hours after the first devastating shocks. The early shocks had done almost S600.OOO damage in Mexico City, 600 miles array. A radio message from Pedro Terror Ortiz, governor of Colisna state, said "a good percentage" of Colima city's population had been killed .r injured. The ministry of inferior here Mine President. Three Others Die in Kentucky Shooting Four more men virers killed as guns barked again in Kentucky-Tennessee coal strike controversy, but this time the shooting occurred south of "Bloody Harlan" county. Pictured above are C. Rhodes of Miaeiieihoro, Ky., president of a mining company, and the bullet-pocked car in which he and others were riding. J City to Buy Bieachers and Install jMalta Youth Limited Number of Ball Park Boxes ITries Suicide WASHINGTON at Avoid- said Clorca was "for the greater part and that it had spent a night of terror. The city! jwas without lights, since the damj water to the hydro-elec-i City council probably will authorize the purchase of] "Pete" both bleachers and box seats for the municipal baseball field at Gant park, it disclosed today. German Blitz Is Meeting With Stubborn Resistance; Yugoslav Collapse Admitted Baffle Now in Progress Likely To Decide Outcome of Greek War; Germans Move Info Sarajevo (By The Associated Press) Vvide-open battle flamed along the entire British front in Greece today, and the Germans acknowledged that Hitler's blitzkrieg invasion was meeting "stubborn'" resistance after previously asserting that the Allies were in headlong retreat. "Our troops are now in contact with the enemy along the whole of our front in the British middle east command said tersely. It was apparent that a climactic struggle which may de- cide the fate of the Aegean kingdom was fast developing. DNB, the official German news agency, said hundreds of prisoners, including the English j midlands, Australia and New been captured by Nazi infantry in "hard fighting" in the mountains. British quarters in Athens said German Panzer spear- heads were executing savage thrusts, but declared that no- Ifrom ms head'in-! where had they overshot the new Allied defense line. his widow. Esther: andLoren Edward, ing an immediate showdown on the! ise, of the convoy issue, the senate foreign re-1 rumbling of the earth 'continued! ginia Louise, Brothers. Benjamin arls. both of Glous- ]alions committee agreed unani-jlon mously today to delay until April jcolima naval vessels for convoy purposes. on the whole area. Most in- vised by council to reauce The ex-: young man made ms home. c- -'A Members reported that the ahti-1 habitants. oL the towns fled to the Validity of municiprJ ordin- i pense. _It was understood Oiat t-e-j Despondency was believed the Hitlers high COmmanCt reported the Capture Of rnnvnv resolution, nronosed bv jtAveea ailG IDU DOX seats for nttprnnt 5 Searls. of White three sisters, Mrs. gh. of Canton: Mrs. it Route 4, and Miss 5, of Deavertown, iconvov resolution, proposed by ss removed to thelSenator Tobey was made rsl home at Wfciteitne "principal I for April 30. In the interim, they ._________I said, the state department will be (asked to express its views of the dark_ x-olcano I2.750-.foot! began spe-.vlng 30 consideration of a resolution j iava. setting fire to the surround- j forbidding the use of American j forests. Volcanic dust rained" Coal Licensing j Law is Upheld "i A member of council, who early today in what Sheriff apparent Collapse Of Yugoslavia, Coupled with 3 65- lelined to be quoted directlv. de-iRav Doak. of Morgan county, cc c jciared that will termed a suicide attempt. jnule German break-into northern Greece, gave a darker turn jthe purchase of both types shooting occurred at 2tto events for the Allies, however inthe 11-dav-old battle of I seats, if the cost is not prohioi- j o'docfe this morning in the front jtive." jyard of the residence of Ander- tne J5alKans- I Tentative plans for the instaila-[ son's and sister. Mr. tion of 200 box seats will be re-land Mrs. Vernar Gary, where vised by council to reduce the ex- j young man made his home. London conceded that the situation in Yugoslavia was bad. i Coal kSeen sociaied Press.) iproposed ban. spending the njght injance licensing coal dealers was up- fields and gardens. Some were! district sions along the roaos. It was feared that M_ Whin the full 'be purchased, along with 2J.( portab'le bleachers. The councilman there was "no necessity" to chase 200 box seats this year, aiJdffol. Tobev told reporters he would waV Pot vet -The appeals court opinion af- was not jet a decision bv Com- :or the sujciae Anderson, an employe a 32. calibre pis- mostof but there was no de- Leader Barkley engaged in warm expressed belief that a much j'- He "told" memoers of his family smalier number would meet nor-] that he planned to sell the gun to 'a friend. According to the sheriff, Ander-j demands. t was disclosed unofficially that to n 2nd S9.000 for [central.Yugoslavia, where the assassination ot Archduke j juLiuCi JKJU. Oi 21 S I cafe, arrived home at midnight j Franz Ferdinand toucned off the 1914-18 world immediately went to his "thousands of Serbs" were no a X" The British likewise acknowledged that the pressure: of; Nazi Panzer on the Allied right flanked pouring through the lofty SiaHsta Pass to easier terrain to: c in the wage dead- argument on the -issue yesterday. t coal industry this cast confidently to- Stselman, cirector Stales conciliation r-.lract which would The committee's deliberations on at The ordinance requires local coal j ditionai seating at the stadium. AI is willing to appropriatejson then went to the home of Miss] "ne Wemmer. at McConnels-i remaining there only a short! was increasing violentlv. .dealers to obtain a S5 license. of the soions favor pur-itime. irevenue is used to finance the of the portable bleachers' After stopping at a restaurant checking the weight .of coal de-j because they also may be used for! for about an hour. Anderson re- j _. assumed added significance be- cause of statemen at of Ilivered to Winn. a iueu Guanajuato. TIaxcaia. Puebla. weaaent MA uas Guer press conference Thp Linden avenue coal football. Engineers nave estimated dealer, charged that the ordinance 2.100 portable bleachers will cost] turned to his took Members of home where the rero and Vera Cruz. The epicenter j chant ships traveling the world's L- of the mines was sea lanes outside of prohibited shape" for possible i combat zones would be accorded today by represen- United Mine orthern Appalach- full protection. Emphatically. Mr. Roosevelt told reporters such protection was not a question of policy but a matter t win be made law. Some legislators specuiat- Guadalajara. Mexicos _ f IOT-I as c'lscrfniinatorv- because deal- i about and the 200 box" seats j neighbors awakened by the shot, s were recuired to secure only an addiiional 32.700. At its the young ecuired license, regardless of the vol-] meeting, council authorized region but there was littlejume of their business. Ke purchase board to advertise) information here on the number j claimed that the legislation was or duration of the shocks, as the i unconstitutional. seismograph at the Tacubaya Attorney C. C.---------, _ tion here was destroyed in the first resented Winn. the case was Directo'r A. S. Henrer. types of seats. j face, near his ear, and lodged was general along the Brit- jish front in Greece today, British sources said, but despite his family and their vigorous mechanied thrusts the Germans had not yet reached the main British-Greek defenses for the battle which may decide the fate of the Ionian peninsula. sources said the siae left I Bids will be opened at noon I Reeaining consciousness Attorney C. Lemert, Jr.. rep-j Tuesday at the office of Service i Anderson admitted that I later. shock, about p. m. yesterday, j reviewed here last week by the ap-j second! peais court. Judge C. C. Lemert. j 'father of VVinn's attorney, did nolj The case was: assocrateSj. Judge C. C. i Ash'and. and Judge i Nazis nowhere had overshot the main defense positions in their drive through the mountains which "I carried them to the western outlet j arise, authorities generally agreed.j Extensive damage was done to] C Steel-iif and when United States in Mexico but thejand "The necessities of j undertake to deliver munitions to i only cas; osram must sonn! Torn to Page Two 'slightly i casualties were injured. Attorney Clarence -I. Cross- two persons land, special counsel, represented jthe citv. Italians Give In Ethiopia j tempted to take his own cording to the sheriff. osP'-la injo{ easier terrain to the south. Greek general headquarters said lenic defense line, together with Greek withdrawals on the flank, apparently has shifted of Siatista Pass opening between! the defense front into an almost feet Wgh to a codor straight jthe Miller ambulance. j His parents. Mr. ana Mrs. iliam j Conn idrea Anderson, live in Zanesvilie. line across t.he from its eastern hinge. ever the interests: or groups in-j ract which expired j dcd wages of S6 a! i fields and S5.60 in! ea. The union lie in both districts, i T. operators declar- j ition of the TCC many of them j They countered union an 11 per cated that, if neces- a threatened coal rale contract would ing mines in Penn- ;m Vv'est Virginia, j and Maryland, rep-i than 36 per cent of riuction. If Indiana] jerators came in.i the national pro-] se accounted for. rators were rejiort-'' y the S7 scale asked i o' violence, center-; mir.e dispute .took j in Ker.tucki" yes-; the ceath toll !o] Page Three Famous Newspaper Writer Visits France, Reports Nation Is Prey to Personal Greed I.ONDOX (UP) Err.: of the Duke of Aosta. Italian vice-1 roy of Kthiopia, have arrived at Dire Dawa and are discussing with army chieftains terms for; ,'ihe capitulation of 76.000 Italian] 'troops still resisting in Ethiopia, iti iwas understood ition of reports tha i sIBuxfonNamedfo Stadium Commission Holland M. Buxton. faculty man-; of athletics at Lash high i still holding out at ML Olympus. (The Greek report, with those The penetration through the from Berlin and Rome, indicated jSiatista Pass was disclosed last jthe actual fighting line extends 'night by a Greek spokesman. Thej from just above Mt_ Olympus on advance was said to have cost the jthe Guf of Salonika westward past Germans many lives as they strug- i Servia and Siatista. jogs north to- through tortuous mountain ward the vicinity of Kastoria, then 'routes harassed by sharpshooters- 1 slants southwest passing just above The dent the Nazis drove in the] Arsirocastrc. in Albania, to the point of the original V-shaped Hel-j Adriatic in the vicinity of Chiniara. ager 01 at iii: tocay- Confirma-! schoc! today -vvas appointed hat tr.e ji-.uT-.icipal stadium commissii to (Editor's Note: For the first time since the French and Indian of colonial days. France and America are working on opposite sides in war. There Is a feeling in some French circles that France and the United States may even become opposing belligerents in the pres- ent conflict. These are the sober conclusions drawn in the following article, first of a series by Kenneth Downs, ace foreign corres- pondent of Intel-national News Service, after a five-week stay in occupied and unoccupied France. These conclusions were drawn in face of admitted fact that 95 per cent of the French population is cause the other five per cent is powered by German propaganda and German arms, a segment of the French who have bet not only careers but life itself on a British surrender to bring realization of their aggressive, ruthless personal am- bitions.) of Yugoslavia, and ladiam commission ead. j tn mern-; surrender of "thousands of Serbs" were reported today i An Italian surrender in East Af- i ber of the city board of education, i German command, which said the "number of DliS- rica had be-rwhosc death occurred cause of the da.njr of tens of j weeks ago. j oners and the amount of booty is increasing hourly. of Italian civihar.s Iroirs j Baxton ivill scn-e out Mr. Orr'sj (Sarajevo, historic city !vengeful Ethiopian tribesmen. which expires on March assassination of Austrian arch-i are revolting in increasing num-i 1942. The nine commissioners serve ibers. "Italian forces now sre gradual- j hree Abyssin-'Chairman Ho warn i duke touched off the powder keg] Other members of the board are: I which led to the war, is in] Showers i without re i iy concentrating in areas Dossie. secretary Carl V. d j central Yugoslavia in the Bosnia- JThursdav. region where the; City ;ann, tne Rev.! France Has Lost Its Pride; Darlan Has Gone Power Mad (Terrorists Kill I Jew "for Practice new By KEXNETH DOWN'S _ have just come from France, where Uo'assassinate high officials of the I spent five weeks. During move, i traveled throughou hungry Pyrenees region to the I visited the flead but vastly over-s crowded cities of Marseilles and i JS.009 and 9.000 natives in. jthe Gorsdsr area. Troops In the jjirr-ina resion are at ICCO Italians and 15.000 Boxer on i prisoners and large quantities of .Cincinnati material were taken in north- j Lake Is Termed Private Property s western Greece, where continued j jnftjH retreat i irrjpf Mi Vil-i -osecutor was p. -JE -n-iir-c- a -rnut _ {though the 23-acre parr: asong shore is public property. Atty. Gen dreamlike quality of unreality.! f it is difficult now to or S262.S3 mor permitted bv ir, cash to the things i j learned. The tragic saw and j i CLARKSBURG. VA. ig fact that i Three today we t.itf vji ix.cj on a round of parties to-bs last night while N'aziish re treat-irnas eve and !ater bcat her- raiders delivered sa'vage aerial at-iof ov shoved bac.K 40 to 60 the Yugaslav border. ar.es were said to be con- You have the inescapable in dawns on you gradually and finally for severe bums suffered when! Kankinson denies the charges, I tacks on widely scattered English; Xazi plar. ___ ________ ____ _.. hits you right between the eyes isjgasoiine fumes ignited in a garage 'contending Miss Lsverne left his [towns and then hur'ed their heav-j tinuously harassing British troops i Ofclahcmra and Kansas. It !s cooler s. though I pjt of the Monongahela West Penn apartment with a woman compan- i iest bomb concentration at north- j covering a retreat from Zozane: -sta-es- "tSlirature Fourteen here. 'aon, [ern Ireland. PtolemaJs and the Aliakmon river.'' -----'--.'._. Turn to they were feeffvy locally over Missouri. OHIO Showers tonight Cooler Thursday. A.M- tion ......62___Pt. Oeuidv ..75 ......19-----CiOildy ......55-----Oo-j-ly ...59-----Rain fS___Oo-jtfv ......Si ......TS 62___Pt. Cloudy -.75 -.36 ......74 wesl- plains slates and over and Oregon and soatheasta-ard into Ulah and Nevai3a: NEWSPAPER! lEWSPAPERl ;


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hI1STORY OF TEXAS. r
Texas thle grand juries throughout the State
have found upward of 500 indictments for
murder against disloyal men, and yet not in
a single case has there been a conviction."
The negro population of Texas at the close
of the war was about 400.000. Great numbers
had been sent hither during that struggle
to get them away from Federal interference.
Now, since they had been freed, they all began
to move for employment, and before they
attained it many of them suffered much, and
some even killed. One man testifies that he
collected accounts, showing that 260 dead
bodies of negroes had been found throughout
the State up to the middle of January, 1866,,
-some in the creeks, some floating down
stream, and Fome by the roadside. But soon
the excitement died down somewhat, and the
negroes began to find work. Plantation owners
were compelled to yield to necessity and
offered them terms which promised to insure
steady labor. Wages, $20 a month, or twothirds
of the cotton crop and one-half the
corn crops. And many testified that they
could net as much from their business under
the new order of things as under the old.
January 8, 1866, an election was held for
delegates to a State convention to form a new
constitution. There was no excitement, and
little interest was shown, probably not half
the voters taking part. This created some
alarm in the minds of the philanthropists, but
an occasion of that kind seldom draws out a
large vote, because there is no particular issue
in question, and no great hero up for office,
whose followers take zealous held.
On the meeting of the convention J. W.
Throckmorton was elected its president, and
they proceeded to adopt every measure neces
sary for re-admission into the old Union.
This constitution was submitted to the people
June 25, who that day gave 28,119 votes for
it and 23,400 against it. Of course there was
many a bitter pill in the new document for
the old pro-slavery element to swallow, but
they could not help themselves.
On the same day of the ratification of tlhe
constitution, Mr. Throckmorton was elected
governor, and G. W. Jones, lieutenant-governor.
In his message to the legislature
the new governor said it was desirable
that all military force, and the agents of
the freed men's bureau, should be withdrawn
from the interior of the State,
and that thlie most certain way to effect
this object would be the enactment of just
laws for the protection of the blacks, and their
rigid enforcement. lie added that every effort
should be made to impress upon the
freedmnen that their labor was desirable, and
that laws should be passed carrying out the
intention of that article in the constitution
securing to tihemu protection of person and
property. lie also called the attention of the
legislature to the numerous outrages recently
committed by Indians on the frontier. Upon
his recommendation the legislature paid no
attention to the question of ratifying the new
clause of the Federal constitution abolishing
slavery, and rejected by sixty-seven nays to
five yeas the disfranchisement of the late
Confederates imposed by the fourteenth article
of the same constitution, which reads:
",No person shall be a senator or representative
in Congress, or elector of president or vicepresident,
or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States, or under any State,
who, having previously taken an oath as a
member of Congress, or as an officer of the
United States, or as a member of any State
legislature, or as an executive or judicial offi
Lewis Publishing Company, publisher. History of Texas, together with a biographical history of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson counties : containing a concise history of the state, with portraits and biographies of prominent citizens of the above named counties, and personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families. Chicago. The Portal to Texas History. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29785/. Accessed May 28, 2016.


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- MexicoHousingFunding via Kubo.financiero
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Juana MariaMexicoHealthFunding via Alivio Capital
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Imelda is one of its members. She was married some time ago, but that relationship ended. When that happened, she was no longer in the job market, so this prompted her to set up her own business, in order to become self-employed and independent.
Little by little, she gradually formulated her home decor and novelties business, and today she is committed again to investing a loan in her business, so that she may have better products and more variety.
She is confident that this action will allow her to improve and grow.
Imelda es una de sus integrantes. Hace tiempo estuvo casada, pero su unión concluyo. Cuando sucedió lo anterior, ella ya se encontraba fuera del mercado laboral, esto la impulso a establecer un negocio propio para poder ser independiente y autónoma.
De poco a poco, fue delineando su negocio de decoración y novedades para el hogar y ella hoy se compromete nuevamente con un crédito para invertir en su negocio para tener mejores productos y mayor variedad.
Esta segura que esta acción le permitirá mejorar y crecer.
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Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 6 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- May 25, 2012
- Listed
- Jun 22, 2012
- Currency Exchange Loss:
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- Ended:
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Swansboro Friends of the Library will host a Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 9 a.m.at the Swansboro Branch Library. Visitors can purchase crafts, holiday decorations and baked goods with all proceeds supporting various library programs and services. For more information, call 910-326-4888 or visit onslowcountync.gov/library.
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Azucena Bea...
Funding via Edpyme Alternativa
She has been working with Manuela Ramos for six years. Her first loan was for 300 PEN, which helped increase her business capital for selling magazines and newspapers.
Now she is requesting a new loan in the amount of 1000 PEN to invest in merchandise for her business. For the future, Lucia dreams of continued prosperity in her business. What she likes most about her Communal Bank are the meetings, the discussions, and the unity.
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Literary Translations by Susanne Kord
Elsa Bernstein, Dämmerung/Twilight. Re-edition and translation, with an introduction. 2 vols. New York: MLA, 2003.
Charlotte von Stein, Rino (1776). A Play in Three Parts. Translation and Annotation. Thalia's Daughters: German Women Dramatists from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, ed. Susan Cocalis and Ferrell Rose (Tübingen: Francke/Narr, 1996): 305-10.
Elsa Bernstein (Ernst Rosmer), Maria Arndt. Translation and Introduction. Modern Drama by Women 1880s-1930s: An international anthology. Ed. Katherine E. Kelly (London, New York: Routledge, 1996): 80-107.